Dominic Davis

Least-cost pathways to net-zero, coupled energy systems: A case study in Australia

Y Zhang, D Davis, MJ Brear

Journal article  |  2023  |  Journal of Cleaner Production

This paper investigates the least-cost greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement pathway for a coupled energy system. We consider the roles o..

Optimisation and analysis of battery storage integrated into a wind power plant participating in a wholesale electricity market with energy and ancillary services

Mostafa Naemi, Dominic Davis, Michael J Brear

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

This paper examines the optimal performance of a wind farm and an integrated battery storage system in a wholesale electricity mar..

Decarbonising Australia's National Electricity Market and the role of firm, low-carbon technologies

Dominic Davis, Michael J Brear

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Many of the world's electricity systems are decarbonising, driven in most cases by the deployment of variable renewable energy tec..

The role of hydrogen in decarbonizing a coupled energy system

Yimin Zhang, Dominic Davis, Michael JJ Brear

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

This paper examines the decarbonization of three coupled energy sectors: electricity, transport and heating/industry. The sector c..

Measured global thermal performance of a directly irradiated suspension-flow solar particle receiver with an open aperture

A Chinnici, D Davis, TCW Lau, D Ang, M Troiano, WL Saw, ZF Tian, R Solimene, P Salatino, GJ Nathan

Journal article  |  2021  |  SOLAR ENERGY

We present an experimental investigation of the thermal performance of a 1-kW directly irradiated suspension-flow solar particle r..

First-of-a-kind investigation on performance of a directly-irradiated windowless vortex-based particle receiver

A Chinnici, D Davis, TCW Lau, ZF Tian, W Saw, GJ Nathan

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AIP Conference Proceedings

New solar thermal technologies are required to achieve operating temperatures up to and above 1000°C for both power generation and..

Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: An experimental, numerical and theoretical study

D Davis, M Troiano, A Chinnici, WL Saw, T Lau, R Solimene, P Salatino, GJ Nathan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Chemical Engineering Science

We report a joint experimental, numerical and theoretical study of particle residence times in a novel vortex-based vessel for the..

Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: The influence of receiver tilt angle

Dominic Davis, Maurizio Troiano, Alfonso Chinnici, Woei L Saw, Timothy Lau, Roberto Solimene, Piero Salatino, Graham J Nathan

Journal article  |  2019  |  SOLAR ENERGY

We present the first experimental assessment of the influence of receiver tilt angle on the particle residence time distribution (..

Thermal performance of vortex-based solar particle receivers for sensible heating

Dominic Davis, Mehdi Jafarian, Alfonso Chinnici, Woei L Saw, Graham J Nathan

Journal article  |  2019  |  SOLAR ENERGY

We report a first-order assessment of a novel vortex-based solar particle receiver and the sensitivity of its thermal performance ..

Solar-driven alumina calcination for CO2 mitigation and improved product quality

Dominic Davis, Fabian Muller, Woei L Saw, Aldo Steinfeld, Graham J Nathan

Journal article  |  2017  |  GREEN CHEMISTRY

We report on the first-of-a-kind experimental demonstration of the calcination of alumina with concentrated solar thermal (CST) ra..