Temperature Swing Absorption (TSA) is the primary candidate for the Isotope Rebalancing and Protium Removal (IRPR) system within the envisioned EU-DEMO fusion reactor fuel cycle. TSA separates a mixed hydrogen isotope stream into two product streams...
Temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE) utilizes an amine solvent with temperature-dependent water solubility to dissolve water at a lower temperature to concentrate or crystallize the brine and the phases are separated. Then, the water in solven...
Carbon capture by adsorption is supposed to be an effective method to reduce CO2 emissions, among which Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) can utilize low-grade thermal energy even from renewable energy source. At present, TSA technology still has se...
A mathematical model of a continuous moving-bed temperature-swing adsorption (MBTSA) process for post-combustion CO2 capture in a coal-fired power plant context has been developed. Process simulations have been done using single component isotherms a...
CO2 capture from air is crucial in achieving negative emissions. Based on conventional or newly developed high-enriching processes, we investigated the rough enrichment of CO2 from air via an externally heated or cooled adsorber (temperature-swing ad...
In this paper experimental and numerical investigations on heat transfer within a bubbling fluidized bed will be presented with respect to better heat integration in continuous temperature swing adsorption (TSA) processes for biogas upgrading. In the...
Fine/ultra-fine cohesive powders find application in different industrial and chemical sectors. For example, they are considered in the framework of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), for the reduction of the carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosp...
In this paper, the mechanism of separation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from activated carbon adsorption beds during closed cycle temperature swing desorption was studied. Toluene gas at different concentrations was used as the gas for closed...
In this study, a water- and heavy hydrocarbon-removal process of a natural gas refinery currently in operation using the temperature swing adsorption method is modeled and investigated. The aim of this process is to decrease the hydrocarbon dew point...
Pipe girth welds are prone to incomplete fusion problems in the automatic welding process of long-distance pipelines, which is often related to temperature inhomogeneity in the weld bead. The narrow gap and micro-swing welding technique was applied i...
The paper evaluates the performance of an adsorption-based technology for CO2 capture directly from the air at the industrial scale. The approach is based on detailed mass and energy balance dynamic modeling of the vacuum temperature swing adsorption...
Direct air capture (DAC), as a complementary strategy to carbon capture and storage (CCS), offers a scalable and sustainable pathway to remove CO2 directly from the ambient air. This study presents a detailed evaluation of the amine-functionalised me...
Thermal imaging is used in various fields of industry and research to measure temperature and its possible differences. Since there is a lack of research and literature on palm temperatures and prevention of blisters on hands, our question was how pa...
Power modules in silicon carbide (SiC)-based modular multilevel converters (MMCs) suffer from notably severe thermal imbalance and localized overheating. This paper puts forward an asymmetric SiC power module with direct integration of a vapor chambe...
The interest in and need for carbon-free fuels that do not rely on fossil fuels are constantly growing from both environmental and energetic perspectives. Green hydrogen production is at the core of the transition away from conventional fuels. Along...
For the first time, the use of stannate-based sorbents was investigated as high temperature CO2 sorption to evaluate their potential to contribute towards reducing carbon emissions. The sorption capacity and kinetics of commercial tin oxide, sodium,...
Capturing CO2 directly from air is one of the options for mitigating the effects global climate change, and therefore determining its cost is of great interest. A process model was proposed and validated using laboratory results for adsorption/desorp...
N2O has a global warming potential about 300 times higher than CO2, and even if its contribution to the greenhouse effect is underrated, its abatement in industrial production’s tail gas has become imperative. In this work, we investigate the f...
In order to gain a deeper understanding of the distribution of residual stresses in swing-arc narrow-gap GMA welding, this paper comprehensively considers the arc motion trajectory and joint geometry and establishes a three-dimensional finite element...
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a major atmospheric pollutant and also a recoverable nitrogen resource, for which adsorption offers a promising technical pathway. This review systematically summarizes the recent progress in the removal of NO2 from flue gas...
Functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) with surface areas between 213 and 1124 m2/g based on a range of monomers containing different chemical moieties were evaluated for CO2 capture using a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) methodology under...
Since lithium-ion batteries are rarely utilized in their full state-of-charge (SOC) range (0–100%); therefore, in practice, understanding the performance degradation with different SOC swing ranges is critical for optimizing battery usage. We m...
The two-stroke micro free piston swing engine (MFPSE) is a portable power device. Its seal performance plays an important role in the dynamic properties and efficiency of microengines. The present work established the leakage model of the two-stroke...
The efficiency of internal combustion engines is gaining increased interest due to the impact of fuel consumption on greenhouse gas emissions and the goals of countries to minimize emissions. Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have shown great potential...
Although check valves have attracted a lot of attention, work has rarely been completed done when there is a compressible working fluid. In this paper, the swing check valve and the tilting check valve flowing high-temperature compressible water vapo...
The Anaerobic–Swing Aerobic–Anoxic–Oxic (ASAO) process was developed to tackle problems such as temperature sensitivity during the Anaerobic–Oxic–Anoxic (AOA) process. By introducing a swing zone (S zone) with adjustable...
As wearable devices continue to be updated and iterated, there is an increasing demand for energy supplies that are small, portable and capable of working continuously for extended periods of time. Here, a hybrid triboelectric-electromagnetic nanogen...
Domestic hot water heating of multifamily buildings accounts for a substantial portion of the energy load of existing buildings. This load is made up of both the energy required to produce hot water and the energy needed to maintain the temperature o...
A kind of swing micro-mirror structure with high stability for gravitational wave observatory in space is proposed in this paper. As the key interface instrument in the gravitational wave observatory, the swing micro-mirror structure plays a very imp...
Turbine systems equipped with doubly fed induction generation (DFIG) are becoming increasingly vital in wind power generation, with the reliability of the devices serving as a pillar in the industrial sector. Thermal stress and lifetime assessment ar...
This study aimed to develop a laboratory-scale direct air capture unit for evaluating and comparing amine-based adsorbents under temperature vacuum swing adsorption conditions. The experimental campaign conducted with the direct air capture unit allo...
High temperature superconductivity is emerging as a solution for lightweight, cost-effective and high-power wind generators. Current injection and maintainment/sustainment in the field winding are obtained by metal current leads which, due to persist...
The pressure swing distillation (PSD) with two different energy-saving modes are put forward to separate a binary azeotrope containing lower alcohols: benzene/methanol. A comparison of the economy and controllability for the partial and fully heat in...
We investigate the effect of viscous dissipation on the thermal transport characteristics of heat and its consequence in terms of the entropy-generation rate in a circular Couette flow. We consider the flow of a Newtonian fluid through a narrow annul...
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for processes such as carbon dioxide (CO2) capture or its storage. In this work, the adsorption of CO2 and nitrogen (N2) in Co3(ndc)3(dabco) MOF (ndc: 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate; dabco:...
This study investigates the performance of the “green refurbishment” of existing buildings. Two ordinary rooms in an existing building were chosen for examination. Refurbishment measures such as additional insulation, high-performance gla...
Sorption-enhanced reverse water–gas shift (SE-RWGS), designated as COMAX, was studied using a Pt4A bifunctional catalyst (reactive adsorbent). The bifunctional Pt4A catalyst integrates CO2 activation and reaction with water adsorption functiona...
This study presents the disorderedness effects on the subthreshold characteristics of atomically deposited ZnO thin-film transistors (TFTs). Bottom-gate ZnO TFTs show n-type enhancement-mode transfer characteristics but a gate-voltage-dependent, degr...
Due to the limitations of thermodynamics, the Boltzmann distribution of electrons hinders the further reduction of the power consumption of field-effect transistors. However, with the emergence of ferroelectric materials, this problem is expected to...
ZnO thin films were deposited using RF sputtering by varying the argon:oxygen gas flow rates and substrate temperatures. Structural, optical and electrical characterization of ZnO thin films were systematically carried out using X-Ray diffraction (XR...
An A‑ and B‑site substitutional study of SrFeO3−δ perovskites (A’xA1−xB’yB1−yO3−δ, where A = Sr and B = Fe) was performed for a two‑step solar thermochemical air separation cycle. The cycle steps encomp...
This paper presents the results of research on the effect of temperature on damage processes occurring in power MOSFETs. The impact of changes in the activation energy of selected mechanisms initiating the damage process in power MOSFETs during conti...
Flexible and fully transparent thin film transistors (TFT) were fabricated via room temperature processes. The fabricated TFT on the PEN exhibited excellent performance, including a saturation mobility (μsat) of 7.9 cm2/V·s, an Ion/Ioff rat...
We study the effect of polymer coating, pressure, temperature, and light on the electrical characteristics of monolayer
Carbon capture is one of the recently raised technologies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Adsorption was introduced as an energy-efficient carbon capture process, and the literature primarily shows the utilization of circular cross-sectional ad...
Hyper-field effect transistors (hyper-FETs) are crucial in the development of low-power logic devices. With the increasing significance of power consumption and energy efficiency, conventional logic devices can no longer achieve the required performa...
The search for an effective, cost-efficient, and selective sorbent for CO2 capture technologies has been a focus of research in recent years. Many technologies allow efficient separation of CO2 from industrial gases; however, most of them (particular...
In this work, we demonstrate a strained Si single nanowire tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) with gate-all-around (GAA) structure yielding Ion-current of 15 μA/μm at the supply voltage of Vdd = 0.5V with linear onset at low drain voltages....
In this study, we examine the electrical characteristics of triple-gate feedback field-effect transistors (TG FBFETs) over a temperature range of −200 °C to 280 °C. With increasing temperature from 25 °C to 280 °C, the thermally...
This paper presents the development of a hardware simulator based on the junction-temperature of insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules in modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The MMC consists of various power-electronics components, and t...
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