Abstract: Model predictive control (MPC) has been extensively studied for controlling irrigation canals. Most of the studies use lumped models and fixed target for the controller. This setup works fine if the water delivery is on ...

Abstract: Model predictive control (MPC) is an efficient approach to regulate water systems, for both water quantity and quality. It generates optimal control trajectories based on model predictions over a finite horizon. In this ...

Abstract: Metal foams have been widely used in many fields requiring excellent heat and mass transfer performance such as heat exchangers and catalytic reactors. However, the movements of gas–solid interfacial heat transfer ...

Abstract: Wall radiative heat transfer in inner straight fin tubes is very complex considering the coupling of heat conduction in fins and radiative heat transfer of medium with solid surfaces, influenced by a number of factors such ...

Abstract: In this research, a novel meshless numerical method, termed general particle dynamics (GPD), to simulate crack initiation, propagation, and coalescence in rock-like materials subjected to impact loads was developed. In the ...

Abstract: The change in public landscape cognition is of crucial significance in achieving sustainable landscape management, but it has not drawn enough attention in China. Landscape cognition was recognized as a cognitive process ...

Abstract: Pyrolysis is the most fundamental process in thermal chemical conversion of biomass, and pyrolysis kinetic analysis is valuable for the in-depth exploration of process mechanisms. On the basis ...

Abstract: To reveal the temporal variability of hydrological elements in the Daqing River Basin (TDRB), an index system with temporal variability indices of hydrological elements, namely jump variability, trend variability, and ...