Preparation of Oily Sludge-Derived Activated Carbon and Its Adsorption Performance for Tetracycline Hydrochloride.

Oily sludge-derived activated carbon was prepared using the potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation method using oily sludge as a raw material, and one-factor experiments determined the best conditions for preparing activated carbon. The activated carbon's morphological structure and surface chemical properties were analyzed by scanning different characterization tools, and the adsorption behavior of tetracycline hydrochloride was investigated. The results showed that the optimum conditions for preparing oily sludge-derived activated carbon were an activation temperature of 400 °C, activation time of 30 min, activator concentration of 1 mol/L, and impregnation ratio of 2 mL/g.

The Influence of Halide Ion Substitution on Energy Structure and Luminescence Efficiency in CeBrI and CeBrI Crystals.

This study aims to determine the optimum composition of the CeBrI compound to achieve the maximum light output. It is based on calculations of the band energy structure of crystals, specifically taking into account the characteristics of the mutual location of local and band 5d states of the Ce ions. The band energy structures for CeBrI and CeBrI crystals were calculated using the projector augmented wave method.

Multi-objective optimization of hydrogen production system based on the combined supercritical cycle and gas turbine plant.

In this paper, considering the hydrogen production cycle coupled with the supercritical CO cycle, hydrogen is produced as a clean fuel along with power and heat production. Also, the world's need for clean energy doubles the solutions to achieve clean hydrogen energy. The investigated cycle has a supercritical CO cycle with a combustion chamber where enriched fuel is introduced.

Effect of Hydrothermal Factors on the Microhardness of Bulk-Fill and Nanohybrid Composites.

This study evaluates the effect of aging in artificial saliva and thermal shocks on the microhardness of the bulk-fill composite compared to the nanohybrid composite. Two commercial composites, Filtek Z550 (3M ESPE) (Z550) and Filtek Bulk-Fill (3M ESPE) (B-F), were tested. The samples were exposed to artificial saliva (AS) for one month (control group).

Individualized Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting Using Data-Driven Meta-Heuristic Method Based on LSTM Network.

Short-term load forecasting is viewed as one promising technology for demand prediction under the most critical inputs for the promising arrangement of power plant units. Thus, it is imperative to present new incentive methods to motivate such power system operations for electricity management. This paper proposes an approach for short-term electric load forecasting using long short-term memory networks and an improved sine cosine algorithm called MetaREC.

Energy Structure and Luminescence of CeF Crystals.

The results of the calculation of the energy band structure and luminescent research of CeF crystals are presented. The existence of two 5d1 and 5d2 subbands of the conduction band genetically derived from 5d states of Ce ions with different effective electron masses of 4.9 m and 0.

A Software Deep Packet Inspection System for Network Traffic Analysis and Anomaly Detection.

In this paper, to solve the problem of detecting network anomalies, a method of forming a set of informative features formalizing the normal and anomalous behavior of the system on the basis of evaluating the Hurst (H) parameter of the network traffic has been proposed. Criteria to detect and prevent various types of network anomalies using the Three Sigma Rule and Hurst parameter have been defined. A rescaled range (RS) method to evaluate the Hurst parameter has been chosen.