Improved thermal efficiency in energy-intensive metal-reheating furnaces has attracted much attention recently in efforts to reduce both fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions. Thermal efficiency of these furnaces has improved in recent years (through t...
Geodetic measurements are commonly used in displacement analysis to determine the absolute values of displacements of points of interest. In order to properly determine the displacement values, it is necessary to correctly identify a subgroup of mutu...
An effective control of air handling unit (AHU) systems is crucial not only for managing the energy consumption of buildings but ensuring indoor thermal comfort for occupants. Although the initial control schema of AHU is appropriate at installation...
The number of high-rise residential buildings in China has a large base and rapid growth, with huge energy-saving potential. Most of the existing research focuses on the use of renewable energy to reduce energy consumption and optimize energy systems...
Most of the traditional PID tuning methods are heuristic in nature. The heuristic approach-based tuned PID controllers show only nominal performance. In addition, in the case of a digital redesign approach, mapping of the heuristically-designed conti...
A systematic device-model calibration (extraction) methodology has been proposed to reduce parameter calibration time of advanced compact model for modern nano-scale semiconductor devices. The adaptive pattern search algorithm is a variant of the dir...
Assessing the performance of algorithms in solving building energy optimization (BEO) problems with different properties is essential for selecting appropriate algorithms to achieve the best design solution. This study begins with a classification of...
This article presents a method for solving the inverse problem of computed tomography using an incomplete dataset. The problem focuses on reconstructing spatial objects based on the data collected from transmitters and receivers (referred to as proje...
Wastewater heat recovery has emerged as a vital strategy for building energy conservation, due to its significant potential and the inherent thermal stability of sewage as a heat source. Enhancing synergy between such waste heat and other clean energ...
In recent times, many different types of systems have been based on fractional derivatives. Thanks to this type of derivatives, it is possible to model certain phenomena in a more precise and desirable way. This article presents a system consisting o...
The optimal function of a water distribution network is reached when the consumer demands are satisfied using the lowest quantity of energy, maintaining the minimal pressure required at the same time. One way to achieve this is through optimization o...
To accurately characterize the mesoscopic properties of NEPE (Nitrate Ester Plasticized Polyether) propellant, the mechanical contraction method was used to construct a representative volume element (RVE) model. Based on this model, the macroscopic m...
High-value sensitive cargoes are often damaged by low-frequency vibration and shock of containers during land and rail transport processes or mixed transport processes. Therefore, a dedicated cylindrical elastomer spring that absorbs vibration transm...
Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems, while energy-efficient, often face persistent soil thermal imbalance in heating-dominated severe cold regions, which undermines their long-term performance and sustainability. This study proposes a TRNSYS-GenOp...
Electromagnetic riveting process (EMR) is a high-speed impact connection technology with the advantages of fast loading speed, large impact force and stable rivet deformation. In this work, the axisymmetric sequential and loose electromagnetic-struct...
Regional Integrated Energy Systems (RIESs) are pivotal in the low-carbon transition of energy-intensive hospital campuses. However, traditional multi-objective optimization for RIES planning often suffers from the subjective selection of weights, lea...
To accurately characterize the nonlinear hyper-viscoelastic mechanical behavior of rubber materials under large deformation and stress relaxation conditions, this study investigates fluororubber (FKM) and hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR) with diffe...
In water distribution networks, the adjustment of the driving curves of pumping systems to the setpoint curves allows for determining the minimum energy cost that can be achieved in terms of pumping. This paper presents the methodology for calculatin...
For the application of Delta robots with a 3-R(RPaR) configuration in machining tasks, this paper constructed a 54-parameter kinematic error model and a simplified dynamic model incorporating an integrated joint’s position error and friction, r...
The article presents research on the application of computed tomography with an incomplete dataset to the problem of examining the internal structure of walls. The case of incomplete information in computed tomography often occurs in various applicat...
It is well known that nowadays a significant part of the total energy consumption is related to buildings, so research for improving building energy efficiency is very important. This paper presents our investigations about the dimensioning of horizo...
Research into solar absorption chillers despite their environmental benefits has been limited to date to mainly larger systems whilst ignoring smaller building-scale units, which can significantly benefit from the use of optimally designed, low conce...