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Levelized Cost of Storage for Li-Ion Batteries Used in PV Power Plants for Ramp-Rate Control
(IEEE, 2019-03)
Photovoltaic (PV) power production ramp-rate control is getting more and more important in weak electric power systems, in which quick and significant power fluctuations can affect the stability of the system. This can be ...
Sustainable machining of molds for tile industry by minimum quantity lubrication
(Elsevier, 2019-08-17)
Nowadays, to reduce water pollution, soil contamination, and human health hazards, the environmental legislation is forcing manufacturing companies to avoid the use of metalworking fluids. Thus, the adoption of the dry ...
Impedance spectroscopy characterization of neutron irradiated thermoelectric modules for space nuclear power
(AIP Publishing, 2019)
The European Space Agency is currently supporting the research and development of advanced radioisotope power systems utilising thermoelectric modules. The performance of thermoelectric modules following exposure to neutron ...
Complete Characterization of Thermoelectric Materials by Impedance Spectroscopy
(American Chemical Society, 2019-05-01)
Thermoelectric materials can directly convert waste heat into electricity. Because of the vast amount of energy available as waste heat in our society, these materials could contribute to reduce our dependence on fossil ...
Characterization of thermal contacts between heat exchangers and a thermoelectric module by impedance spectroscopy
(Elsevier, 2019)
Heat to electricity energy conversion efficiency of a thermoelectric (TE) device is not only influenced by the TE materials properties, but it also depends on the temperature difference between both sides of the TE legs. ...
Experimental conditions required for accurate measurements of electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) using Harman and impedance spectroscopy methods
(AIP Publishing, 2019-01-11)
The Harman method is used extensively for the characterization of the dimensionless figure of merit ZT of thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices. However, its accuracy has often been questioned, since in many cases there ...
Electrospun Antimicrobial Films of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Containing Eugenol Essential Oil Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
(MDPI, 2019)
The main goal of this study was to develop poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)
(PHBV) films with long-term antimicrobial capacity of interest in food packaging applications. To this
end, eugenol was first highly ...
Reactive Melt Mixing of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)/Rice Husk Flour Composites with Purified Biosustainably Produced Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)
(MDPI, 2019)
Novel green composites based on commercial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) filled with
10 wt % rice husk flour (RHF) were melt-compounded in a mini-mixer unit using triglycidyl
isocyanurate (TGIC) as compatibilizer and ...
Determination of the thermoelectric properties of a skutterudite-based device at practical operating temperatures by impedance spectroscopy
(Elsevier, 2019-10-01)
Skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are promising candidates for waste heat recovery applications at intermediate temperatures (300–500 °C) owing to their high dimensionless figure of merit and power factor. Recently, ...
Indoor Positioning and Fingerprinting:The R Package ipft
(The R Foundation, 2019)
Methods based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) fingerprinting are in theforefront among several techniques being proposed for indoor positioning. This paper introducesthe R packageipft, which provides ...