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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
wiley   +1 more source

An Energy Optimization Strategy for Hybrid Power Ships under Load Uncertainty Based on Load Power Prediction and Improved NSGA-II Algorithm

Energies, 2018
In this paper, a hybrid ship powered by diesel generator sets and power batteries in series is considered. By analyzing the characteristics of hybrid ship cycle operating conditions, the load power of the hybrid ship under load uncertainty is firstly ...
Diju Gao, Xuyang Wang, Tianzhen Wang, Yide Wang, Xiaobin Xu   +4 more
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Techno‐Economic Analysis and Multi‐Objective Optimization of a Novel Combined Cooling and Power System Driven by Geothermal Source and Waste Heat From Data Center

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
A novel combined cooling and power generation system is proposed by integrating organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with an absorption heat transformer, which is driven by combining geothermal energy and data center's waste heat. The system using R601a yielded the best overall performance, achieving an exergy efficiency of 40.34% and an annual cost of 130.29 k$
Zerui Chen, Xin Wu, Zhukui Tan, Jian Xiao, Nan Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ship Global Traveling Path Optimization via a Novel Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Due to the intensification of economic globalization and the impact of global warming, the development of methods to reduce shipping costs and reduce carbon emissions has become crucial.
Shuling Zhao, Sishuo Zhao
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PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGN OF A YACHT CATAMARAN: COMPARISONS BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND DIFFERENT DIESEL-ELECTRIC SOLUTIONS

, 2012
both designers and builders are engaged in a very demanding challenge: finding competitive solutions both for the first cost and for the subsequent management and maintenance costs.
MARINO', ALBERTO, BOSICH, DANIELE, BUCCI, VITTORIO, SULLIGOI, GIORGIO   +3 more
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Multifactorial Screening for Fine‐Scale Selection of CCS Industrial Clusters and Hubs in Brazil

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Brazil moves toward implementing its decarbonization commitments, carbon capture and storage (CCS) hubs are emerging as a key pathway for large‐scale CO2 abatement in hard‐to‐abate sectors. This paper presents a multifactorial, data‐driven framework to screen and prioritize potential CCS industrial clusters and hubs across Brazilian regions,
Gustavo P. Oliveira, Beatriz R. Almeida, Thiago R. C. Justino, Carlos A. S. Santos, Alex A. Santos, Fabiana Philipi   +5 more
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Unlocking the Future of Insurance: The Power of Open Data, Digital Transformation, and Human Talent

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rapid technological advancement in insurance, there remains a critical gap in understanding how open data initiatives affect employee digital competencies and organizational transformation. This research investigates this relationship through a systematic review of 51 scholarly articles published between 2018 and 2024, using structured
Narongsak Sukma, Siriporn Yamnill
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Dynamic Prediction and Optimization of Energy Efficiency Operational Index (EEOI) for an Operating Ship in Varying Environments

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019
The demands for lower Energy Efficiency Operational Index (EEOI) reflect the requirements of international conventions for green shipping. Within this context it is believed that practical solutions for the dynamic optimization of a ship’s main ...
Chao Sun, Haiyan Wang, Chao Liu, Ye Zhao
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A genetic algorithm-based grey-box model for ship fuel consumption prediction towards sustainable shipping

, 2019
In order to enhance sustainability in maritime shipping, shipping companies spend good efforts in improving the operational energy efficiency of existing ships. Accurate fuel consumption prediction model is a prerequisite of such operational improvements.
Chen, Gang, Rytter, Niels Gorm Malý; id_orcid, Zhao, Jinlou, Yang, Dong, Yang, Liqian   +4 more
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