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Development of non-equiatomic Bio-HEAs based on TiZrNbTa-(Mo and Mn)
Torrento, Jhuliene Elen
; Sousa, Tiago Dos Santos Pereira De ; Cristino Da Cruz, Nilson ; Santos De Almeida, Gerson ; Zambuzzi, Willian Fernando ; Grandini, Carlos Roberto ; (APL Materials, 2022) [Artigo]
This study produced non-equiatomic TiNbZrTaMn and TiNbZrTaMo high entropy alloy (HEAs) by argon arc-melting and heat-treated for microstructural homogenization. The phase composition, microstructure, and selected mechanical ... -
Towards Dynamic Quadruped Locomotion: Development of a CPG-driven Foot Trajectory Generator
De Paula, Daniel Teixeira; Paciencia Godoy, Eduardo ; Becerra-Vargas, Mauricio (2022 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2022, 2022) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Legged locomotion has been a widespread daily activity of animals for millions of years, and many of its subtleties are founded on imposed conditions for survival. Agile movement in environments built for human locomotion ... -
A tattoo-inspired electrosynthesized polypyrrole film: crossing the line toward a highly adherent film for biomedical implant applications
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Rangel, E. C.; da Cruz, N. C. et al. (Materials Today Chemistry, 2022) [Artigo]
Polypyrrole (PPy) films have demonstrated promising application for implants due to their unique topographical and electronic properties. However, the limited PPy adhesiveness to metallic surfaces remains a challenge. ... -
Automated Switch Placement in Power Distribution Systems: Analysis of Binary PSO Parameters
Carneiro, Carlos Alberto; Rossi, Andre Luis Debiaso ; Cebrian, Juan Carlos ; Morales-Paredes, Helmo Kelis (2022 17th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2022, 2022) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Currently, electric utilities have improved their operational performance using automated switches (ASWs). These devices make it possible to transfer loads remotely, restoring energy supply to the greatest number of ... -
Impact of Distributed Energy Resources on Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration
Carneiro, Carlos Alberto; Silva, Gabriela Batista ; Junior, Jairo Giacomini ; Cebrian, Juan Carlos ; Morales-Paredes, Helmo Kelis (2022 17th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2022, 2022) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Currently, fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR) is a Smart Grid functionality used to improve the performance of electric utilities. This article investigates the impact of Distributed Power Resources ... -
Improving PV Hosting Capacity by Implementing Energy Storage Systems on Distribution Networks
Giacomini, Jairo; Cebrian, Juan Carlos ; Morales Paredes, Helmo Kelis (Proceedings of International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, ICHQP, 2022) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
High penetration rates of distributed generation using photovoltaic systems (PVS) bring challenges for distribution network operation, mainly due to PVS presenting intermittent generation characteristics. Strategies such ... -
Nonlinear Control Applied in Jump Attenuation of a Non-ideal System
; Kossoski, A.; Bueno, A. M. ; Balthazar, Jose Manoel ; ; ; (Mechanisms and Machine Science, 2022) [Capítulo de livro]
This work proposes the attenuation of the Sommerfeld effect (jump phenomenon) present in a non-ideal oscillator thought the use of different nonlinear controllers. The non-ideal system is composed of a beam-like mechanical ... -
Dynamics and Control of a Vibrating System with Hyperchaotic Behavior Using an Electronic Circuit Implementation
Daum, Hilson H.; ; ; Balthazar, Jose M. ; Bueno, Atila M. ; (Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2022) [Artigo]
In this paper, an electronic circuit based on Macek equations was developed in which the phenomenon of hyperchaos was observed. Synchronization of signals was applied using the technique optimal linear feedback control ... -
Current-Based Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources in a Grid-Connected Low-Voltage Microgrid: An Experimental Validation of Adverse Operational Scenarios
; Arenas, Luis De Oro; ; ; ; Marafao, Fernando P. (Energies, 2022) [Artigo]
Low-voltage grid-connected microgrids rely on the exploitation of inverter-interfaced distributed energy resources (DERs) in order to feed loads and to achieve bidirectional power flow controllability at their point of ... -
Suboptimal State Tracking Control Applied to a Nonlinear Fractional-Order Slewing Motion Flexible Structure
Bueno, Atila M.; Daltin, Daniel C. ; Serni, Paulo J. A. ; Balthazar, Jose M. ; (Journal Of Computational And Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022) [Artigo]
The control of slewing motion flexible structures is important to a number of systems found in engineering and physical sciences applications, such as aerospace, automotive, robotics, and atomic force microscopy. In this ... -
Neural-network-based approach applied to harmonic component estimation in microgrids
; ; ; ; Marafao, Fernando Pinhabel (2021 Brazilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP 2021, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Power quality in smart microgrids must be carefully analyzed, whereas adverse consequences may harm the electrical systems without power management and appropriate measures. The main goal of this paper is to develop a 5th, ... -
Modelling and Controller Design for Y-Source Inverter Applied in Stand-Alone PV System
Rodrigues, Marcus V. M.; Serrao Goncalves, Flavio A. ; Santos, Rafael Dos ; Marafao, Fernando P. (2021 Brazilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP 2021, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
The impedance source network inverters have interesting operational advantages over conventional inverters, allowing flexible operation as step-up/step-down converters, without the need to avoid simultaneous conduction of ... -
Experimental Implementation of a Single-Phase Microgrid: A Flexible Resource for Research and Educational Activities
Alonso, Augusto M. S.; De Oro Arenas, Luis ; Hock, Rubens T. ; Guillardi, Hildo ; Liberado, Eduardo V. ; Paredes, Helmo K. M. ; Goncalves, Flavio A. S. ; Marafao, Fernando P. (2021 Brazilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP 2021, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Control of power electronic inverters in AC microgrids is a challenging research field, and the deployment of control strategies to real-life implementations requires intensive theoretical and experimental prior assessment. ... -
Robust Control and Co-simulation of a Multivariable Nonlinear Liquid Level Control System
Bueno, Átila M.; Serni, Paulo J. A. ; Machado, Rodolfo G. ; Dermendjian, Fábio H. ; Balthazar, José M. (Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies, 2022) [Artigo]
Introduction: Co-simulation is a technique to overcome difficulties related to the simulation of a system running in multiple environments. It is accomplished performing the global simulation by composing different simulation ... -
Selection of features from power theories to compose NILM datasets
; ; Bosco, Thais B.; Garcia, Fernando D. ; Gonçalves, Flavio A.S. ; Marafão, Fernando P. (Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022) [Artigo]
The load disaggregation concept is gaining attention due to the increasing need for optimized energy utilization and detailed characterization of electricity consumption profiles, especially through Nonintrusive Load ... -
Consensus-Based Distributed Control for Improving the Sharing of Unbalanced Currents in Three-phase Three-wire Isolated Microgrids
; ; ; ; Morales-Paredes, Helmo K.; (2021 6th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid, eGRID 2021, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
This paper proposes a secondary distributed control strategy to achieve the sharing of unbalanced currents between 3-leg power converters, operating under droop control, in a three-phase three-wire isolated Microgrid (MG). ... -
Economic and Production-Related Implications for Industrial Energy Efficiency: A Logistic Regression Analysis on Cross-Cutting Technologies
Neves, Fábio de Oliveira; ; Roveda, José Arnaldo Frutuoso ; ; Marafão, Fernando Pinhabel ; Roveda, Sandra Regina Monteiro Masalskiene (Energies, 2022) [Artigo]
Increased industrial energy efficiency (EE) has become one of the main environmental actions to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, contributing also to industrial competitiveness, with several implications on the ... -
Effect of temperature on thermal oxidation behavior of biomedical Ti-Zr-Mo alloys
; Grandini, C. R.; ; Proença, J. P. ; Sottovia, L. ; Cruz, N. C. ; Rangel, E. C. ; (Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022) [Artigo]
In this study, the effect of temperature on the morphology, crystal structure, chemical composition, roughness, wettability, Vickers microhardness, and corrosion resistance of thermally oxidized Ti-15Zr-xMo (x = 0, 5, 10, ... -
Structural and optical properties o plasma-deposited a-C:H:Si:O:N films
Lopes, Juliana Feletto Silveira Costa; Tardelli, Jean ; Rangel, Elidiane Cipriano ; Durrant, Steven Frederick (Polimeros, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]
Thin a-C:H:Si:O:N films were deposited from plasmas fed hexamethyldisiloxane, oxygen and nitrogen, and characterized as a function of the partial pressure of oxygen in the feed, Rox. Deposition rates varied from 10 to 27 ... -
Improved Indoor 3D Localization using LoRa Wireless Communication
Godoy, Eduardo Paciencia (IEEE Latin America Transactions, 2022) [Artigo]
New communication technologies are being developed for the Internet of Things (IoT), such as the wireless long distance and low power networks (LPWAN). The LoRa (Long Range) protocol, a wireless communication technology ...