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Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C., Crabtree, C., & Matthews, P. (2016, April). Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converter. Presented at 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), Glasgow, Scotland

Power converter reliability is critical for permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) wind turbines. Converter failures are commonly linked to the power module thermal loading. This paper models the expected converter thermal loading when the tur... Read More about Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converter.

High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate (2016)
Journal Article
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2016). High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate. Applied Physics Letters, 109(19), Article 193110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967190

We report on the fabrication and testing of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes on a flexible substrate where the thin insulating layer self-assembles as a monolayer sandwiched between the two metal electrodes. The current-voltage characteristic has a... Read More about High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate.

Designing a facial spoofing database for processed image attacks (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omar, L., & Ivrissimtzis, I. (2016, November). Designing a facial spoofing database for processed image attacks. Presented at 7th International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention., Madrid, Spain

Face recognition systems are used for user authentication in everyday applications such as logging into a laptop or smartphone without need to memorize a password. However, they are still vulnerable to spoofing attacks, as for example when an imposte... Read More about Designing a facial spoofing database for processed image attacks.

Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays (2016)
Journal Article
Bettles, R. J., Gardiner, S. A., & Adams, C. S. (2016). Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays. Physical Review A, 94(4), Article 043844. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.043844

Collective coupling between dipoles can dramatically modify the optical response of a medium. Such effects depend strongly on the geometry of the medium and the polarization of the light. Using a classical coupled dipole model, here we investigate th... Read More about Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays.

Improving seabed cable plough performance for offshore renewable energy (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robinson, S., Brown, M., Brennan, A., Cortis, M., Augarde, C., & Coombs, W. (2016, October). Improving seabed cable plough performance for offshore renewable energy. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, Lisbon, Spain

Seabed ploughing plays an important part in providing protection to subsea cables that connect offshore renewables, and the process represents a significant portion of the overall installation cost. Current models for predicting the required tow forc... Read More about Improving seabed cable plough performance for offshore renewable energy.

Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer (2016)
Journal Article
AL-Busaidi, Z., Pearson, C., Groves, C., & Petty, M. (2016). Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.10.018

We report on the lifetime of unencapsulated organic photovoltaic diodes (OPVs) based on a ternary blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and a soft insulating polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as c... Read More about Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer.

Capacity Value of Solar Power: Report of the IEEE PES Task Force on Capacity Value of Solar Power (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dent, C., Sioshansi, R., Reinhart, J., Wilson, A., Zachary, S., Lynch, M., Bothwell, C., & Steele, C. (2016, October). Capacity Value of Solar Power: Report of the IEEE PES Task Force on Capacity Value of Solar Power. Presented at International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Beijing, China

This paper reviews methods used for adequacy risk assessment considering solar power, and for assessment of the capacity value of solar power. The properties of solar power are described as seen from the perspective of the balancing authority, compar... Read More about Capacity Value of Solar Power: Report of the IEEE PES Task Force on Capacity Value of Solar Power.

Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot (2016)
Journal Article
Gil-Ramirez, G., Hoekman, S., Kitching, M. O., Leigh, D. A., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J., & Zhang, G. (2016). Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(40), 13159-13162. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b08421

We report the stereoselective synthesis of a left-handed trefoil knot from a tris(2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide) oligomer with six chiral centers using a lanthanide(III) ion template. The oligomer folds around the lanthanide ion to form an overhand knot... Read More about Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot.

Scale-multiplicative semigroups and geometry: automorphism groups of trees (2016)
Journal Article
Baumgartner, U., Ramagge, J., & Willis, G. (2016). Scale-multiplicative semigroups and geometry: automorphism groups of trees. Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics, 10(3), 1051-1075. https://doi.org/10.4171/ggd/376

Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals (2016)
Journal Article
Rieg, C., Smith, C., & Crabtree, C. (2016). Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 749(1), Article 012018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/749/1/012018

The ability to detect faults and predict loads on a wind turbine drivetrain's mechanical components cost-effectively is critical to making the cost of wind energy competitive. In order to investigate whether this is possible using the readily availab... Read More about Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals.