The real-time energy flow data obtained in industrial production processes are usually of low
quality. It is difficult to accurately predict the short-term energy flow profile by using these …

Cast iron is a very common and useful metal alloy, characterized by its high carbon content
(> 4%) in the allotropic state of graphite. The correct shape and distribution of graphite are …

Synthetic natural gas (SNG) can be obtained by methanation. Many thermodynamic reaction
details involved in this process are not yet fully known. In this chapter, a comprehensive …

The automotive industry is one of the largest industrial segments in the world market. The
exhaust system of motor vehicles is responsible for the emission and treatment of toxic …

Blast furnaces are chemical metallurgical reactors for the production of pig iron and slag.
The raw materials used (metallic feedstock) are sinter, granulated ore and pellets. The main …

In this paper, we present a novel support vector machine learning method for multi-label
classification in the steelmaking process. The steelmaking process involves complicated …

The role of nurses in radiology and diagnostic imaging departments is still very young, and
there is a significant discrepancy between nurses' attributions and prior knowledge of the …

Around 250 million work accidents and 160 million work-related illnesses occur annually in
the world. Health and safety indicators are instruments that allow us to assess this scenario …

Austenitic-ferritic stainless steels have a duplex microstructure consisting of a ferritic matrix
and islands of austenite, the volume fraction of which depends on the chemical composition …

Oil production in the deep sea is a challenge for the oil industry. The pipeline through which
the oil flows is subjected to a high tensile load by its own weight and is exposed to an …