Search Results - "Fernando Lima"

A Modified SQP-based Model Predictive Control Algorithm: Application to Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant Cycling by He, Xin, Lima, Fernando V

“…In this paper, a modified sequential quadratic programming (SQP)-based model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is developed and implemented for power plant…”
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Three decades of high-resolution coastal sea surface temperatures reveal more than warming by Lima, Fernando P., Wethey, David S.

“…Understanding and forecasting current and future consequences of coastal warming require a fine-scale assessment of the near-shore temperature changes. Here we…”
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Development and implementation of advanced control strategies for power plant cycling with carbon capture by He, Xin, Lima, Fernando V.

“…•MPC strategies are implemented on coal-fired power plants with carbon capture.•Supercritical and combined cycle power plant control structures are…”
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A Tchebycheff-based multi-objective combined with a PSO–SQP dynamic real-time optimization framework for cycling energy systems by Kim, Rebecca, Lima, Fernando V.

“…[Display omitted] •MOO-DRTO strategy is proposed for baseload energy systems under cycling conditions.•Novel PSO and SQP approach is implemented in process…”
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Dynamic Operability Analysis for Process Design and Control of Modular Natural Gas Utilization Systems by Dinh, San, Lima, Fernando V.

“…Process modularization is an alternative process design and construction framework, in which modular units are independent and replaceable blocks of a process…”
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Nonlinear multiobjective and dynamic real‐time predictive optimization for optimal operation of baseload power plants under variable renewable energy by Kim, Rebecca, Lima, Fernando V.

“…Considering the increase of disruptive variable renewable energy penetration into the power grid, this article focuses on the investigation of a multiobjective…”
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A machine learning-based process operability framework using Gaussian processes by Alves, Victor, Gazzaneo, Vitor, Lima, Fernando V.

“…•Proposed approach uses Kriging models as surrogates for Operability calculations.•Accurate model responses are generated with reduced computational…”
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Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B): From Structure to Clinical Inhibitor Perspectives by Liu, Rongxing, Mathieu, Cécile, Berthelet, Jérémy, Zhang, Wenchao, Dupret, Jean-Marie, Rodrigues Lima, Fernando

“…Phosphorylation is an essential process in biological events and is considered critical for biological functions. In tissues, protein phosphorylation mainly…”
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Coastal warming and wind-driven upwelling: A global analysis by Varela, Rubén, Lima, Fernando P., Seabra, Rui, Meneghesso, Claudia, Gómez-Gesteira, Moncho

“…Long-term sea surface temperature (SST) warming trends are far from being homogeneous, especially when coastal and ocean locations are compared. Using data…”
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Multilayer Operability Framework for Process Design, Intensification, and Modularization of Nonlinear Energy Systems by Gazzaneo, Vitor, Lima, Fernando V

“…An optimization-based multilayer operability framework is introduced for the process design of nonlinear energy systems that are challenged by complexity and…”
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Structure and function of the lysine methyltransferase SETD2 in cancer: From histones to cytoskeleton by Michail, Christina, Rodrigues Lima, Fernando, Viguier, Mireille, Deshayes, Frédérique

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Self-stabilizing economic nonlinear model predictive control applied to modular systems by Dinh, San, Lin, Kuan-Han, Lima, Fernando V., Biegler, Lorenz T.

“…Recent advances have been made in self-stabilizing Economic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (eNMPC) formulation without pre-calculated setpoints, which…”
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Synergistic cotreatment of cooling tower blowdown and produced waters: Techno-economic, sustainability, and optimization systems analyses by Barber, Hunter, Alves, Victor, Lima, Fernando V.

“…A blowdown and produced water cotreatment train design was preliminarily simulated to explore water-energy nexus synergy. This process model was able to…”
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Ocean-wide tracking of pelagic sharks reveals extent of overlap with longline fishing hotspots by Queiroz, Nuno, Humphries, Nicolas E., Mucientes, Gonzalo, Hammerschlag, Neil, Lima, Fernando P., Scales, Kylie L., Miller, Peter I., Sousa, Lara L., Seabra, Rui, Sims, David W.

“…Overfishing is arguably the greatest ecological threat facing the oceans, yet catches of many highly migratory fishes including oceanic sharks remain largely…”
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Synergistic cotreatment of cooling tower blowdown and produced waters: Modeling strategies for a comprehensive wastewater treatment simulation by Barber, Hunter, Lin, Lian-Shin, Lima, Fernando V.

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Thermal adaptation and clinal mitochondrial DNA variation of European anchovy by Silva, Gonçalo, Lima, Fernando P., Martel, Paulo, Castilho, Rita

“…Natural populations of widely distributed organisms often exhibit genetic clinal variation over their geographical ranges. The European anchovy, Engraulis…”
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An inverse mapping approach for process systems engineering using automatic differentiation and the implicit function theorem by Alves, Victor, Kitchin, John R., Lima, Fernando V.

“…The objective in this work is to propose a novel approach for solving inverse problems from the output space to the input space using automatic differentiation…”
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Process Operability Algorithms: Past, Present, and Future Developments by Gazzaneo, Vitor, Carrasco, Juan C, Vinson, David R, Lima, Fernando V

“…In this Article, the recently developed multimodel and NLP-based operability approaches are reviewed and further developed in terms of theory, application, and…”
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Severe Dengue Prognosis Using Human Genome Data and Machine Learning by Davi, Caio, Pastor, Andre, Oliveira, Thiego, Neto, Fernando B. de Lima, Braga-Neto, Ulisses, Bigham, Abigail W., Bamshad, Michael, Marques, Ernesto T. A., Acioli-Santos, Bartolomeu

“…Dengue has become one of the most important worldwide arthropod-borne diseases. Dengue phenotypes are based on laboratorial and clinical exams, which are known…”
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A novel testing system for hydromechanical investigation of rock materials in neutron and X-ray imaging instruments by Vieira Lima, Fernando, Hall, Stephen, Engqvist, Jonas, Tudisco, Erika, Woracek, Robin

“…This article introduces a novel testing system for investigating rock hydromechanical behavior with neutron and X-ray imaging techniques. The system comprises…”
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