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Stability of packed bed thermoclines (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Packed bed thermoclines have attracted considerable interest as an economical method for storing large amounts of thermal energy. They are a constituent part of a range of proposed thermo-mechanical energy storage systems, such as Adiabatic Co... Read More about Stability of packed bed thermoclines.

A Method Of Varying Bulk Modulus In Journal Bearings To Allow For Highly Cavitied Regions To Be Solved Using Realistic Bulk Modulus Values (2017)
Presentation / Conference

Lowering the cost of large-scale energy storage: high temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage (2017)
Journal Article

Compressed air energy storage is an energy storage technology with strong potential to play a significant role in balancing energy on transmission networks, owing to its use of mature technologies and low cost per unit of storage capacity. Adiabatic... Read More about Lowering the cost of large-scale energy storage: high temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage.

Thermal Design of Linear Induction and Synchronous Motors for Electromagnetic Launch of Civil Aircraft (2017)
Journal Article

The engine size of modern passenger transport aircraft is principally determined by take-off conditions, since initial acceleration requires maximum engine power. An elec¬tromagnetic launch (EML) system could provide some or all of the energy require... Read More about Thermal Design of Linear Induction and Synchronous Motors for Electromagnetic Launch of Civil Aircraft.

The cold store for a pumped thermal energy storage system (2017)
Journal Article

In recent years several proposals for thermodynamic cycles involving the compression and expansion of gas and thermal storage have been put forward as effective ways of storing energy. These include the work of Desrues [1] who proposed a thermal ener... Read More about The cold store for a pumped thermal energy storage system.

Gas-to-gas heat exchanger design for high performance thermal energy storage (2017)
Journal Article

The mathematical modelling and optimization of a gas-to-gas heat exchanger with a non-constant cross sectional area is presented. The design of the cross sectional area of the heat exchanger analyzed is based on an hexagonal mesh, which would be high... Read More about Gas-to-gas heat exchanger design for high performance thermal energy storage.

Reducing weight and fuel consumption of civil aircraft by electromagnetic launch (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Electromagnetic launch systems have been proposed for military applications to accelerate jet planes on aircraft carriers. This paper proposes the implementation of similar technology to aid civil aircraft take-off, which can provide significant econ... Read More about Reducing weight and fuel consumption of civil aircraft by electromagnetic launch.

Parametric investigation of a non-constant cross sectional area air to air heat exchanger (2016)
Journal Article

The present article addresses the design, mathematical modelling and analysis of a novel highly exergy-efficient air to air heat exchanger. An intricate design based on an hexagonal mesh is proposed for the cross-sectional area of the heat exchanger... Read More about Parametric investigation of a non-constant cross sectional area air to air heat exchanger.

Minimization of electro-mechanical interaction with posicast strategies for more-electric aircraft applications (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This paper studies strategies to minimize the electromechanical interaction (EMI) within aircraft power systems. With the growth of electrical power on-board aircraft, the interaction between the electrical systems and the engine core will become sig... Read More about Minimization of electro-mechanical interaction with posicast strategies for more-electric aircraft applications.

Design study and scaled experiment of induction and synchronous motor for civil application of electromagnetic aircraft launch system (2016)
Conference Proceeding

The engine size of modern passenger transport aircraft is principally determined by take-off conditions, since initial acceleration requires maximum engine power. An Electromagnetic Launch (EML) system could provide some or all of the energy required... Read More about Design study and scaled experiment of induction and synchronous motor for civil application of electromagnetic aircraft launch system.

Superconducting electromagnetic launch system for civil aircraft (2016)
Journal Article

This paper considers the feasibility of different superconducting technologies for electromagnetic launch (EML) to assist civil aircraft take-off. EML has the potential of reducing the required runway length by increasing aircraft acceleration. Expen... Read More about Superconducting electromagnetic launch system for civil aircraft.

Novel stiffeners exploiting internal pressurisation to enhance buckling behaviour under bending loads (2016)
Journal Article

The paper proposes a novel type of stiffener designed to bear bending loads by exploiting internal pressure effects. The stiffener is made of two adjacent thin-walled pipes (r/t?50) jointed with a connecting strip. Such a structure is shown to have h... Read More about Novel stiffeners exploiting internal pressurisation to enhance buckling behaviour under bending loads.

Electromagnetic launch systems for civil aircraft assisted take-off (2015)
Journal Article

This paper considers the feasibility of different technologies for an electromagnetic launcher to assist civil aircraft take-off. This method is investigated to reduce the power required from the engines during initial acceleration. Assisted launch h... Read More about Electromagnetic launch systems for civil aircraft assisted take-off.

Economic analysis of a hybrid energy storage system based on liquid air and compressed air (2015)
Journal Article

A hybrid energy storage system is defined here as one which comprises two series-connected energy stores (using different storage technologies), only one of which is connected to the grid. Such a plant can take advantage of certain characteristics of... Read More about Economic analysis of a hybrid energy storage system based on liquid air and compressed air.

Compressed air energy storage with liquid air capacity extension (2015)
Journal Article

As renewable electricity generation capacity increases, energy storage will be required at larger scales. Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) at large scales, with effective management of heat, is recognised to have potential to provide affordable g... Read More about Compressed air energy storage with liquid air capacity extension.

Analysis of a wind turbine power transmission system with intrinsic energy storage capability (2015)
Journal Article

A wind turbine transmission system is described wherein mechanical power directly from the slow rotation of the shaft of a large wind turbine rotor is carried over to electrical power through a synchronous generator via the circulation of a high pres... Read More about Analysis of a wind turbine power transmission system with intrinsic energy storage capability.

Optimal internal pressurisation of cylindrical shells for maximising their critical bending load (2014)
Journal Article

Modal Control of Vibration in Rotating Machines and Other Generally Damped Systems (2006)
Conference Proceeding

Second order matrix equations arise in the description of real dynamical systems. Traditional modal control approaches utilise the eigenvectors of the undamped system to diagonalise the system matrices. A regrettable consequence of this approach is t... Read More about Modal Control of Vibration in Rotating Machines and Other Generally Damped Systems.

Optimal Controller Designs for Rotating Machines - Penalising the Rate of Change of Control Forcing (2006)
Conference Proceeding

In the context of active control of rotating machines, standard optimal controller methods enable a trade-off to be made between (weighted) mean-square vibrations and (weighted) mean-square currents injected into magnetic bearings. One shortcoming of... Read More about Optimal Controller Designs for Rotating Machines - Penalising the Rate of Change of Control Forcing.

Superconducting and conventional electromagnetic launch system for civil aircraft assisted take-off
Conference Proceeding

This paper compares three possible linear motor topologies for an electromagnetic launch system to assist civil aircraft take-off. Assisted launch of civil aircraft has the potential of reducing the required runway length, reducing noise and emission... Read More about Superconducting and conventional electromagnetic launch system for civil aircraft assisted take-off.