The H.264/AVC video encoding standard has many advanced features that can be tailored to suit a wide range of applications. In order to obtain optimal coding performance in video sensor networks (VSNs), it is essential to find the right setting parameters for the encoder. There is a trade-off between required energy for encoding and transmission of video content in VSNs that can be exploited to...

objective: drying is one of the most important post-harvesting processes in agriculture. drying method and also drying time have an important effect on the amount of energy required. in this study analysis of energy consumption for drying corn in dryer reservoir with flow of warm air and the effect of the temperature and height of product layer on the amount of energy consumption per unit mass ...

this paper investigates the relationship between total energy consumption and gdp in six countries of the middle east , including iran,pakistan,saudi arabia,oman,bahrain and the united arab emirates. the data are annual and spanning the period 1980-2012.we employed hsiao’s (1981) methodology to examine causality relation between total energy consumption and gdp.the empirical findings show a uni...

Today is widely understood that global energy consumption patterns are directly related to the urban expansion and development process. This expansion is based on the natural growth of human activities and has left most urban areas totally dependent on fossil fuel derived external energy inputs. This status-quo of production, transportation, storage and consumption of energy has become ineffici...

This paper analyzes the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis to test the causality relationship between economic activity, trade openness and carbon dioxide emissions in Mexico (1971-2011). The results achieved in this research show that there are three long-run relationships between production, trade openness, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The EKC hypothesis was not ...

due to shortage of precipitation and the spatial and periodical disparity of rainfalls, iran iscounted among the arid and semi-arid countries of the world, and therefore the water utilities have put thecontrol of consumption and efficient use of water high on their priorities. water consumption management isconsidered as a field of energy management, and the impacts of effective measure related...

energy consumption in iran is a subject of debate. some may think that oil is cheap in iran and thus no need for this kind of research. this simple minding is erroneous first because iran subsidizes billion dollars each year for the imported diesel fuel specially for agricultural use and second because energy studies reveal the degree of professionally using the technology. we can easily find t...

This paper describes the concept of energy holes in sensor networks, their effects on network lifetime and various techniques to avoid them. The lifespan of sensor networks finish in short duration due to the presence of energy holes. A comparative study of strength and shortcoming of various techniques for combating energy holes problem has been discussed which shows that none of energy balanc...

The energy problem is one of the serious problems in the current large-scale storage systems need to be addressed urgently. In order to reduce the energy consumption of cloud storage system, and to meet the performance needs of users, this paper purposed a cloud storage system integrated green gear-shifting mechanism (GGSC): The frame designed a new data partitioning strategy, data replication ...

Over half of the total electricity consumption is used in buildings. Air-conditioning and electric lighting are the two main resources of electricity consumption in high rise buildings. One way to reduce electricity consumption would be to limit heat gain into buildings, therefore reduce the demand for air-conditioning during hot summer months especially in hot regions. On the other hand natura...