Densification of ceria-based barrier layer for solid oxide cells at lower sintering temperatures: A review by Shiyi Wu, Wenyi Yan, Na Ni, Lei Zhu, Zhen Huang

“…Solid oxide cells (SOCs), including solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), hold great potential for commercial viability because of their high heat utilization, reduced carbon emissions, high efficiency, and fuel flexibility. …”
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A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health by Frederica Perera, Kathleen Lau

“…Objective: We sought to review the body of evidence on the health benefits of climate mitigation and clean air policies aimed at curbing emissions from fossil fuel sources. Methods: We have built on and updated a prior review by Picetti et al. [1] of 16 peer-reviewed studies that focused primarily on child and adolescent health outcomes related to climate mitigation policies. …”
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Application of Covariance Matrix Adaptation-Evolutionary Strategy for Modified Constrained Optimal Power Flow Problem Incorporating Valve Point and Emission Effect by Hari Krishna Achuthan Parthasarathy, Madhusudan Saranathan, Tamilselvi S., Karuppiah N., Praveen Kumar Balachandran, Dhanamjayulu C., Baseem Khan, Thamilmaran A.

“…Primary feature in a gas power plant that raises a lot of computational shortcomings with nonlinear structure in fuel cost is valve point effect. The existing research works have not factored the valve point effect and lack the accuracy in the fuel cost minimization and do not reflect the various practical complexities such as valve point and emission effects in the OPF problem formulation. …”
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Experimental Study on Fire Behaviour in Room following the Disposition of Openings by Fidel Meskéoulé Vondou, Claude Valery Ngayihi Abbe, Justin Tégawendé Zaida, Philippe Onguene Mvogo, Ruben Mouangue

“…After having performed several fire tests in both configurations using the same amount of diesel fuel as fire source, results revealed that the fuel burns faster in the PFC configuration compared to that in the PFO configuration. …”
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Combating economic crime in Ukraine in 1946–1949 by V. A. Grechenko

“…The most common crimes were the following: 1) maliciously delaying the repair of agricultural machinery, allegedly due to the lack of spare parts and specialists; 2) theft of grain during its transportation and sowing by persons responsible for this (weighers, field crew leaders, guards); 3) theft of seeds and fuel by security guards; 4) theft and embezzlement of seeds by officials of collective and state farms and subsidiary farms; 5) theft of seed by reducing the seeding rate and theft of fuel due to lack of control over its consumption; 6) theft of seeds by employees of storage facilities with their subsequent resale at markets at speculative prices; 7) creation of surplus seeds by weighing, moistening, writing off for drying, and increasing waste during sorting. …”
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Bifunctional Tailoring of Platinum Surfaces with Earth Abundant Iron Oxide Nanowires for Boosted Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation by Bilquis Ali Al-Qodami, Heba H. Farrag, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Nageh K. Allam, Bahgat E. El-Anadouli, Ahmad M. Mohammad

“…To expedite the marketing of direct formic acid fuel cells, a peerless inexpensive binary FeOx/Pt nanocatalyst was proposed for formic acid electro-oxidation (FAO). …”
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Influences of Dual Air-Swirler Angles on Swirling Injection and Combustion of Kerosene-Air at a Supercritical Pressure by Danyang Wang, Danyang Wang, Dongxin Huang, Jianguo Xu, Hua Meng, Hua Meng

“…Numerical results indicate that the inner air swirler exerts strong impact on fuel-air mixing and chemical reactions inside the inner injector, leading to a Y shaped recirculating flow and a V shaped flame at an inner swirler angle of 40°. …”
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Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloy Coatings for Structural Applications: Optimization of HVOF Spraying Parameters by Carmen De Crescenzo, Despina Karatza, Dino Musmarra, Simeone Chianese, Theocharis Baxevanis, Panagiota T. Dalla, Dimitrios A. Exarchos, Konstantinos G. Dassios, Theodore E. Matikas

“….%) powder, onto stainless steel substrates by using high-velocity oxygen-fuel thermal spray technology. While the NiTinol has been known since decades, this intermetallic alloy, as well as no other alloy, was ever used as the SMA-coating material. …”
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Effect of combustion air humidification on the operation of a biomass boiler – Theoretical analysis by Tomáš Dlouhý, Jan Havlík

“…In particular, the flue gas outlet temperature and flow rate increase and the efficiency of the boiler decreases slightly. Fuel consumption, however, decreases due to the heat input in the preheated and humidified combustion air. …”
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A Theoretical Incinerator Design for Treatment of Biomedical Wastes Generated from Local Hospitals in Baghdad by Ahmed H. Hadi, Basim A. Hussain, Mais J. Mohammed, Wasnaa J. Mohammed, Abdullah F. Abdurazak

“…A multi-chamber incinerator with a capacity of (100 kg/h) has been designed to burn biomedical wastes using diesel fuel to reach (1100˚C) as a burning temperature. …”
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Investigating Factors and Drivers of Livelihoods Change in Rural Households in Border Regions (Case Study: Minan district, Sarbaz township) by Javad Bazrafshan, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad, Najmeh Hamli

“…Moreover, it indicated that out of 354 respondents, 39.8% assumed that they had chosen fuel smuggling, 25.4 % goods trading,  and 22.9 % service works as a reaction to this livelihood change for the living. …”
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Role of Legislation and State Policy in Minimizing the Impact of Threats to Environmental Safety in the Automobile Transport Sector by I. V. Bryhadyr, I. V. Panova

“…The main environmental problems faced by governments are the use of internal combustion engines and fuel quality indicators. Many EU countries are refusing to further impose more strict requirements on the operation of motor fuel engines, instead introducing mechanisms to completely abandon such vehicle propulsion systems. …”
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The Prospects for Wind Energy Development in the Republic of Belarus by Y. S. Petrusha, N. A. Papkova

“…The exclusion of combustion products emissions at thermal power plants that operate on hydrocarbon fuel, as well as the exclusion of the fuel component of the cost of electricity generation makes the wind power technology very attractive. …”
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Benchmarking for locally tuned sustainability: The case of energy and water use in New Zealand vineyards by Vicent Gasso, Andrew Barber, Henrik Moller, Enrique Bayonne, Frank W. Oudshoorn, Claus G. Sørensen

“…A 59% increase over time in fuel efficiency took place in vineyards instigating energy reduction plans and actions. …”
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Preparing Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Determining Emission Reduction Projects in an Organized Industrial Zone by Merve Çakmak Arı, Sibel Başakçılardan Kabakcı

“…In this study, greenhouse gas emissions caused by natural gas, electricity and diesel fuel consumed within the boundaries of Kütahya 30 August Organized Industrial Zone were calculated and studies were explored for reduction activities. …”
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High-Temperature Properties of a Long-Span Double-Deck Suspension Bridge under a Tanker Fire by Mengsheng Yu, Qifeng Chen, Xinyu Yao, Xiao Guo, Tianzhi Hao, Hua Wang

“…The numerical analysis of the experimental results shows that when the fuel tanker is located on the upper and lower floors of the bridge, the bridge structure is affected by the fire. …”
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Towards water-conscious green hydrogen and methanol production: A techno-economic review by Henrik Wenzel, Gian Müller, Freia Harzendorf, Thomas Schöb, Felix Kullmann, Jann Michael Weinand, Detlef Stolten

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RUSSIAN FOREIGN TRADE: GRAVITY APPROACH by N. Chernov

“…The results of the calculation of Russian foreign trade gravity model with its explanation both for total trade flows and trade flows excluding mineral fuel, oil and oil products are given. The high accuracy and the possibility of using this methodology for researching of Russian foreign trade process and trade affecting factors including access to the sea are confirmed.…”
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Review of Current Situation and Tendencies in Development of of Power System of Vietnam by Tuan Kiet Ngo, Thu Nga Nguen

“…Data on power resources of the country and forecasts pertaining to production and consumption (oil, gas and solid fuel) up to 2020 are cited in the paper.…”
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INTENSIFICATION OF THERMAL PROCESSES IN HIGH-HEATING FURNACES ON EXAMPLE OF «BSW» BY ENRICHING AIR MIXTURE BY THE OXYGEN by S. M. Kabishov, I. A. Trusova, P. E. Ratnikov, D. V. Mendelev

“…Assesses the efficiency of the use of excess oxygen produced by the oxygen-compressor station in order to reduce the flow of oxygen gas and specific consumption of fuel, for the conditions of JSC «BSW».…”
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