In this paper is presented a new printed monopole antenna, bio-inspired by jasmine flower, that meets the Federal Communications Commission parameters for ultra-wideband systems. The design of the printed monopole ant...
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This work involves experiments using subroutines developed by the author in Fortran language to calculate heat and mass transfer, and ventilation. The simulations were done to check the results of the influence of the...
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Generally, ethylene production in many horticultural products has been seen to be detrimental to the quality during storage and distribution process. For this reason, removing ethylene from storage or distribution atm...
Generally, ethylene production in many horticultural products has been seen to be detrimental to the quality during storage and distribution process. For this reason, removing ethylene from storage or distribution atmosphere is needed to maintain the quality. One of the technologies that can be applied is the use of potassium permanganate (KMnO4). KMnO4 is an active compound that can be used as an oxidizing agent on ethylene removal process. KMnO4 is not recommended for direct used application. As the result, additional material is required to impregnate the potassium permanganate. The inert materials used are commercial activated carbon. Activated carbon is chosen because it has high surface area. The purpose of this research is to determine kinetics adsorption and oxidation model of ethylene removal material. The kinetics adsorption was determined using the pseudo-first and second-order kinetic models. The data on adsorption process show that the second-order equation is more suitable to express the adsorption process on this research. The analyzing of the ethylene oxidation capacity increased with time until it reaches an optimal value. The ethylene oxidation rate is able to be estimated by the formula r = 0.1967 [C2H4]0.99 [KMnO4]0.01; MSE = 0.44 %. The actual and estimation data of ethylene oxidation show that the model is fitted to describe the actual ethylene oxidation under same experimental conditions.
It is presented a state-space realization approach for identification of a pilot scale heat exchanger plant. The proposed methodology is a computational efficient way to estimate state-space models from experimental d...
In this work it is presented an AC-DC-AC synchronization technique that aims to reduce the DC-link current oscillation. The technique is applied to a reduced component count single-phase back-to-back Currente Source C...
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(纸本)9781509053674
In this work it is presented an AC-DC-AC synchronization technique that aims to reduce the DC-link current oscillation. The technique is applied to a reduced component count single-phase back-to-back Currente Source Converters (CSC). The deduction of how the DC-link oscillation is influenced by both input and output angles is presented. Experimental and simulation results are provided to validate the theoretical approach and to illustrate the synchronization phenomenon.
Fatigue behaviour of a fillet-welded tubular T-joint in the so-called H structural component of an agricultural sprayer is examined by using experimental strain measurements found in the literature and linear elastic ...
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Fatigue behaviour of a fillet-welded tubular T-joint in the so-called H structural component of an agricultural sprayer is examined by using experimental strain measurements found in the literature and linear elastic finite element analyses. Two stress-based critical plane criteria are applied at a verification point located near the intersection between the end of brace and chord of the above-mentioned T-joint, where crack initiation and growth is experimentally observed.
Faunus ater is a favoritemollusca that is often found on the Bale River. Local people use these snails as food for consumption along with their main food. Bale River itself is located adjacent to the cement factory, u...
Faunus ater is a favoritemollusca that is often found on the Bale River. Local people use these snails as food for consumption along with their main food. Bale River itself is located adjacent to the cement factory, used water washing machines distributed to the river is feared to support the presence of lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) metals in the river. This study aims to analyze the relationship of Pb and Zn content in sediments to the content of Pb and Zn in Faunus ater. Data collection was carried out in Februari until April 2018. The relationship between Pb and Zn content in sediments with Pb and Zn content in the body of Faunus ater was analyzed by correlation analysis. The results of the data analysis showed that the metal content of Pb and Zn in sediment and Faunus aterwere found to vary. The highest Pb content in sediment was found at station 2 in March, amounting to 32.87 mg / kg. while the highest Zn content was found at station 1 in March amounting to 84 mg / kg. The relationship of heavy metals Pb and Zn in sediments to the content of Pb and Zn in the body of Faunus ater showed a negative correlation. The conclusion of this study is that there is no correlation between the content of Pb and Zn heavy metals in sediments on the content of lead Pb and Zn in the body of Faunus ater at the Bale Lhoknga River in Aceh Besar District.
In this paper, three configurations of three-phase ac-dc cascaded converters are presented. They are referred as basic configurations, and are composed by two three-phase bridges, where the second bridge is cascaded t...
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(纸本)9781509029990
In this paper, three configurations of three-phase ac-dc cascaded converters are presented. They are referred as basic configurations, and are composed by two three-phase bridges, where the second bridge is cascaded to the first by means of a three-phase injection transformer. Basic configurations have one bidirectional option (composed only by IGBT switches), and two unidirectional ones (composed by IGBT and diodes). Their generalizations, which are composed by an indefinite number of cascaded three-phase bridges, are also proposed. Each additional cascaded bridge is a three-phase IGBT bridge and requires one additional three-phase injection transformer. Transformers turns ratios are calculated in order to maximize the number of levels produced in the ac side of each rectifier, enhancing power quality. Basic configurations are compared by means of simulations between themselves and with the conventional three-phase IGBT bridge, to show that proposed multilevel rectifiers present better performance in terms of ac power quality drew from the ac source, with lower semiconductor losses. Experimental results are also exposed for the basic configurations to validate them and show their feasibility.
This paper aims selects sensitive features for damage identification in a railway bridge. For this purpose, a damage identification methodology based on a genetic algorithm and its application to the numerical model o...
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The potential for sustainability has been highlighted as one of the most important characteristics of product-service systems (PSS). Nevertheless, a PSS is not intrinsically sustainable. Methods and tools for PSS sust...
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The potential for sustainability has been highlighted as one of the most important characteristics of product-service systems (PSS). Nevertheless, a PSS is not intrinsically sustainable. Methods and tools for PSS sustainability assessment should be developed to be integrated into the design process, especially in the early design phases, in order to conceive sustainable solutions. In addition, a PSS should be planned considering the three sustainability dimensions, from a life cycle perspective. However, PSS design and assessment considering the full life cycle is scarcely addressed in the literature, especially concerning the social dimension of sustainability. In this sense, this study proposes a streamlined life cycle assessment based approach to identify potential social impacts along the PSS life cycle that can be integrated into the early PSS design stages. The proposal is based on a hotspot analysis, which identifies where in the life cycle the most significant issues may occur. The proposal was developed in three main phases, anchored in both hotspots analysis and PSS literature. After developing it, 10 experts in PSS and sustainability assessed the proposal strengths and weakness. Some suggestions were offered by the researchers and improvements were introduced to the proposal regarding PSS life cycle phases and the social impact subcategories. The experts considered the hotspot analysis suitable to be applied in the early design stages when there is not much information yet regarding the system to conduct a complete life cycle assessment. The next step of this research is the proposal assessment by practitioners in industry. Further work will also integrate the environmental dimension of sustainability into the proposal.
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