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Irene Fernández García, Daniele Novara and Aonghus Mc Nabola
Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV) have been widely used as a device to control pressure at nodes in water distribution networks and thus reduce leakages. However, an energy dissipation takes place during PRV operation. Thus, micro-hydropower turbines and, m...
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Alyson H. Rapp, Robert B. Sowby and Gustavious Williams
More water utilities are adopting aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) to balance long-term water supply and demand. Due to large implementation and operation costs, ASR projects need to be optimized, particularly for energy use, which is a major operating...
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Sergejus Lebedevas and Tomas Cepaitis
The decarbonization problem of maritime transport and new restrictions on CO2 emissions (MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 4, COM (2021)562) have prompted the development and practical implementation of new decarbonization solutions. One of them, along with the us...
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Pengcheng Liu, Jian Hao, Hui Hu, Xuekun Luan and Bingqian Meng
This article addresses the issue of energy waste resulting from frequent braking of underground mine cars and proposes an optimization design to address this. The proposed solution involves the installation of a regenerative braking device within the min...
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Ranjot Kaur, Gurbax Singh Chhina, Mandeep Kaur, Rajan Bhatt, Khalid M. Elhindi and Mohamed A. Mattar
This study was carried out in Amritsar, Punjab, to find out how efficiently nutrients were used and how much energy was employed in direct-seeded rice (DSR) production. In this study, four levels of nitrogen (0, 40, 50, and 60 kg N ha-1) and three levels...
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Peizhao Zhong, Weiqing Jia, Wenwu Yang, Jianfei He, Erli Zhang, Dongyang Yu, Yuhang Xu, Jianpeng Chen, Feihu Peng, Guoxiang Zeng, Chen Zhang, Shiqi Zeng, Bo Gao, Haihai Pei and Zaiman Wang
The parameters of the discrete element simulation model for rice field soils serve as valuable data references for investigating the dynamic characteristics of the walking wheel of high-speed precision seeding machinery in paddy fields. The research spec...
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J. Feo-García, A. Pulido-Alonso, A. Florido-Betancor and N. R. Florido-Suárez
The analysis of energy consumption in reverse osmosis desalination plants is the most important and relevant factor to study, because this parameter indicates the level of efficiency and competitiveness of the plant. The direct consequence of the high sp...
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Xun Zhang, Qiankun Liu, Weiwei Xiao, Fan Yu, Liming Cai and Lianzhi Song
In this investigation, a U-shaped connection (U-C) was introduced for a prefabricated steel plate shear wall with beam-only connections. This design replaces a portion of shear bolts with tension bolts to enhance bolt efficiency and reduce the overall bo...
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Ali Ghahremani, Scott D. Adams, Michael Norton, Sui Yang Khoo and Abbas Z. Kouzani
Solar panels are an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels; however, their useful life is limited to approximately 25 years, after which they become a waste management issue. Proper management and recycling of end-of-life (EOL) solar panels...
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Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Arman Ameen, Mohammed Kadhom and Iqbal M. Mujtaba
Due to its high pollutant rejection and low energy usage, the spiral wound module of reverse osmosis (RO) process is the most commonly used technology utilised in wastewater treatment. For a spiral wound module, the presence of a feed spacer is important...
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