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Key Aspects in the design of silicone/graphene-based strain sensors for structural monitoring
(2020-12-24)
The graphene as a material used in engineering applications has been on the rise in the last decade due to being a material with interesting electrical and structural properties. This possibility offers a very wide range ...
Implementing a Software-based Controller as a Strategy for Teaching Digital Control
(2020-12-24)
Automatic Control is an enabling technology in the core of almost each aspect of our lives. In consequence, enhancing the learning process of key aspects of automatic controllers is always a timely subject. In this paper, ...
Implementation of a two-tank multivariable process for control education
(2020)
In many industrial processes there are multivariable systems which have more than one controlled variable and more than one manipulated variable. For the proper control of this type of process, the influence of one control ...
Internet of Things Applied to Agricultural Irrigation Systems in Pasture Grasses
(2020-12-24)
Irrigation in agricultural systems is responsible for most of the world's fresh water consumption. In this paper, we focus our study on applying the concepts and tools of the Internet of Things (IoT) to irrigation systems ...
Optimal selection and location of bess systems in medium-voltage rural distribution networks for minimizing greenhouse gas emissions
(2020-12-09)
This paper explores a methodology to locate battery energy storage systems (BESS) in rural alternating current (AC) distribution networks fed by diesel generators to minimize total greenhouse gas emissions. A mixed-integer ...
Método de control estadístico multivariante para valorar las dimensiones de calidad en una empresa de lavado de tanques industriales
(2020)
Esta investigación propone un método para valorar las dimensiones de calidad del servicio en una empresa de lavado de tanques industriales, articulando una carta de control y un nuevo indicador de calidad multivariante. ...
Optimal Power Flow in Direct Current Networks Using the Antlion Optimizer
(2020-10-06)
This document presents a solution method for optimal power flow (OPF) problem in direct current (DC) networks by implementing a master-slave optimization methodology that combines an antlion optimizer (ALO) and a power ...
Infrastructure and rurality: Challenges for sustainable economic development in Latin America
(2020)
Latin America is a region with a great environmental and cultural diversity; however, most of its countries have high levels of poverty and inequality, characteristics that are accentuated in rural areas. This paper ...
Participation of women in STEM higher education programs in Latin america: The issue of inequality
(2020-07-27)
The low participation of women in STEM fields has
been considered a critical issue in our society. It affects the rights
of women to receive high quality education, to develop their skills
and to improve their career ...
Overall heat transfer coefficient optimization in a spiral-plate heat exchanger
(2020)
Heat exchangers are widely used in the industry to allow the heat transfer between two fluids. For that reason, correctly sizing said devices poses a design problem in order to guarantee the efficiency and appropriate ...
