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The operational practice of “hydropeaking” allows hydropower plants to cover peaks and deficits in energy demand, but it also impacts river ecosystems. The assessment of hydropeaking impacts plays an important role in safeguarding ecosystem services, but is challenging due to the relative importance...

A methodology for building pragmatic physics-based models is here adapted to predict the erosion of ladle linings in the steel industry, in order to support operators when deciding whether the lining can be used safely for another heat. A defective lining may allow 140 t of molten steel to spill...

In this paper we develop a physics-based model for lining erosion in steel ladles. The model predicts the temperature evolution in the liquid slag, steel, refractory bricks, and outer steel shell of the ladle. The flow of slag and steel is due to forced convection induced by inert gas injection...

This work is part II of the investigation of a low viscosity, low regeneration energy nonaqueous CO₂ capture solvent blend consisting of readily available chemicals diisopropylamine (DPA)–methanol–sulfolane and featuring the monomethyl carbonate anion (MMC) as a CO₂ absorption specie. The region of...

Maritime shipping is the backbone of the world economy, accounting for more than 75 % of global trade by volume. At the same time, international shipping is responsible for 2-3 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, similar to the worldwide air travel industry. Ships currently use fossil fuels...

Automation is designed to assist operators and enhance system performance and safety. When unexpected events occur, and the operator is not able to understand the behaviour of the automated system a sudden rise in cognitive workload occurs, compromising decision-making, performance, and safety...

We consider a self-consistent and probabilistic formulation of the classical Raether-Meek streamer inception model, and compare it with dedicated experiments. Our approach is based on the statistical evaluation of a first critical electron. This is done by evaluating the Raether-Meek integral for...