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Selected publications

G. Lychnos and P. A. Davies: Modelling and experimental verification of a solar-powered liquid desiccant cooling system for greenhouse food production in hot climates, Energy (in press)

A. K. Hossain, R. Thorpe, P. Vasudevan, P. K. Sen, R. E. Critoph and P.A. Davies: Omnigen: Provding electricity, food preparation, cold storage and pure water using a variety of local fuels, Renewable Energy (in press)

W. Langford, A. Gordon, L. Bastin, S. Bekessy, M. White and G. Newell:  Raising the bar for systematic conservation planning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 26, Issue 12, December 2011, 634-640.

A. Gordon, W. Langford, M. White, J. Todd and L. Bastin: Modelling trade offs between public and private conservation policies,  Biological Conservation 144:  558-566 (2011).

P. D. Topham, A. J. Parnell and R. C. Hiorns. Block Copolymer Strategies for Solar Cell Technology. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 49: 1131-1156 (2011)

P. A. Davies, R. Srivastava, B. Kaphaliya, A. K. Hossain, O. Ngoye Igobo, and G. Garantziotis: A greenhouse integrating desalination, water saving and rainwater harvesting for use in salt-affected inland regions, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 70: 628-633 (2011)

T. Y. Qiu and P. A. Davies: The scope to improve the efficiency of solar-powered reverse osmosis, Desalination and Water Treatment, 35: 14-32 (2011)

J. D. Nixon, P. K. Dey, P. A. Davies:  Which is the best solar thermal collection technology for electricity generation in north-west India? Evaluation of options using the analytical hierarchy process, Energy, 35:5230-5240 (2010)

L. Bastin: Urban ecosystems – tapping the human resource. In The New Optimists: Scientists View Tomorrow's World & What it Means to Us (editor K. Richards) Linus ISBN-10: 1907843000 (2010)

G. Lychnos, J. P. Fletcher and P. A. Davies: Properties of seawater bitterns with regard to liquid-desiccant cooling, Desalination, 250: 172-178 (2010)

A. K. Hossain and P. A. Davies: Plant oils as fuels for compression ignition engines: a technical review and life-cycle analysis, Renewable Energy, 35: 1-13 (2010)

P. R. Knowles, P. Griffin and P. A. Davies: Complementary methods to investigate the development of clogging within a horizontal sub-surface flow tertiary treatment wetland, Water Research, 44: 320-330 (2010)