DENIZ AKIN SAHBAZ^1,*, BETUL TURP KAYA²

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 247-256, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.6

Abstract The objective of this study is to develop chitosan-based films containing Hypericum perforatum L. and/or Citrus limon L. oils and to investigate their suitability as novel wound dressing materials. The morphology of the chitosan-based films were observed by means of employing the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the chemical structure characterization was performed via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Hypericum perforatum L. and/or Citrus limon L. were successfully incorporated to the chitosan films. Antibacterial, swelling, and mechanical properties of these films were investigated. The antibacterial property was enhanced by incorporating Hypericum perforatum L. and Citrus limon L. oils in the… More >

S.R. MANE^1,2, E. K. PATHAN³, G. PATIL⁴, S. G. TUPE⁵, V. GHORMADE⁴, B. P. CHAUDHARI^1,2, M.V. DESHPANDE^5,*

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 219-230, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.4

Abstract A dimorphic fungus Benjaminiella poitrasii contains high chitin/chitosan (35% of the cell wall) in the mycelial (M) form than its yeast (Y) form (20% of the cell wall). However, the relative proportion of chitosan is more in yeast form cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 6:1) than mycelial cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 3:1). Using the Taguchi design of experimental (DOE) approach, interactions among eight different parameters showed that carbon source (starch, 10 g/L), incubation time (48 h), inoculum (M and Y mixed 10%), yeast extract (6 g/L) and peptone (10 g/L), were optimum for maximum biomass production. Under these conditions, the chitosan… More >

Pranab Kumar Mondal^*, Sanchayan Mukherjee

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 1-6, 2012, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v3.3.3004

Abstract The present paper deals with the analytical investigation for the limiting value of Nusselt number, including the effect of viscous dissipation on heat transfer for a laminar shear driven flow between two infinite parallel plates, where the bottom plate is fixed and the top plate is moving in an axial direction at a constant speed. The study concentrates on hydro-dynamically fully developed flow of a Newtonian fluid of constant properties without considering the axial conduction in the fluid. To investigate the effect of viscous dissipation on heat transfer by defining the limiting Nusselt number, plates are kept at constant equal… More >

Zhiwei Lin¹, Hui Wang^1,*, Tianding Chen¹, Yingtao Jiang², Jianmei Jiang³, Yingpin Chen¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.2, pp. 1357-1379, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.045990

Abstract In the domain of autonomous industrial manipulators, precise positioning and appropriate posture selection in path planning are pivotal for tasks involving obstacle avoidance, such as handling, heat sealing, and stacking. While Multi-Degree-of-Freedom (MDOF) manipulators offer kinematic redundancy, aiding in the derivation of optimal inverse kinematic solutions to meet position and posture requisites, their path planning entails intricate multi-objective optimization, encompassing path, posture, and joint motion optimization. Achieving satisfactory results in practical scenarios remains challenging. In response, this study introduces a novel Reverse Path Planning (RPP) methodology tailored for industrial manipulators. The approach commences by conceptualizing the manipulator’s end-effector as an… More > Graphic Abstract

Xin Ai^1,2,*, Mian Chen¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 661-670, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.026819

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The efficient development and exploitation of shale oil depends on long-distance horizontal wells. As the degree of cleaning of the wellbore plays a key role in these processes, in this study, this problem is investigated experimentally by focusing on the dimensionless cuttings bed height. A method is proposed to calculate the horizontal-well hydraulic extension taking into account the influence of the wellbore cleaning degree on the wellbore pressure distribution and assess the effect of a variety of factors such as the bottom hole pressure, the circulating pressure drop, the drilling pump performance and the formation properties. The analysis shows that… More >

Hong Qian^1,2, Haixin Wang^1,*, Guangji Wang³, Qingyun Yan⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.1, pp. 679-698, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.043377

Abstract This study presents a proposed method for assessing the condition and predicting the future status of condensers operating in seawater over an extended period. The aim is to address the problems of scaling and corrosion, which lead to increased loss of cold resources. The method involves utilising a set of multivariate feature parameters associated with the condenser as input for evaluation and trend prediction. This methodology offers a precise means of determining the optimal timing for condenser cleaning, with the ultimate goal of improving its overall performance. The proposed approach involves the integration of the analytic network process with subjective… More >

Song Wang^1,*, Fei Xie¹, Fengye Yang¹, Shengxuan Qiu¹, Chuang Liu², Tong Li³

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.10, pp. 2273-2285, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.030107

Abstract Winding is one of the most important components in power transformers. Ensuring the health state of the winding is of great importance to the stable operation of the power system. To efficiently and accurately diagnose the disc space variation (DSV) fault degree of transformer winding, this paper presents a diagnostic method of winding fault based on the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm and the frequency response analysis (FRA) method. First, a laboratory winding model is used, and DSV faults with four different degrees are achieved by changing disc space of the discs in the winding. Then, a series of FRA tests… More > Graphic Abstract

Muayad M. Hasan^1,*, Firas K. Al-Zuhairi², Anfal H. Sadeq¹, Rana A. Azeez¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.11, pp. 2827-2835, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.027746

Abstract Solvents are generally used to reduce the viscosity of heavy crude oil and ultimately enhance oil recovery. Recently, a new method has been introduced where nanoparticles (NPs) are exploited to induce enhanced oil recovery owing to their ability to improve the mobility ratio, dampen the interfacial tension, and alter rock wettability. This study investigated the integration of nano-alumina (Al₂O₃) NPs with an n-hexane solvent. In particular, a Brookfield viscometer has been used to measure the crude oil viscosity and it has been found that NPs can effectively lead to a significant decrease in the overall oil viscosity (70 cp using… More >

Jian Shang^1,2,*, Runmin Guan², Wei Wang²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 2609-2626, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037694

Abstract The wide application of intelligent terminals in microgrids has fueled the surge of data amount in recent years. In real-world scenarios, microgrids must store large amounts of data efficiently while also being able to withstand malicious cyberattacks. To meet the high hardware resource requirements, address the vulnerability to network attacks and poor reliability in the traditional centralized data storage schemes, this paper proposes a secure storage management method for microgrid data that considers node trust and directed acyclic graph (DAG) consensus mechanism. Firstly, the microgrid data storage model is designed based on the edge computing technology. The blockchain, deployed on… More >

Siyu Lu¹, Ligao Cai¹, Zhixin Liu², Shan Liu¹, Bo Yang¹, Lirong Yin³, Mingzhe Liu⁴, Wenfeng Zheng^1,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 1881-1899, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.034853

Abstract With the development of Internet technology, the explosive growth of Internet information presentation has led to difficulty in filtering effective information. Finding a model with high accuracy for text classification has become a critical problem to be solved by text filtering, especially for Chinese texts. This paper selected the manually calibrated Douban movie website comment data for research. First, a text filtering model based on the BP neural network has been built; Second, based on the Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) vector space model and the doc2vec method, the text word frequency vector and the text semantic vector were obtained… More >