scholarly journals Multi-Bale Handling Unit for Efficient Logistics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert “Bobby” Grisso ◽  
John Cundiff ◽  
Kevin Comer
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Unit Operations ◽  
Bioenergy Plant ◽  
Ambient Storage ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Plant Handling

This paper presents a design for a feedstock logistics system to supply a bioenergy plant located in the Southeast USA, specifically Piedmont, a physiographic region covering part of five states (VA, NC, SC, GA, and AL). The design uses a perennial grass (switchgrass) as the feedstock. Harvest is done with a round baler, and round bales are stored in single-layer ambient storage in satellite storage locations. New technology, 20-bale racks, was designed as the multi-bale handling unit. The analysis shows how proper design of the interactions between the several unit operations in a “logistics chain” can be used to minimize average delivered cost for the feedstock required for 24/7 operation. Racks are loaded at the satellite storage and delivered by hauling contractors hired by the plant and controlled by a “Feedstock Manager” at the plant to insure approximately the same number of loads are received each day. Single-bale handling at the plant is eliminated, thus the truck unload time is reduced and truck productivity (tons/day) is increased. At-plant handling and storage in 20-bale racks increases plant receiving facility productivity, and gives a reduction in plant cost to supply a continuous steam of material for 24/7 operation.

The FATE Landscape of Sign Language AI Datasets

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Danielle Bragg ◽  
Naomi Caselli ◽  
Julie A. Hochgesang ◽  
Matt Huenerfauth ◽  
Leah Katz-Hernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Individual Data ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
Language Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Language Technologies ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Access Mechanisms

Sign language datasets are essential to developing many sign language technologies. In particular, datasets are required for training artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems. Though the idea of using AI/ML for sign languages is not new, technology has now advanced to a point where developing such sign language technologies is becoming increasingly tractable. This critical juncture provides an opportunity to be thoughtful about an array of Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) considerations. Sign language datasets typically contain recordings of people signing, which is highly personal. The rights and responsibilities of the parties involved in data collection and storage are also complex and involve individual data contributors, data collectors or owners, and data users who may interact through a variety of exchange and access mechanisms. Deaf community members (and signers, more generally) are also central stakeholders in any end applications of sign language data. The centrality of sign language to deaf culture identity, coupled with a history of oppression, makes usage by technologists particularly sensitive. This piece presents many of these issues that characterize working with sign language AI datasets, based on the authors’ experiences living, working, and studying in this space.

scholarly journals Kinetics of slow release of nitrogen fertiliser from multi-layered nanofibrous structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Javazmi ◽  
Anthony Young ◽  
Gavin J. Ash ◽  
Tobias Low
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Slow Release ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Triple Layer ◽  
Urea Release ◽  
Electrospun Nanofibres ◽  
Kinetics Of

AbstractFertilisers are essential in modern agriculture to enhance plant growth, crop production and product quality. Recent research has focused on the development of delivery systems designed to prolong fertiliser release. This study introduces a new technology to encapsulate and release molecules of fertilisers by using multi-layered electrospun nanofibre as a carrier. Single-layer poly L-lactic acid (PLLA) nanofibres loaded with urea were fabricated using electrospinning. Triple-layer nanofibrous structures were produced by electrospinning polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) nanofibres as external layers with PLLA nanofibres impregnated with urea fertiliser as the middle layer. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry (FTIR) were employed to characterize the morphology of electrospun nanofibres. Urea release dynamic was analysed using a total nitrogen instrument (TNM-1). The results indicated that triple-layered urea-impregnated nanofibrous structures led to lower initial rate of nitrogen release and slower release rate of cumulative nitrogen which extended for more than three months. It is concluded that triple-layer nanofibrous structures have the potential for slow release delivery of fertilisers.

Symposium S31 Blood components, new technology and storage

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
CAZENAVE Jean Pierre ◽  
VEZON Gérard
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Blood Components ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals Optimum Choice of Energy System Configuration and Storages for a Proper Match between Energy Conversion and Demands

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3957
Author(s):  
Andrea Lazzaretto ◽  
Andrea Toffolo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
System Configuration ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Distribution Grids

This Special Issue addresses the general problem of a proper match between the demands of energy users and the units for energy conversion and storage, by means of proper design and operation of the overall energy system configuration. The focus is either on systems including single plants or groups of plants, connected or not to one or more energy distribution networks. In both cases, the optimum design and operation involve decisions about thermodynamic processes, about the type, number, design parameters of components/plants, and storage capacities, and about mutual interconnections and the interconnections with the distribution grids. The problem is very wide, can be tackled with different methodologies and may have several, more or less valuable and complicated solutions. The twelve accepted papers certainly represent a good contribution to perceive its difficulty.

Building Trust in the Information Infrastructure

2008 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Joseph Kizza ◽  
Florence Migga Kizza
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Book Note ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
And Storage

The rapid advances in computer technology, the plummeting prices of information processing and indexing devices, and the development of sprawling global networks have all made the generation, collection, processing, indexing, and storage of and access to information easy and have made the information infrastructure an enjoyable environment. The information. infrastructure consists of computer or computer-related hardware, software to run on the hardware, and humanware to run both. The human component in the information infrastructure is essential because humans create the life and dynamism in the infrastructure that has made it what it is. However, humans also create all the problems facing the infrastructure as we will see throughout the book. Note that the infrastructure we have just defined is actually cyberspace. So throughout the book, we will use cyberspace and information infrastructure interchangeably. Cyberspace technology has brought more excitement to humanity than ever before. Communication has become almost instantaneous. The speed of data access is chasing the speed of light. Humanity could not have gotten a better technology. However, with the excitement and “bewilderness,” there has come a realization, after rough experiences, that the new technology has a serious downside. Based on individual experiences, the fear of the new technology on which we have come to depend is on the rise. But because there are more benefits of the new technology to humanity, trust of the technology must be cultivated among the users of the technology. Webster’s Dictionary (1989) defines trust, as a noun as confidence or faith in a person or a thing and as a verb as having confidence or faith in someone or something. For us, we want users of the information infrastructure to have confidence in it.

Reimagining the future of gas

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Angus Jaffray
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Well Performance ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Power ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
And Storage

To meet the twin objectives of limiting climate change and providing affordable energy to a growing and urbanised population, natural gas must adapt its role in a changing energy market and remain competitive with other sources of energy longer term. Santos is ensuring its role in this future by incorporating technology into its existing operations to improve energy efficiency, reduce operating costs and reduce emissions. The declining cost of new technology, historic production data and analytics create opportunities to improve efficiency in existing facilities. As new technologies such as variable renewable power generation increase their market penetration, the role of gas and the opportunities for gas producers are also changing. Santos is investigating several projects that incorporate new technology and leverage these market changes. These projects include: • conversion of existing operations to run partially or fully on renewable power to reduce fuel consumption, reduce emissions from Santos’ operations, improve reliability and make more product available to the market; • using predictive analytics to improve well performance; • using technology to improve logistics performance; and • leveraging Santos’ existing infrastructure footprint to develop commercial-scale gas, renewable and storage hybrid power projects.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of solving the problems of modern logistics in high-rise construction and industrial production

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 03076
Author(s):  
Anatoliy E. Rubtsov ◽  
Elena V. Ushakova ◽  
Tamara V. Chirkova
Keyword(s):  
Structural Optimization ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Distribution Network ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Modern Logistics ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Modes Of Operation ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Construction Organization ◽  
And Storage

Basing on the analysis of the enterprise (construction organization) structure and infrastructure of the entire logistics system in which this enterprise (construction organization) operates, this article proposes an approach to solve the problems of structural optimization and a set of calculation tasks, based on customer orders as well as on the required levels of insurance stocks, transit stocks and other types of stocks in the distribution network, modes of operation of the in-company transport and storage complex and a number of other factors.

scholarly journals 2-D organization of silica nanoparticles on gold surfaces: CO2 marker detection and storage

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (53) ◽  
pp. 31758-31764
Author(s):  
Eduardo José Cueto Díaz ◽  
Santos Gálvez-Martínez ◽  
Ma Carmen Torquemada Vico ◽  
María Pilar Valles González ◽  
Eva Mateo-Martí
Keyword(s):  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Gold Surfaces ◽  
Average Size ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Marker Detection

A single layer of silica nanoparticles with an average size of ∼200 nm was deposited over the surface of pristine gold wafers, aided by (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane.

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