Today, modern industrial equipment is very complex as it involves sophisticated assets and systems. Thus, machine equipment optimization and safety have become operators' main concerns in the quest for maintaining optimum operational efficiency,…
Energy is an important driving force for the social and economic development. However, with the development of the industrial revolution and the world economy, the energy crisis is becoming more and more serious, and with the increasing greenhouse…
In recent years, the biomedical field has witnessed the emergence of novel tools and modelling techniques driven by the rise of the so-called Big Data. In this paper, we address the issue of predictability in biomedical Big Data models of cancer…
With trends in urbanization, many underground pipelines have been constructed, forming a huge spider web-like network, and accidents in such systems can lead to disastrous consequences, as observed in the Qingdao and Kaohsiung gas explosion…
Corrosion detection is very important in the oil industry to prevent costly consequences of damage from it. There are some techniques for detecting corrosion in pipelines. Backscatter radiography is an inspection technique for cases where the…
Oil and gas reservoirs are of the main assets of countries possessing them. Production from these reservoirs is one of the main concerns of engineers, which can be achieved by drilling oil and gas reservoirs. Construction of hydrocarbon wells is one…
Oily sludge, as a waste containing a large amount of oil within the range of 10–90 wt%, has a potential to be utilized as a source of fuel. Heating value is of utmost importance in the assessment of thermal conversion of waste to energy and/or other…