As a new type of energetic material, reactive materials are widely used at present; in particular, the metal/polymer mixtures type reactive materials show great advantages in engineering applications. This type of reactive material has good mechanica...
An extension of the equilibrium stage model to improve its applicability to reactive distillation is presented. The significant aeration of the liquid holdup on trays leads to the amount of clear liquid present being significantly less than the volum...
Skin applications of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) have been at-tracting attention from medical and cosmetic aspects. The reactive species generated from plasma sources have been known to play important roles in the skin. For proper...
Some water distribution pipe networks were constructed several decades ago and have been damaged. The old pipe network has experienced many leaks and should be rehabilitated. In old cities like Jakarta, with high leak rates (1.6 leaks/km/year), pipel...
This paper presents a novel approach for optimizing wind farm control through the utilization of a combined model predictive control method. In contrast to conventional methods of controlling active and reactive power in wind farms, the suggested app...
This article presents the development of a reactive power capability model for a wind power plant (WPP) based on an aggregated wind power collection system. The voltage and active power dependent reactive power capability are thus calculated by using...
In this paper, the damage constitutive model of reactive powder concrete (RPC) in uniaxial tension is investigated. The relationship between the uniaxial tensile strength of RPC and the steel fiber admixture was analyzed by preparing RPC specimens wi...
Reactive material (RM) is a special kind of energetic material that can react and release chemical energy under highly dynamic loads. However, its energy release behavior is limited by its own strength, showing unique unsustainable characteristics, w...
Steel corrosion plays a major role in the geochemical evolution at the canister/bentonite interface of the engineered barrier systems of geological radioactive waste repositories. The interactions between corrosion products and bentonite can signific...
With the increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs), their uncoordinated charging poses a great challenge to the safe operation of the power grid. In addition, traditional individual-EV scheduling models may be difficult to solve due to the increas...
In this study, we propose simple analytical formulas for reactive sputtering technology, which can be used to assist in the selection of appropriate sputtering parameters during the deposition of thin films. Radio frequency (RF) sputtered alumina (Al...
Gypsum dissolution leads to the development of karstic features within much shorter timescales than in other sedimentary rocks, potentially leading to rapid deterioration of groundwater quality and increasing the risk of catastrophes caused by subsid...
Water–rock interaction in surface and subsurface environments occurs in complex multicomponent systems and involves several reactions, including element transfer. Such kinetic information is obtained by fitting a forward model into the temporal...
A thermodynamic model was proposed to calculate the activity of components in low-reactive CaO-BaO-Al2O3-SiO2-CaF2-Li2O mold flux, which was chosen to improve the castability of high Al steel, based on the ion and molecular coexistence theory. The mo...
With active research being conducted on maritime autonomous surface ships, it is becoming increasingly necessary to ensure the safety of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). In this context, a key task is to correct their paths to avoid obstacles. This...
In this paper an induction motor parameters estimator, based on the Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS), is presented and described. A comprehensive literature study on MRAS type parameters estimators for induction motors is also provided. The aut...
This work critically reviews the evolution of reactive sputtering modeling that has taken place over the last 50 years. The review summarizes the main features of the deposition of simple metal compound films (nitrides, oxides, oxynitrides, carbides,...
In this study, a semi-empirical model is presented that correlates to previously obtained experimental overpotential data for a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC). The goal is to reinforce the understanding of the perf...
To better predict long-term performance of a remediation system, parameters of a numerical model should be constrained with care by calibrating with reliable experimental data. This study conducted sensitivity analyses for model parameters, which wer...
Electricity has become an important concern in today’s society. This is due to the fact that the electric grid now has a greater number of non-linear components. The AC-powered locomotive is one of these non-linear components. The aim of this p...
Under rapid global climate change, the risk of ancient landslide reactivation induced by rainfall infiltration is increasing significantly. The contribution of cracks to the reactivation of ancient landslides, as an evolutionary product, is a topic t...
Alphaherpesviruses infect humans and most animals. They can cause severe morbidity and mortality. The pseudorabies virus (PRV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus that can infect most mammals. The PRV persists in the host by establishing a latent infec...
The filtered mass density function (FMDF) model has been employed for large-eddy simulations (LES) of compressible high-speed turbulent mixing and reacting flows. However, the mixing model remains a pressing challenge for FMDF methods, especially for...
In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of hydrated anion-exchange membranes (AEMs), comprised of poly(p-phenylene oxide) (PPO) polymers functionalized with quaternary ammonium cationic groups, were conducted using multiscale coupling betw...
The objective of this study was to examine the shrinkage and creep of reactive power concrete (RPC) with different steel fibre contents (0%, 1% and 2% by volume). A total of 37 RPC specimens were prepared and tested for compression strength, elastic...
An outstanding adsorbent, such as the metal–organic framework (MOF) MIL-101 (Cr), was employed to study the adsorption of two dyes, namely reactive red 2 (RR2) and reactive blue 19 (RB19). Experimental adsorption data were retrieved at T = 25,...
Glycerol is an unavoidable by-product of the biodiesel production process. The conversion of glycerol into valuable biofuel additives is essential in the fuel industry. The goal of this work is to develop a reactive distillation-based process for the...
Monomeric C-reactive protein (mCRP), the activated isoform of CRP, induces tissue damage in a range of inflammatory pathologies. Its detection in infarcted human brain tissue and its experimentally proven ability to promote dementia with Alzheimer’s...
Multicomponent reactive transport modeling is a powerful tool for the comprehensive analysis of coupled hydraulic and biochemical processes. The performance of the simulation model depends on the accuracy of related model parameters whose values are...
Strong chemical gradients between clay and concrete porewater lead to diffusive transport across the interface and subsequent mineral reactions in both materials. These reactions may influence clay properties such as swelling behaviour, permeability...
The error-in-variables-model (EVM) is the most statistically correct non-linear parameter estimation technique for reactivity ratio estimation. However, many polymer researchers are unaware of the advantages of EVM and therefore still choose to use r...
The paper aims to verify the thesis that the reactivity model, developed in earlier research, can be used to compare the fuels combustion processes in turbine engines, which is important for predicting the behavior of different alternative fuels in c...
We evolved our past Portfolio Yield Reactive (PYR) model to provide a competitive system with infiltration of categorical information and fundamentals into advanced higher-order moments that support more objective portfolio selection aided by intelli...
The functional properties of multi-component materials are often determined by a rearrangement of their different phases and by chemical reactions of their components. In this contribution, a material model is presented which enables computational si...
The migration and fate of pesticides in natural environments is highly complex. At the hillslope scale, the quantification of contaminant fluxes and concentrations requires a physically based model. This class of model has recently been extended to i...
In situ leaching represents an efficient and safe method for uranium mining, where a suboptimal well flow rate distribution leads to solution imbalances between wells, forming stagnant zones that increase operational costs. This study examines a real...
Unconsolidated sandstone uranium deposits exploited by the in situ leaching (ISL) method, contain complex tetravalent and hexavalent uranium compounds, mostly as UO2 and UO3 oxides that have different dissolution rates in sulfuric acid solutions. Thi...
Reactive programming is a popular paradigm that has been used as a new solution in our proposed model for security in the cloud. In this context, we have been able to reduce the execution time compared to our previous work for the model proposed in c...
Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is used in the beam-column joint region in two out of four frames. Finite element modeling of all specimens is developed by using ABAQUS software. Displacement controlled analysis is used rather than load control analys...
PLA is one of the most promising bio-compostable and bio-degradable thermoplastic polymers made from renewable sources. PLA is generally produced by ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactide using the metallic/bimetallic catalyst (Sn, Zn, and Al)...
PELE projectile is a new type of armor-piercing warhead and has a more obvious fragmentation effect, which solves the problem of insufficient after-effects of conventional armor-piercing projectiles. Reactive material is a new type of energetic mater...
Distribution static compensators (D-STATCOMs) can enhance the technical performance of the power distribution network by providing rapid and continuous reactive power support to the connected bus. Accurate modeling and efficient utilization of D-STAT...
Understanding the fate of contaminants in heterogeneous aquifer systems is crucial to explain their transport behavior. Although it has been proven that heterogeneity has a significant control over the quantification of these processes, the extent of...
The construction of a repository for geological disposal of radioactive waste will include the use of cement-based materials. Following closure, groundwater will saturate the repository and the extensive use of cement will result in the development o...
The construction of a repository for the geological disposal of radioactive waste will include the use of cement-based materials. Following closure, groundwater will saturate the repository, and the extensive use of cement will result in the developm...
Dolomite plays an important role in carbonate reservoirs. The topography in the study area creates conditions for reflux dolomitization. The northeastward paleogeomorphy during the deposition of the Yingshan Formation was favorable for reflux dolomit...
An enhanced geothermal system is a kind of artificial geothermal system, which can economically exploit geothermal energy from deep thermal rock mass with low permeability by artificially created geothermal reservoirs. Chemical stimulation refers to...
Groundwater contamination by chlorinated hydrocarbons is a worldwide problem that poses important challenges in remediation processes. In Italy, the Legislative Decree 152/06 defines the water quality limits to be obtained during the cleanup process....
The geological disposal in deep bedrock repositories is the preferred option for the management of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). In some of these concepts, carbon steel is considered as a potential canister material and bentonites are planned a...
Although many studies have examined reaction zones in groundwater–seawater mixing areas, little attention has been given to how subsurface processes drive changes in iron (Fe) precipitation over time and space. This gap has limited our understa...
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