Drying of Matricaria recutita flower was investigated experimentally in a VibroFluidized Bed Dryer (VFBD). The aim of the present work was to optimize the best operating conditions for the drying of Matricaria recutita flower in the VFBD based on experimental design techniques. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Central Composite Design (CCD) based on 4-variable with 5-level have been e...

FAA’s NextGen program aims to increase the capacity of the national airspace, while ensuring the safety of aircraft. This paper provides a distributed merging and spacing algorithm that maximizes the throughput at the terminal phase of flight, using information communicated between neighboring aircraft through the ADS-B framework. Aircraft belonging to a mixed fleet negotiate with each other an...

Landfill leachate is highly loaded, toxic and is bad for the sanitation of wastewater. In this paper, the treatment of the municipal landfill leachate from Shaoxing landfill was evaluated by using gas-liquid fluidized bed with Fenton reagent. The effects of various operating conditions such as treatment time, initial pH value, initial [H2O2], initial [Fe], and ventilation volume were examined. ...

Advanced zero-gap alkaline electrolyzers can be operated at a significantly higher current density than traditional electrolyzers. We have investigated how their performance is influenced by diaphragm thickness, temperature and pressure. For this semi-empirical current-voltage model has been developed based on experimental data of 20 Nm3/h electrolyzer. The was extrapolated to thinner thickness...

In-situ synthesis of Ti-incorporated MCM-41 nano catalyst was carried out by the hydrothermal method to prepare a mesoporous catalyst for the oxidative desulfurization reaction (ODS). Oxidative reaction of dibenzothiophene (DBT) as a heavy sulfur compound was evaluated in a solution of n-decane as a model of liquid fuel. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by XRD, FESEM, EDX, TEM, FTIR...