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The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact (2024)
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The present paper investigates the low-velocity impact behaviour of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite panels and the damage incurred when they are subjected to a single impact. The relationship between the depth of permanent surface in... Read More about The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact.

Fluidised bed combustion and ash fusibility behaviour of coal and spent coffee grounds blends: CO and NOx emissions, combustion performance and agglomeration tendency (2022)
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The co-combustion of coal and waste biomass is an advantageous option for combined waste biomass disposal and energy production. However, co-firing coal with waste biomass has to overcome various ash-related operational problems, for example, ash agg... Read More about Fluidised bed combustion and ash fusibility behaviour of coal and spent coffee grounds blends: CO and NOx emissions, combustion performance and agglomeration tendency.

The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites (2022)
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The present paper studies the low-velocity impact testing of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) pristine and patch-repair CFRP panels. Firstly, the effect of repeated impacts on the pristine CFRP damage growth is considered at impact energies of... Read More about The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites.

Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor (2021)
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In this study, molochite (calcined kaolin) and dolomite with particle sizes (ca.1 mm) similar to those of the sand bed materials of industrial-scale fluidised beds, rather than powders which were normally used by previous studies, were investigated a... Read More about Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor.

Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency (2021)
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Co-firing coal and biomass has the potential to reduce GHG emissions. However, high levels of alkali and alkaline metals in biomass ash can bring additional issues to the operation of coal-fired boilers. This study investigates the effects of ilmenit... Read More about Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency.

Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy (2021)
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Smart window designs have emerged as a means of providing dynamic regulation of solar energy and daylight, enhancing indoor comfort, and achieving building energy conservation. We evaluated a novel window design that integrated a thermotropic (TT) ma... Read More about Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy.

Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler (2021)
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Owing to the lack of direct measurement on the slagging extent of the waterwall, random or empirical soot-blowing strategies practiced in many power plants can result in untimely or excessive soot-blowing operations. In this research, a dynamic slagg... Read More about Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler.

Oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kW th pressurized fluidized bed: Effect of combustion pressure on combustion performance, pollutant emissions and desulfurization (2020)
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Oxy-coal combustion with pressurized fluidized beds has recently emerged as a promising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for coal-fired power plants. Although a large number of energy efficiency analyses have shown that an increase in comb... Read More about Oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kW th pressurized fluidized bed: Effect of combustion pressure on combustion performance, pollutant emissions and desulfurization.

Cyclic performance evaluation of a polyethylenimine/silica adsorbent with steam regeneration using simulated NGCC flue gas and actual flue gas of a gas-fired boiler in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor (2020)
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To accelerate the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) based on the solid amine adsorbents towards a practical scale application relevant to Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) power plants, this study has evaluated the cyclic performance of... Read More about Cyclic performance evaluation of a polyethylenimine/silica adsorbent with steam regeneration using simulated NGCC flue gas and actual flue gas of a gas-fired boiler in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor.

Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor (2019)
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Pressurized oxy-fuel combustion (POFC) has attracted wide attention due to its potentials of high efficiency and low cost in CO2 capture. Compared with numerical simulation and system analysis, there are few experimental studies about POFC. In order... Read More about Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor.

Mesocellular silica foam supported polyamine adsorbents for dry CO2 scrubbing: Performance of single versus blended polyamines for impregnation (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Siliceous foams with three-dimensional mesoporous structures were synthesised and used to prepare polyethyleneimine (PEI) and tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA)-functionalised sorbent materials for CO2 capture, with a particular focus... Read More about Mesocellular silica foam supported polyamine adsorbents for dry CO2 scrubbing: Performance of single versus blended polyamines for impregnation.

Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (2019)
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The current study investigates the short rotation coppice (SRC) gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (BFBG) with air as gasifying medium. The thermochemical processes during combustion were studied to get better control over the air gasi... Read More about Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier.

Experimental investigation of tar arresting techniques and their evaluation for product syngas cleaning from bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Hazardous waste products along with the syngas produced from biomass gasification are one of the major problems of today world. Tar and other solid contaminants removal from syngas are necessary as it is widely used for the produc... Read More about Experimental investigation of tar arresting techniques and their evaluation for product syngas cleaning from bubbling fluidized bed gasifier.

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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© 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.

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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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.