Waste heat recovery via organic rankine cycle: results of a era-SME technology transfer project [PDF]
, 2013 The main goal of the EraSME project “Waste heat recovery via an Organic Rankine Cycle”, completed by partners Howest (Belgium), Ghent University (Belgium) and University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart (Germany) between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2012,
De Paepe, Michel +4 more
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Meta‐Rod Mechanical Metamaterials With Programmable Reconfiguration
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Existing mechanical metamaterials achieve programmable large deformations in planar square or cubic configurations, restricted by required complex boundary conditions. This research proposes a 1D metamaterial, Meta‐rod, with linear, bending, twisting, area, and volume deformation modes.
Atharva Pande, Lyes Kadem, Hang Xu
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Refurbishment of the cryogenic coolers for the Skylab earth resources experiment package [PDF]
, 1975 Skylab Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP) experiments, S191 and S192, required a cold temperature reference for operation of a spectrometer. This cold temperature reference was provided by a subminiature Stirling cycle cooler. However, the failure
Luksa, N. C., Smithson, J. C.
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System and component modelling and optimisation for an efficient 10 kWe low-temperature organic Rankine cycle utilising a radial inflow expander [PDF]
, 2015 Small-scale (10 kWe) organic Rankine cycles for low temperature applications such as heat recovery and solar power present a significant development opportunity but limited prototypes have been developed.
Sayma, A. I., White, M.
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Ferroelectricity in Antiferromagnetic Wurtzite Nitrides
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We establish MnSiN2${\rm MnSiN}_2$ and MnGeN2${\rm MnGeN}_2$ as aristotypes of a new multiferroic wurtzite family that simultaneously exhibits ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism with altermagnetic spin splitting. By strategically substituting alkaline‐earth metals, we predict new materials with coexisting switchable polarization, spin texture, and
Steven M. Baksa +3 more
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Optimisation of a high-efficiency solar-driven organic rankine cycle for applications in the built environment [PDF]
, 2018 Energy security, pollution and sustainability are major challenges presently facing the international community, in response to which increasing quantities of renewable energy are to be generated in the urban environment.
Chatzopoulou, Maria Anna +2 more
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2D Magnetic and Topological Quantum Materials and Devices for Ultralow Power Spintronics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.2D magnets and topological quantum materials enable ultralow‐power spintronics by combining robust magnetic order with symmetry‐protected, Berry‐curvature‐driven transport. Fundamentals of 2D anisotropy and spin‐orbit‐coupling induced band inversion are linked to scalable growth and vdW stacking.
Brahmdutta Dixit +5 more
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State of Art on ORC Applications for Waste Heat Recovery and Micro-cogeneration for Installations up to 100kWe [PDF]
, 1976 The growing cost for energy production and distribution as well as problems related to environmental pollution have induced an increasing interest in the research of alternative solutions and in particular innovative technologies capable of compromising ...
Obi, John Besong
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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
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Grid generation methodology and CFD simulations in sliding vane compressors and expanders [PDF]
, 2017 The limiting factor for the employment of advanced 3D CFD tools in the analysis and design of rotary vane machines is the unavailability of methods for generation of computational grids suitable for fast and reliable numerical analysis.
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