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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Dynamic Optimization of Reaction Systems via Exact Parsimonious Input Parameterization

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This paper discusses the use of parsimonious input parameterization for the dynamic optimization of reaction systems. This parameterization is able to represent the optimal inputs with only a few parameters. In the context of batch, semibatch, and continuo ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

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Drazen Dujic, Yan-Kim Tran, Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernández

Multi-port DC-DC converters are an attractive solution for highly flexible and efficient interface of different elements of DC grids (e.g., sources, loads, energy storage). This paper provides an analytic solution for the natural power sharing characterist ...

IEEE2019

A Study of a Large Bipolar Lightning Event Observed at the Säntis Tower

Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Wolfgang Schulz, Davide Pavanello

An unusual negative lightning flash was recorded at the Säntis Tower on June 15, 2012. The flash did not contain an initial continuous current typical of upward negative lightning, which is the most common type of event at the Säntis Tower. The flash conta ...

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Exergoeconomic optimization of a solar driven system with reverse osmosis desalination unit and phase change material thermal energy storages

Hossein Pourrahmani

The goal of the current article is to suggest a novel solar system to produce power, fresh water, and cooling. As solar energy is unavailable at nights, a novel thermal storage system (TES) based on phase change material (PCM) is used to store the required ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Coupled-mode theory for stationary and nonstationary resonant sound propagation

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In this paper, we present a complete analytical derivation of the equations used for stationary and nonstationary wave systems regarding resonant sound transmission and reflection described by the phenomenological coupled-mode theory. We calculate the prop ...

2019

A taxonomy for Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA)

Catherine Elvire L. De Wolf

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of common parameters in existing tools that provide guidance to carry out Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA) and proposes a new taxonomy, a catalogue of parameters, for the definition of ...

EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD2019

Resistive Coupled VO2 Oscillators for Image Recognition

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Oscillator networks are known for their interesting collective behavior such as frequency locking, phase locking, and synchronization. Compared to other artificial neural network implementations, timing rather than amplitude information is used for computa ...

IEEE2019

Geographically Parameterized Residential Sector Energy and Service Profile

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

The large share of energy consumption in the residential sector has necessitated better understanding and evaluation of the energy needs in this sector, with the objective of identifying possible pathways for improvement. A series of approaches have been u ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2019

The needle model: A new model for the main hydration peak of alite

Karen Scrivener, Alexandre Reda Constantin William Caleb Ouzia

This article presents a new model for the main hydration peaks of tricalcium silicate and alite on the assumption that C-S-H nucleates and grows as needles. The model relies only on directly observable quantities and reproduces the transition from the acce ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

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