Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "Cost effectiveness"
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In-situ electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide and wastewater treatment application: A novel strategy for graphite felt activation
(2018)Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) through O2 electroreduction is an attractive alternative to the currently used anthraquinone process, and highly desirable for green chemical industries and environmental ... -
Material extrusion 3D printing and friction stir welding: an insight into the weldability of polylactic acid plates based on a full factorial design
(2022)In this work, material extrusion (MEX) 3D-printed polylactic acid (PLA) thin workpieces were joined via the friction stir welding (FSW) process to evaluate the feasibility and the key features of the process. To ensure the ... -
Minimizing lighting consumption in existing tunnels using a no-cost fine-tuning method for switching lighting stages according revised luminance levels
(2019)Visual adaptation demands increased illuminance in the tunnel entrance, which results in an increased number of installed luminaires and power consumption of each luminaire. There are norms that define the required luminance ... -
N-Doped Porous Molybdenum Carbide Nanobelts as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
(2018)Electrochemical water splitting has been highly valued as a clean and sustainable method to produce hydrogen with high purity and large quantity. Platinum (Pt) possesses excellent performance for hydrogen evolution reaction ... -
Numerical Simulation of Damage on Cementitious Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials Applied on Steel Plates
(2019)Cementitious Sprayed Fire Resistive Materials (SFRMs) are extensively employed for the fire protection of steel structural members due to their cost-effective fire proofing capabilities. They are susceptible, however, to ... -
Oxygen Reduction Reaction over PtFeM (M = Mo, V, W) Alloy Electrocatalysts: Role of the Compressive Strain Effect on Pt
(2019)The high level loading requirement of platinum and the sluggish oxygen reduction kinetics - catalyzed by platinum-based electrocatalysts - create major bottlenecks for cost-effective application of fuel cell technology. ... -
P-doped CNTs encapsulated nickel hybrids with flower-like structure as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
(2019)Electrochemical water splitting attracted an increasing attention as a promising approach to produce high-purity hydrogen. Both the design and synthesis of low-cost and high-performance catalysts for hydrogen evolution ... -
Precision agriculture: Crop management for improved productivity and reduced environmental impact or improved sustainability
(2015)This chapter gives an account on the application of precision agriculture (PA) over the last 25 years, on the methods used, the results obtained, the adoption of the technology and the effects to crop management, to the ... -
Preparation and characterization of novel Niln2S4/UiO-66 photocatalysts for the efficient degradation of antibiotics in water
(2022)Photocatalysis is considered an economical, environmentally friendly, and effective technology for removing pollutants. The construction of Z-Scheme heterojunctions has been identified as one of the feasible solutions ... -
Pricing the last mile: Data capping for residential broadband
(2014)In recent years, ISPs in mature residential broadband markets have been moving away from flat-rate pricing schemes to ones that involve usage limits (or ?data caps). These changes have led to a lively debate about the ... -
Resilience and preservation of cultural heritage after natural disasters: Case study of city of Volos, Greece
(2018)Natural disasters and their interaction with cultural heritage are a global phenomenon that has come to the attention of the scientific community the last decade. Preventive measures and policies have been developed in ... -
Robust optimal sensor placement for response reconstruction using output-only vibration measurements
(2020)Vibration measurements taken from various locations in a structure are used to improve models and model-based predictions of output quantities of interest (QoI). Such improved models and predictions can be used to update ... -
SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring using a novel PCR-based method rapidly captured the Delta-to-Omicron ΒΑ.1 transition patterns in the absence of conventional surveillance evidence
(2022)Conventional SARS-CoV-2 surveillance based on genotyping of clinical samples is characterized by challenges related to the available sequencing capacity, population sampling methodologies, and is time, labor, and ... -
Scaling up the production of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications: Cost-effective fabrication from basalts
(2014)We report here the first results on magnetic nanoparticles fabricated from basalt fragments of the eruption that took place in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) between 1730 and 1736, to be used in technologies of biomedicine. ... -
Stochastic Heuristic Optimization of Machine Learning Estimators for Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting
(2022)The continuous fluctuation of wind speed, wind direction and other climatic variables affects the power produced by wind turbines. Accurate short-term wind power prediction models are vital for the power industry to evaluate ... -
Survey on Routing Services for Smart Delivery in Urban Environments
(2020)The problems of routing in cities are examined in this survey and highlight key points that need to be considered for smart delivery, which is time-restricted and cost-effective. Smart cities require smart services and ... -
Ternary Mo2NiB2 as a Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting
(2022)Transition metal borides are considered as promising electrocatalysts for water splitting due to their metallic conductivity and good durability. However, the currently reported monometallic and noncrystalline multimetallic ... -
The use of molecular markers in the verification of fish and seafood authenticity and the detection of adulteration
(2021)The verification of authenticity and detection of food mislabeling are elements that have been of high importance for centuries. During the last few decades there has been an increasing consumer demand for the verification ... -
Vibration-based Damage Localization and Quantification Framework of Large-Scale Truss Structures
(2022)The use of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems on a regular basis is critical to achieve early damage detection, avoid unpredicted failures, and perform cost-effective maintenance planning. The main objective of ...