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Sustainability Assessment of Rice Farming: Insights from Four Italian Farms Under Climate Stress

Agriculture
The study compares the overall sustainability of two organic and two conventional rice farming systems during the 2022 drought. The research aimed to develop an experiment exploring the ability of an integrated methodological approach to identify ...
Savoini Guglielmo, De Marinis Pietro, Casson Andrea, Abhishek Dattu Narote, Riccardo Guidetti, Stefano Bocchi, Valentina Vaglia   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical Behavior and Microstructural Changes Associated with Tensile Deformation above the Martensite Start Temperature during Quenching and Subsequent Partitioning of a Low‐Alloy 37SiB6 Steel

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A new experimental setup, incorporating digital image correlation and infrared thermography in combination with inductive‐conductive heating for precise temperature control, is used to analyze the mechanical behavior and microstructural changes of sheet metal under complex thermomechanical test conditions that represent quench and partitioning ...
Christian Illgen, Benjamin Bohne, Sven Winter, Marcus Böhme, Martin F.-X. Wagner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mineral-ecological cropping systems mitigate biodiversity-productivity trade-offs of the organic vs. conventional farming dichotomy

npj Sustainable Agriculture
Conventional agriculture significantly reduces biodiversity, while organic farming promotes it, but often yields half as much. Addressing this biodiversity-productivity trade-off is crucial for future agriculture.
Marit Kinga Kasten, Felix Witte, Christian Sponagel, Enno Bahrs, Thomas Köhler, Jérôme Morinière, Ingo Grass   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Aluminum Scandium Alloys for Hydrogen Storage Valves

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Different aluminum alloy series and various aluminum‐scandium alloys with differing Sc and Zr levels are evaluated for use in hydrogen storage valve production. The alloys undergo hardness testing, optical microscopy, and tensile strength analysis, with hardening behavior studied under varying conditions.
Francisco García‐Moreno, Tillmann Robert Neu, Markus Eberl, Paul Hans Kamm, Hans‐Wolfgang Seeliger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Productivity and Profitability of a Cotton-based Production System under Organic and Conventional Management in India [PDF]

, 2013
The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems is more topical than ever. The achievements of conventional high-input agriculture were largely brought about at the cost of deteriorating soil fertility; furthermore, they ...
Andres, Christian, Forster, Cionys, Messmer, Monika M., Mäder, Paul, Rajeev, Verma, Zundel, Christine   +5 more
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Technical and Economic Comparison of Conventional Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Sugar Industries in Iran [PDF]

آب و فاضلاب, 2005
Iran’s location in an arid and water scarce area characterized by qualititative and quantitative degradation in its water resources makes strict planning imperative for reduced water consumption and wastewater treatment and reuse, especially in the ...
Mehdi Ahmadi, Masoud Tajrishi, Ahmad Abrishamch   +2 more
doaj  

Advancing Wildfire‐Retardant Materials: Engineering Strategies for Direct and Indirect Suppression

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Here, the evolution, ecological impact, and performance of current fire‐retardant materials and suppression strategies are reviewed, offering an engineering perspective to address existing challenges and propose pathways for the development of more effective, scalable, and sustainable solutions to meet the demands of a changing climate. Wildfires cause
Changxin Dong, Samya Sen, Athena Kolli, Stewart G. Wilson, Eric Andrew Appel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CALPHAD‐Guided Prediction and Interpretation of Phase Formation in Ta–Mo–Cr–Ti–Al Refractory High‐Entropy Alloys

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study designs Ta–Mo–Cr–Ti–Al refractory high‐entropy alloys with a disordered body‐centered‐cubic A2 crystal structure aiming for improved ductility, lower density, and oxidation resistance. Four alloy compositions are identified by thermodynamic calculations.
Kateryna Khanchych, Chongchong Tang, Carsten Schroer, Björn Schäfer, Judith Jung, Michael Dürrschnabel, Ute Jäntsch, Bronislava Gorr   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of energy consumption and economic performance of organic and conventional soybean production — A case study from Jilin Province, China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015
Modern agriculture heavily depends on energy consumption, especially fossil energy, but intensive energy input increases the production cost for producers and results in environmental pollution.
Li-wei ZHANG, Til Feike, Jirko Holst, Christa Hoffmann, Reiner Doluschitz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Hydrogen Production from Raw Biogas: A Techno-Economic Investigation of Conventional Processes Using Pressure Swing Adsorption Unit

, 2018
This paper discusses the techno-economic assessment of hydrogen production from biogas with conventional systems. The work is part of the European project BIONICO, whose purpose is to develop and test a membrane reactor (MR) for hydrogen production from ...
G. D. Marcoberardino, D. Vitali, F. Spinelli, M. Binotti, G. Manzolini   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source