Browsing College of Engineering by Publisher "Elsevier Ltd"
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A review on fractional order (FO) controllers' optimization for load frequency stabilization in power networks
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article Review)Keeping generation and demand balance is a fundamental requirement in power networks. It maintains frequency of the system within permissible limits. For microgrids, this balance is important to keep tie-line power below ... -
A review on microwave-assisted synthesis of adsorbents and its application in the removal of water pollutants
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article Review)The use of conventional heating techniques in adsorbents preparation involves long synthesis time, high energy consumption, high cost and material fast firing. Recently, Microwave heating technique has been used to replace ... -
A review on the conversion of volatile fatty acids to polyhydroxyalkanoates using dark fermentative effluents from hydrogen production
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article Review)The production of bio/microbial-based polymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)from volatile fatty acids (VFAs)of dark fermentative effluents in the bio-H2 reactor is being paid attention, owing to their commercial demand, ... -
A sensorless Kalman filter-based active damping technique for grid-tied VSI with LCL filter
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Employing the LCL passive filter in inverter-based distributed generation to ensure high quality power delivery comes at the expense of poor performance due to the resonance phenomenon. Literature elucidated several active ... -
A shear design model for RC beams strengthened with fabric reinforced cementitious matrix
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The shear behavior of fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) strengthened beams requires more research efforts to be fully understood. A detailed investigation into the shear capacity of FRCM shear-strengthened beams ... -
A short-term probabilistic photovoltaic power prediction method based on feature selection and improved LSTM neural network
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)With the increase of solar photovoltaic(PV) penetration in power system, the impact of random fluctuation of PV power on the secure operation of power grid becomes more and more serious. An efficient PV forecasting approach ... -
A simple method for extracting the parameters of the PV cell single-diode model
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This paper aims to simplify the parameters' extraction for the solar cell single diode model and to show that there are many solutions. The proposed algorithm considers many pairs of ideality factor and series resistance. ... -
A slotted plus-shaped antenna with a DGS for 5G Sub-6 GHz/WiMAX applications
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)A slotted plus-shaped patch antenna (PSPA) with defected ground structure (DGS) is modelled and proposed for 5G Sub-6 GHz and WiMAX applications by using computer simulation technology (CST) MWS suite. The PSPA incorporates ... -
A state-of-the-art review on producing engineered biochar from shellfish waste and its application in aquaculture wastewater treatment
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Global production of shellfish aquaculture is steadily increasing owing to the growing market demands for shellfish. The intensification of shellfish aquaculture to maximize production rate has led to increased generation ... -
A state-of-the-art review on spent coffee ground (SCG) pyrolysis for future biorefinery
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Coffee is a globally consumed beverage that produces a substantial amount of valuable organic waste known as spent coffee grounds (SCG). Although SCG is a non-edible biomass, research initiatives focused on valorizing/utilizing ... -
A state-of-the-art review on wind power converter fault diagnosis
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)The rapid expansion of installed wind energy capacity and the continuous development of wind turbine technology has drawn attention to operation and maintenance issues. In order to keep wind power a competitive energy ... -
A structural overview on transformer and transformer-less multi level inverters for renewable energy applications
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)In general, multilevel inverters (MLIs) are regarded as advanced power conversion systems required for medium-voltage and high-power applications. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of recently investigated ... -
A systematic review for sustainability of global liquified natural gas industry: A 10-year update
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)This paper presents a comprehensive review and 10-years update of the sustainability research related to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) worldwide for the period between 2010 and 2020. Using the Scopus database, 467 articles, ... -
A systematic visual methodology to design ionic liquids and ionic liquid mixtures: Green solvent alternative for carbon capture
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Ionic liquids (ILs) have gained great interest recently to substitute volatile organic compounds (VOCs), since their properties can be tuned to match certain targets and applications. Further to this, another possibility ... -
A techno-economic-environmental study evaluating the potential of oxygen-steam biomass gasification for the generation of value-added products
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The production of renewable chemicals and fuels is driving modern society towards a type of sustainable development which involves a decreasing dependency on fossil fuels and the minimisation of waste. Biomass, a waste ... -
A thermodynamic study of propanol reforming in presence of hydrazine for hydrogen production
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production from propanol reforming reactions, by decomposition and steam reforming, in presence of hydrazine was evaluated as a function of temperature (300-900 K) at a constant pressure ... -
A transformerless STATCOM based on a hybrid Boost Modular Multilevel Converter with reduced number of switches
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This paper proposes a new three-phase transformerless STATic synchronous COMpensator (STATCOM) for shunt reactive power compensation in medium/high-voltage applications. The proposed STATCOM is based on a hybrid Boost ... -
A two-level optimization approach for robust aircraft routing and retiming
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)We investigate the Robust Aircraft Routing and Retiming Problem that is defined as follows. Given a set of flight legs to be served by a set of aircraft fleets, together with a tentative schedule, the problem requires ... -
A unified damping controller for non-stationary forced oscillation
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Forced disturbances (FDs) with non-stationary frequencies can sequentially resonate from electromechanical modes (EMs) to sub/super synchronous modes (SSMs) and thus lead to non-stationary forced oscillations (FOs). Previous ... -
A validated design methodology for a closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)A systematic investigation into the design and simulation of flow parameters in a closed-loop wind tunnel was carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The analytical model for estimating pressure losses were ...