Flexible Web services integration: a novel personalised social approach

Abstract

Dynamic composition or integration remains one of the key objectives of Web services technology. This paper aims to propose an innovative approach of dynamic Web services composition based on functional and non-functional attributes and individual preferences. In this approach, social networks of Web services are used to maintain interactions between Web services in order to select and compose Web services that are more tightly related to user’s preferences. We use the concept of Web services community in a social network of Web services to reduce considerably their search space. These communities are created by the direct involvement of Web services providers.     

Pore-scale study based on lattice Boltzmann method of density driven natural convection during CO2 injection project

Saline aquifers are chosen for geological storage of greenhouse gas CO₂ because of their storage potential. In almost all cases of practical interest, CO₂ is present on top of the liquid and CO₂ dissolution leads to a small increase in the density of the aqueous phase. This situation results in the creation of negative buoyancy force for downward density-driven natural convection and consequently enhances CO₂ sequestration. In order to study CO₂ injection at pore-level, an isothermal Lattice Boltzmann Model (LBM)with two distribution functions is adopted to simulate density-driven natural convection in porous media with irregular geometry obtained by image treatment. The present analysis showed that after the onset of natural convection instability, the brine with a high CO₂ concentration infringed into the underlying unaffected brine, in favor of the migration of CO₂ into the pore structure. With low Rayleigh numbers, the instantaneous mass flux and total dissolved CO₂ mass are very close to that derived from penetration theory (diffusion only), but the fluxes are significantly enhanced with high Ra number. The simulated results show that as the time increases, some chaotic and recirculation zones in the flow appear obviously, which promotes the renewal of interfacial liquid, and hence enhances dissolution of CO₂ into brine. This study is focused on the scale of a few pores, but shows implications in enhanced oil/gas recovery with CO₂ sequestration in aquifers.     

Enhancement of the bleaching and degradation of textile wastewaters by Gliding arc discharge plasma in the presence of TiO2 catalyst

The degradation of two polluted textile wastewaters from SOITEX (silk and textile) industry using the plasma-catalytic process, has been studied by non-thermal Gliding arc technique coupled to Degussa P25 titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) as photo-catalyst. Experiments were carried out to optimise the amount of phtoto-catalyst. The results showed that maximum degradation was attained for 3 g L(-1) TiO(2) concentration. For wastewater (1) degradation was 95% at the end of 60 min of treatment time. The same wastewater was completely decolourised after only 30min of plasma-catalytic treatment time. In parallel, the biodegradability was significantly enhanced through 20 min of exposure to the plasmagenous source for both wastewater samples. Turbidity of wastewater (1) and wastewater (2) decreased with rate constants of 0.015 and 0.017m in(-1), respectively. The TiO(2)-mediated Gliding Arc discharge (GAD(TiO(2)) showed potential application for the treatment of liquid wastes, resulting in the mineralization of the wastewater samples confirmed by chloride, sulphate and phosphate ions formation. In both cases of GAD treatments, with and without photo-catalyst, the plasmagenous process proves efficient in the field of wastewaters degradation.     

A comparative study of ultrasonic cavitation and Fenton's reagent for bisphenol A degradation in deionised and natural waters

Bisphenol A (BPA), a xenobiotic that exhibits endocrine disrupting action can be found in surface water. Its complete elimination can be obtained by advanced oxidation processes, notably upon the application of ultrasonic waves. In order to evaluate the feature of ultrasound relevance and the involvement of the hydroxyl radical in the BPA sonochemical degradation, ultrasound action was compared to Fenton's reaction in the cases of deionised acidic water (pH 3) and natural water (pH 7.6, main ions concentration: Ca(2+)=486mgL(-1), Na(+)=9.1mgL(-1), Cl(-)=10mg L(-1), SO(4)(2-)=1187mgL(-1), HCO(3)(-)=402mgL(-1)). Ultrasound was performed at 300kHz and 80W. Fenton's process was operated using ferrous sulphate (100micromolL(-1)) and continuous H(2)O(2) addition at the rate as it is produced when sonication is applied in water in absence of substrate. Experiments carried out in deionised water show that both processes exhibit identical BPA elimination rate and identical primary intermediates. Main chemical pathways involve reactions with OH radical. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) analyses show that the Fenton's process is slightly more efficient than ultrasonic treatment for the removal of BPA by-products in the case of deionised water. Experiments conducted in natural water evidenced the inhibition of the Fenton process while the ultrasound action was not hampered.