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Alternate fuel
(National Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Shipping (NCESS), 21-22 December 2020, 2020-12-22) Hare, Ram Hare
As the world moves towards greener solutions for reduction in pollution by any source, the transportation industry will be greatly affected and hence major changes are taking place throughout. From automobiles, logistics, aviation and each and every machine in the supply chain is looking to cut down the emissions. Shipping contributes to 3% of the world’s total manmade carbon emissions. Around the world, air pollution is causing serious health problems and premature death, and local air pollution will be subject to tougher regulations over the coming years. Reducing emissions to air and introducing new propulsion technologies are key challenges for the worldwide transport sector, including shipping. The world’s future fleet will have to rely on a broader range of fuels, propulsion solutions and energy efficiency measures. All alternative fuel options have benefits and challenges. This guidance paper provides an introduction to alternative fuels and technology solutions. It includes an overview of selected alternative ship fuels – LNG, LPG, methanol, biofuel and hydrogen – as well as emerging technologies such as batteries, fuel cell systems and wind-assisted propulsion. The objectives of the paper are to provide decision support for investment in ships for the upcoming period. The paper focuses on technical parameters and limitations without accounting for local market conditions, considerations and incentive schemes which may have a significant impact on competitiveness and the uptake of alternative fuels and technologies. Marine fuel currently contributes approximately 3 per cent to global man-made CO2 emissions. Most seagoing ships are still using heavy fuel oil (HFO) or marine gas oil (MGO), with a maximum sulphur limit of 3.5 per cent (mass) in force for HFO and 0.1 per cent (mass) for low- sulphur MGO. Looking at the future with the IMO 2020 low-sulphur standards and upcoming CO2 emission regulation regime in mind, the share of conventional oil-based ship fuels will drop and the share of alternative fuels will grow. Prerequisites for introducing a new fuel include availability of sufficient production and distribution facilities as well as an adequate bunkering infrastructure. In addition, new fuels in many cases require extensive on- board modifications and a reversal to a conventional system is complex and costly.
Challenges and opportunities of internet of things for library management
(National Conference on Next Generation Libraries: Issues and Challenges, 2015-03-22) Mishra, Anil Kumar; Kumar, Satish
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vision of connectivity for anything, at anytime and anywhere, which may have a dramatic impact on our daily lives similar to the Internet done in past 10–20 years. It is recognized as an extension of today’s Internet to the real world of physical objects, which is often associated with such terms as “ambient intelligent,” “ubiquitous network,” and “cyberphysical system.” Its development depends on dynamic technical innovation in a number of important fields, ranging from fundamental microelectronic devices, sensor technologies to information and communication technologies (ICT). The Internet of Things has been called by many names. The idea is that objects can be connected through the internet in new ways. This happens when a combination of web-enabled devices (computers, phones, handhelds) and technology that can communicate with those devices (sensors, RFID, 2D and 3D barcodes) allows information to be attached to an object. The information can stand on its own and be read by a device or it can trigger an action such as bringing up a web page, playing a video, reminding pick up book, or giving a message to customer. This paper analyzes the key technology and working principle of IoT, its development in India and abroad, its application in the library development and management. The primary intent of this paper is to provide libraries an overview of IoT features and capabilities that can be used to develop online complex library solutions.
Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
(International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) from 27-29 November 2013 in New Delhi, India, 2013-11) Mishra, Anil Kumar; Kumar, Satish
Digital preservation is a broad term used to describe the continued accessibility and maintenance of digital resources and safeguarding these for the foreseeable and the distant future. Digital preservation is a vital part of the creation and management of any digital collection. Without the appropriate preservation a digital collection can easily become inaccessible and therefore useless in just a matter of a few years. A modern research library’s collection comprises of among other things, printed materials, online electronic resources, and locally developed digital library collections. Preservation of printed materials is not a big challenge for modern librarians but preserving and providing long-term access to digital collections is a thwarting process for librarians. Also, library users cannot take for granted the continued access to the online journals to which their libraries have subscriptions. This is because, libraries, for various reasons, can discontinue subscription to certain journal titles. Also, the publisher may discontinue any of the journals that they have been publishing. When such a situation arises, the library users will no longer be able to access the journals to which the library used to have subscription. To address such a situation, researchers at the Stanford University have developed a software tool called the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe). This tool can help in facilitating preservation of bits and also provide continued access to such online resources. This paper provides a brief overview of the main issues in digital preservation, highlighting current research and standard efforts. It also looks into the aspects involved in the digital preservation and discusses some of the techniques required for digital preservation. It gives a bird’s eye view of various projects initiated for archiving digital content of scholarly journals.
PKP and its open journal system: an initiative in open access scholarly environment
(National Conference on Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education, 2015) Mishra, Anil Kumar; Kumar, Satish
Commercial publishers are increasing the subscription prices of journals, the libraries attached touniversities, colleges and R&D institutions are finding it very difficult to subscribe the core journals to cater tothe knowledge requirements of their stakeholders. The Open Journal System helps us to publish and manage theentire publishing process of a journal; the Academic institutions can do this without any additional funding.This paper describes about an initiative; started by the Public Knowledge Project
RFID technology for identification, security and document handling in library
(National Conference on Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education, 2015) Mishra, Anil Kumar; Kumar, Satish
Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency waves to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the automatic identification and tracking. It is a technology that uses the radio waves for transferring data from an electronic tag called as RFID tag. Library RFID systems are composed of tags, readers and middleware software. The systems rely heavily on the Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). Tags are placed inside library documents. The readers are placed at staff workstations and self-check machines and built into security gates. The readers read the information on the tag and pass the information to the ILMS. RFID is a powerful technology that can change how libraries deal with physical as well as digital technologies to offer new services.