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Techno-economic analysis of the thermal energy saving options for high-voltage direct current interconnectors (2019)
Journal Article
Giampieri, A., Ma, Z., Chin, J. L., Smallbone, A., Lyons, P., Khan, I., Hemphill, S., Roskilly, A. P., & Bao, H. (2019). Techno-economic analysis of the thermal energy saving options for high-voltage direct current interconnectors. Applied Energy, 247, 60-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.003

High-voltage direct current interconnection stations are increasingly used for long-distance electricity transport worldwide, due to efficiency and economic reasons. The identification and evaluation of cost-effective waste heat sources appropriate f... Read More about Techno-economic analysis of the thermal energy saving options for high-voltage direct current interconnectors.

Energy Recovery from Brewery Waste: experimental and modelling perspectives (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siqueiros, E., Lamidi, R. O., Pathare, P. B., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, A. (2018, October). Energy Recovery from Brewery Waste: experimental and modelling perspectives. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Resource Use in Food Chains, ICSEF 201, Paphos, Cyprus

Food and drink processing industries are extremely large consumers of thermal energy as well as bio-wastes producers. The utilisation of bio-wastes for energy recovery appears to be a good opportunity to improve the overall efficiency of process indu... Read More about Energy Recovery from Brewery Waste: experimental and modelling perspectives.

UK policies and industrial stakeholder perspectives on building thermal performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ling-Chin, J., Taylor, W., Davidson, P., Reay, D., Tassou, S., & Roskilly, A. (2019, August). UK policies and industrial stakeholder perspectives on building thermal performance. Presented at 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018), 22-25 August 2018, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong

Improving building thermal performance is important if the UK is to meet the 80% emission reduction target by 2050. Aiming to provide insights into UK building thermal performances, relevant national policies were highlighted and a one-day workshop w... Read More about UK policies and industrial stakeholder perspectives on building thermal performance.

Seasonal solar thermal energy storage using thermochemical sorption in domestic dwellings in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Ma, Z., Bao, H., & Roskilly, A. P. (2019). Seasonal solar thermal energy storage using thermochemical sorption in domestic dwellings in the UK. Energy, 166, 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.066

The present paper explored the potential of the seasonal solar thermal energy storage (SSTES) system using ammonia-based chemisorption for domestic application in the UK. The dynamic charging/discharging performance of the SSTES has been simulated us... Read More about Seasonal solar thermal energy storage using thermochemical sorption in domestic dwellings in the UK.

UK building thermal performance from industrial and governmental perspectives (2019)
Journal Article
Ling-Chin, J., Taylor, W., Davidson, P., Reay, D., Nazi, W., Tassou, S., & Roskilly, A. (2019). UK building thermal performance from industrial and governmental perspectives. Applied Energy, 237, 270-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.12.077

Current policies have implied that improving thermal performance of the built environment would be included in a strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and meet the national targets of the Climate Change Act by 2050. However, the p... Read More about UK building thermal performance from industrial and governmental perspectives.

Performance study of solar photovoltaic-thermal collector for domestic hot water use and thermochemical sorption seasonal storage (2018)
Journal Article
Thinsurat, K., Bao, H., Ma, Z., & Roskilly, A. P. (2019). Performance study of solar photovoltaic-thermal collector for domestic hot water use and thermochemical sorption seasonal storage. Energy Conversion and Management, 180, 1068-1084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.11.049

To maximise the utilisation of solar energy and improve the solar fraction for domestic applications, this paper explored the potential of the hybrid solar Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) collector integrated with a thermochemical sorption thermal storag... Read More about Performance study of solar photovoltaic-thermal collector for domestic hot water use and thermochemical sorption seasonal storage.

Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review (2018)
Journal Article
Lamidi, R. O., Jiang, L., Pathare, P. B., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, A. (2019). Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review. Applied Energy, 233-234, 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.044

Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of agricultural products. Farming predominantly takes place in rural areas... Read More about Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review.

Investigation of equilibrium and dynamic performance of SrCl2-expanded graphite composite in chemisorption refrigeration system (2018)
Journal Article
Yuan, Y., Bao, H., Ma, Z., Lu, Y., & Roskilly, A. P. (2019). Investigation of equilibrium and dynamic performance of SrCl2-expanded graphite composite in chemisorption refrigeration system. Applied Thermal Engineering, 147, 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.10.071

This work experimentally investigated adsorption equilibrium and reaction kinetics of ammonia adsorption/desorption on the composite of strontium chloride (SrCl2) impregnated into expanded graphite, and also discussed the potential influence of the a... Read More about Investigation of equilibrium and dynamic performance of SrCl2-expanded graphite composite in chemisorption refrigeration system.

Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England (2018)
Journal Article
Li, T., Roskilly, A. P., & Wang, Y. (2018). Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England. Applied Energy, 227, 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.021

This paper proposes a comprehensive sustainability assessment model incorporating (a) life cycle approach and sustainability theory. In the model, sustainability is assessed from three categories: techno-economic, environmental and social. A total of... Read More about Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England.