The directed transport of an overdamped Brownian motor moving in a spatially periodic potential that lacks reflection symmetry (i.e. a ratchet potential) is studied when driven by thermal and dichotomic nonequilibrium noise in the presence of an external, constant load force. We consider both, the classical and the quantum tunneling assisted regimes. The current-load characteristics are investi...

The directed transport of an overdamped Brownian motor moving in a spatially periodic potential that lacks reflection symmetry (i.e. a ratchet potential) is studied when driven by thermal and dichotomic nonequilibrium noise in the presence of an external, constant load force. We consider both, the classical and the quantum tunneling assisted regimes. The current-load characteristics are investi...

The generalized coupled thermo-viscoelasticity of hollow sphere subjected to thermal symmetric shock load is presented in this paper. To overcome the infinite speed of thermal wave propagation, the Lord-Shulman theory is considered. Two coupled equations, namely, the radial equation of motion and the energy equation of a hollow sphere are obtained in dimensionless form. Resulting equations are ...

For wearers of protective clothing in radiation environments there are no quantitative guidelines available for the effect of a radiative heat load on heat exchange. Under the European Union funded project ThermProtect an analytical effort was defined to address the issue of radiative heat load while wearing protective clothing. As within the ThermProtect project much information has become ava...

A modern power system consists of a large number of thermal and hydel plants connected at various load centers through a transmission network. An important objective in the operation of such a power system is to generate and transmit power to meet the system load demand at minimum fuel cost by an optimal mix of various types of plants. The study of the problem of optimum scheduling of power gen...

In this paper, an optimal scheduling of thermal and wind power plants is presented by using a stochastic programming approach to cover the uncertainties of the forecasted generation of wind farms. Uncertainties related to wind forecast error, consequently wind generation outage power and also system load demand are modeled through scenario generation. Then, with regard to day-ahead and real-tim...

Advanced solar thermal electric options are dropping in price and some companies are beginning to introduce thermal storage. This paper suggests not only that Solar Thermal Electricity (STE) has sufficient diurnal and seasonal natural correlation with electricity load to supply the great majority of the US national grid (and by logical extension, those of China and India) on an annual basis wit...