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Validating a Wave-to-Wire Model for a Wave Energy Converter—Part II: The Electrical System
(MDPI, 2017-07)
The incorporation of the full dynamics of the different conversion stages of wave energy converters (WECs), from ocean waves to the electricity grid, is essential for a realistic evaluation of the power flow in the drive ...
Bluetooth Low PowerModes Applied to the Data Transportation Network in Home Automation Systems
(MDPI, 2017-05)
Even though home automation is a well-known research and development area, recent technological improvements in different areas such as context recognition, sensing, wireless communications or embedded systems have boosted ...
Low Power Multi-Hop Networking Analysis in Intelligent Environments
(MDPI, 2017-05)
Intelligent systems are driven by the latest technological advances in many different areas such as sensing, embedded systems, wireless communications or context recognition. This paper focuses on some of those areas. ...
An Architecture for On-Line Measurement of the Tip Clearance and Time of Arrival of a Bladed Disk of an Aircraft Engine
(MDPI, 2017-10)
Safety and performance of the turbo-engine in an aircraft is directly affected by the health of its blades. In recent years, several improvements to the sensors have taken place to monitor the blades in a non-intrusive ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Polymer Optical Fibers Doped with Perylene-Derivatives for Fluorescent Lighting Applications
(MDPI, 2017-08)
Four different dye-doped polymer optical fibers (POFs) have been fabricated following a two-step fabrication process of preform extrusion and fiber drawing, using poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as host material and dye ...
Context- and Template-Based Compression for Efficient Management of Data Models in Resource-Constrained Systems
(MDPI, 2017-08)
The Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) paradigm is based on the deployment of interconnected heterogeneous devices and systems, so interoperability is at the heart of any CPS architecture design. In this sense, the adoption of ...
MACsec Layer 2 Security in HSR Rings in Substation Automation Systems
(MDPI, 2017-01-31)
The smart-grid concept takes the communications from the enclosed and protected environment of a substation to the wider city or nationwide area. In this environment, cyber security takes a key role in order to secure the ...
Contributions of Bottom-Up Energy Transitions in Germany: A Case Study Analysis
(MDPI, 2017-04)
Within the context of an energy transition towards achieving a renewable low-impact energy consumption system, this study analyses how bottom-up initiatives can contribute to state driven top-down efforts to achieve the ...
Análisis comparado de los distintos modelos de tratamiento para Guipúzcoa (Comunidad Autónoma Vasca)
(Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, 2017-04-25)
Este artículo resume un trabajo de análisis e investigación realizado en torno a un problema tan importante y relacionado con la sostenibilidad como el modelo de recogida y tratamiento de los residuos sólidos urbanos. En ...