A methodology was developed to design the number and capacity for each piece of equipment (e.g., gas engines, batteries, thermal storage tanks) in a microgrid that has a combined heat and power (CHP) system. In this design methodology, annual cost including the annual operation cost and the annual initial cost is minimized. Based on calculations using this design methodology, it is found that s...

1. Supported by FCT grant PRAXIS XXI/BD/13875/97 Abstract This paper presents an original approach to the problem of function hiding based on Error Correcting Codes and evaluates the security of this approach. The novelty of the technique consists in using Error Correcting Codes to hide functions instead of encrypting data vectors. This protocol mainly deals with the issue of secure evaluation ...

The effect of the nucleon recoil for antikaon-deuteron scattering is investigated in the framework of effective field theory. In particular, we concentrate on the calculation of the nucleon recoil effect for the double-scattering process. It is shown that the leading correction to the static term that emerges at order ξ with ξ = MK/mN vanishes due to a complete cancellation of individually larg...

energy consumption is very high in greenhouses mainly due to off-season production. the main source of its energy supply is fossil fuels. due to the disadvantages of fossil fuels consumption and preventive laws in the incoming years, study on reducing consumption and replacing a part of them with renewable energy is essential. in this research, a solar heating system, equipped with a concentrat...

The control of the main cycle parameters in supercritical CO2 (sCO2) systems during off-design and transient operation is crucial for advancing their technological readiness level. In smaller scale power units (<0.5–5 MW), costs complexity constraints limit number auxiliary components loop, making design system even more challenging. Among possible strategies, regulation inventory, which consis...

The performance metric for tank cars and other hazardous materials vehicles involved in accidents has generally been conditional probability of release given involvement in an accident. This metric considers the probability of a release event occurring but does not take into account the quantity of product lost in a release incident. In this paper, a new metric termed “release risk” is introduc...

in addition to increment of the vehicle sprung mass, the main physical effects of addition of cng tank to the vehicle are the longitudinal and height displacement of center of gravity, which have the most influences on the handling, braking, roll stability and spin stability of the vehicle. increment of cng tank mass to the sprung mass of the vehicle increases the vehicle under-steer gradient, ...

knowledge of fluid flow can play a basic role in optimizing mixing processes. in preparation of sodium perborate, sodium metaborate and hydrogen peroxide, as raw materials, mix and react in the presence of a turbine mixer. in this investigation, the effect of the presence of baffle in a mixing tank equipped with a two-impeller turbine agitator was studied. at first, steady state flow in the tan...

The differentiation of bone-resorbing osteoclasts is induced by RANKL signaling, and leads to the activation of NF-κB via TRAF6 activation. TRAF family member-associated NF-κB activator (TANK) acts as a negative regulator of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling by inhibiting TRAF6 activation. Tank(-/-) mice spontaneously develop autoimmune glomerular nephritis in an IL...

performing fast and accurate methods for modeling the electrical machines has been the subject of several studies and many authors proposed different procedures to attain this aim. beside the accuracy, the speed of the method is of great concern. on the other hand, the capability of the method to be changed according to the need is another important issue. finite element method provides relativ...