Pneumatic actuators are often used in industrial automation for reasons related to their good power/weight ratio, easy maintenance and assembly operations, clean operating conditions and low cost. This set of advantages, is, however, made up for by the difficulties met during the design.

The authors propose a new mathematical tool to investigate the influence of cable characteristics upon pulse voltage transients and their associated differential mode (DM) currents in PWM long cable drives. Even if reflected wave transient voltages have received considerable investigation for...

A multi-machine multi-converter system formalism has been proposed to describe systems composed of several electrical machines and converters. This description points out coupling elements, which have to distribute energy. Control structures have already been proposed for systems with downstream...

Optimal power flow modelling of large and complex power transmission networks is an essential tool for investors and policy makers for the development of energy technologies, security, trade, and policy-making. However, an analysis of a country׳s power system can be impeded by scarcity of...

The German government plans to significantly increase deployment of electric vehicles. What impact would this have on the country’s power system and carbon emissions? This question was addressed as part of a European research project analyzing various scenarios up to 2030. One of the key...

The German government plans to significantly increase the deployment of electric vehicles. What impact would this have on the country’s power system and carbon emissions? This question was addressed as part of a European research project analyzing various scenarios up to 2030. One of the key...

While demand response is recognized as a useful tool for integrating renewable electricity, the related literature in developing countries has been limited due to lack of data on end-use load profiles. Meanwhile, even though the water-energy-nexus in developing countries is well researched, the...

Die Bundesregierung plant eine deutlich stärkere Nutzung elektrischer Antriebe im Straßenverkehr. Welche Auswirkungen hätte dies auf das Stromsystem und den CO2-Ausstoß in Deutschland? Dieser Frage wurde in einem europäischen Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen unterschiedlicher Szenarien bis zum...

The German government plans to significantly increase the deployment of electric vehicles. What impact would this have on the country's power system and carbon emissions? This question was addressed as part of a European research project analyzing various scenarios up to 2030. One of the key...