Empirical models have been found to be inadequate in both accounting for breakthrough behaviors and reflecting the performance of fixed-bed systems, primarily due to their lack of a robust theoretical foundation. This limitation severely restricts th...
This paper focuses on the optimal intraday scheduling of a distribution system that includes renewable energy (RE) generation, energy storage systems (ESSs), and thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs). This system also provides time-of-use pricing...
Non-intrusive load monitoring is the main trend of green energy-saving electricity consumption at present, and load identification is a core part of non-invasive load monitoring. A support vector machine (SVM) is commonly used in load recognition, bu...
Hydrogen absorbed during bearing operation can redistribute under contact stress retained during loaded standstill. This study examines how trap spatial distribution changes equilibrium lattice hydrogen at equal total trap capacity. Using the publish...
The solution of equilibrium positions is a critical component in the calculation of the dynamic characteristic coefficients of aerostatic bearings. The movement of the rotor in one direction leads to bidirectional variations in the air film force, re...
A novel heating technology is presented to analyze the influence of inlet air heating on gas turbine efficiency under partial load. This technology uses the waste heat of a low-temperature heat sources, which includes but is not limited to the exhaus...
Hydropower plants (including the switching station) built in the middle and southern section of the north–south zone of China are always situated in complex geological settings of transition zones from strong to weak earthquakes with active fau...
Qualitative and quantitative description are key to solving the problem of heavy metal contamination on fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts. The loading efficiencies for different metals were compared for the two lab simulation methods of Multi-...
Solving estuarine water quality problems on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, or elsewhere, is difficult. Nitrogen from septic systems takes years to decades to travel by groundwater to estuaries, depending on local hydrogeology, meaning that nitrogen loading...
In the existing literature, there are only two in-plane equilibrium equations for membrane problems; one does not take into account the contribution of deflection to in-plane equilibrium at all, and the other only partly takes it into account. In thi...
With the rapid growth of data center (DC) energy consumption and the large-scale integration of renewable energy, DCs increasingly face time-varying power upper-bound constraints jointly shaped by grid power supply capability, renewable energy fluctu...
In this paper, we discuss the demand side management (DSM) problem: how to incentivize a consumer to equalize the load during the day through price-dependent demand. Traditionally, the retail market offers several electricity payment schemes. A schem...
In order to meet the dual requirements of low-energy heating and flexible operation, a comprehensive heating system with multi-mode and wide-load capabilities was constructed, incorporating a heat pump, a back-pressure turbine, and two 350 MW coal-fi...
To better address the reconfiguration problem of distribution networks with distributed generation (DG), a dynamic reconfiguration model is developed that accounts for the time-varying characteristics of both load demand and DG output. First, an enha...
The study establishes key patterns in the influence of pre-applied impact-oscillatory loading (IOL) of varying intensity—realizing dynamic non-equilibrium processes (DNP)—in liquid nitrogen on the mechanical properties and structural stat...
A new type of shuttle-shaped double-restrained buckling-restrained brace (SDR-BRB) is proposed, which adopts the form of a shuttle-shaped deformation section similar to its bending moment distribution as the external restraining system. The SDR-BRB h...
An anti-slide pile is a common landslide control measure. Compared with the full-length pile whose top extends to the ground, the buried pile is more optimal in internal force distribution, saves material and has remarkable economic benefits. At pres...
Domain adaptation has been used to transfer the knowledge from the source domain to the target domain where training data is insufficient in the target domain; thus, it can overcome the data shortage problem of power load forecasting effectively. Ins...
Under the influence of long-term external and internal dynamic conditions such as waves, tides, and earthquakes, coastal rock masses may slide along unfavorable structural planes, leading to landslide disasters. These events pose threats to offshore...
This study investigates how coordinated wireless and fast charging services reshape electric vehicle departure time and path–charging choices when a trip-level charging requirement must be completed before arrival. A multi-class dynamic user eq...
Artificial neural networks (ANN) have a great promise in predicting the load-bearing capacity of building structures. The purpose of this work was to develop ANN models to determine the ultimate load of eccentrically compressed concrete-filled steel...
The engagement of emerging market participants in electricity markets exerts dual influences on price formation mechanisms and operational dynamics. To quantify the impacts on locational marginal prices and stakeholders’ economic interests when...
Material structures and chemical equilibrium are important learning units in high school chemistry. In this study, an augmented reality (AR) system is developed to assist high school students in learning chemistry. Students can use AR cards to conduc...
Blasting is one of the most widely used and cost-effective techniques for rock excavation and fragmentation in open-pit mining, particularly for large-scale operations. However, repeated or poorly controlled blasting can generate excessive ground vib...
The objective of the article is the assessment of the sensitivity of the equilibrium path of structures susceptible to loss of stability due to node snap-through. Increasingly, architectural designs feature organic forms and structures with complex g...
Renewable energy systems (RESs) have introduced themselves as vital solutions for energy supply in remote regions, wherein main utility supply systems are not available. The construction of microgrid (MG) systems is useful candidate for proper contro...
A prerequisite for refined load management, crucial for intelligent energy management, is the precise classification of electric loads. However, the high dimensionality of electric load samples and poor identification accuracy of industrial scenarios...
Wheeled inverted-pendulum robots with movable upper structures and variable payloads exhibit configuration-dependent equilibrium drift and payload-dependent dynamic variation, which complicate balancing control. This paper proposes a gain-scheduled c...
To tackle the problems of power saturation and high energy consumption of the heavy-load servo system in a servo process, we propose a motion planning algorithm based on the stimuli-induced equilibrium point (SIEP), named the SIEP-MP algorithm. First...
Based on the anti-parallelogram mechanism, an approximate cylindrical rolling joint is proposed to develop a novel cable-driven snake-arm robot with multiple degrees of freedom (DOF). Furthermore, the kinematics of the cable-driven snake-arm robot ar...
In a previous work by the same authors, a hollow annular membrane structure loaded transversely and uniformly was proposed, and its closed-form solution was presented; its anticipated use is for designing elastic shells of revolution. Since the heigh...
The ability to accurately predict the shape of a transversely loaded hollow annular membrane is essential to the design of bending-free hollow annular shells of revolution, which requires a further improvement in the hollow annular membrane solution...
Essential to the design and development of circular contact mode capacitive pressure sensors is the ability to accurately predict the contact radius, maximum stress, and shape of a laterally loaded circular membrane in frictionless contact with a con...
The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the use of isogrid stiffeners on the stress and displacement distribution of a thin-walled cylindrical shell made of layered composites subjected to torsion. It also strives to define criteria for a...
This study presents the results of experimental research and numerical calculations regarding models of a typical torsion box fragment, which is a common thin-walled load-bearing structure used in aviation technology. A fragment of this structure cor...
Demand response management (DRM) significantly influences the prospective advancement of electricity smart grids. This paper introduces three distinct game-theoretic duopoly models for the smart grid demand response management problem. It delineates...
Linked general equilibrium economic and ecological models are connected through agricultural runoff and the fisheries. They are applied to a North Carolina estuary in which agricultural runoff alters phytoplankton densities and the resulting hypoxia...
In a deregulated market, independent system operators meet power balance based on supply and demand bids to maximize social welfare. Since electricity markets are typically oligopolies, players with market power may withhold capacity to maximize prof...
The Alekseev-type annular membranes here refer to annular membranes fixed at outer edges and connected with a movable, weightless, stiff, con-centric, circular thin plate at inner edges, which were proposed originally by Alekseev for bearing centrall...
Stress equilibrium time is an important index to judge the homogeneity of rocks. In order to study the relationship between stress equilibrium time and crushing energy consumption before rock destruction, Hopkinson tests were conducted on granite spe...
Artificial intelligence methods have attracted increasing interest in structural analysis. However, engineering applications still require reliable representation of irregular topology, actual member loads, mechanical consistency, and interpretable s...
Current silo analysis and design methods developed from Janssen’s theory focus mainly on the flow of the granules inside the silo by assuming that the overall silo structure is infinitely rigid. A silo structure during discharge is technically a time...
The existing model for calculating the settlements of group piles is based on the principle of superposition, which fails to calculate the interaction between piles more comprehensively and to take into consideration the influence of slip between pil...
Self-starting performance is a key factor in the evaluation of a Darrieus straight-bladed vertical axis turbine. Most traditional studies have analyzed the turbine’s self-starting capability using the experimental and numerical data of the forced rot...
Over the conventional limit equilibrium method and limit analysis method, the finite element method is advantageous, especially for slopes involving complex failure mechanisms where the critical slip surfaces cannot be represented by log spirals and...
This paper presents an analytical study on the multiple equilibria and buckling of pinned-fixed functionally graded graphene nanoplatelet-reinforced composite (FG-GPLRC) arches under central point load. It is assumed that graphene nanoplatelets (GPLs...
The equilibrium and kinetics of CO2 adsorption at 273 K by coconut-shell activated carbon impregnated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was investigated. Based on nitrogen adsorption isotherms, porous properties of the tested activated carbons decreased w...
Accurate prediction of NO emissions is important for the development of low-emission gas turbine combustors. This study evaluates several NO formation models for a 78 MW F-class gas turbine using a decoupled post-processing framework. Steady RANS sim...
The assessment of the equilibrium and the safety of masonry vaults is of high relevance for the conservation and restoration of historical heritage. In the literature many approaches have been proposed for this tasks, starting from the 17th century....
In this paper, an analysis method for the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete elements subjected to short-term static loads is proposed. The range of inelastic properties for the structural materials is considered, and the deformation processes...
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