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A Strategic Technique for Optimum Placement and Sizing of Distributed Generator in Power System Networks Employing Genetic Algorithm
Reducing power loss and meeting escalating load requirements are one of the most important goals in the distribution system. This paper discusses ways to optimize placement and sizing of distributed generators...
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Open AccessAssessment of pathogen removal efficiency of vertical flow constructed wetland treating septage
Septage refers to the semi-liquid waste material that accumulates in septic tanks and other onsite sanitation systems. It is composed of a complex mixture of human excreta, wastewater, and various solid partic...
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Design of Buck Converter with Modified P&O Algorithm-Based Fuzzy Logic Controller for Solar Charge Controller for Efficient MPPT
The purpose of this research is to improve the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method’s performance. Solar charge controller incorporating maximum power point tracker (MPPT) is designed to capture the high...
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Open AccessOptimal Location and Sizing of Conglomerate DG- FACTS using an Artificial Neural Network and Heuristic Probability Distribution Methodology for Modern Power System Operations
In existing power system networks, the positioning and sizing of multi-DG is critical at the optimum locations for effective energy management. Initially optimal power flow is assessed using the NR method (wit...
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An Optimum GA-Based Solution for Economic Load Dispatch for Clean Energy
This article shows the optimal cost of the solar thermal generating cost. The negative environmental consequences of gaseous and particulate pollution generated by thermal plants can be minimized by properly a...
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Coastline Protection Using a Rubble Mound Seawall: A Case Study
The coastal areas are very strategic and have significant economic importance. However, there are plenty of natural disasters coastal regions are facing, like a tsunami, cyclone, storm surge, etc. Wave action ...
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Bidirectional DC-DC Converter as a Better Alternative for Charging and Discharging of Battery Backup in a MPPT-Controlled Solar PV System
Energy consumption is increasing all over the world, and a large percentage of this need is now being met by the usage of fossil fuels, which are rapidly diminishing and are also harmful to the environment. Th...
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Technological Outline of Constructed Wetlands: An Alternative for Sustainable and Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
As the population grows, water consumption increases and a large amount of wastewater is generated. The release of untreated wastewater into the aquatic systems is the reason for dilapidated conditions of the ...
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Assessment of trace metal contamination in the core sediment of Ramsar wetland (Kabar Tal), Begusarai, Bihar (India)
The concentration of trace metals Mn, Pb, Ni, Zn, and Cu in the core sediment from Kabar Tal wetland was analyzed to understand the level of contamination in the vertical profile. Additionally, total organic c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Power-Efficient Code Converters Using Sub-Threshold Adiabatic Logic Ultra-Low-Power Applications
Power dissipation becomes a decisive parameter in VLSI design in modern-day ultra-low-power applications. Sub-threshold has shown its potential as more efficient logic for ultra-low energy-consuming circuits. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Bluetooth-Controlled Electronics Home Appliances
In this modern era of twenty-first century, automation always plays an important role in human life. We can control or automate the electric-related home appliances like light, door, fan, AC and many more. Thr...
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Biofuels: Perspective for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation
Soaring fuel prices and climate change are two major problems the world is facing now. There has long been argued that the commercial fuel stocks will only remain for some more time now. Since the human popula...
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Characterization of lead–zinc mill tailings, fly ash and their mixtures for paste backfilling in underground metalliferous mines
Surface disposal of mill tailings and fly ash is a major concern for many countries, as it pollutes the environment including air, water, and soil. Paste backfilling is an emerging mine backfilling technique, ...
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Phosphopeptide Enrichment and LC-MS/MS Analysis to Study the Phosphoproteome of Recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
The reversible phosphorylation of proteins on serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues is one of the most important post-translational modifications that regulates many biological processes. The phosphoproteom...
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Synthesis of vanillic acid using whole cell nitrilase of wild and mutant Gordonia terrae
The resting cells of Gordonia terrae mutant E9 having enhanced nitrilase activity were used for biotransformation of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzonitrile into vanillic acid. The maximum conversion was observed in 0.1 ...
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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of lactobacilli from Churpi cheese
The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity of lactobacilli in Churpi cheese, a traditional variety of cheese made from yak milk. Thirty-five lactobacilli isolated from five different samples procur...
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Sex determination in 6 bovid species by duplex PCR
Sex determination in domestic animals is of potential value to livestock breeding programs. The aim of this study was to develop a simple and accurate PCR-based sex determination protocol, which can be applica...
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Self Replication and Signalling
It is known that if one could clone an arbitrary quantum state one could send signal faster than the speed of light. However it remains interesting to see that if one can perfectly self replicate an arbitrary...
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Inseparability of Quantum Parameters
In this work, we show that ‘splitting of quantum information’ (Zhou, D., et al. in quant-ph/0503168) is an impossible task from three different but consistent principles namely unitarity of Quantum Mechanics,...
