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Professor Andrew Smallbone's Outputs (102)

The impact of disruptive powertrain technologies on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (2020)
Journal Article
Smallbone, A., Jia, B., Atkins, P., & Roskilly, A. P. (2020). The impact of disruptive powertrain technologies on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 6, Article 100030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2020.100030

Minimising tailpipe emissions and the decarbonisation of transport in a cost effective way remains a major objective for policymakers and vehicle manufacturers. Current trends are rapidly evolving but appear to be moving towards solutions in which ve... Read More about The impact of disruptive powertrain technologies on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.

Comparative analysis on temperature swing adsorption cycle for carbon capture by using internal heat/mass recovery (2020)
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Jiang, L., Wang, R., Gonzalez-Diaz, A., Smallbone, A., Lamidi, R., & Roskilly, A. (2020). Comparative analysis on temperature swing adsorption cycle for carbon capture by using internal heat/mass recovery. Applied Thermal Engineering, 169, Article 114973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.114973

Due to relatively high energy consumption of absorption technology, adsorption carbon dioxide capture is gathering the momentum in recent years. This paper aims to further improve the thermal performance of a 4-step temperature swing adsorption cycle... Read More about Comparative analysis on temperature swing adsorption cycle for carbon capture by using internal heat/mass recovery.

The potential of decarbonising rice and wheat by incorporating carbon capture, utilisation and storage into fertiliser production (2020)
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Gonzalez Diaz, A., Jiang, L., Roskilly, A. P., & Smallbone, A. J. (2020). The potential of decarbonising rice and wheat by incorporating carbon capture, utilisation and storage into fertiliser production. Green Chemistry, 22(3), 882-894. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc03746b

This paper aims to evaluate the reduction on greenhouse gas emissions in rice and wheat and their supply chains by incorporating carbon capture, utilisation, and storage into fertiliser production mainly from ammonia process, which is the section of... Read More about The potential of decarbonising rice and wheat by incorporating carbon capture, utilisation and storage into fertiliser production.

A review of the current automotive manufacturing practice from an energy perspective (2019)
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Giampieri, A., Ling-Chin, J., Ma, Z., Smallbone, A., & Roskilly, A. (2020). A review of the current automotive manufacturing practice from an energy perspective. Applied Energy, 261, Article 114074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114074

The automotive industry is facing on-going challenges to improve the sustainability of its manufacturing processes and vehicle emissions due to economic, environmental, marketability and policy concerns. This review aims to evaluate steps that could... Read More about A review of the current automotive manufacturing practice from an energy perspective.

Comparative study of using multi-wall carbon nanotube and two different sizes of cerium oxide nanopowders as fuel additives under various diesel engine conditions (2019)
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Zhang, Z., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, X., Smallbone, A., Dong, C., & Roskilly, A. P. (2019). Comparative study of using multi-wall carbon nanotube and two different sizes of cerium oxide nanopowders as fuel additives under various diesel engine conditions. Fuel, 256, Article 115904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115904

Techno-economic analysis of the thermal energy saving options for high-voltage direct current interconnectors (2019)
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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.

Thermodynamics and economics of liquid desiccants for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning - An overview (2018)
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Giampieri, A., Ma, Z., Smallbone, A., & Roskilly, A. P. (2018). Thermodynamics and economics of liquid desiccants for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning - An overview. Applied Energy, 220, 455-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.112

In an effort to minimise electricity consumption and greenhouse gases emissions, the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning sector has focused its attention on developing alternative solutions to electrically-driven vapour-compression cooling. Liq... Read More about Thermodynamics and economics of liquid desiccants for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning - An overview.