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Nanomagnetic Resonance Imaging (Nano-MRI) Gives Personalized Medicine a New Perspective Open
This chapter provides a brief overview of molecular imaging techniques and its present and future potential in personalized medicine (PM), with special a focus on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach. It discusses the techniques t…
Nanomagnetic Resonance Imaging (Nano-MRI) Gives Personalized Medicine a New Perspective Open
This chapter provides a brief overview of molecular imaging techniques and its present and future potential in personalized medicine, with special a focus on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach. Nanoscale-MRI is a new technique t…
Energy flow of a 2018 FIA F1 racing car and proposed changes to the powertrain rules Open
In the last few years, the different teams have dramatically improved the directly injected, electrically assisted turbocharged, internal combustion engine of FIA F1 hybrid electric cars. With limited fuel flow rate, but unlimited boost, t…
Atmospheric CO2 Concentration and Other Limiting Factors in the Growth of C3 and C4 Plants Open
It has been widely observed that recent increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations have had, so far, a positive effect on the growth of plants. This is not surprising since CO2 is an important nutrient for plant matter, being directly inv…
Design of Direct Injection Jet Ignition High Performance Naturally Aspirated Motorcycle Engines Open
Thanks to the adoption of high pressure, direct injection and jet ignition, plus electrically assisted turbo-compounding, the fuel conversion efficiency of Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) F1 engines has been spectacularly i…
Complex Independent Laboratory Tests to Signify Fuel Economy and Emissions under Real World Driving Open
We discuss the shortcomings of the current European Union emission rules, which are not likely to produce any improvement of fuel economy and emissions during real-world driving vs. the pre-Diesel gate rules, because of flaws in the prescr…
F1 style MGU-H applied to the turbocharger of a gasoline hybrid electric passenger car Open
We consider a turbocharged gasoline direct injection (DI) engine featuring a motor-generator-unit (MGU-H) fitted on the turbocharger shaft. The MGU-H receives or delivers energy to the same energy storage (ES) of the hybrid power unit that…
Half/Full Toroidal, Single/Double Roller, CVT Based Transmission for a Super-Turbo-Charger Open
Turbocharging dramatically improves the power density of internal combustion engines. However, when the energy to turbine is either smaller or larger than what is needed by the compressor for a specific steady state or transient point, the…
Concentrating solar power tower technology: present status and outlook Open
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG), and with or without thermal energy storage (TES…
Advanced Waste Heat Recovery Systems within Hybrid Powertrains Open
A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) is very well known to provide no advantage during the cold start driving cycles, such as the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), which are used for certification of emissions and assessment of fuel econom…
Concentrating Solar Power Tower: Latest Status Report and Survey of Development Trends Open
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG), and with or without thermal energy storage (TES…
Infra-sound cancellation and mitigation in wind turbines Open
The infra-sound spectra recorded inside homes located even several kilometres far from wind turbine installations is characterized by large pressure fluctuation in the low frequency range. There is a significant body of literature suggesti…
Advances in diamond nanofabrication for ultrasensitive devices Open
This paper reviews some of the major recent advances in single-crystal diamond nanofabrication and its impact in nano- and micro-mechanical, nanophotonics and optomechanical components. These constituents of integrated devices incorporatin…
Changes of E-KERS Rules to Make F1 More Relevant to Road Cars Open
Today’s F1 hybrid cars are based on very similar power units made up of about the same internal combustion engine (ICE) and energy recovery system (ERS). Because of restrictive design rules permitting too much fuel per race, the internal c…
Advances in Concentrating Solar Power Tower Open
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG) and with or without thermal energy storage (TES)…
Super Turbocharging the Direct Injection Diesel engine Open
The steady operation of a turbocharged diesel direct injection (TDI) engine featuring a variable speed ratio mechanism linking the turbocharger shaft to the crankshaft is modelled in the present study. Key parameters of the variable speed …
F1 style MGU-H applied to the turbocharger of a gasoline hybrid electric passenger car Open
We consider a turbocharged gasoline direct injection (DI) engine featuring a motor-generator-unit (MGU-H) fitted on the turbocharger shaft. The MGU-H receives or delivers energy to the same energy storage (ES) of the hybrid power unit that…
Numerical Modelling of the Operation of a Novel Two Stroke V4 Engine Open
The paper presents simulations of the operation of a novel two-stroke engine for road Super Sport motorcycles. Two-stroke engines were preferred to four-stroke engines in Grand Prix motorcycle racing until the start of the Moto GP era when…
Nano-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Nano-MRI) Gives Personalized Medicine a New Perspective Open
This paper reviews some of the major and most recent advances in nanoscale-magnetic resonance imaging (nano-MRI) for personalized medicine (PM). Nano-MRI may drastically expand the capabilities of the traditional magnetic resonance images …
Numerical Modeling of a Jet Ignition Direct Injection (JI DI) LPG Engine Open
The paper presents indirectly validated simulations of the operation of a LPG engine fitted with Direct Injection (DI) and Jet Ignition (JI). It is demonstrated that the engine may have diesel like efficiencies and load control by quantity…
Comparison of Regenerative Braking Efficiencies of MY2012 and MY2013 Nissan Leaf Open
The use of kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) is the best solution presently available to dramatically improve the energy economy of passenger cars. The paper presents an experimental analysis of the energy flow to and from the battery…
Latest Advances in the Generation of Single Photons in Silicon Carbide Open
The major barrier for optical quantum information technologies is the absence of reliable single photons sources providing non-classical light states on demand which can be easily and reliably integrated with standard processing protocols …