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Energy recovery and pathogen inactivation with dry co-digestion of food waste and pig manure
(NUI Galway, 2019-03-14)
Anaerobic digestion is one of the best available technologies for food waste (FW) and pig manure (PM) management by producing methane-rich biogas. However, mono digestion of FW or PM is easily inhibited by high volatile ...
A new business model for cell-based therapeutics
(NUI Galway, 2011-06)
Cell-based therapeutics have attracted large amounts of investment as they may offer
effective treatments for a wide variety of health problems. In spite of extensive research
relatively few examples of successful ...
Combined experimental testing and numerical modelling of a novel vertical axis tidal turbine
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-30)
This research presents a study of a novel vertical axis tidal turbine (VATT) – the GKinetic turbine – using experimental testing of scale devices and numerical modelling. The primary aims of the thesis were: (1) to assess ...
Deep-retrofit decision-making support for achieving nearly zero-energy buildings with enhanced comfort
(NUI Galway, 2019-04-11)
The emerging trends for deep-retrofit of existing buildings in Europe require formulation of strategies for nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEBs) and achieving benchmarks as outlined in the Energy Performance of Buildings ...
Suggestion mining from text
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-21)
With the ever growing availability of opinions on the web, opinion mining has become a popular area of research in the fields of natural language processing and applied machine learning. We argue that opinion summaries ...
Development of a global energy management system for the non-energy intensive multi-site manufacturing organisations
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-30)
Climate change and energy resource sustainability are both major challenges facing humanity today. Due to their scale, multi-site (and/or multi-national) manufacturing organisations (MMO), are large consumers of energy, ...
Evaluation of modified flow-through pulsed UV technology for bacterial inactivation with comparison to a standard continuous-flow low pressure UV system
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-24)
Approximately 8,000 million litres of milk were processed by the Irish dairy industry in 2017. The most recent data indicates that industry water consumption rates average 2.5m3/m3 of milk processed and 14.9 m3/tonne ...
Analysis of the mechanical performance of a biodegradable magnesium stent in a remodelling artery
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)
Coronary stents made from degradable biomaterials such as magnesium alloy are an emerging technology in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Biodegradable stents provide mechanical support to the artery during the ...
Accurate dielectric characterisation of biological tissues in the microwave range using the open-ended coaxial probe technique
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-19)
Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of biological tissue samples is fundamental in the design of novel electromagnetic-based medical devices. Biological tissue samples are typically characterised dielectrically ...
Physically-based methods for improved high temperature creep performance of 9Cr steels and welds: nano-, micro- and macro-scale studies
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-30)
The reduction of emissions from fossil fuel power plants is essential to minimising the environmental impact of power generation and this can be achieved by higher temperature, with more efficient combustion of the fuel. ...