Processes, Volume 12, Issue 6

Traditional oil seals are insufficient for the high-speed and bi-directional rotation of new energy electric vehicles. Therefore, we developed a Python program focusing on micro-groove pump seals and examined the unexplored non-contact oil–air...

Composite coatings have been successfully fabricated at the laboratory scale in many research centers around the world; however, it is still a major challenge to transfer the positive results of the work to the industrial scale. This paper presents t...

Offshore wind energy entering the grid in coastal areas creates issues with the safe and stable operation of power systems. To control the carbon emission of power systems and increase the proportion of offshore wind consumption, a microgrid optimiza...

This research examined the potential for utilizing waste materials generated during the production of dishes/meals and organic waste. Specifically, it evaluated the use of orange peel (OP), spent coffee grounds (SCG), and waste cooking oil in the pro...

Power-to-gas technology provides an emerging pathway for promoting green and low-carbon transformation of energy systems. Through the processes of electrolyzing water and the methanation reaction, it converts surplus renewable energy into hydrogen an...

The lake littoral zone is periodically exposed to water due to water level fluctuations, driving the succession and distribution of littoral vegetation covers, which complexly affect nutrient biogeochemical transformation. However, the combined effec...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the laser operating power (P1 and P2) and synthetic leather thickness to achieve the optimal quality of components in the airbag area, produced through micro-perforation laser processing. Within the study...

The study of Ammoides pusilla, a Tunisian medicinal plant, explored its chemical composition and biological activities, highlighting its under-exploited therapeutic potential. The essential oil, obtained by steam distillation, reveals twenty major co...

In recent years, the collaborative operation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been an important advancement in drone technology. The research on multi-UAV collaborative flight path planning has garnered widespread attention in the dron...

Our research addresses the shift towards continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on optimizing chromatographic separation for the synthesis of molnupiravir. Using an inverse method with six different inlet concentrations for...

Coal dust is a major safety hazard in the process of coal mining and is of great importance to ensure production safety and maintain the health of operators. In order to understand the microscopic mechanism during coal seam water injection and reveal...

With the booming development of the electricity market, market factors such as electricity trading varieties are growing rapidly. The frequency of transactions has become increasingly real-time, and transaction clearing and settlement tasks have beco...

Deep coalbed methane (DCBM) reservoirs hold exceptional potential for diversifying energy sources. The Ordos Basin has attracted much attention due to its enormous resource reserves of DCBM. This work focuses on the Jiaxian area of the Ordos basin, a...

Unconventional tight oil and gas resources, including shale oil and gas, have become the main focus for increasing reserves and production. The safe and efficient development of unconventional oil and gas is a crucial demand for the energy developmen...

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes are widely used for urban natural gas transportation. Pipes are usually welded using the technique of thermal butt fusion, which is prone to manufacturing defects that are detrimental to safe operation. This pap...

Diffusion processes in operations involving polymeric materials are of significant interest. Determining experimental values for diffusion coefficients is often challenging. Estimating these coefficients in concentrated polymer solution, polymer film...

Oxygen is crucial for life, but its reactive species, like free radicals, can damage health and accelerate aging. Antioxidants from natural and synthetic sources mitigate these effects. Kanjiža Spa’s mineral-rich thermal water is renowned...

There is a growing need for an economical and efficient method capable of removing heavy metals from residual water. The current contribution aimed to evaluate the capacity of onion peel, an abundant agroindustrial waste product, to remove divalent c...

This paper addresses the control task of a wireless power transfer (WPT) charger designed for electric vehicles (EVs). The challenge is to maintain a constant battery charging current when the WPT is controlled on the ground side. Indeed, the intermi...

Monitoring tool wear is key for the optimization of manufacturing processes. To achieve this, machine learning (ML) has provided mechanisms that work adequately on setups that measure the cutting force of a tool through the use of force sensors. Howe...

The deep strata in the Ordos Basin exhibit characteristics of high temperature and high stress. Conventional methods for assessing drillability (normal temperature and pressure) fail to accurately understand the drilling resistance characteristics of...

In constructing rapid rock identification models for measurement while drilling (MWD) via neural network methods, collecting actual drilling data to train the model is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. This requires extensive drilling exp...

Fixed-dose combination therapy is considered a practical approach in the treatment of various diseases, as it can simultaneously target different mechanisms of action that achieve the required therapeutic efficacy through a synergistic effect. A comb...

Due to the high abrasiveness and anisotropic nature of composites, along with the need to machine different materials at the same time, drilling multi-materials is a difficult task, and usually results in material damage, such as uncut fibres and del...

Separating hydroalcoholic mixtures remains a significant challenge in engineering. Liquid–liquid extraction has emerged as an appealing alternative method, because it avoids the need for the large energy inputs, volatile organic compounds, and...

The mining of shallow coal seam groups triggers the activation of overlying strata, leading to increased pressure and support difficulties, thereby posing a threat to the safe extraction of underlying coal seams. Against the backdrop of Longhua Coal...

Clear and sanitarily adequate water scarcity is one of the greatest problems of modern society. Continuous population growth, rising organics concentrations, and common non-efficient wastewater treatment technologies add to the seriousness of this is...

Conventional gas well classification methods cannot provide effective support for gas well routine management, and suffer from poor timeliness. In order to guide the on-site operation in liquid loading gas wells and improve the timeliness of gas well...

The strength and sealing failure of the connecting thread of the casing head mandrel hanger causes huge economic losses. One of the major challenges is the thread seal failure mechanism of the casing hanger in the wellhead during pressure testing in...

Demand response (DR) can provide extra scheduling flexibility for power systems. Different from industrial and residential loads, the production process of manufacturing loads includes multiple production links, and complex material flow and energy f...

The improvement and exploitation of saline–alkali soil is a hot topic worldwide. Analysis of soil aggregate structure and water and of the salt transport law, a new technology that uses humic acid as a saline–alkali soil amendment has bee...

Recent advancements in image processing and machine-learning technologies have significantly improved vehicle monitoring and identification in road transportation systems. Vehicle classification (VC) is essential for effective monitoring and identifi...

Due to the characteristics of different forms and small bird droppings-related defects in photovoltaic modules, problems of missing detection, wrong detection, and low detection accuracy often exist in the bird droppings covering the detection of pho...

The emerging pollutant octocrylene is not efficiently removed from effluents by conventional treatment and is recurrently found in rivers. This study evaluated the adsorption of octocrylene using commercial carbon and biochar from spent coffee ground...

In order to improve the productivity of shale gas, in situ heating technology has been applied generally. However, this technology is limited by unknown properties in heated matrix, e.g., permeability. Therefore, a method for measuring the permeabili...

The extrusion processing of food powder relies heavily on its moisture content to aid in flow and proper cooking, shaping, and/or puffing. This study focused on the impact of the moisture content on the dynamic flow and shear properties of coarse foo...

Agglomerated cork is a natural cork that has gone through a process of crushing and pressing using heat and binders. One of its applications is thermal insulator in construction. The design of these materials is becoming an essential part of building...

In the present work, four different wastewaters from the food industry were used in parallel, in four identical dual-chamber MFCs, with graphite granules as anodic electrodes. Specifically, a mixture of hydrogenogenic reactor effluents (effluents fro...

With a large-range-operation head, the Francis turbine unit is the most widely used type of hydraulic turbine in the world. The general range of the Francis turbine is 20–700 m. Because of this, the operating stability of the Francis turbine ne...

The global urgency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed extensive research into discovering efficacious antiviral compounds against SARS-CoV-2. Among these, Nirmatrelvir (PF-07321332) has emerged as a promising candidate, exhibiting pot...

Tight reservoirs, characterized by low porosity, low permeability, and difficulty in fluid flow, rely on horizontal wells and large-scale hydraulic fracturing for development. During fracturing, a significant volume of fracturing fluid is injected in...

The distribution of the geostress field in reservoirs holds significant implications for the precise exploration and efficient development and utilization of oil and gas resources, especially in deep strata regions where faults are prevalent. Geologi...

In order to solve the problem where the traditional intelligent inspection robot only has a single inspection function, we studied the use of a dry powder (including an ultra-fine dry powder) as a fire-extinguishing medium for the first time. In fire...

Shale gas reservoirs generally exhibit characteristics such as low porosity, permeability, and pore throat radius, with high airflow resistance. Currently, hydraulic fracturing is a commonly used method for commercial shale gas extraction; however, t...

Ti-Al intermetallics/TiB₂ composites were prepared from elemental powder mixtures by the method of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). Reactant mixtures were formulated to contain two parts; one group was (2Ti + 4B) to form 2TiB₂ and t...

Rare earth elements (REEs) are at the forefront of discussions, given their crucial role in cutting-edge and eco-friendly innovations that propel the industrial revolution towards a green economy. These elements have become indispensable to various m...

This study assesses ibuprofen’s permeability to different formulations and their biodegradation. Hydrogel, organogel, Eucerin ointment, silicone ointment, and zinc ointment were investigated. The objective was to comprehensively evaluate the th...

A deep understanding of the particle–wall collision (PWC) behaviors of non-spherical particles is important for managing gas–solid flows in industrial applications. It is important to identify the dominant parameters and to develop the co...

The traditional methacrylic esterification process, which couples reaction–distillation/rectification, suffers from issues such as prolonged reaction time, high risk of self-polymerization, and low utilization rate of methacrylic acid. By optim...

Optimizing the design of the conformal cooling channel can increase the cooling rate of injection mold. The aim of this study was the problem of low cooling efficiency of injection mold for deep-cavity plastic parts under the conventional cooling cha...