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9 November 2017

Subway stations have been proliferating underneath cosmopolitan metropolises with subway lines forming complex webs connected in strategic transfer stations. The efficiency of the subway system thus heavily weighs on the efficiency at these transfer...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,152 Views
25 Pages

13 December 2022

The transfer space realizes the connectivity of subway intersections. Passengers generally express that they have a poor experience in the use of this space, so improving the environmental suitability of transfer spaces at subway stations is a top pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Circular Building Design and Construction)
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9 Citations
5,032 Views
17 Pages

Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) Concentration of Subway Transfer Stations in Beijing, China

  • Xinru Wang,
  • Liang Xia,
  • Fei Pei,
  • Li Chang and ,
  • Wen Tong Chong,
  • Zu Wang and
  • Song Pan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 January 2022

Although much research is being conducted on the characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 at subway stations, there is no research focusing on a complex subway transfer station. In this paper, the characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 at transfer stations are s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Energy and Sustainable Development)
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  • Open Access
183 Views
31 Pages

Enhancing Equity in Multimodal Public Transport: Optimising Electric-Bus Transfer Stations

  • Jie Zhang,
  • Xiaojuan Xie,
  • Shungen Xiao,
  • Yuqin Wu and
  • Chuntong Dong

19 October 2026

As electric buses become increasingly integrated into urban public transport systems, research on their role in transfer networks remains limited. Passengers often encounter extended waiting times during transfers, raising equity concerns. This study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mathematical Optimization in Operational Research)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,652 Views
22 Pages

Investigation of Passengers’ Perceived Transfer Distance in Urban Rail Transit Stations Using XGBoost and SHAP

  • Chengyuan Mao,
  • Wenjiao Xu,
  • Yiwen Huang,
  • Xintong Zhang and ,
  • Nan Zheng and
  • Xinhuan Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 May 2023

Providing high-quality public transport services and enhancing passenger experiences require efficient urban rail transit connectivity; however, passengers’ perceived transfer distance at urban rail transit stations may differ from the actual t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology, User Behavior and Infrastructure for Sustainable Traffic Safety)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,370 Views
21 Pages

A Bi-Objective Model for the Location and Optimization Configuration of Kitchen Waste Transfer Stations

  • Ming Wan,
  • Ting Qu,
  • George Q. Huang,
  • Ruoheng Chen and ,
  • Manna Huang,
  • Yanghua Pan,
  • Duxian Nie and
  • Junrong Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 December 2024

Since the implementation of China’s mandatory waste sorting policy, the recycling of kitchen waste has become one of the core tasks of waste classification. The problem of designing the locations and the optimization configuration strategy for...

(This article belongs to the Topic Smart Product Design and Manufacturing on Industrial Internet)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,265 Views
15 Pages

3 December 2024

In the context of rising global temperatures, countries around the world are increasingly tailoring their own “carbon neutrality” plans. China has also formulated its “dual-carbon” goals, and the construction industry is gradu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tunneling and Underground Engineering: A Sustainability Perspective)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,380 Views
17 Pages

Research on a Carbon Emission Prediction Method for Oil Field Transfer Stations Based on an Improved Genetic Algorithm—The Decision Tree Algorithm

  • Qinglin Cheng,
  • Xue Wang,
  • Shuang Wang,
  • Yanting Li and ,
  • Hegao Liu,
  • Zhidong Li and
  • Wei Sun
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 September 2023

The background of “dual carbon” is accelerating low-carbon transformation in the energy field, and oil field enterprises are facing challenges in energy conservation and emissions reduction for sustainable development. However, oil field...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,199 Views
15 Pages

Recyclable Material Flow and Market Dynamics in Secondary Transfer Stations in Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Abdul Kadir Ibne Kamal,
  • Faisal Ahmed,
  • Md. Rasheduzzaman,
  • Sanjida Parvin and ,
  • Sarah Zahir,
  • Mirza A. T. M. Tanvir Rahman and
  • Palash Kumer Mondal
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 August 2026

This study investigates the flow and economic valuation of recyclable materials across fifteen Secondary Transfer Stations (STSs) in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Bangladesh, with the aim of understanding how market dynamics influence material...

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268 Views
19 Pages

Station-level direct-demand models relate observed station use to network role, location, service, and catchment attributes. They are used to benchmark station demand and, when an external systemwide forecast is available, to allocate that total acro...

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273 Views
14 Pages

The laser tracker station transfer of a benchmark plane is often required in large-scale structural assembly, such as ship-block alignment, to maintain global geometric consistency. The purpose of station transfer is to extend the main benchmark plan...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,387 Views
13 Pages

2 July 2021

This paper addresses the problem of conveyor transfer station design in harsh operating conditions, aiming to identify and eliminate a failure phenomenon which interrupts aggregate supply. The analyzed transfer station is located in a Polish granite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy-Efficiency of Conveyor Belts in Raw Materials Industry)
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  • Open Access
451 Views
14 Pages

21 September 2026

Municipal solid waste transfer stations generate substantial odorous emissions during waste collection and compression, posing threats to the surrounding environment and public health. Existing odor control technologies predominantly employ single-pr...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,793 Views
21 Pages

23 December 2024

The prominent contradiction between passenger demand and capacity in rush hours at subway stations causes inconveniences to travel and even leads to safety risks. Existing research on the cooperative control of passenger flow at stations mostly focus...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,697 Views
15 Pages

26 February 2022

To fully take the advantages of conventional bus and subway, and to maximize the overall feeder efficiency of the public transport system, the topic of feeder bus route optimization is studied in this paper. Considering the origin destination demand...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,194 Views
14 Pages

8 November 2019

The scientific and applied problems discussed in this paper are related to the development of a wireless charging station using an inductive power transfer (IPT) module power supply with energy dosing and dynamic matching. A computer simulation and a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronic Applications in Power and Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,617 Views
22 Pages

24 August 2025

Underground rail transit transfer stations are large-scale, complex structures with high-passenger flows, making them more vulnerable to fires and rescue challenges than other stations. Taking Zhongnan Road Metro Transfer Station in Wuhan as a projec...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,145 Views
22 Pages

30 April 2024

Disturbances often occur in transfer stations; however, little is known about the weaknesses of transfer stations and their ability to cope with passenger flows. Therefore, this paper introduces resilience into the study of transfer stations to enhan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative and Sustainable Development of Transportation)
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243 Views
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12 October 2026

Aged landfill leachate is difficult to treat biologically because of its low biodegradability and limited carbon availability. Carbon-rich transfer station wastewater is a potential co-substrate, but its use in staged biological co-treatment requires...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1,468 Views
24 Pages

Seismic Performance of Modal Transfer Stations on Soft Clays

  • Juan Manuel Mayoral,
  • Mauricio Pérez,
  • Azucena Román-de la Sancha and
  • Jimena Rosas

20 March 2025

In densely populated urban zones, seismic performance evaluation of strategic infrastructure during seismic events has become more challenging because the distance between surface and underground structures has been shortened to optimize the urban en...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,144 Views
17 Pages

23 March 2025

Transit-oriented development (TOD) and over-track buildings have been rapidly expanding in Chinese subways since their development. This new method is highly convenient for people while the influence of indoor vibration and noise in buildings is not...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,041 Views
19 Pages

5 September 2020

This article presents a methodology for optimizing the operation of parallel pumping stations in an open-channel water transfer system. A mathematical model was established for the minimum power with constraints on water level, flow rate and pump uni...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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11 Citations
3,917 Views
15 Pages

22 January 2023

This paper presents the idea of extending transfer nodes to mobility nodes as objects with more functions than just transport. Mobility hubs are often associated with large stations; however, they can be implemented at all or almost all stations. The...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Public Transport in Urban Areas – Optimization, Management and Development)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,557 Views
15 Pages

26 September 2022

A nonlinear mathematical model for the optimal operation of a parallel pumping station group was established with the objective of minimizing the operation costs of the station group considering the target quantity of water extraction and flow uneven...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Simulation and Experiment Methods of Flow Instability in Hydraulic Machinery)
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10 Citations
3,315 Views
17 Pages

Analysis of Heat Transfer of the Gas Head Cover of Diaphragm Compressors for Hydrogen Refueling Stations

  • Shengdong Ren,
  • Xiaohan Jia,
  • Jiatong Zhang,
  • Dianbo Xin and
  • Xueyuan Peng

28 July 2023

The inadequate ability to dissipate heat of the gas head cover of the diaphragm compressor will result in its excessive temperature, which will put the operation of the hydrogen filling station at risk for safety issues and raise operating costs. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Design and Modeling of Low-Carbon Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,643 Views
14 Pages

Economic Operation of Variable Speed and Blade Angle-Adjustable Pumping Stations of an Open-Channel Water Transfer Project

  • Mengying Du,
  • Zhao Zhang,
  • Yichao Chen,
  • Xieyu Qu and ,
  • Peiru Yan and
  • Hao Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 October 2023

A large amount of energy would be consumed for open-channel water transfer projects due to the low efficiency of pumping stations. One measure to improve the efficiency of a pumping station is to install variable-frequency drives (VFDs). In this pape...

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9 Citations
4,376 Views
18 Pages

23 December 2024

Odor emission has become a major issue in waste transfer stations. Hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan (MM), and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) are the main odorous gases. They have a low odor threshold and are difficult to remove. In this study, pine bark...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Separation Engineering)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,832 Views
17 Pages

Efficient Treatment of Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Stations via a Bioreactor–Nanofiltration System: A Pilot-Scale Study

  • Shoubo Huang,
  • Qiyuan Zheng,
  • Zihan Zhu,
  • Xiaomeng Geng and ,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Bin Xu and
  • Youcai Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 December 2024

The management of municipal solid waste leachate has emerged as a pivotal challenge in sustainable urban development. Currently, there is limited information on the practical engineering applications of bioreactors and nanofiltration systems on the p...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,811 Views
17 Pages

With the continuous depletion of fossil fuels, all countries attach importance to clean and sustainable development. The real-time state monitoring of multiphase flows is vital for enhancing hydropower station energy conversion. However, the material...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,023 Views
16 Pages

The leachate from municipal solid waste transfer stations has a complex composition of pollutants, contains high concentrations of organic matter, and produces odors. The anaerobic digestion of leachate generates excessive volatile organic acids (VFA...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Fermentation)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,714 Views
25 Pages

Research on the Evaluation of Rail Transit Transfer System Based on the Time Value

  • Xiaona Zhang,
  • Fu Wang,
  • Weidi Xu,
  • Yin Wang and ,
  • Jingwen Luo,
  • Xinyu Chen and
  • Manqing Ye
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 December 2023

The transfer system has an extremely important influence on the operation management and economic benefits of the whole rail network. The paper selects evaluation indexes based on the analysis of transfer system time value influencing factors, exclud...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,912 Views
18 Pages

16 April 2025

Energy storage stations (ESSs) need to be charged and discharged frequently, causing the battery thermal management system (BTMS) to face a great challenge as batteries generate a large amount of heat with a high discharge rate. Supercritical carbon...

(This article belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,154 Views
14 Pages

18 June 2021

Saskatchewan has the highest number of landfills per capita in Canada. Given the lower population density and the skewed spatial population distribution, comprehensive analysis of municipal solid waste management systems in Saskatchewan is inherently...

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7 Citations
7,414 Views
36 Pages

16 March 2015

In this paper, the optimal working schemes for wireless sensor networks with multiple base stations and wireless energy transfer devices are proposed. The wireless energy transfer devices also work as data gatherers while charging sensor nodes. The w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,533 Views
24 Pages

Hybrid PVP/Battery/Fuel Cell Wireless Charging Stations Using High-Frequency Optimized Inverter Technology for Electric Vehicles

  • Gaith Baccouche,
  • Mohamed Haikel Chehab,
  • Chokri Ben Salah,
  • Mehdi Tlija and
  • Abdelhamid Rabhi

15 July 2024

The design and integration of intelligent energy management systems in hybrid electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, leveraging industry 4.0 and renewable energy sources, is crucial for advancing sustainability, efficiency, and technological develo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Production, Smart Design and Manufacturing, Demand-Side Management, and Efficient Scheduling with Renewable Energy Sources)
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39 Citations
9,547 Views
20 Pages

Innovative Design of Drone Landing Gear Used as a Receiving Coil in Wireless Charging Application

  • Tommaso Campi,
  • Silvano Cruciani,
  • Francesca Maradei and
  • Mauro Feliziani

10 September 2019

A near-field wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is applied to recharge the battery of a small size drone. The WPT technology is an extremely attractive solution to build an autonomous base station where the drone can land to wirelessly charge t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Wireless Power Transfer System and Its Application)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,150 Views
17 Pages

A Win-Win Coordinated Scheduling Strategy Between Flexible Load Resource Operators and Smart Grid in 5G Era

  • Nan Zhang,
  • Di Liu,
  • Tianbao Liu,
  • Xueyan Zhang and ,
  • Jing Guo,
  • Fusheng Lan,
  • Qingyao Li,
  • Weiyi Lu and
  • Xiaolong Yang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

19 March 2025

With the rapid expansion of 5G base stations, the increasing energy consumption and fluctuations in power grid loads pose significant challenges to both network operators and grid stability. This paper proposes a coordinated scheduling strategy desig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Grid and Energy Storage)
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128 Citations
10,488 Views
15 Pages

2 February 2018

This study deals with the design and the optimization of a wireless power transfer (WPT) charging system based on magnetic resonant coupling applied to an electric vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In this study, a procedur...

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  • Open Access
591 Views
19 Pages

13 May 2026

During the drilling of deep ice boreholes in Central Antarctica, one of the key tasks is to collect representative samples of the borehole fluid. The principal challenge is that, during retrieval of the downhole sampler to the surface, the sample is...

(This article belongs to the Topic Heat and Mass Transfer in Engineering)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,882 Views
20 Pages

Numerical Simulations of Thermodynamic Processes in the Chamber of a Liquid Piston Compressor for Hydrogen Applications

  • Valerijs Bezrukovs,
  • Vladislavs Bezrukovs,
  • Marina Konuhova,
  • Deniss Bezrukovs and ,
  • Imants Kaldre and
  • Anatoli I. Popov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper presents the results of numerical simulations examining the thermodynamic processes during hydraulic hydrogen compression, using COMSOL Multiphysics® 6.0. These simulations focus on the application of hydrogen compression systems, part...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technological Advances in Science, Medicine, and Engineering 2024)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,585 Views
25 Pages

Numerical Evaluation of the Hydrothermal Process in a Water-Surrounded Heater of Natural Gas Pressure Reduction Plants

  • Hamid Kazemi Moghadam,
  • Seyed Soheil Mousavi Ajarostaghi,
  • Mohsen Saffari Pour and
  • Mohsen Akbary

9 April 2023

The gas pressure in the main network of transmission lines is about 700 to 1000 psi (4826.33 to 6894.76 kPa), which is reduced to 250 psi (1723.69 kPa) at the entrance station of a city. This reduction process, which occurs in the regulator, causes a...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,168 Views
29 Pages

24 December 2024

Cooling water, a crucial component of the central air conditioning setup, exerts a relatively minor direct impact on the thermal comfort of building indoor environments while it has a great effect on the system’s energy efficiency. Numerous stu...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,667 Views
24 Pages

Research on Oil Mist Leakage of Bearing in Hydropower Station: A Review

  • Jie Sun,
  • Yuquan Zhang,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Xinfeng Ge and ,
  • Yuan Zheng and
  • Emmanuel Fernandez-Rodriguez
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 April 2022

Hydropower is a clean and renewable energy, fundamental to the attainment of a sustainable society. Despite its efficacy and success, there is a need to address the hydroelectric stations’ oil throwing and mist leakage, resulting in the deterio...

(This article belongs to the Collection Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Collection)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,328 Views
24 Pages

Modeling Artificial Ground Freezing for Construction of Two Tunnels of a Metro Station in Napoli (Italy)

  • Alessandro Mauro,
  • Gennaro Normino,
  • Filippo Cavuoto,
  • Pasquale Marotta and
  • Nicola Massarotti

10 March 2020

An artificial ground freezing (AGF) technique in the horizontal direction has been employed in Naples (Italy), in order to ensure the stability and waterproofing of soil during the excavation of two tunnels in a real underground station. The artifici...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heat Transfer in Energy Conversion Systems)
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  • Open Access
773 Views
23 Pages

15 February 2026

Accurate estimation of solar radiation is of great significance for solar energy development and climate research. However, in China, the scarcity and uneven distribution of observation stations often cause deep learning models to overfit and suffer...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,009 Views
14 Pages

Sustainable Production of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids from Fresh Leachates in the District of Abidjan: Study of the Feasibility of the Process and Environmental Benefits

  • Akeyt Richmond Hervé Koffi,
  • Alessio Campitelli,
  • Daniel Stanojkovski,
  • Edi Guy-Alain Serges Yapo and ,
  • Alane Romaric N’guessan,
  • Franck Orlando Yebouet and
  • N’Dédé Théodore Djeni
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Leachate management remains a major environmental challenge, especially in rapidly urbanizing cities of developing countries. Traditionally considered toxic and useless, it is a sustainable organic resource with the potential for high-value biochemic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fermentation of Organic Waste for High-Value-Added Product Production)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,650 Views
20 Pages

14 May 2026

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) serve as both communication relays and aerial couriers in modern urban logistics networks. Conventional trajectory optimization methods assume perfect localization and isotropic free-space tracking signal propagation,...

(This article belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,165 Views
19 Pages

Underwater Power Conversion and Junction Technology for Underwater Wireless Power Transfer Stations

  • Lei Yang,
  • Xinze Chen,
  • Yuanqi Zhang,
  • Baoxiang Feng and ,
  • Haibing Wen,
  • Ting Yang,
  • Xin Zhao,
  • Jingjing Huang,
  • Darui Zhu and
  • Xiangqian Tong
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Underwater wireless power transfer (UWPT) systems are appropriate for battery charging of compact, submerged devices without a complicated and expensive sealing structure or human contact because the power source and load are not physically connected...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in New Concepts of Underwater Robotics)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,711 Views
10 Pages

An Assessment of Air Quality within Facilities of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) Sites in Lahore, Pakistan

  • Syed Turab Raza,
  • Sana Hafeez,
  • Zulfiqar Ali,
  • Zaheer Ahmad Nasir and ,
  • Muhammad Moeen Butt,
  • Irfan Saleem,
  • Jianping Wu,
  • Zhe Chen and
  • Yunjian Xu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

7 September 2021

The pollutants emission during the process of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is of great concern due to its hazardous effect on the environment and living organisms. An assessment of the air quality of MSWM sites was made after having 16 rep...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,725 Views
22 Pages

Comparison of Aggregation Operators in the Group Decision-Making Process: A Real Case Study of Location Selection Problem

  • Goran Petrović,
  • Jelena Mihajlović,
  • Danijel Marković,
  • Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani and
  • Miloš Madić

18 May 2023

Aggregation methods in group decision-making refer to techniques used to combine the individual preferences, opinions, or judgments of group members into a collective decision. Each aggregation method has its advantages and disadvantages, and the bes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Management of Logistic and Supply Chain)

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