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  • Volunteering in the front line of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. A brief report from Poland

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    - Frontiers in Public Health - Year 2022

    This study aims to analyse the experiences and motivations of volunteers who supported Ukrainian refugees who fled to Poland. Our study was conducted among 196 volunteers in Poznan, Poland who answered questions regarding their experiences with voluntary service during the current refugee crisis and  the reasons they became involved in volunteer efforts.We found that although the Polish state had no prior experience in welcoming...

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  • Hydrodynamic Model of the New Waterway through the Vistula Spit

    The decision to build a new waterway (strait) in the Polish part of the Vistula Spit was made in 2017. The new connection between the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon is planned as an artificial navigable channel with a lock and a small port. During storm surges and wind tides in the gulf or in the lagoon, sluicing will be re-quired for vessels to tackle the Vistula Spit. This procedure does not require significant water flow...

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  • WPŁYW OCENY WARTOŚCI ZACHOWANEGO KULTUROWEGO DZIEDZICTWA MATERIALNEGO NA PROCES INWESTYCYJNY NA TERENACH STOCZNI GDAŃSKIEJ OBJĘTYCH PROGRAMEM REWITALIZACYJNYM

    Rewitalizacja terenów poprzemysłowych i obiektów poprzemysłowych jest procesem długoterminowym i wieloetapowym. W pierwszym etapie rewitalizacji ważna jest ocena materialnej, emocjonalnej i użytkowej wartości zachowanego dziedzictwa kulturowego. Na przykładzie projektu rewitalizacyjnego, który trwa od 1996 r., Na dawnych obszarach Stoczni Gdańskiej, w których znajdują się pozostałości Stoczni Cesarskiej i Stoczni Schichau, przedstawiono...

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  • Entrepreneurs' intention to use tax relief

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    The dataset presents the results of research conducted by the author among Polish entrepreneurs in 2017–2020. The diagnostic survey method was used to collect primary data among enterprises from the SME sector. The measurement instrument was a survey questionnaire developed by the author. This study is a key piece of research. The aim was to examine...

  • ANALYSIS OF BEARING CLEARANCE AND WIDTH OF OIL GROOVE ON CHARACTERISTIC OF FLUID FILM IN HYDRODYNAMIC MAIN CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS

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    Abstract Paper represents analysis of influence of oil groove width and bearing clearance on characteristics of oil film in hydrodynamic journal main crankshaft bearing. Analysis was performed in purpose to define influence of bearing clearance and dimensions of oil groove on static characteristics and manufacturability of half shelf bearings in industrial high-volume production. Computer simulations was made using ARTbear program...

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  • Obtaining of coumarone-indene resins based on light fraction of coal tar 2. Coumarone-indene resins with epoxy groups

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    - Chemistry & Chemical Technology - Year 2018

    Coumarone-indene resins (CIR) with carboxy groups were synthesized via cooligomerization of unsaturated compounds presented in light fraction of coal tar and its fraction boiling out within 423–463 K with the addition of such industrial monomers as styrene, maleic anhydride, glycidyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid. 2,2`-Azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) in the form of 0.2 M solution in toluene was used as an initiator. The effect...

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  • Utilizing online collaborative games to facilitate Agile Software Development

    Effective collaboration and interaction among the development team and between the team and the customer as well as proactive attitude in initiating and implementing improvements play vital roles in the success of agile projects. The challenge is how to address these social aspects since neither the Agile Manifesto nor the Scrum Guide specify techniques that aid the human side of software development. To fill this gap, we developed...

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  • Rapeseed oil methyl ester production in an individual household

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    - Year 2010

    Fatty acid methyl esters, commonly known as biodiesel, are a cheap and environmental-friendly fuel substitute for diesel engines. Aside from industrial production, individual biodiesel manufacturing is also and important method of fulfilling the requirements of EU Parliament directive no. 2003/30/WE about supporting the use of renewable fuels in transport. Individual FAME production guarantees easy access to the main raw material...

  • Przydział narzędzi obróbkowych a efektywność szeregowania zadań produkcyjnych

    The paper addresses issues concerning the analysis of tool flow within a multi-machine machining cell, designated to small batch manufacturing a definite spectrum of prismatic parts. The approach utilises a method for job and tool allocation to work centres with limited number of machines and capacity of tool resources, based on the analysis of formalised relations: job - tool sets required. Selected allocation strategies are considered...

  • Distributed wireless sensor for measuring humidity and temperature

    Humidity and temperature monitoring is often required in industrial halls and laboratories and can be crucial, because many properties of electrical devices deteriorates under influence of these parameters. There are several useful commercial methods for measuring humidity and temperature, such as commercial hygrometers and humidity recorders. However, they do not allow data acquisition simultaneously from multiple sensors. This...

  • Virtual Engineering Object (VEO): Toward Experience-Based Design and Manufacturing for Industry 4.0

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    - CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS - Year 2015

    In this article we propose the concept, its framework, and implementation methodology for Virtual Engineering Objects (VEO). A VEO is the knowledge representation of an engineering object that embodies its associated knowledge and experience. A VEO is capable of adding, storing, improving, and sharing knowledge through experience. Moreover, it is demonstrated that VEO is a specialization of a Cyber-Physical System (CPS). In this...

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  • Recognition and sensing of anions

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    Molecular ion recognition is one of the most intensively studied areas of supramolecular technology. The reason for this is the essential role that ions play in many biological as well as industrial processes. On the other hand, however, it has been proved that ions can have a negative impact on human health and the environment. For these reasons, it is extremly important to develop rapid and simple methods allowing the determination...

  • Modeling and simulation of tool cycle in manufacturing cell

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    The paper addresses issues concerning modeling and analysis of tool flow within a three-machine manufacturing cell used for small batch manufacturing of a definite spectrum of prismatic parts. The approach utilizes a method for job and tool allocation to work centers with limited number of machines and capacity of tool resources, based on the analysis of formalized relations: job - tool sets required. Selected tool flow control...

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  • Comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry as tool for characterization of the main pollutants present in atmospheric air in Gdansk

    Nowadays, the technique that is commonly used to identify and quantify the chemical compounds in gas sample is gas chromatography. The separation resolution in gas chromatography can be improved by applying the modulation technique. In this paper present is the most important information regarding the pollutants present in atmospheric air. The areas in which the tests were carried out are one of the largest industrial zones in...

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  • A Comparative Numerical Simulation Study of Turbulent Non-premixed CO/H2/N2 Syngas Jet Flames

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    - Year 2015

    In the present work, numerical simulations of turbulent non-premixed syngas flame have been performed in Reynolds-Averaged Naver-Stokes turbulence approach using four turbulence-chemistry interaction models. To this aim, we used assumed beta PDF approach, Steady Laminar Flamelet model, Eddy Dissipation Concept and Partially Stirred Reactor model. Numerical results are compared and analysed with respect to two experiments from the...

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  • Ammonia Gas Sensors: Comparison of Solid-State and Optical Methods

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    • Z. Bielecki
    • T. Stacewicz
    • J. Smulko
    • J. Wojtas

    - Applied Sciences-Basel - Year 2020

    High precision and fast measurement of gas concentrations is important for both understanding and monitoring various phenomena, from industrial and environmental to medical and scientific applications. This article deals with the recent progress in ammonia detection using in-situ solid-state and optical methods. Due to the continuous progress in material engineering and optoelectronic technologies, these methods are among the most...

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  • Automated anonymization of sensitive data on production unit

    The article presents an approach to data anonymization with the use of generally available tools. The focus is put on the practical aspects of using open-source tools in conjunction with programming libraries provided by suppliers of industrial control systems. This universal approach shows the possibilities of using various operating systems as a platform for process data anonymization. An additional advantage of the described...

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  • Signals Features Extraction in Radioisotope Liquid-Gas Flow Measurements using Autocorrelation Function

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    - Year 2022

    Knowledge of the two-phase flow structure is essential for the proper conduct of industrial processes. Description of liquid-gas flow regimes is possible by using of data analysis in time, frequency, or state-space domain. In this research studies, the autocorrelation function is applied for analysis of signals obtained for liquid-gas flow by use gamma-ray absorption. The experiments were carried out on the laboratory hydraulic...

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  • Corrosion degradation impact on mechanical properties of structural steel

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    - Year 2023

    Recently, extensive research was conducted regarding the impact of corrosion degradation on the mechanical properties of structural steel. Studies show that at the material level, the microstructure is somewhat unchanged due to corrosion degradation. However, the corrosion causes pits and structural surface irregularities that consequently impact the mean stress-strain response of typical coupon specimens subjected to tensile loading....

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  • Validated GC–MS method for determination of bisphenol a and its five analogues in dietary and nutritional supplements

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    - MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL - Year 2022

    Bisphenol A (BPA) and its analogues showing structural and functional similarity to BPA are commonly applied in various industrial applications and thus are becoming ubiquitous in the environment. At the same time there is increasing scientific evidence that exposure to these chemicals may lead to adverse health effects in human and wildlife. In recent years dietary and nutritional supplements dedicated for athletes have become...

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  • Comparison of the Effects of Conventional and Alternative External Carbon Sources for Enhancing of the Denitrification Process

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    - WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH - Year 2009

    Food industry effluents are considered a potential alternative for methanol when seeking external carbon sources to enhance denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The aim of this study was to determine the immediate effects of dosing different carbon sources on the denitrification capability of process biomass from the "Wschod" WWTP in Gdansk (northern Poland). Five carbon sources, including settled wastewater,...

  • Józef Woźniak prof. dr hab. inż.

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    Professor Józef Woźniak received his M.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in electronics and telecommunications from the Faculty of Electronics, Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland, in 1971, 1976 and 1991, respectively. In January 2002 he became a full professor. In 1993 he was elected Associate Dean of the Faculty of Electronics and in 1994 he was he was appointed a Professor at GUT. Simultaneously, from October 1994 till...

  • [Soft Skills] Smart metering - social risk perception and risk governance (2023/2024)

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    • S. Potrykus
    • M. Jaskólski
    • A. Augusiak

    The aim of the course is to broaden the understanding of the risks associated with technology and to present the concept of social risk perception and risk management in the context of smart metering technology. In the current phase of technological development - called the Fourth Industrial Revolution - rapid and profound changes are creating new, particularly destabilizing threats. In the increasingly complex technological systems...

  • Integrated functional safety and cyber security analysis

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    - IFAC-PapersOnLine - Year 2018

    The chapter is devoted some important issues of the functional safety analysis, in particular the safety integrity level (SIL) verification of safety functions to be implemented within the distributed control and protection systems with regard to security aspects. A method based on quantitative and qualitative information is proposed for the SIL (IEC 61508, 61511) verification with regard of the evaluation assurance levels (EAL)...

  • Hydro Lubricants: Water-based lubricants for hydropower applications

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    • W. Litwin
    • V. Balasubramaniam
    • E. von Hoersten
    • S. Martin
    • K. Marius

    - Year 2018

    Several different base oil types exist in the market including mineral and synthetic oils (e.g. polyalphaolefins, ester, polyglycol, etc.) and are currently widely in use. Although synthetic oils have drawn great attention over the past few decades in terms of their tribological benefits, mineral oils are still widely used in hydropower applications due primarily to their low cost and easy miscibility with other oils. However,...

  • Electron attachment to hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO)

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    • M. Zawadzki
    • A. Chachereau
    • J. Kočišek
    • C. Franck
    • J. Fedor

    - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Year 2018

    We probe the electron attachment in hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO), C3F6O, a gas widely used in plasma technologies. We determine the absolute electron attachment cross section using two completely different experimental approaches: (i) a crossed-beam experiment at single collision conditions (local pressures of 5 × 10−4 mbar) and (ii) a pulsed Townsend experiment at pressures of 20–100 mbar. In the latter method, the cross sections...

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  • In Situ Verification of Numerical Model of Water Hammer in Slurries

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    This paper presents a numerical model of transient flow in a pressure slurry pipeline network with verification based on in situ measurements. The model, primarily verified in laboratory conditions, has been extended and applied to the case of a large and complex slurry pipeline network in Poland. In the model, the equivalent density concept was applied. In situ experiments were performed for various unsteady flow episodes, caused by...

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  • An integrated framework for security protocol analysis

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    - Year 2008

    Assurance of security protocols needs particular attention. Flaws in a protocol can devastate security of the applications that rely on it. Analysis of the protocols is difficult and it is recommended that formal methods are employed to provide for higher levels of assurance. However, the formal methods can cover only a part of the scope of the problem. It is important that the formal models are valid representations of the protocol...

  • Designing Intelligent Factory: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Validation

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2016

    This paper presents a framework for monitoring, analysing and decision making for a smart manufacturing environment. We maintain that this approach could play a vital role in developing an architecture and implementation of Industry 4.0. The proposed model has features like experience based knowledge representation and semantic analysis of engineering objects and manufacturing process. It is also capable of continuous real time...

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  • Fashion and Tourism: Parallel Stories of Two "Dream Marvels".

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    - Year 2023

    Fashion and tourism are two social, cultural, and economic phenomena that have both numerous connections and surprising similarities. These are not new: they have been built and developed since the beginnings of tourism as a modern social phenomenon, emerged in Europe in the context of the industrial revolution. They consolidated in the first decades of the 21st century, in a context where both phenomena have completed their “mass”...

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  • Hydraulic potential of the Lower Vistula (Poland)

    The Vistula is the largest river in Poland. Lower Vistula (part of the river discussed in this paper) is almost four hundred kilometers long river section extending from the tributary Narew to the outflow to the Baltic Sea. In the 17th century the Vistula was the most navigable river in Europe. After partitioning of Poland the Vistula lost its significance. Now the Lower Vistula should provide a navigation connection to the Europe...

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  • Modelling of FloodWave Propagation with Wet-dry Front by One-dimensional Diffusive Wave Equation

    A full dynamic model in the form of the shallow water equations (SWE) is often useful for reproducing the unsteady flow in open channels, as well as over a floodplain. However, most of the numerical algorithms applied to the solution of the SWE fail when flood wave propagation over an initially dry area is simulated. The main problems are related to the very small or negative values of water depths occurring in the vicinity of...

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  • STABILITY OF THE INNER SLOPE OF THE POLISH DREDGDIKES RESEARCH DIKE AT STATIONARY FLOW

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    - Year 2014

    For long duration of the flood the water table can appear on the slope with a problem of out-wash in the case of sand type dike. If the dike corps is covered with less permeable layer some additional push-off forces and shearing can rise in the cover. In both cases the micro stability of the inner slope should be considered at normative high water for homogeneous sand type dike or sand type dike with less permeable covers. The...

  • Designing with Green and Blue – Climate Adaption Proposals for Lowland Areas of Gdańsk

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    • L. Nyka
    • R. Simões
    • P. R. Garcia
    • J. Rayss

    - Year 2021

    The paper gives insight into issues explored within the framework of the SOS Climate Waterfront workshop that took place in Gdańsk in June 2019. The aim of the study was to propose solutions that will decrease the number of flooding events and span the gap between flood prevention strategies and the provision of other benefits such as ecological, urban, cultural and social. Historical cartography enquiries and research by the design...

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  • Permeability of Waterfronts—Contemporary Approach in Designing Urban Blue Spaces

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    - Sustainability - Year 2022

    The constant struggle with rising sea levels and flood hazards has resulted in the change of the paradigm in shaping urban waterfronts towards increasing their permeability and creation of urban blue spaces. The aim of the paper was to indicate a new approach in designing public spaces at the sea–land interface by presenting a comparative study of the design solutions used in case of the four selected case studies: the Sea Organs...

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  • Polyethylene as a small vessel's building material

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    - Year 2011

    The most common use of polyethylene we can notice nowadays are areas like water supply systems, gas industry (esp. gas piping), food industry, small-scale, light and consumer goods industries. That material has far more applications. One of them is shipbuilding - especially small inland or offshore vessels.

  • Tomasz Szymański dr inż. arch.

    Tomasz Szymanski (Ph.D.) is an architect and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Studies completed with a diploma with honors. Research Interests Dr. Tomasz Szymanski are centered around the issue of industrial heritage, re-use, adaptation and revitalization of industrial buildings and objects...

  • Wpływ automatycznej kalibracji wizyjnego systemu pozycjonowania na dokładność lokalizacji elementu roboczego

    W artykule przedstawiono strukturę i działanie automatycznego wizyjnego systemu pozycjonowania (PVS), który został zainstalowany na maszynie waterjet (WJ). Ponadto przeprowadzono analizę wpływu kalibracji na działanie PVS. Podstawę systemu stanowią dwie kamery internetowe zamontowane na przemysłowej maszynie WJ. W połączeniu z algorytmem identyfikacji, system przeznaczony jest do pozycjonowania WJ z dużą dokładnością. W tym celu...

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  • The impact of brand communication on brand equity through Facebook

    Purpose The purpose of this study is to fill the gap in the discussion of the ways in which firm-created and user-generated social media brand communication impacts consumer-based brand equity metrics through Facebook. Design/methodology/approach We evaluated 302 data sets that were generated through a standardized online-survey to investigate the impact of firm-created and user-generated social media brand communication on brand...

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  • Evolution of the HVDC Link Connecting Offshore Wind Farms to Onshore Power Systems

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    This paper presents an overview of the DC link development and evolution dedicated to HVDC structure for connecting offshore wind power plants to onshore power systems. The growing demand for the green energy has forced investors in power industry to look for resources further out at sea. Hence, the development of power electronics and industrial engineering has enabled offshore wind farms to be situated further from the shore...

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  • Georg Simmel’s The Philosophy of Money and the Modernization Paradigm

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    This article examines Georg Simmel’s contribution to the understanding of how money functions in modern society, mainly scrutinizing his most important work on that topic, The Philosophy of Money, in the context of modernization theories. Modernization theories, as developed (most notably) by Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Elias, attempted to explain the transition from feudalism and a closed agrarian economy to capitalism and industrial...

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  • Structural optimization of microjet array cooling system

    The single phase heat transfer from an upward facing, horizontal copper surface to arrays of impinging water jets was experimentally investigated. Experimental configuration allows for a free-surface unconfined jets flow. Square nozzles 50 × 100 μm arranged in four different geometries were used. Additionally, for the set of two jets array geometry was varied by adjusting the nozzle to nozzle distance. The area averaged heat transfer...

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  • Development of dynamic method for evaluation of inhibition efficiency on the example of 8-hydroxyquinolin

    Selection of a proper inhibitor should be based on the evaluation of its mechanism and effective concentrations. Mechanism of inhibition usually has dynamic character due to changing physicochemical conditions of the environment and corroding metal surface. Most of actually used methods are stationary or contain assumptions which highly influences obtained values. Development of new dynamic method, based on modified EIS, allows...

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  • Speed Sensorless AC Drive with Inverter LC Filter and Fault Detection Using Load Torque Signal

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    The industrial development in recent years has seen a major increase in the use of induction motors, whereby the cost has to be as low as possible and the lifetime as long as possible. To follow up this desire, investigations in this area have become very intense. For that reason, this paper presents a solution for driving an induction motor and simultaneous fault detection with no need for additional sensors. In order to achieve...

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  • Systematic Management of Simulation State for Multi-Branch Simulations in Simulink

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    - Year 2013

    Systematic simulation is a technique related and motivated by the formal analysis of hybrid dynamic systems. It combines the exhaustive and conservative nature of traditional model checking with numerical simulation for providing efficient algorithms to manage simulations. Multi-branch simulation is the concept advancing simulation efficiency by reducing the number of state transitions. This paper introduces an approach to implement...

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  • Nonlinear fuzzy control of the dissolved oxygen in activated sludge processes

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    - Year 2012

    Wastewater treatment plant is generally a complex, multivariable, time varying and nonlinear large scale industrial system. Moreover, interactions between the components are very strong. The dissolved oxygen tracking problem is one of the most complex and fundamental issues of biological processes. Air for the aerated tanks is supplied by aeration system (blowers, pipes, diffusers). It is a complex dynamic system. The new control...

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  • Activity coordination of capacitor banks and power transformer controllers in order to reduce power losses in the MV grid

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    One of the main issues related to the optimization of the MV (middle voltage) network is to reduce losses of active and reactive power. Lower losses of active and reactive power give not only economic advantage, but also improvement of energy quality. The object of regulation that can be used for these purposes are transformer with On-Load Tap Changer and capacitor's banks. This paper presents results of analysis of the possibility...

  • Evaluation of Vehicle Routing Problem Algorithms for Transport Logistics Using Dedicated GIS System

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    - Year 2016

    The development and research related to optimization of fleet management is of high interest among many industrial and scientific entities related to logistics and transport. Optimal distribution of transportation resources leads to significant cost reduction. In this context, scientific research related to so called Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) which relies on determining the shortest transport routes for a strictly limited number...

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  • Implementing Virtual Engineering Objects (VEO) with the Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS)

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2014

    This paper illustrates the idea of Virtual Engineering Object (VEO) powered by Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA (DDNA). A VEO is the knowledge representation of an engineering object, having embodiment of all its associated knowledge and experience within it. Moreover, VEO is a specialization of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) in terms of that its extension in knowledge gathering and reuse, whereas CPS...

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  • DESIGN THINKING ORIENTED METHODOLOGY IN GROUP PROJECT AS A STEP IN THE CDIO APPROACH

    Recently much scientific research and industrial work is conducted in multidisciplinary teams, where cooperation between specialists from different areas of expertise is required in order to successfully address the challenging goals. Moreover, in start-up small companies the lack of supporting departments calls for additional multidisciplinary, economic and networking skills known as T-shaped personality. Recognizing these shortcomings...

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