Название: Solar Thermal Conversion Technologies for Industrial Process Heating
Автор: T.V. Arjunan, Vijayan Selvaraj, M.M. Matheswaran
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 360
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 35.2 MB

Solar Thermal Conversion Technologies for Industrial Process Heating presents a comprehensive look at the use of solar thermal energy in industrial applications, such as textiles, chemical processing, and food. The successful projects implemented in a variety of industries are shown in case studies, alongside performance assessment methodologies. The book includes various solar thermal energy conversion technologies and new techniques and applications of solar collectors in industrial sectors. Solar energy is the largest and most widely distributed renewable energy resource on the planet and can be utilized for a wide range of applications, such as solar water heating, photovoltaic electricity generation, solar thermal energy generation, and all manner of passive and active solar architectures. Besides environmental consciousness, the dwindling of traditional energy sources also marks solar energy as the appropriate energy source to meet the increasing energy demand worldwide. Solar thermal collectors can be used effciently to meet the heating needs of industrial processes because many industrial processes in various industries operate at temperatures ranging from 80 °C to 240 °C. Industrial energy analysis shows that solar thermal energy has enormous applications at low (i.e. 20–200 °C), medium, and medium-high (i.e. 80–240 °C) temperature levels. Almost all industrial processes require heat in some parts of their processes.

Название: Risk-Based Planning and Operation Strategy Towards Short Circuit Resilient Power Systems
Автор: Chengjin Ye, Chao Guo, Yi Ding
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2023
Страниц: 189
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 41.6 MB

This book focuses on the comprehensive prevention and control methods for short-circuit faults in power systems. Based on the quantification method of power system short-circuit fault risk considering extreme meteorological disasters, this book carries out theoretical research on optimal control of power system short-circuit faults at the planning and operation levels. The establishment of a comprehensive index system for short-circuit safety level of large power grids from several sides and the realization of a panoramic display of consequences of short-circuit faults in power grids are one of the features of this book, which are especially suitable for readers interested in learning about short-circuit fault solutions in power systems. This book can benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of electrical engineering, power electronics, and energy engineering.

Название: Structural Optimization Using Shuffled Shepherd Meta-Heuristic Algorithm: Extensions and Applications
Автор: Ali Kaveh, Ataollah Zaerreza
Издательство: Springer
Серия: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
Год: 2023
Страниц: 288
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 12.2 MB

This book presents the so-called Shuffled Shepherd Optimization Algorithm (SSOA), a recently developed meta-heuristic algorithm by authors. There is always limitations on the resources to be used in the construction. Some of the resources used in the buildings are also detrimental to the environment. For example, the cement utilized in making concrete emits carbon dioxide, which contributes to the global warming. Hence, the engineers should employ resources efficiently and avoid the waste. In the traditional optimal design methods, the number of trials and errors used by the designer is limited, so there is no guarantee that the optimal design can be found for structures. Hence, the deigning method should be changed, and the computational algorithms should be employed in the optimum design problems. The four primary categories of metaheuristic algorithms are evolution-based, physics-based, swarm-based, and human-based, depending on their inspiration. Evolutionary algorithms are inspired by the characteristics of the biological evolution, including crossover, mutation, and selection. Inspiration of swarm intelligence algorithms is based on the social behavior of creatures living in a group, which might be a swarm, herd, or flock. The human-based algorithms consist of optimizers that simulate certain human behaviors. As the fourth class of metaheuristic algorithms, physics-based algorithms are motivated by physical rules.

Название: An Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics for the Nanosciences
Автор: Arthur McGurn
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 355
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

The book provides an accessible introduction to the principles of condensed matter physics with a focus on the nanosciences and device technologies. The basics of electronic, phononic, photonic, superconducting, optics, quantum optics, and magnetic properties are explored, and nanoscience and device materials are incorporated throughout the chapters. Many examples of the fundamental principles of condensed matter physics are taken directly from nanoscience and device applications. This is an introductory text on topics of condensed matter physics with a focus towards device development in the nanosciences. Consequently, a wide variety of subjects are included in electronics, optics, and acoustics, and to a certain extent, the topics chosen are essential in developing a theoretical background for working on nanoscience devices.

Название: Advanced Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks: Fundamentals and Applications
Автор: Jay Singh, Nidhi Goel, Ranjana Verma, Ravindra Pratap Singh
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 335
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 28.95 MB

Due to the structural flexibility, large surface area, tailorable pore size and functional tenability, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can lead to materials with unique properties. This book covers the fundamental aspects of MOFs, their synthesis and modification, including their potential applications in different domains. The major focus is on applications including chemical, biosensors, catalysis, drug delivery, supercapacitors, energy storage, magnetics and their future perspectives. Due to the structural flexibility, large surface area, tailorable pore size and functional tenability, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have become a fascinating class of materials and are continuing to inspire both scientists and engineers. MOFs are the combination of organic and inorganic structure elements that can lead to materials with unique properties, and the choice of initial building units makes it possible to vary some parameters, such as the pore size, density as well as the specific surface area, which opens up new ways to produce materials with tailored physicochemical properties. This ability to fine-tune MOF properties is evident in various areas, both academic and industrial, with potential practical applications including gas storage and separation, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical sensing, biomedical applications, fabrication of membranes or thin films and many more. Hence, these materials play a key role in life every day and their effect on the future of humanity’s technology. Therefore, exciting developments, new advancements and foundations, direction for further exploring MOFs for their applications and critical analysis of the research are necessary to provide the field’s current status.

Название: Polarization Dynamics of Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers: Science, Technology, and Applications
Автор: Sergey V. Sergeyev, Chengbo Mou
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 237
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 36.1 MB

This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the science, technology, and applications of mode-locked fiber lasers generating pulse trains with the evolving state of polarization at time scales ranging from a few pulse widths to 10,000 laser cavity round-trip times. It supports readers with a timely source of information on the current novel scientific concepts, and cost-effective schematics, in addition to an overview of the feasible applications. The book aims to demonstrate for the nonlinear science community a newly emerging field of nonlinear science, and so stimulates the development of new theoretical approaches and opens new horizons for the photonics community by pushing boundaries of the existing laser systems towards new applications. The new classes of optical sources and photonic devices explored in this book will be relevant with applications to other fields, including medicine, bio-photonics, metrology, and environmental safety.

Название: Thin-Films for Machining Difficult-to-Cut Materials: Challenges, Applications, and Future Prospects
Автор: Ch Sateesh Kumar, Filipe Daniel Fernandes
Издательство: CRC Press
Серия: Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Год: 2023
Страниц: 119
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 20.9 MB

This book presents a balanced blend of fundamental research such as principles and characteristics of machining of difficult-to-cut materials and coating techniques and in-depth practical information on coatings techniques and classifications, the effect of coating parameters on machining responses, and finite element analysis of the machining performance of coated tools. In addition to the benefits of the thin-film deposition on the cutting tools, the limitations of the coating deposition techniques and the coating properties are also discussed. This book aims at bridging the gap between thin-film characterizations and the application of thin-films for machining difficult-to-cut materials. The book initially introduces the metal cutting operations, chip formation mechanism, cutting tool materials, and different difficult-to-cut materials so as to familiarize the reader with the terminology regarding the metal cutting operation in the subsequent sections. Furthermore, the book speaks about various machining challenges and difficulties taking into account the machining of materials like nickel-based superalloys and hardened steels which are considered difficult to cut.

Название: n-Type Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics: Technology, applications and economics
Автор: Delfina Munoz, Radovan Kopecek
Издательство: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Год: 2023
Страниц: 370
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 26.0 MB

Most solar cells currently in commercial use are p-type solar cells, due to their historically lower cost and ease of manufacture compared to n-type solar cells. However, due to improved manufacturing technology and falling cost in general, the cost difference between the two types has shrunk, making n-type solar cells an attractive option for future commercial high-efficiency solar cells. n-type solar cells are less prone to light-induced degradation, and are also less affected by iron impurities. This makes n-type solar cells more efficient compared to their p-type counterparts, with efficiencies of up to 25% being feasible in production. Challenges in the manufacturing process and regarding degradation still remain to be solved, in order to realise n-type solar cells' full potential. The challenges, solutions and opportunities afforded by n-type solar cells are explored in this volume.

Название: Measurement Across the Sciences: Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement 2nd Edition
Автор: Luca Mari, Mark Wilson, Andrew Maul
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2023
Страниц: 339
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 18.7 MB

This book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. It addresses contemporary issues and controversies within measurement in light of the framework, including operationalism, definitional uncertainty, and the relations between measurement and computation, and describes how the framework, operating as a shared concept system, supports understanding measurement’s work in different domains, using examples in the physical and human sciences. This revised and expanded second edition features a new analysis of the analogies and the differences between the error/uncertainty-related approach adopted in physical measurement and the validity-related approach adopted in psychosocial measurement. In addition, it provides a better analysis and presentation of measurement scales, in particular about their relations with quantity units, and introduces the measurand identification/definition as a part of the "Hexagon Framework" along with new examples from the physical and psychosocial sciences. Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social, and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy appreciate the work’s fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time when sound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems.

Название: High-Performance Adaptive Control of Teleoperation Systems
Автор: Di-Hua Zhai, Yuanqing Xia
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 314
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 44.5 MB

Within a unified switched-control framework, this book investigates the high-performance control designs and theoretic analyses for teleoperation systems, including the joint space and task space teleoperations, the homogeneous and heterogeneous teleoperations, and the single-master single-slave and multi-master multi-slave teleoperations. The book begins with an introduction to the concepts and challenges of networked teleoperation systems. Then, it investigates a new adaptive control framework based on auxiliary switched filters for the bilateral teleoperation systems to handle the model uncertainty and non-passive external forces. To overcome the input constraints of robotic systems, this adaptive method is also extended to the anti-windup adaptive control case. Furthermore, to apply to multi-robot remote collaboration scenarios and heterogeneous teleoperations, two tele-coordination methods and an adaptive semi-autonomous control method are respectively developed. This title will be an essential reference for researchers and engineers interested in teleoperation, robotic systems, and nonlinear control systems. It would also prove useful to graduate students in the fields of science, engineering, and Computer Science. Readers of our book are assumed to have some background in robot control and nonlinear control.