• Using discrete event simulation to investigate engineering product service strategies 

  Ball, Peter D.; Alabdulkarim, Abdullah; Cuthbert, Rachel; Thorne, Alan (2010-09-16)

  As companies develop business models based on service provision through engineering products the role of information becomes increasingly important to achieving high levels of service performance. One approach to achieving ...
• Enablers and barriers to innovation activities in call centres 

  Smith, Marisa K.; Ball, Peter D.; van der Meer, Robert (2009-06-15)

  Call centres have an operating model that aim to reduce costs - this has led to both customers and employees having issues with the current model. This has led to the view that contact centres are not entities in which ...
• Simulation of oxy-combustion co-firing coal and biomass with ASU and steam turbine using Aspen Plus 

  Jurado Pontes, Nelia; Gohari Darabkhani, Hamidreza; Oakey, John (International Centre for Sustainable Carbon, 2013-05)
• Zero carbon manufacturing through process flow modelling 

  Despeisse, Melanie; Ball, Peter; Evans, Steve; Levers, Andy (2012-10-16)

  The pressure on natural resources and emerging environmental legislation are leading manufacturers to adopt solutions to reduce their environmental impact, thereby becoming more sustainable, while enhancing competitiveness. ...
• Resilience to evolving drinking water contamination risks: a human error prevention perspective 

  Tang, Yanhong; Wu, Shaomin; Pollard, Simon J. T.; Hrudey, Steve E. (Elsevier, 2013-06-21)

  Human error contributes to one of the major causes of the prevalence of drinking water contamination incidents. It has, however, attracted insufficient attention in the cleaner production management community. This paper ...
• Plausible future scenarios for the UK food and feed system - 2015 and 2030. Report for the UK Food Standards Agency 

  Garnett, Kenisha; Delgado, João; Lickorish, Fiona; Medina-Vayá, Ángel; Magan, Naresh; Shaw, Hayley; Rathé, Anna; Chatterton, Julia; Prpich, George; Pollard, Simon; Terry, Leon A. (Cranfield University, Institute for Environment, Health, Risk and Futures (IEHRF), 2014-06)

  The report describes the key drivers of the wider environment which informed the development of the scenarios. There are case studies of three representative food types, which illustrate how the scenarios may be used to ...
• Assessment of land cover change in north eastern Nigeria 1986 to 2005 

  Garba, Samuel; Brewer, Timothy R. (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013-11-22)

  Environmental disturbance such as drought, overgrazing, and increase in population in north eastern Nigeriaover the years has led to degradation, shortage of land and water resources and sometimes violent conflict ...
• 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 ...
• 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, Boyan Y.; 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 ...

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