The increase in energy demand has made the renewable resources more attractive.
Representing the largest sources of renewable energy, solar and wind systems are …

Supercritical and trans-critical carbon dioxide cycles are widely used for refrigerators, heat
pumps and power plants, of which the heat exchangers are key components. This article …

In this study, total heat transfer rate and pressure drop along a shell and tube heat
exchanger (STHX) with 6 porous baffles are numerically investigated. To study the impacts …

The work presented in this paper is focused on the resolution of a real-world drugs
distribution problem with pharmacological waste collection. With the aim of properly meeting …

A bat algorithm (BA) is a heuristic algorithm that operates by imitating the echolocation
behavior of bats to perform global optimization. The BA is widely used in various …

The modelling of drought is of utmost importance for the efficient management of water
resources. This article used the adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system (ANFIS), multilayer …

Structured population in evolutionary algorithms is a vital strategy to control diversity during
the search. One of the most popular structured population strategies is the island model in …

This paper presents a new multi-objective optimization dispatching method to optimize the
output power of distributed generators of a micro-grid considering uncertainty in wind power …

Path planning algorithm is the key point to UAV path planning scenario. Many traditional
path planning methods still suffer from low convergence rate and insufficient robustness. In …

Here entropy generation effectiveness in hydromagnetic flow of viscous fluid by permeable
rotating disk is examined. Partial slip effect is studied. Formulation is based on mixed …