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Chapter Techno-Economic Optimization and Benchmarking of a Solar-Only Powered Combined Cycle with High-Temperature TES Upstream the Gas Turbine
(2019)
This work presents a techno-economic parametric study of an innovative central receiver solar thermal power plant layout that applies the combined cycle (CC) as thermodynamic power cycle and a multi-tower solar field ...
Chapter The Emissions of the Tagoro Submarine Volcano (Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean): Effects on the Physical and Chemical Properties of the Seawater
(2018)
This chapter presents the changes and evolution of the physical and chemical properties of the seawater south of the El Hierro Island (Canary archipelago, Atlantic Ocean) as a consequence of the emissions of the Tagoro ...
Chapter Modeling Resilience in Electrical Distribution Networks
(2019)
Electrical distribution networks deliver a fundamental service to citizens. However, they are still highly vulnerable to natural hazards as well as to cyberattacks; therefore, additional commitment and investments are ...
Hysteresis of Composites
(2019)
This book introduces the hysteresis and damping of, and damage to, composites. It analyzes the following areas: damage mechanisms affecting the hysteresis of composites, mechanical hysteresis of ceramic-matrix composites, ...
Chapter Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity
(2019)
Blockchain has been widely known thanks to Bitcoin and the cryptocurrencies. In this chapter, we analyze different aspects that relate to the application of blockchain with techniques commonly used in the field of ...
Chapter Fast 3D Perception for Collision Avoidance and SLAM in Domestic Environments
(2010)
Electronics engineering
Chapter Production of Microbial Lipids from Lignocellulosic Biomass
(2018)
The current industrial production of the biodiesel relies mainly on vegetable oils that could result in the shortage of edible oils in food markets and increase in their prices. Microbial lipids produced by oleaginous ...
Chapter Methods for Reliable Robot Vision with a Dioptric System
(2010)
Image processing
Chapter Adenovirus as Tools in Animal Health
(2019)
Adenoviruses have long been identified as good candidates for use as viral vectors in gene therapy and as vaccines. These viruses can infect multiple cell types, while in division or in quiescence, and are relatively easy ...
Chapter Micro-Nano Technologies for Cell Manipulation and Subcellular Monitoring
(2011)
Rehabilitation
Chapter Microemulsions as Nanoreactors to Obtain Bimetallic Nanoparticles
(2019)
Microemulsions are frequently used as nanoreactors for the synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles. The ability to manipulate the metal distribution in bimetallic nanoparticles is essential for optimizing applications, and ...
Chapter 8 Signalling DNA Damage
(2012)
During our lifetime, the genome is constantly being exposed to different types of damage caused either by exogenous sources (radiations and/or genotoxic compound) but also as byproducts of endogenous processes (reactive ...
Advances in Membrane Technologies
(2020)
Membrane technologies are currently the most effective and sustainable methods utilized in diversified water filtration, wastewater treatment, as well as industrial and sustainable energy applications. This book covers ...
Chapter Estimating the Effect of Voters’ Media Awareness on the 2016 US Presidential Election
(2019)
We examine whether voter media awareness of the 2016 US Presidential election campaign influenced the election using a logit model to estimate the probability that a voter with certain characteristics votes for one of the ...
Chapter 13 Modelling Seismic Wave Propagation for Geophysical Imaging
(2012)
The Earth is an heterogeneous complex media from the mineral composition scale (10−6m) to the global scale ( 106m). The reconstruction of its structure is a quite challenging problem because sampling methodologies are ...
Advances in Spacecraft Attitude Control
(2020)
Spacecraft attitude maneuvers comply with Euler's moment equations, a set of three nonlinear, coupled differential equations. Nonlinearities complicate the mathematical treatment of the seemingly simple action of rotating, ...
Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions
(2018)
This chapter comparatively analyses the policy and governance contexts of six European regions that are affected by different hydrological impacts of climate change. The results demonstrate that a major governance strength ...
Chapter Operations Management and Decision Making in Deployment of an On-Site Biological Analytical Capacity
(2018)
Deployment of an on-site laboratory to contain an expanding outbreak and protect public health through rapid diagnosis of infected patients and identification of their contacts is a challenging and complex response, further ...
Chapter Deep Learning Training and Benchmarks for Earth Observation Images: Data Sets, Features, and Procedures
(2020)
Deep learning methods are often used for image classification or local object segmentation. The corresponding test and validation data sets are an integral part of the learning process and also of the algorithm performance ...