Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) have  great potential as a cost-effective and green technology for simultaneous water desalination, organic matter removal and energy production. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of a MDC under batch and continuous feeding conditions. Hence, power and current output, coulombic efficiency, electron harvest rate, desalination rate and COD re...

This paper describes an event-based approach to the design and implementation of a supervisory system applied to a biotechnological process. An heuristic model of the process under supervision is characterised as a discreteevent system (DES). Plant events generate transitions on the DES model, thus reflecting the dynamics of the continuous system underneath. This approach is applied to a yeast ...

Asymptotic fluctuation theorems are statements of a Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry in the rate function of the time-averaged entropy production or heat dissipation of a process. Such theorems have been proved for various general classes of continuous-time deterministic and stochastic processes, but always under the assumption that the forces driving the system are time independent, and often relying...

The extrusion of rubber profiles, as used for automotive production, is a highly complex continuous production process which is strongly influenced by variability in input materials and other external conditions. The personal experience of the production line operators continues to play an important role here, as analytical models exist only for small parts of such processes, and systems for au...