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Copper (II) oxide nanoparticles as additve in engine oil to increase the durability of piston-liner contact
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
In the current decade, the development of recyclable, renewable, and sustainable products to replace fossil products is an essential and important matter for industrial and environmental purposes. In the present study ...
Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Fibrous Distillation Membranes
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The rate of heat and mass transfer through distillation membranes is typically estimated using an over-simplified, straight-cylindrical-pore approach coupled with several empirical correction factors that are included to ...
Thermodynamic evaluation of hydrazine assisted glycerol reforming for syngas production and coke inhibition
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Thermodynamic investigation of glycerol reforming has been performed to study hydrogen production, carbon dioxide evolution and coke formation. Gibb's free energy direct minimization procedure was used to calculate the ...
Heterogeneous wireless networks for smart grid distribution systems: Advantages and limitations
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Supporting a conventional power grid with advanced communication capabilities is a cornerstone to transferring it to a smart grid. A reliable communication infrastructure with a high throughput can lay the foundation towards ...
Novel electrospun chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/zinc oxide nanofibrous mats with antibacterial and antioxidant properties for diabetic wound healing
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Non-healing wound is a serious complication of diabetes, associated with extremely slow wound closure, and a high rate of infection, resulting in amputation or losses of limbs, high health care cost and poor quality of ...
Quantifying savings in spaces energy demands and CO2 emissions by shading and lighting controls in the Arabian Gulf
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Despite the deceleration in worldwide annual energy consumption and CO2 emissions, many countries, such as in the Arabian Gulf, are still unarguably far from following this international trend. This study investigates the ...
Modeling and control for new LLCL filter based grid-tied PV inverters with active power decoupling and active resonance damping capabilities
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
LLCL filters utilization decreases single-phase transformerless inverter's AC-Side volume significantly. Conversely, the inherent 2nd order power harmonic ripples burden inverters' DC-Side. In fact, the passive solution ...
Simulation of wellbore construction in offshore unconsolidated methane hydrate-bearing formation
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
The unconsolidated nature of offshore methane hydrate-bearing formation poses challenges to sustainable methane gas production as the weak formation is susceptible to disturbance during wellbore construction. This could ...
HA/rGO/Pd nanocomposite thin film coating on SST 304 - Synthesize, characterization, and properties investigations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The present study describes the synthesis of HA/rGO/Pd nanocomposite thin film coating on stainless steel 304 using electrodeposition method. In this regard, an attempt is made to investigate the corrosion and biocompatibility ...
Downpayment, mobility and default: A welfare analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
In this paper, I study the impact of the relaxation of downpayment requirements on home-ownership and default risk in the context of a static spatial life cycle model. Given its quantitative success in matching the U.S. ...