A Novel Ship Fuel Sulfur Content Estimation Method Using Improved Gaussian Plume Model and Genetic Algorithms
Chao Wang,
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Hao Wu,
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Wang Nini
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 690 - 690
Published: March 29, 2025
Maritime
transportation
plays
a
vital
role
in
global
economic
development
but
is
also
significant
contributor
to
air
pollution,
especially
through
emissions
of
SO2,
NOx,
and
CO2.
Identifying
non-compliance
with
fuel
sulfur
content
regulations
crucial
for
mitigating
these
environmental
impacts,
yet
current
methods
face
challenges,
particularly
the
absence
reliable
CO2
concentration
data.
This
study
proposes
novel
inverse
calculation
framework
estimate
ship
without
relying
on
measurements.
An
improved
Gaussian
plume
line
source
model
was
tailored
dispersion
characteristics
emissions,
influencing
factors
evaluated
under
varying
wind
field
conditions.
The
emission
intensity
inversion
formulated
as
an
unconstrained
multi-dimensional
optimization
problem,
solved
using
genetic
algorithms.
By
incorporating
consumption
data
derived
from
basic
information,
fuels
effectively
estimated.
Experimental
evaluations
30
days
monitoring
revealed
that
method
successfully
identified
2743
ships,
overall
detection
rate
82.72%.
Among
them,
131
ships
were
flagged
suspected
high-sulfur
fuel,
111
confirmed
be
non-compliant
via
sampling
laboratory
testing,
achieving
accuracy
84.73%.
These
results
demonstrate
proposed
approach
offers
efficient
solution
real-time
enforcement
diverse
atmospheric
conditions,
contributing
management
maritime
transport
emissions.
Language: Английский
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Low-Cost Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring: A Comprehensive Review of Applications Across Diverse Emission Sources
Vishal Choudhary,
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Manuj Sharma,
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Suresh Jain
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et al.
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 106409 - 106409
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
VIOS-Net: A Multi-Task Fusion System for Maritime Surveillance Through Visible and Infrared Imaging
Jie Zhan,
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Jiawen Li,
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Lihua Wu
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et al.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(5), P. 913 - 913
Published: May 6, 2025
Automatic
ship
monitoring
models
leveraging
image
recognition
have
become
integral
to
regulatory
applications
within
maritime
management,
with
multi-source
co-monitoring
serving
as
the
primary
method
for
achieving
comprehensive,
round-the-clock
surveillance.
Despite
their
widespread
use,
existing
predominantly
train
each
data
source
independently
or
simultaneously
multiple
sources
without
fully
optimizing
integration
of
similar
information.
This
approach,
while
capable
all-weather
detection,
results
in
underutilization
features
from
related
and
unnecessary
repetition
model
training,
leading
excessive
time
consumption.
To
address
these
inefficiencies,
this
paper
introduces
a
novel
multi-task
learning
framework
designed
enhance
utilization
diverse
information
sources,
thereby
reducing
training
time,
lowering
costs,
improving
accuracy.
The
proposed
model,
VIOS-Net,
integrates
advantages
both
visible
infrared
meet
challenges
all-weather,
all-day
under
complex
environmental
conditions.
VIOS-Net
employs
Shared
Bottom
network
architecture,
utilizing
shared
specific
feature
extraction
modules
at
model’s
lower
upper
layers,
respectively,
optimize
system’s
capabilities
maximize
efficiency.
experimental
demonstrate
that
achieves
an
accuracy
96.20%
across
spectral
datasets,
significantly
outperforming
baseline
ResNet-34
which
attained
accuracies
only
4.86%
9.04%
data,
respectively.
Moreover,
reduces
number
parameters
by
48.82%
compared
baseline,
optimal
performance
multi-spectral
monitoring.
Extensive
ablation
studies
further
validate
effectiveness
individual
framework.
Language: Английский