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Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas (2019)
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Dong, L., Huang, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L., Liu, C., Xu, L., Zha, J., Wang, Y., & Liu, H. (2019). Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas. Energy and Fuels, 33(8), 7522-7533. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b01136

A magnetically recoverable composite mercury removal sorbent was produced by introducing magnetic γ-Fe2O3 into attapulgite (ATT) (xFe1ATT) via the co-precipitation method and used to remove Hg0 in the simulated coal-fired power plant flue gas. The as... Read More about Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas.

Chemical Characteristics of Ash Formed from the Combustion of Shoe Manufacturing Waste in a 2.5 MWth Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor (2019)
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Niu, M., Liu, C., Wang, X., Huang, Y., Dong, L., Duan, L., Xu, L., Wang, Y., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2020). Chemical Characteristics of Ash Formed from the Combustion of Shoe Manufacturing Waste in a 2.5 MWth Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 11, 4551–4560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00733-7

© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Abstract: The ash formation behaviour and associated compositional characteristics of the combustion of shoe manufacturing waste (SMW) in a 2.5MWth pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed combustor (CFBC) were investigated... Read More about Chemical Characteristics of Ash Formed from the Combustion of Shoe Manufacturing Waste in a 2.5 MWth Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor.

Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems (2019)
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Sun, Y., Liu, D., Flor, J.-F., Shank, K., Baig, H., Wilson, R., Liu, H., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., & Wu, Y. (2020). Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems. Renewable Energy, 145, 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.061

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Integrating photovoltaics into windows provides the possibility of including an additional function of energy production to a conventional building fenestration component. There is no doubt that electrical power can be generated o... Read More about Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems.

Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air (2019)
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Hernandez-Carrillo, I., Wood, C., & Liu, H. (2019). Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air. Energy Conversion and Management, 190, 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.03.092

This paper presents the experimental advances on the implementation of structural polymeric materials in a micro-turbine-generator for an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and through testing provides an insight of its performance. The aim is to create awa... Read More about Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air.

Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process (2019)
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Xu, B., Xie, J., Yin, X., Liu, H., Sun, C., & Wu, C. (2019). Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process. Energy and Fuels, 33(5), 4287-4301. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00273

In this study, a packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor was built for the removal of biomass gasification tar. Two kinds of packing materials, glass pellets and a Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, were employed for the plasma-alone process and the plasma... Read More about Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process.

Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system (2019)
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Kim, J.-Y., Woo, J.-M., Jo, S.-H., Lee, S.-Y., Moon, J.-H., Kim, H., Yi, C.-K., Lee, H., Snape, C. E., Stevens, L., Sun, C., Liu, H., Liu, J., & Park, Y. C. (2019). Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 82, 184-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.007

In this study, a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system (TBS) has been used continuously to test the performance for CO2 adsorption of silica-PEI (S.PEI) adsorbents, containing 40 wt.% of PEI, which were supplied by the University of Nottingha... Read More about Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system.

An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor (2018)
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Chi, H., Pans, M. A., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2019). An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor. Fuel, 240, 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.11.122

The unique fuel flexibility of fluidised bed system facilitates the combustion of low quality solid fuels such as agricultural residues, but may suffer from serious bed agglomeration problems especially when operating at the high end of the typical f... Read More about An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor.

Synthesis and functionalisation of spherical meso-, hybrid meso/macro- and macro-porous cellular silica foam materials with regulated pore sizes for CO2 capture (2018)
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Sun, Y., Liu, X., Sun, C., Meng, Y., Al-Sarraf, W., Foo, K. Z., Stevens, L., Wang, W., & Liu, H. (2018). Synthesis and functionalisation of spherical meso-, hybrid meso/macro- and macro-porous cellular silica foam materials with regulated pore sizes for CO2 capture. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018(46), 23587-23601. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA06224B

A variety of meso, meso/macro and macro-structured siliceous cellular foam (SCFs) materials have been tailor-designed and fabricated from using a modified microemulsion templating methodology with trimethyl benzene (TMB) as the pore expander and Plu... Read More about Synthesis and functionalisation of spherical meso-, hybrid meso/macro- and macro-porous cellular silica foam materials with regulated pore sizes for CO2 capture.

Studies on combustion behaviours of single biomass particles using a visualization method (2017)
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Shan, L., Kong, M., Bennet, T. D., Sarroza, A. C., Eastwick, C., Sun, D., Lu, G., Yan, Y., & Liu, H. (2018). Studies on combustion behaviours of single biomass particles using a visualization method. Biomass and Bioenergy, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.12.008

Combustion behaviours of single particles (125–150 μm) of eucalyptus, pine and olive residue were investigated by means of a transparent visual drop-tube furnace, electrically heated to 1073 K, and a high-speed camera coupling with a long distance mi... Read More about Studies on combustion behaviours of single biomass particles using a visualization method.

High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture (2017)
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Liu, J., Liu, X., Sun, Y., Sun, C., Liu, H., Stevens, L. A., Li, K., & Snape, C. E. (in press). High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201700115

Activated carbon (AC) spheres with a diameter of 1.0–2.0 mm are synthesized from coal tar pitch for postcombustion carbon capture. The as-prepared AC macrospheres after KOH activation are found to possess extraordinarily developed microporosity of wh... Read More about High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture.