This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 2023 4th International Symposium on Insulation and Discharge Computation for Power Equipment (IDCOMPU2023), held in Wuhan, China. The topics covered include but are not limited to: insulation, discharge computations, electric power equipment, and electrical materials. The papers share the latest findings in the field of insulation and discharge computations of electric power equipment, making the book a valuable asset for researchers, engineers, university students, etc.
This book contains research papers that were accepted for presentation at the 15th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Engineering—INTER-ENG 2021, which was held on October 7–8, 2021, in the city of Târgu Mureș, Romania. The general scope of the conference “Innovative aspects of Industry 4.0 concepts aimed at consolidating the digital future of manufacturing in companies” is proposing a new approach related to the development of a new generation of smart factories grounded on the manufacturing and assembly process digitalization. It is related to advance manufacturing technology, lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and manufacturing tools and equipment. It is a leading international professional and scientific forum of great interest for engineers and scientists who can read in this book research works contributions and recent developments as well as current practices in advanced fields of engineering.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics, ICR 2019, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2019. The 32 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They deal with challenges of human-robot interaction; robot control and behavior in social robotics and collaborative robotics; and applied robotic and cyber-physical systems.
This book brings together papers presented at the 2020 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems, which provides a venue to disseminate the latest developments and to discuss the interactions and links between these multidisciplinary fields. Spanning topics ranging from communications, signal processing and systems, this book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, researchers and engineers from academia and industry as well as government employees (such as NSF, DOD and DOE).
Discover the deep insights into the operation, modulation, and control strategies of multilevel converters, alongside their recent applications in variable speed drives, renewable energy generation, and power systems. Multilevel converters have gained attention in recent years for medium/high voltage and high power industrial and residential applications. The main advantages of multilevel converters over two level converters include less voltage stress on power semiconductors, low dv/dt, low common voltage, reduced electromagnetic interference, and low total harmonics distortion, among others. Better output power quality is ensured by increasing the number of levels in the synthesized output voltage waveform. Several multilevel topologies have been reported in the literature, such as neutral point clamped (NPC), flying capacitor (FC), cascaded H-bridge (CHB), hybrid cascaded H-bridge, asymmetrical cascaded H-bridge, modular multilevel converters (MMC), active neutral point clamped converters (ANPC), and packed U-cell type converters and various reduced device counts and a reduced number of source-based topologies have been proposed in literature. The multilevel converter, although a proven and enabling technology, still presents numerous challenges in topologies, modulation, and control, as well as in need-based applications. Since multilevel converters offer a wide range of possibilities, research and development in the areas of multilevel converter topologies, modulation, and control in various applications are still growing. To further improve multilevel converter energy efficiency, reliability, power density, and cost, many research groups across the world are working to broaden the application areas of multilevel converters and make them more attractive and competitive compared to classic topologies. Multilevel Converters intends to provide deep insight about multilevel converter operation, modulation, and control strategies and various recent applications of multilevel converters such as in variable speed drives, renewable energy generation, and power systems.
This book gathers the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology, held virtually on 13 – 15 October 2020, from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It reports on both theoretical and practical developments fostering the use of cutting-edge technology in clinical settings, telemedicine, and biological research. Chapters mainly deal with medical devices, measurements and instrumentation, medical imaging and biological signal processing and health care information systems. Further topics include modeling, simulation and biomechanics, as well as innovative (bio-)materials for biomedical applications. The conference, as well as the realization of this book, was supported by the Romanian Society for Medical Engineering and Biological Technology.
This book addresses the principles and applications of metaheuristic approaches in engineering and related fields. The first part covers metaheuristics tools and techniques such as ant colony optimization and Tabu search, and their applications to several classes of optimization problems. In turn, the book’s second part focuses on a wide variety of metaheuristics applications in engineering and/or the applied sciences, e.g. in smart grids and renewable energy. In addition, the simulation codes for the problems discussed are included in an appendix for ready reference. Intended for researchers aspiring to learn and apply metaheuristic techniques, and gathering contributions by prominent experts in the field, the book offers readers an essential introduction to metaheuristics, its theoretical aspects and applications.
This book addresses the challenges and opportunities of information/data processing and management. It also covers a range of methods, techniques and strategies for making it more efficient, approaches to increasing its usage, and ways to minimize information/data loss while improving customer satisfaction. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the Service Systems associated with them have had an enormous impact on businesses and our day-to-day lives over the past three decades, and continue to do so. This development has led to the emergence of new application areas and relevant disciplines, which in turn present new challenges and opportunities for service system usage. The book provides practical insights into various aspects of ICT technologies for service systems: Techniques for information/data processing and modeling in service systems Strategies for the provision of information/data processing and management Methods for collecting and analyzing information/data Applications, benefits, and challenges of service system implementation Solutions to increase the performance of various service systems using the latest ICT technologies
This two-volume set constitutes reviewed and selected papers from the 12th International Advanced Computing Conference, IACC 2022, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2022. The 72 full papers and 6 short papers presented in the volume were thorougly reviewed and selected from 415 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: AI in industrial applications; application of AI for disease classification and trend analysis; design of agricultural applications using AI; disease classification using CNN; innovations in AI; system security and communication using AI; use of AI in human psychology; use of AI in music and video industries.
This book discusses renewable energy resources and systems as well as energy efficiency. It contains twenty-three chapters over six sections that address a multitude of renewable energy types, including solar and photovoltaic, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal. The information presented herein is a scientific contribution to energy and environmental regulations, quality and efficiency of energy services, energy supply security, energy market-based approaches, government interventions, and the spread of technological innovation.
