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Risk assessments underestimate threat of pesticides to wild bees Conserv. Lett. (IF 8.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 René S. Shahmohamadloo, Mathilde L. Tissier, Laura Melissa Guzman
Ecological risk assessments (ERAs) are crucial when developing national strategies to manage adverse effects from pesticide exposure to natural populations. Yet, estimating risk with surrogate species in controlled laboratory studies jeopardizes the ERA process because natural populations exhibit intraspecific variation within and across species. Here, we investigate the extent to which the ERA process
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Sustainable biorefining: Hydrothermal liquefaction of diatom biomass for bio-crude and nano-biosilica recovery Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Rahul Jain, Sumit Dhali, Anushree Malik, Rajiv Satyakam
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Analysis of the causes and safety countermeasures of coal mine accidents: A case study of coal mine accidents in China from 2018 to 2022 Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Shuicheng Tian, Yajuan Wang, Hongxia LI, Tao Ma, Junrui Mao, Lei Ma
Statistical data on coal mine safety accidents in China from 2018 to 2022 were obtained. Mathematical statistical methods were used to analyze the accident level, accident type, death toll, time, space, and other factors. Grounded theory (GT), case-based reasoning (CBR), analytic hierarchy process (AHP), interpretative structural model (ISM) and other methods were used to analyze the causes of coal
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A review on liquid fuel produced from microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastic waste Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Zewei Liu, Ming Xie, Tao Zhou, Jinzhong Yang, Yanyu Yang, Tingting Liu, Shijin Dai, Qifei Huang, Qihong Cen, Peiyuan Xiao, Bin Li, Huanzheng Du
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Research on the vibration response characteristics of PE gas pipeline aimed for third-party damage monitoring Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Mingkang Ni, Xinming Qian, Yuanzhi Li, Mengqi Yuan
Third-party damage (TPD) incidents account for over 73% in China, becoming the primary cause of urban buried gas pipeline disruption. Therefore, real-time monitoring of TPD holds significance. This passage introduces a novel method for third-party damage monitoring of urban gas pipeline networks without excavation. The approach involves installing acoustic sensors in the pipeline to detect abnormal
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Energy, exergy and sustainability analysis of a photovoltaic-thermal solar system with nano-enhancement and thermal energy storage integration Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Murat Öztürk, Coşkun Yüksel, Erdem Çiftçi
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Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity: Applying a scientific framework to assess real marine protected area progress against the 30 by 30 target Conserv. Lett. (IF 8.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Elizabeth P. Pike, Jessica M. C. MacCarthy, Sarah O. Hameed, Nikki Harasta, Kirsten Grorud‐Colvert, Jenna Sullivan‐Stack, Joachim Claudet, Barbara Horta e Costa, Emanuel J. Gonçalves, Angelo Villagomez, Lance Morgan
The international community set a global conservation target to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 (“30 × 30”) to reverse biodiversity loss, including through marine protected areas (MPAs). However, varied MPAs result in significantly different conservation outcomes, making MPA coverage alone an inadequate metric. We used The MPA Guide framework to assess the the world's largest 100 MPAs by
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Experimental optimization of conical solar distillers using graphite pin fins as sensible heat storage materials: Energy, exergy, and exergo-economic approach Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 K. Harby, Mohammed El Hadi Attia, Mohamed Abdelgaied
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Polystyrene microplastics facilitated the photoconversion of losartan potassium: The pivotal role of aging and reactive oxygen species Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Danqing Zheng, Jiehan Duan, Yanlin Wu, Wenbo Dong
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Performance evolution of alkali-activated phosphorus slag paste filling material: Effect of hemihydrate phosphogypsum content Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Shulong Liu, Yiming Wang, Aixiang Wu, Pengpeng Liu, Yingjie Chang, Zhuen Ruan
The stockpiling issues of phosphorus slag (PS) and hemihydrate phosphogypsum (HPG) have become vital technical obstacles limiting the economic development of enterprises. The synergistic substitution of PS and HPG for ordinary Portland cement in preparing alkali-activated phosphorus slag paste filling material (AAPS-PM) is essential to realize the high-value utilization of PS and HPG and reduce carbon
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Enhancing biogas production through photocatalytic pretreatment of rice straw co-digested with cow dung and food waste using a novel g-C3N4/SiO2/bentonite catalyst Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 R. Tamilselvan, A. Immanuel Selwynraj
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Sulfonated cobalt phthalocyanine/NH2-MIL-125 heterojunction modified electrospun nanofiber membrane for emulsion separation and PMS-photocatalysis synergistic degradation Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Zhenbo Wu, Jinjuan Xue, Zhaoxia Chen, Yiting Lv, Shuaishuai Ma, Jinku Ma, Mingxin Wang
Membrane technology for wastewater remediation has generated significant interest, however, the single functionality, dull wettability and easy fouling property of the membrane hinder its practical application. Herein, a self-cleaning and multi-use superwetting nanofiber membrane was prepared by electrospinning and subsequent spraying technique. The sulfonated cobalt phthalocyanine/NH-MIL-125 (CoPcS/NMIL)
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Montmorillonite combined with microbially induced carbonate precipitation for wind erosion control of bare surface soil in arid mining area Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Zhe Wang, Tong Yang, Yongqi Liu, Qinghong Jiang, Haili Shang, Chunli Zheng
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Reducing the environmental impact of lithium-ion battery recycling through co-processing of NCM and LFP Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Yadong Ning, Yanjuan Zhang, Boyuan Zhu, Guangye Wei, Qiang Wang, Jingkui Qu
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Effect of process parameters on plasma partial oxidation approach for removal of leaking LPG Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Jun Yang, Zhenyi Liu, Xin Tu, Dengyou Xia, Cunwei Zhang, Yusheng Yang, Qin Yang, Chongye Chang, Jinglin Wan
In order to address the challenge of preventing explosions in the accidental disposal of leaking liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a plasma partial oxidation (PPO) approach for converting the gas into liquid products is proposed for the first time, which eliminates the explosion risk in leaking LPG from the pathway of combustible gas removal. The effect of the initial CH (Simulated LPG) concentration
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Ecological grief literacy: Approaches for responding to environmental loss Conserv. Lett. (IF 8.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Anna Cooke, Claudia Benham, Nathalie Butt, Julie Dean
Environmental losses are increasingly evoking ‘‘ecological grief’’ among environmental and conservation professionals. Ecological grief is a natural but difficult psychological experience, and a risk to well‐being. Despite this, there are currently few resources available to support environmental professionals and their organizations to reduce the risks to well‐being and cope effectively with ecological
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Pipeline corrosion prediction and uncertainty analysis with an ensemble Bayesian neural network approach Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Bingyan Cui, Hao Wang
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Smoke deposition and extraction in compartment fires with different ignition sources Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 G.V. Kuznetsov, A.O. Zhdanova, R.S. Volkov, A.S. Sviridenko, P.A. Strizhak
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A techno-economic assessment of hydrogen and methane production from the anaerobic treatment of vinasse and glycerol: Single- vs. two-stage process Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Camila Aparecida de Menezes, Priscilla de Souza Almeida, Isabela Mehi Gaspari Augusto, Ana Paula Paulinetti, Giovanna Lovato, José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues, Edson Luiz Silva
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4E optimization comparison of different bottoming systems for waste heat recovery of gas turbine cycles, internal combustion engines, and solid oxide fuel cells in power-hydrogen production systems Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Mohammad Zoghi, Nasser Hosseinzadeh, Saleh Gharaie, Ali Zare
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A critical review on antibiotics removal by persulfate-based oxidation: Activation methods, catalysts, oxidative species, and degradation routes Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Yanxin Li, Chunhui Zhang, Guifeng Zhao, Peidong Su, Jianbing Wang, Yiyun Li, Weilong Zhou, Yonglin Mu, Junke Zhang, Wenzong Liu
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Towards decision-making support for complex socio-technical system safety assessment: A hybrid model combining FRAM and dynamic Bayesian networks Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Mahdieh Delikhoon, Ehsanollah Habibi, Esmaeil Zarei, Osiris A. Valdez Banda, Mohammad Faridan
Effectively managing system safety and resilience in critical infrastructures requires addressing emergent risks and critical resonances. This study introduces a quantitative model that merges Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) of the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) and Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) to assess technological, organizational, and human performance variability in complex social-technical
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Studies of the diluent, temperature and pressure effect on the lower and upper flammability limits of ammonia in air Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Wen Fu, Yulong Zhou, Jiangtao Wu, Ke Zhang, Xianyang Meng
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Production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels through catalytic cracking of high and low-density polyethylene medical wastes using fly ash as a catalyst Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 P. Premkumar, C.G. Saravanan, Premdasu Nalluri, M. Seeman, M. Vikneswaran, Dinesh Kumar Madheswaran, JS Femilda Josephin, Arunachalam Chinnathambi, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Edwin Geo Varuvel
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A miscellaneous model for comprehensive attractiveness assessment of chemical plants: Integrating chemical hazards, domino effects and plant traits Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Han Gao, Yunkai Yang, Shuai Hou, Kun Han, Hongxing Shi
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Enhanced CO2 conversion with CH4 for greenfuel generation using coke-neutral nickel-loaded fibrous silica titania catalysts Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Mansur Alhassan, Aishah Abdul Jalil, Abdelrahman Hamad Khalifa Owgi, Mahadi Bin Bahari, Che Rozid Mamat, Thuan Van Tran, Walid Nabgan, Abdul Hakim Hatta, Nurul Sahida Binti Hassan, Saravanan Rajendran
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Effect of a novel metal-free green synthesis catalyst on the positive role of microwave irradiation in hydrogen production from the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Arzu EKİNCİ, Ömer ŞAHİN, Orhan BAYTAR
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Insights of the La promotion in CoFe-LDH as particle electrodes on degradation process of N-nitrosopyrrolidine in electrocatalytic continuous-flow system Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Xue Bai, Yuchang Wang, Zhuwu Jiang, Chaoqun Zheng, Hongyu Zhang
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Effects of secondary and tertiary air on reducing fine mode particles and NOx during gasification-combustion of coal in a self-sustained furnace Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Renhui Ruan, Kejie Zhang, Baochong Cui, Xiaoxiao Wang, Xuebin Wang, Houzhang Tan, Jingwu Feng
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A critical review on MOFs and COFs-based heterogeneous catalysts in biodiesel generation: Synthesis methods, structural features, mechanisms, kinetic, economic/environmental evaluation, and their performance Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Basir Maleki, Hossein Esmaeili, Yatish Kalanakoppal Venkatesh, Mohammad Yusuf
Biodiesel is a sustainable biofuel, which is synthesized from sources of oil utilizing an appropriate catalyst. Therefore, catalysts not only play a key role in biodiesel generation with high yield, but are also effective in reducing the cost of biodiesel synthesis. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as promising catalysts for biodiesel generation owing
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A new model to predict the small-hole decompression process of long CO2 pipeline Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Shuai Yu, Xingqing Yan, Yifan He, Lei Chen, Jianliang Yu, Shaoyun Chen
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Identification research of chemical process leakage based on deep learning and correlation-distance graph coding Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Zijian Liu, Xuejing Li, Wenwen Cong, Bin Liu, Wende Tian
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Highly dispersed active sites and strong metal-support interaction for boosting CO2 hydrogenation to methanol Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Xiaoguang San, Xudong Li, Lei Zhang, Dan Meng, Xiangshuang Chang, Jian Qi
As global energy demand continues to increase and global climate change issues caused by greenhouse gas emissions gradually heat up, the effective conversion of carbon dioxide into high value-added methanol has become a key challenge in the energy and environmental fields. However, due to the chemical inertness of CO molecules, it is difficult to activate CO at low temperatures, resulting in extremely
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Genomic conservation of Mongolian horses promoted by preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of Naadam in Mongolia Conserv. Lett. (IF 8.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Togtokh Mongke, Undarmaa Budsuren, Aertengqimike Tiemuqier, Elif Bozlak, Barbara Wallner, Samdanjamts Dulamsuren, Dorjsuren Daidiikhuu, Saruuljargal Amgalan, Tana An, Baoyindeligeer Mongkejargal, Wenbo Li, Sarula Borjgin, Manglai Dugarjaviin, Haige Han
Uncontrolled crossbreeding is a major challenge to the conservation of landrace horses in East Asia. Understanding the factors driving this trend is crucial for effective conservation efforts. Here, we investigate the genomic makeup of 40 Mongolian Naadam racehorses and 21 Asian landrace horse breeds through analyzing whole‐genome resequencing and Y chromosome data. Our results show that crossbreeding
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Recovery of organic acids from lactic acid-enriched fermentation broth via salting-out assisted solvent extraction Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Simone Pau, Armando Oliva, Lea C. Tan, Sonia Arriaga, Piet N.L. Lens
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Waste-to-energy poly-generation scheme for hydrogen/freshwater/power/oxygen/heating capacity production; optimized by regression machine learning algorithms Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Shuguang Li, Yuchi Leng, Azher M. Abed, Ashit Kumar Dutta, Oqila Ganiyeva, Yasser Fouad
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A novel adaptive fast sliding mode control method based on fuzzy algorithm for the air management system of fuel cell stack Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Shiyi Fang, Rongrong Zhang, Sergey Maltsev, Daifen Chen, Xinyu Fan, Aleksey Levtsev
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) offer advantages, such as, cleanliness, high efficiency, and environmental friendliness. To achieve optimal control of the PEMFC stack's air supply and management system under complex operating conditions, a novel non-singular terminal sliding mode controller based on fuzzy algorithm is proposed. Compared with the conventional sliding mode control, the terminal
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Unveiling the facet-dependent activity of Cu2O for enhanced selective electroreduction of nitric oxide to ammonia and Zn-NO batteries Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Shuang Liu, Linghui Yan, Qi Chen, Bo Wu, Heyang Zhu, Shaodong Zhou, Xiaodan Wang, Xuesong Zhao, Chen Sun, Youzhi Li, Lecheng Lei, Zhongjian Li, Yang Hou, Bin Yang
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Preparation of ferrotitanium alloy by aluminothermic reduction of perovskite Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Jing You, Jinzhong Yang, Wenxiong Dong, Yaowu Wang, Yu Wang
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Optimization of closed loop wet ozone process for controlled bleaching of Indigo coloured apparels through central composite design Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Nimra Nadeem, Usman Zubair, Amjed Javid, Husnain Saleem Raza, Tanveer Hussain, Yasir Nawab
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Detecting clusters and tracing management of water distribution system using space–time scan statistics and utility network modeling Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Juwon Lee, Sook-Hyun Nam, Jae-Wuk Koo, Yonghyun Shin, Eunju Kim, Jinwoo Song, Tae-Mun Hwang
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To conserve African tropical forests, invest in the protection of its most endangered group of monkeys, red colobus Conserv. Lett. (IF 8.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Joshua M. Linder, Drew T. Cronin, Nelson Ting, Ekwoge E. Abwe, Florence Aghomo, Tim R. B. Davenport, Kate M. Detwiler, Gérard Galat, Anh Galat‐Luong, John A. Hart, Rachel A. Ikemeh, Stanislaus M. Kivai, Inza Koné, William Konstant, Deo Kujirakwinja, Barney Long, Fiona Maisels, W. Scott McGraw, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas T. Struhsaker
Forest loss and overhunting are eroding African tropical biodiversity and threatening local human food security, livelihoods, and health. Emblematic of this ecological crisis is Africa's most endangered group of monkeys, the red colobus (genus Piliocolobus). All 17 species, found in forests from Senegal in the west to the Zanzibar archipelago in the east, are threatened with extinction. Red colobus
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Biosurfactant induced microwave disintegration of macroalgae for fermentative biohydrogen production Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 K. Tamilarasan, S. Shabarish, V. Godvin Sharmila, J. Rajesh Banu
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Experimental investigation on the behavior of thermal super insulation materials for cryogenic storage tanks in fire incidents Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Robert Eberwein, Aliasghar Hajhariri, Davide Camplese, Giordano Emrys Scarponi, Valerio Cozzani, Frank Otremba
The number of vehicles using or transporting cryogenic fuels such as Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) increases fast in the land transportation sector. Does this also entail new risks? The storage of cryogenic fuels requires tanks with Thermal Super Insulations (TSI) to keep the fluid cold and limit the formation of boil-off gas. TSI has proven itself in some applications since
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Stochastic finite element-based reliability of corroded pipelines with interacting corrosion clusters Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Abraham Mensah, Srinivas Sriramula
The performance of corroded carbon steel pipelines over the course of their design life is generally assessed by probabilistic variables with explicit limit state functions, rather than the realistic representation with stochastic spatial variability and implicit failure considerations. This could be due to the complexities associated with the uncertainty quantification and performance estimation approaches
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Experimental and theoretical investigations into overpressure during confined space explosions of methane-hydrogen mixture Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Shuhong Li, Zihao Xiu, Ranran Li, Jianbo Ma, Kaiyuan Zhao, Zhenyi Liu, Pengliang Li, Mingzhi Li, Tao Fan
This study aimed to deeply explore combustion and explosion behaviors within confined spaces fueled by methane-hydrogen blends. By experimenting in a 55 m³ chamber, it examined how different hydrogen mixing ratios (5%, 10%, 15%, and 30%) affect flame spread and overpressure buildup at an equivalence ratio of 1.1. Results showed that two main flame patterns emerge during venting: mushroom clouds and
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Extraction of organic solvents and preferential recovery of lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries by in-situ carbothermal reduction Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Jian Zou, Ruihan Zhang, Yali Zhang, Linlin Chen, Yaoguo Huang, Xianfu Sun
The sorting of spent lithium-ion batteries is not complete, and the types of black powder obtained by crushing are complex, and it is difficult to recycle. In this study, dimethyl carbonate was used to extract the organic solvent cured in the black powder, and then the carbon in the black powder was combined with complex sulfate for in-situ thermal reduction and water leaching to extract Li preferentially
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A spatiotemporal synergetic operating performance assessment based on reconstructed correlation matrix and dissimilarity analytics for plant-wide hot strip mill process Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Chuanfang Zhang, Hongjun Zhang, Kaixiang Peng, Jie Dong, Hanwen Zhang, Xueyi Zhang
Operating performance assessment (OPA) of process industries plays a significant role in improving the product quality and pursuing the best economic benefits. With the continuous improvement of industrial intelligence, massive data has been collected. Variable time-delay issue is brought by the different spatial and temporal distributions of production units, which affects the actual causal relationship
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A computer-vision-based deep learning model of smoke diffusion Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Hang Zhou, Haiyong Cong, Yuanyuan Wang, Zhan Dou
Smoke is a lethal hazard in fire accidents and the biggest obstacle to emergency rescue. Predicting its diffusion range is important in fire command and emergency rescue. This article utilizes computer-vision-based deep learning methods to learn the characteristics of smoke diffusion and achieve real-time prediction of smoke-temperature fields. Firstly, a tunnel fire was simulated to verify the reliability
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Bioconversion of organic waste by insects – A comprehensive review Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Iskandar Azmy Harahap, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Trideep Saikia, Yuan Seng Wu, Ito Fernando, Rosa Perestrelo, José S. Câmara
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Recent progress and perspectives on coal dust sources, transport, hazards, and controls in underground mines Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Yong Cao, Yang Xiao, Zhen-Ping Wang, Qing-Wei Li, Chi-Min Shu, Xing-Rui Jiang, Shi-Liang Wu
Coal dust is a fugitive and combustible pollutant leading to risks of both explosion and air pollution. Dust explosions are one of the most serious potential disasters in coal mining operations. A substantial literature on coal mine safety covers issues related to the origin, distribution, and transport of coal dust. This paper conducted a review of recent theoretical and experimental literature that
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Can injecting additional green hydrogen result in environmentally friendly solar-biomass integration? Comprehensive comparison and multi-objective optimization Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Donghui Wei, Junlong Fang, Azher M. Abed, Bhupendra Singh Chauhan, Abir Mouldi, Hassen Loukil, Yong Chen
The present work proposes an innovative system for decarbonizing the energy mix and accelerating the worldwide green transition process. The system is driven by a biomass digester integrated with the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle for power generation and a multi-effect desalination unit for drinkable water production. At the heart of this concept is additional hydrogen injection through a proton
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A comprehensive review of the mechanical separation of waste printed circuit boards Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Surya Kanta Das, G. Ellamparuthy, Tonmoy Kundu, Shivakumar I. Angadi, Swagat S. Rath
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Unveiling the impact of temperature shift on microbial community dynamics and metabolic pathways in anaerobic digestion Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Gede Adi Wiguna Sudiartha, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prapaipid Chairattanamanokorn, Alissara Reungsang
Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology is a viable solution to the challenges attributed to sewage sludge, but its specific impact on biogas production and the dynamics of methanogenic bacteria has not been widely understood. This research investigated the effects of shifts in AD operational temperatures on microbial communities and biogas production. This was achieved by incrementally raising the temperature
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Study on CO2 co-gasification of cellulose and high-density polyethylene via TG-FTIR and ReaxFF MD Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Yunhui Pang, Xiaoli Zhu, Ning Li, Zhenbo Wang
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Design of highly effective organic catalyst for hydrazine electrooxidation: Iodobenzo[b]furan derivatives Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Bassam A Najri, Sefika Kaya, Emrah Kavak, Arif Kivrak, Hilal Kivrak
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Decarbonizing hard-to-abate heavy industries: Current status and pathways towards net-zero future Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Amit Kumar, Arun Kumar Tiwari, Dia Milani
Addressing carbon emissions from hard-to-abate heavy industries has become critical for mitigating global climate change. This review systematically examines the current landscape, practical routes to decarbonise, and future pathways toward achieving net-zero emissions in four critical sectors: iron and steel, cement, coal-fired power generation, and chemical synthesis industries. The paper also underscores
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Elasticity evaluation and improvement of natural gas network based on prior information aided decision-making strategy Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Dengji Zhou, Chongyuan Shui, Chen Wang, Honglong Zheng, Taotao Li, Dawen Huang, Xiaoguo Wang, Jiarui Hao, Tiemin Shao
The natural gas pipeline is the dominant approach for long-distance natural gas transportation, the safety and efficiency of which are of great significance. Faced with various potential hazards, the elasticity of natural gas pipelines against abnormal events has not been discussed. This work categorizes these abnormal events into three types according to their influences on the pipelines and proposes
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Screening nano additives for favorable NOx/smoke emissions trade-off in a CRDI diesel engine fueled by industry leather waste fat biodiesel blend Process Saf. Environ. Prot. (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 N. Mohanrajhu, S. Sekar, Ravikumar Jayabal, R. Sureshkumar