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Comparative study on adsorption of two cationic dyes by milled sugarcane bagasse by Zhang, Zhanying, O’Hara, Ian M., Kent, Geoff A., Doherty, William O.S.

“…► Adsorption properties of two cationic dyes on sugarcane bagasse were compared. ► BB9 adsorption was less sensitive to change in surface area than RhB…”
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Harvesting and transport operations to optimise biomass supply chain and industrial biorefinery processes by Matindi, Robert, Masoud, Mahmoud, Hobson, Phil, Kent, Geoff, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…In Australia, Bioenergy plays an important role in modern power systems, where many biomass resources provide greenhouse gas neutral and electricity at a…”
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Developing a versatile simulation, scheduling and economic model framework for bioenergy production systems by Matindi, Robert, Hobson, Phil, Masoud, Mahmoud, Kent, Geoff, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…Modelling is an effective way of designing, understanding, and analysing bio-refinery supply chain systems. The supply chain is a complex process consisting of…”
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Experimental dataset for optimising the freight rail operations by Masoud, Mahmoud, Kozan, Erhan, Kent, Geoff, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…The freight rail systems have an essential role to play in transporting the commodities between the delivery and collection points at different locations such…”
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A Geographical Information System based framework to identify optimal location and size of biomass energy plants using single or multiple biomass types by Jayarathna, Lasinidu, Kent, Geoff, O'Hara, Ian, Hobson, Philip

“…•Development of an integrated GIS tool for optimal locating of biomass energy plants.•Calculation of optimum locations, sizes and corresponding biomass…”
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Geographical information system based fuzzy multi criteria analysis for sustainability assessment of biomass energy plant siting: A case study in Queensland, Australia by Jayarathna, Lasinidu, Kent, Geoff, O’Hara, Ian, Hobson, Philip

“…Biomass energy has huge potential in helping to achieve a renewable energy target to combat climate change. Many countries like Australia have huge potential…”
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Spatial optimization of multiple biomass utilization for large-scale bioelectricity generation by Jayarathna, Lasinidu, Kent, Geoff, O'Hara, Ian

“…This study developed a geographical information system-based methodology to maximize the environmental and economic efficiency of large-scale energy plants…”
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Joint planning of inspection, replacement, and component decommissioning for a series system with non-identically degrading components by Truong-Ba, Huy, Cholette, Michael E., Rebello, Sinda, Kent, Geoff

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Degradation modeling and condition-based maintenance of boiler heat exchangers using gamma processes by Cholette, Michael E., Yu, Hongyang, Borghesani, Pietro, Ma, Lin, Kent, Geoff

“…•A new degradation model for boiler heat exchanger erosion is developed.•The new model is a combination of a physics-based erosion model and a Gamma…”
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Condition-based inspection policies for boiler heat exchangers by Truong-Ba, Huy, Cholette, Michael E., Borghesani, Pietro, Ma, Lin, Kent, Geoff

“…•Condition-based inspection policy for heat exchanger systems.•Considering impact of worse maintenance activities of preventive removals of tubes.•Optimal…”
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Hybrid metaheuristic techniques for optimising sugarcane rail operations by Masoud, Mahmoud, Kozan, Erhan, Kent, Geoff

“…Mixed integer programming and parallel-machine job shop scheduling are used to solve the sugarcane rail transport scheduling problem. Constructive heuristics…”
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A systematic evaluation of biomethane production from sugarcane trash pretreated by different methods by Ketsub, Napong, Latif, Asif, Kent, Geoff, Doherty, William O.S., O'Hara, Ian M., Zhang, Zhanying, Kaparaju, Prasad

“…Sugarcane trash was pretreated by three methods and systematically evaluated for biomethane production. [Display omitted] •Biomethane production from…”
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An integrated approach to optimise sugarcane rail operations by Masoud, Mahmoud, Kozan, Erhan, Kent, Geoff, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…•An innovative mathematical model is presented to optimise a cane transport system.•An integrated depth-first-search algorithm with constraint programming is…”
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A new constraint programming approach for optimising a coal rail system by Masoud, Mahmoud, Kozan, Erhan, Kent, Geoff, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…Because of the bottlenecking operations in a complex coal rail system, millions of dollars are costed by mining companies. To handle this issue, this paper…”
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Mathematics and science inequalities in the United Kingdom: when elitism, sexism and culture collide by Boaler, Jo, Altendorff, Lori, Kent, Geoff

“…An examination of gender, social class and ethnicity performance and participation patterns in different UK countries shows that inequities occur in relation…”
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Field-testing IMPACT EPIC research results in Itanium 2 by Sias, John W., Ueng, Sain-zee, Kent, Geoff A., Steiner, Ian M., Nystrom, Erik M., Hwu, Wen-mei W.

“…Explicitly-Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) providesarchitectural features, including predication and explicitcontrol speculation, intended to enhance the…”
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A job-shop scheduling approach for optimising sugarcane rail operations by Masoud, Mahmoud, Kozan, Erhan, Kent, Geoff

“…The sugarcane transport system is very complex and uses a daily schedule, consisting of a set of locomotives runs, to satisfy the requirements of the mill and…”
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A Case Study on the Replacement Policy for a Pan System of Sugar Industry by Truong-Ba, Huy, Cholette, Michael E., Ma, Lin, Kent, Geoff

“…In sugar production, the vacuum pans used for crystallisation constitute one of most important systems and replacement costs are a significant capital…”
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