High Cationic Dispersity Boosted Oxygen Reduction Reactivity in Multi-Element Doped Perovskites

Oxygen-ion conducting perovskite oxides are important functional materials for solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen-permeable membranes operating at high temperatures (>500 °C). Co-doped perovskites have recently shown their potential to boost oxygen-related kinetics, but challenges remain in understanding the underlying mechanisms. This...

Real-time pipeline leak detection and localization using an attention-based LSTM approach

Long short-term memory (LSTM) has been widely applied to real-time automated natural gas leak detection and localization. However, LSTM approach could not provide the interpretation that this leak position is localized instead of other positions. This study proposes a leakage detection and localization approach by integrating the attention...

Responsive FLEXibility: A smart local energy system

The transition towards a more decarbonised, resilient and distributed energy system requires local initiatives, such as Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES), which lead communities to gain self-sufficiency and become electricity islands. Although many SLES projects have been recently deployed, only a few of them have managed to be successful,...

Towards deep probabilistic graph neural network for natural gas leak detection and localization without labeled anomaly data

Deep learning has been widely applied to automated leakage detection and location of natural gas pipe networks. Prevalent deep learning approaches do not consider the spatial dependency of sensors, which limits leakage detection performance. Graph deep learning is a promising alternative to prevailing approaches as it can model spatial...

Balancing water rights in metropolitan water conservation areas: The case of Chengdu, China

Water justice can be a delicate balancing act. Conservation regulations ensure urban areas’ water demands are met, but these may conflict with the water rights of local people living in catchment areas. No metropolis wants to face water shortages, yet prioritising municipalities’ rights over those of local people can result in water injustice....

Does early age creep influence buildability of 3D printed concrete? Insights from numerical simulations

Cementitious materials may exhibit significant creep at very early age. This is potentially important for concrete 3D printing, where the material is progressively loaded even before it sets. However, does creep actually affect the buildability of 3D printed concrete? Herein, the influence of early-age creep on the buildability of 3D printed...

An online data driven fault diagnosis and thermal runaway early warning for electric vehicle batteries

Battery fault diagnosis is crucial for stable, reliable, and safe operation of electric vehicles, especially the thermal runaway early warning. Developing methods for early failure detection and reducing safety risks from failing high energy lithium-ion batteries has become a major challenge for industry. In this article, a real-time early...

Localizing a magnetic dipole using a gradiometer: Lokaliseren van een magnetische dipool met behulpvan een gradiometer

Magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) is a widely used method for detecting ferromagnetic targets, particularly hidden objects. A common way to localize a magnetic target is to look at the maximum of the magnitude of the magneticeld gradient. In this thesis, we consider a threeaxis total eld gradiometer which measures the gradient of the magnitude of...

Analysis of service diagnosis improvement through increased monitoring granularity

Due to their loosely coupled and highly dynamic nature, service-oriented systems offer many benefits for realizing fault tolerance and supporting trustworthy computing. They enable automatic system reconfiguration when a faulty service is detected. Spectrum-based fault localization (SFL) is a statistics-based diagnosis technique that can be...

Analysis of service diagnosis improvement through increased monitoring granularity

Due to their loosely coupled and highly dynamic nature, service-oriented systems offer many benefits for realizing fault tolerance and supporting trustworthy computing. They enable automatic system reconfiguration when a faulty service is detected. Spectrum-based fault localization (SFL) is a statistics-based diagnosis technique that can be...

Automated Fault Localization for Service-Oriented Software Systems

In this thesis, we have focused on applying Spectrum-based Fault Localization (SFL) to diagnose Service-Oriented Systems at runtime. We reused a framework-based online monitoring technique to obtain the service transaction information. We devised a three-phased oracle and combined this with monitoring to detect system failures at runtime. Both...

Spectrum-based Fault Diagnosis for Service-Oriented Software Systems

Preprint of paper published in: 5th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA), 17-19 December 2012; doi:10.1109/SOCA.2012.6449440 Due to the loosely coupled and highly dynamic nature of service-oriented systems, the actual configuration of such system only fully materializes at runtime, rendering many of...

State-of-art of asphalt surfacings on long-spanned orthotropic steel deck in China

Reliable and durable asphalt surfacing systems still remain to be desired for the long-spanned orthotropic steel bridges as the nationally and internationally reports on distresses in deck pavement. Based on ten-year research works, this paper has presented a brief review and discussion of the Chinese practices and experiences of deck pavement...