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Materials

Amphisbaena: A Novel Persistent Buffer Management Strategy to Improve SMR Disk Performance
11/01/2024 - The explosive growth of massive data makes shingled magnetic recording (SMR) disks a promising candidate for balancing capacity and cost. SMR disks are typically configured with a persistent buffer...
Intensification of Hydrogen Production: Pd–Ag Membrane on Tailored Hastelloy-X Filter for Membrane-Assisted Steam Methane Reforming
22/12/2023 - H2 production via membrane-assisted steam methane reforming (MA-SMR) can ensure higher energy efficiency and lower emissions compared to conventional reforming processes (SMR). Ceramic-supported...
Infrastructure in the Age of Pandemics: Utilizing Polypropylene-Based Mask Waste for Durable and Sustainable Road Pavements
05/12/2023 - When navigating the environmental exigencies precipitated by global pandemics, the escalation of mask waste presents a multifaceted dilemma. In this avant-garde research, we unveil a novel approach:...
Utilization of Waste Straw Biomass in Suspension Magnetization Roasting of Refractory Iron Ore: Iron Recovery, Gas Analysis and Roasted Product Characterization
08/11/2023 - The straw-type biomass, as a green and alternative reductant for the suspension magnetization roasting (SMR) of iron ores, is proposed. The roasted products are investigated at a roasting temperature...
Analysis of Geometric Surface Structure and Surface Layer Microhardness of Ti6Al4V Titanium Alloy after Vibratory Shot Peening
31/10/2023 - This article presents an analysis of the impact of vibratory shot peening on the surface roughness and physical properties of the Ti6Al4V titanium alloy surface layer after milling. The elements of...
Selected Properties of the Surface Layer of C45 Steel Samples after Slide Burnishing
30/09/2023 - This paper presents the experimental results of a study investigating the impact of the machining fluid type, the variable factor, used in slide burnishing on 2D and 3D surface roughness; surface...
Integrated Optimization for the Coupling Network of Refinery and Synthetic Plant of Chemicals
07/03/2023 - Synthetic plant of chemicals (SPC) consumes large amounts of hydrogen and carbon-oxides while refineries require high-purity hydrogen. Coal gasification (CG) and steam methane reforming (SMR) are...
Vibration attenuation characteristics of finite locally resonant meta beam: Theory and experiments
- Dynamic vibration absorbers are of utmost importance in civil and mechanical engineering applications; however, their intricate mechanisms are always challenging for practical realization. This...
Calibration of Discrete Element Parameters of Maize Root and Its Mixture with Soil
17/11/2022 - Discrete element simulation is an effective method to reveal the interaction between tillage components and work objects. However, due to the lack of discrete element modelling parameters of maize...
Multicomponent gas mixture parametric CFD study of condensation heat transfer in small modular reactor system safety
- AbstractSafety is always the primary concern for designing and analyzing nuclear reactor systems. The requirements for the safety margin for advanced small modular reactor (SMR) systems are...
Multi-objective simulation–optimization via kriging surrogate models applied to natural gas liquefaction process design
01/01/2023 - A surrogate-based multi-objective optimization framework is employed in the design of natural gas liquefaction processes using reliable, black-box process simulation. The conflicting objectives...
A Review on the Pharmacological Activities of Salvia Miltiorrhizae Radix Using International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision (ICD-10) Codes
15/09/2022 - Salvia Miltiorrhizae Radix (SMR) is a widely-used herbal medicine for the treatment of various blood stasis-related diseases (mainly circulatory system). It has been extensively studied in the field...
CFD validation of condensation heat transfer in scaled-down small modular reactor applications, Part 1: Pure steam
01/12/2022 - Abstract This study presented the state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) validation and scaling of the condensation heat transfer (CHT) models for passive...
CFD validation of condensation heat transfer in scaled-down small modular reactor applications, Part 2: Steam and non-condensable gas
01/12/2022 - AbstractThis paper presents the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) validation and scaling assessment of the condensation heat transfer (CHT) models in the presence of non-condensable gas for the...
Efficient Utilization of Siderite- and Hematite-Mixed Ore by Suspension Magnetization Roasting: A Pilot-Scale Study
19/08/2022 - Steel is an important industrial raw material and plays an important role in industrial construction. Studying the efficient utilization of complex refractory iron ore with large reserves is of great...
Design of multistage fixed bed reactors for SMR hydrogen production based on the intrinsic kinetics of Ru-based catalysts
15/09/2022 - In recent years, interest in the development of a hydrogen economy has increased, and the steam methane reforming (SMR) reaction, which yields so-called “gray” hydrogen, is expected to play a...
Residual steam/CH4 reforming strategy over pinewood-derived 10Ni-xNb2O5-yCaO/Al2O3 for in situ desulfurization from industrial raw syngas
- A novel strategy of residual steam/CH4 reforming (SMR) for in situ desulfurization and utilization of waste heat in industrial coal gasification crude syngas was first proposed in order...
Towards support-free design for 3D printing of thin-walled composite based on stratified manufacturability reinforcement
- This paper presents a towards support-free design method for 3D printing (3DP) of thin-walled composite based on stratified manufacturability reinforcement (SMR). The thickness classification is...
Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Eco-Friendly Alternative Ship Fuels (MGO, LNG, and Hydrogen) for 170 GT Nearshore Ferry
30/05/2022 - With increasing concerns about environmental pollution, the shipping industry has been considering various fuels as alternative power sources. This paper presents a study of the holistic...
Intensification of steam reforming process for off-gas upgrading and energy optimization using evolutionary algorithm
01/09/2022 - H2 production by steam methane reforming (SMR) is an energy-intensive process at high reaction pressure and temperature. The objective of present work is to improve the efficiency of H2 production...