Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) performance can be significantly declined when operated at cold climates in terms of capacity loss, resistance increase and accelerated aging rates. To prevent this downgrade and to maintain the optimal operation of batte...
The continuous low temperature in winter is the main factor limiting the popularity of electric vehicles in cold regions. The best way to solve this problem is by preheating power battery packs. Power battery packs have relatively high requirements w...
The microstructural morphology in additive manufacturing (AM) has a significant influence on the building structure. High-energy concentric heat source scanning leads to rapid heating and cooling during material deposition. This results in a unique m...
Microwave-assisted recovery provides a potential approach for restoring fracture damage in asphalt mixtures, but previous studies have mainly focused on heating and curing conditions, while the role of the pre-heating fracture state remains less unde...
Efficient utilization of low-calorific-value gases reduces emissions but remains challenging. Self-heat-maintained combustion uses fuel’s exothermic heat to sustain stability without external heat, yet the feed gas typically requires preheating...
At gas distribution stations (GDSs), the process of throttling (pressure reduction) of natural gas occurs on gas pressure regulators without generating useful energy. If the gas expansion process is created in a turbine, to the shaft where an electri...
A review of theoretical and experimental studies in the field of compression and heating of a plasma target in an external magnetic field, which has recently been called magneto-inertial fusion (MIF), has been carried out. MIF is a concept of magneti...
This paper suggests an embedded battery impedance measurement based on an Inductor Capacitor (LC) resonant tank to measure the battery’s internal temperature for battery management systems (BMS). The purpose of the BMS is to provide state-of-ch...
With the increasing demand for renewable energy worldwide, lithium-ion batteries are a major candidate for the energy shift due to their superior capabilities. However, the heat generated by these batteries during their operation can lead to serious...
Photoinduced elementary reactions of low-MW compounds in polymers is an area of active research. Cured organic polymer coatings often undergo photodegradation by free-radical paths. Besides practical importance, such studies teach how the polymer env...
This paper presents an innovative thermally coupled system architecture with a parallel coolant-heated metal hydride tank (MHT) designed to satisfy the hydrogen supply requirements of proton exchange membrane fuel cell s(PEMFCs). This design solves a...
In the injection molding field, the flow of plastic material is one of the most important issues, especially regarding the ability of melted plastic to fill the thin walls of products. To improve the melt flow length, a high mold temperature was appl...
Alkaline direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) represent an efficient energy conversion device for sustainable ethanol fuel. In this study, a design with new structural parameters for the anodic flow field of the alkaline DEFC was modeled with the aid of...
In the present work, the results are reported of the energy and exergy analyses of three biomass-related processes for electricity generation: the biomass gasification integrated externally fired combined cycle, the biomass gasification integrated du...
The battery thermal management system is a key skill that has been widely used in power battery cooling and preheating. It can ensure that the power battery operates safely and stably at a suitable temperature. In this article, we summarize mainly su...
Cabin temperature prediction is a key technique for improving occupant thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption of thermal management systems. Most existing cabin temperature prediction models do not integrate external meteorological informati...
External chemical reactors for steam reforming and water gas shift reactions are needed for a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system using syngas fuel. For the preheating of syngas and stable steam reforming reaction at 600 °C, residual...
High energy consumption is one of the main problems of drying, a critical process for many industrial sectors. The optimization of drying energy use results in significant energy saving and has become a topic of interest in recent decades. We investi...
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are emerging as the next-generation powertrain for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) due to their high energy density and long operating duration. PEMFCs are subject to icing and performance degradation...
Energy demand and flue gas emissions, namely carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with the industrial revolution have exhibited a continuous rise. Several approaches were introduced recently to mitigate energy consumption and CO2 emissions by either grass...
Manganese is a critical raw material and there is currently a great interest in decarbonization in the metallurgical sector for its production. Hydrogen use in manganese and its alloys’ production is in principle possible for sustainable produc...
A household unit of an existing apartment in which residents lived was selected, and the indoor air quality in each space of the unit was measured for analysis. Analysis of the measurement data indicated that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2)...
The objective of current work is to analyse the influence of different welding techniques and welding parameters on the morphology and mechanical strength of friction stir welds (FSW) in polymers, based on data collected in the literature. In the cur...
A study of heat recovery in a façade ventilation unit was carried out under laboratory conditions using a climate chamber that allowed stable outdoor and indoor conditions to be simulated. The unit, equipped with a reversible fan and a chamber...
Simulations and experiments were conducted with gas temperatures of 200–400 °C to investigate the impact of external gas-assisted mold temperature control (Ex-GMTC) on the quality of weld line of molding products. In the heating step, the h...
The weather in the high latitudes of China is cold in winter. The pollution caused by the burning of biomass fuels used in rural individual heating is a great threat to human health. This study finds that the amounts of CO2, CO, PM2.5, and PM10 in th...
(1) Current breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer consists of a combination of many consecutive treatment modalities. The most crucial goal of postoperative treatment is to eradicate potentially relapse-forming residual cancerous cells within t...
This study was conducted to investigate the drying kinetics and internal and external mass transfer characteristics of walnuts for an understanding of the drying mechanism. The drying characteristics, mass transfer characteristics, and color of walnu...
Green hydrogen production through water electrolysis is a key pathway to the decarbonization of future energy systems. However, part of the electrical input is transformed into waste heat. In this study, alkaline, proton-exchange membrane, anion-exch...
Trigger selection underpins thermal runaway (TR) and thermal propagation (TP) testing of lithium-ion batteries, yet its influence on the TR response is rarely quantified, and data for a cell with manganese-based composite cathode (MCC) material are s...
The growing concern over indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort in classrooms, especially post-COVID-19, underscores the critical need for optimal ventilation systems to bolster students’ health and academic performance. This study explor...
As the demand for powerful, light energy sources continues to grow, traditional electrochemical batteries are no longer sufficient and combustion-based power generation devices have become an attractive alternative due to their high energy density, c...
This study proposes a new method for rolling steel balls using spiral discs. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the proposed method could be used to produce balls with a diameter of 63 mm, as well as to determine the effect of tool geome...
The urgent need for effective food waste management, coupled with the scarcity of carbon sources for sewage treatment, highlights the potential of producing carbon sources from food waste as a mutually beneficial solution. This study investigated the...
The effect of the counteranion of hexadecyltrimethylammonium salts on the physico-chemical properties of organoclays was investigated, using a selected natural clay mineral with a cation exchange capacity of 95 meq/100 g. The uptake amount of C16 cat...
Bimetallic composites have a wide range of application prospects in various industries. Different bonding temperatures, as one of the influencing factors, directly affect the bonding effectiveness as well as the performance and application of the mat...
Knowledge of physical and mechanical properties of geomaterials is fundamental to characterise their response to external forcings (mechanical, climatic) at various scales. This is true, for instance, in slope stability assessments, civil engineering...
This study investigates the integration of CO2/H2S separation and internal power generation in power- and biomass-to-liquid (PBtL) and fuel-assisted PBtL (FAPBtL) processes to enhance carbon efficiency and reduce external electricity demand. Four con...
Nowadays, 3D food printing, in other words, food layered manufacturing, has gained more importance. The most common driving forces behind using 3D technology in the food sector are designing complex external and internal food structures, the customiz...
In a conventional automotive manufacturing plant, the paint shop alone can represent 36% of the total energy consumption, making it the most demanding area in terms of electricity and fossil fuel energy consumption. This study explores the possibilit...
A double-skin facade makes it possible to gain irradiance through the glass on the outer side in summer, and to increase the temperature of air flowing in the cavity so as to induce the flow of air current. Therefore, a double-skin facade is able to...
This systematic review synthesizes passive and passive-first cooling strategies for greenhouses in hot–arid climates, organizing evidence across four domains: Airflow & Ventilation, Shading & Radiative Control, Thermal Storage & Gro...