• A case study to estimate thermal conductivity of ABS in Cold Climate Chamber 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Makarova, Marina; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Polanco Pinerez, Geanette (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2015-10-22)
      Non steady state thermal conductivity of ABS was estimated using an analytical approach in a Cold Climate Chamber at ?10?C and ?14?C. Two hollow cylinders of ABS of varying thickness were used to estimate the conductivity. The material was porous but the porosity was unknown. This paper is a case study to understand, if it is reasonable to estimate the thermal conductivity using the analytical varying ...
    • Energy, Exergy, And Environmental Assessment Of A Small-Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Using Different Organic Fluids 

      Polanco Pinerez, Geanette; Ochoa, Guillermo Valencia; Duarte-Forero, Jorge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09)
      This article presents an energetic, exergetic, and environmental (3E) analysis of a solar powered simple Rankine Organic Cycle (ORC). The ORC is simulated using three organic working fluids, such as Toluene, Cyclohexane, and Acetone, meanwhile the solar system uses thermal oil Therminol 75. The present study shows the performance of this coupled system using historical solar annual radiation data ...
    • Non-parametric Linear Technique for Measuring the Efficiency of Winter Road Maintenance in the Arctic Area 

      Hatamzad, Mahshid; Polanco Pinerez, Geanette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-05)
      Improving the performance of Winter Road Maintenance (WRM) can increase the traffic safety and reduce the cost as well as environmental impacts. This study evaluates the efficiency of WRM technique, named salting, in the Arctic area by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is a non-parametric linear method to measure the efficiencies of decision-making units (DMUs) based on handling multiple ...
    • Using Slightly Imbalanced Binary Classification to Predict the Efficiency of Winter Road Maintenance 

      Hatamzad, Mahshid; Polanco Pinerez, Geanette; Cesselgren, Johan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-30)
      The prediction of efficiency scores for winter road maintenance (WRM) is a challenging and serious issue in countries with cold climates. While effective and efficient WRM is a key contributor to maximizing road transportation safety and minimizing costs and environmental impacts, it has not yet been included in intelligent prediction methods. Therefore, this study aims to design a WRM ...