Predicting the outcome of thermotherapies in cancer treatment requires an accurate characterization of the bioheat transfer processes in soft tissues. Due to the biological and structural complexity of tumor (soft tissue) composition and vasculature, it is often very difficult to obtain reliable tissue properties that is one of the key factors for the accurate treatment outcome prediction. Effi...

The aim of this contribution is to present an industrial application of mathematical programming for the simultaneous synthesis of a biogas plant and its heat exchanger network (HEN), within an existing meat company. The heat-integrated model recently developed by Drobež et al. (2010) has been extended with Yee & Grossmann simultaneous optimization MINLP model (1990) for the synthesis of heat e...

The presented work analyses the design space and performance potential of microfabricated Brayton cycle and Rankine cycle devices, accounting for lower component efficiencies, temperatures limited by the material properties and system implementation constraints imposed by silicon microfabrication and miniaturization. By exploring the design space of such microsystems, their potential thermal ef...

The theory of available potential energy applied to a “translating” atmospheric volume is used to estimate the generation of available potential energy for the cyclogenetic, mature, and occluding stages of a mid-latitude cyclone. Primary attention is focused upon the importance of the diabatic process of latent heat release in generating the storm’s available potential energy. In addition, prel...

Thermal limits in ectotherms may arise through a mismatch between supply and demand of oxygen. At higher temperatures, the ability of their cardiac and ventilatory activities to supply oxygen becomes insufficient to meet their elevated oxygen demand. Consequently, higher levels of oxygen in the environment are predicted to enhance tolerance of heat, whereas reductions in oxygen are expected to ...