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Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Font-Palma, C., & Díaz, A. G. (2017). Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico. Energy procedia, 142, 3517-3523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.239

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This paper evaluates the introduction of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to Mexico. The gasification technology is presented as a potential alternative to be applied into refinery plants due to high pet... Read More about Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico.

A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Gao, G., Pei, G., Li, P., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2017). A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators. Energy procedia, 142, 386-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.061

A novel direct steam generation solar power system is proposed based on steam screw expander, cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators. The high temperature accumulator (HTA) enables smooth power conversion and stores the... Read More about A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators.

A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sydelko, P., Midgley, G., & Espinosa, A. (2017). A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems. In Proceedings of the 61st Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (23-54)

Wicked problems are open-ended, highly interdependent issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, political and geopolitical boundaries. This confounds governments because policies and budgets tend to be aligned within these boundaries an... Read More about A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems.

Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY] (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Okezue, C., & Kuvshinov, D. (2017). Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY]. Energy procedia, 142, 3675-3682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.261

© 2017 The Author(s). Several research studies have been published on CO 2 pipeline transportation. Most of them focus on developing hydraulic models of entire CO 2 pipeline networks. From these studies, a lot of original knowledge has been produced... Read More about Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY].

Fictionality and tourism in the construction of National Images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain (Poster) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernández-Pérez, M. (2017, December). Fictionality and tourism in the construction of National Images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain (Poster). Paper presented at XII CONGRESO NACIONAL Y III CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE ESTUDIOS JAPONESES EN ESPAÑA (AEJE) 2016 TEMA: “El turismo como vía de conocimiento y desarrollo”

PROPOSAL PRESENTED It is a fact that one of the biggest attractions of modern Japanese culture lies in its immense, outstanding cultural capital. In recent years, the fascination that Japan has on our collective imagination has been stimulated, even... Read More about Fictionality and tourism in the construction of National Images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain (Poster).

Neutral thermal sensation or dynamic thermal comfort? Numerical and field test analysis of a thermal chair (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shahzad, S., Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., Nasir, D. S., & Hughes, B. R. (2017). Neutral thermal sensation or dynamic thermal comfort? Numerical and field test analysis of a thermal chair. Energy procedia, 142, 2189-2194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.587

Neutral thermal sensation is considered as the measure of thermal comfort in research, as when participants report feeling neutral regarding the thermal environment, they are considered as thermally comfortable. This is taken for granted, and althoug... Read More about Neutral thermal sensation or dynamic thermal comfort? Numerical and field test analysis of a thermal chair.

Von Friedrich I. zu Aman Ullah: Zeremonielle Bewegungen im urbanen Raum Berlins, 1701­-1928 (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Biskup, T. (2017). Von Friedrich I. zu Aman Ullah: Zeremonielle Bewegungen im urbanen Raum Berlins, 1701­-1928. In J. Luh (Ed.), Ein öffentlicher Ort: Berliner Schloss – Palast der Republik – Humboldt Forum. Beiträge des fünften Colloquiums in der Reihe „Kulturgeschichte Preußens – Colloquien“ vom 3. und 4. November 2016

Vom 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Revolution von 1918 war das Berliner Schloss der zeremonielle Mittelpunkt des brandenburgisch­preußischen Staates bzw. nach 1871 des Deutschen Reichs. Der Raum zwischen den Paradekammern und der Berliner Stadtgrenze war ni... Read More about Von Friedrich I. zu Aman Ullah: Zeremonielle Bewegungen im urbanen Raum Berlins, 1701­-1928.

Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fanan, A., Riley, N. G., Mehdawi, M., & Alfahad, O. (in press). Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices. In Proceedings of the 25th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2017

—In the present day, the TV Band has become a realistic option and has attracted much attention due to the potential to exploit underutilized TV white space for other communications, based on time and location. In this paper, we design a flexible sys... Read More about Implementation of combined geolocation database and infrastructure sensing in TV bands using different spectrum devices.

Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onukwugha, F., Magadi, M., & Hayter, M. (2017, October). Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria. Paper presented at XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town

Despite the establishment of “MyQuestion Database” to enhance adolescents access to sexual and reproductive health information in Nigeria, evidence has shown that comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Nigeria is disappointingly low... Read More about Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria.

LizBOT design and prototyping of a wireless controlled wall climbing surveillance robot (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ali, N., Zafar, U., Ahmad, S., Iqbal, J., & Khan, Z. H. (2017). LizBOT design and prototyping of a wireless controlled wall climbing surveillance robot. In International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech 2017) (210-215). https://doi.org/10.1109/COMTECH.2017.8065776

LizBOT is an indigenously developed innovative surveillance robot that can climb on a wall and other high rise buildings where the human intervention is either cumbersome or not possible. To keep the robot stuck with the wall, a suction force is requ... Read More about LizBOT design and prototyping of a wireless controlled wall climbing surveillance robot.

An experimental study of a falling liquid film in a vertical pipe (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., Azzopardi, B., Hewakandamby, B., Mohammed, S. K., & AlAufi, Y. (2017). An experimental study of a falling liquid film in a vertical pipe.

The majority of the experimental and theoretical studies in literature on the falling liquid film focus on either small diameter pipes or flat plates. Almost, all these studies provide time series data of the film thickness at a single point on the p... Read More about An experimental study of a falling liquid film in a vertical pipe.

Infection prevention and human factors (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dyson, J. (2017, September). Infection prevention and human factors. Paper presented at Infection Prevention Society Conference, Harrogate

Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alvi, J. Z., Imran, M., Pei, G., Li, J., Gao, G., & Alvi, J. (2017). Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage. Energy procedia, 129, 716-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.103

A thermodynamic comparison between a novel direct solar ORC system (DSOS) and indirect solar ORC system (ISOS) is carried out in this study. A phase change material (PCM) heat storage unit is integrated with both systems to ensure the stability of po... Read More about Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage.

Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dethlefs, N., & Turner, A. (2017). Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks. In C. Knibbe, G. Beslon, D. Parsons, D. Misevic, J. Rouzaud-Cornabas, N. Bredeche, …H. Soula (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL 2017 (404-411). https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_068

This paper describes how the recurrent connectionist architecture epiNet, which is capable of dynamically modifying its topology, is able to provide a form of transparent execution. EpiNet, which is inspired by eukaryotic gene regulation in nature, i... Read More about Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks.

American politics as a transnational popular narrative: Narratological Structures of shōnen manga and their cross-cultural readings in Kaiji Kawaguchi's Eagle (1997-2001) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernández-Pérez, M. (2017, August). American politics as a transnational popular narrative: Narratological Structures of shōnen manga and their cross-cultural readings in Kaiji Kawaguchi's Eagle (1997-2001). Paper presented at International Workshop on Reflective Transitions of Politics in Japanese Art

Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Somehsaraei, H. N., Ali, U., Font-Palma, C., Majoumerd, M. M., Akram, M., Pourkashanian, M., & Assadi, M. (2017). Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models. In Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2017). Volume 3: Coal, Biomass & Alternative Fuels; Cycle Innovations; Electric Power; Industrial & Cogeneration; Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2017-63551

The growing global energy demand is facing concerns raised by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, predominantly CO2. Despite substantial progress in the field of renewable energy in recent years, quick balancing responses and back-up services are st... Read More about Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models.

Model-connected safety cases (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Retouniotis, A., Papadopoulos, Y., Sorokos, I., Parker, D., Matragkas, N., & Sharvia, S. (2017). Model-connected safety cases. Lecture notes in computer science, 10437 LNCS, 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64119-5_4

© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG. We propose the concept of a model-connected safety case that could simplify certification of complex systems. System design models support the synthesis of both the structure of the safety case and the ev... Read More about Model-connected safety cases.