This paper describes the Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) microgrid test facility, which was developed to enable research, development and testing for a wide range of distributed generation and microgrid technologies. The EPGC microgrid facility...
Insecticide testing facilities that evaluate a variety of vector control products may generate a large number of hazardous wastes from routine operations. These wastes originate from degraded technical grade materials, sprayed substrates with Indoor...
Residential air cleaners exploiting different technologies re commonly used today to remove air contaminants from indoor environments. Different methods have been developed in the USA and Europe to test their efficiency. The one used in the USA provi...
(1) Background: Men frequent outpatient departments (OPD) but are underrepresented in HIV testing services throughout sub-Saharan Africa. (2) Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis on data from a community-based survey with men in rural Malawi to...
The transition toward sustainable aviation fuels requires dedicated experimental platforms capable of evaluating alternative fuels under realistic propulsion conditions. This study presents the development and laboratory experimental validation of a...
As a critical system of onboard aircraft equipment, the environmental control system (ECS) has an essential impact on flight safety. The performance of the ECS is usually tested using the thermal test facility. The facility comprises temperature and...
In recent years, investigations on advanced technological solutions aiming to achieve high-energy performance in buildings have been carried out by research centers and universities, in accordance with the reduction in buildings’ energy consump...
The Chinese high temperature gas-cooled reactor pebble bed module (HTR-PM) demonstration project has attracted increasing attention. In order to support the project, a large-scale heat transfer test facility has been constructed for pebble bed effect...
As an indispensable part of the engine manufacturer supply chain, the eco-efficiency of altitude test facility (ATF) operations must improve. Automation is a key enabler in this context since it not only increases precision and reproducibility but al...
To support the advanced controller design and verification of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility (ASTF), it is necessary to establish a mathematical model of ASTF with high precision and replace the current lumped parameter model. Therefore, a q...
The accurate execution of aeroengine flight environment simulation tests relies on the electro-hydraulic servo valve control system in the altitude test facility. However, time delays arising from various factors, such as friction or sensor latency,...
Human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects in the understanding of building physics. The need to evaluate it requires controlled environments and facilities in which researchers can test their methods. In this paper, we present the commiss...
To solve the modeling problem of altitude ground test facility (AGTF) exhaust systems, which is caused by nonlinearity along the gas path and the difficulty of ejection factor calculation, a multi-cavity iterative modeling method is presented. The co...
In order to obtain the maximum amount of energy from tidal stream extraction devices, deployment in large arrays should be studied. The area of seabed with favorable conditions is fairly limited; therefore layout spacing has to be optimized. In this...
14 October 2019
The deuterium plasma experiment was started using the Large Helical Device (LHD) at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in March 2017 to investigate high-temperature plasma physics and the hydrogen isotope effects towards the realization...
Modern nuclear energy faces the problem of the accumulation, storage, and management of radioactive waste. For radioactive metal waste (RMW), one of the main tasks is to reduce its volume, carry out partial or complete decontamination, and convert it...
21 October 2021
High testing rates limit COVID-19 transmission. Attempting to increase testing rates, Stovner District in Oslo, Norway, combined door-to-door campaigns with easy access testing facilities. We studied the intervention’s impact on COVID-19 testing rate...
At present, tomato transplanting in facility agriculture is mainly manual operation. In an attempt to resolve the problems of high labor intensity and low efficiency of manual operation, this paper designs a clip stem automatic transplanting and seed...
This paper introduces metrics developed for analysing irregular wave test results from the round robin testing campaign carried out on a floating wind turbine as part of the EU H2020 MaRINET2 project. A 1/60th scale model of a 10 MW floating platform...
In the case of mining in an inclined intrusion using the block caving method, the highest stress is usually concentrated in the seismogenic and abutment zones, especially in the front of the sloping area. In an inclined intrusion of more than 40°...
Geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste pose significant challenges for robust monitoring of environmental conditions within the engineered barriers that surround the waste canister. Temperatures are elevated, due to the presence of heat...
The reasonable distribution of COVID-19 testing facilities is a crucial public necessity to protect the civil right of health and the proper functioning of society in the post-epidemic period. However, most of the current COVID-19 testing facilities...
The qualification and validation of nuclear technologies are daunting tasks for fusion demonstration (DEMO) and power plants. This is particularly true for advanced designs that involve harsh radiation environment with 14 MeV neutrons and high-temper...
This study presents a comprehensive multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework for evaluating and selecting optimal non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques for oil and gas facility maintenance operations. This research used a Fuzzy Analytic Hie...
4 April 2023
In China, HIV testing is the important first step of HIV prevention and treatment cascades but is not widely adopted by men who have sex with men (MSM). However, social media has been increasingly used to promote and improve HIV testing. This study a...
Promoting bicycling and making it attractive requires appropriate infrastructure. Sociodemographic characteristics, frequency and experiences of bike use, and purpose of bicycle trips can affect preferences towards bicycle infrastructure facilities i...
Quick and reliable identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in the population is required to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a prospective observational study of diagnostic accuracy. Paired swab samples from 31...
The development of city-driven urban laboratories was considered a priority by the European Commission through Action 3.2 of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan. In this context, positive-energy districts laboratories could take the role of urban dr...
The Water-Cooled Lithium–Lead (WCLL) is one of the most promising technologies for power conversion and tritium production in future fusion-powered reactors; it will be implemented in one of the Test Breeding Modules (TBM) inside the ITER reactor and...
The Shanghai soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility (SXFEL), which is the first X-ray FEL facility in China, is being constructed in two phases: the test facility (SXFEL-TF) and the user facility (SXFEL-UF). The test facility was initiated in 2006 a...
In this study, a longline aquaculture facility with lantern nets off the coast of northern China was modelled to conduct hydrodynamic tests starting from the culture unit to the entire facility under various current and wave conditions. The experimen...
Among national infrastructure facilities, electric power facilities are very important sites that must maintain their functions properly even during a natural disaster or during social crises. Therefore, seismic design is required when necessary for...
The hotel market has become extremely competitive over the past years. Hotels try to differentiate themselves through their services and facilities. To make the best choice when searching for accommodation, guests increasingly use rating systems of b...
Emergency generators are important facilities that supply emergency power to fire-fighting facilities in the event of a power outage. Accordingly, a load test of the emergency generator should be performed by cutting off the power source of the fire-...
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is one of the most efficient methods to reduce NOx emissions from coal-fired power plants. This paper deals with an optimal design tower type SCR-deNOx facility for a 1000 MW coal-fired power plant. Combined with c...
The application of a building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module to an elevation means that the factors causing performance losses in a BIPV are relatively high compared to a photovoltaic (PV) that is installed at the optimal angle. Therefore, it...
The estimation of unknown model parameters and reliability characteristics is considered under a block adaptive progressive hybrid censoring scheme, where data are observed from a Weibull model. This censoring scheme enhances experimental efficiency...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the proportion of women attending a primary healthcare facility in Istanbul, Türkiye, who reported previous human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and to examine associated factors, particularly de...
The integration of smart grid technologies in interconnected power system networks presents multiple challenges for the power industry and the scientific community. To address these challenges, researchers are creating new methods for the validation...
In the future, hydrogen (H2) will play a significant role in the sustainable supply of energy and raw materials to various sectors. Therefore, the electrolysis of water required for industrial-scale H2 production represents a key component in the gen...
Federated remote laboratories allow for the execution of experiments ex situ. The coordination of several laboratories can be used to perform concurrent experiments of combined space operations. However, the latency of the communications between faci...
The accurate detection and mapping of subsurface utilities are critical for ensuring safety and efficiency in excavation and construction projects. Among various technologies, Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) has been widely used for locating undergrou...
In this study, a reliability evaluation of the phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) method was performed to examine the applicability of the method for tube weld specimens with flaws having the same specifications as the tubes in the boilers of the...
A tailing storage facility (TSF) is a complex hydrotechnical structure that requires continuous monitoring to prevent catastrophic dam damage. One critical issue to control is the soil’s characteristics, which is why many field and laboratory t...
The optimal placement of healthcare facilities, including the placement of diagnostic test centers, plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficient and equitable access to healthcare services. However, the emergence of unique complexities in the context o...
To enhance the sustainability of water supply systems, the development of new technologies for micro scale hydropower remains an active field of research. The present paper deals with the implementation of a new micro-hydroelectric system for drinkin...
Altitude test facilities for aero-engines employ multi-chamber, multi-valve intake systems that require effective decoupling and strong disturbance rejection during transient tests. This paper proposes a coordinated active disturbance rejection contr...
A series of experiments were performed in the SPARC (spray-aerosol-recombiner-combustion) test facility to simulate a hydrogen mitigation system with the actuation of a PAR (passive auto-catalytic re-combiner) and spray system. In this study, the SPA...
To assure seismic isolation performance against design and beyond design basis earthquakes in the nuclear facility components, the lead inserted small-sized laminated rubber bearings (LRB), which has a 10 kN vertical design load, have been designed a...
The study investigates the collapse probability of a cabinet facility with a tuned mass damper (TMD) subjected to high- and low-frequency earthquakes. For this aim, a prototype of the cabinet in Korea is utilized for the numeric simulation. The accur...
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