10 November 2022
Equal and adequate access to healthcare is one of the pillars of Portuguese health policy. Despite the controversy over commissioning processes’ contribution to equity in health, this article aims to clarify the relationship between socio-econo...
The construction of Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free-Electron Laser (PAL-XFEL), a 0.1-nm hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) facility based on a 10-GeV S-band linear accelerator (LINAC), is achieved in Pohang, Korea by the end of 2016. The c...
Commissioning is considered as a critical phase in the delivery of a Nuclear Facility (NF) as it is the first stage in the authorization of the NF to be exploited. Most of the nuclear projects start to overrun costs during commissioning mainly since...
Virtual commissioning (VC), defined as the simulation and testing of systems in a virtual environment before physical implementation, plays a key role in addressing the challenges of integrating and validating complex systems efficiently and effectiv...
The European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, will be the brightest spallation neutron source in the world, when its driving superconducting proton linac achieves the design power of 5 MW at 2 GeV. Such a high-po...
Virtual commissioning (VC) and digital twins (DTs) are two key enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), which can enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource utilization, streamline the development and deployment of automation systems, and...
Digital twin (DT) is an emerging key technology that enables sophisticated interaction between physical objects and their virtual replicas, with applications in almost all engineering fields. Although it has recently gained significant attraction in...
With the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) in Industry 4.0, edge computing is increasingly relevant in the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). While the use of simulation is already the state...
The paper is focused on broader considerations regarding the commissioning process of the 3rd Unit of nuclear power plant VVER-440 type in Mochovce (Slovakia). The new nuclear plant built in Europe is getting much more slowly than expected, declared...
Reducing building energy use, a linchpin of climate change mitigation, is a daunting challenge across the world. Gaining increasing attention, retro-commissioning (RCx) is a systematic process that can improve building energy performance. Using a tec...
Various software environments have been developed in the past to create digital twins of single cells or a digital twin of a factory. Each environment has its own strengths and weaknesses and has been designed with a specific focus. The environments...
This paper presents a practical and comprehensive guide for commissioning the controllers of bearingless machines (BMs). While significant research has been conducted on the commissioning of electric machines (EMs) and magnetic bearings (MBs), relati...
Background: In order to tackle the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance, improvement in antibiotic prescribing in primary care was included as one of the priorities of the Quality Premium (QP) financial incentive scheme for Clinical Commi...
The paper addresses the role of intermediaries in optimizing collaborative practices for sustainability and provides new perspectives on how the commissioning system intervenes in supporting multi-stakeholder partnerships that operate on different ge...
The original ground electrode of the Madeira River HVDC transmission system, bipole 2, was discarded due to the risk of saturation of the transformers in the Converter Substation of Porto Velho, located 15 km away, during the monopolar operation with...
The manufacturing of a high-precision servo valve belongs to multi-variety, small-batch, and customized production modes. In the process of assembly and commissioning, various characteristic parameters are critical indicators to measure product perfo...
This study applies to a virtual commissioning (VC) workflow with discrete-event simulation in WITNESS Horizon to diagnose and improve an automated brushless stator assembly line. A validated model of the full route—Stator Assembly Machine (SAM)...
The Liquid Argon Calorimeters are employed by ATLAS for all electromagnetic calorimetry in the pseudo-rapidity region
With the expansion of ammonia energy applications, long-distance liquid ammonia pipelines are expected to support large-scale cross-regional ammonia transport. In the liquid ammonia pipeline commissioning process, gaseous ammonia purging involves amm...
Vibrations of thin sheet-metal parts during robotic manipulation on a production line create a number of serious challenges for production process planning. Modeling the behavior of an elastic plate or shell as a function of the robot manipulator tra...
Over the years, the generation and acceleration of ultra-short, high quality electron beams has attracted more and more interest in accelerator science. Electron bunches with these properties are necessary to operate and test novel diagnostics and ad...
After approximately 60 years of service, the 2856 MHz LINAC injector, of the Canadian Light Source (CLS), has been retired to make space for a new 3000.24 MHz LINAC injector, the frequency of which is a multiple of the 500.04 MHz CESR-B-type supercon...
Industrial electric drives account for a dominant share of electricity consumption in manufacturing, making their optimal configuration a critical factor for both sustainability and cost reduction. Traditional design approaches based on prototyping a...
To date, there is little publicly available scientific data on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) whose properties and kinematics purportedly reside outside the performance envelope of known phenomena. To address this deficiency, the Galileo Project...
The intervention of intermediaries in supporting collaboration for sustainability is considered an effective way to address the challenges faced by all parties involved in this type of commitment. Our paper includes several less frequently approached...
The high peak current of the electron beam was found to be the key parameter for the THz SASE FEL at the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ). A multipurpose bunch compressor was implemented at PITZ to expand the parameter space of...
Intelligent robotic manufacturing cells must adapt to ever-varying operating conditions, developing autonomously optimal manufacturing strategies to achieve the best quality and overall productivity. Intelligent and cognitive behaviors are realized b...
Operator assistance systems can help to reduce disturbance-related machine downtime in food production and packaging processes, especially when combined with machine learning algorithms. These assistance systems analyze the available sensor signals o...
Modern manufacturing systems are influenced by the growing complexity of mechatronics, control systems, IIoT, and communication technologies integrated into cyber-physical systems. These systems demand flexibility, modularity, and rapid project execu...
This article presents the results of applied research focused on the development of a hybrid software solution, which is based on the ABB RobotStudio 2021 suite, because even in the latest version, RobotStudio 10 does not have a dedicated virtual com...
Prior to the physical build of the industrial automation system, some challenges arise, such as processes’ cycle times calculations, ergonomics and safety evaluation, and the integration of separate machines to the complete production shops. Th...
Construction activities in healthcare settings potentially expose building occupants to life-threatening waterborne pathogens, including Legionella. The lack of a building water quality commissioning (BWQC) process has been identified as a substantia...
Edge monitoring balances diagnostic information against high-rate sensing costs. We formulate active acquisition: Low-cost signals screen each window, while high-information channels are acquired when alarms require confirmation or the screen is unce...
This document outlines the quality standards, experimental configurations, and precise workflows utilized to execute a metallic powder bed fusion process for creating aerospace test pieces. Using AlSi10Mg alloy, validation specimens were produced on...
Virtual commissioning of discrete assembly lines lacks a unified stage representation and an integrated verification mechanism for PLC control states, virtual execution results, and physical workpiece states, making it difficult to determine whether...
Healthy building design guides are cogent and necessary. While elements that contribute to healthy buildings are multifactorial, the perception of sound versus noise is subjective and difficult to operationalize. To inform the commissioning process,...
This article addresses the monitoring and diagnosis of high-speed spindles (HSM) used in CNC grinding machines, emphasizing the importance of the real-time evaluation of their dynamic behavior during commissioning. Due to the complexity of these dyna...
Recently, multi-agent systems have become widespread as essential technologies for various practical problems. An essential problem in multi-agent systems is collaborative automating picking and delivery operations in warehouses. The warehouse commis...
To mitigate flow assurance risks during the hot oil commissioning of deepwater jumpers, this study develops a transient displacement risk assessment framework integrating CFD–machine learning surrogate models. A 3D numerical model using VOF and...
In intelligent substation renovation and expansion projects, commissioning scheme preparation still depends heavily on engineering experience, which can lead to over-extended test boundaries and missed changes to virtual circuits. This paper proposes...
Improving energy efficiency in electric drive systems is vital for sustainable manufacturing. Despite their potential, metaheuristic optimizations are rarely used in industrial virtual commissioning (VC) due to high computational demands and lack of...
Implementing digital technologies and digital twins (DT) in operating industrial units is one of the key problems in smart production. Metallurgical plants require a solution to implement in the rolling mill retrofitting. A conceptual approach to the...
Considering global warming and environmental problems, the importance of renewable energy sources is increasing day by day. In particular, the effects of wind and solar power, which are variable renewable power sources, on the power system necessitat...
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This paper explores optimal strategies for manufacturers, streamers, and retailers in a dual-channel environment, focusing on three commission structures and two power structures. Our analysis identifies steady states where dynamic commissions conver...
Various problems often arise in high-rise buildings during the winter months due to the stack effect. In this study, the high-rise building of interest, located in South Korea, was experiencing constant loud noises in the winter due to the stack effe...
In the platform economy, the pricing mechanisms are typically determined unilaterally by the platform, leading to increasingly prominent issues such as unreasonable commission rules and insufficient protection of drivers’ rights and interests....
Addressing the challenges of high cost and complex configuration in conventional circulating fluidized bed (CFB) gasification-boiler systems, which stem from their reliance on auxiliary cooling and pressurization units, this paper proposes a novel so...
On 12 November 2012 the then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced she was recommending to the Governor General the establishment of a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Following inquiries in Australia a...
Young children learning Malayalam use morphological categories and inflections quite productively and accurately in general. However, their utterances sometimes show the use of extra morphological material (or commission errors), revealing mismatches...
Prospective memory (PM) refers to the ability to remember to perform a planned event or activity at a specific time or situation in the future. Implementation intentions can promote a connection between PM cues and intended actions, thus improving an...
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