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Evolution of catalyst coated atomised magnesium spheres: an alternative thermal storage medium for concentrated solar power applications (2017)
Journal Article
Mistry, P. C., Grant, D. M., Stuart, A. D., Manickam, K., & Walker, G. S. (in press). Evolution of catalyst coated atomised magnesium spheres: an alternative thermal storage medium for concentrated solar power applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(47), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.095

Elevated temperature cycling studies were performed on two commercial gas atomised Mg spherical powders (average diameter of 26 μm and 30 μm) with magnetron sputtered catalysts (chromium, iron, vanadium and stainless steel) applied to their surfaces.... Read More about Evolution of catalyst coated atomised magnesium spheres: an alternative thermal storage medium for concentrated solar power applications.

CFD assessment of the effect of nanoparticles on the heat transfer properties of acetone/ZnBr2 solution (2017)
Journal Article
Mohammed, H. I., Giddings, D., Walker, G. S., & Power, H. (2018). CFD assessment of the effect of nanoparticles on the heat transfer properties of acetone/ZnBr2 solution. Applied Thermal Engineering, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.08.169

A potential novel working fluid for vapour absorption refrigeration utilising very low grade waste heat, is based on acetone and zinc bromide as the salt solution. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is presented of the fluid with zinc oxide n... Read More about CFD assessment of the effect of nanoparticles on the heat transfer properties of acetone/ZnBr2 solution.

A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Jones, S., Gillott, M. C., Boukhanouf, R., Walker, G. S., Tunzi, M., Tetlow, D., …Sumner, M. (2017). A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks.

Project SCENIC (Smart Controlled Energy Networks Integrated in Communities) involves connecting properties at the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes test site in a community scale, integrated heat and power network. Controls will be dev... Read More about A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks.

Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management (2017)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Norman, S. A., Walker, G. S., & Gillott, M. C. (2017). Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management. Applied Energy, 200, 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.048

While the management of PV generation is the prime application of residential batteries, they can deliver additional services in order to help systems to become cost-competitive. They can level-out the demand and potentially reduce the cost and emiss... Read More about Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management.