Speed dispersion is an important indicator to portray the quality of traffic flow and is closely related to the road safety operation level. In order to clarify the influence of posted speed limits on the dispersion of traffic flow speed, three secti...
Understanding the relationship between speed limit and characteristic speed of expressway traffic flow is of great significance for formulating a reasonable speed limit scheme and improving highway safety and transportation efficiency. In this study,...
CO2 displacement is an important technology to reduce emissions and improve crude oil recovery, as well as prevent CO2 escape. Effective storage is key to the successful implementation of this technology, especially for medium and high permeability r...
Countercurrent flow limitation (CCFL) refers to an important class of gravity-induced hydrodynamic processes that impose a serious restriction on the operation of gas–liquid two-phase systems. In a nuclear power plant, CCFL may occur in the liq...
All-vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are used as energy storage systems for intermittent renewable power sources. The performance of VRFBs depends on materials of key components and operating conditions, such as current density, electrolyte flow...
Pressure fluctuation for flow around an airfoil has been well studied for subsonic, transonic and supersonic flows. In this paper, the sonic flow case is studied using a NACA0012 airfoil. It is known that such a flow has a limiting characteristic lin...
To simulate the dynamical structures of stratified shear flows, the high-resolution Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) method is necessary and widely-used due to its high-order spatial accuracy, oscillation control, and ability to capture the well-def...
The two-phase countercurrent flow limitation (CCFL) in horizontal channels is important in relation to nuclear reactor safety. In this study, we aim to investigate the CCFL characteristics and the flow behaviors in horizontal circular pipes with smal...
The interline power flow controller (IPFC) based on a modular multilevel converter with a half-bridge configuration can control the active and reactive power flows of multiple alternating current (AC) lines. However, it forms a multiterminal system o...
Space Heating (SH) substations in District Heating-based (DH) systems are typically dimensioned at the design outdoor temperature without accounting for internal and solar heat gains. In residential buildings, the total required DH power typically al...
According to recent investigations on bottom boundary layer development under tsunami, a wave boundary can be observed even at the water depth of 10 m, rather than a steady flow type boundary layer. Moreover, it has been surprisingly reported that th...
This study investigates a two-stage assembly-type flow shop with limited waiting time constraints for minimizing the makespan. The first stage consists of m machines fabricating m types of components, whereas the second stage has a single machine to...
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) jet fracturing is a promising alternative for shale gas fracturing instead of water. However, most studies pay more attention to the fracture generation and ignore the flow characteristic of SC-CO2 jet fracturing...
In geotechnical engineering applications, it is very important to obtain the undrained shear strength of remolded soils accurately and reliably. This study aims to obtain a trustworthy solution to determine the undrained shear strength of remolded cl...
This study considers a scheduling problem for a flow shop with urgent jobs and limited waiting times. The urgent jobs and limited waiting times are major considerations for scheduling in semiconductor manufacturing systems. The objective function is...
Hydrogen production by catalytic partial oxidation and steam reforming of methane and propane towards synthesis gas are numerically investigated in stagnation-flow over a disc coated with a porous Rh/Al2O3 layer. A one-dimensional flow field is coupl...
Background: The BIO REACT study is designed to investigate the incremental value of Extravascular UltraSound (EVUS) added to conventional angiography, compared to conventional angiography only for the identification of Flow-Limiting Dissections (FLD)...
Optimal drip irrigation management in shallow groundwater areas needs to clarify the effects of flow rate and layout designs on the soil moisture, salt distribution, cotton root length density, plant height, leaf area, and yield. In this study, a one...
This study focused on the development of the unsteady impact of a thermally stratified energy source on a supersonic flow around an aerodynamic (AD) body in a viscous heat-conducting gas (air). Research was based on the Navier-Stokes equations. The f...
A green scheduling problem is proposed in this work, where both constraints on intermediate storage capacity and job transportation requirements are simultaneously considered. An improved discrete pathfinder algorithm (IDPFA) with multi-neighborhood...
In a coupled system, predictive information flows from the causing to the caused variable. The amount of transferred predictive information can be quantified through the use of transfer entropy or, for Gaussian variables, equivalently via Granger cau...
With the increasing penetration of renewable energy, traditional distribution network operation state assessment methods based on typical operating conditions are no longer applicable. It is urgent to conduct risk assessment research on the dynamic c...
This study investigates the minimum ignition temperature of smoldering paper scraps with varying bulk densities and lengths under different external airflow rates. Paper scraps of different lengths were compressed to modify the bulk density within th...
Variable speed limit (VSL) control is an effective technology to improve safety near freeway bottlenecks. This study aims to develop a control strategy for mixed traffic flow consisting of both human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and connected and automated...
We present herein a novel method of bipolar field-effect control on DC electroosmosis (DCEO) from a physical point of view, in the context of an intelligent and robust operation tool for stratified laminar streams in microscale systems. In this uniqu...
The predictions of the onset of rotating stall and surge are very important in the preliminary design stage of a compressor. Rotating stall and surge are complex instabilities that cause efficiency loss and reduced pressure rise, and, therefore, comp...
Vertical flow assays (VFAs) or flow-through assays have emerged as an alternate type of paper-based assay due to their faster detection time, larger sample volume capacity, and significantly higher multiplexing capabilities. They have been successful...
The detection of aflatoxins is essential for the food industry to ensure the safety and quality of food products before their release to the market. The lateral-flow immunochromatography assay (LFIA) is a simple technique that allows the rapid on-sit...
With the large-scale centralized PV clusters connected to grid, the grid power flow has certain randomness. Considering the fluctuation of PV output, an improved Krawczyk-Moore algorithm in a mixed coordinate system is proposed to solve the uncertain...
Every driver knows that his car is slowing down or accelerating when driving up or down, respectively. The same happens on uneven roads with plastic wave deformations, e.g., in front of traffic lights or on nonpaved desert roads. This paper investiga...
Redox flow batteries (RFBs), provide a safe and cost-effective means of storing energy at grid-scale, and will play an important role in the decarbonization of global electricity networks. Several approaches have been explored to improve their effici...
Background: Monitoring of measurable residual disease (MRD) requires highly sensitive flow cytometry protocols to provide an accurate prediction of shorter progression-free survival. High assay sensitivity generally requires rapid processing to avoid...
The increasing share of distributed generation aggravates voltage limit compliance at customers’ delivery points. Currently, grid operators validate compliance with the voltage limits specified in Grid Codes by conducting load flow simulations at the...
The performance of a miniaturized channel for the separation of polymer and metal nanoparticles (NP) using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) was investigated and compared with a conventional AF4 system. To develop standard separation m...
Blowoff limits are essential in establishing the combustor operating envelope. Hence, there is a great demand for practical aero-engines to extend the blowoff limits further. In this work, the behavior of non-premixed swirling flames under fuel flow...
Current density plays a major role in deciding the plant size, current efficiency, and energy consumption in electrorefining cells. In general, operating current density will be 40% of the limiting current density. Forced circulation of the electroly...
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) have been widely recognized in the domain of large-scale energy storage due to their simple structure, long lifetime, quick response, decoupling of capacity and power, and structural simplicity. Because of the limited open...
This study examines the impact of incorporating obstacles in the electrode structure of an organic redox flow battery with a flow-through configuration. Two configurations were compared: A control case without obstacles (Case 1) and a modified design...
Imaging flow velocity measurements are essential for the investigation of unsteady complex flow phenomena, e.g., in turbomachines, injectors and combustors. The direct optical measurement on fluid molecules is possible with laser Rayleigh scattering...
An integrated photocatalytic membrane system (IPMS) was developed for potential use in the remediation of naproxen using real water samples from a drinking water treatment plant. Key parameters such as time, pH, water matrix, mixing speeds, flow rate...
Fire prevention and extinguishing and CO2 sequestration in coal mine gob require continuous transportation of liquid CO2 in pipelines with large height difference (from ground to underground). However, the temperature and pressure variation of liquid...
The battery energy storage system has become an indispensable part of the current electricity network due to the vast integration of renewable energy sources (RESs). This paper proposes an optimal charging method of a vanadium redox flow battery (VRB...
Soil slurry deposited on the surface of the Earth during rainfall mixes with fluids and flows into urban sewer conduits. Turbulent energy and energy dissipation in the conduits lead to separation, and sedimentation at the bottom lowers the discharge...
This paper addresses the questions of acceptable upper limits for storage development and how best to deploy storage capacity in the long-term planning of built surface water storage in river basins. Storage-yield curves are used to establish sustain...
The continuous change in the entrance cross-section of a parallel-plate flow channel generally affects the mass and heat transfer on the walls of the channel. In this paper, an electrochemical parallel-plate flow channel equipped with a selenoid puls...
The utilization rate of ink liquid in the chamber is critical for the thermal bubble inkjet head. The difficult problem faced by the thermal bubble inkjet printing is how to maximize the use of ink in the chamber and increase the printing frequency....
Determination of the presence in the blood of antibodies specific to the causative agent of a particular disease (serodiagnosis) is an effective approach in medical analytical chemistry. Serodiagnostics performed in the lateral flow immunoassay forma...
Controlling vehicle speed is crucial for reducing exhaust emissions and ensuring the sustainable development of road transportation. Currently, speed limits on expressways are primarily set from a safety perspective, with limited research addressing...
Load flow analysis is an essential tool for the reliable planning and operation of interconnected power systems. The constant increase in power demand, apart from the increased intermittency in power generation due to renewable energy sources without...
Lubricating greases based on urea thickeners are frequently used in high-performance applications since their invention in 1954. One property that has so far been neglected in the further development of these systems due to their low solubility and t...
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