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Performance and Potential Applications of Direct Expansion Ground Source Heat Pump systems for Building Energy

Omer A.M., University of Nottingham, UK

In the recent attempts to stimulate alternative energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings, emphasise has been put on utilisation of the ambient energy from ground source and other renewable energy sources. Exploitation of [...]

Industrial Symbiosis Using Green Chemistry

Clark J., University of York, UK

The twin problems of resource depletion and growing amounts of waste can be solved through the valorization of waste into chemical, fuel and material products. While future “closed-loop” manufacturing should reduce waste through in-house use [...]

The Discovery and Optimisation of Solid State Nano-materials for Energy and Electronics Sectors using MBE based Methodologies

Hayden B., Ilika Technologies LLC, UK

A high-throughput thin film methodology based on combining molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) atomic sources which can be combined with a high intensity plasma atom source is described. Compositional gradients of both amorphous and crystalline materials [...]

The New OPEC

Pfaltzgraff L., Budarin V., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Society faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation, increasing concerns to governments leading to increasing taxes for waste disposal restrictive legislation. Research in the area of renewable feedstock is of great importance [...]

Starbons® – A New Family of Bio-based Mesoporous Materials Derived from Polysaccharides

Clark J.H., Budarin V.L., Breeden S.W., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Starches from a wide variety of sources and locations can be physically expanded giving high surface areas and mesoporosity. Heating these materials leads to a family of “Starbons” with tunable surface properties depending upon activation [...]