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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"industrial facility"”.
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Isolation of Legionella Pneumophila From Well-Maintained Emergency Showers and Eyewash Stations
… Samples were collected from 67 stations in an industrial facility. At the time of this study, the stations within this facility were under a routine maintenance program that included at least monthly flushing. This study also included the analysis for other bacterial organisms to determine an …
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When the cows come home : post post-industrial urban agriculture
Over the past few decades, the industrialization of food has become increasingly influenced by the consolidation of its controlling corporations. This consolidation has isolated meat processing facilities from small farmers, favoring corporations who have built enormous processing facilities to …
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Manufactured landscape : strategies for peri-urbanism in Dongguan
… are increasing being exploited as a vacuum for industrial expansion. The mono-functional spread of industrial estate has a limited life span, it is vulnerable to economic downturn, and undermine the possibility of small scale farming, an economic practice that is proved still relevant given the …
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Reintegrating living and working spaces : a hybrid development for Roxbury Crossing
… -- residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial interests work together to provide for each other. In an urban neighborhood, these elements can be brought closer together. This was the traditional pattern at the turn of the century. In many cities today, however, the opposite is often …
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Regulatory issues controlling carbon capture and storage
… CO₂ from a point source (e.g. power plant or industrial facility), pressurizes it into liquid form, transports it, and finally injects it underground into a porous geology for long-term storage. Technical and economic issues of capture, transportation, and injection of CO₂ have been relatively …
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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 transient fluid and thermodynamic model of a compressed air system
… are significant energy users in nearly every industrial facility. Air compressors have become a primary focus of industrial energy audits because they are vital for production processes but are very energy inefficient machines. Industrial energy auditors often perform a detailed energy …
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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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The Development of an Instrument to Identify Differing Views of Leadership within Organizations
… civil service participants employed at an industrial facility in San Diego, CA. Subjects' organizational positions ranged from executive manager to equipment maintenance. Test subjects' support for survey items showed substantial variation. Participants' support for items ranged from 4% to …
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Environmental justice in the planning process : a reflection on practice in the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta planning studio
… produced as a result of human settlement, industrial facility siting, and industrial development. It is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and …
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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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Effects of Thermomechanical Refining on Douglas fir Wood
… process control efficiency, specific to a single industrial facility. In cooperation with a North American MDF Douglas fir plant, two refining energies were used to produce resin and additive-free fibers. Refining reduced fiber dimensions and increased bulk density, more so at the highest energy. …