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Energy and economic analysis of building integrated photovoltaic thermal system: Seasonal dynamic modeling assisted with machine learning-aided method and multi-objective genetic optimization (2024)
Journal Article
Shboul, B., Zayed, M. E., Ashraf, W. M., Usman, M., Roy, D., Irshad, K., & Rehman, S. (2024). Energy and economic analysis of building integrated photovoltaic thermal system: Seasonal dynamic modeling assisted with machine learning-aided method and multi-objective genetic optimization. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 94, 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.03.049

Building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPV/T) systems offer a highly effective means of generating clean energy for both electricity and heating purposes in residential buildings. Hence, this article introduces a new BIPV/T system to optimally mi... Read More about Energy and economic analysis of building integrated photovoltaic thermal system: Seasonal dynamic modeling assisted with machine learning-aided method and multi-objective genetic optimization.

Revealing crucial effects of reservoir environment and hydrocarbon fractions on fluid behaviour in kaolinite pores (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, R., Xue, H., Lu, S., Greenwell, H. C., & Erastova, V. (2024). Revealing crucial effects of reservoir environment and hydrocarbon fractions on fluid behaviour in kaolinite pores. Chemical Engineering Journal, 489, Article 151362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151362

The adsorption interactions of hydrocarbons and clay surfaces are crucial to understanding fluid behaviour within shale reservoirs and to mediating organic pollutants in soils. These interactions are affected by the diversity of complex hydrocarbon c... Read More about Revealing crucial effects of reservoir environment and hydrocarbon fractions on fluid behaviour in kaolinite pores.

Seeing and turbulence profile simulations over complex terrain at the Thai National Observatory using a chemistry-coupled regional forecasting model (2024)
Journal Article
Macatangay, R., Rattanasoon, S., Butterley, T., Bran, S. H., Sonkaew, T., Sukaum, B., …Supasri, T. (2024). Seeing and turbulence profile simulations over complex terrain at the Thai National Observatory using a chemistry-coupled regional forecasting model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(2), 1414-1423. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae727

This study utilized advanced numerical simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) to predict anticipated astronomical seeing conditions at the Thai National Observatory (TNO). The study evaluated the... Read More about Seeing and turbulence profile simulations over complex terrain at the Thai National Observatory using a chemistry-coupled regional forecasting model.

Techno-economic analysis, emergy assessment, and optimization using response surface methodology of a solar and biomass-based co-generation system (2024)
Journal Article
Khosravi, S., Roy, D., Khoshbakhti Saray, R., Neshat, E., & Arabkoohsar, A. (2024). Techno-economic analysis, emergy assessment, and optimization using response surface methodology of a solar and biomass-based co-generation system. Energy Conversion and Management, 307, Article 118376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118376

Integrating renewable energy sources into systems is crucial for sustainability and reducing CO2 emissions. The sorption-enhanced gasification process, when combined with renewables, offers a path toward sustainable energy systems. In this study, a n... Read More about Techno-economic analysis, emergy assessment, and optimization using response surface methodology of a solar and biomass-based co-generation system.

Fusion asymptotics for Liouville correlation functions (2024)
Journal Article
Baverez, G., & Wong, M. D. (in press). Fusion asymptotics for Liouville correlation functions. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré, Probabilités et Statistiques, 60(1),

In [DKRV17a], David-Kupiainen-Rhodes-Vargas introduced a probabilistic framework based on the Gaussian Free Field and Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos in order to make sense rigorously of the path integral approach to Liouville Conformal Field Theory (L... Read More about Fusion asymptotics for Liouville correlation functions.