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Isothermal and Supercritical Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems

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Compressed-air energy storage technology involves storing energy as pressurized air, with the system’s capacity depending on the size of the storage vessel, the pressure at which the air is held, and the temperature. Different types of CAES exist, including diabatic, adiabatic, isothermal, supercritical, micro, and underwater. Isothermal CAES is one of the major CAES systems, …

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AI-Based Predictive Maintenance and Its Impact on the Efficiency of Wind Turbines

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During the lifetime of a wind turbine, operation and maintenance can account for up to 30% of the levelized costs per kWh generated. Turbine failure usually results in downtime of a week or more – resulting in respective downtime costs. Transporting spare parts is expensive as turbine fields are commonly located in remote areas, resulting …

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Leveraging Fog Compute Ecosystems for Robust Connectivity in MaaS Technologies

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Fog Computing for Secure MaaS Implementation Fog Computing: The pressure on transportation systems in urban and rural areas is rising as a result of rising consumer demand. Furthermore, governments and private sector transportation providers are facing new challenges as a result of population growth, rising urbanisation, and rising customer expectations with travel time and overcrowding …

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AI-based robots for maintenance tasks in vehicle manufacturing plants

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AI-Based Robots Revolutionizing Vehicle Manufacturing and Maintenance Artificial intelligence has come a long way in the past few decades, and one of the most impressive areas of advancement has been in the field of robotics. Smarter than ever before, AI-based robots are revolutionizing vehicle manufacturing plants. As the adoption of AI in autonomous operations rises, …

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Cybersecurity in the MaaS Ecosystem

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The Transformation of the Automotive Sector Cybersecurity in the MaaS Ecosystem: The automotive sector is going through an unprecedented radical transformation involving digitalisation, the Internet of Things (IoT), urbanisation, and autonomous technology. These technological trends are completely disrupting business models and reshaping this sector. There are currently three interconnected processes: 1.) New servicing options are …

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Roll Out of Smart Meters in UK – Current & Future Landscape

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Roll Out of Smart Meters in UK   In the UK, smart meter deployment has been ongoing since 2011. The government has established a goal to have a smart meter installed in every home and small business by 2030. Over 53 million smart meters have been installed in homes and small businesses in the country …

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Suitable biological conversion processes of biomass in a circular economy

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Suitable biological conversion processes of biomass in a circular economy Biomass must be processed to be used as chemicals, energy, or materials. There are several conversion and separation technologies available. Microorganisms or enzyme-related activities carry out the biological conversion processes. The most important recognised biological conversion process mechanisms are covered in this article.   Fermentation …

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State-specific analysis of demand response in the US

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Analysis of Demand Response – Electric utilities across the globe are in a constant process of matching the amount of energy generated and distributed with the energy consumption needs of their consumers. A very common occurrence is that sometimes the consumer demand for electricity surpasses the generation or available electrical capacity of the utilities. The …

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Hydrogen storage in Solid Form - WhatNext

Comparing the different interstitial hydrides for hydrogen storage in solid form

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Comparing the Different Interstitial Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage in Solid Form   Hydrogen storage in Solid Form – Intermetallic hydrides consist of metals or alloy transition metals (also called hydrogen storage/absorbing metals) in which hydrogen occupies interstitial tetrahedral and/or octahedral sites via a metallic bond. The interstitial hydrates are alloys consisting of non-hydride forming metal …

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