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The Technical Challenges Facing the Integration of Small-Scale and Large-scale PV Systems into the Grid: A Critical Review (2019)
Journal Article

Decarbonisation, energy security and expanding energy access are the main driving forces behind the worldwide increasing attention in renewable energy. This paper focuses on the solar photovoltaic (PV) technology because, currently, it has the most a... Read More about The Technical Challenges Facing the Integration of Small-Scale and Large-scale PV Systems into the Grid: A Critical Review.

The advances of polysaccharide-based aerogels: Preparation and potential application (2019)
Journal Article

Polysaccharide-based aerogels have high application value as one kind of unique functional materials. Not only has it high porosity and low-density, but also the non-toxicity and biodegradability. In recent decades, a variety of natural raw materials... Read More about The advances of polysaccharide-based aerogels: Preparation and potential application.

Fabrication and characterization of a novel konjac glucomannan-based air filtration aerogels strengthened by wheat straw and okara (2019)
Journal Article

The konjac glucomannan (KGM)-based aerogel as an air filtration material was fabricated through sol-gel and freeze-drying methods. Results showed that gelatin and starch addition could increase the filtration efficiency and compressive strength of ae... Read More about Fabrication and characterization of a novel konjac glucomannan-based air filtration aerogels strengthened by wheat straw and okara.

A Novel and Accurate Method for Moisture Adsorption Isotherm Determination of Sultana Raisins (2019)
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A novel method (dynamic water transfer–based water activity analyzer (DWT) method) based on Fick’s law of diffusion for the accurate measurement of moisture sorption isotherm (MSI) has been developed and was compared with saturated salt solutions (SS... Read More about A Novel and Accurate Method for Moisture Adsorption Isotherm Determination of Sultana Raisins.

Effect of drying temperature on structural and thermomechanical properties of konjac glucomannan-zein blend films (2019)
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Konjac glucomannan (KGM)/zein blend films were successfully prepared by solution casting at different drying temperatures (40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 °C). The effects of drying temperature on the films' structural, thermomechanical, mechanical and water b... Read More about Effect of drying temperature on structural and thermomechanical properties of konjac glucomannan-zein blend films.

A study on heat storage sizing and flow control for a domestic scale solar-powered organic Rankine cycle-vapour compression refrigeration system (2019)
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This paper presents the off-design modelling of a domestic scale solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and vapour compression cycle (VCC) in a coupled operation in different operating modes by using evacuated flat plate (EFP) collectors. Thermodynamic an... Read More about A study on heat storage sizing and flow control for a domestic scale solar-powered organic Rankine cycle-vapour compression refrigeration system.

Influence of crosslinker amount on the microstructure and properties of starch-based superabsorbent polymers by one-step preparation at high starch concentration (2019)
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This work concerns how crosslinker amount (N, N′-methylene-bisacrylamide) affects the microstructural, absorbent and rheological features of one-step prepared starch-based superabsorbent polymers at a high starch concentration (0.27:1 w/w starch-wate... Read More about Influence of crosslinker amount on the microstructure and properties of starch-based superabsorbent polymers by one-step preparation at high starch concentration.

Design of steam condensation temperature for an innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators (2019)
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An innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators has recently been proposed. This system offers a significantly higher heat storage capacity than conventional direct steam... Read More about Design of steam condensation temperature for an innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators.

Understanding the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut starch (2019)
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Using combined techniques and two comparisons (maize and cassava starches), this work concerns the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut tuber starch. Among the starches, the water chestnut starch showed altered hierarchical stru... Read More about Understanding the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut starch.

An evaluation study of miniature dielectric crossed compound parabolic concentrator (dCCPC) panel as skylights in building energy simulation (2019)
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The potential of miniature dielectric crossed compound parabolic concentrator (dCCPC) panel as skylights for daylighting control has drawn a considerable research attention in the recent years, owing to its feature of variable transmittance according... Read More about An evaluation study of miniature dielectric crossed compound parabolic concentrator (dCCPC) panel as skylights in building energy simulation.