Thermal energy storage (TES) is a key technology for enabling increased utilization of industrial waste heat in district heating. The ability TES to equalize offsets demand and supply depends strongly on the sizing, control integration heating plant. We consider problem sizing plants utilizing varying waste-heat source. To this end, we propose combined dynamic simulation model predictive approa...

As potential candidates for neutron scintillators, divalent rare-earth-doped Li2CaSiO4 (Ln:LCS) phosphors were synthesized and their photoluminescence (PL) properties evaluated. LCS is as light LiCaAlF6 has a low density of 2.86 g/cm3 small effective atomic number 14. In this study, ferrosilicon powder was used safe convenient reductive medium the reduction Ln3+ to Ln2+. Sm, Eu, and, Yb doped i...