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Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
NWOGU, N.C., ALKALI, A. and GOBINA, E. 2015. Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications. Proceedings of the 1st International industrial technology and management science conference 2015 (ITMS 2015), 27-28 March 2015, Tianjin, China. Advances in computer science research, 34. Amsterdam: Atlantis press [online], pages 157-160. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2991/itms-15.2015.40

In this work the design of a nano structured ceramic membrane is carried out for fuel cell applications. However the innovation is that a membrane porous network is modified through its immersion in silica based solution and in a palladium solution t... Read More about Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications..

Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
KURUSHINA, V. and ZEMENKOV, Y. 2014. Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system. In Brebbia, C.A., Magaril, E.R. and Khodorovsky, M.Y. (eds.) Energy production and management in the 21st century: the quest for sustainable energy: proceedings of the 1st International conference on energy production and management (Energy Quest 2014), 23-25 April 2014, Ekaterinburg, Russia. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 190. Southampton: WIT Press [online], pages 881-888. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2495/EQ140822

This paper examines the identification of patterns of innovative development in the Russian pipeline system. An evaluation system based on the theory of technological innovation cycles is proposed. The innovation cycles identification scheme, in term... Read More about Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system..

Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
HAWEZ, H. and AHMED, Z. 2014. Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs. In Al-Kayiem, H.H., Brebbia, C.A. and Zubir, S.S. (eds.) Energy and sustainability V: proceedings of 5th Energy and sustainability international conference 2014, 16-18 December 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 186. Southampton: WIT Press [online], 547-558. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2495/ESUS140481

The majority of carbonate reservoirs have low porosity and permeability in general because of having a high amount of matrixes that make a heterogeneous reservoir, however high permeable layers are fractured. This study shows the effect of carbon dio... Read More about Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs..

Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
AHMED, K.H. and ABOUSHADY, A.A. 2014. Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability. In Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Industrial Electronics Society annual conference (IECON 2014), 30 October - 01 November 2014, Dallas, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 4676-4682. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2014.7049207

One of the main challenges of voltage source converter based HVDC systems is DC faults. In this paper, two different modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter topologies are proposed. The proposed converters offer a fault tolerant against the... Read More about Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability..

Reactive power minimization of dual active bridge DC/DC converter with triple phase shift control using neural network. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
HARRYE, Y.A., AHMED, K.H. and ABOUSHADY, A.A. 2014. Reactive power minimization of dual active bridge DC/DC converter with triple phase shift control using neural network. In Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on renewable energy research and applications (ICRERA 2014), 19-22 October 2014, Milwakuee, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 566-571. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016448

Reactive power flow increases dual active bridge (DAB) converter RMS current leading to an increase in conduction losses especially in high power applications. This paper proposes a new optimized triple phase shift (TPS) switching algorithm that mini... Read More about Reactive power minimization of dual active bridge DC/DC converter with triple phase shift control using neural network..

Sensorless multi-loop control of phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
ABOUSHADY, A.A. and AHMED, K.H. 2014. Sensorless multi-loop control of phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter. In Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on renewable energy research and applications (ICRERA 2014), 19-22 October 2014, Milwakuee, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 502-507. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016435

This paper proposes a multi-loop controller for the phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter. Output voltage is solely measured for control and inner loop is used to enhance closed loop stability and dynamic performance compared to single-... Read More about Sensorless multi-loop control of phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter..

Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
EDIDIONG, O., HABIBA, S. and GOBINA, E. 2014. Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification. In Ao, S.-I., Douglas, C., Grundfest, W.S. and Burgstone, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2014 World congress on engineering and computer science (WCECS 2014), 22-24 October 2014, San Francisco, USA. Lecture notes in engineering and computer science, 2214. Hong Kong: International Association of Engineers [online], pages 590-594. Available from: http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2014

Ethyl lactate is an important organic ester, which is biodegradable in nature and widely used as food additive, perfumery, flavor chemicals and solvent. Inorganic porous ceramic membrane has shown a lot of advantages in the equilibrium process of eth... Read More about Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification..

Rheological behaviour of single-phase non-Newtonian polymer solution in complex pore geometry: a simulation approach. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
IDAHOSA, P., OLUYEMI, G., PRABHU, R. and OYENEYIN, B. 2014. Rheological behaviour of single-phase non-Newtonian polymer solution in complex pore geometry: a simulation approach. In Proceedings of the 2014 COMSOL conference, 17-19 September 2014, Cambridge, UK. Burlington: COMSOL [online], article ID 18685. Available from: https://www.comsol.com/paper/rheological-behaviour-of-single-phase-non-newtonian-polymer-solution-in-complex--18685

One of the most important criteria for evaluating chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes that use polymers is its rheological behaviour which in turn account for other physical effects of adsorption and resistance factors during polymer-rock... Read More about Rheological behaviour of single-phase non-Newtonian polymer solution in complex pore geometry: a simulation approach..

A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2014. A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2014), 7-10 September 2014, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 7034250, pages 411-414. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2014.7034250

A novel low-complexity visual saliency detection algorithm for detecting salient regions in images is proposed. The algorithm derives salient regions based on in-focus regions and image centre sensitivity. The performance of the algorithm in predicti... Read More about A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity..

Simulation of rectangular fluidised bed with Geldart D particles. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
TANDON, M.P. and KARNIK, A.U. 2014. Simulation of rectangular fluidised bed with Geldart D particles. In Proceedings of the 10th International computational fluid dynamics in the oil and gas, metallurgical and process industries conference (CFD 2014), 17-19 June 2014, Trondheim, Norway. Trondheim: SINFEF [online], pages 509-516. Available from: https://www.sintef.no/globalassets/project/cdf2014/docs/official_proceedings_cfd2014-redusert-filstr.pdf

In this study, simulations are carried out using the Euler-Euler granular model in STAR-CCM+ for a gas-solid flow in a rectangular bubbling fluidized bed. The problem studied was announced as Small Scale Challenge Problem (SSCP-I) in 2013. Experiment... Read More about Simulation of rectangular fluidised bed with Geldart D particles..

Effect of the shape of connecting pipes on the performance output of a closed-loop hot water solar Thermo-syphon. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
FREEGAH, B., ASIM, T., ALBARZENJI, D., PRADHAN, S. and MISHRA, R. 2014. Effect of the shape of connecting pipes on the performance output of a closed-loop hot water solar Thermo-syphon. In Kumar, U., Karim, R., Parida, A. and Tretten, P. (eds.) Proceedings of 3rd international workshop and congress on eMaintenance: eMaintenance, trends in technologies and methodologies, challenges, possibilities and applications, 17-18 June 2014, Luleå, Sweden. Luleå: Luleå University of Technology [online], pages 119-123. Available from: http://ltu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A997766&dswid=-1615

In order to conserve the environment from pollution, which is caused by the use of the fossil fuels, numerous research works have been carried out in renewable energy area to minimize the dependency on the fossil fuels. There are several energy sourc... Read More about Effect of the shape of connecting pipes on the performance output of a closed-loop hot water solar Thermo-syphon..

Comprehensive steady state analysis of bidirectional dual active bridge DC/DC converter using triple phase shift control. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
HARRYE, Y.A., AHMED, K.H., ADAM, G.P. and ABOUSHADY, A.A. 2014. Comprehensive steady state analysis of bidirectional dual active bridge DC/DC converter using triple phase shift control. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International symposium on industrial electronics 2014 (ISIE), 01-04 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 437-442. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864653

Several papers have been published recently on TPS control of dual active bridge (DAB) converter, however, no complete study of the converter operation behaviour exists, that takes into account all switching modes in both charging and discharging (bi... Read More about Comprehensive steady state analysis of bidirectional dual active bridge DC/DC converter using triple phase shift control..

Abstract book for the proceedings of the 2nd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2014), 20-21 May 2014, Madrid, Spain. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
NJUGUNA, J., STAROST, K. and VERDEJO, R. (eds.) 2014. Abstract book for the proceedings of the 2nd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2014), 20-21 May 2014, Madrid, Spain.

The purpose of the 2nd International Conference on Structural Nano Composites (NANOSTRUC 2014) is to promote activities in various areas of materials and structures by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of technical achievements an... Read More about Abstract book for the proceedings of the 2nd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2014), 20-21 May 2014, Madrid, Spain..

A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2013. A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6698003. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6698003

A novel low-complexity visual saliency detection algorithm for detecting visually salient regions in images based on camera focus is presented. This fast in-focus region detection algorithm detects salient-frequencies present in in-focus areas using... Read More about A DCT based in-focus visual saliency detection algorithm..

Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2013. Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2013), 9-11 September 2013, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6698005. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6698005

This paper presents an investigation of the effectiveness of current video quality measurement metrics in measuring variations in perceptual video quality of pre-processed video. The results show that full-reference video quality metrics are not effe... Read More about Investigation of the effectiveness of video quality metrics in video pre-processing..

Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
ASIM, T., MISHRA, R. and UBBI, K.S. 2013. Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11-­13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

Due to the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels and increased pollution from exploitation of these fuels, the world is focusing on the renewable energy sources. Energy from tidal waves is one of the most exciting forms of renewable energy because of... Read More about Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine..

Effect of blade faults on the performance characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
PARK, K.-S., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2013. Characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11­-13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

Due to the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels and increased pollution from exploitation of these fuels, the world is focusing on the renewable energy sources. Wind is being considered as one of the prime next generation energy sources. Considerable... Read More about Effect of blade faults on the performance characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine..

Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo-siphon hot water solar system. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FREEGAH, B., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2013. Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo­siphon hot water solar system. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11-­13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

One of the alternative sources of energy is solar energy which is available in abundance throughout the world. The energy contained within the solar rays is capable of starting natural convection within closed mechanical systems containing a suitable... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo-siphon hot water solar system..

Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FOUGH, N., VERDICCHIO, F. and FAIRHURST, G. 2013. Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual postgraduate symposium on the convergence of telecommunications, networking and broadcasting 2013 (PGNET 2013), 24-25 June 2013, Liverpool, UK. Liverpool: Liverpool John Moores University. Hosted on Academia [online]. Available from: https://www.academia.edu/5546559/Exploration_of_RTP_Circuit_Breaker_with_Applications_to_Video_Streaming

Live multimedia streaming is becoming one of the dominant sources of internet traffic, much of which is sent over best-effort networks, i.e. along paths with a wide variety of characteristics. The multimedia traffic should be transmitted using a robu... Read More about Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming..

Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
SANAEE, R., OLUYEMI, G.F., HOSSAIN, M. and OYENEYIN, M.B. 2013. Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling. In Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Morris, J., Chan, A., Rostami, J. and Dershowitz, W. (eds.) Proceedings of the 47th U.S. rock mechanics/geomechanics American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) symposium 2013, 23-26 June 2013, San Francisco, USA. Alexandira, VA: American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), 3, pages 2329-2337.

In this paper the effects of overburden stress on fracture-matrix flow partitioning were numerically analyzed using two different numerical approaches; the analysis was validated using a fractured Clashach core flood laboratory experimental data. In... Read More about Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling..