The Ciciriello catchment is a 3 km2 drainage sub-basin of the Bussento river basin, located in southern part Campania Region (Southern Italy). Since 2012, this has been studied using an interdisciplinary approach—geomorphological, hydrogeological, and hydrological—and hydro-chemical monitoring system. Following previous research, aim paper to calibrate, on catchment, hydrologic parameters for w...

Subcritical water extraction (SWE) of essential oil from Matricaria Chamomilla L.  (M. Chamomilla L.) was performed and compared with conventional method including hydro distillation. The percentage of main extracted components of different temperatures (100, 125, 150 and 175 oc) and water flow rates (1, 2 and 4 ml/min) were investigated at 20 bar pressure and 0.50 mm mean particle size in SWE....

Time-of-day (peak-load) pricing of electricity is an indirect form of load management that prices electricity according to differences in the cost of supply by time of day and season of year. It reflects the costs in a more accurate manner than do the traditional block rate structures, as it logically stems from the marginal cost pricing theory, yet is compatible with the historical accounting ...

Voids are extremely important to water science, because their size and connectivity determines the storage and flow of water both above and below the ground surface. While previous formal theories about voids strictly consider holes hosted inside objects, we generalize voids to also include spaces between objects, and distinguish voids in macroscopic objects from those occurring microscopically...

We present a hydro-elastic actuator that has a linear spring intentionally placed in series between the hydraulic piston and actuator output. The spring strain is measured to get an accurate estimate of force. This measurement alone is used in PI feedback to control the force in the actuator. The spring allows for high force fidelity, good force control, minimum impedance, and large dynamic ran...

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