Circular Economy
Circular Economy
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management
01/12/2023 -
Abstract Increasingly, marine renewable energies are taking over as one of the most relevant solutions to minimize dependence on fossil fuels. The management and exploitation of...
Meta-FSDet: a meta-learning based detector for few-shot defects of photovoltaic modules
01/12/2023 -
Abstract As an important stage of life cycle management, machinery PHM (prognostics and health management), an emerging subject in mechanical engineering, has seen a huge amount...
Examining the impact of environmental technologies, environmental taxes, energy consumption, and natural resources on GHG emissions in G-7 economies
21/09/2023 -
The focus areas for COP-27 include fast-tracking our worldwide evolution to decarbonization in the energy industry and clean energy as the stockholder’s effort to restrict global warming to...
Smart Textiles: A Review and Bibliometric Mapping
20/09/2023 -
According to ISO/TR 23383, smart textiles reversibly interact with their environment and respond or adapt to changes in the environment. The present review and bibliometric analysis was performed on...
Platooning Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control for Dynamic Performance and Energy Saving: A Comparative Study of Linear Quadratic and Reinforcement Learning-Based Controllers
19/09/2023 -
In recent decades, the automotive industry has moved towards the development of advanced driver assistance systems to enhance the comfort, safety, and energy saving of road vehicles. The increasing...
Deviation-Correcting Interface for Building-Envelope Renovation
20/09/2023 -
In order to reach a Zero-Energy-consuming building stock, it is necessary to insulate and add renewable energy sources on top of existing building envelopes. Off-site prefabricated modules have been...
When the Household Becomes Environmentally Friendly—Dynamic Simulation of Hybrid Energy System’s Feasibility
20/09/2023 -
Decentralized electricity production at household scale, particularly by solar panels, has recently grown due to increased technology feasibility and financial support programs. Further development...
Innovative Approaches to Fungal Food Production: Mycelial Pellet Morphology Insights
19/09/2023 -
Mycelia products enhance edible mushrooms in alignment with future sustainability trends. To meet forthcoming market demands, the morphology of mycelial pellets was optimized for direct consumption....
Optical Properties of ScnYn (Y = N, P As) Nanoparticles
19/09/2023 -
In this work, using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Time Dependent DFT, the absorption spectrum, the optical gap, and the binding energy of scandium pnictogen family nanoparticles (NPs) are...
Towards Sustainable Energy: Harnessing Microalgae Biofuels for a Greener Future
21/09/2023 -
Bioenergy productions from microalgae have received wide attention recently and have a high potential to replace fossil fuels. Moreover, due to the high photosynthetic efficiency, microalgae mass...
Biodegradation Studies of Phenol, Diclofenac, and Pentachlorophenol in a Packed Bed Reactor Loaded with Immobilized White Rot Fungus Lentinus sajor-caju Biomass
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A white rot fungus “Lentinus sajor-caju” was immobilized in Ca-alginate beads via entrapment. This method was used to increase fungal biodegradation activity and to allow immobilized fungal...
Foreign Investment, International Trade and Environmental Sustainability: Exploring Ecological Footprints in 37 African Countries
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This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and long-run homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological...
Urbanization, rural energy-poverty, and carbon emission: unveiling the pollution halo effect in 48 BRI countries
18/09/2023 -
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a significant economic development strategy directed by China. Its primary objective is to establish connectivity across a vast region encompassing over 70...
Mobility of antimony in contrasting surface environments of a mine site: influence of redox conditions and microbial communities
18/09/2023 -
Microbial processes can influence the complex geochemical behaviour of the toxic metalloid antimony (Sb) in mining environments. The present study is aimed to evaluate the influence of microbial...
A new fractional Cattaneo model for enhancing the thermal performance of photovoltaic panels using heat spreader: energy, exergy, economic and enviroeconomic (4E) analysis
18/09/2023 -
A new fractional non-Fourier (Cattaneo) photovoltaic (PV) model is presented to enhance the thermal performance of a PV system combined with a heat spreader (HS). The...
Preparation of nano SiC by carbothermic reduction of silicon cutting waste with phenolic resin
16/09/2023 -
With the vigorous development of photovoltaic industry, considerable amount of silicon cutting waste (SCW) has been generated and aroused a series of environmental problems. Current recycling methods...
Aerospace, Vol. 10, Pages 814: Bridging the Gap between Simulation and Real Autonomous UAV Flights in Industrial Applications
17/09/2023 -
The utilization of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased rapidly due to their ability to perform a variety of tasks, including industrial inspection. Conducting testing with actual...
The Impact of Mining Waste and Biogas Digestate Addition on the Durability of Soil Aggregates
15/09/2023 -
Waste management is one of the greatest contemporary challenges as the world strives for sustainable development. We set out to investigate the impact of mining waste (carboniferous rock) and organic...
Glycerol Steam Reforming in a Pilot Plant: Effect of Temperature and Catalyst Load
16/09/2023 -
One of the main environmental problems is the use of oil for fuel and plastic production, implying the increase in pollutants that might contribute to the greenhouse gas effect, among others. Thus,...
Digestate Quality Originating from Kitchen Waste
15/09/2023 -
This paper examines the influence of biomass directed to anaerobic digestion on the quality of digestate, specifically focusing on the presence of undesirable substances, such as plastics, including...
A Locally Available Natural Pozzolan as a Supplementary Cementitious Material in Portland Cement Concrete
16/09/2023 -
For several decades, class F fly ash has been an attractive supplementary cementitious material, at least in part, due to its ability to reduce Portland cement consumption and mitigate alkali-silica...
