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Predictive Control Applied to a Solar Desalination Plant Connected to a Greenhouse with Daily Variation of Irrigation Water Demand [PDF]
, 2016 The water deficit in the Mediterranean area is a known matter severely affecting agriculture. One way to avoid the aquifers’ exploitation is to supply water to crops by using thermal desalination processes.
Berenguel Soria, Manuel +5 more
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Transparent, Sprayable Plastic Films for Luminescent Down‐Shifted‐Assisted Plant Growth
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.Spreading the light: A modular approach to down‐shifting europium‐containing polyoxotitanium luminescent cages is developed, allowing their incorporation into sprayable plastic coatings on agricultural greenhouses for accelerated plant growth. Abstract The world's steadily growing population and global heating due to climate change are a threat to food
Rosa Müller +17 more
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Greenhouse Irrigation Control Based on Reinforcement Learning
AgronomyPrecision irrigation provides a sustainable approach to enhancing water efficiency while maintaining crop productivity. This study evaluates a reinforcement learning approach, using the advantage actor–critic algorithm, for closed-loop irrigation control
Juan Pablo Padilla-Nates +4 more
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Development of Heat Engines Powered by Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Continuously rotating engines driven by thermally responsive actuating materials can turn waste heat into useful energy. For the first time heat engines operated by twisted and coiled polymer fiber actuators are demonstrated with engine design guided by two simple analytical models.
Geoffrey M. Spinks +2 more
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Fault tolerant model predictive control of open channels [PDF]
, 2014 Automated control of water systems (irrigation canals, navigation canals, rivers etc.) relies on the measured data. The control action is calculated, in case of feedback controller, directly from the on-line measured data.
Blesa Izquierdo, Joaquim +3 more
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MatSWMM - An open-source toolbox for designing real-time control of urban drainage systems [PDF]
, 2016 This manuscript describes the MatSWMM toolbox, an open-source Matlab, Python, and LabVIEW-based software package for the analysis and design of real-time control (RTC) strategies in urban drainage systems (UDS).
Barreiro Gómez, Julián +4 more
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From Rigid to Soft Robotic Approaches for Neuroendoscopy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic assistance has had minimal impact on deep intraventricular surgeries, where small‐scale, precision, and reduced invasiveness can contribute to improved patient outcomes. Emerging technologies in rigid, soft, and hybrid robotics are reviewed to identify the most promising mechanisms for deep brain navigation in addition to an attempt to identify
Kieran Gilday +3 more
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Governance of a complex system: water [PDF]
, 2014 This paper sets out a complex adaptive systems view of water governance. Overview Fresh water is a life - enabling resource as well as the source of spiritual, social and economic wellbeing and development.
Elizabeth Eppel
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study explores how iron and manganese oxides transform sewage sludge into plant biostimulants during composting. Non‐targeted identification reveals the main species of plant biostimulants. Metagenomic analysis reveals that 2‐line ferrihydrite specifically enriches microbial genes for biosynthesis, boosting plant‐growth promoters.
Yu Zhang +7 more
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Solar-Based Fuzzy Intelligent Water Sprinkle System
Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology, 2012 A solar-based intelligent water sprinkler system project that has been developed to ensure the effectiveness in watering the plant is improved by making the system automated.
Riza Muhida +4 more
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