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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.

Flexible General Branch Model Unified Power Flow Algorithm for Future Flexible AC/DC Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bustos, A., & Kazemtabrizi, B. (2018, December). Flexible General Branch Model Unified Power Flow Algorithm for Future Flexible AC/DC Networks. Presented at 18th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Palermo, Italy

This paper presents a new Flexible General Branch Model (FGBM) for the power flow solution of hybrid AC/DC grids. The model is an improvement of MATPOWER's original branch model, by incorporating extra degrees of freedom in form of additional state v... Read More about Flexible General Branch Model Unified Power Flow Algorithm for Future Flexible AC/DC Networks.

Contingency Ranking in Power Systems via Reliability Rates (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cervantes, C., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Troffaes, M. (2018, October). Contingency Ranking in Power Systems via Reliability Rates. Presented at 18th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Palermo, Italy

This paper shows the scope of probabilistic contingency ranking algorithms when applied to transmission systems with high levels of renewable integration. Using our fast screening contingency ranking algorithm, a performance index is calculated throu... Read More about Contingency Ranking in Power Systems via Reliability Rates.

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.

Thin film flexible/bendable acoustic wave devices: Evolution, hybridization and decoupling of multiple acoustic wave modes (2018)
Journal Article
Tao, R., Wang, W., Luo, J., Hasan, S., Torun, H., Canyelles-Pericas, P., Zhou, J., Xuan, W., Cooke, M., Gibson, D., Wu, Q., Ng, W., Luo, J., & Fu, Y. (2019). Thin film flexible/bendable acoustic wave devices: Evolution, hybridization and decoupling of multiple acoustic wave modes. Surface and Coatings Technology, 357, 587-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2018.10.042

Based on theoretical analysis, finite element simulation and experimental verifications, we have systematically investigated evolution, hybridization and decoupling of multiple acoustic wave modes and vibration patterns generated from piezoelectric f... Read More about Thin film flexible/bendable acoustic wave devices: Evolution, hybridization and decoupling of multiple acoustic wave modes.

hp-adaptive celatus enriched discontinuous Galerkin method for second-order elliptic source problems (2018)
Journal Article
Giani, S. (2018). hp-adaptive celatus enriched discontinuous Galerkin method for second-order elliptic source problems. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 40(5), B1391-B1418. https://doi.org/10.1137/17m1149912

This paper presents a new way to enrich finite element methods with nonpolynomial functions without adding any function to the finite element space. For this reason, the method is called celatus, which is a Latin word meaning ``hidden from view."" Si... Read More about hp-adaptive celatus enriched discontinuous Galerkin method for second-order elliptic source problems.

Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Kumar, A., Ferdous, R., Luque-Ayala, A., McEwan, C., Power, M., Turner, B., & Bulkeley, H. (2019). Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science, 48, 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.005

Lanterns, homes systems, hot water systems and micro-grids based on small-scale solar have become prominent ways to address the energy access challenge. As momentum grows for this form of energy transition this paper draws together research on small-... Read More about Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

SANISAND‐FN: An evolving fabric‐based sand model accounting for stress principal axes rotation (2018)
Journal Article
Petalas, A. L., Dafalias, Y. F., & Papadimitriou, A. G. (2019). SANISAND‐FN: An evolving fabric‐based sand model accounting for stress principal axes rotation. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 43(1), 97-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.2855

SANISAND is the name of a family of bounding surface plasticity constitutive models for sand within the framework of critical state theory, which have been able to realistically simulate the sand behavior under conventional monotonic and cyclic loadi... Read More about SANISAND‐FN: An evolving fabric‐based sand model accounting for stress principal axes rotation.

Centrifuge testing to verify scaling of offshore pipeline ploughs (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Brown, M., Matsui, H., Brennan, A., Augarde, C., Coombs, W., & Cortis, M. (2019). Centrifuge testing to verify scaling of offshore pipeline ploughs. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 19(6), 305-317. https://doi.org/10.1680/jphmg.17.00075

Offshore pipeline ploughs have previously been modelled at 1g with small 1:50 scale models designed to derive the parameters required for prediction of ploughing in terms of tow force requirements and potential advance rates. This was scaled up to pr... Read More about Centrifuge testing to verify scaling of offshore pipeline ploughs.

Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal OFDM Waveform Design Strategy for an Integrated Radar and Communications System (2018)
Journal Article
Shi, C., Wang, F., Salous, S., & Zhou, J. (2018). Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal OFDM Waveform Design Strategy for an Integrated Radar and Communications System. IEEE Access, 6, 57689-57699. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2874007

The integration of radar and communications systems can provide great advantages, such as enhanced efficiency, structure simplification, less occupied hardware resources, and interference mitigation, compared with traditional individual radar and com... Read More about Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal OFDM Waveform Design Strategy for an Integrated Radar and Communications System.

Confidence Measures for Carbon-Nanotube / Liquid Crystals Classifiers (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vissol-Gaudin, E., Kotsialos, A., Groves, C., Pearson, C., Zeze, D., Petty, M., & Al-moubayed, N. (2018, July). Confidence Measures for Carbon-Nanotube / Liquid Crystals Classifiers. Presented at 2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2018)., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This paper focuses on a performance analysis of single-walled-carbon-nanotube / liquid crystal classifiers produced by evolution in materio. A new confidence measure is proposed in this paper. It is different from statistical tools commonly used to e... Read More about Confidence Measures for Carbon-Nanotube / Liquid Crystals Classifiers.

Industrial Multi-Energy and Production Management Scheme in Cyber-Physical Environments: A Case Study in a Battery Manufacturing Plant (2018)
Journal Article
Pei, W., Ma, X., Deng, W., Chen, X., Sun, H., & Li, D. (2019). Industrial Multi-Energy and Production Management Scheme in Cyber-Physical Environments: A Case Study in a Battery Manufacturing Plant. IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, 4(1), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cps.2018.5029

Among the various electricity consumer sectors, the consumption level of the industrial sector is often considered as the largest portion of electricity consumption, highlighting the urgent need to implement demand response (DR) energy management. Ho... Read More about Industrial Multi-Energy and Production Management Scheme in Cyber-Physical Environments: A Case Study in a Battery Manufacturing Plant.

ADMM-based Distributed OPF Problem Meets Stochastic Communication Delay (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Sun, H., & Dent, C. (2019). ADMM-based Distributed OPF Problem Meets Stochastic Communication Delay. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 10(5), 5046-5056. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2018.2873650

An increasing number of distributed generators (DGs) will penetrate into the distribution power system in future smart grid, thus a centralized control strategy cannot effectively optimize the power loss problem in real-time. This paper examines the... Read More about ADMM-based Distributed OPF Problem Meets Stochastic Communication Delay.

Study of the influence of temperature on the measurement accuracy of transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters (2018)
Journal Article
Ge, L., Deng, H., Wang, Q., Hu, Z., & Li, J. (2019). Study of the influence of temperature on the measurement accuracy of transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters. Sensor Review, 39(2), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr-01-2018-0005

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to deal largely with the influence of temperature variation on the measurement accuracy of transit-time ultrasonic flowmeter. Design/methodology/approach: The causes of measurement error due to temperature are qu... Read More about Study of the influence of temperature on the measurement accuracy of transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters.

Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hua, W., Li, D., Sun, H., Matthews, P., & Meng, F. (2017, September). Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Power and Renewable Energy, Chengdu, China

In order to alleviate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the environmental and economic dispatch (EED) is formulated as multiobjective problem (MOP) solved by multiobjective immune algorithm (MOIA). Building on this model, the virtual power pla... Read More about Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets.

Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gardlo, M., Buzna, Ľ., Carvalho, R., Gibbens, R., & Kelly, F. (2018, October). Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies. Presented at The fifth Workshop on Complexity in Engineering (COMPENG 2018)., Florence, Italy

We combine the power flow model with the proportionally fair optimization criterion to study the control of congestion within a distribution electric grid network. The form of the mathematical optimization problem is a convex second order cone that c... Read More about Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies.