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Use of Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) in the selection of highly effective rejuvenators for aged bitumen (2024)
Journal Article
Hu, Y., Sreeram, A., Xia, W., Wang, H., Zhou, L., Si, W., & Airey, G. D. (2024). Use of Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) in the selection of highly effective rejuvenators for aged bitumen. Road Materials and Pavement Design, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2024.2357684

While there is considerable research regarding the recycling and reuse of aged bitumen in terms of the evaluation of rheological properties, there is not much fundamental understanding regarding the underlying mechanisms of the rejuvenation process.... Read More about Use of Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) in the selection of highly effective rejuvenators for aged bitumen.

Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor (2024)
Journal Article
Rodriguez, J., Morona, L., Erans, M., Buttress, A. J., Nicholls, M., Batchelor, A. R., Duran-Jimenez, G., Kingman, S., Groszek, D., & Dodds, C. (2024). Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 202, Article 109838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2024.109838

Challenges exist to implementing high-temperature microwave processes with changing dielectric properties that achieve uniform processing. This paper presents a new high-temperature hybrid microwave processing system which overcomes these challenges... Read More about Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor.

Innovative design of an annular thermoelectric generator for enhanced automotive waste heat recovery (2024)
Journal Article
Luo, D., Zhang, H., Cao, J., Yan, Y., & Cao, B. (2024). Innovative design of an annular thermoelectric generator for enhanced automotive waste heat recovery. Energy Conversion and Management, 313, Article 118584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118584

The annular thermoelectric generator (ATEG) gains significant attention in the automotive waste heat recovery field due to its compatibility with the exhaust pipe's shape. To address the performance deterioration issue due to the temperature drop, a... Read More about Innovative design of an annular thermoelectric generator for enhanced automotive waste heat recovery.

Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave (2024)
Journal Article
Acheampong, E., Husain, A. A., Dudani, H., Nayak, A. R., Nag, A., Meena, E., …Monaghan, T. M. (2024). Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave. PLoS ONE, 19(5), Article e0303529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303529

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as an effective environmental surveillance tool for predicting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease outbreaks in high-income countries (HICs) with centralized sewage infr... Read More about Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave.

Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egun, I. L., Hu, D., He, H., & Chen, G. Z. (2024, May). Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon. Presented at 3rd International Electronic Conference on Processes - Green and Sustainable Process Engineering and Process Systems Engineering, Online

Porous carbon with hierarchical pores has been produced from wet bamboo shoots via molten base carbonization and activation at 700 °C, with a short residence time of 1 h, using two different reactor configurations. The produced carbon exhibited a not... Read More about Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon.

Biotechnology for sustainable materials: innovating today for a greener tomorrow (2024)
Journal Article
Bhatia, S. K., Bhatia, S., Inda-Webb, M. E., Kourmentza, K., Moon, T. S., Singh, V., …Zhao, J. (2024). Biotechnology for sustainable materials: innovating today for a greener tomorrow. Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials, 1(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44316-024-00006-x

Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials, positioned at the forefront of environmentally conscious practices, is pivotal in realizing the objectives of Sustainable Development Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). Sustainable materials are... Read More about Biotechnology for sustainable materials: innovating today for a greener tomorrow.

Investigation of the bonding properties of bitumen using a novel modified binder bond strength test (2024)
Journal Article
Zhou, L., Airey, G., Zhang, Y., Wang, C., & Zhong, H. (2024). Investigation of the bonding properties of bitumen using a novel modified binder bond strength test. Construction and Building Materials, 434, Article 136784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136784

The binder bond strength (BBS) test can directly quantify the bonding of bitumen-stone joints. However, the index "bond strength" used in this method cannot provide a clear distinction when evaluating the performance of various bitumen, and some resu... Read More about Investigation of the bonding properties of bitumen using a novel modified binder bond strength test.

Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors (2024)
Journal Article
Lu, X., Videt, A., Faramehr, S., Li, K., Marsic, V., Igic, P., & Idir, N. (2024). Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(9), 11625-11636. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2024.3405320

Schottky-type p-GaN gate Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors (GaN-HEMTs) suffer from threshold voltage ( Vth ) instability phenomenon. Both positive and negative Vth shifts are reported when device undertakes the voltage bias, but the... Read More about Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors.

Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach (2024)
Journal Article
Hu, Y., Ryan, J., Sreeram, A., Allanson, M., Pasandín, A. R., Zhou, L., …Airey, G. D. (2024). Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach. Construction and Building Materials, 433, Article 136761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136761

While significant research efforts have been devoted to the rejuvenation of aged bitumen using bio-rejuvenators, a universally recognised approach for dosage optimisation is still yet to be established. Aiming to develop standardised methods to deter... Read More about Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach.

A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Gao, H., & Yan, Y. (2024). A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections. Ships and Offshore Structures, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2024.2356482

The propulsive efficiency and cavitation performance of marine propellers directly affect the operating costs and radiated noise of ships, warranting further research on the hydrodynamic performance. The blade sections' profile of the MAU 5-80 propel... Read More about A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections.

Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden (2024)
Journal Article
Kadhum, H., Watson, A. J., Rivera, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2024). Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden. Energies, 17(11), Article 2519. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112519

Recent advances in high-power applications employing voltage source converters have been primarily fuelled by the emergence of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) and its derivatives. Model predictive control (MPC) has emerged as an effective way... Read More about Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden.

A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Chen, H., Wang, X., Gorbounov, Y., Orabi, M., Gaafar, M., Wheeler, P., & Rafajdus, P. (in press). A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,

This paper proposes a wireless power transfer (WPT)
system based on hybrid self-switching of coupled inductor (WPT-
HSCI) that not only realizes constant current (CC)/constant
voltage (CV) output but also effectively copes with a variety of
abnor... Read More about A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors.

Fast Flux Maps Computation of Synchronous Reluctance Machines With and Without Permanent Magnets Assistance (2024)
Journal Article
Gallicchio, G., Nardo, M. D., Cupertino, F., Varvolik, V., Buticchi, G., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2024). Fast Flux Maps Computation of Synchronous Reluctance Machines With and Without Permanent Magnets Assistance. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2024.3403967

This paper proposes a computational efficient and accurate hybrid analytical-finite element (FE) performance prediction methodology for synchronous reluctance (SyR) machines. The hybrid procedure consists in solving the d- and q-axis magnetic equival... Read More about Fast Flux Maps Computation of Synchronous Reluctance Machines With and Without Permanent Magnets Assistance.

A failure criterion for genuinely orthotropic materials and integration of a series of criteria for materials of different degrees of anisotropy (2024)
Journal Article
Xu, M., Sitnikova, E., & Li, S. (2024). A failure criterion for genuinely orthotropic materials and integration of a series of criteria for materials of different degrees of anisotropy. Royal Society Open Science, 11(5), Article 240205. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240205

Existing failure criteria for orthotropic materials are subject to an underlying assumption which cause contradictions when applied to genuinely orthotropic materials that are significantly anisotropic in elasticity as well as in strengths. For such... Read More about A failure criterion for genuinely orthotropic materials and integration of a series of criteria for materials of different degrees of anisotropy.

Characterisation of process-induced variability in wrinkle defects during double diaphragm forming of non-crimp fabric (2024)
Journal Article
Codolini, A., Chen, S., Lawrence, G., Harper, L., & Sutcliffe, M. (2024). Characterisation of process-induced variability in wrinkle defects during double diaphragm forming of non-crimp fabric. Composites Part B: Engineering, 281, Article 111549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.111549

Experiments and numerical simulations are employed to determine the critical process variables that affect the quality of a two-layer biaxial non-crimp fabric (NCF) preformed using the double diaphragm forming (DDF) process. To prevent wrinkling defe... Read More about Characterisation of process-induced variability in wrinkle defects during double diaphragm forming of non-crimp fabric.

Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, Q., Klumpner, C., Li, Y., & Ahmed, M. R. (2024). Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(9), 11176 - 11186. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2024.3404260

This paper presents a novel unbalanced capacitor voltage (UCV) soft switching boost converter under full loads range with a simple control scheme. The topology consists of a half bridge switching-leg, filter inductor, and an auxiliary circuit contain... Read More about Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage.

The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors (2024)
Journal Article
Si, Y., Buss, T. M., Rouse, J. P., & Hyde, C. J. (2024). The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors. NDT and E International, 145, Article 10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103134

Potential difference methods are widely accepted as means to detect and monitor cracks in safety critical components. This paper investigates the capability of the potential difference method that uses a swept frequency alternating current excitation... Read More about The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors.

Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing (2024)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Zhong, Q., Zhang, H., Yin, T., Zhao, J., Liu, G., …He, Y. (2024). Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 19(1), Article e2352075. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2024.2352075

Single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing enables voxel-based fabrication with superior printing efficiency than multi-nozzle protocol. This is attractive for food 3D printing process where efficiency matters for its application. However,... Read More about Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing.

Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing (2024)
Journal Article
Tiana, Z., Zhong, Q., Zhang, H., Yin, T., Zhao, J., Liu, G., …He, Y. (2024). Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 19(1), Article e2352075. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2024.2352075

Single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing enables voxel-based fabrication with superior printing efficiency than multi-nozzle protocol. This is attractive for food 3D printing process where efficiency matters for its application. However,... Read More about Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing.

A method to quantify the beneficial effect of scour protection on lateral behaviour of monopiles for offshore wind turbines (2024)
Journal Article
Li, Q., Prendergast, L., Gavin, K., Askarinejad, A., & Wang, X. (2024). A method to quantify the beneficial effect of scour protection on lateral behaviour of monopiles for offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering, 307, Article 118196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118196

To mitigate against scour hole formation, scour protection can be placed around offshore wind turbine monopiles. Few studies have considered the beneficial effect of this geotechnical reinforcement measure on the foundation lateral resistance. The co... Read More about A method to quantify the beneficial effect of scour protection on lateral behaviour of monopiles for offshore wind turbines.