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Design and Kinematic Characterization of Connecting Rod Set for Variable Compression Ratio Engines

Energies
The aim of this study is to design and analyze a variable compression ratio (VCR) technology gasoline engine variable compression ratio connecting rod set and to verify its kinematic properties through numerical simulations. This study first constructs a
Dewen Jia, Yixin Liu, Jilin Lei, Xiwen Deng, Wei Deng, Huiping Ji   +5 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Generalized Mechanism Model for Ecosystem Hysteresis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A simplified model examines ecosystem transitions into alternative states after disturbances by leveraging positive and negative feedbacks. It identifies critical tipping points and quantifies hysteresis. Tests conducted on lakes, grasslands, and pitcher‐plant leaves align closely with empirical data and enable the prediction of recovery trajectories ...
Yanbin Hao, Xin Wang, Jie Liu, Mingzi Wu, Jianqing Du, Kai Xue, Xiaoning Song, Xiaoyong Cui, Tong Zhao, Yanfen Wang   +9 more
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Direct Recycling of Mixed‐Oxide Cathodes: Balancing Cost, Performance and Environmental Trade‐Offs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Direct regeneration routes for mixed‐oxide lithium‐ion battery cathodes are systematically compared using harmonized techno‐economic, electrochemical, and environmental metrics. Solid‐state, hydrothermal, molten salt, electrochemical, and chemical relithiation methods are benchmarked to identify performance, cost, and sustainability trade‐offs.
Evgenii Beletskii, Elizaveta Evshchik, Anna Shikhovtseva, Valery Kolmakov, Andrey Popov, Svetlana Eliseeva, Lyubov Shmygleva, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Valentin Romanovski   +8 more
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Analytical Approach to the Exergy Destruction and the Simple Expansion Work Potential in the Constant Internal Energy and Volume Combustion Process

Energies, 2020
The exergy destruction due to the irreversibility of the combustion process has been regarded as one of the key losses of an internal combustion engine.
Jeongwoo Song, Han Ho Song
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Feline‐Inspired Robot Enabled by Combustion‐Driven Actuators for Agile Motion and High‐Payload Obstacle Traversal

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by nature's competitive maneuvers, this study introduces a combustion‐driven soft actuator that powers a multi‐modal “Jump‐and‐Fly Catbot” (JFC). With millisecond response, high‐force output (over 70 times its weight) and precise control (error within 5%), the robot can jump, fly, hover, and escape from challenging environments, achieving ...
Hongkuan Ma, Yang Yang, Zhiguo He, Hongliang Ren, Pengcheng Jiao   +4 more
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Internal Combustion Engines [PDF]

, 2012
Internal combustion engines can fill the role of rotating a propeller or main rotor, being the baseline powerplant approach from the early days of powered flight. Cycle analyses for spark-ignition and compression-ignition piston engine variants are presented in this chapter. The rotary engine approach as a competitive alternative is discussed.
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CFD Simulation Evaluation for Flow Distribution of the Closed Chamber

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
Taking a closed chamber flow field as object, this paper establishes the 3D model of the Closed Chamber. With the conclusion of flow distribution and gasoline vapor concentration distribution of the Closed Chamber reached via the CFD software of Fluent ...
Hong Bin, Wang Hongmei
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Systematically Engineering for Efficient Production of 3‐Methyl‐1‐Butanol in Escherichia coli

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An integrated metabolic engineering strategy was established for high‐level 3‐methyl‐1‐butanol biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Molecular dynamics‐guided semi‐rational engineering of dihydroxyacid dehydratase uncovered and relieved key catalytic bottlenecks, while adaptive laboratory evolution enhanced strain robustness.
Nanfei Geng, Hao Liu, Haolin Han, Meng Meng, Shaojie Wang, Tianwei Tan, Haijia Su   +6 more
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Rapid Steam‐Assisted Temperature Swing Adsorption for Direct Air Capture Using a Rotary Adsorber

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a direct air capture (DAC) device based on a steam‐regeneration rotary adsorber for high‐purity CO2. Testing of the prototype demonstrates its capability for continuous and stable carbon capture with the potential to achieve ton‐scale.
Junye Wu, Yunhao Chen, Kuihua Wang, Yingjie Huo, Yanlin Chen, Quanwen Pan, Tianshu Ge   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source