Proceedings of the 2015 AASRI International Conference on Circuits and Systems

Session: Sustainable Development and Energy

11 articles
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A Study of the Collaborative Degree between Economic Growth and Carbon Reduction Targets under International Comparative Perspective

Qu Liang, Chen Cong, Zhang Wulin
This paper figures out the collaborative degree between economic growth and carbon reduction targets of China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan with relevant energy consumption data, carbon emissions data and related economic development data from 1981 to 2010 by...
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Impact of LMX on Coal Mine Safety Culture in China

Ma Shuming, Zhang Jiangshi
Safety culture and the leader interaction with member are the keys to accident prevention. An equation of structure model (ESM) involved Leader-member exchange (LMX) and each element of safety culture is constructed based on literature review. And it is verified by this empirical study in China. 625...
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Integrated Facades for Building Energy Conservation

Kim Kyoung-Hee, Torres Alberto
The increasing necessity of sustainability in built environments has reinforced the role of climate responsive design in contemporary practice. Building facades - a boundary layer between indoor and outdoor environments, in turn, have transformed to fulfill adapted roles of high performance integration....
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Emergy Evaluation of a Dairy-mushroom Ecosystem in Miyun Reservoir Catchment of Beijing

Hu Yanxia
An ecological energetic evaluation is presented in this paper for the dairy-mushroom system in Beijing Miyun reservoir catchment in the year 2010. It developed a system diagram for the dairy and mushroom productions based on Odum’s unified measure. Conventional systems indices of the emergy yield ratio...
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Characteristic and Relevant Factors Analysis of Lightning Disaster in Hainan Island

Gao Yi, Zhou Fangcong, Wei Changxiong
Characteristics of lightning disaster in Hainan Island from 1999 to 2011 are analyzed by using nationwide lightning disaster data, thunderstorm data, lightning location data, and statistical yearbook of Hainan Province. The results show that 727 lightning disaster accidents are reported, which result...
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Sustainability Reports Based on XBRL through a Service-Oriented Architecture Approach

Mota Edson, Costa Daniela, Caetano da Silva Paulo
The practice of disclosure of information on corporate sustainability represents a breakthrough in relations between business and society. The initiative of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the adoption of XBRL in the process of dissemination of sustainability reporting contributes to the increase...
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Multiple Attribute Decision-making with Interval Numbers Projection and Its Application in the Power grid Planning

Ren Feng
In this paper, the theory of interval numbers was applied into multiple attribute decision-making to overcome the limitation of a single real number for attribute value. The interval positive ideal point of the decision problem was constructed based on the interval numbers of the attributes. The alternatives...
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Effect of Gas Permeation Temperature on gamma-alumina Ceramic Membranes

Nasir Kajama Mohammed, Claribelle Nwogu Ngozi, Gobina Edward
This paper examines gas permeation properties (feed pressure, temperature, molecular weight) using -alumina mesoporous ceramic membrane with 15 nm average pore size. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the membrane’s cross-sectional area was analyzed in this experiment. Single gas permeation of hydrogen,...
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An Initial Study on the Use of Membranes for Hydrocarbons Recovery from Shuttle Tankers during Crude Oil Transportation

Gobina Edward, Shehu Habiba, Okon Edidiong
There are new remote deep-water oil fields that are being discovered and this makes the use of shuttle tankers more vital for the transport of crude oil to on shore and off shore refineries. The emissions from these tankers are studied and an alternative technology for the recovery of methane, propane...
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An Approach to the Oil Recovery Enhancement Method Considering Environment Pollution with Fuzzy Parameters

Karimov Adalat, Rzayeva Ulviyya
Interest in oil recovery enhancement methods constantly increases. Scientists all over the world are engaged in research of the most effective methods for the development of oil fields. However, decline in the productivity oil wells still causes a range of problems, not only during their operation. Moreover,...
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Information Systems and Reverse Logistics: Promise for Future

Maric Josip, Rodhain Florence, Barlette Yves
Sustainability is becoming increasingly significant for business researchers and practitioners, where Information Systems (IS) and sustainable development open up a new field of interesting issues to be addressed by scholars. In this paper, we present research-in-progress regarding IS and reverse logistics....