Radon volatilization mechanism into the gas phase was hypothesized to explain the anomalous decline in groundwater radon precursory to the 2003 M <Subscript>W</Subscript> = 6.8 Chengkung earthquake in Taiwan. We initiated the monitoring of both radon and methane in the groundwater since November 2007 at well D1 in...</subscript>

Nano-constriction array in La<Subscript>0.67</Subscript>Sr<Subscript>0.33</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3< /Subscript> film was fabricated by using ion beam etching masked by a monolayer of packed and ordered array of SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> microspheres. Nano-constrictions of around 50 nm in width were fabricated. The low field magnetoresistance (LFMR) exhibited in the samples were...</subscript></subscript></subscript></subscript>

Beverloo’s law describes the flow rate of grains discharging from hoppers, where the assumption of a free-fall arch (FFA) is very useful in understanding the physical picture of this process. The FFA has been observed in previous experiments but a clear systematic study of the FFA is still...

This study investigates the performance of hybrid renewable microgeneration systems in load sharing application between a detached residential house and a small office building. Two renewable energy systems are investigated: a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system and a hybrid GSHP/fuel cell...

This study investigates the application of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) technique to predict the performance of a hybrid microgeneration system. The hybrid system consists of an internal combustion engine (1kWe and 3.2kWth) integrated with a high efficiency condensing furnace...