An artificial pancreatic β-cell based on multipartite zone model predictive control (Multi-Zone-MPC) is evaluated on the UVa FDA-accepted metabolic simulator. Multi-Zone-MPC provides different tunings for the MPC weights based on four regions of glycemia: hypoglycemia, normoglycemia, elevated glycemia, and hyperglycemia. Defining these four zones provides richer control tunings that result in s...

A STOCHASTIC SPATIAL MODEL FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ORGANIC FOREST SOILS IN A SMOLDERING GROUND FIRE Benjamin Victor Holt A spatial model for the consumption of organic forest soil (duff) by smoldering combustion is developed. Smoldering ground fires have an enormous impact upon the ecology and management practice of forest lands throughout the temperate zone. It is the goal of this effort to pre...

Thermogravimetric analysis of recycling dust (RD) from the melter gasifier of COREX, coke1 (C-1), coke2 (C-2) and coal char (CC) under 70% oxygen atmosphere was carried out using thermal balance. The chemical composition and physical structure of the samples were investigated. The characteristic temperatures and comprehensive combustion characteristic indexes were calculated and kinetic paramet...

Ethnomethodology is an established method of research in technology related fields. In work settings, ethnomethodology has helped researchers to deepen their understanding of how collaborative activities unfold in a social context. While much collaboration is now carried out online, through distributed teams for example, ethnomethodology, as a method of analysis, has not received considerable i...

Combustion of fossil fuels is likely to continue for the near future due to the growing trends in energy consumption worldwide. The increase in efficiency and the reduction of pollutant emissions from combustion devices are pivotal to achieving meaningful levels of carbon abatement as part of the ongoing climate change efforts. Computational fluid dynamics featuring adequate combustion models w...