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A Regional Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Approach and its Application on Solar Photovoltaic
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, T., Roskilly, A. P., & Wang, Y. (2016, October). A Regional Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Approach and its Application on Solar Photovoltaic. Presented at The 8th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2016, Beijing, China

This paper proposes a sustainability assessment method which incorporating life cycle approach and sustainability theory. Northeast region of England is chosen as a case study. The assessment examines the sustainability of regional solar photovoltaic... Read More about A Regional Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Approach and its Application on Solar Photovoltaic.

Energy Recovery from Brewery Waste: experimental and modelling perspectives
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.

Biogas Tri-generation for Postharvest Processing of Agricultural Products in a Rural Community: Techno-economic Perspectives
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lamidi, R. O., Wang, Y., Pathare, P. B., Roskilly, A., & Aguilar, M. C. (2017, August). Biogas Tri-generation for Postharvest Processing of Agricultural Products in a Rural Community: Techno-economic Perspectives. Presented at 9th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE2017, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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.

Waste Utilization in a Spirit Plant as Alternative to Fossil Fuels
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siqueiros, E., Wang, Y., Sturm, B., Law, R., Li, K., Li, Y., Roskilly, T., & Huang, Y. (2014, May). Waste Utilization in a Spirit Plant as Alternative to Fossil Fuels. Presented at The 6th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2014, Taipei, Taiwan

Food processing industries are extremely large consumers of thermal energy as well as bio waste generation and there are huge opportunities to improve its utilization. In this study a medium scale spirit plant situated in China was audited. Based on... Read More about Waste Utilization in a Spirit Plant as Alternative to Fossil Fuels.

Reduce Household Energy Consumption Using Passive Methods
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liang, X., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2015, March). Reduce Household Energy Consumption Using Passive Methods. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Recent researches and studies demonstrate that the need for sustainable buildings which do less impact on the environment is rising in the worldwide [1], [2]. Not only the energy generator from energy supply side needs to be considered to build a sus... Read More about Reduce Household Energy Consumption Using Passive Methods.

Optimal Hybrid Power System Using Renewables and Hydrogen for an Isolated Island in the UK
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, N., Miao, C., Wu, Q., Wang, Y., Ji, J., & Roskilly, T. (2016, October). Optimal Hybrid Power System Using Renewables and Hydrogen for an Isolated Island in the UK. Presented at The 8th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2016, Beijing, China

A distributed electrical power system using renewable generations (RG) on an island was studied. The original system includes micro hydropower stations, wind turbines and solar PVs with a bank of batteries for storage of the extra power from the rene... Read More about Optimal Hybrid Power System Using Renewables and Hydrogen for an Isolated Island in the UK.

Experimental Exploration of a Novel Chemisorption Composite of SrCl 2 -NEG Adding with Carbon Coated Ni
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, Q., Lu, Y., Tang, K., Wang, Y., Roskilly, A. P., & Zhang, H. Experimental Exploration of a Novel Chemisorption Composite of SrCl 2 -NEG Adding with Carbon Coated Ni. Presented at The 8th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2016, Beijing

This study reports the development and experimental investigation on a novel chemisorption composite material by adding Carbon coated Ni into SrCl2-NEG. The manufacture processes on this novel material has been developed in order to control the evenl... Read More about Experimental Exploration of a Novel Chemisorption Composite of SrCl 2 -NEG Adding with Carbon Coated Ni.

Analysis of Energy Utilization and Waste in China's Processing Industry Based on a Case Study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Su, Z., Wang, Y., Roskilly, T., & Huang, Y. (2015, March). Analysis of Energy Utilization and Waste in China's Processing Industry Based on a Case Study. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Due to the rapid increase in price of resources, the role of energy management and utilisation has become significant in processing industry. Industries can be more competitive by increasing the energy efficiency and eliminating waste. In this resear... Read More about Analysis of Energy Utilization and Waste in China's Processing Industry Based on a Case Study.

Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nazi, W. I. W. M., Wang, Y., Chen, H., Zhang, X., & Paul Roskilly, A. (2017, August). Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate. Presented at 9th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE2017, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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.

Experimental Study for a Micro Smart Grid to Meet the Energy Demand of a Household
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, J., Zheng, X., He, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2016, October). Experimental Study for a Micro Smart Grid to Meet the Energy Demand of a Household. Presented at The 8th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2016, Beijing, China

In this research, a smart grid using renewable energy and energy storage unit is studied. The system's storage units applies novel supercapacitor technologies to work with traditional batteries. This study aims at satisfying the dynamic demand of a h... Read More about Experimental Study for a Micro Smart Grid to Meet the Energy Demand of a Household.

Analysis and Optimization on Energy Performance of a Rural House in Northern China Using Passive Retrofitting
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liang, X., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Jiang, J., Chen, H., Zhang, X., Guo, H., & Roskilly, T. (2016, October). Analysis and Optimization on Energy Performance of a Rural House in Northern China Using Passive Retrofitting. Presented at The 8th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2016, Beijing, China

A simulation study to improve energy and indoor environmental performance of a rural house by retrofitting in Beijing of China is presented in this paper. This dwelling was retrofitted using passive energy saving methods and it aims to reduce the ann... Read More about Analysis and Optimization on Energy Performance of a Rural House in Northern China Using Passive Retrofitting.