Browsing Faculty Work (AUS Sustainability) by Title
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n-Hexadecane Fuel for a Phosphoric Acid Direct Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell
(Hindawi, 2015-01)The objective of this work was to examine fuel cells as a possible alternative to the diesel fuel engines currently used in railway locomotives, thereby decreasing air emissions from the railway transportation sector. We ... -
A New Extension of Generalized Exponential Distribution with Application to Ozone Data
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)In this article, a new distribution, called transformed Generalized Exponential Distribution () is proposed. The distribution has simple closed forms pdf and cdf. Several properties of the distribution are studied including ... -
A new method to improve the lifetime stability of small molecule bilayer heterojunction organic solar cells
(2013-02)Unencapsulated small molecular solar cells with a layer of carboxylated copper phthalocyanine (CuPc⁎) introduced between the donor copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and acceptor 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride ... -
Novel method for water purification using activated adsorbents developed from sewage sludge
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Sewage sludge from Dubai was characterized using inductively coupled plasma and CHN elemental analysis. Selected sludge samples were washed with deionized water until constant conductivity was achieved. The sludge samples ... -
A Novel Miniaturized Printed Elliptical Nested Fractal Multiband Antenna for Energy Harvesting Applications
(2015-07)This paper presents the design, optimization, simulation, and fabrication of a novel printed elliptical nested fractal (planar) antenna for multiband operation. The proposed antenna is intended to function as the receptor ... -
Novel multiple effect direct solar distillation system of integrated solar still and HDH system
(2013)A novel stand alone direct solar distillation system of integrated solar still with humidification–dehumidification (HDH) sub-system is presented and numerically studied. The integrated system utilizes the heat of condensation ... -
Numerical Simulation of the Flow in the Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Flow
(2014-11)Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) is modeled using conjugate heat transfer Navies-stokes flow model. A uniform salty and relatively hot feed and colder fresh permeate flow driven by peristaltic pump are considered ... -
Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
(Elsevier, 2012-03)This paper presents a numerical simulation of the water vapor flow in an MSF flash chamber along with the pressure drop across the demister. The demister is a simple porous blanket of metal wires mesh (usually made of ... -
Oman's Labour Force: An Analysis of Gender in Management.
(Emerald, 2014-11)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the state of affairs in the Sultanate of Oman for the presence (or absence) of women in senior and managerial roles in private companies. The study also investigates ... -
On the accuracy of private forecasts of inflation and growth in Brazil
(2015)This study evaluates the accuracy of the private-sector forecasts of inflation and growth in industrial production collected by the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB). In addition to examining directional accuracy, we utilize ... -
One-Hour-Ahead Wind Power Forecast Using Hybrid Grey Models
(Inderscience, 2016)This paper proposes two hybrid grey-based short-term wind power prediction techniques: GM(1,1)-ARMA and GM(1,1)-NARnet. These techniques are combined with ARMA models and nonlinear autoregressive neural network (NARnet) ... -
Online Fuzzy Logic Base Algorithm for Electricity Price Prediction
(Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, 2017)This paper presents a web-based system to predict the electricity prices. The proposed system captures the geographical location, weather forecast, and oil price for one week ahead. The captured parameters are fed to a ... -
Online-Intelligent Demand Management of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Future Smart Parking Lots
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-06)This paper proposes an online intelligent demand coordination of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in distribution systems. The proposed method is based on the assignment of scores to PEVs through a fuzzy expert system. As ... -
Optimal design of a hybrid solar-wind power to drive a small-size reverse osmosis desalination plant
(2013)Providing clean water to small communities using renewable energy (RE) has long posed as a humanitarian challenge. Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination has been proven as a mature technology for supplying fresh water for ... -
Optimal sizing of modular air-cooled condensers for CSP plants
(2013-01)In this work, a parametric optimization analysis of various innovative modular air-cooled condenser systems is carried out in order to identify the optimum system configuration and size to be used as the cooling system in ... -
Optimization analysis for pumped energy storage systems in small isolated power systems
(Politechnika Warszawska, 2013-06)In this work, a technical and economic analysis concerning the integration of pumped energy storage plants in small island power systems and in particular in the Cyprus power system is carried out. For the simulation of ... -
Optimization and Cost-Oriented Comparison of Ammonia- and Propane-Compression Refrigeration for the Recovery of Natural Gas Liquids
(2013-09)Optimization and a cost-oriented analysis, including the capital and energy-of-compression costs, were performed to compare propane- and ammonia-refrigeration economizer cycles with and without presaturators. The simulation ... -
Optimization of Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines using Genetic Algorithm with Domain-Trimming (GADT)
(Hindawi, 2017-08-08)The powerful genetic algorithm optimization technique is augmented with an innovative “domain-trimming” modification. The resulting adaptive, high-performance technique is called Genetic Algorithm with Domain-Trimming ... -
Optimized frequency-based foundation design for wind turbine towers utilizing soil-structure interaction
(2013-09)This study illustrates design optimization for multiple wind towers located at different villages in Alaska. The towers are supported by two different types of foundations: large mat or deep piles foundations. Initially, ... -
Optimum seismic design of unbonded post-tensioned precast concrete walls using ANN
(2014-04)Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS) provided an iterative procedure for obtaining optimum design of unbonded post-tensioned coupled precast concrete wall systems. Although PRESSS procedure is effective, however, ...