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2021-01-01 | Different temperature, power, flow rate and other factors have different effects on the removal of soot particles in the tail gas of simulated diesel vehicles, and the removal effect of each kind of soot particle catalytic removal method is also different. In order to further improve the effect of soot particle catalyt... | Statistical Analysis of Catalytic Removal of Soot Particles Based on Big Data | 10.1007/978-3-030-67874-6_16 |
2021-01-01 | Analysis of the literary sources showed a lack of data on the pollution, heat transfer, and thermal efficiency coefficients for condensing surfaces with water-fuel emulsions combustion. The study aims to obtain the dependences of heat transfer coefficients, pollution, and thermal efficiency from the wall temperature fo... | Thermal Characteristics of the Wet Pollution Layer on Condensing Heating Surfaces of Exhaust Gas Boilers | 10.1007/978-3-030-77823-1_34 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract Using micrographic, dilatometric, and high-temperature XRD methods, the kinetics of formation of austenite is studied under continuous heating of ultrafine-grained 08G2B steel in two initial states—after quenching and normalization. | Effect of Heating in the Intercritical Temperature Range on Formation of Austenite and Structure of Ultralow-Carbon Steel | 10.1134/S2075113321010366 |
2021-01-01 | Co-combustion characteristics and interactions of municipal solid waste (MSW) and low-rank coal semi-coke (LCSC) in O 2 /CO 2 or air atmosphere are investigated by the thermogravimetric method, including analyses of thermodynamic, kinetic parameters and reaction mechanism function. Results indicated that addition of MS... | Co-combustion behaviors of municipal solid waste and low-rank coal semi-coke in air or oxygen/carbon dioxide atmospheres | 10.1007/s10973-019-09170-z |
2021-01-01 | Research on plasma surface modification of electric double layer supercapacitors has been widely used. In this paper, the surface of the electrode is modified by low temperature plasma in air atmosphere. It is found that the functional groups grafted on electrode by the surface treatment are mainly oxygen-containing fu... | Surface Modification of Low Temperature Plasma Electrode in Air Atmosphere | 10.1007/978-981-33-6609-1_68 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract Dynamic properties of low-carbon steel are investigated using the Kolsky method (the split Hopkinson pressure bar method). Changes in the properties of the steel after 50 years of storage are determined, and the destroyed samples are subjected to metallographic studies. The fractal dimension of the fracture co... | DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF LOW-CARBON STEEL AFTER LONG-TERM STORAGE | 10.1134/S0021894421010132 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract The 5% CuO/Ce 1 – x Pr x O y catalysts were synthesized on the basis of CeO 2 and PrO 2 oxides and Ce 1 – x Pr x O y solid solutions with x = 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8. Highly dispersed copper oxide was present in the 5%CuO/Ce 1 – x Pr x O y catalysts. Upon interaction with the support, it formed active oxygen, ... | Activity of 5% CuO/Ce1
–
xPrxOy Catalysts in the Reaction of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation with Oxygen in an Excess of Hydrogen | 10.1134/S0023158421010031 |
2021-01-01 | Superhydrophobic coatings and surfaces are being one of the most interesting topics in the past few decades due to the use of the surfaces for wider industrial applications. Superhydrophobic surface property can be easily produced by generating micro-nano hierarchical surface morphology covered with a thin layer of low... | Superhydrophobic Polymer/Nanoparticle Hybrids | 10.1007/978-3-030-59565-4_4 |
2021-01-01 | Implants with the friction couple (0,0025–0,005 mm a year) in comparison with the friction pair metal-polyethylene (0,5 mm a year) with a problem of use of CoCrMo alloy is the exit of a big amount of the metal particles of nano-size that lead to the pathological changes in the organism of patients because of osteolis (... | Dependence Analysis of the Friction Force from Time of Biocompatible Materials | 10.1007/978-3-030-75275-0_52 |
2021-01-01 | Low-temperature combustions strategy in internal combustion engines provides lower emissions beside high engine performance in according to chemically control combustion temperature. This strategy is divided into three engine types which are premixed charge compression ignition (PCCI), homogenous charge compression ign... | Alcohol Fuels in Low-Temperature Combustion Engines | 10.1007/978-981-16-0931-2_9 |
2021-01-01 | Crosslinking characteristics and surface mechanical properties of radical and urethane dual-curable clearcoats were investigated by changing quantities of C=C bonds and OH groups in hydroxyl-functionalized urethane methacrylate oligomer (HFUMO) resins. The isocyanate blocked with a thermal radical initiator (BL-Tri-cHD... | Influence of functional group content in hydroxyl-functionalized urethane methacrylate oligomers on the crosslinking features of clearcoats | 10.1007/s11998-020-00398-1 |
2021-01-01 | I consider the Prograde Gravitational Capture Model (PGCM) to be a default model in that it need not be accepted until all other candidate models are tested and retired. The Giant Impact Model (GIM) was also presented as a default model because the proposers thought that fission, co-formation, and capture models could ... | A History of Satellite Capture Studies As Experienced by the Author: A Chronology of Events that Eventually led to a Somewhat Comprehensive Gravitational Satellite Capture Model | 10.1007/978-3-030-58876-2_7 |
2021-01-01 | Inert anodes Inert anodes for aluminium production can be made of ceramics, metals, or a mixture of those (cermets). Regardless of the type of anode, the surface will be an oxide. With high enough anode potential, the surface oxide will be decomposed upon formation of the corresponding fluoride, eventually leading to a... | On the Feasibility of Using Low-Melting Bath to Accommodate Inert Anodes in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells | 10.1007/978-3-030-65396-5_72 |
2021-01-01 | This study was carried out to determine the parameters affecting the performance of ring-type air cooling channels used in low-pressure die casting method for aluminum wheel casting. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the working principles of air cooling used in wheel casting. The study was conducted using co... | Numerical Analysis of the Cooling System Performance and Effectiveness in Aluminum Low-Pressure Die Casting | 10.1007/s40962-020-00446-x |
2021-01-01 | The effect of the chemical composition of the alloys on the magnetic properties of sintered Sm – Co – Fe – Cu – Zr magnets produced with mixing of alloy powders is studied. Elevation of ( BH ) max of Sm – Co – Fe – Cu – Zr magnets due to increase of the concentration of Fe to 20 wt.% requires observation of a strict pr... | Control of the Properties of Sm – Fe – Co – Cu – Zr Magnets by the Method of Mixtures of Powders | 10.1007/s11041-021-00603-x |
2021-01-01 | The paper discusses methods of processing copper-containing molybdenite concentrates. A process flow diagram based on roasting with sodium chloride (or carbonate) and subsequent water leaching is presented. The chemistry of sulfide interaction with salt additives is described. The effect of the roasting temperature on ... | Processing of Copper-Containing Molybdenite Concentrates by Roasting with Sodium Salts to Produce Technical Molybdenum Trioxide | 10.1007/s11015-021-01075-3 |
2021-01-01 | Indo-Gangetic Plain is a renowned hotspot of high-level air pollution for the last few decades. Beginning with the northern urban–industrial development, now the pollution sources have spread over its lower catchment at an alarming rate, covering the south of the state West Bengal. Subsiding winds have further escalate... | Rising Trend of Air Pollution and Its Decadal Consequences on Meteorology and Thermal Comfort Over Gangetic West Bengal, India | 10.1007/978-3-030-63422-3_32 |
2021-01-01 | Raman spectroscopy has been gaining in popularity for noninvasive analysis of single cells. Raman spectra and images deliver meaningful information regarding the biochemical, biophysical, and structural properties of cells in various states. Low-temperature Raman spectroscopy has been applied to verify the presence of ... | Raman Cryomicroscopic Imaging and Sample Holder for Spectroscopic Subzero Temperature Measurements | 10.1007/978-1-0716-0783-1_14 |
2021-01-01 | All-inorganic α-CsPbBr x I 3- x perovskites featuring nano-sized crystallites show great potential for pure-red light-emitting diode (LED) applications. Currently, the CsPbBr x I 3– x LEDs based on nano-sized α-CsPbBr x I 3- x crystallites have been fabricated mainly via the classical colloidal route including a tediou... | CsPbBrxI3-x thin films with multiple ammonium ligands for low turn-on pure-red perovskite light-emitting diodes | 10.1007/s12274-020-3065-5 |
2021-01-01 | The building sector is arguably one of the most resource-intensive industries in the world, accounting for some 38% of global energy consumption. It contributes significantly to total energy and greenhouse gas emissions. It depends highly on equal energy and carbon-intensive supporting industries such as the building m... | The Effect of Metakaolin in Production of Low Thermal Conductivity Cement Sand Brick | 10.1007/978-981-33-4918-6_14 |
2021-01-01 | Nowadays, main concern of our society is to recycle the plastic products. So as to overcome this issue, a new material named as ‘Wood Plastic Composite’ is emerging in the market. Some of the good characteristics of this material are biodegradability, recyclability, low manufacturing cost, high chemical resistivity, hi... | Wood Plastic Composite: Emerging Material for an Environmental Safety—A Review | 10.1007/978-981-16-0235-1_7 |
2021-01-01 | This study aims the valorization of diss fibers for the production of biocomposites based on blends of recycled and regenerated low density polyethylene (rLDPE) and polypropylene (PP). Thus, the study of different diss fibers treatments was carried out to achieve the best performance of the final biocomposites. The pol... |
Influence of Different Diss Fiber Treatments over the Properties of Poly Propylene/Recycled and Regenerated Low Density Polyethylene Based Biocomposites | 10.1007/s10924-020-01877-7 |
2021-01-01 | For polymer composites as a filler material, Graphene is gaining tremendous importance in the recent year. Biopolymer nanocomposites reinforced with graphene as a filler (GRMs) or carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively explored for use as engineering materials in various applications, as they have low mass densi... | Application of Graphene-Based Biopolymer Nanocomposites for Automotive and Electronic Based Components | 10.1007/978-981-15-9180-8_17 |
2021-01-01 | Redistribution of carbon and other elements, and formation of the structure, composition, and properties of low-carbon Nb, Nb–Ti, Nb–V, Nb–V–Mo and Ti–Mo microalloyed steels during hot rolling is studied using metal of five laboratory melts. It is established that by selecting the temperature for the beginning of rolli... | Study of Conditions for Improving Chemical and Structural Homogeneity of Ferritic Class Hot-Rolled Steels | 10.1007/s11015-021-01081-5 |
2021-01-01 | Several metal alloys demonstrate a cyclic plasticity hardening behavior that is higher than the monotonic hardening behavior seen in a uniaxial test. This increased hardening with increase in strain range is known as non-masing behavior. This influences the shape of the stress–strain hysteresis curve and has a direct i... | Modeling of Strain Range Memory Effect to Capture Non-linear Behavior in Non-masing Metals to Accurately Predict Life | 10.1007/978-981-15-4779-9_11 |
2021-01-01 | Industrial rejects are considered secondary resources for several applications involving recovery of mineral values, preparation of low-cost precursors for onward processing as well as raw materials for product development. The scope of utilization of industrial rejects broadly considers material detoxification, proces... | Value Addition of Alumino-Silicates: Consolidation of Mining Rejects and Industrial Slag by Geo-Polymerization | 10.1007/978-3-030-73796-2_4 |
2021-01-01 | Lignin/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite precursors and PAN precursors were prepared by wet spinning and then converted into carbon fibers together under different carbonization temperatures. The microscopic morphology, mechanical properties and microstructure of the carbon fibers were studied. All the carbon fibers ha... | Carbon Fibers with Low Cost and Uniform Disordered Structure Derived from Lignin/Polyacrylonitrile Composite Precursors | 10.1007/s12221-021-9414-5 |
2021-01-01 | The research objective was to develop new ceramic material containing lanthanum compound. The resulting material can be used for phosphate ions removal from local eutrophicated aquatic ecosystems. The release of lanthanum compound in the developed ceramic material occurs not only from its surface, but also from the dep... | Ceramic Material Development for Phosphate Ions Removal from Local Eutrophicated Aquatic Ecosystems | 10.1007/978-3-030-57453-6_38 |
2021-01-01 | In this study, the behavior of thermomechanically treated Fe 500S rebar under cyclic loading in a completely reversed triangular waveform at ambient room temperature and strain amplitudes ranging from 0.3 to 1.0% has been examined to understand its behavior under seismic conditions. Low cycle fatigue behavior has been ... | Seismic Performance Assessment of a TMT Rebar | 10.1007/978-981-16-3937-1_14 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract— We have developed a method for the preparation of macroporous carbonate hydroxyapatite-based matrices with the use of the technology of self-setting cements for surgical osteology. Macroporosity of osteoconductive calcium phosphate matrices was produced by adding paraffin granules to a dry cement mixture, fol... | Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Matrices Prepared Using the Technology of Self-Setting Cements | 10.1134/S0020168521010106 |
2021-01-01 | This research is to hypothesize if C60 fullerene and cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO 2 NPs) can be useful in cryobiological practice. To check the hypothesis solutions of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with and without nanoparticles were compared. The features of aqueous solutions crystallization are the subject of many cry... | Preliminary Observations on the Effect of Fullerene and Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Phase Transitions of Aqueous DMSO Solutions | 10.1007/978-3-030-64610-3_25 |
2021-01-01 | Low-illumination target recognition is a popular topic in computer vision. This study investigated the issue of the low accuracy target recognition caused by image aliasing and noise, and which happened in the low-illumination environment. In this paper, we first analyzed the imaging mechanism. Then, a national standar... | Study on Image Enhancement Method for Low Illumination Target Recognition | 10.1007/978-981-16-0503-1_24 |
2021-01-01 | Seawater has been widely used as an injection fluid for maintaining pressure in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. In the literature related to EOR research, it was noted that diluted seawater (low-salinity water) can highly improve recovery due to the specific ions (such as Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , and SO 4 2− ). Such conclus... | Applying low-salinity water to alter wettability in carbonate oil reservoirs: an experimental study | 10.1007/s13202-020-01015-y |
2021-01-01 | The need to have total control over body temperature within COVID-19 crisis has made infrared sensors a valid alternative to traditional thermometers, so to avoid direct contact and thus virus spreading. In this work, an IoT system is presented which performs access control to popular places through the integration of ... | IoT Non-contact Body Temperature Measurement System Implementing Access Control for COVID-19 | 10.1007/978-3-030-72654-6_25 |
2021-01-01 | Cold diesel start-up, in Arctic conditions with minimum temperatures below −60 °C, presents significant difficulties due to: low air charge temperature; increased resistance to cranking the crankshaft and moving other kinematically related parts due to increased oil viscosity; deterioration of fuel atomization conditio... | Development and Test of Mathematical Model of Pre-start Mode of Diesel Operation at Low Temperatures | 10.1007/978-3-030-54814-8_93 |
2021-01-01 | One of the most dangerous threats to everyday life and industrial activity is the possible explosion of earth gas, which can occur in various conditions, but usually occurs due to an excess of explosive gases in an enclosed environment. In order to protect people at their home and workplace, several types of gas sensor... | SOI Based Micro-Bead Catalytic Gas Sensor | 10.1007/978-3-030-58868-7_12 |
2021-01-01 | High-field mobility characteristics of a degenerate two-dimensional gas (2DEG) are obtained under the condition of low lattice temperature. The characteristics are obtained by adopting two methods: (1) by solving the energy balance equation of the electron–phonon system and (2) from the current density of the non-equil... | Non-Ohmic Characteristics of a Quantum Confined Degenerate Ensemble of Carriers in a Well of GaAs at Low Lattice Temperature | 10.1007/978-981-15-8366-7_55 |
2021-01-01 | This paper focuses on the temperature monitoring and management of diesel locomotive in railway reconditioning field. The wireless sensor network monitoring system is utilized to replace the original manual operation. The algorithm of falling error is designed to realize high precision real-time monitoring and manageme... | Design and Application of Wireless Temperature Monitoring System for Diesel Locomotive in Reconditioning Field Based on ZigBee Network | 10.1007/978-981-15-8458-9_50 |
2021-01-01 | Cohesion of Slurry Surfacing mix is an important technological indicator that allows you to start traffic on time. In this article Slurry Surfacing mix curing is studied in three modes: 10 °C (high humidity), 20 °C (normal humidity) and 30 °C (high humidity). As binders for Slurry Surfacing mix there were used oxidized... | Cohesion of Slurry Surfacing Mix on Bitumens of Different Acid Numbers at Different Curing Temperatures | 10.1007/978-3-030-57340-9_52 |
2021-01-01 | The relationship between the solvent molecules and the properties of amphiphilic polymers will be discussed. For representative amphiphilic polymers, we focus on poly( N,N -diethylacrylamide) (PNdEAm), poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAm), and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based alternating multiblock (AMB) copolymers, ... | Amphiphilic, Thermoresponsive Polymers Interacting with Explicit Solvent | 10.1007/978-981-16-5395-7_11 |
2021-01-01 | DNA methylation can regulate gene expression by modulating chromatin accessibility and transcription factor binding on promoter and enhancer regions. Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) represents the most informative and comprehensive analysis to profile the DNA methylation status of all the cytosines at single-b... | Low-Input Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing | 10.1007/978-1-0716-1597-3_20 |
2021-01-01 | Understanding how microclimate and vegetation are associated during secondary succession is of primary importance for plant conservation in the face of the increasing land cover modification. However, these patterns are still unstudied for many plant communities. This study aimed to evaluate the structure (species rich... | Structural changes of vegetation and its association with microclimate in a successional gradient of low thorn forest in northeastern Mexico | 10.1007/s11258-020-01088-z |
2021-01-01 | The research objective was to assess the possibility of producing ceramic bricks based on low-plasticity clay available in the Vladimir region with the addition of galvanic sludge. The experimental results for studying physical and mechanical properties of ceramic bricks based on the developed composition, including lo... | Ceramic Bricks Production Basing on Low-Plasticity Clay and Galvanic Sludge Addition | 10.1007/978-3-030-57453-6_39 |
2021-01-01 | The paper presents the results of experimental study of the effect of filtration of low-mineralized water with high temperature through terrigenous core samples on the elastic-strength and capacitive properties of reservoir rocks. The technique of laboratory experiments is adduced. The rules of changes in the modulus o... | Experimental Study of the Effect of Filtration for Low-Mineralized Water with High Temperature on Changes in Elastic and Strength Properties of Reservoir Rocks | 10.1007/978-3-030-53521-6_37 |
2021-01-01 | The combustion properties such as ignition delay, duration of combustion phases, and rate of pressure rise are important to optimize performance and emission level of diesel engine. Thermo-physical characteristics of diesel and biofuels are different and hence their final outcomes are also different. The objective of t... | Combustion Characteristics of Conventional Diesel Engine and Low Heat Rejection Diesel Engine with Biodiesel Blends | 10.1007/978-981-15-5996-9_8 |
2021-01-01 | Nowadays, absorption systems are very much in demand due to its sole feature of utilizing waste heat energy of a system into other system providing cooling process. In here, a novel setup of combined absorption refrigeration (CAR) system is forthput and analyzed to produce −20 °C cold energy by utilizing the waste heat... | Exergy Analysis of Novel Combined Absorption Refrigeration System | 10.1007/978-981-15-5463-6_5 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract In heating structural steels to extreme temperatures with quenching or normalization, the dislocation density in the α-phase structure is comparable with that on heating to the standard temperature Ac 3 + 30–50°C. The change in dislocation density depends on the quantity of carbon and alloying elements in the ... | Phase and Structural Transformations of Structural Steels in Nontraditional Heat Treatment | 10.3103/S1068798X21010068 |
2021-01-01 | Cryopreservation of shoot tips facilitates long-term storage of plant genetic resources which can otherwise only be propagated vegetatively. The vitrification approach using the cryoprotectant plant vitrification solution 3 (PVS3, 50% sucrose and 50% glycerol) is easy to handle, has shown to produce high regrowth perce... | Cryopreservation of Plant Shoot Tips of Potato, Mint, Garlic, and Shallot Using Plant Vitrification Solution 3 | 10.1007/978-1-0716-0783-1_35 |
2021-01-01 | The eco-friendly materials (EFMs) are fundamental materials that help in minimizing environmental impacts. In the consideration of concerns related to improper disposal from waste and preservation of resources, the discarded materials in construction materials are taken into account and it is been used as an EFM are ca... | Overview of Eco-Friendly Construction Materials | 10.1007/978-981-15-8820-4_11 |
2021-01-01 | One of the most important tasks of technical progress in the field of mechanical engineering is to improve the reliability and durability of machines and mechanisms. Its solution is closely connected with the improvement of technological methods and means of finishing parts, i.e., with the technological provision of hi... | Improving Surface Quality in Honing Low-Carbon Steels Pre-treated by Hydrogen Absorption | 10.1007/978-3-030-54817-9_105 |
2021-01-01 | Low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests of a low-carbon microallyed steel have been performed to assess its response under cyclic loading for automobile application. Material exhibits significant initial cyclic hardening afterward prolong cyclic softening until failure at higher strain ranges (≥1.50%); however, sustained cyclic ... | Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of a Microalloyed Steel | 10.1007/978-981-16-3937-1_13 |
2021-01-01 | We consider the results of the experimental studies of the impact of the intake charge heating with exhaust gases on the nature of in-cylinder processes in a diesel engine at low ambient temperatures. We also compare them with the results of starting a diesel engine without heating. In this case, we select various envi... | An Experimental Study of Intake Charge Heating in Diesel Engine in Starting Conditions at Low Ambient Temperatures | 10.1007/978-3-030-54814-8_83 |
2021-01-01 | Alcohols are renewable in nature and are manufactured from biomass. Butanol is a higher alcohol, and previous researchers reported that it can be utilized as co-solvent to prevent the phase separation of diesel–ethanol blends. This study was conducted in various steps, viz. test of solubility of diesel–ethanol blends c... | Challenges in Blending the Diesel–Ethanol Blends Using Butanol as Co-solvent Along with Diesel for Replacing the Neat Diesel to Fuel Compression Ignition Engines Suitable for Low-Temperature Application | 10.1007/978-981-16-0931-2_7 |
2021-01-01 | Water well profile control is the main way to control water channeling in low-permeability fractured reservoirs, and preformed particle gels (PPGs) are commonly used. A preformed particle gel was prepared and the synthesis conditions were optimized. The temperature and salt resistant performance, plugging performance w... | Profile control performance and field application of preformed particle gel in low-permeability fractured reservoir | 10.1007/s13202-020-01049-2 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract Sandwich composites with nanoreinforced polypropylene core and aluminum face sheets were studied under low velocity impact using a finite element model. A three dimensional quarter model was implemented to simulate the drop weight impact response of sandwich structures. In order to consider the strain rate dep... | FEM Analyses of Low Velocity Impact Response of Sandwich
Composites with Nanoreinforced Polypropylene Core
and Alu-minum Face Sheets | 10.1134/S1029959921010148 |
2021-01-01 | The complete earth is prone to natural hazards, cannot be prevented, but through an understanding of the earth condition and the processes which could culminate in damage to life and property, it is possible to minimize the damage through proper disaster management measures. Man-made hazards have today taken over natur... | Effect of Low-Frequency AC Supply and Purging Solution on Remediation of Nickel-Contaminated Soil Using Electrokinetics | 10.1007/978-981-33-6370-0_27 |
2021-01-01 | For water sensitive gas reservoir with high pressure in construction, the conventional fracturing fluid has some difficult problems, such as serious damage caused by water lock and high construction pressure, which seriously affect the gas well production. Using low damage high-density fracturing fluid with waterproof ... | Study on Waterproof Lock Low Concentration High-Density Fracturing Fluid System and Its Field Application | 10.1007/978-981-16-0761-5_13 |
2021-01-01 | This paper presents a computational study on air–fuel combustion of bituminous coal in a 16 kW th test facility using low-Reynolds number (Re) turbulence models, along with radiation and char combustion sub-models suitably selected according to the furnace environment. The performance of three different turbulence mode... | A Computational Study of Entrained Flow Furnace with Swirl Burner Configuration and Low Turbulence Intensity Flow | 10.1007/978-981-16-0698-4_8 |
2021-01-01 | Due to the significant share in total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sensitivity to climate change, agriculture and rural areas should be an important area of activity in the local development of a low carbon economy. However, this is rarely the case in Poland and other European countries. The paper evaluates the r... | Rural Resources (including Forestry) in the Local Development of Low Carbon Economy: A Case Study of Poland | 10.1007/978-3-030-57530-4_10 |
2021-01-01 | This chapter contains two parts. The first one offers a general vision of the Alboran area climate. The second part addresses the issue of large atmospheric circulation, synoptic cyclonic systems, and weather regimes in the North Atlantic-European (NAE) sector, aiming to relate the climatic behavior of Alboran with oth... | Alboran Sea Area Climate and Weather | 10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_3 |
2021-01-01 | Amount of demolished concrete waste and plastic waste being accumulated in twenty-first centuries have been created big challenges for their disposal. At present, nearly 530 million of tons debris is generated in the country annually. Due to our society has become dependent on usage of plastic packaging, approximately ... | Development of Cementless Recycled Concrete Aggregates Paver Blocks Using Molten Plastic Waste as Binder | 10.1007/978-981-15-6463-5_3 |
2021-01-01 | Due to the huge application of dye to color the product in many industries like pigments, leather, and textile, enormous amount of dyes are discharged through the effluent which is inherently dangerous to the surroundings as well as human health. Therefore, recently the dye elimination from industrial effluent has gain... | Remediation of Dyes from Industrial Wastewater Using Low-Cost Adsorbents | 10.1007/978-3-030-47400-3_15 |
2021-01-01 | The hybrid rocket has been in use due to a super level of safety, low cost than the conventional type of rocket fuels. Normally hybrid propellant-based rocket engine not well appreciated due to the low rate of regression and poorly efficient combustion. The solution was sought in the use of low-melting solid fuel-like ... | Improvement in the Mechanical Properties of Paraffin-Based Propellant | 10.1007/978-981-15-8025-3_11 |
2021-01-01 | This chapter reviews the various advanced combustion concepts that have shown immense potential of achieving excellent engine brake thermal efficiencies and extremely low engine-out NO x and smoke emissions. Advanced combustion concepts like partially premixed combustion and reactivity-controlled compression ignition a... | Methanol: A Gateway to Biofuel Revolution in Global Heavy-Duty ICE-Based Transportation | 10.1007/978-981-16-1280-0_4 |
2021-01-01 | Industrial effluents of dyes is a vital source of water pollution, their release from textile industries into surface water affects the ecosystem by generating oversized volumes of outlets mixed with several dyes. These dyes cause harmful health effects and lead to significant health concerns to humans and affect the e... | Current Treatment of Textile Dyes Using Potential Adsorbents: Mechanism and Comparative Approaches | 10.1007/978-981-16-2892-4_7 |
2021-01-01 | Mechanistic data science is heavily reliant on the input data to guide the analysis involved. This data can come from many shapes, sizes, and formats. This process is a key part of the scientific process and generally involves observation and careful recording. Costly data collection from physical observation can be en... | Multimodal Data Generation and Collection | 10.1007/978-3-030-87832-0_2 |
2021-01-01 | Every aspect of human activity and development indeed subjects water to a number of pressures at accelerated paces. Rapidly expanding populations, urbanisation, agricultural intensification, increasing energy demand, industrial production, land use changes, along with every infrastructure development works, among other... | Drivers, Pressures and Stressors: The Societal Framework of Water Resources Management | 10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8_11 |
2021-01-01 | It is well understood that twinning during deformation plays an important role in deformation of Mg Magnesium and its alloys [ 1 – 8 ]. In hexagonal close packed (HCP) Mg alloys, the dominant deformation mode at room temperature is <a> slip on the basal (0001) plane Mg Magnesium [ 9 , 10 ]. The other slip systems—prism... | Understanding Twinning-Detwinning Behavior of Unalloyed Mg During Low-Cycle Fatigue Using High Energy X-ray Diffraction | 10.1007/978-3-030-65528-0_12 |
2021-01-01 | Electricity cost is one of the main determinants of the competitive structure of an aluminium smelter. Over the past few years, ALRO Group, the biggest industrial power consumer in Romania, has completed ambitious projects to reduce specific energy consumption. To reach the next level, in 2018, ALRO mandated Rio Tinto ... | AP12 Low-Energy Technology at ALRO Smelter | 10.1007/978-3-030-65396-5_84 |
2021-01-01 | ZnO nanorods structures with low dimensions were prepared by aqueous solution monitored through self-assembled hydrothermal method. The hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods were explored by primarily X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and contact angle. The ramification conveys th... | Hydrothermally Synthesised ZnO Nanostructure: Highly Sensitive Towards NO2 Gas | 10.1007/978-3-030-69925-3_98 |
2021-01-01 | Aside from classical meteorological measurements from a wide variety of weather stations, so-called crowdsourcing approaches have been applied to the collection of meteorological data, as well as generally atmospheric measurements in recent years. The topic of this chapter is crowdsourcing, but it is also a broad overv... | Crowdsourcing | 10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4_44 |
2021-01-01 | One of the main downsides of fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates is their susceptibility to impact damage. Many different methods have been devised to either modify or engineer the composites to improve their impact resistance and tolerance. In this chapter, three types of engineered composites and their impac... | Impact and Post-impact Analysis on Engineered Composites | 10.1007/978-981-16-1323-4_7 |
2021-01-01 | Premixed charge compression ignition (PCCI) mode of combustion is one of the advanced combustion concepts under low-temperature combustion (LTC) which has been found out in resulting acceptable emission results in internal combustion engines particularly in reducing particle matter and oxides of nitrogen altogether. Va... | PCCI Combustion for Better Emissions in Diesel Engines | 10.1007/978-981-16-0976-3_17 |
2021-01-01 | This paper presents a short review on working phenomena, existing trends, and investigate study on the performance of Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) power generation using high Reynolds numbers. The generators used in the MHD power generation are quite different from traditional electric power generation plants in such a w... | A Short Review and Investigate Study on Performance of Magneto-Hydrodynamic Using High Reynolds Numbers | 10.1007/978-981-16-1186-5_31 |
2021-01-01 | To explore the adsorption removal mechanism of Mg–Al layered double oxides (LDOs) for low-concentration (≤ 5 mg L −1 ) Cr(VI), the adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms and its influencing factors were studied by batch experiments. Cr(VI) adsorption reached equilibrium after 6, 11 and 15 h for initial Cr(VI) concen... | Adsorptive Removal of Low-Concentration Cr(VI) in Aqueous Solution by Mg–Al Layered Double Oxides | 10.1007/s00128-020-03053-y |
2021-01-01 | Abstract Since the industries are vastly rising, the threat of toxic and hazardous substance to human beings and demands of the accurate sensor is increasing. Colorimetric sensors that detect substances by measuring the absorbance or fluorescence spectra shift are one of the most emerging strategies these days. However... | Colorimetric Sensors for Toxic and Hazardous Gas Detection: A Review | 10.1007/s13391-020-00254-9 |
2021-01-01 | The world economy is surging and newer technologies are evolving with the time. The construction sector is about to undergo a huge transformational change. The people of the world are looking forward to residing in houses made of sustainable materials. The people are concerned about increasing levels of greenhouse gase... | A Sustainable Approach to Turn Plastic Waste into Useful Construction Blocks | 10.1007/978-981-15-5001-0_5 |
2021-01-01 | Heat dissipator or heatsink is crucial for the reliability of MOSFET-based converters and inverters. Currently, products such as To-220 are low cost passive aluminium heatsink that fit to a single discrete MOSFET package did not followed by proper documentation about its thermal model and performance. Thermal modelling... | Rapid Thermal Modelling of Power MOSFET Using Bump Test Method to Evaluate Performance of Low Cost Heatsink | 10.1007/978-981-33-6926-9_6 |
2021-01-01 | The paper analyzes the prospects of using forestry waste as a raw material for the production of fuel resources (pellets). For each type of wood raw material the main quality parameters were measured: humidity, ash content, volatile substances content, The lower calorific value of the studied samples was calculated on ... | Measurement of Qualitative Characteristics of Different Types of Wood Waste in the Forestries Zhytomyr Polissya | 10.1007/978-3-030-74893-7_28 |
2021-01-01 | Discharge plasma technology is a new advanced oxidation technology for water treatment, which includes the effects of free radical oxidation, high energy electron radiation, ultraviolet light hydrolysis, and pyrolysis. In order to improve the energy efficiency in the plasma discharge processes, many efforts have been m... | Review on the treatment of organic wastewater by discharge plasma combined with oxidants and catalysts | 10.1007/s11356-020-11222-z |
2021-01-01 | Potato seed production requires virus-free plants. Potato virus X (PVX) is normally cleaned by thermotherapy, however, potato virus S (PVS) is one of the most difficult viruses to clean by thermotherapy. Cryotherapy is an optional technique to eliminate difficult viruses by traditional techniques. Both therapies induce... | Potato Virus Elimination as Short and Long-Term Effect of Salicylic Acid Is Mediated by Oxidative Stress and Induction of Tolerance to Thermotherapy or Cryotherapy | 10.1007/978-3-030-79229-9_14 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract— The application of an electricity-generation technology involving the use, in a so-called organic Rankine cycle (ORC), of low-boiling working fluids holds promise for many fields of science and engineering in Russia. Many industrial and technological processes and operation of mechanisms and devices are often... | Designing the Main Heat-Transfer Equipment of an ORC-System for the Internal Combustion Engines of Shipboard Installations | 10.1134/S0040601520120010 |
2021-01-01 | Lower Bear Lake, in the San Bernardino Mountains, contains a Holocene paleohydrology record for southern California. The diatom and sediment geochemistry record indicates that the region experienced a wet Early Holocene followed by a gradual decrease in precipitation, which was punctuated by four strong and five weak p... | Diatom Record of Holocene Moisture Variability in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA | 10.1007/978-3-030-66576-0_11 |
2021-01-01 | In several countries artisanal beer producers are common and this tendency can be observed also in Brazil where a significant growth of the sector in recent years took place. This work explores an automation option directed to the production of small batches of beer where the important process variables such as times a... | Low Cost Solution for Home Brewing and Small Brewing Business Using Raspberry Pi | 10.1007/978-3-030-55374-6_14 |
2021-01-01 | In this review paper, the low power sources available in the environment are outlined. Initially, the general block of the energy harvesting structure is presented and elaborated. The predominant application of various energy sources is identified. Moreover, the transducer devices and power management unit for harvesti... | A Comprehensive Review on Environmental Energy Sources for Low-Power Applications | 10.1007/978-981-15-8221-9_28 |
2021-01-01 | In this paper, the low velocity impact analysis of carbon nanotube (CNT)/carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced hybrid nanocomposite plates is presented using variational differential quadrature (VDQ) method due to its numerical essence and the framework of implementation. The hybrid nanocomposite plate deformation is formulated... | A new numerical approach for low velocity impact response of multiscale-reinforced nanocomposite plates | 10.1007/s00366-019-00851-9 |
2021-01-01 | Photovoltaic received immense attention as the technology offers a clean, inexhaustible and cheap energy production applicable in a broad range. The basic working of a photovoltaic (PV) cell is summarized in this chapter. While silicon is the primary semiconducting material in the PV technology, recent developments are... | Nanowires/Graphene Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Applications | 10.1007/978-981-15-8307-0_7 |
2021-01-01 | The article presents the results of an experimental determination of the deformation characteristics of soil-crushed-stone samples under compression. The technique of manufacturing cylindrical specimens 20 cm high and 10 cm in diameter with different content of crushed stone in a mixture of fractions 50–10 and 10–20 mm... | Experimental Study of the Deformation Properties of Soil-Crushed-Stone Samples Under Compression | 10.1007/978-981-33-6208-6_51 |
2021-01-01 | The response of composite laminates from transverse impact loading is known to vary with the speed of impact. In Low Velocity Impact (LVI) conditions, boundary effects usually dominate since the impact duration is longer between the laminate and the impactor. The global damage modes in LVI is also distinctly unique, wh... | Low Velocity Impact Testing on Laminated Composites | 10.1007/978-981-16-1323-4_1 |
2021-01-01 | The effect of the chemical composition and microstructural parameters on the corrosion resistance of low-alloy steels serving in oilfield pipelines is studied. The causes of lowering of the corrosion resistance of the steels are determined. Recommendations are given for raising this characteristic without lowering the ... | Effect of Chemical Composition and Parameters of Microstructure on Corrosion Resistance of High-Strength Rolled Products from Low-Alloy Steels in Aqueous Environments | 10.1007/s11041-021-00616-6 |
2021-01-01 | This paper focuses on the critical need to examine low velocity impact (LVI) on natural plant fiber composite (NFC) to avoid sudden material failure in the long run. Therefore, it is vital to conduct a short review on drop weight impact performance of several types of NFC currently trending in the market. To date, the ... | Drop Weight Impact Testing on Plant Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix: A Short Review | 10.1007/978-981-16-0866-7_73 |
2021-01-01 | The current research will discuss on the low velocity impact properties of kenaf/jute/kenaf hybrid composites treated with sodium hydroxide solution. The after impact damage properties will be observed through ultrasonic C-scan and compression after impact analyses. Kenaf/jute/kenaf sequence with 30 wt% fibre loading w... | Low Velocity Impact, Ultrasonic C-Scan and Compression After Impact of Kenaf/Jute Hybrid Composites | 10.1007/978-981-16-1323-4_6 |
2021-01-01 | Abstract The phenomenon of multiphasic survival curves found in drosophila is confirmed in experiments on daphnids. Mathematical modeling showed that the multiphasic nature of daphnids survival curves reflected abrupt changes in the death rate of objects during phase transition. The phase of a sharp increase in mortali... | Analytical Study of Patterns of the Survival Curves of Experimental Objects in Model Experiments on Daphnia magna
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2021-01-01 | Abstract The Aptian deposits on Spitsbergen Island are poorly studied. Moreover, there were no published data on fossil distribution in the Aptian and Albian in the vicinity of the town of Longyearbyen. This article provides new data on ammonite-based biostratigraphy of the Carolinefjellet Formation, indicating the pre... | New Data on Stratigraphy and Distributions of Glendonites from the Carolinefjellet Formation (Middle Aptian–Lower Albian, Cretaceous), Western Spitsbergen | 10.1134/S0869593821010056 |
2021-01-01 | Incorporating functional ligands and biodegradable bonds into biocompatible low-molecular-weight (LMW) polymers, such as 1.8 kDa poly(ethylenimine) (PEI 1.8k), is a common strategy to improve the properties of LMW polymers including biosafety and delivery efficacy. This study demonstrates the hypothesis that introducin... | “Building-block crosslinking” micelles for enhancing cellular transfection of biocompatible polycations | 10.1007/s40843-020-1366-2 |
2021-01-01 | Soft soil particularly clayey soil has a very low value of California bearing ratio (CBR). As the CBR value is low the thickness of the granular layer is more, which is resulting in the higher cost of pavement. To overcome this issue, geosynthetics (geogrids) are mainly used in the granular layer of pavement as reinfor... | Design and Performance of Highway Pavement Reinforced with Geosynthetic | 10.1007/978-981-33-6466-0_33 |
2021-01-01 | The open die forging/upsetting of bulk material to a cone shape involves high plastic deformation. The plastic strain causes major changes in the material’s mechanical and metallurgical characteristics. In order to gain a better understanding of these characteristic changes, experimental, analytical, and numerical mode... | Open Die Forging of Copper Cone | 10.1007/978-3-030-75381-8_44 |
2021-01-01 | A fast response high-voltage power supply for the electrostatic deflection system in a low-energy particle spectrometer is designed. The high-voltage power supply uses high-voltage optocouplers as the core amplifying devices, and the output stage is a two-arm push-pull amplifier composed of two high-voltage optocoupler... | Design of Fast Response High-Voltage Power Supply for the Electrostatic Deflection System in a Low-Energy Particle Spectrometer | 10.1007/978-981-33-4102-9_42 |
2021-01-01 | The presence of neighbor or overtopping plants is perceived by changes in light quality, which lead to several growth and developmental changes known as shade avoidance syndrome (SAS). Among them, the analysis of hypocotyl elongation is an important SAS physiological output that has been successfully used to investigat... | Analysis of Shade-Induced Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis | 10.1007/978-1-0716-1370-2_3 |
2021-01-01 | This chapter provides an overview on the range of hydrologic extremes occurring in Arctic Rivers, consisting of extreme low winter flows; river-ice jam breakup spring floods; snowmelt-driven peak spring/early summer flows; and in some instances, rainfall-driven peak flows in summer. These extreme conditions are mainly ... | Hydrologic Extremes in Arctic Rivers and Regions: Historical Variability and Future Perspectives | 10.1007/978-3-030-50930-9_7 |
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