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Showing 1 to 20 of 597 for “"Environmentally-friendly"”.
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Characterisation of environmentally friendly fibres for composites
… is by replacing GF with lighter and more 'environmentally friendly fibres'. In order to develop environmentally friendly composites to be used in the automotive industry, it is vital to have an extensive understanding of the fibre reinforcement properties and how it contributes to the …
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Green Employees: Organizational Identification in an Environmentally Friendly Company
… by building organizational identification, more environmentally-friendly practices amongst organizational members may be achieved.
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Characterization of Environmentally Friendly Polymers: Amylopectin and Its Blends
… last decades. Within this group of innovative environmentally friendly biodegradable polymers, starch or Amylpectin plays a predominant role, due to their potential biodegradability. This research was attempted to characterize Amylopectin to obtain its physio-chemical properties. In addition, …
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Developing sustainable and environmentally friendly building materials in rammed earth construction
Building rammed earth structures provides a sustainable alternative to concrete. As a building material, rammed earth exhibits very varied physical and material properties depending on the proportion of constituting soil types. When very sandy soil is used in rammed earth production, the properties …
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Children’s perceptions of the natural environment: creating child and environmentally friendly cities
A child friendly city (CFC) is the embodiment of the rights of the child manifested in the policies, programs, and laws of a city. A critical aspect in the creation of a CFC is the consideration of the natural environment (NE). Premised upon a child participatory perspective, this study explored …
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Thermal hydraulic design of a salt-cooled highly efficient environmentally friendly reactor
A 1 OOOMWth liquid-salt cooled thermal spectrum reactor was designed with a long fuel cycle, and high core exit temperature. These features are desirable in a reactor designed to provide process heat applications such as oil refinery needs of heat and electricity. The reactor uses the binary salt …
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Development of Environmentally Friendly Non-Chrome Conversion Coatings for Cold-Rolled Steel
Steel producers use various organic and inorganic coatings to protect cold-rolled steel (CRS) sheets from corrosion during shipment and storage. It is well known that CRS sheets can be protected from corrosion by galvanizing, phosphating, chromating, topcoating with organic, or their combinations. …
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Development of optimal dyeing methods with natural dyes for environmentally friendly hemp textile
<p>This research aimed to more fully understand the effects of natural dyes including tea, pomegranate, and myrobalan on hemp fabric. The basic purpose of this study was to develop a natural dyeing process for natural fibers that improved wash fastness. It focused on the formulation for dyeing with …
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Tribology of engineering and coated materials in the presence of environmentally friendly refrigerant
In recent years, considerable effort has been devoted towards finding of alternative refrigerants due to environmental issues related to high global warming potential (GWP). Specifically, developing a system-compatible alternative refrigerant is of prime concern in order to reduce costs associated …
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Characterisation and analysis of a corona-stabilised switch filled with environmentally-friendly gas mixtures
Tests have been completed with the intention of finding an alternative switching medium to SF6 due to environmental concerns. For this purpose, a testing procedure was designed in order to test a novel gas in pulsed power, HFO-1234ze, in mixtures with N2, used as a buffer gas. Thus, decreasing the …
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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY: THE BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC BINDER SYSTEMS WITHIN PAPER COATINGS
… come from renewable resources and are therefore environmentally friendly, suffer more from this shrinkage phenomenon than synthetic binders. The aim of this research project was to improve the understanding of the processes involved in the drying of a coating layer and to create a model able to …
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Novel approaches for the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly antibacterial and antiviral platforms
… thesis has focused on developing sustainable and environmentally friendly antibacterial and antiviral materials, systems and methodologies. The thesis starts with a comprehensive review of the novel approaches for developing sustainable and environmentally friendly antibacterial and antiviral …
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Environmentally friendly hybrid coatings for corrosion protection: silane based pre-treatments and nanostructured waterborne coatings
… (HDG) steel for the development of effective and environmentally friendly corrosion protection systems A chemical and electrochemical characterization of the sol-gel films highlighted their good corrosion protection properties both for aluminium and HDG steel. To test the effectiveness of the …
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Increasing the temperature stability of environmentally friendly drilling and completion fluids based on organic brine.
… to improve the temperature ceiling of eco-friendly formate drilling fluids. The overall aim of the project was to develop a well construction fluid capable of withstanding ultra and possibly extreme HPHT temperature measures. As a result of this research, a measured combination of …
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Environmentally friendly corrosion resistant coatings as alternatives for cadmium and chromium in the aerospace industry
European REACh regulations are aimed at the complete removal of the toxic and carcinogenic cadmium and hexavalent chromium coatings currently being employed for corrosion protection of ultra-high strength steel and other aviation components. A powdered aluminium alloy containing 12 mass % …
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How green is your hotel? : an examination of environmentally friendly practices of the Phuket hotel industry
… and services to be produced, or delivered, in environmentally friendly ways. As a result, managers are being forced to reconsider their business strategies and activities. Indeed a wide range of industries has already responded to consumers' dictates on conservation issues. It is now …
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Environmentally friendly baths for Cu-Sn co-electrodeposition: cyanide-free aqueous bath and deep eutectic solvents
… of the thesis is to develop a more environmental friendly process for white bronze electrodeposition. Two different electrolytes were considered as eligible candidates: one involves a simple organic acid aqueous solution as bulk electrolyte, and the other one is a new deep eutectic solvent bath. …
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Performance Evaluation of Condiments as Environmentally Friendly Corrosion Inhibitors for Amine-Based Carbon Dioxide Absorption Process
… the amine-based CO2 absorption process are not environmentally friendly and require costly waste handling and disposal. To reduce such cost and prepare for more stringent environmental regulations for chemical uses and disposal, this work investigated the feasibility of using condiments as …
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Ultra-High Resolution Environmentally-Friendly Full-Colour Quantum Dot Display Fabricated via Cracking Assisted Transfer Printing
The increasing need for immersive displays in Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) technologies has heightened the demand for displays that offer high resolution, brightness, and a wide colour gamut, along with extended lifetimes. Quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a leading emissive …
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