Systems Engineering Research, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford: Environmental and Biological Systems Engineering - Sustainable Energy and Production

Selected Recent Publications:

Devlin, A., & Yang, A. (2022). Regional supply chains for decarbonising steel: Energy efficiency and green premium mitigation. Energy Conversion and Management, 254. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115268

Yang, A., Weidner, T., & Hamm, M. (2021). Energy optimisation of plant factories and greenhouses for different climatic conditions. Energy Conversion and Management, 243. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114336

Chao Chen, Aidong Yang (2021). Power-to-methanol: The role of process flexibility in the integration of variable renewable energy into chemical production, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 228, 113673, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113673.C

Weidner, T., Graça, J., Machado, T., & Yang, A. (2020). Comparison of local and centralized biowaste management strategies – A spatially-sensitive approach for the region of Porto. Waste Management, 118, 552-562. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.09.013

Weidner, T., & Yang, A. (2020). The potential of urban agriculture in combination with organic waste valorization: Assessment of resource flows and emissions for two European cities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118490

Veldhuis, A. J., Glover, J., Bradley, D., Behzadian, K., Lopez-Aviles, A., Cottee, J., . . . Yang, A. (2019). Re-distributed manufacturing and the food-water-energy nexus: opportunities and challenges. PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 30(7), 593-609. doi:10.1080/09537287.2018.1540055

Till Weidner, Aidong Yang, Michael W. Hamm (2018). Consolidating the current knowledge on urban agriculture in productive urban food systems: Learnings, gaps and outlook. Journal of Cleaner Production, 209, 1637-1655. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.004 

Skeldon, A. C., Schiller, F., Yang, A., Balke-Visser, T., Penn, A., & Gilbert, N. (2018). Agent-based modelling to predict policy outcomes: A food waste recycling example. Environmental Science and Policy, 87, 85-91. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2018.05.011

Garmulewicz, A., Holweg, M., Veldhuis, H., & Yang, A. (2018). Disruptive Technology as an Enabler of the Circular Economy: What Potential Does 3D Printing Hold?. California Management Review. doi:10.1177/0008125617752695

Yao, Y., Martinez-Hernandez, E., & Yang, A. (2018). Modelling nutrient flows in a simplified local food-energy-water system. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 133, 343-353. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.022

Veldhuis, A. J., Leach, M., & Yang, A. (2018). The impact of increased decentralised generation on the reliability of an existing electricity network. Applied Energy, 215, 479-502. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.009

Miah, J. H., Griffiths, A., McNeill, R., Halvorson, S., Schenker, U., Espinoza-Orias, N. D., Morse, S., Yang, A., Sadhukhan, J. (2018). Environmental management of confectionery products: Life cycle impacts and improvement strategies. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 177, 732-751. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.073

Melissa Yuling Leung Pah Hang, Elias Martinez-Hernandez, Matthew Leach, and Aidong Yang (2017). Insight-based approach for the design of integrated local food-energy-water systems. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (15), pp 8643–8653.

 Martinez-Hernandez, E., Leach, M., & Yang, A. (2017). Understanding water-energy-food and ecosystem interactions using the nexus simulation tool NexSym. APPLIED ENERGY, 206, 1009-1021. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.022

 Veldhuis, A. J., & Yang, A. (2017). Integrated approaches to the optimisation of regional and local food-energy-water systems. CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 18, 38-44. doi:10.1016/j.coche.2017.09.001

Martinez-Hernandez, E., Hang, M. Y. L. P., Leach, M., & Yang, A. (2017). A Framework for Modeling Local Production Systems with Techno-Ecological Interactions. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, 21(4), 815-828. doi:10.1111/jiec.12481

Leung Pah Hang, M. Y., Martinez-Hernandez, E., Leach, M. and Yang, A., 2016. Designing integrated local production systems:a study on the food-energy-water nexus. Journal of Cleaner Production, 135, pp. 1065-1084.

Leung Pah Hang, M. Y., Martinez-Hernandez, E., Leach, M., & Yang, A. (2016). Towards a coherent multi-level framework for resource accounting. Journal of Cleaner Production, 125, 204-215. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.031

Elias Martinez-Hernandez, Matthew Leach, and Aidong Yang. Impact of Bioenergy Production on Ecosystem Dynamics and Services—A Case Study on U.K. Heathlands. Environmental Science & Technology 49 (9), 5805-5812. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es505702j