Publications by authors named "C C Yaw"

Article Synopsis
  • - The increasing energy demand due to industrialization necessitates a shift from traditional power generation methods to Distributed Generation (DG), which requires a reevaluation of the power system to address issues like energy losses and power outages.
  • - The Artificial Immune System (AIS) algorithm has potential for development in optimizing power distribution, with the introduction of X3PAIS—a hybrid strategy that combines clonal selection and three-parent crossover techniques to enhance performance.
  • - X3PAIS has been tested in various applications and showed significant improvements in power loss reduction within a multiple DG architecture, achieving over a 89% reduction in power losses, indicating its effectiveness in optimizing power distribution systems.
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In the realm of internal combustion engines, there is a growing utilization of alternative renewable fuels as substitutes for traditional diesel and gasoline. This surge in demand is driven by the imperative to diminish fuel consumption and adhere to stringent regulations concerning engine emissions. Sole reliance on experimental analysis is inadequate to effectively address combustion, performance, and emission issues in engines.

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Primary material supply is the heart of engineering and sciences. The depletion of natural resources and an increase in the human population by a billion in 13 to 15 years pose a critical concern regarding the sustainability of these materials; therefore, functionalizing renewable materials, such as nanocellulose, by possibly exploiting their properties for various practical applications, has been undertaken worldwide. Nanocellulose has emerged as a dominant green natural material with attractive and tailorable physicochemical properties, is renewable and sustainable, and shows biocompatibility and tunable surface properties.

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Response surface methodology (RSM) is used in this study to optimize the thermal characteristics of single graphene nanoplatelets and hybrid nanofluids utilizing the miscellaneous design model. The nanofluids comprise graphene nanoplatelets and graphene nanoplatelets/cellulose nanocrystal nanoparticles in the base fluid of ethylene glycol and water (60:40). Using response surface methodology (RSM) based on central composite design (CCD) and mini tab 20 standard statistical software, the impact of temperature, volume concentration, and type of nanofluid is used to construct an empirical mathematical formula.

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The damaging effects of corona faults have made them a major concern in metal-clad switchgear, requiring extreme caution during operation. Corona faults are also the primary cause of flashovers in medium-voltage metal-clad electrical equipment. The root cause of this issue is an electrical breakdown of the air due to electrical stress and poor air quality within the switchgear.

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