ambient assisted living; enhanced living environments; sensor failure; fault detection; fault isolation; smart home; non-intrusive sensors; binary sensors; event-driven sensors1. Introduction The ageing population phenomenon is one of the toughest challenges of this century. In 2019, 1 in 11 people...
Introduction Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems provide a suitable living environment with thermal comfort and air quality. These mechanic–electrical systems include several types, such as air conditioners, heat pumps, furnaces, boilers, chillers, and packaged systems [1]. In ...
In the case of the plasma process, reactive species such as atomic oxygen, vibrational excited nitrogen molecules generated from electron impact play important roles in the formation of NO. As suggested by R. Ingels and D.B Graves, the energy barrier for NO formation is about 20 GJ/tN if ...