• An ocean kinetic energy converter for low-power applications using piezoelectric disk elements 

      Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Toma, Daniel; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio; Río Fernandez, Joaquín del (2013-09-30)
      Article
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The main problem facing long-term electronic system deployments in the sea, is to find a feasible way to supply them with the power they require. Harvesting mechanical energy from the ocean wave oscillations and converting ...
    • Autonomous vehicle development for vertical submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Arbós, Alejandro; Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Pallares, Oriol (2009-11-19)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés obert
      This work proposes the development of an ocean observation vehicle. This vehicle, a hybrid between Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) moves on the surface of the sea and makes ...
    • Autonomous vehicle development for vertical submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Arbós, Alejandro; Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Pallares, Oriol (2009-10-01)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This work proposes the development of an ocean observation vehicle. This vehicle, a hybrid between Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) moves on the surface of the sea and makes ...
    • Disseny d'un sistema electrònic pel control de rumb i de posicionament d'un Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 

      Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Pallarés Valls, Oriol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-07)
      Projecte/Treball Final de Carrera
      Accés obert
      Un dels camps de recerca més importants en el sector de la nàutica i les telecomunicacions és el desenvolupament de sistemes d’estudi oceanogràfic, ja siguin estàtics, boies, vehicles que recorren les zones indicades ...
    • Preliminary OFDM based acoustic communication for underwater sensor networks synchronization 

      Pallarés Valls, Oriol; Sarriá Gandul, David; Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Río Fernandez, Joaquín del; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio (2013)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés obert
      This work presents a first approach to wireless underwater sensor networks UWSN time synchronization, using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) acoustic communication and time reference served by a ...
    • Sea motion electrical energy generator for low-power applications 

      Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Toma, Daniel; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio; Río Fernandez, Joaquín del (2013)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés obert
      he main problematic about electronic systems deployed in the sea for long periods of time, is to find a feasible way to supply them with the necessary amount of power and no direct supervision. In this paper a new ...
    • Study and control of a phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter and a phase-controlled series-parallel resonant inverter 

      Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2012-05)
      Projecte/Treball Final de Carrera
      Accés obert
      Realitzat a/amb:   Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
      [ANGLÈS] Resonant converters have been widely used for some few decades because of their inherit soft-switching characteristic, their fast transient response, their low losses compared to the PWM based hard-switching ...