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Physio-chemical modeling of the NOx-O3 photochemical cycle and the air pollutants’ reactive dispersion around an isolated building
A numerical physio-chemical model of the NO x -O 3 photochemical cycle in the near-wake region of an isolated residential/office building has been...
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Cycle Connectivity
Connectivity concepts in terms of weighted cycles are presented in this chapter. A kind of weighted cycle named strongest strong cycle is introduced....
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Optimal working-fluid selection for organic Rankine cycle integrated into a combined cycle cogeneration plant
We examined how working-fluid properties impact the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and bottoming cycle in a cogeneration system, and compared the sizes...
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Very High Cycle Fatigue
The traditional subdivision of the Wöhler curve into the three regions of Fig. 1.10 , at least for ferrous alloys...
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Thermodynamic Analysis of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Integrated with Organic Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Utilization
The utilization of waste heat from power plants, which is generally lost to the atmosphere, can reduce energy wastage significantly. Heat recovery...
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Multi-objective process parameter optimization for minimizing weldline and cycle time using heater-assisted rapid heat cycle molding
Rapid heat cycle molding (RHCM) that actively controls the mold temperature is an innovative plastic injection molding (PIM) technology. The melt...
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Analysis and Control of Limit Cycle Bifurcations
The chapter addresses bifurcations of limit cycles for a general class of nonlinear control systems depending on parameters. A set of simple...
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Synthesis and Characterization of V2O5 Supported on TiO2 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Catalyst for De-NOX Application
Recently, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is emerging as convenient technology for NO X reduction of mobile and stationary sources at a wide range...
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Evolutionary auto-design for aircraft engine cycle
Traditional engine cycle innovation is limited by human experiences, imagination, and currently available engine component performance expectations....
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Products Life Cycle Management: An Introductory Overview
In this chapter, the circularity approach is discussed during the product life cycle. First, sustainable manufacturing is explained. Three essential...
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Strain-Based Fatigue Analysis—Low Cycle Fatigue
Three regions were identified in Sect. 1.2 and shown in Fig. 1.10 as Region...
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Thermo-Environ-Economic Optimization of an Integrated Combined-Cycle Power Plant Based on a Multi-objective Water Cycle Algorithm
The integration of power plants and desalination systems has attracted increasing attention over the past few years as an effective solution to...
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Temperature duty cycle characteristics of parallel IGBTs
IGBT parallel connections are an effective way to increase the capacity of power electronic converters. The junction temperature balance between...
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Cycle Time Prediction and Output Projection
The cycle time (or manufacturing lead time) of a job is the time it takes for the job to pass through a factory and can be calculated by subtracting...
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On the Use of LES and 3D Empirical Mode Decomposition for Analyzing Cycle-to-Cycle Variations of In-Cylinder Tumbling Flow
Multi-cycle large-eddy simulation (LES) is performed to investigate cycle-to-cycle variations (CCV) of in-cylinder flow in a single-cylinder spark...
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Applications in Airports
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool employed to assess the environmental implications of a product’s life cycle, including its inputs, outputs, and...
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Role of the Pulse Current Duty Cycle during Titanium Tension
AbstractThe effect of a pulsed current on titanium tensile deformation obtained by postdeformation annealing after cold rolling of the coarse-grained...
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Stress-Based Fatigue Analysis—High Cycle Fatigue
In Sect. 1.2 we have introduced the Wöhler curve and the S–N curve. Generally, they are considered to be the...
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Cumulative Damage: Cycle Counting and Life Prediction
Loads so far considered had constant amplitude (CA), σa or S. This constitutes a particularity that rarely happens in real life. Usually, cyclic...
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Performance analysis and multi-objective optimization based on a modified irreversible Stirling cycle
The efficiency of the actual Stirling engine is much lower than the ideal Carnot cycle efficiency. To obtain more precise efficiency for Stirling...