Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Environmental Quality: The role of occupational health surveillance and the cooperation between public and occupational health stakeholders by Francesco Chirico, Gaetano Settimo, Nicola Magnavita

“…It details the dual nature of indoor pollutants—external sources like traffic, heating and cooling of buildings, industrial emissions, and internal sources including combustion for food preparation and heating, building materials and furnishing, paints, cleaning products materials, and human activities. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Heat Exchanger for Irish Potato Pasteurization and Boiling. by Ssesanga, Edgar

“…In fire-tube steam generators, hot gases produced from combustion pass through tubes submerged in water, where heat transfer occurs. …”
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Dynamic control of a 10 MW solar-autothermal hybrid biomass gasifier for round-the-clock processing with stable syngas production by Axel Curcio, Sylvain Rodat, Valéry Vuillerme, Stéphane Abanades

“…Insufficient solar power is dynamically counterbalanced by in situ oxy-combustion, to maintain the reaction temperature at 1200 K and the total H2 + CO flowrate production at 1000 NL/s. …”
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Integrating Individual-Based Indices of Contaminant Effects by Christopher L. Rowe, William A. Hopkins, Justin D. Congdon

“…First, we present an overview of studies focused on specific responses of individuals collected from, or transplanted into, a habitat contaminated by coal combustion residues (CCR). These studies have reported morphological, behavioral, and physiological modifications to individuals chronically interacting with sediments in the CCR-contaminated site. …”
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Combining synchrotron vacuum-ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for isomer-specific mechanistic analysis with application to the... by Guangxian Xu, Hong Wang, Jinyang Zhang, Jiao Gao, Jiwen Guan, Qiang Xu, Donald G. Truhlar, Zhandong Wang

“…Abstract Elucidating the formation mechanism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is crucial to understand processes in the contexts of combustion, environmental science, astrochemistry, and nanomaterials synthesis. …”
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Cutting-edge technologies: Biofuel innovations in marine propulsion systems to lower black carbon emissions by Sivasubramanian Manikandan, Sundaram Vickram, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…Qualitatively, enhanced combustion properties due to the relatively high cetane number and low aromatic content in biofuels compared with those of petroleum fuels result in lower soot emissions when burning biofuels. …”
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EM Database v1.0: A benchmark informatics platform for data-driven discovery of energetic materials by Xin Huang, Wen Qian, Jian Liu, Jun-hong Zhou, Chao-yang Zhang

“…These data include the physicochemical, thermal, combustion, detonation, spectra, and sensitivity properties. …”
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Bidirectional wireless power transfer: Bridging electric vehicles and the grid through converter analysis, coil topologies, and communication protocol review by M. Venkatesan, Narayanamoorthi R, Petr Kacor, Matous Vrzala

“…The Electric Vehicle (EV) emerges as a promising alternative for curbing greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. Recent strides in power converter technology enable the bidirectional flow of electrical energy between EVs and the Grid (V2 G) seamlessly. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity and Optical Properties of Blue Persistent Phosphors under UV and Solar Irradiation by C. R. García, L. A. Diaz-Torres, J. Oliva, M. T. Romero, P. Salas

“…Blue phosphorescent strontium aluminosilicate powders were prepared by combustion synthesis route and a postannealing treatments at different temperatures. …”
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Improving the sinter productivity with increased specular iron ore in sinter blend by Kumar S., Jaiswal A., Sah R.

“…The evaporated water gets cooled at lower bed and condenses which retards the air flow during sintering process and thus the combustion zone stays for longer time allowing better melt assimilation and sinter qualities. …”
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Safe Treatment of Surface Coalfield Fires Above Shallow-Buried Goaf in Steeply Dipping Coal Seams by Pihong Zhang, Ruchang Chen, Guoqing Zhu, Dezhi Yang, Xin Li, Wei Jiang, Hao Liu, Zhiyi Zhang

“…Our simulations showed that under the combined action of high temperature generated by coal combustion and high pressure generated by fire-fighting machinery, the maximum displacement and vertical stress in strata overlying the goaf were 1.42 m and 36 MPa, respectively. …”
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Numeral simulation of droplet evaporation-atomization under hot air flow by Chao Lv, Lu-Lu Zhang, Ning Wei, Xu-Xin Chen, Hong-Liang Zhao, Wei-Guang Hao

“…Additionally, investigating hot gas flow fragmentation positively impacts the efficient combustion of engine fuel.…”
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Experimental and Computational Study of the Formation of Composite Granular Fuel by L. N. Ovchinnikov, N. L. Ovchinnikov, A. V. Mitrofanov, S. V. Vasilevich, S. V. Shpeynova

“…The latter often have high thermal properties (heat of combustion, ash content, etc.), but have low or poorly predicted physical and mechanical characteristics (strength, granulometric composition, etc.). …”
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An experimental study of fire development under varying ventilation conditions during the depressurization process in pressurized buildings by Kaiqiang Wang, Zhigang Shang, Weijun Liu, Kang Wen, Jun Zhang, Bin Yao, Weiguo Song

“…A smaller gap in the door opening restricts air circulation between the interior and exterior of the room, resulting in a rapid decrease in the oxygen concentration within the fire room and a decrease in the combustion reaction rate of wood fires. The ventilation power exerts the most significant influence on the temperature variation in the corridor. …”
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Electrification as a development and sustainability approach in rural areas using renewable energy sources by J. Fábregas Villegas, I. Tovar Ospino, A. Palencia Díaz

“…This energy generated is achieved through a combination of combustion engines and renewable sources. However, certain communities face challenges maintaining daily energy autonomy, resulting in developmental disparities. …”
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Chemical Composition and Mixing State of Fine Particles during Haze Periods in Yinchuan by Kangning Li, Yanqiu Ma, Liukun Li, Bin Huang

“…Local pollution events were associated with primary combustion emission and secondary particle generation.…”
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Investigation on the Compressibility Factor of Hydrogen-Doped Natural Gas Using GERG-2008 Equation of State by Ji-Chao Li, Yong Fan, Dan Pang, Tong Wu, Ying Zhang, Ke Zhou

“…This approach allows hydrogen to be transported to the end-users, where it can be either separated for use or directly combusted, thereby reducing hydrogen transport costs. …”
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UAV launch methods by Oleksandr Dobrodomov, Vladyslav Proroka, Oleksii Kulyk

“…Catapults are suitable for a wider range of UAV sizes and launch energy requirements; Chemical reactions, such as those occurring in chemical gas generators or through solid rocket fuel combustion in rocket motors, can also provide launch energy. …”
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The Geobattery Concept: A Geothermal Circular Heat Network for the Sustainable Development of Near Surface Low Enthalpy Geothermal Energy to Decarbonise Heating by Andrew Fraser-Harris, Christopher Ian McDermott, Mylène Receveur, Julien Mouli-Castillo, Fiona Todd, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Andrew Gunning, Mark Parsons

“…Decarbonisation of heating represents a major challenge in efforts to reach Net Zero carbon emissions, especially for countries that rely heavily on the combustion of carbon-based fossil fuels to meet heating demand such as the United Kingdom. …”
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Improvement of the technology of flame arrester manufacturing by K. N. Pantyukhova, O. Yu. Bourgonova, Yu. O. Filippov, G. P. Ulyasheva

“…These emissions are the reason for the formation of an explosive mixture when mixed with mine air, and also contribute to the spontaneous combustion of coal. Methane alarms are used to monitor the mine atmosphere. …”
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