This paper presented the whole year performance of a novel kind of microheat pipe array (MHPA) flat plate solar water heater. The structure and characters of the novel MHPA-FPC were presented. To quantify the performance of the novel MHPA-FPC SWH, a whole year thermal performance experiment was...

Considerable research has been conducted on heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials (PCMs) in thermal energy storage systems. A new concept of a heat transfer enhancement technique for a tube-in-tank phase change thermal energy storage system, dynamic melting has been investigated...

Building upon recent research suggesting that debt markets rather than equity markets shape financial reporting, this study examines the relationship between conditional conservatism (used as a proxy for information risk) and the underpricing of newly issued corporate bonds. There are two...

Non-point source (NPS) pollution from agricultural lands has aroused widespread concerns throughout the world. In this study, an interval fuzzy two-stage stochastic non-point source pollution mitigation (IFTNS) model was developed for agricultural systems management under uncertainty through...

The NiCoCrAlYTa coating was prepared on Ni-based single crystal super-alloys by low pressure plasma spraying (LPPS). The phases and microstructures for the coatings were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, and the fracture toughness and micro-hardness for both...

The emergence and widespread use of collaborative technologies for distributed project management has brought opened up a myriad of opportunities for business. While the opportunities for off-shore outsourcing and collaborative development are enticing, most tools and techniques for project...