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Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Roles of Curing Conditions on Properties of Soil Reinforced With Palm Fiber and Lime(Ice Publishing, 2021-03) Qu, Jili; Wang, Junfeng; Batugin, Andrian; Zhu, Hao; Koken, Ekin; Mihaela, Cristea Lavinia; Zhang, YawenDue to the environment-friendly properties of palm fiber, its use was attempted to improve the quality of soil together with lime. Unconfined compressive tests were carried out on soils mixed with palm fiber and lime under the three curing conditions of immersion in water, cyclic wetting-drying and air-curing for a series of contents of additives. The static stiffness of five types of samples (the number 1 type is the control sample) was also analyzed against curing conditions, curing time and sample type. Results from the tests show that the immersion in water condition is the best for the formation of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and static stiffness, while the air-curing condition is the worst. The highest UCS can be acquired with 1% palm fiber and 20.7% lime, and the highest static stiffness was acquired with purely 20.7% lime content. The fastest increase rate is presented by the curing condition of immersion in water. The logarithmic function is more suitable for expressing the relationship between static stiffness and curing time. It is important for site engineers to understand the curing conditions and stabilizing mechanism of palm fiber and lime for the design and construction of civil engineering projects.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Microgrid Environmental Impact(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-09-28) Al-Agtash, Salem Y.; al-Hashem, Mohammad; Batarseh, Mohanad; Bintoudi, Angelina D.; Tsolakis, Apostolos Charalampos; Tzovaras, Dimitrios K.; Hadjidemetriou, Lenos; Khiat, MounirPower plants have bad impacts on the environment. One of these impacts is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission resulted from power plants that depend on fossil fuel, oil and natural gas. Renewable energy is considered as an important solution for this problem since it is classified as clean and environmentally friendly source of energy and helps reducing the dependency on conventional power plants. High renewable energy penetration into power systems is a big challenge that can be solved by deploying the concept of smart Micro-Grids. This paper presents a study on how much reduction of CO2 emission can be resulted from deploying smart micro-grid concept on a university campus, German Jordanian University (GJU) campus was taken as a pilot. The micro-grid is meant to operate according to an optimum resource scheduling framework that guarantee a minimum operational cost while achieving high local power availability. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.