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Neural-network-based approach applied to harmonic component estimation in microgrids
(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, ... -
Experimental Implementation of a Single-Phase Microgrid: A Flexible Resource for Research and Educational Activities
(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. ... -
Modelling and Controller Design for Y-Source Inverter Applied in Stand-Alone PV System
(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 ... -
Robust Control and Co-simulation of a Multivariable Nonlinear Liquid Level Control System
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Use of red mud activated at different temperatures as a low cost adsorbent of reactive dye
(Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, 2021) [Artigo]Red mud, a waste product generated during alumina extraction from bauxite, could be used as a low-cost adsorbent. Here, the effect of thermal treatment on the adsorption of Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) dye by red mud was compared ... -
Copper source determines chemistry and topography of implant coatings to optimally couple cellular responses and antibacterial activity
(Materials Science and Engineering C, 2021) [Artigo]Implant-related infections at the early healing period are considered one of the main risk factors in implant failure. Designing coatings that control bacterial adhesion and have cell stimulatory behavior remains a challenging ... -
Bacterial adhesion on lithium disilicate ceramic surface exposed to different hydrofluoric solutions
(Ceramics, 2018) [Artigo]The effect of Fluorine solutions on the surface and bacterial adhesion of lithium disilicate is a concern. The aim was to evaluate the surface roughness and the adhesion of Streptococcus sanguinis on lithium disilicate ... -
Mathematical modelling, nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation, synchronization and control of mechanisms driven by power supply
(European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 2021) [Editorial]The special issue entitled “Mathematical modelling, nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation, synchronization and control of mechanisms driven by power supply,” published by The European Physical Journal: Special Topics (EPJST), ... -
Adaptive Power Factor Regulation under Asymmetrical and Non-Sinusoidal Grid Condition with Distributed Energy Resource
(IEEE Access, 2021) [Artigo]Active and reactive power regulation, unbalanced current compensation, and harmonic current mitigation are the most significant functionalities typically embedded to a three-phase multifunctional grid-connected inverter. ... -
Gestão de Ativos Industriais de uma Linha de Transporte de Paletes usando IIoT
(2021 14th IEEE International Conference on Industry Applications, INDUSCON 2021 - Proceedings, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the integration of information from the industrial field became necessary to meet the demands of the competitive ... -
Aprimoramento da Qualidade da Energia Elétrica em Instalações Monofásicas
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A comparative study of machine learning classifiers for electric load disaggregation based on an extended nilm dataset
(2021 14th IEEE International Conference on Industry Applications, INDUSCON 2021 - Proceedings, 2021) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]The appliance evaluation and the power consumption consciousness are becoming essential for improving demand management and power grid enhancement. Load disaggregation becomes a promising engine for this goal, and some ... -
Labmade metallizer: Deposition of aluminum film on glass substrate and subsequent anodization to obtain aluminum oxide
(Revista Virtual de Quimica, 2021) [Artigo]In this work, the assembly of a low-cost metallizer is presented, based on physical vapor deposition, to obtain metallic aluminum film d eposited o ver a g lass s ubstrate. L ater, t he A l fi lm is an odized an d converted ... -
SnO2/ZnO Heterostructure as an Electron Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells
(Materials Research, 2021) [Artigo]This work reports a study of the room-temperature synthesis of a SnO2/ZnO bilayer by magnetron sputtering. Morphological, optical, and electrical properties of the bilayer were investigated for different thicknesses of ...