Framed Harvesters for Collecting Energy From Vibrations in Industrial Plants

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Doria
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Tuning Method ◽  
The One ◽  
Piezoelectric Harvester

Abstract The idea of increasing the number of resonance conditions of a cantilever piezoelectric harvester by coupling the harvester with a frame that surrounds the harvester’s body is presented and discussed. Experimental tests on prototypes show that it is possible to design framed harvesters able to generate significant powers at two frequencies. Since the framed harvesters will be used for harvesting energy from periodic vibrations characterized by multiple harmonics, a tuning method is needed. For this reason a numerical sensitivity analysis is performed to analyze the effect on harvester tuning of small masses mounted on the frame. A prototype tuned to 40 and 80 Hz is developed and tested, its performance is compared with the one of a system of two simple harvesters tuned to the same frequencies.

scholarly journals Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2585
Author(s):  
Jessica Guadalupe Tobal-Cupul ◽  
Estela Cerezo-Acevedo ◽  
Yair Yosias Arriola-Gil ◽  
Hector Fernando Gomez-Garcia ◽  
Victor Manuel Romero-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Ocean Energy ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Water Temperature Data ◽  
Mass Flows

The Mexican Caribbean Sea has potential zones for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) implementation. Universidad del Caribe and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, with the support of the Mexican Centre of Innovation in Ocean Energy, designed and constructed a prototype OTEC plant (OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe), which is the first initiative in Mexico for exploitation of this type of renewable energy. This paper presents a sensitivity analysis whose objective was to know, before carrying out the experimental tests, the behavior of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe regarding temperature differences, as well as the non-possible operating conditions, which allows us to assess possible modifications in the prototype installation. An algorithm was developed to obtain the inlet and outlet temperatures of the water and working fluid in the heat exchangers using the monthly surface and deep-water temperature data from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model and Geographically Weighted Regression Temperature Model for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. With these temperatures, the following were analyzed: fluctuation of thermal efficiency, mass flows of R-152a and water and power production. By analyzing the results, we verified maximum and minimum mass flows of water and R-152a to produce 1 kWe during a typical year in the Mexican Caribbean Sea and the conditions when the production of electricity is not possible for OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe.

scholarly journals Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Homogenized Constrained Mixture Model of Arterial Growth and Remodeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Brandstaeter ◽  
Sebastian L. Fuchs ◽  
Jonas Biehler ◽  
Roland C. Aydin ◽  
Wolfgang A. Wall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Global Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
Growth And Remodeling ◽  
Global Sensitivity ◽  
Output Variability ◽  
Constrained Mixture ◽  
The One ◽  
Influential Parameters

AbstractGrowth and remodeling in arterial tissue have attracted considerable attention over the last decade. Mathematical models have been proposed, and computational studies with these have helped to understand the role of the different model parameters. So far it remains, however, poorly understood how much of the model output variability can be attributed to the individual input parameters and their interactions. To clarify this, we propose herein a global sensitivity analysis, based on Sobol indices, for a homogenized constrained mixture model of aortic growth and remodeling. In two representative examples, we found that 54–80% of the long term output variability resulted from only three model parameters. In our study, the two most influential parameters were the one characterizing the ability of the tissue to increase collagen production under increased stress and the one characterizing the collagen half-life time. The third most influential parameter was the one characterizing the strain-stiffening of collagen under large deformation. Our results suggest that in future computational studies it may - at least in scenarios similar to the ones studied herein - suffice to use population average values for the other parameters. Moreover, our results suggest that developing methods to measure the said three most influential parameters may be an important step towards reliable patient-specific predictions of the enlargement of abdominal aortic aneurysms in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Fractional-Order PII1/2DD1/2 Control: Theoretical Aspects and Application to a Mechatronic Axis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3631
Author(s):  
Luca Bruzzone ◽  
Mario Baggetta ◽  
Pietro Fanghella
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Order ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Maximum Torque ◽  
Control Effort ◽  
Tuning Method ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Remarkable Reduction ◽  
Distributed Order

Fractional Calculus is usually applied to control systems by means of the well-known PIlDm scheme, which adopts integral and derivative components of non-integer orders λ and µ. An alternative approach is to add equally distributed fractional-order terms to the PID scheme instead of replacing the integer-order terms (Distributed Order PID, DOPID). This work analyzes the properties of the DOPID scheme with five terms, that is the PII1/2DD1/2 (the half-integral and the half-derivative components are added to the classical PID). The frequency domain responses of the PID, PIlDm and PII1/2DD1/2 controllers are compared, then stability features of the PII1/2DD1/2 controller are discussed. A Bode plot-based tuning method for the PII1/2DD1/2 controller is proposed and then applied to the position control of a mechatronic axis. The closed-loop behaviours of PID and PII1/2DD1/2 are compared by simulation and by experimental tests. The results show that the PII1/2DD1/2 scheme with the proposed tuning criterium allows remarkable reduction in the position error with respect to the PID, with a similar control effort and maximum torque. For the considered mechatronic axis and trapezoidal speed law, the reduction in maximum tracking error is −71% and the reduction in mean tracking error is −77%, in correspondence to a limited increase in maximum torque (+5%) and in control effort (+4%).

scholarly journals One-year test-retest reliability of ten vision tests in Canadian athletes

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1032
Author(s):  
Mehdi Aloosh ◽  
Suzanne Leclerc ◽  
Stephanie Long ◽  
Guowei Zhong ◽  
James M. Brophy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Limits Of Agreement ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Concussion Management ◽  
Baseline Testing ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Background: Vision tests are increasingly being suggested for use in concussion management and baseline testing. Concussions, however, often occur months after baseline testing and reliability studies generally examine intervals limited to days or one week. Therefore, our objective was to determine the one-year test-retest reliability of these tests. Methods: We assessed one-year test-retest reliability of ten vision tests in elite Canadian athletes followed by the Institut National du Sport du Quebec. We included athletes who completed two baseline (preseason) annual evaluations by one clinician within 365±30 days. We excluded athletes with any concussion or vision training in between the annual evaluations or presented with any factor that is believed to affect the tests (e.g. migraines, etc.). Data were collected from clinical charts. We evaluated test-retest reliability using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and 95% limits of agreement (LoA). Results: We examined nine female and seven male athletes with a mean age of 22.7 (SD 4.5) years. Among the vision tests, we observed excellent test-retest reliability in Positive Fusional Vergence at 30cm (ICC=0.93) but this dropped to 0.55 when an outlier was excluded in a sensitivity analysis. There was good to moderate reliability in Negative Fusional Vergence at 30cm (ICC=0.78), Phoria at 30cm (ICC=0.68), Near Point of Convergence break (ICC=0.65) and Saccade (ICC=0.56). The ICC for Positive Fusional Vergence at 3m (ICC=0.56) also decreased to 0.21 after removing one outlier. We found poor reliability in Near Point of Convergence (ICC=0.47), Gross Stereoscopic Acuity (ICC=0.03) and Negative Fusional Vergence at 3m (ICC=0.0). ICC for Phoria at 3m was not appropriate because scores were identical in 14/16 athletes. 95% LoA of the majority of tests were ±40% to ±90%. Conclusions: Four tests had moderate one-year test-retest reliability. The remaining tests had poor reliability. The tests would therefore be useful only if concussion has a moderate-large effect on scores.

Through Harmonization of National Technical Regulations to More Sustainability in Engineering Business

2019 ◽  
pp. 263-288
Author(s):  
Julia Krause
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Sustainable Engineering ◽  
Cost Inefficiency ◽  
Sustainable Business Models ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Technical Regulations

This chapter provides readers with specifics of complexity in engineering, delivering, and constructing of industrial plants while working in different countries. Export-oriented companies in mechanical and plant engineering businesses with long supply chains face huge challenges in considering different technical requirements for different types of equipment and for different services and procedures they provide, which lead to time and cost inefficiency. In modern times with different economic, social, and environmental requirements on the one hand and challenges caused by globalization, digitalization, and worldwide climate change; on the other, it is vital to find the ways for more sustainable project management and sustainable business models and to inspire global players to consider sustainability development goals and to become an innovator to drive the others: the suppliers, the clients, and other stakeholders. The first step towards sustainable engineering processes in the globalized world is the harmonization of technical regulations worldwide.

A Probabilistic Approach for the Assessment of LOC Events in Steel Storage Tanks Under Seismic Loading

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Paolacci ◽  
Daniele Corritore ◽  
Antonio C. Caputo ◽  
Oreste S. Bursi ◽  
Bledar Kalemi
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Simple Procedure ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Seismic Loading ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Seismic Intensity ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Damage States ◽  
Relationship Of

The damage states in a storage tank subjected to seismic loading can induce loss of containment (LOC) with possible consequences (fire, explosion, etc..) both for the surrounding units and people. This aspect is particularly crucial for the Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) of industrial plants subjected to earthquakes. Classical QRA methodologies are based on standard LOC conditions whose frequency of occurrence is mainly related to technological accident rather than natural events and are thus useless. Therefore, it is evident the necessity of establishing new procedures for the evaluation of the frequencies of occurrence of LOC events in storage tanks when subjected to an earthquake. Consequently, in this work a simple procedure founded on a probabilistic linear regression-based model is proposed, which uses simplified numerical models typically adopted for the seismic response of above ground storage tanks. Based on a set of predetermined LOC events (e.g. damage in the pipes, damage in the nozzles, etc..), whose probabilistic relationship with the local response (stress level, etc..) derives from experimental tests, the probabilistic relationship of selected response parameters with the seismic intensity measure (IM) is established. As result, for each LOC event, the cloud analysis method is used to derive the related fragility curve.

scholarly journals Experimental investigation of leak hydraulics

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 666-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ferrante ◽  
C. Massari ◽  
E. Todini ◽  
B. Brunone ◽  
S. Meniconi
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Water Distribution Network ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

In recent decades the hydraulics of leaks, i.e. the definition of the relationships linking the hydraulic quantities in pipes with leaks, has received increasing attention. On the one hand, the definition of the relationship between the leak outflow and the relevant parameters – e.g. the leak area and shape, the pressure inside the pipe and outside the leak, and the pipe material – is crucial for pressure control and inverse analysis techniques. On the other hand, if the effect of the leakage on the governing equations is not taken into account, i.e. the loss of the flow axial momentum is not considered, significant errors can be introduced in the simulation of water distribution systems. In this paper, the governing equations for a pipe with a leak are derived. The basic equations, obtained within different approaches, are presented in a consistent formulation and then compared with the results of some experimental tests. The leak jet angle and other major features of the results are analysed. The estimated values of the parameters can be used in the water distribution network models when pipes with a diffuse leakage are considered.

Fracture Evaluation of the Falling Weight Impact Behaviour of a Basalt/Vinylester Composite Plate through a Multiphase Finite Element Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Vannucchi de Camargo ◽  
Ana Pavlovic
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fem Simulation ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Multiphase Model ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Weight Impact ◽  
The One ◽  
Falling Weight

Several investigations regarding the mechanical behaviour of composites reinforced by natural fibers under impact have been realized recently, aiming at achieve a low-weight and resistant design. At the same time, progressively accurate results on numerical simulations have been reached powered by modern Finite Element Method (FEM) approaches for composites; however, demonstrating a faithful indentation pattern is still a challenge. The present work aims at building an impact numerical simulation that exhibits a fracture mechanism exactly like the one seen in experimental tests, also carried in this work, on a Basalt Reinforced Composite Polymer (BRFP) plate subjected to low-velocity falling weight impact (IFW). The FEM simulation describes a multiphase model considering each ply and their inter-layer interactions.

scholarly journals Lithium Niobate Micro-transducers matrix design

2019 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Hala El Rammouz ◽  
Farouk Benmeddour ◽  
Jamal Assaad ◽  
Emmanuel Moulin ◽  
Lucie Dupont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Fabrication Process ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Impedance Analyzer ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The One ◽  
Matrix Design

In this work, a two-dimensional (2D) Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3) 36°Y-cut micro-transducers (μTs) matrix design is presented. Two main steps define the fabrication process: electrode deposition and photolithography. These steps are preceded by the optical mask conception, which defines the 2D matrix pattern. In contrary to the one element case, this μTs matrix allows to automatically scan a desired structure in real time. The μTs matrix is characterized using an impedance analyzer. Furthermore, the experimental tests carried out in order to demonstrate the matrix functionality at low frequencies [200 - 800] kHz are presented.

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