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Dillon O?Reilly, Georg Herdrich, Felix Schäfer, Christoph Montag, Simon P. Worden, Peter Meaney and Darren F. Kavanagh
Pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT) have demonstrated enormous potential since the 1960s. One major shortcoming is their low thrust efficiency, typically <30%. Most of these losses are due to joule heating, while some can be attributed to poor efficiency of th...
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Xuyang Liu, Jiayang Pang, Lei Li, Weiqiang Zhao, Yupeng Wang, Dandan Yan, Lingjiu Zhou and Zhengwei Wang
Because a pump-turbine mainly undertakes the role of energy conversion and pumped storage in the field of hydropower engineering, the complex transition process and frequent conversion between different working conditions lead to the increase in the stre...
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Noora Almarri, Peter Langlois, Dai Jiang and Andreas Demosthenous
A power management unit (PMU) is an essential block for diversified multi-functional low-power Internet of Things (IoT) and biomedical electronics. This paper includes a theoretical analysis of a high current, single-stage ac-dc, reconfigurable, dual out...
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Mohammed El-Nagar, Khaled Ahmed, Eman Hamdan, Ayman S. Abdel-Khalik, Mostafa S. Hamad and Shehab Ahmed
Proper operation of the grid-tie transformerless converters under unbalanced and distorted conditions entails a precise detection of the frequency and fundamental component of the grid voltage. One of the main problems that could arise during the estimat...
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Binghui Tang, Yuemin Wang, Ang Chen, Ruqing Gong and Yunwei Zhao
Pipeline systems are prone to defects due to the harsh service conditions, which may induce catastrophic failure if found not in time. Ultrasonic guided wave (UGW) testing provides a convenient option for pipeline detection, showing high-efficiency, non-...
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