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Optimization of Malaysia’s power generation mix to meet the electricity demand by 2050 (2018)
Journal Article
Haiges, R., Wang, Y., Ghoshray, A., & Roskilly, A. (2018). Optimization of Malaysia’s power generation mix to meet the electricity demand by 2050. Energy Procedia, 142, 2844-2851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.431

The Malaysian Government has been introducing fuel diversification policies over the past decade by considering other sources of fuel such as alternative and renewables into the electricity mix as a measure to lengthen the oil and gas reserves agains... Read More about Optimization of Malaysia’s power generation mix to meet the electricity demand by 2050.

Biogas Tri-generation for Postharvest Processing of Agricultural Products in a Rural Community: Techno-economic Perspectives (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lamidi, R. O., Wang, Y., Pathare, P. B., Roskilly, A., & Aguilar, M. C. (2017). Biogas Tri-generation for Postharvest Processing of Agricultural Products in a Rural Community: Techno-economic Perspectives. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.011

One third of the global food production ends up in the bins such that food waste now ranks third when placed amongst the world’s CO2 emitters. Bulk of food waste occurs at the early stage of food value chain in the developing countries where many peo... Read More about Biogas Tri-generation for Postharvest Processing of Agricultural Products in a Rural Community: Techno-economic Perspectives.

Development and testing of novel Chemisorption Composite using SrCl 2 -NEG adding with Carbon coated Ni and Al (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tang, K., Lu, Y., Jiang, L., Roskilly, A. P., Yuan, Y., & Wang, Y. (2017). Development and testing of novel Chemisorption Composite using SrCl 2 -NEG adding with Carbon coated Ni and Al. Energy Procedia, 142, 4037-4043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.322

This research experimentally investigated the impact of adding Carbon Coated Nickel and Carbon Coated Aluminium on the sorption performance of conventional Strontium Chloride-Natural Expanded Graphite (SrCl2-NEG) chemisorption composite. In order to... Read More about Development and testing of novel Chemisorption Composite using SrCl 2 -NEG adding with Carbon coated Ni and Al.

Biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and primary sludge for cogeneration of power and heat (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aguilar, M. C., Wang, Y. D., Roskilly, T., Pathare, P. B., & Lamidi, R. O. (2017). Biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and primary sludge for cogeneration of power and heat. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.012

The anaerobic digestion (AD) process is being increasingly recognised as a technology for clean energy generation. However, in Ecuador, there is a little application of this technology due to lack of adequate research, economic incentives and the cur... Read More about Biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and primary sludge for cogeneration of power and heat.

ORC units driven by engine waste heat – a simulation study (2017)
Journal Article
Luo, L., Wang, Y., Chen, H., Zhang, X., & Roskilly, T. (2017). ORC units driven by engine waste heat – a simulation study. Energy Procedia, 142, 1022-1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.349

ORC (organic Rankine cycle) technology is promising in industry for utilizing low-grade heat to generate electricity. It is acknowledged that in an internal combustion engine, only a small amount of primary fuel energy can be effectively used for the... Read More about ORC units driven by engine waste heat – a simulation study.

Comparison of building performance between Conventional House and Passive House in the UK (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liang, X., Wang, Y., Royapoor, M., Wu, Q., & Roskilly, T. (2017). Comparison of building performance between Conventional House and Passive House in the UK. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.570

The building performance monitored over one year of a Conventional House and a Passive House in North East England is presented in this paper. These two houses which differ in building fabric, the type of ventilation and thermal storage, the use of d... Read More about Comparison of building performance between Conventional House and Passive House in the UK.

Experimental investigations on diesel engine performance and emissions using biodiesel adding with carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, Q., Xie, X., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2017). Experimental investigations on diesel engine performance and emissions using biodiesel adding with carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.251

This study investigates the effects on engine performance and exhaust emissions using carbon coated aluminium (Al@C) nanoparticles as additives in palm oil methyl ester biodiesel. The nanoparticles were blended with the biodiesel fuel in the mass fra... Read More about Experimental investigations on diesel engine performance and emissions using biodiesel adding with carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles.

Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nazi, W. I. W. M., Wang, Y., Chen, H., Zhang, X., & Paul Roskilly, A. (2017). Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.632

Buildings consumed 40% of the world’s primary energy consumption. In hot climate countries, more than 50% of building’s energy was spent on the cooling system. Aimed to reduce building’s cooling load in a tropical country, this study compares buildin... Read More about Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate.

Sustainable and renewable energy from biomass wastes in palm oil industry: A case study in Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
Wu, Q., Qiang, T. C., Zeng, G., Zhang, H., Huang, Y., & Wang, Y. (2017). Sustainable and renewable energy from biomass wastes in palm oil industry: A case study in Malaysia. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(37), 23871-23877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.03.147

Palm oil is one of the most important oils in the world and huge amounts of palm biomass wastes are generated through palm oil extracting process which could endanger the environment. Meanwhile, electricity shortage is getting worse due to lack of fo... Read More about Sustainable and renewable energy from biomass wastes in palm oil industry: A case study in Malaysia.