this paper presents a design procedure for an adaptive power management control strategy based on a driving cycle recognition algorithm. the design goal of the control strategy is to minimize fuel consumption and engine-out nox, hc and co emissions on a set of diversified driving schedules. seven facility-specific drive cycles are considered to represent different driving scenarios. for each fa...

introduction: studying the hydrological cycle, especially in large scales such as water catchments, is difficult and complicated despite the fact that the numbers of hydrological components are limited. this complexity rises from complex interactions between hydrological components and environment. recognition, determination and modeling of all interactive processes are needed to address this i...

Nowadays, economic load dispatch between generation units with least cost involved is one of the most important issues in utilizing power systems. In this paper, a new method i.e. Water Cycle Algorithm (WCA) which is similar to other intelligent algorithm and is based on swarm, is employed in order to solve the economic load dispatch problem between power plants. In order to investigate the eff...

A sizing algorithm for a photovoltaic water pumping installation composed of photovoltaic panels, battery' bank, DC/AC converters and a water pump is presented. Considering criteria related to the battery' bank safe operation, fulfilling the water volume needed by the crops and ensuring a continuous operation of the pump, the algorithm decides the size of the installation' compon...

Due to the importance of power generation cycles including combined cycle, many studies have been done in recent years and many researchers have been tried to optimize these cycles by using of existing methods. In this study, the Water-Ammonia cycle is investigated in the combined-cycle of the Water-Ammonia, working dual Water-Ammonia mixture is used as the works fluid. This cycle can be used f...

First posted February 22, 2023 For additional information, contact: Integrated Information Dissemination DivisionWater Resource Mission AreaU.S. Geological Survey1 Gifford Pinchot DriveMadison, WI 53726Email: [email protected] An illustrated diagram of the water cycle. This is a modern, updated version widely used featured on USGS Water Science School. Notably, this new cycle depict...