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In the present work, numerical simulation of cross-flow microfiltration of non-alcoholic beer in a tubular membrane has been studied. Finite element analysis was used as a powerful tool for simulation. The feed stream, which flows mainly tangentially to the porous membrane surface, is modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations. Porous wall conditions are described by the Darcy equation that relates the pressure gradient within a flow stream to the flow rate through the permeable wall. A pilot-scale cross-flow membrane filter was developed to verify the model results. Ceramic tubular membranes were used in this study. The cross-flow velocity of the feed solution was controlled at the laminar... 

In the present study, mixed-convective heat transfer of nanofluids in a vertical rectangular channel partially filled with open-cell metal foam has been investigated experimentally and numerically. Al2O3–H2O nanofluids with different concentrations were synthesized and their stability was inspected with UV-Vis spectroscopy. The outlet temperature and pressure drop were measured for different nanofluid flow rates (i.e., Reynolds number values). In the numerical section, a two-dimensional volume-averaged form of the governing equations was used. The velocity and temperature profiles were obtained using finite difference method. The Brinkman–Forchheimer extended Darcy model and the... 

Present research focuses on providing a reasonable solution for separation control through arrays of discrete wall jets. In this thesis, quasi-radial wall jet actuators have been introduced and theirs application in separation control (boundary layer control) have been investigated for the first time. This study includes two phases. The first phase is dedicated to investigation of physics and functional nature of wall jet actuators. In this phase, using numerical simulations, wall jet actuators in different situations have been studied and it was shown that arrays of quasi-radial jets have better performance than arrays of three-dimensional jets in creating a combine two-dimensional wall... 

Epilepsy is one of the diseases that affects the quality of life of epileptic patients. Epileptic patients lose control during epileptic seizures and are more likely to face problems. Designing and creating a seizure detection system can reduce casualties from epileptic attacks. In this study, we present an automatic method that reduces the artifact from the raw signals, and then classifies the seizure and non-seizure epochs. At all stages, it is assumed that no information is available about the patient and this detection is made only based on the information of other patients. The data from this study were recorded in Temple Hospital and the recording conditions were not controlled, so... 

Increasing the kinetic energy of the near-wall fluid by exciting shear layers is known as an effective method for flow separation control. So far, choosing the proper approach to apply excitations has been a challenging issue in the field of flow control. This work investigates flow control of airfoils in static stall and flutter conditions, employing shear layer excitation technique and plasma actuators. This research introduces a novel flow separation control, namely dual-point excitation of shear layers and compares its performance with the conventional single-point excitation method. Two airfoils (NACA 4415 and NACA 0015) have been considered as the baseline test-cases. In the first part... 

Estimation of power transformer no-load loss is a critical issue in the design of distribution transformers. Any deviation in estimation of the core losses during the design stage can lead to a financial penalty for the transformer manufacturer. In this project an effective method is proposed to determine all components of the iron core losses applying a combination of the empirical and numerical techniques. In this method at the first stage all computable components of the core losses are calculated, using Finite Element Method (FEM) for modeling and analysis of the transformer iron core magnetic problem. This method takes into account magnetic sheets anisotropy, joint losses and... 

The brain electrical signal (EEG) has been widely used in clinical and academic research, due to its ease of recording, non-invasiveness and precision. One of the applications can be emotion recognition from the brain's electrical signal. Generally, two types of parameters (Valence and Arousal) are used to determine the type of emotion, which, in turn, indicate "positive or negative" and "level of extroversion or excitement" for a specific emotion. The significance of emotion is determined by the effects of this phenomenon on daily tasks, especially in cases where the person is confronted with activities that require careful attention and concentration.In the emotion recognition problem,... 

Distribution companies typically use ADMD and coincidence factors to calculate aggregated loads. However, these factors have a significant impact on the selection of the optimal capacity of distribution network equipment; But so far, comprehensive studies at the level of single customers have not been implemented on the calculation of these factors. In this work, a comprehensive study has been conducted on residential customers in Tehran and the consumption data of 2121 residential customers, which were recorded during the summer of 2020, are used. The data were collected in two separate sets to investigate the effect of two factors: the type of cooling load and the welfare level of... 

Time perception is a concept that describes how a person interprets the duration of an event. Depending on the circumstances, people may feel that time passes quickly or slowly. So far, the understanding, comparison, and estimation of the time interval have been described using a simple model, a pacemaker accumulator, that is powerful in explaining behavioral and biological data. Also, the role of the frequency band, Contingent Negative Variation (CNV), and Event-Related Potential (ERP) components have been investigated in the passage of time and the perception of time duration. Still, the stimuli used in these studies were not melodic. Predicting is one of the main behaviors of the brain.... 

One of the shortcomings of differential logic in power transformers is its inability to detect small percentage faults at the end of the winding. The occurrence of a phase-to-ground short circuit in the last few percent of the winding near the neutral causes a very large fault current to pass through the neutral and the faulted coils, while the changes in the current observed at the transformer terminal will be very small. To improve the performance of the power transformer protection system, a restricted earth fault (REF) protection is normally used in parallel with the differential protection. To implement REF protection, several solutions have been proposed in scientific and industrial... 

This thesis examines the impact of daylight saving time policy on electricity consumption in Iran. After World War I, many countries gradually implemented annual time change laws to extend daylight availability. This involved moving a specific amount of time (usually one hour) forward in early spring and back in early autumn. Historically, the majority of the electricity load on power grids was due to lighting, so this decision made sense. However, with technological advances and diversification of electricity usage, this decision is now being questioned, particularly in light of air conditioning loads, which make up a large part of electricity usage in Iran. These loads have the potential... 

In the past few years, data centers energy consumption and their maintenance costs have become an important issue in technology world. Server consolidation using virtualization and VM live migration allows cloud data centers to improve resource utilization and hence energy efficiency. In order to save energy, consolidation techniques try to turn off the idle servers, while because of workload fluctuations, these offline servers should be turned on to support the increased resource demands. These repeated on-off cycles could affect the hardware reliability and wear-and-tear of servers and increase the maintenance and replacement costs. On the other hand, over-aggressive strategies would...