Abstract: The authors consider efficient mechanisms to optimize the power consumption within a home, industrial facility, college campus, or other facility or set of facilities. The system is controlled centrally by an energy ...

Abstract: Nanozero-valent iron/activated carbon (nZVI/AC) composite is investigated as a possible stabilization agent for heavy metals in river sediment. Effects of stabilization were tested by leaching tests such as synthetic ...

Abstract: The dynamic and static response of a nonuniform beam with nonhomogeneous elastic boundary conditions is studied by generalizing the method of Mindlin-Goodman and utilizing the exact solutions of ...

Abstract: Efficient global optimization of aerodynamic shapes with the high-fidelity method is of great importance in the design process of modern aircrafts. In this study, modifications are made to the particle swarm optimization ...

Abstract: In this study, an inexact multistage fuzzy-stochastic programming (IMFSP) model was developed for water resources management under uncertainty. In the IMFSP model, the uncertainties existing in the objective functions, and ...

Abstract: Cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) was employed to tailor-activated carbon, granular ferric hydroxide (GFH), chitosan, zeolite, and bentonite so as to investigate the effect of CTAC tailoring on ...