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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"industrial facilities"”.
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Automated Object Segmentation in Existing Industrial Facilities
… a core step of the digital twinning process for industrial facilities. However, this process is labour-intensive with 90% of the cost being spent on converting point cloud data to a model. This counteracts the perceived value of the resulting model in managing and retrofitting the facilities and …
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Using inverse regression models to create gray box models for industrial facilities
Industrial facilities account for approximately one third of energy usage in the world, and effective energy assessments of these facilities require a reliable baseline energy model. Commercial and residential buildings are baselined with both simple change-point models and models that are more …
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Seismic experimental analyses and surrogate models of multi-component systems in special-risk industrial facilities
… components (NSCs) that are ubiquitous to most industrial facilities are particularly and even disproportionately vulnerable to those events. Nonetheless and despite their great importance, seismic provisions for industrial facilities and their process equipment are still based on the classical …
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Investigating the Impact of Racial Capitalism and Chemical Alterlives on Black Communities and Their Environments: A Qualitative Study in Uniontown, Alabama
… study is based in Uniontown, Alabama where three industrial facilities are based: Arrowhead Landfill, Southeastern Cheese Corporation, and Harvest Select Catfish Plant. The research aims to investigate how the operations of three industrial facilities impact the livelihoods of Uniontown residents. …
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Data-driven transfer optimizations for big data in the industrial internet of things
… assistants, and smart home solutions. The industrial side of the IoT, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has received less attention from the general public. The IIoT takes the shape of industrial-grade devices, from trucks to industrial robots, that are equipped with sensors and …
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A Critical Spatial Econometric Counter Analysis of the Impact of New Toxic Facilities on Local Wages
… claims regarding the benefits of new toxic industrial facilities on local wages are tested and challenged. Analysis is performed by applying GIScience and Spatial Econometric methods within a critical framework. A call is made to develop more broadly the practice of Counter Analysis, which …
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Distribution of bed material in a Horizontal Circulating Fluidised Bed boiler
… of the furnace, when implemented in smaller industrial facilities. The design of a horizontal circulating fluidised bed (HCFB) boiler is an interesting approach to resolve this problem. Enabling the benefits, such as high efficiency and fuel flexibility, of the CFB technology for the use in …
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Seismic strengthening by providing structural diaphragm
… of precast frame buildings used in Turkey for industrial facilities. One-story warehouses are the most common structural configurations. Because there was little redundancy in the lateral load resisting system, many precast buildings were damaged beyond repair during the 1999 earthquakes in …
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Development and implementation of a framework to aid the transition to proactive maintenance approaches on air handling units in the industrial setting
… of HVAC equipment, specifically AHUs in industrial facilities, to make progress towards climate goals. HVAC systems account for 14% of global energy consumption, with the potential to increase efficiency by 20% by addressing energy-wasting faults according to Roth et al. However, these …
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Carbon capture and sequestration : an option to buy time?
… CCS means that CO2 is captured at large industrial facilities and sequestered in goelogical structures. The technology uses the endogenous growth model MIND. Herein the various climate change mitigation options of reducing economic growth, increasing energy efficiency, changing the energy …
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Stabilized Explicit Time Integration for Parallel Air Quality Models
… in setting limits for the emission levels of industrial facilities. The input data for the air quality models are very large and encompass various environmental conditions like wind speed, turbulence, temperature and cloud density. Most air quality models are based on advection-diffusion …
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Model Predictive Control for Temperature Dependent Systems
… systems can be a very complex task for most industrial facilities since they require either the close attention of experienced engineers or highly expensive control programs. These systems are often poorly operated, which increases the cost of production and affects the overall performance of …
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The development and adaptation of the computer aided environment to facilitate industrial energy audits
Industrial Energy Audits became more significant in the last several decades in response to increasing rates of energy cost and sustainable awareness. The Industrial Assessment Center supported by the U.S. Department of Energy is an organization that helps participating industrial facilities to …
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Computational Fabrication and Assembly for In Situ Manufacturing
… on disparate, large machines spread across industrial facilities. These are operated by domain experts to construct and assemble artefacts in sequential steps from large numbers of parts. This traditional, centralized mass manufacturing paradigm is characterized by large capital costs and …
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Impact of System Impedance on Harmonics Produced by Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
… Drives (VFDs) are utilized in commercial and industrial facilities to improve motor efficiency and provide process flexibility. VFDs are nonlinear loads that inject harmonic currents into the power system, and result in harmonic voltages across the system impedance. This harmonic distortion …
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Plasticity of the heat shock response and development of thermotolerance during embryonic development of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
Thermal discharge produced by industrial facilities has the potential to impact development of fish by increasing background temperature of the surrounding area. The overall objectives of this study were to: 1) Examine the interplay between how temperature and frequency of heat shock and post-heat …
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Strategies for reducing the mutagen content of chlorinated aqueous media
… can be released into potable waters or from industrial facilities, technologies for monitoring the concentration, reducing the quantity, and inhibiting the formation of this compound were investigated. Adsorption of the chlorinated hydroxyfuranone from laboratory systems (pH 7.2, 22°) …
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Perfect Harmony: the Myth of Tupelo's Industrial Tranquility
… between workers and management at each of the industrial facilities. In the spring of 1937, however, the cotton mill hands undertook a sit-down strike. Five days later, the women in the Tupelo Garment Company tried to initiate a strike. Both efforts failed. The cotton mill owners refused to …
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High-Intensity Discharge Industrial Lighting Design Strategies for the Minimization of Energy Usage and Life-Cycle Cost
… one category of which is the illumination of industrial facilities. This dissertation reviews HID industrial lighting design techniques and presents two luminaire layout algorithms which were developed to provide acceptable lighting performance based upon the minimum number of required …
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An Improved Model for Prediction of PM10 from Surface Mining Operations
… diameter less than 10 microns (PM10). The Industrial Source Complex (ISC3) model, created by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), is a model used for predicting dispersion of pollutants from industrial facilities, including surface mines and quarries. The use of …
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