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Lefers, Ryan; Bettahalli, Narasimha Murthy Srivatsa; Nunes, Suzana P.; Fedoroff, Nina; Davies, Philip A. and Leiknes, TorOve (2016). Liquid desiccant dehumidification and regeneration process to meet cooling and freshwater needs of desert greenhouses. Desalination and Water Treatment, Latest ,

Orfi, Jamel; Loussif, Nizar and Davies, Philip A. (2016). Heat and mass transfer in membrane distillation used for desalination with slip flow. Desalination, 381 , pp. 135-142.

Davies, Philip A.; Wayman, James; Alatta, Chioma; Nguyen, Kim and Orfi, Jamel (2016). A desalination system with efficiency approaching the theoretical limits. Desalination and Water Treatment, Latest ,

Igobo, Opubo N. and Davies, Philip A. (2014). Review of low-temperature vapour power cycle engines with quasi-isothermal expansion. Energy, 70 , pp. 22-34.

Igobo, Opubo N. and Davies, Philip A. (2013). A high-efficiency solar rankine engine with isothermal expansion. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 8 (Suppl.), i27-i33.

Hossain, Abul K. and Davies, Philip A. (2012). Performance, emission and combustion characteristics of an indirect injection (IDI) multi-cylinder compression ignition (CI) engine operating on neat jatropha and karanj oils preheated by jacket water. Biomass and Bioenergy, 46 , pp. 332-342.

Qiu, Tianyu and Davies, Philip A. (2012). Longitudinal dispersion in spiral wound RO modules and its effect on the performance of batch mode RO operations. Desalination, 288 , pp. 1-7.

Davies, Philip A. and Hossain, Abul K. (2010). Development of an integrated reverse osmosis-greenhouse system driven by solar photovoltaic generators. Desalination and Water Treatment, 22 (1-3), pp. 161-173.

Knowles, P.R. and Davies, Philip A. (2009). A method for the in-situ determination of the hydraulic conductivity of gravels as used in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment, 5 (1-3), pp. 257-266.

Morris, Robert H.; Newton, Michael I.; Knowles, Paul R.; Bencsik, Martin; Davies, Philip A.; Griffin, Paul and McHale, Glen Analysis of clogging in constructed wetlands using magnetic resonance. Analyst, 136 (11), pp. 2283-2286.

Knowles, P.R.; Griffin, P. and Davies, Philip A. Complementary methods to investigate the development of clogging within a horizontal sub-surface flow tertiary treatment wetland. Water Research, 44 (1), pp. 320-330.

Hossain, A.K.; Ouadi, M.; Siddiqui, S.U.; Yang, Y.; Brammer, J.; Hornung, A.; Kay, M. and Davies, Philip A. Experimental investigation of performance, emission and combustion characteristics of an indirect injection multi-cylinder CI engine fuelled by blends of de-inking sludge pyrolysis oil with biodiesel. Fuel, 105 , 135–142.

Igobo, Opubo N. and Davies, Philip A. Low-temperature organic Rankine cycle engine with isothermal expansion for use in desalination. Desalination and Water Treatment, 55 (13), pp. 3694-3703.

Lychnos, George and Davies, Philip A. Modelling and experimental verification of a solar-powered liquid desiccant cooling system for greenhouse food production in hot climates. Energy, 40 (1), pp. 116-130.

Song, Gu; Davies, Philip A.; Wen, Jie; Xu, Guoqiang and Quan, Yongkai Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer of SES36 fluid on nanoporous surfaces obtained by electrophoretic deposition of Al2O3. Applied Thermal Engineering ,

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

Lychnos, Georgios; Fletcher, John P. and Davies, Philip A. Properties of seawater bitterns with regard to liquid-desiccant cooling. Desalination, 250 (1), pp. 172-178.

Davies, Philip A. and Orfi, Jamel Self-powered desalination of geothermal saline groundwater:technical feasibility. Water, 6 (11), pp. 3409-3432.

Elsarrag, Esam; Igobo, Opubo N.; Alhorr, Yousef and Davies, Philip A. Solar pond powered liquid desiccant evaporative cooling. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 58 , pp. 124-140.

Davies, Philip A.; Hossain, Abul K. and Vadudevan, P. Stand-alone groundwater desalination system using reverse osmosis combined with a cooled greenhouse for use in arid and semi-arid zones of India. Desalination and Water Treatment, 5 (1-3), pp. 223-234.

Song, Gu; Xu, Guoqiang; Quan, Yongkai; Yuan, Qingchun and Davies, Philip A. Uniform design for the optimization of Al2O3 nanofilms produced by electrophoretic deposition. Surface and coatings technology, 286 , pp. 268-278.

Davies, Philip A.; Hossain, Abul K.; Igobo, Opubo N.; Garantziotis, G.; Srivastava, R.K. and Kaphaliya, B. A greenhouse integrating desalination, water saving and rainwater harvesting for use in salt-affected inland regions. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 70 (8), pp. 628-633.

Davies, Philip A. A solar-powered reverse osmosis system for high recovery of freshwater from saline groundwater. Desalination, 271 (1-3), pp. 72-79.

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Davies, Philip A.; Hossain, Abul K.; Lychnos, George and Paton, Carol Energy saving and solar electricity in fan-ventilated greenhouses. IN: International Workshop on Greenhouse Environmental Control and Crop Production in Semi-Arid Regions. Kubota, C. and Kacira, M. (eds) ISHS Acta Horticulturae, 797 . Leuven (BE): International Society for Horticultural Science.

Davies, Philip A. Sustainable energy systems for seawater reverse osmosis desalination. IN: Emerging membrane technology for sustainable water treatment. Singh, Rajindar and Hankins, Nicholas (eds) Oxford (UK): Elsevier.

Knowles, Paul R. and Davies, Philip A. A finite element approach to modelling the hydrological regime in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. IN: Water and nutrient management in natural and constructed wetlands. Vymazal, Jan (ed.) Netherlands: Springer.

Lychnos, George and Davies, Philip A. A solar powered liquid-desiccant cooling system for greenhouses. IN: International Workshop on Greenhouse Environmental Control and Crop Production in Semi-Arid Regions. Kubota, C. and Kacira, M. (eds) ISHS Acta Horticulturae, 797 . Leuven (BE): International Society for Horticultural Science.