Search results for: PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
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Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 solar cell performance
Open Research DataThe presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 model structure (Model 1) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/).
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Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/SnO2 solar cell performance
Open Research DataThe presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/SnO2 model structure (Model 2) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/).
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Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/ZnO solar cell performance
Open Research DataThe presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/ZnO model structure (Model 3) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/).
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Multi Parameter Sliding Test Result Evaluation for The Selection of Material Pair for Wear Resistant Components of a Hydraulic motor Dedicated for Use With Environmentally Friendly Working Fluids
PublicationIn the paper the method and results are presented of the testing of tribological performance of a number of hard materials available commercially. The tests consisted in unidirectional sliding with liquid lubrication. The load and velocity regime chosen were similar to a standard four-ball lubricity test with constant velocity and load increasing over time. The regime was modified in such a way that over the initial part of the...
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Tolerance-Aware Multi-Objective Optimization of Antennas by Means of Feature-Based Regression Surrogates
PublicationAssessing the immunity of antenna design to fabrication tolerances is an important consideration, especially when the manufacturing process has not been predetermined. At the same time, the antenna parameter tuning should be oriented toward improving the performance figures pertinent to both electrical (e.g., input matching) and field properties (e.g., axial ratio bandwidth) as much as possible. Identification of available trade-offs...
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Highlighting interlanguage phoneme differences based on similarity matrices and convolutional neural network
PublicationThe goal of this research is to find a way of highlighting the acoustic differences between consonant phonemes of the Polish and Lithuanian languages. For this purpose, similarity matrices are employed based on speech acoustic parameters combined with a convolutional neural network (CNN). In the first experiment, we compare the effectiveness of the similarity matrices applied to discerning acoustic differences between consonant...
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Metody strojenia regulatorów typu PID z wykorzystaniem technologii syntezy regulatorów od stanu
PublicationUkłady sterujące typu PID są jednymi z najbardziej popularnych regulatorów wykorzystywanych w układach regulacji. W związku z tym znanych jest szereg metod doboru wartości ich parametrów (nastaw). Obok różnych metod inżynierskich czy analitycznych strojenia tego typu regulatorów, dostępne są również podejścia bazujące na optymalizacji. Wskaźnikiem jakości znajdującym w nich zastosowanie jest np. całka z kwadratu uchybu. W artykule...
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Comparative study on total nitrogen prediction in wastewater treatment 1 plant and effect of various feature selection methods on machine learning algorithms performance
PublicationWastewater characteristics prediction in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is valuable and can reduce the number of sampling, energy, and cost. Feature Selection (FS) methods are used in the pre-processing section for enhancing the model performance. This study aims to evaluate the effect of seven different FS methods (filter, wrapper, and embedded methods) on enhancing the prediction accuracy for total nitrogen (TN) in the WWTP...
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Finite element method simulations of various cases of crash tests with N2/W4/A steel road barrier
PublicationThe subject of this study is performance of N2/W4/A steel road safety barrier investigated in numerical simulations. System was checked under several types of initial conditions, which were assumed basing on the TB11 and TB32 normative crash tests. The main goal of present study is to investigate the relationship between initial conditions (angle and velocity) of the impact and the severity indices (associated to the vehicle occupant) during...
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The accuracy of a new approach to order determination for the Modified Prony method in swath mapping application
PublicationThis article presents the performance of a new approach to determine the model order for the modified Prony method applied to swath acoustic mapping. Key requirements for any mapping application are depth determination accuracy and angular resolution. Depth determination accuracy is strictly related to angular accuracy and geometrical relations between receiver and sources of the backscattered signal. Angular resolution determines...
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Enhanced-Performance Circularly Polarized MIMO Antenna with Polarization/Pattern Diversity
PublicationDesign of a compact wideband circularly polarized (CP) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with polarization diversity is proposed and characterized for off-body communication. The antenna is based on a simple coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed monopole extension of the microstrip line. The orthogonal field components required by CP are induced using a simply modified right/left side ground plane. In particular, a stub extending...
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Objective relaxation algorithm for reliable simulation-driven size reduction of antenna structure
PublicationThis letter investigates reliable size reduction of antennas through electromagnetic-driven optimization. It is demonstrated that conventional formulation of the design task by direct footprint miniaturization with imposing constraints on electrical performance parameters may not lead to optimum results. The reason is that—in a typical antenna structure—only a few geometry parameters explicitly determine the antenna footprint,...
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Optimization of hybrid parallel application execution in heterogeneous high performance computing systems considering execution time and power consumption
PublicationMany important computational problems require utilization of high performance computing (HPC) systems that consist of multi-level structures combining higher and higher numbers of devices with various characteristics. Utilizing full power of such systems requires programming parallel applications that are hybrid in two meanings: they can utilize parallelism on multiple levels at the same time and combine together programming interfaces...
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Biotrickling filtration of air polluted with hexane and cyclohexane: effects of trickling liquid modification with DES solutions
Open Research DataDataset presents selected parameters monitored during processes of biotrickling filtration of air polluted with hexane and cyclohexane.
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Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed ABS as a Function of Raster Angle
PublicationDue to the rapid growth of 3D printing popularity, including fused deposition modeling (FDM), as one of the most common technologies, the proper understanding of the process and influence of its parameters on resulting products is crucial for its development. One of the most crucial parameters of FDM printing is the raster angle and mutual arrangement of the following filament layers. Presented research work aims to evaluate different...
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Optimally regularized local basis function approach to identification of time-varying systems
PublicationAccurate identification of stochastic systems with fast-varying parameters is a challenging task which cannot be accomplished using model-free estimation methods, such as weighted least squares, which assume only that system coefficients can be regarded as locally constant. The current state of the art solutions are based on the assumption that system parameters can be locally approximated by a linear combination of appropriately...
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Investigating the Impact of Weather Conditions and Time of Day on Traffic Flow Characteristics
PublicationAdverse weather such as rain, snow, and fog may significantly reduce visibility or change adhesion properties and, as a consequence, affect drivers’ sense of safety, driving comfort, and their reaction to a changing driving environment (i.e., lower speed and increased headways). The changed behavior of individual drivers affects both traffic flow characteristics, that is, average speed and headways, and parameters related to highway...
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The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of some FTO/MoS2/SnO2 electrodes
Open Research DataTo demonstrate the electrochemical performance of the FTO/MoS2/SnO2 for HER (hydrogen evolution reaction), the LSV (linear sweep voltammetry) was performed. The polarization curves of the obtained composite were measured in 1 M H2SO4 at room temperature with a scan rate 10 mV/s. For comparison, the LSV for the FTO, pure MoS2 and Pt plate electrode were...
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Application of OFDM technique to underwater acoustic data transmission
PublicationPerformances of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) digital systems are strongly related to specific transmission properties of the underwater channel. Depending on the characteristics of the channel, an architecture and modulation techniques are usually implemented that are known as reliable solutions for data transmission in difficult radio channels. The OFDM technique seems to be the most promising nowadays. The parameters...
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Effective rheological parameters of emulsion during their generation in the agitated draft - tube reactor
PublicationBadano właściwości reologiczne emulsji O/W i W/O w warunkach ich wytwarzania w pętlicowym reaktorze dwukolumnowym z mieszaniem w strefie wznoszenia. Obliczano lepkość pozorną emulsji, wykorzystując model potęgowy Ostwalda - de Waele, w którym szybkość ścinania obliczano jako stosunek prędkości pozornej dyspersji ciecz - ciecz w strefie opadania reaktora i szerokości strefy opadania. W celu identyfikacji typu emulsji mierzono przewodnictwo...
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Metrological parameters of sulphur dioxide amperometric sensor containing addition of aprotic solvents
PublicationW publikacji zaprezentowano wyniki badań nad dodatku rozpuszczalnika aprotycznego do roztworu elektrolitu wewnętrznego czujnika na parametry metrologiczne prototypowego czujnika ditlenku siarki z membraną nafionową. Porównywano właściwości pięciu czujników różniących się składem elektrolitu. W każdym przypadku elektroda pracująca wykonana była ze złota, próżniowo napylonego na powierzchnię membrany. Roztwory elektrolitów zawierały...
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The Thermal Parameters of Mortars Based on Different Cement Type and W/C Ratios
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The Comparison Between the Calculated and HPLC-Predicted Lipophilicity Parameters for Selected Groups of Drugs
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Chemometric estimation of natural water and sediment using toxicity tests and physicochemical parameters
PublicationOceny jakości wód dokonano na podstawie analizy chemometrycznej bazy danych monitoringowych, składającej się z wyników testów toksyczności i wyników badań parametrów fizykochemicznych. Badaniom poddano próbki wód powierzchniowych pobrane z Jeziora Turawskiego oraz próbki wód podziemnych pobranych z otworów badawczych wykonanych w jego dnie, jak i wokół niego. Zastosowano następujące metody chemometryczne: analizę wiązkową i analizę...
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A method for selection of parameters of ship propulsion system fitted with compromise screw propeller
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy algorytmicznej metody wstępnego doboru parametrów układu napędowego okrętu wyposażonego w śrubę o skoku stałym, gdy eksploatacja okrętu związana jest z istotnymi zmianami: głębokości i szerokości drogi wodnej, oporu kadłuba i prędkości marszowej. Argumentami modelu matematycznego rozważanego zagadnienia projektowego są identyfikowane na etapie projektowania wstępnego główne parametry projektowe okrętu. Struktura...
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Identification and validation of material parameters for isotropic damage model in viscoplastic flow conditions
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono trzy różne sposóby identyfikacji parametrów materiałowych dla izotropowego modelu zniszczenia w warunkach płynięcia lepkoplastycznego. W celu ustalenia który sposób daje najlepsze rezultaty przeprowadzono każdą z identyfikacji dla wybranego materiału, a następnie dokonano ich oceny porównując wyniki symulacji numerycznych z wynikami eksperymentów. W pracy pokazano również praktyczne zastosowanie modelu - przykład...
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Aortic stiffness is not only associated with structural but also functional parameters of retinal microcirculation
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Theoretical and experimental assessment of parameters for the non-linear viscoelastic model of structural pounding
PublicationZjawisko zderzeń pomiędzy sąsiednimi konstrukcjami budowlanymi podczas trzęsień ziemi jest w ostatnim czasie intensywnie badane z wykorzystaniem różnych modeli numerycznych siły zderzenia w czasie kontaktu. Wyniki badań eksperymentalnych pokazują, iż nieliniowy model lepko-sprężysty jest najdokładniejszy wśród modeli stosowanych do analizy. Model ten zdefiniowany jest poprzez dwa parametry: liczbę tłumienia zderzenia oraz parametr...
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Intelligent Optimization of Hard-Turning Parameters Using Evolutionary Algorithms for Smart Manufacturing
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Evaluation of trophic parameters in newly built reservoir using canonical variates analysis
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A Review of Microwave Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials: Reactants, Process Parameters and Morphologies
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Parameters Identification of the Flexible Fin Kinematics Model Using Vision and Genetic Algorithms
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Optimization of Wastes Compaction Parameters in Case of Gradual Wear of the Briquetting Press Rolls
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Technical evaluation of marine auxiliary diesel engine on the basis of parameters synchronous generator
PublicationThe article presents a method for evaluating the technical condition of selected structural elements of the reciprocating internal combustion engine driving a synchronous generator. Th results of measurements of the electric generator parameters are the diagnostic information source. On this basis it is possible to determine the instantaneous angular speed marine engine crankshaft which, in turn, is the basis for reasoning about...
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Annual changes of basic parameters of bottom sediments from the Klodnica River Catchment
PublicationThe Klodnica River Catchment is heavily contaminated ecosystem located in area of the Upper Silesia Industrial Region. In this area various forms of human activity can be observed (e.g. mining coal underground, metallurgy, power/heat plants, wastewater discharged directly into the river). The impact of industrial and municipal wastes on this aquatic system causes to changes in the hydrographic network of river and the waters quality. In...
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Selection of physiological parameters for optoelectronic system supporting behavioral therapy of autistic children
PublicationIn this article the procedure of selection of physiological parameters for optoelectronic system supporting behavioral therapy of autistic children is proposed. Authors designed and conducted an experiment in which a group of 30 health volunteers (16 females and 14 males) were examined. Under controlled conditions people were exposed to a stressful situation caused by the picture or sound (1kHz constant sound, which was gradually...
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Mathematical study of a tissue-implant connection in a ventral herniarepair in a context of the system's parameters
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono problem operowania przepuklin brzusznych u ludzi. Zaproponowano jednowymiarowy model układu powieź-implant. Na podstawie analizy wrażliwości zidentyfikowano najważniejsze parametry problemu.
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Effect of Synthesis Parameters of Graphene/Fe2O3 Nanocomposites on Their Structural and Electrical Conductivity Properties
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Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study
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Determination of equivalent circuit parameters of an induction motor using field calculation software
PublicationSimulation of the drive system comprising a power electronic converter and an induction motor requires that the equivalent circuit parameters of the motor are known. These parameters can be either measured or calculated. A method of calculation of self and mutual inductances that are parameters of a polyphase model of the motor is presented in the paper. All self-inductances and mutual inductances have been calculated using the...
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Identification of inertia, damping and stiffness parameters for low pressure steam turbine framework.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę identyfikacji masy tłumienia i sztywności kadłuba części niskoprężnej turbiny parowej 200MW.
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Influence of ci rcuit parameters on the procces of current transfer in thehybrid circuit breaker.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono działanie hybrydowego bezstykowego ogranicznika prądów zwarciowych w oparciu o symulację komputerową oraz porównanie eksperymentu z symulacją komputerową przy pomocy programu MATLAB i PSPICE. Przedstawiono również wady i zalety obliczeń numerycznych przeprowadzonych z zastosowaniem komercyjnych programów na analizę działania łącznika hybrydowego.W analizie uwzględniono model hybrydowego ogranicznika...
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Entire fracture surface topography parameters for fatigue life assessment of 10H2M steel
PublicationIn this paper, the entire fracture surface approach was used to assess an effect of 280,000 h of exploitation under internal pressure of 2.9 MPa and high temperature of 540 °C on the fatigue response of 10H2M (10CrMo9–10) power engineering steel. The mechanical testing was carried out on the hourglass specimens produced from the as-received, unused pipeline and the same material after long-time exploitation. The uniaxial tensile...
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Iterative‐recursive estimation of parameters of regression models with resistance to outliers on practical examples
PublicationHere, identification of processes and systems in the sense of the least sum of absolute values is taken into consideration. The respective absolute value estimators are recognised as exceptionally insensitive to large measurement faults or other defects in the processed data, whereas the classical least squares procedure appears to be completely impractical for processing the data contaminated with such parasitic distortions. Since...
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Possibility of defining of the average loads of main propulsion on the basis of ship design parameters.
PublicationZaprezentowano możliwość określania zależności między mocą holowania wybranych typów statków a średnim obciążeniem napędu głównego podczas pływania swobodnego. Przedstawione badania umożliwiają wyznaczenie średnich obciążeń napędu głównego podczas pływania swobodnego przy wykorzystaniu parametrów projektowych statku zawartych w założeniach armatorskich.
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Relations between magnetosonic perturbations as an indicator of a magnetosonic exciter and equilibrium parameters of a plasma
PublicationThe thermodynamic relations between perturbation of pressure and pertur- bation of mass density and between components of velocity which specify a magnetosonic wave are theoretically studied. A planar flow with the wave vec- tor forming a constant angle with the equilibrium magnetic field is investigated. The theory considers deviation from the adiabaticity of a flow due to some kind of heating–cooling function and thermal conduction...
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Effect of Processing Parameters on Strength and Corrosion Resistance of Friction Stir-Welded AA6082
PublicationThe friction stir welding method is increasingly attracting interest in the railway sector due to its environmental friendliness, low cost, and ease of producing high-quality joints. Using aluminum alloys reduces the weight of structures, increasing their payload and reducing fuel consumption and running costs. The following paper presents studies on the microstructure, strength, and corrosion resistance of AA6082 aluminum alloy...
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PARAMETERS OF THE ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION PROCESS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF HYDROXYAPATITE COATINGS. REVIEW
PublicationMetallic materials intended for bone implants should exhibit not only appropriate mechanical properties, but also high biocompatibility. The surface treatment modifications, for example acidic treatment, laser treatment, ion implantation and deposition of highly biocompatible coatings, are practiced. One of the most popular methods of surface modification is to deposit hydroxyapatite (HAp) coatings. HAp naturally occurs in human...
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A SEARCH OF AN INDUCER GEOMETRY THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR LIFTING PARAMETERS OF A LIFTED OBJECT OF A SELECTED SHAPE
PublicationThe literature describes acoustic levitation phenomena with the utilization of air squeeze film between the vibrating inducer and the lifted object. The objective of the study is to determine the shape of the inducer with vibration characteristics that would allow the levitation of an object of the assumed geometry. In this paper, the influence of the dimension ratio of the inducer on the frequency of the first mode of vibration...
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Influence of geometrical and operational parameters on tooth wear in the working mechanism of a satellite motor
PublicationThis article describes the phenomena affecting the wear of the rotor of the working mechanism in a hydraulic satellite motor. The basic geometrical relationships that allow the calculation of the coordinates of the points of contact between the satellite and the rotor and the curvature are presented. A method for calculating the number of contacts of the satellite teeth with the rotor teeth and of the satellite teeth with the curvature...