Abstract: A vacant unit, once used by a Portuguese Deli, was converted to a bar/music room in Toronto. The unit was divided into two spaces along its north-south axis. The western portion was designed as a music room that would provide a performance space from a solo artist to a Jazz combo to a small rock band. The eastern part was designed as a regular bar/dining area. The plan also called for...

The air compressor plays an extremely important role in the production of air separation. It provides the required specifications of compressed air for the follow-up air separation processes. It is difficult for an air compressor system to achieve the on-site production requirements because it is a time-varying, delay and nonlinear complex system. Articles for air compressor control system desi...

The concept of distributed air-to-air separation assurance envisions aircraft detecting and resolving conflicts autonomously without the need for a ground based air traffic service provider. Current automated conflict resolution algorithms that assume instantaneous heading changes without consideration of turn dynamics can result in unintentional loss of separation. A simulation of distributed ...

For further treatment of primary and intermediate materials, large amounts of oxygen and nitrogen are required by many industries, e. g. chemical and petrochemical, metal, semiconductor and food industry, in machine construction and many others. Oxygen and nitrogen are, together with Argon, the main constituents of ambient air. They are obtained from there by means of the air separation technol...

Natural gas is becoming an increasingly important energy source, due to the increasing energy demands and declining oil reserves, whereas large volumes of natural gas are still widely available at remote locations. In view of the existing infrastructure for liquid fuels, natural gas is most efficiently used in the transport sector by converting it to liquid fuels via the Gas-To-Liquid process. ...

Demand response (DR) has become a key element in balancing the power grid as contribution of time-varying renewable generation increases. Chemical plants are appealing candidates for DR programs they offer large, concentrated and flexible loads. participation calls frequent production rate changes over time scales that overlap with dominant dynamics plant. Production scheduling should therefore...

Membrane technology applied to the separation of gaseous mixtures competes with conventional unit operations (e.g., distillation, absorption, adsorption) on the basis of overall economics, safety, environmental and technical aspects. Since the first industrial installations for hydrogen separation in the early eighties, significant improvements in membrane quality have been achieved in air sepa...