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Audio-Based Aircraft Detection System for Safe RPAS BVLOS Operations
(MDPI, 2020-12)
For the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) market to continue its current growth rate, cost-effective ‘Detect and Avoid’ systems that enable safe beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations are critical. We ...
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Advanced Concrete Steam Accumulation Tanks for Energy Storage for Solar Thermal Electricity
(MDPI, 2021-07)
Steam accumulation is one of the most effective ways of thermal energy storage (TES) for the solar thermal energy (STE) industry. However, the steam accumulator concept is penalized by a bad relationship between the ...
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Optimization of a Steam Reforming Plant Modeled with Artificial Neural Networks
(MDPI, 2020-11)
The objective of this research is to improve the hydrogen production and total profit of a real Steam Reforming plant. Given the impossibility of tuning the real factory to optimize its operation, we propose modelling ...
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Premature failures in standard test specimens with composite materials induced by stress singularities in adhesive joints
(Elsevier, 2020-03)
This work presents three examples of standard test configurations, involving composite materials, where the presence of stress singularities induced by adhesive joints causes premature failures leading to underestimated ...
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Reopening higher education buildings in post-epidemic COVID-19 scenario: monitoring and assessment of indoor environmental quality after implementing ventilation protocols in Spain and Portugal
(Wiley, 2022-05)
Post-epidemic protocols have been implemented in public buildings to keep indoor environments safe. However, indoor environmental conditions are affected by this decision, which also affect the occupants of buildings. This ...
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Discontinuous quarter-point boundary elements revisited: Computation of T-stress in two-dimensional cracked components
(Elsevier, 2023-12)
This paper analyzes the use of discontinuous quarter-point quadratic elements in a dual or hypersingular boundary element context to compute the T-stress for cracked 2-D isotropic components. The performance of this ...
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Real-time implementation of MPC for tracking in embedded systems: application to a two-wheeled inverted pendulum
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)
This article presents the real-time implementation of the model predictive control for tracking formulation to control a two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot. This formulation offers several advantages over standard MPC ...
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Corrosion performance of alloy 800H and alloy 625 for potential use as molten salts solar receiver materials in concentrating solar power tower plants
(Elsevier, 2022-11-30)
Two high corrosion resistant super-alloys, alloy 800H and alloy 625, were evaluated for corrosion compatibility with molten nitrate salts at 565 °C under air atmosphere since these super-alloys are possible candidates for ...
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The Role of Innovation in Industry Product Deployment: Developing Thermal Energy Storage for Concentrated Solar Power
(MDPI, 2020-06)
Industries with fast-developing technologies and knowledge-intensive business services rely on the development of scientific knowledge for their growth. This is also true in the renewable energy industry such as in ...
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Crop Planning in Synchronized Crop-Demand Scenarios: A Biobjective Optimization Formulation
(MDPI, 2021-09)
Crop planning problems have been extensively studied from different perspectives (profit maximization, optimizing available water use, sustainability, etc.). In this paper, a new approach is proposed that considers new ...