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Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman (2021)
Journal Article
Shaik, H. M., Kabbani, A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2021). Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman. AIMS Energy, 9(6), 1192-1212. https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2021055

Degradation of PV modules have a severe impact on its power-producing capabilities thus affecting the reliability, performance over the long run. To understand the PV degradation happening under the influence of local environmental conditions a surve... Read More about Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman.

Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2021). Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques. Environmental management and sustainable development, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v11i1.19027

Air-conditioning as a technical solution to protect inhabitants from excessive heat exposure creates the challenge of expanding indoor health effects. While air-conditioning has mostly been applied as an improvement to living conditions, health and e... Read More about Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques.

Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Beg, M., Sun, D., Popescu, C., Alcock, K. M., Onyianta, A. J., O'Rourke, D., …Yu, H. (2021). Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators. In 2021 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). https://doi.org/10.23919/icac50006.2021.9594191

Water hyacinth is an invasive plant that can be converted to high value cellulose nanofibers. This study presents battery separators prepared from water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres (WHCNF) via a freeze-thawing crosslinking method, using polyethylen... Read More about Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators.

An Accessible Method of Embedding Fibre Optic Sensors on Lithium-ion Battery Surface for in-situ Thermal Monitoring (2021)
Journal Article
Alcock, K., Grammel, M., González-Vila, A., Binetti, L., Goh, K., & Alwis, L. (2021). An Accessible Method of Embedding Fibre Optic Sensors on Lithium-ion Battery Surface for in-situ Thermal Monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 332(1), Article 113061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.113061

Presented is a proof of concept to evaluate the suitability of a mounting technique for fibre optic sensors (FOSs) to measure Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) temperature. Two mounting techniques for the optical fibre, i.e. containing multiple Fibre Bragg G... Read More about An Accessible Method of Embedding Fibre Optic Sensors on Lithium-ion Battery Surface for in-situ Thermal Monitoring.

Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2021). Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18461

Substandard ventilation in restricted air-conditioning indoor places is allied with upsurge in the respiratory infections’ transmission. There have been several COVID-19 spread occurrences connected with indoor environment, together with a few from p... Read More about Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment.

Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Kerrouche, A., & Oye, T. T. (2021). Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), 10-35. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18537

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user of... Read More about Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit.

Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Kerrouche, A., & Oye, T. T. (2021). Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), 36-61. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18519

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user of... Read More about Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System.

Feasibility Study on the Potential of Fibre Bragg Gratings for Thermal Monitoring of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Alcock, K., Grammel, M., Binetti, L., Gonzales Vila, A., Goh, K., & Alwis, L. (2020). Feasibility Study on the Potential of Fibre Bragg Gratings for Thermal Monitoring of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries. In G. Cranch, A. Wang, M. Digonnet, & P. Dragic (Eds.), Optical Fiber Sensors Conference 2020 Special Edition. https://doi.org/10.1364/OFS.2020.T3.49

Bragg Gratings were used to monitor thermal fluctuations of a Lithium-Ion battery by attaching the sensors outside the casing of the battery. Results are comparable to that obtained from thermo-couples and thus verifies its potential.

Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020). Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning. In 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera49962.2020.9242846

This paper presents the modelling of smart indoor control for renewable air-conditioning using fuzzy logic control and proportional-integral-derivatives for improved thermal comfort. The proposed control techniques are systematically designed and tun... Read More about Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning.

Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. T. (2020). Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System. In 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera49962.2020.9242819

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21 st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user o... Read More about Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System.