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An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types (2023)
Journal Article
Xu, B., Jiang, P., Chen, Z., Li, Q., Wang, X., & Yan, Y. (2023). An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types. Applied Thermal Engineering, 235, Article 121427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121427

Intermittent heating has been considered to be an effective way to achieve energy savings compared with continuous heating. However, recent studies have found that actual energy savings from intermittent heating vary greatly, depending on actual buil... Read More about An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types.

Microstructural Study of Cold-Sprayed CoCrFeNiMn High Entropy Alloy (2023)
Journal Article
Akisin, C. J., Dovgyy, B., Bennett, C. J., Pham, M. S., Venturi, F., & Hussain, T. (2023). Microstructural Study of Cold-Sprayed CoCrFeNiMn High Entropy Alloy. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 32, 2539–2562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-023-01646-7

The rapid development of cold spraying technology for additive manufacturing of engineering components has made it a viable option for developing thick deposits from high-entropy alloys (HEAs). The microstructure of cold-sprayed CoCrFeNiMn deposit wa... Read More about Microstructural Study of Cold-Sprayed CoCrFeNiMn High Entropy Alloy.

PDIV Modelling for Rectangular Wire Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors through Thermal Ageing (2023)
Journal Article
Naderiallaf, H., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2023). PDIV Modelling for Rectangular Wire Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors through Thermal Ageing. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1109/tdei.2023.3307048

This contribution develops the partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV)-FEM-based model based on Schumann’s streamer inception criterion (SCSIC) with respect to thermal ageing time (TAGT) or the insulation lifetime for the turn-to-turn insulation o... Read More about PDIV Modelling for Rectangular Wire Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors through Thermal Ageing.

Engineering characterization and environmental analysis of natural rubber latex modified asphalt mixture (2023)
Journal Article
Suwarto, F., Parry, T., Thom, N., Airey, G., Abed, A., Rahman, T., & Wititanapanit, J. (2023). Engineering characterization and environmental analysis of natural rubber latex modified asphalt mixture. Construction and Building Materials, 402, Article 132970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132970

Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) has attracted considerable interest as a resource for renewable paving materials due to its potential to lessen environmental impact. In order to gain a thorough understanding of the performance of NRL, this study evaluated... Read More about Engineering characterization and environmental analysis of natural rubber latex modified asphalt mixture.

Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction (2023)
Journal Article
Werner, T. C., Yan, Y., Karayiannis, T., Pickert, V., Wrobel, R., & Law, R. (2024). Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236, Article 121371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121371

Heat pipes have played a large part in the thermal management market for the past five decades and have contributed to the development and optimisation of countless components in a wide range of high-level applications, most notably in the aerospace,... Read More about Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction.

Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid (2023)
Journal Article
Flinn, B. T., Radu, V., Fay, M. W., Tyler, A. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid. Nanoscale Advances, 2023(23), 6423-6434. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na00155e

Spin-active nanomaterials play a vital role in current and upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, data storage and computing. To advance the design and application of these materials, methods to link size, shape, structure, and chemical... Read More about Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid.

A surrogate model for the economic evaluation of renewable hydrogen production from biomass feedstocks via supercritical water gasification (2023)
Journal Article
Rodgers, S., Bowler, A., Wells, L., Siah Lee, C., Hayes, M., Poulston, S., …Conradie, A. (2024). A surrogate model for the economic evaluation of renewable hydrogen production from biomass feedstocks via supercritical water gasification. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 49(A), 277-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.016

Supercritical water gasification is a promising technology for renewable hydrogen production from high moisture content biomass. This work produces a machine learning surrogate model to predict the Levelised Cost of Hydrogen over a range of biomass c... Read More about A surrogate model for the economic evaluation of renewable hydrogen production from biomass feedstocks via supercritical water gasification.

Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, W., Heron, C., & Turnbull, B. (2023). Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses. E3S Web of Conferences, 415, Article 01030. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202341501030

The wide particle size distributions, over several orders of magnitude, observed in debris flows leads to a diverse range of rheological behaviours controlling flow outcomes. This study explores the influence of different scale grains by conducting s... Read More about Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses.

A potential alternative to fungicides using actives-free (meth)acrylate polymers for protection of wheat crops from fungal attachment and infection (2023)
Journal Article
Crawford, L. A., Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Stimpson, A., Morgan, C., Blake, J., Wildman, R. D., …Avery, S. V. (2023). A potential alternative to fungicides using actives-free (meth)acrylate polymers for protection of wheat crops from fungal attachment and infection. Green Chemistry, 25(21), 8558-8569. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc01911j

Fungicidal compounds are actives widely used for crop protection from fungal infection, but they can also kill beneficial organisms, enter the food chain and promote resistant pathogen strains from overuse. Here we report the first field crop trial o... Read More about A potential alternative to fungicides using actives-free (meth)acrylate polymers for protection of wheat crops from fungal attachment and infection.

Sustainability of bioenergy – Mapping the risks & benefits to inform future bioenergy systems (2023)
Journal Article
Welfle, A. J., Almena, A., Arshad, M. N., Banks, S. W., Butnar, I., Chong, K. J., …Röder, M. (2023). Sustainability of bioenergy – Mapping the risks & benefits to inform future bioenergy systems. Biomass and Bioenergy, 177, Article 106919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106919

Bioenergy is widely included in energy strategies for its GHG mitigation potential. Bioenergy technologies will likely have to be deployed at scale to meet decarbonisation targets, and consequently biomass will have to be increasingly grown/mobilised... Read More about Sustainability of bioenergy – Mapping the risks & benefits to inform future bioenergy systems.

An experimental investigation of the effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, Z., Yan, Y., & Magnini, M. (2023). An experimental investigation of the effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation. . https://doi.org/10.1615/IHTC17.130-110

As one of the most common phenomena in nature, droplet evaporation has become a major heat transfer mode and is used widely in industries and scientific fields. For a sessile droplet, the wettability of the substrate surface could make a significant... Read More about An experimental investigation of the effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation.

High-fidelity CFD-trained machine learning to inform RANS-modelled interfacial turbulence (2023)
Journal Article
Bertolotti, L., Jefferson-Loveday, R., Ambrose, S., & Korsukova, E. (2023). High-fidelity CFD-trained machine learning to inform RANS-modelled interfacial turbulence. Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, 7, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.33737/jgpps/166558

In aero-engine bearing chambers, two-phase shearing flows are difficult to predict as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) RANS models tend to overestimate interfacial turbulence levels, leading to inaccuracies in the modelling of the flow. Turbulence... Read More about High-fidelity CFD-trained machine learning to inform RANS-modelled interfacial turbulence.

Interfacial Compatibility of Core-Shell Cellulose Nanocrystals for Improving Dynamic Covalent Adaptable Networks’ Fracture Resistance in Nanohybrid Vitrimer Composites (2023)
Journal Article
Sun, J., Liang, M., Yin, L., Rivers, G., Hu, G., Pan, Q., & Zhao, B. (2023). Interfacial Compatibility of Core-Shell Cellulose Nanocrystals for Improving Dynamic Covalent Adaptable Networks’ Fracture Resistance in Nanohybrid Vitrimer Composites. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(33), 39786-39796. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c05041

The development of polymeric nanocomposites with dynamic covalent adaptable networks and biobased nanomaterials has been a promising approach toward sustainable advanced materials, enabling reprogramming and recycling capabilities. Herein, a core-she... Read More about Interfacial Compatibility of Core-Shell Cellulose Nanocrystals for Improving Dynamic Covalent Adaptable Networks’ Fracture Resistance in Nanohybrid Vitrimer Composites.

Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor, M. J., Patel, T., Orton, E., Watson, M. C., Hayes, M., Stewart, S., …Kendrick, D. (2023). Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study. Perspectives in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231185999

Aims: Unintentional injuries in the home contribute substantially to preschool child morbidity and mortality. Practitioners such as health visitors, family mentors and children’s centre staff are well-positioned to facilitate child injury prevention... Read More about Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study.

Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel (2023)
Journal Article
Sun, W., Zhu, G., Guo, L., Zhang, H., Yan, Y., Lin, S., …Yu, C. (2024). Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel. Fuel, 355, Article 129390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129390

With the introduction of carbon neutrality target, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthetic fuels are coming back into the limelight as a kind of carbon–neutral fuel. However, the mismatch between the overly high cetane number (CN) and the relatively low vapor... Read More about Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel.

Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation (2023)
Journal Article
Li, R., Gan, Y., Luo, Q., Yan, Y., & Li, Y. (2023). Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation. Applied Thermal Engineering, 234, Article 121270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121270

Given the energy situation and the rapid growth of the electric vehicle market, electric vehicles (EVs) will face high battery heat production and performance issues brought about by increased range and fast charging performance. Battery thermal mana... Read More about Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation.

Comparison of approximate methods for modelling coherence scanning interferometry (2023)
Journal Article
Hooshmand, H., Pahl, T., de Groot, P. J., Lehmann, P., Pappas, A., Su, R., …Piano, S. (2023). Comparison of approximate methods for modelling coherence scanning interferometry. Proceedings of SPIE, 12619, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673657

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) is a widely used optical method for surface topography measurement of industrial and biomedical surfaces. The operation of CSI can be modelled using approximate physics-based approaches with minimal computation... Read More about Comparison of approximate methods for modelling coherence scanning interferometry.