Using Bagasse and Aluminum Sulfate-Modified Bagasse as Adsorbents for Treatment of Industrial Cutting Fluid Wastewater in Laboratory and Pilot Scales by Natthaporn Pongtaveekan, Piyapan Thammajaree, Kowit Piyamongkala, Nattaya Pongstabodee, Von Louie R. Manguiam

“…Based on the results under laboratory- and pilot-scale systems, modified bagasse is a viable material for the adsorption of CFW and solid fuel source.…”
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Unraveling the environmental Kuznets curve in IGAD countries: interplay between ecological footprint, economic growth, renewable energy, and globalization by Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Hudayfe Osman Daror, Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi

“…A paradigm shift from fossil fuel to clean energy sources is suggested to reduce environmental pollution without compromising economic growth. …”
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Optimizing the PM2.5 Tradeoffs: The Case of Taiwan by Shihping Kevin Huang, Sin-Yao Chen, Kuei-Lan Chou, Wei Chung Hsu, Kang-Hua Lai, Tung-Hung Chueh, Lopin Kuo, William Lu

“…Finally, our model indicates that the use of fossil fuel based small tracks and tractor trailers should be reduced by 80% to maintain a reasonable level of PM2.5.…”
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Towards Circular Economy through Waste to Biomass Energy in Madagascar by Ling Qin, Mengjun Wang, Jinfu Zhu, Yuhu Wei, Xintao Zhou, Zheng He

“…This paper reviews the following: (1) a variety of available biomass wastes for energy in Madagascar including farming residuals, animal wastes, and forest wastes, as well as urban and industrial organic wastes; (2) advanced technologies, such as gasification, torrefaction, and fermentation, that can convert these wastes to biomass energy in forms with higher energy efficiency such as biogas, biocoal briquette, and ethanol fuel, which can not only help to achieve resource utilization of wastes and circular economy but also ease the energy crisis faced by Madagascar; and (3) Madagascar focused on the development of biomass energy with strategic policies and programs. …”
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Quantifying Stability in Inverter-Based Weak Grids in the Presence of Synchronous Condensers by Sajjad Hadavi, Nabil Mohammed, Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Behrooz Bahrani

“…The absence of native inertia in inverter-based resources (IBRs), in contrast to fossil-fuel-based generators, can result in sustained oscillations and instability. …”
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Comparison of renewable integration schemes for AC railway power supply system by Nakaret Kano, Zhongbei Tian, Nutthaka Chinomi, Stuart Hillmansen

“…A transition from generating electricity by burning fossil fuel to renewable energy sources (RESs) is one of the most effective ways, in addition to customer transformation, in which people are willing to participate to reduce energy consumption. …”
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Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Fresh Food Distribution without Quality Loss by Delivery Route Optimization by Sapna Katiyar, Rijwan Khan, Santosh Kumar

“…Researchers have implemented ABC algorithm and CS algorithm to optimize the distribution route for fresh food delivery in time window along with considering other factors: fixed number of delivery vehicles and fixed cost and fuel by covering all service locations. Results show that this research provides an efficient approach, i.e., artificial bee colony algorithm for fresh food distribution in time window without penalty and food quality loss.…”
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Transient Study on the HTR-PM with TINTE-vPower Coupling Code Package by Jun Sun, Ximing Sun, Yanhua Zheng

“…Important parameters, including the reactor power, the fuel temperature, and the reactor inlet and outlet helium temperatures of two modules, had been studied. …”
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Investigation of optimal condition for Chlorella vulgaris microalgae growth by S. Daliry, A. Hallajsani, J. Mohammadi Roshandeh, H. Nouri, A. Golzary

“…Since vulgaris cultivation for fuel production needs economic considerations to be taken, and in first place providing biomass and lipid production costs is important, wide researches have been conducted in this field, and this study aims to spot the best condition for cultivation of this valuable specie by reviewing the whole research conducted. …”
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Simulation and Economic Benefit Analysis of Carburetor Combined Transport in Winter at a Liquefied Natural Gas Receiving Station by Song Cao, Tao Luan, Pengliang Zuo, Xiaolei Si, Pu Xie, Yingjun Guo

“…Additionally, the relationship between the SCV fuel gas flow rate and LNG export volume was analyzed, and a comparison was made between the operating costs of SCV running independently and the combined SCV-ORV operation under winter conditions. …”
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Research on Influence of Different Simulation Methods of Bypass Flow in Thermal Hydraulic Analysis on Temperature Distribution in HTR-10 by Shiyan Sun, Youjie Zhang, Yanhua Zheng

“…The maximum temperature of the helium, the surface, and center of the fuel elements rises as the bypass flow ratio becomes larger, while the temperature difference between them almost keeps constant. …”
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Leafcutter Ant Nests Inhibit Low-Intensity Fire Spread in the Understory of Transitional Forests at the Amazon's Forest-Savanna Boundary by Karine S. Carvalho, Ane Alencar, Jennifer Balch, Paulo Moutinho

“…Leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) remove leaf litter and woody debris—potential fuels—in and around their nests and foraging trails. …”
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Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and c-Abl Signaling: At the Crossroad in Neurodegenerative Diseases? by Stefania Gonfloni, Emiliano Maiani, Claudia Di Bartolomeo, Marc Diederich, Gianni Cesareni

“…This suggests that aberrant nonspecific posttranslational modifications induced by c-Abl may contribute to fuel the recurrent phenotypes/features linked to neurodegenerative disorders, such as an impaired mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, and accumulation of protein aggregates. …”
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A Hybrid Metaheuristic DE/CS Algorithm for UCAV Three-Dimension Path Planning by Gaige Wang, Lihong Guo, Hong Duan, Heqi Wang, Luo Liu, Mingzhen Shao

“…And then, the UCAV can find the safe path by connecting the chosen nodes of the coordinates while avoiding the threat areas and costing minimum fuel. This new approach can accelerate the global convergence speed while preserving the strong robustness of the basic CS. …”
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Data-driven modeling of the aggregator-based price-maker virtual power plant (VPP) in the day-ahead wholesale electricity markets; evidence from the Japan Electric power Exchange (... by Mohamed Saad Suliman, Hooman Farzaneh

“…The VPP prices are responsive to fuel price fluctuations, which increased by 48% from October to November 2021, driven by a 20% increase in coal prices and an 18% rise in gas prices. …”
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Advances in reactive air wetting and brazing of engineering ceramics by Mingfen Zhang, Shunjian Xu, Fabrizio Valenza, Xiangzhao Zhang, Guiwu Liu, Guanjun Qiao

“…The reactive air brazing (RAB) process of ceramics was developed in the early 2000s because high-temperature electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), gas separators, reformers, and ion transport membrane systems, are increasingly emerging. …”
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Influence of Fe2+ and Fe3+ on the Performance and Microbial Community Composition of a MFC Inoculated with Sulfate-Reducing Sludge and Acetate as Electron Donor by José Roberto González-Paz, María del Carmen Monterrubio–Badillo, Alberto Ordaz, E. Inés García-Peña, Claudia Guerrero-Barajas

“…A sulfidogenic sludge supplemented with acetate was evaluated in the anodic chamber of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) in the presence of sulfate (SO4-2)/Fe3+ and sulfate (SO4-2)/Fe2+ to investigate the MFC performance and the effect of the iron ions on the composition of the microbial community since sulfate and iron ions are frequently present in wastewater derived from several anthropogenic activities. …”
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Smart Frequency Control of a Multicarrier Microgrid in the Presence of V2G Electric Vehicles by Seyed Ali Seyed Beheshti Fini, Seyed Mohammad Shariatmadar, Vahid Amir

“…In recent years, renewable resources have widely been used to provide necessary energy due to the increasing fossil fuel prices, environmental pollution concerns, and the necessity to meet the growth in energy demands. …”
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Energy resources investment for industrial virtual power plants under techno-economic uncertainties by Saeed Ghamarypour, Morteza Rahimiyan

“…A risk-constrained stochastic approach is used to handle the long-term uncertainty in power load, market price, fuel price, and industrial energy tariff while the short- and medium-term variations of power load, renewable energy, and market price are also taken into account. …”
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Temporal drivers of abundance and community structure of scyphozoan jellyfish in tropical coastal waters by Wan Mohd Syazwan, Amy Yee-Hui Then, Ving Ching Chong, Mohammed Rizman-Idid

“…Population blooms of scyphozoan jellyfish in tropical shallow water regions can fuel localized fisheries but also negatively impact human welfare. …”
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