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Potential of Torrefied Coffee Grounds to Be Used as Fuel in Thermal Power Plants
PurposeTo replace coal used in thermal power plants, this study was conducted to investigate the potential of torrefied coffee spent waste (CSW) as a...
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Biochar from Agro-byproducts for Use as a Soil Amendment and Solid Biofuel
PurposeBiochar can be used for carbon sequestration to help mitigate global warming. Previous studies on biochar have not simultaneously considered...
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Effect of oxygen enrichment on sintering behavior of high proportion vanadium–titanium magnesite concentrates
To achieve high-efficiency utilization of complex and unmanageable iron-containing minerals, the effects of oxygen enrichment on productivity, yield,...
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Utilising Torrefaction to Determine the Fuel Characteristics of Forestry and Agricultural Biomass for Solid Biofuel
PurposeThe use of coal has declined owing to growing concerns regarding environmental pollution worldwide. Biomass is becoming a feasible alternative...
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A Taxonomy of UK Reaction-to-Fire Standard Testing: The Role of Black Boxing of Expertise
Fire testing enables an individual or an organisation to make a claim about how a material, product, or system will perform in operational use. This...
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An Innovative Engineered Wood Product Made from Densified Wood with Enhanced Fire Performance – State-of-the-Art
As an environmentally friendly wood-modification method, thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) densification is being developed to improve the intrinsic...
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Experimental research on semi-coke for blast furnace injection
The combustion properties and grindability of Shenmu low-rank coal (SM) and its four different semi-cokes were studied by the self-designed equipment...
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Identifying fuel characteristics of bamboo chips as a solid biofuel through torrefaction
Our goal was to explore the potential of bamboo as a solid biomass fuel through torrefaction and compare it with previous studies on unused forest...
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Mitigation Strategies for Wildfires
Fire is a natural disturbance and a key driver of biome distribution and vegetation community composition worldwide. Future climate change scenarios...
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The Development of Automatic Sprinkler System Concepts for Maritime Vehicle Carriers
Closed ro-ro spaces on maritime vehicle carriers are usually protected by a total-flooding carbon dioxide system. Such systems have many benefits,...
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Upgradation of an Agro-residue by Acid Pretreatment into a Solid Fuel with Improved Energy Recovery Potential: An Optimization Study
The rice straw (RS) has a great scope as an energy source; however, the energy recovery potential of RS is yet not fully exploited due to low energy...
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State-of-the-Art and Future Insights into the Material’s Fire Behaviour Tests
Fire safety in buildings (FIS) is characterized by the multidimensionality of the contents associated with it, ranging from the behaviour of...
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A Study on the Improvement of Acoustic Characteristics of Wheeled Armored Command Vehicles
The acoustic characteristics of Wheeled Armored Command Vehicles (WACV), a wheel-driven military combat vehicle, were improved by applying sound...
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Characterization of Corrosion-Induced Fracture in Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Electrical Potential, Ultrasound and Low-Frequency Vibration
The paper deals with the non-destructive experimental testing of the reinforced concrete beams under progressive corrosion. A series of experiments...
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Effectiveness of Fire Protection to Reduce Fire Hazard and Increase Fire Resistance of Wooden Structures
Fire protection of wooden structures is carried out by means of structural and nonstructural methods. Depending on the method of application to the...
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Prescriptive Building Regulations, Safety Objectives, and Residual Risk in Germany
In Germany, building codes relating to fire safety are mainly prescriptive nature. Therefore, fire safety engineering is based on a combination of...
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An information entropy-based risk assessment method for multiple-media gathering pipelines
Unrefined and highly corrosive upstream petroleum resources and complex operating environments pose a significant threat to the integrity and safety...
