Since high temperature superconducting magnetic energy storage system (HT SMES) has attracted significant attention for their fast response in milliseconds, high efficiency (cyclic efficiency over 95%) and unlimited times of charging and discharging cycles, it can be used for system stabilizing...

This paper outlines the development and use of a policy model for multifunctional agriculture and rural development. The model is an important part of the EU research project, TOP-MARD (Towards a Policy Model for Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development).. It sets the discourse on...

With the purpose of detecting the impact that variations of demand cause in the milk-cheese supply chain, and determining how the operational policies of capacity, inventories or labor force can mitigate this impact, a system dynamics simulation model has been designed based on a survey...

The desiccant wheel is a key component of open desiccant air-conditioning systems. Development of a simplified method of assessing their dynamic performance would assist the growth of the industry. Important errors can occur when constant values of the effectiveness parameters are assumed in the...

This paper presents an approach for the optimization of floor plan designs. These are generated using a hybrid evolutionary approach, which produces alternative designs according to the user’s preferences and requirements. Once generated, an optimization algorithm is used to improve the...