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Stringent environmental constraints are usually associated with or applied to the siting and installation of new pipeline facilities. This has resulted in a significant portion of the design effort and ultimate cost of the facility to be dedicated to the mitigation of these environmental [...]Abstract
This paper describes and discusses techniques which can effectively diagnose dynamics problems in turbomachinery. A variety of elusive dynamics problems are identified which require definition, quantification, diagnosis, and monitoring. The state of the art in measurement and signal [...]Abstract
Summary Solving the energy and climate challenges ahead will require introducing massive amounts of clean energy such as renewable energy (RE) sources, in particular, in urban areas as these dominate the energy use and emissions. Variable RE sources such as solar and wind are interesting [...]
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Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) wear is the complex mechanism of damage of elements of NPP equipment and pipelines. FAC rate is determined by such factors as corrosion of metal, flow hydrodynamics, geometry of equipment elements and pipelines, applied water chemistry regimes (WCR), [...]Abstract
This article is concerned with application of finite element model updating to a part of a secondary feed water pipeline of a VVER type nuclear power plant. A mathematical model of the pipeline was produced with finite element method. The pipeline was subjected to modal testing in [...]Abstract
A key issue in smart grid visions is the integration of the energy and mobility systems. Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged with renewable photovoltaic (PV) solar power, and contribute to the integration of solar power in the electricity network via vehicle-to-grid systems. In [...]Abstract
The impetus of the internal combustion engine developments is the reductions of the fuel consumptions and exhaust emissions. Thermal management is an efficient method to decrease the exhaust emissions and enhance fuel economy. In order to further optimize the thermal management of [...]Abstract
We studied to what extent perceived adoption norms affect the likelihood of adopting sustainable innovations, next to evaluations of the instrumental, environmental and symbolic attributes of these innovations. As hypothesised, results showed that people are more likely to adopt a [...]Abstract
The European Commission fourth framework programme project ‘Assessment of passive safety injection systems of advanced light water reactors’ involved experiments on the PACTEL test facility and computer simulations of selected experiments. The experiments focused on the performance [...]