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2022-01-01
High modulus asphalt concretes (HMACs), enrobés à module élevé (EMEs) in French, improve asphalt pavement durability due to their high rigidity, high resistance to rutting and fatigue and in some cases very good low-temperature behaviour. The goal of the current study is to perform a sensitivity analysis of HMAC (EME) ...
Investigation of Cold Regions Dense Graded HMAC (EME) Sensitivity to Bitumen and Filler Content
10.1007/978-3-030-46455-4_149
2022-01-01
Zero waste manufacturing (ZWM) conceptually transforms the economies of nations to a circular economy by employing sustainable technologies in reducing waste to barest minimum possible through the entire value chain. A number of indicators have therefore been proposed by many researchers to assess zero waste management...
Fossil Fuel Combustion, Conversion to Near-Zero Waste Through Organic Rankine Cycle
10.1007/978-3-030-84205-5_69
2022-01-01
The effect of chamber pressure on the microstructure and ablation behavior of ZrB 2 coatings deposited by low-pressure plasma spraying was investigated. The results showed that as the spray chamber pressure further was reduced to less than 50 kPa, the porosity of the coating deposited at the same distance decreased wit...
Microstructure and Ablation Behavior of Low-Pressure Plasma Sprayed ZrB2 Coatings Down to 100 Pa
10.1007/s11666-021-01290-z
2022-01-01
Present materials used for industrial applications are significantly influenced by manufacturing technologies used during production of industrial goods and applied strains or stresses. For the latter are pre-deformations resulting, these induce changes in the material like hardening, residual stresses, changes in micr...
Forming Stress-Induced Initial Damage in Case Hardening Steel 16MnCrS5 Under Cyclic Axial Loading in LCF Regime
10.1007/978-3-030-97822-8_31
2022-01-01
The paper presents procedures for defect propagation assessment recommended by British standards and their application to rotating components. The way of applying these procedures was shown by an example of a steam turbine rotor with particular use of a characteristic strain model of creep. Calculations of the flaws lo...
Defect Development in Ultra-Supercritical Steam Turbine Rotors According to British Standards
10.1007/978-3-030-97822-8_18
2022-01-01
Microstructure and grain size are important factors affecting the mechanical properties of low-carbon bainite steels Low-carbon bainite steel . The influence of austenitization Austenitization and cooling rate Cooling rate on the phase transformation of low-carbon bainite steel Low-carbon bainite steel was investigated...
Effect of Austenitizing and Cooling Process on Microstructure Transformation of Low-Carbon Bainite Steel
10.1007/978-3-030-92388-4_36
2022-01-01
Grinding wheels are usually manufactured by powder metallurgical processes, i.e., by molding and sintering. Since this requires the production of special molds and the sintering is typically carried out in a continuous furnace, this process is time-consuming and cost-intensive. Therefore, it is only worthwhile for medi...
Qualification of the Low-pressure Cold Gas Spraying for the Additive Manufacturing of Copper–Nickel–Diamond Grinding Wheels
10.1007/s11666-021-01291-y
2022-01-01
Low-temperature plasma processing of surfaces and interfaces is an interesting option for applications in flexible and printed electronics where surface cleaning, activation or functionalization are required. Plasma processing compared to more traditional chemical treatment can be significantly cheaper and faster while...
Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Applications in Flexible and Printed Electronics
10.1007/978-981-16-5763-4_15
2022-01-01
Internal combustion engines are a prime mover in almost 99.8% of global transport vehicles, whereas 95% of the total driving energy still comes from petroleum-derived liquid fuels. Meeting emissions legislations is still a matter of concern for various automotive industries, which motivated them to devise cleaner and m...
Reaction Mechanisms and Fuel Surrogates for Naphtha/Low Octane Fractions-Application for Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine
10.1007/978-981-16-8735-8_11
2022-01-01
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) enables the study of DNA–protein interactions. When coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq), this method allows the generation of genome-wide profiles of the distribution of specific proteins in a given cellular context. Typical ChIP-seq experiments require millions of ce...
Profiling Histone Methylation in Low Numbers of Cells
10.1007/978-1-0716-2481-4_11
2022-01-01
To achieve Net Zero, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oils must be replaced with another source. However, most of the current low-carbon energy sources will also need to be replaced as almost none have more than about 25 years remaining of useful life. The pace and scale of the needed change is unprecedented: al...
The Challenge of Climate Change—Complete Energy Systems Transformation: No Nuclear, No Net Zero
10.1007/978-94-6265-495-2_6
2022-01-01
A Ku-band low-profile, high power, wide scan scope, long detection range chip-type antenna system structure is designed for the purpose of meeting the needs of various services for miniaturization, intelligence and modularization of future precision guided weapon system. System composition, structural design, mechanica...
A Ku-Band Low-Profile and High Power Chip-Type Antenna System Structure
10.1007/978-981-19-1309-9_60
2022-01-01
In this work the self-discharge characteristics are evaluated through resting OCV (open-circuit voltage)-SOC (state-of-charge) hysteresis and storage aging behavior for pouch NCM|graphite lithium-ion battery. A weak peak is found on the OCV-SOC curve of incremental capacity and differential voltage analysis. A low free...
Investigation of self-discharge properties and a new concept of open-circuit voltage drop rate in lithium-ion batteries
10.1007/s10008-021-05049-y
2022-01-01
The research and development progress of ultra-supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler in major scientific research institutions and boiler manufacturing plants at home and abroad is described, and the furnace type schemes and technical characteristics of different boilers types are discussed in detail. To resea...
Progress and Main Technical Characteristics of Ultra-supercritical Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler
10.1007/978-981-16-1657-0_42
2022-01-01
Every material has its characteristics, if we want to know its characteristics, we usually do mechanical testing. Mechanical testing is usually a destructive test. The purpose of this research is to measure the pressure wave of clay conditioned with the help of an ultrasonic signal. The contribution of this research is...
Pressure Wave Measurement of Clay Conditioned Using an Ultrasonic Signal with Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Methods
10.1007/978-981-19-1804-9_10
2022-01-01
In the present scenario, the demand for fossil fuel has become a fundamental issue for mankind across the globe. To render adequate the energy demand for transport, the mixing of bioethanol with gasoline has been a promising aspect in India as well as other developing and developed countries. The potential of co-produc...
Bioethanol Production from Sugar Beet Juices and Molasses for Economic and Environmental Perspectives
10.1007/978-981-19-2730-0_45
2022-01-01
Green roof promises to become an increasingly important option for building owners and community planners because it can address many of the challenges facing urban residents. The success of the roof depends on the specific build-up of the green roof, therefore, special attention was focused on the identification and a...
Drainage Layer in Green Roofs: Proposal for the Use of Agricultural Plastic Waste
10.1007/978-3-031-06825-6_177
2022-01-01
Heavy duty vehicles fitted with internal combustion engines have been instrumental in helping human for meeting their economic and social goals. In the pursuit we have put enormous burden on our environment. And now we are facing the challenges to limit and reduce the burden on environment over a period of time. Presen...
Future Sustainable Transport Fuels for Indian Heavy Duty Vehicles
10.1007/978-981-16-8414-2_8
2022-01-01
Studies on wettability Wettability control with liquid sodium have been conducted via many experiments and theoretical calculations. However, experiments using liquid sodium are challenging because of the high chemical reactivity of liquid sodium. Hence, we plan to perform experiments using a low melting temperature Me...
Fundamental Study on Wettability of Pure Metal Using a Low Melting Temperature Alloy: A Theoretical Approach
10.1007/978-3-030-92373-0_35
2022-01-01
A structural component may experience several mechanical loading conditions such as dynamic, cyclic, and static under various environmental conditions. Examples for each loading conditions are as follows: dynamic loading such as impact, cyclic loading such as fatigue, static loadings such as creep and chemical corrosio...
Low Velocity Impact on Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite Laminates
10.1007/978-981-16-9439-4_3
2022-01-01
The first 20 years of operation of gravitational-wave interferometers have shown that, despite the high degree of isolation, detectors are affected by influences from the surrounding environment. Seismic, acoustic and electromagnetic disturbances of natural or human origin may limit the interferometer sensitivity or po...
Environmental Noise in Gravitational-Wave Interferometers
10.1007/978-981-16-4306-4_10
2022-01-01
In our quickly growing world, there is an increasing need for cheap, long-lasting, and less hazardous materials for medical purposes. To meet their needs, medical goods ranging from intravenous fluid containers to medical syringes are manufactured utilizing a variety of thermoplastics and Plastic Injection Moulding (PI...
Parametric Appraisal of Plastic Injection Moulding for Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE): A Novel Taguchi Based Honey Badger Algorithm and Capuchin Search Algorithm
10.1007/978-3-031-04301-7_1
2022-01-01
Abstract An express method to activate the formation and decomposition of (Cr,W) solid solutions, which is based on copper melt infiltration into noncompacted mixtures of chromium and tungsten powders under low-frequency vibration, is used to form disperse structures in Cr–W–Cu alloys. Model composite alloys are fabric...
Disperse Structures of (Cr,W) Solid Solution Decomposition in Cr–W–Cu Alloys
10.1134/S0036029522010049
2022-01-01
The low nickel austenitic stainless steel (LNiASS) is more economical than the conventional 300-series austenitic stainless steels as 60% (approx.) of the Ni is replaced by manganese; it exhibits similar mechanical properties but inferior corrosion resistance. In this work, low nickel austenitic stainless steel samples...
Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Based Metallic Coatings Deposited by Thermal Spray Method on Low Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steel
10.1007/s11665-021-06200-6
2022-01-01
Understanding dynamic future changes in precipitation can provide prior information for nonpoint source pollution simulations under global warming. However, the evolution of the dependence structure and the unevenness characteristics of precipitation are rarely considered. This study applied a two-stage bias correction...
Precipitation projection over Daqing River Basin (North China) considering the evolution of dependence structures
10.1007/s11356-021-16066-9
2022-01-01
Suppose some amount of heat energy (low-grade energy) is in your hand.
Availability and Irreversibility (Exergy and Anergy)
10.1007/978-3-030-67274-4_7
2022-01-01
Aiming at the problem of polymer blockage and production reduction caused by the failure of the oxidative breaker during the fracturing stimulation process of low-temperature and low-permeability oil and gas reservoirs, a microbial enhancement experiment was carried out to remove the fracturing polymer blockage and imp...
Experimental Study on Microbial Enhanced Plugging Removal and Recovery in Low Temperature and Low Permeability Reservoirs
10.1007/978-981-19-2149-0_13
2022-01-01
Plastics, especially low-density polyethylene (LDPE), is now being the most effective pollutant on Earth due to its non-degradability and increased demand. The reduced reusability and recyclability of these plastics makes more hurdle in proper disposal and treatment of these wastes. Thus, this problem can be managed on...
Sustainable Bituminous Pavement: A Study on Low-Density Polymer Modified Bituminous Binder
10.1007/978-981-16-6557-8_35
2022-01-01
This paper highlighted the material failure of the low nickel–chromium-molybdenum steel choke body by visual observation, microstructure characterization, chemical composition, and hardness analysis. A choke body failed due to leakage at the choke body after 11 years in service. A combination of fluid flow condition an...
Material Failure Assessment of Leakage in a Low Alloy Steel Choke Body
10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_3
2022-01-01
The selection of formulations and technological parameters for the production of foamed ceramics is complicated by the multicomponent composition and the variety of technological modes of firing. In order to predict the properties of foamed ceramics and obtain reliable its characteristics, as well as taking into accoun...
Reproducibility of the Properties of Foamed Ceramics by the Processability Factor Method
10.1007/978-3-030-83917-8_22
2022-01-01
The paper presents the comparative results of mechanical tensile testing at room (20 ± 10°C) and reduced (–196 ± 5°C) temperature of the cold- and hot-rolled samples of a semi-finished sheet product made of alloy 1580. The test samples were obtained from the 12 mm thick hot-rolled as well as 2 and 4.5 mm thick cold-rol...
Investigation of the Properties of High-Strengh Aluminum Alloy 1580 for Producing Deformed Semi-Finished Products Suitable for Use Under the Far North and Arctic Conditions
10.1007/s11015-022-01244-y
2022-01-01
In recent years, more and more low calorific value coal such as slime and gangue are used in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers. Under this condition, it is difficult to control pollutants such as SO 2 and NO X due to the change of ash content and particle size of coal. Results implied that when low calorific valu...
Study on Pollutants Control of Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler Burning Low Calorific Value Coal
10.1007/978-981-16-1657-0_45
2022-01-01
In developing countries, including India, biodiesel extracted from invalid feedstuffs such as Mahua, Jatropha, and Pongamia has been shown to be a viable alternative. The findings of the power output investigation and then the emission characteristics of Mahua biodiesel engines are discussed in this research. In this a...
Performance, Combustion, and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Using Low-Temperature Combustion
10.1007/978-981-16-2794-1_110
2022-01-01
In order to evaluate the influence of hydraulic oil and hydraulic transmission oil on the low-temperature cold start performance of the winch, a hydraulic winch low-temperature cold start performance evaluation test bench was developed. The overall structure and working principle of the test rig are described, and the ...
Evaluation System and Data Analysis Method of Low-Temperature Cold Start for Hydraulic Winch Oil
10.1007/978-981-19-0390-8_89
2022-01-01
A low temperature-sensitive microwave-vacuum integrated Ramsey cavity (MVIC) used for Rb fountain clocks is proposed to solve the problems that the clocks have a small operating-temperature range and are sensitive to the ambient temperature changes. This cavity mainly consists of a tube made of titanium (Ti) and two en...
A Low Temperature-Sensitive Ramsey Cavity for Rb Fountain Clocks
10.1007/978-981-19-2576-4_35
2022-01-01
Reducing the friction force between the commercial archwire and bracket during the orthodontic treatment in general dental practice has attracted worldwide interest. An investigation on the friction and wear behaviors of the uncoated and carbon film coated stainless steel archwires running against stainless steel brack...
Robust low friction performance of graphene sheets embedded carbon films coated orthodontic stainless steel archwires
10.1007/s40544-020-0471-3
2022-01-01
Pollution generated by wastewater containing inorganic pollutants, such as heavy metals, has always been considered a real problem for our planet. Therefore, the removal of these micropollutants from polluted water is a valuable intervention to preserve human health and the environment. Many conventional methods are us...
Algal Biomass Valorization for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions
10.1007/978-981-16-5928-7_8
2022-01-01
A bolt with an excellent combination of high strength (1711 MPa) and high elongation (20.4%) was successfully manufactured using the hot-rolled twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel without applying the wire drawing and heat treatment processes, leading to the reduced production costs, lead time, and CO 2 emission c...
Direct Formed High-Strength Bolt with Hot-Rolled Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steel Using Its High Strain Hardening Rate
10.1007/s11665-021-06174-5
2022-01-01
Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) is an engine-fuel technology which incorporates a combustion process using gasoline fuels in a compression ignition (CI) mode. GCI has the potential to offer high fuel efficiency while achieving ultra-low emissions. The objectives of the GCI engine development are to improve the fuel...
Spark Assisted Gasoline Compression Ignition (SAGCI) Engine Strategies
10.1007/978-981-16-8735-8_5
2022-01-01
MgSiO 3 -rich orthopyroxene Orthopyroxene , CaMgSi 2 O 6 -rich clinopyroxene Clinopyroxene and Mg 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 -rich garnet consist of ~40 vol% of the Earth’s upper mantle Upper mantle . The two pyroxenes Pyroxene dissolve into garnet Garnet to form majorite garnet solid solution at a pressure range of ~8–16 GPa in...
Phase Transitions of Pyroxene and Garnet, and Post-spinel Transition Forming Perovskite
10.1007/978-981-19-6363-6_6
2022-01-01
Because Lithum plating may occur at the end of charging or during high 04-current charging, which affects the safe use of the battery. AC heating is an effective solution to the low temperature charging performance degration. In this paper, an electrochemical-thermal coupling model is established and a multi-stage AC h...
Multi-stage AC Low-Temperature Heating Strategy for Lithium-Ion Battery
10.1007/978-981-19-1870-4_125
2022-01-01
In the article, the methodology for a calculated evaluation of sequential distortion of the working roll’s profile during the serial widestrip rolling was presented. The function to evaluate the average resource of working rolls was obtained by the criterion of the cross-section gage variation of strip. The gage variat...
The Methodology of Resource Forecasting on Working Rolls of the Final Stands of the Widestrip Hot Rolling Mill
10.1007/978-3-030-85233-7_20
2022-01-01
The aim of this pilot study is to know the thermal impact that manual therapy has on the body temperature of the lower back and abdominal region in subjects with low back pain. It was conducted on ten patients, five of them diagnosed with low back pain and five without it. The intervention protocol was based on Richell...
Thermal Effects of Manual Therapy in Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study
10.1007/978-3-031-07704-3_7
2022-01-01
The world's needs for water, energy and food are constantly increasing. This pattern which only seems to be growing creates global challenges which are critical for our survival as a species, mainly the need to provide enough food while conserving the limited water sources that are still available. Irrigation is one of...
Low-Cost Smart Irrigation System Based on Internet of Things and Fuzzy Logic
10.1007/978-3-031-20490-6_7
2022-01-01
The ever-increasing demand for energy, the exhaustible nature of conventional fuels, and increasing pollution have led to an immediate search for clean, sustainable, and renewable alternative energy sources. DME is one such alternative fuel that is quite promising for internal combustion (IC) engines because of several...
Prospects and Challenges of DME Fueled Low-Temperature Combustion Engine Technology
10.1007/978-981-16-8344-2_10
2022-01-01
This paper presents experimental results aimed at characterizing and modeling the elastoplastic cyclic response and low-cycle fatigue behavior of an AISI 316L stainless steel, subjected to strain-controlled tests at room temperature. Experimental data are used to calibrate kinematic and isotropic plasticity models, as ...
Cyclic Plasticity and Low-Cycle Fatigue of an AISI 316L Stainless Steel Tested at Room Temperature
10.1007/978-3-030-97822-8_42
2022-01-01
Silicon kerf residue Silicon kerf residue is generated during the wafering process of pure silicon in the photovoltaic value chain. The generated by-product Utilization of by-products has a high volume, and the particle size is typically below 1 μm. Although the fine particles are partly oxidized, the material may be b...
Pre-study of the Dissolution Behavior of Silicon Kerf Residue in Steel
10.1007/978-3-030-92563-5_15
2022-01-01
The current nickel supply deficit and continuous change in its expense brought about getting the consideration of researchers to prompt different options of stainless steel which contains less measure of nickel as its alloying component. Among the different existing stainless steel (SS) grades, austenitic stainless ste...
Recent Trends in Weldability and Corrosion Behavior of Low Nickel Stainless Steels
10.1007/978-981-16-3135-1_21
2022-01-01
Recently, new technologies for higher thermal efficiency have been developed in internal combustion engines. New types of combustion processes and technologies have been proposed regardless of the type of an engine. Low temperature combustion (LTC) such as homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) has been studied...
Advanced Combustion Technologies for Higher Thermal Efficiency
10.1007/978-3-030-94538-1_4
2022-01-01
In recent years, meteorological environment has become a topic of concern to people. Various meteorological disasters threaten human life and production. Accurate and timely acquisition of meteorological data has become a prerequisite for dealing with various aspects of production and life, and also laid a foundation f...
Based on Internet of Things Platform Using NB-IoT Communication Low-Power Weather Station System
10.1007/978-981-19-2456-9_65
2022-01-01
Power interruptions as well as planned reduction can be difficult to manage due to challenges in thermal balance of the pot. At reduced internal heat, isotherms will shift inwards causing operational difficulties. Additionally, smelters also have pots with different designs and age groups, which react differently to am...
Managing Power Interruptions at 360 KA Smelter
10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_61
2022-01-01
Barry Loewer and David Albert put forward a theory that they call “ The Mentaculus ”, which they claim to be “arguably a complete scientific theory of the universe”. Albert and Loewer’s Mentaculus is an expanded version of statistical mechanics. On their view – as recently updated by Loewer’s “ Package Deal Approach ” ...
Is the Mentaculus the Best System of Our World?
10.1007/978-3-030-96775-8_4
2022-01-01
Semi-coke is the product of low-rank coal by pyrolysis at low temperature. If semi-coke could be used as fuel of industrial pulverized coal boilers, it will widen the fuel range of the industrial pulverized coal boilers and effectively promote the coal staged utilization. As the semi-coke need higher temperature than b...
Investigation on NOx Formation Characteristics During Semi-coke Air-Staged Combustion
10.1007/978-981-16-1657-0_32
2022-01-01
The development of lower to middle-class apartments in big cities in Indonesia continues to increase due to urbanization. The increase in the growth of apartments in this class will of course directly affect the rise in building material needs for construction. This is also elevating energy consumption and carbon emiss...
Embodied Energy and Embodied GHG of Architectural Works on Low-Cost Apartment Construction in Indonesia
10.1007/978-981-16-6932-3_31
2022-01-01
The application of low-carbon alcohols (LCA fuels) in internal combustion engines has become one of the most important topics in road transport decarbonization. This paper aims to identify the trends and characteristics of LCA combustion research for the period 2000–2021 through bibliometric analysis. Citation analysis...
Low-carbon alcohol fuels for decarbonizing the road transportation industry: a bibliometric analysis 2000–2021
10.1007/s11356-021-15539-1
2022-01-01
This paper first summarizes the development status of new soft magnetic materials, and then analyzes the principle of motor core loss. Then, selects new soft magnetic materials ST100 and traditional silicon steel 20WTG1500 for testing, were selected for testing to compare and analyze the material properties after annea...
Application Analysis of New Type of Soft Magnet in High Speed and Low Loss Permanent Magnet Motor
10.1007/978-981-19-1870-4_121
2022-01-01
Important developments in additive manufacturing of concrete (AMoC) have been achieved in the past decades. Like other additive manufacturing processes, interdependence between material design, process effects, and part performance exists in AMoC. In this chapter, material design of various cement-based materials amena...
Material Design, Additive Manufacturing, and Performance of Cement-Based Materials
10.1007/978-3-030-95798-8_13
2022-01-01
The development of sintering flue gas circulating fluidized bed (CFB) treatment technology is very important because there are many disadvantages in the existing treatment technology. In order to understand this technology, it is necessary to study the combustion of sintering flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed. Ex...
The Fundamental Studies on Combustion of Sintering Flue Gas in Circulating Fluidized Bed
10.1007/978-981-16-1657-0_36
2022-01-01
Wagstaff, Inc. grew as the manufacturing capabilities developed into mainstream large-scale computerized numerical control (CNC) machining centers, sometimes even ahead of the commercial machine tool manufacturers. This unique capability positioned the leadership to rapidly take on new market opportunities in extrusion...
The Origins of Wagstaff Inc.: Part 2—Aggressive R&D
10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_81
2022-01-01
In order to solve the problem of rapid increase in water content and decrease in production after water flooding in fault block reservoirs, the air foam flooding experiments of static low temperature oxidation, single and double sand filled tube were carried out. In view of the complex fault block reservoir the Arrheni...
Study on Air Foam Flooding Technology to Enhance Oil Recovery of Mid Deep Complex Fault Block Reservoir by Water Injection
10.1007/978-981-19-2149-0_290
2022-01-01
Construction Construction workers are the key and indispensable contributors to every construction project. For many years, the construction industry has been documented, having a great possibility of occupational illnesses, injuries and accidents. Such threats of construction workers can result in social problems Soci...
Health Impacts of Construction Workers: A Short Introduction
10.1007/978-3-030-76073-1_19
2022-01-01
Plan and optimization of a P-channel Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET) with Graphene Nanoribbon (GNR) as channel material are carried out in this paper to attain high performance in low power advanced circuits. A self-consistent iterative strategy is utilized to illuminate numerically 1-D Poisson’s condition subjec...
Design and Optimization of Graphene Nanoribbon TFETs for Low Power Digital Applications
10.1007/978-981-19-6301-8_5
2022-01-01
In this chapter, which is divided in two parts, several aspects concerning ionic liquids are discussed. Part one contains a brief history of the development of ionic liquids, their main physical properties, the most convenient ways to manipulate them, the most salient synthetic strategies for the preparation of ionic l...
Ionic Liquids: Design and Applications
10.1007/978-1-0716-1579-9_6
2022-01-01
Direct strip casting (DSC) is one of the cutting-edge technologies for the steel industry in the twenty-first century. Under the background of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, DSC technology has a bright future of applications as it requires less production time and space with reduced energy consumption. Owing to its...
Research status and prospect of direct strip casting manufactured low-carbon microalloyed steel
10.1007/s42243-021-00739-3
2022-01-01
This paper deals with an experimental result that is carried out on new controlled low strength material (CLSM) prepared by blending pond ash, with gypsum drywall from a demolished structure. The use of gypsum drywall is according to the proportion of 0, 10, 15 and 25% by weight of the total of pond ash, cement and wat...
Flow and Strength Characteristics of CLSM Using Gypsum Dry Wall
10.1007/978-981-16-4396-5_16
2022-01-01
The world faces the challenge to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel with low-cost technology. Therefore, this research emphasised on production of low sulfur fuel utilising nanoparticle catalyst under mild condition. A small amount of cobalt oxide (10–30 wt%) was introduced into the Fe/Al 2 O 3 catalyst through the wet im...
Catalytic oxidative desulfurisation over Co/Fe-γAl2O3 catalyst: performance, characterisation and computational study
10.1007/s11356-021-15733-1
2022-01-01
Many communities have completed renewable energy projects and we’ve included some links to particularly advanced programs which can serve as guides for your own endeavours. There is a huge amount of creativity and solid engineering being deployed at the community level and local leaders have clearly put knowledge in th...
Communities Lead the Way
10.1007/978-3-030-91782-1_10
2022-01-01
With evolving global CO 2 emissions legislation and the increased adoption of electrified powertrains such as hybrid electrics, there is a growing need to extract more fuel efficiency from the Gasoline SI engine. By applying gasoline low temperature combustion over typical driving cycle conditions and traditional stoic...
Development of Gasoline Low Temperature Combustion Engine System Compatible with SULEV30 Emissions
10.1007/978-3-030-91869-9_5
2022-01-01
Mutation fixation of irradiated banana cultures is achieved through at least three generation advancements by in vitro subculturing. The in vitro culture is a technique which allows rapid multiplication of plantlets within a short time and which often relies highly on expensive inputs that are almost unaffordable in ma...
Low-Cost In Vitro Options for Banana Mutation Breeding
10.1007/978-3-662-64915-2_10
2022-01-01
Surfactant flooding costs are low and the recovery effect is good. In order to better exert the performance of surfactants and improve the recovery factor of low permeability reservoirs, this article mainly focuses on the optimization and improvement of surfactants. The anionic surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonat...
Optimization and Improvement of Surfactant Compounding in Low Permeability Reservoirs
10.1007/978-981-19-2149-0_275
2022-01-01
With the rapid advancements in the Artificial Intelligence area, Neural Networks (NNs) became the driving force both in general purpose and embedded computing domains. Especially, resource constrained embedded systems progressively rely on multiple NNs to provide on the spot sophisticated services. Nevertheless, suppor...
Enabling Efficient Inference of Convolutional Neural Networks via Approximation
10.1007/978-3-030-98347-5_17
2022-01-01
SiP (System in a package) has become one of the most popular words in the field of microelectronics in recent years. Because of its many advantages, SiP is regarded as a magic weapon to continue or surpass Moore’s law by many microelectronics practitioners.
SiP Project Planning and Design Case
10.1007/978-981-19-0083-9_23
2022-01-01
Traditionally cement, lime and fly ash or combinations of these materials have been used for stabilization of soils and granular materials. Studies on bio-enzyme stabilization suggest that it has the potential to replace these chemicals with more economical as well as environmental friendly solution for potential appli...
Mechanical Characterization of a Bio-enzyme Treated Granular Lateritic Soil for Application in Low Volume Roads
10.1007/978-981-16-6456-4_21
2022-01-01
Abstract Recent achievements in the development of new methods for producing acetic acid (AA) from methane using heterogeneous catalysts are summarized and systematized. Modern heterogeneous-catalytic processes of methane conversion to AA via syngas and alternative one- and two-step AA production procedures via “low-te...
Modern Methods for Producing Acetic Acid from Methane: New Trends (A Review)
10.1134/S0965544122010078
2022-01-01
The effect of low-distortion quenching in a low-concentration polymer medium on the combination of properties of sheet preforms and parts from aluminum alloys is studied. The mechanical characteristics in tensile tests and the electrical conductivity are determined. Tests for low-cycle fatigue and different kinds of co...
Effect of Low-Distortion Quenching on the Combination of Properties of Sheet Parts from Aluminum Alloys
10.1007/s11041-022-00723-y
2022-01-01
With the rapid development of the economy, people’s living standard is constantly improving, the pursuit of low-carbon economic life and healthy life is more and more obvious. As a basic project in the construction of urbanization, urban garden landscape is closely related to the daily life of urban residents. The purp...
Low-Carbon Economic Life and Landscape Design Analysis and Research
10.1007/978-3-031-05484-6_4
2022-01-01
This paper outlines the design and developmental process of producing a prototype for a low cost human-robot interface, the primary concept of the project is to create a wearable glove controller that is both low cost and effective which is able to control a robotic hand with minimal level of accuracy, alongside the gl...
A Low-Cost Human-Robot Interface for the Motion Planning of Robotic Hands
10.1007/978-3-030-82199-9_30
2022-01-01
A hand-held plasma device was developed based on the principle of floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge (FE-DBD). The parameters and performance of the device was examined. The FE-DBD was excited at a voltage of 2.1 kV, pulse repetition rate of 7.57 kHz and discharge current of 5.4 mA. The average power was c...
Development of a Hand-Held FE-DBD Plasma Device
10.1007/978-981-19-1532-1_60
2022-01-01
Tracer monitoring is an important technical means to verify the inter-well channeling and identify the dominant channel of water flooding. In view of the problems of conventional tracer, such as formation adsorption, environmental protection limitation, poor thermal stability, easy decomposition and precipitation, high...
Application of Quantum Dot Tracer in Water Exploration of Horizontal Wells in Low Permeability Reservoir
10.1007/978-981-19-2149-0_349
2022-01-01
The objective of the present work is to investigate the microstructure evolution in Fe-12 Mn-13 Al-4.8 Ni-0.8 C wt.% steel after two-phase heat treatment, followed by different cooling regimes. The alloy was homogenized at 1200 ℃ for 3 h followed by forging and water quenching to room temperature. Thereafter it was hea...
Microstructure Evolution in Medium Mn, High Al Low-Density Steel During Different Continuous Cooling Regimes
10.1007/978-981-16-3686-8_7
2022-01-01
Pressure-retarded membrane distillation (PRMD) can convert low-grade heat to useful work by harvesting the pressure energy of the condensation liquid on the cold side. In this study, a new type of PRMD system for combined freshwater and power production was proposed. For this configuration, the thermal energy of the ph...
Harvesting net power and desalinating water by pressure-retarded membrane distillation
10.1007/s11431-021-1926-6
2022-01-01
Bioelectrochemical devices (BED) are used to harness energy as electricity from soluble organic matter using microorganisms as biocatalysts. The soluble organic matter gets oxidized by the microbes to liberate electrons in the BED electrode. The counter-charge carriers diffuse through a separator and get reduced at the...
Electricity Production in Bioelectrochemical Devices: Impact of Separator Materials
10.1007/978-981-16-8278-0_26
2022-01-01
Conventional fossil fuel sources are limited and their combustion leads to emissions. For these reasons, more eco-friendly alternative fuels are needed. Biodiesel has been known as a suitable alternative fuel for the last few decades. This fuel is produced from various sources including vegetable oils, animal fats, and...
Biodiesel as a Clean Fuel for Mobility
10.1007/978-981-16-8747-1_8
2022-01-01
Lignin—an underutilized component of lignocellulosic biomass and an aromatic polymer has an immense potential for the production of valuable chemicals. The ultimate goal of our research is to understand the lignin depolymerization at a lower temperature to obtain valuable chemicals such as vanillin, phenol-2-methoxy in...
Low-temperature alkali lignin depolymerization to functional chemicals
10.1007/s13399-021-01478-x
2022-01-01
As consequence of deteriorated fuel quality, soot deposits on the EGB tubes, had increased and, in some cases, had resulted in soot fires and in extreme cases into a high temperature iron fire in which the boiler itself burned. The best burning out of fuel combustible components due to applying a water-fuel emulsion (W...
Reducing the Harmful Emissions While Water-Fuel Emulsions Combustion
10.1007/978-3-030-94259-5_42
2022-01-01
This chapter presents the current knowledge on the impact of atmospheric deposition from natural sources, such as Saharan dust, and from anthropogenic activities, on marine chemistry and biogeochemistry of the open Mediterranean Sea. Results from process studies and observations at sea that have been conducted over the...
Impact of Atmospheric Deposition on Marine Chemistry and Biogeochemistry
10.1007/978-3-030-82385-6_23
2022-01-01
Whole genome bisulfite sequencing Bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) is a high-throughput DNA sequencing-based technique that is used to determine genome-wide DNA methylation DNA methylation patterns at base resolution. Library construction Library construction by post-bisulfite adaptor tagging (PBAT Post bisulfite adaptor ta...
Low Input Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis with Minimal Library Amplification
10.1007/978-1-0716-2380-0_14
2022-01-01
Caiza, Gustavo Monta, Cristhian Ayala, Paulina Caceres, Javier Garcia, Carlos A. Garcia, Marcelo V. The evolution of technologies advances by leaps and bounds, that is why this article describes the implementation of a prototype of fuzzy monitoring and control with low-cost restrictions to control the heating of poultr...
Low-Cost Fuzzy Control for Poultry Heating Systems
10.1007/978-981-16-2380-6_9
2022-01-01
Horizontal well technology is a technological revolution in oil industry, and it is one of the most important methods of marginal low permeable formation exploitation in Daqing Oilfield. It is commonly believed that large-scale & multi-stage fracturing is an effective way to recover oil from thin, low porosity and ultr...
Large-Scale Dual-Packer Drag Type Multi-stage Fracturing Technology for Horizontal Wells
10.1007/978-981-19-2149-0_8
2022-01-01
Low rank coal combustion of a tangential firing type boiler is influenced by time, temperature, and turbulence as well as the oxygen sufficiency of combustion air. The mass flow rate ratio of primary air to the pulverized coal will affect the stream velocity of flue gas–solid particles that enter the furnace, so that i...
Numerical Study Effect Using Low Rank Coal on Flow Characteristics, Combustion, and Furnace Exit Gas Temperature on Tangentially Fired Pulverized Coal Boiler 350 MWe
10.1007/978-981-19-1581-9_31
2022-01-01
Natural convection heat transfer has been a subject of intensive research during the past decades due to its wide applications such as in cooling of nuclear reactors and electronic equipments, heating and ventilation in building design. The present study is focussed with enhancement of natural convection heat transfer ...
Enhancement of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Cylindrical Enclosure with Internal Heat Source
10.1007/978-981-16-4222-7_107
2022-01-01
One of the most challenging issues transportation managers face is maintaining the condition of low-volume roadways during and immediately following wet weather events, such as heavy rainfall and the spring time thaw period. Specifically, high moisture contents in the road base and subgrade weakens the overall structur...
Evaluating the Performance Benefits for Low-Volume Roadways Constructed with Geosynthetic Wicking Fabrics: A Case Study in Northern New England
10.1007/978-3-030-77238-3_64
2022-01-01
Public awareness of the environmental problems associated with single-use plastic bags is growing and different management alternatives are being implemented, including regulatory interventions. At least 35 countries around the world have taken steps to tax or ban single-use bags. Evaluating the carbon footprint of dif...
Carbon Footprint of Grocery Bags Considering Drivers of Variability in Mexico City
10.1007/978-981-19-7226-3_3
2022-01-01
In India to meet the requirement of growing travel demand and to help rapid growth of economic activity, infrastructure development is taken up by central and state governments on large scale. Majority of the road network in India has flexible pavement constructed using quarry aggregates and bitumen. Because of this pr...
Performance Evaluation of Bituminous Pavement with High Recycled Asphalt Pavement Material content—A Case Study
10.1007/978-981-16-2826-9_13
2022-01-01
Manufacturing new products with waste material has exposed a tremendous contribute to sustainable waste management globally. Recently, natural fibres have gained attention among researchers, engineers and scientists as an alternative reinforcement for synthetic fibre-reinforced polymer composites due to low cost, fairl...
Tensile Characteristics of Waste Based Natural Fibre Composites from Rice Husk and Low Density Polythene Waste
10.1007/978-981-16-4412-2_30
2022-01-01
For implantable frequency synthesizers, realizing ultra-low voltage (ULV) and low power in addition to meeting PLL targets, fast lock and low phase noise, poses a difficult challenge. This chapter presents techniques to achieve PLL targets as well as ULV and low power in the same chip through the use of a regular CMOS ...
A 0.35-V 240-μW Fast-Lock and Low-Phase-Noise Frequency Synthesizer for Implantable Biomedical Applications
10.1007/978-3-030-88845-9_4
2022-01-01
For several years the crack propagation test data of bituminous mixtures according to CSN EN 12697-44 have been collected and evaluated at CTU in Prague. Over time the standardized test procedure was adapted to the conditions more suitable to be used in the Czech Republic—in terms of test specimen compaction, availabil...
Semi-circular Bending (SCB) Test—Modified Method and New Test Parameters
10.1007/978-981-16-7160-9_54
2022-01-01
Presented observational data indicate that a significant number of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus occur by air without direct contact with the source, in addition, in a tangibly long time interval. It is noticed that atmospheric precipitations help to cleanse the air from pollution and at the same time from...
Microbiological Decontamination of Air and Surfaces Due to Nanosecond Discharges
10.1007/978-3-030-92328-0_64
2022-01-01
New coordination compounds have been synthesized by reacting Zn(II) and Co(II) nitrate or acetate in the presence of triethylamine with Schiff-base ligands containing diazine-ring, pyridine-2-carbaldehyde phthalazine-1-hydrazone, HzPYH , and di(2-pyridyl)ketone 3-chloro-pyridazine-6-hydrazone, HpDPKH . Complexes of [Co...
Synthesis, characterization, thermal properties and biological activity of diazine-ring containing hydrazones and their metal complexes
10.1007/s10973-020-10194-z
2022-01-01
Abstract
SN 2020bvc: A Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernova with a Double-Peaked Optical Light Curve and a Luminous X-ray and Radio Counterpart
10.1007/978-3-031-15367-9_4