• Renewable energy, landfill gas and EfW: now, next and future 

  Adu-Gyamfi, K. A.; Villa, Raffaella; Coulon, Frederic (C I W M Business Services Ltd, 2010-02)

  The United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally used landfill disposal as the predominant method of waste management. However, landfilling is unsustainable due to its harmful effects on the environment and public health. Under ...
• Highly linear, compact and cost-effective sensor probes for displacement measurements using range-resolved interferometry 

  Kissinger, Thomas; Wiseman, Kieran B.; Tatam, Ralph P. (EUSPEN, 2021-06-10)

  We demonstrate a novel approach for interferometric displacement and vibration sensing using range-resolved interferometry (RRI). The concept exploits the ability of RRI to reject the signal contributions due to multiple ...
• Controlled porosity alumina structures for ultra-precision hydrostatic journal bearings 

  Durazo-Cardenas, Isidro; Stephenson, D. J.; Corbett, John (American Ceramic Society, 2010-11-04)

  A series of fine grade alumina powders has been used in combination with maize starch granules to produce porous structures for porous hydrostatic journal bearing applications. A comprehensive series of tests was conducted ...
• Climate change and the changing water cycle: new Indian and UK-India collaborative research initiatives 

  Remesan, Renji (OMICS International, 2012-05-21)

  The possible effects of climate change on India’s surface and ground water resources would impart huge pressure on existing water management strategies in coming decades and so. Recent studies shows that the per capita ...
• The expert-public interface in municipal waste management decision making: exploring opinions from stakeholder groups 

  Garnett, Kenisha; Cooper, T. H.; Heath, M. J.; Cartwright, G. A. (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, 2008-06-30)

  Local authorities need to find more effective ways to engage communities because public participation in collection schemes and acceptance of municipal waste facilities are integral to delivering effective waste strategies. ...
• The expert-public interface in municipal waste management decision making: exploring opinions from stakeholder groups 

  Garnett, Kenisha (2008-12-31)

  Local authorities need to find more effective ways to engage communities because public participation in collection schemes and acceptance of municipal waste facilities are integral to delivering effective waste strategies. ...
• Photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles on c- and c+ domains on PZT thin films 

  Dunn, Steve; Jones, Paul M.; Gallardo, Diego E. (American Chemical Society, 2007-06-23)

  The photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles on the negative domains of lead zirconate titanate thin films is reported. A sample of highly [100] orientated lead zirconate titanate, with a ratio of 30:70, that was 65−70 ...
• Understanding the implications of service contracting in product-service businesses 

  Phumbua, Sarocha; Tjahjono, Benny (The Operational Research Society, 2012-12)

  Service contracting has been adopted in several industries especially for high value assets with long life time. Such a contract typically specifies asset usage information, availability or capability of the contracted ...
• Biological treatment and thickening with a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor 

  Zsirai, T.; Wang, Z-Z.; Gabarrón, S.; Connery, K.; Fabiyi, M.; Larrea, A.; Judd, Simon J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-07-01)

  Aerobic operation of an immersed hollow fibre membrane bioreactor, treating municipal wastewater supplemented with molasses solution, has been studied across mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentrations between 8 ...
• Knowledge based environment to support product design validation 

  Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Molyneaux, M.; Doultsinou, A.; Brunner, B.; Martínez, E.; Moliner, F.; Santamaría, V.; Tanjore, D.; Ewers, P.; Knight, G. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2012-02-01)

  A knowledge-based environment to support product design validation of refresh projects (projects with minor changes in comparison with previous ones) has been developed. This was achieved by capturing the relation between ...
• Towards a harmonisation of the soil map of Africa at the continental scale 

  Dewitte, Olivier; Jones, Arwyn; Spaargaren, Otto; Breuning-Madsen, Henrik; Brossard, Michel; Dampha, Almami; Deckers, Jozef; Gallali, Tahar; Hallett, Stephen H.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Kilasara, Method; LeRoux, Pieter; Michéli, Erika; Montanarella, Luca; Thiombiano, Lamourdia; van Ranst, Eric; Yemefack, Martin; Zougmore, Robert (Elsevier, 2013-12-31)

  In the context of major global environmental challenges such as food security, climate change, fresh water scarcity and biodiversity loss, the protection and the sustainable management of soil resources in Africa are of ...
• Improving changeover time: a tailored SMED approach for welding cells 

  Guzmán, Ferradás P; Salonitis, Konstantinos (Elsevier BV, 2013-06-24)

  Short changeover times have always been critical in manufacturing business. Set-up duration reduction initiatives have been associated with Shingós ‘Single Minute Exchange of Die' (SMED) method. Although a great number of ...
• Establishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy 

  Kerr, S.; Watts, L.; Colton, J.; Conway, F.; Hull, A.; Johnson, K.; Jude, Simon R.; Kannen, A.; MacDougall, S.; McLachlan, C.; Potts, T.; Vergunst, J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-02-12)

  To date, academic research relating to Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) has largely focused on resource assessment, technical viability and environmental impact. Experiences from onshore renewable energy tell us that social ...
• Carbon capture and biogas enhancement by carbon dioxide enrichment of anaerobic digesters treating sewage sludge or food waste 

  Bajón Fernández, Yadira; Soares, Ana; Villa, Raffaella; Vale, P.; Cartmell, Elise (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-05-01)

  The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the stringent greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction targets, require the development of CO2 sequestration technologies applicable for the waste and ...
• On-line measurement of soil properties without direct spectral response in near infrared spectral range 

  Marin-González, O.; Kuang, B.; Quraishi, M. Z.; Munoz-Garcia, M. A.; Mouazen, Abdul Mounem (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2013-08-01)

  So far, the majority of reports on on-line measurement considered soil properties with direct spectral responses in near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). This work reports on the results of on-line measurement of soil properties ...
• Central role of dynamic tidal biofilms dominated by aerobic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria and diatoms in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons in coastal mudflats 

  Coulon, Frederic; Chronopoulou, P-M; Fahy, A; Païssé, S; Goñi-Urriza, M; Peperzak, L; Acuña, Alvarez L; McKew, BA; Brussaard, CPD; Underwood, GJC; Timmis, KN; Duran, R; McGenity, Terry J. (American Society for Microbiology, 2012-05-31)

  Mudflats and salt marshes are habitats at the interface of aquatic and terrestrial systems that provide valuable services to ecosys- tems. Therefore, it is important to determine how catastrophic incidents, such as oil ...
• The emergence of sustainable manufacturing practices 

  Despeisse, Melanie; Mbaye, F.; Ball, Peter D.; Levers, A. (Taylor & Francis, 2012-05-01)

  Sustainable manufacturing appears to be a rapidly developing field and it would be expected that there is a growing body of knowledge in this area. Initial examination of the literature shows evidence of sustainable work ...
• A novel framework to link prognostics and health management and product-service systems using online simulation 

  Teixeira, ELS; Tjahjono, Benny; Alfaro, SCA (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2012-09-01)

  Product-Service Systems (PSS) and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) have so far been researched individually in different domains and as unrelated research theme. However, to guarantee the availability of the asset, ...
• The water footprint of Irish meat and dairy products 

  Hess, Tim M.; Chatterton, Julia; Williams, Adrian (Cranfield University, 2012-02-29)

  The water consumption of a range of dairy and beef production systems was estimated for four locations in Ireland using the Cranfield Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) systems model. This included direct water consumption (for ...
• Impact of Reactor Operation on Success of Struvite Precipitation from Synthetic Liquors 

  Le Corre, Kristell S.; Valsami-Jones, Eugenia; Hobbs, Phil; Parsons, Simon A. (Taylor & Francis, 2007-11-30)

  A pilot scale reactor was designed and developed to study struvite crystallisation principles. The present work focuses on the possible impact of the reactor's operating parameters on struvite characteristics, and evaluates ...

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