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Water Quality Modeling of Dubai Creek using HEC-RAS
(2015-05)
The quality of the water resources is facing threats because of the continuous urbanization. This increase in human activities around the coastal areas changed the water quality, affecting the aquatic ecosystem. Eutrophication ...
A Framework for Benchmarking Energy Retrofit Systems through Building Information Modeling (BIM)
(2015-06)
The rapid increase in worldwide energy consumption has raised a global concern about the future of energy use and its impact on the surrounding environment. Such impact is causing resource degradation, increased carbon ...
Green Inhibition of Mild Steel Corrosion in a CO2 Saturated Saline Solution
(2015-05)
Mild steel is extensively used in equipment such as pipelines and machinery by many industries, where it is exposed to corrosive environments. Dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) can be found in produced water and results in ...
Thermodynamic Analysis of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainable Building Operation
(2015-02)
Increasing demands for energy, depleting hydrocarbon reserves, and accelerated climate change drive the need to look for alternative sources of energy. The residential housing sector is one of the main consumers of electrical ...
Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
(2015-05)
Due to the global challenges faced everyday by our planet earth, several groundbreaking energy solutions are needed to reduce the environmental pollution caused by fossil fuels and improve energy sustainability for the ...
Impact of Exclusive Bus Lanes on Traffic Performance in Urban Areas
(2015-06)
In recent years, increased traffic congestion and shortage of available funds to build new roads have created a challenging situation. One of the possible solutions to this challenge is to manage the transportation ...
Liquid Fuel Production from Pyrolysis of Waste Tires: Process Simulation, Exergetic Analysis, and Life Cycle Assessment
(2015-06)
Scrap tire is considered to be one of the very common and significant solid wastes and its production is increasing due to the increased number of vehicles in both developed and developing countries. Initiatives are being ...
Modeling of Chlorophyll-a and Eutrophication Indicators in the Dubai Creek Area using Remote Sensing
(2015-01)
The last few decades have witnessed an increase in the frequency and magnitude of the occurrences of algal blooms in coastal regions. A high increase in the levels of nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) in the water column ...
Conceptual Design and Analysis of Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal (CPVT) Solar Collectors with Different Configurations
(2015-05)
In light of the globally dwindling fossil fuel reserves, escalating fuel prices, and growing environmental concerns; the need for energy-efficient and environmentally-benign sustainable energy solutions becomes direr than ...
Closed Loop Supply Chain Under Consignment Stock Partnership
(2015-05)
The emerging field of reverse logistics or closed loop supply chain management seeks to efficiently handle all the activities pertaining to the retrieval of products from end customers along with the proper reuse or disposal ...