The energy requirement of vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) with or without recirculation was modelled using both experimental results and theoretical data. The trends are generally consistent between the theoretical and experimental data. Thermal energy contributes the most to the total energy required for the VMD process. To lower the thermal energy cost, waste heat resource and heat recover...

In this paper, a dynamic optimization approach for optimal choice of energy carriers in thermal power plants is proposed that analyzes the substitution of energy carriers in short-term planning of a power plant.The model is based on the linear programming method with the objective of minimizing costs under constraints of resource availability, energy balances, environmental regulations and elec...

We consider a resource synthesis technique for realtime systems where the energy budget is limited and the performance of the system depends on how resources and energy are used. We consider two performance models for a task: (1) a task has variable execution time and performance of a task depends on the amount of execution time received and (2) the execution time of a task is constant and the ...

We consider a resource synthesis technique for realtime systems where the energy budget is limited and the performance of the system depends on how resources and energy are used. We consider two performance models for a task: (1) a task has variable execution time and performance of a task depends on the amount of execution time received and (2) the execution time of a task is constant and the ...

The global transition to fundamentally decarbonized electricity and transport systems will alter the existing resource flows of both fossil fuels metals; however, such a may have unintended consequences. Here we show that decarbonization sectors curtail fuel production while paradoxically increasing extraction associated with metal by more than factor 7 2050 relative 2015 levels. Importantly, a...