Recent Submissions

  • Feasibility assessment of industrial demand response 

    Forero Quintero, José Fernando; Villafafila Robles, Roberto; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel (2022-07-06)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    As seen in this chapter, a cost-benefits analysis (CBA) is needed to measure IDR profitability. Such CBA should incorporate a LCC approach, which describe all cost involved in each stage of the IDR development cycle. ...
  • Technical and professional communication in the European Project Semester (EPS) 

    Barr, Joseph Edward; Arnó Macià, Elisabet; Perat Benavides, Josep Ignasi (IGI Global, 2022-03-08)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    In the European Project Semester (EPS), communication is key. It is through continuous communication that project teams can plan and develop their projects, involving supervisors and companies in internationalized contexts. ...
  • Grid-following and grid-forming PV and wind turbines 

    Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro; Lai, Ngoc Bao (Academic Press, 2022-03-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    As penetration of photovoltaic (PV) and wind generation systems driven by grid-connected power converters monotonously increases, unusual interactions between innovative and legacy generation systems become more concerning, ...
  • Linear switched reluctance motors 

    Garcia Amoros, Jordi; Andrada Gascón, Pedro; Blanqué Molina, Balduino (InterChopen, 2020-09-09)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    This chapter deals with linear switched reluctance machines (LSRMs). Linear switched reluctance machines are the counterpart of the rotary switched reluctance machine (SRM), and now they have aroused great interest in the ...
  • Reliable design of PMaSynRM 

    López Torres, Carlos; García Espinosa, Antonio; Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger (2018-11-05)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
  • Sliding mode control of LCL full-bridge rectifiers 

    Dòria Cerezo, Arnau; Biel Solé, Domingo; Fossas Colet, Enric (2016-07-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    In control theory, sliding mode control, or SMC, is a nonlinear control method that alters the dynamics of a nonlinear system by application of a discontinuous control signal that forces the system to "slide" along a ...
  • X-Rays from long laboratory sparks in air 

    Montañá Puig, Juan; March Nomen, Víctor; Kochkin, Pavlo (2016-07-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    This collective book provides a review of research concentrated on runaway electron beams and X-rays in an inhomogeneous electric field with different gases at increased pressure. Attention is also given to supershort ...
  • Active and reactive power control of grid connected distributed generation systems 

    Egea Àlvarez, Agustí; Junyent Ferré, Adrià; Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol (2012)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    The present chapter describes active and reactive power control for distributed generation and storage systems connected to the grid by means of voltage source converters. Renewable generation and storage systems connected ...
  • Wind turbine generation systems modeling for integration in power systems 

    Junyent Ferré, Adrià; Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol (World Scientific Publishing, 2011-01-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    This chapter deals with the modeling of wind turbine generation systems for integration in power systems studies. The modeling of the wind phenomenon, the turbine mechanical system and the electrical machine, along with ...
  • Control of doubly fed induction generators under balanced and unbalanced voltage conditions 

    Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol; Junyent Ferré, Adrià (World Scientific Publishing, 2011-01-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    The present chapter presents a control technique to deal with the control of doubly fed induction generators under different voltage disturbances. Certain current reference values are chosen in the positive and negative ...
  • Use of Rapeseed Straight Vegetable Oil as Fuel Produced in Small-Scale Exploitations 

    Baquero Armans, Grau; Esteban Dalmau, Bernat; Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger; Puig Vidal, Rita; Rius Carrasco, Antoni (Intech, 2011-08-01)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    This chapter presents a method to produce rapeseed and process it to obtain rapeseed oil and rapeseed cake meal from a small-scale point of view. It also shows how rapeseed oil can be used as fuel in diesel engines for ...
  • Els mecanismes d'electrificació del núvol 

    Montañá Puig, Juan (Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya - Ed. Valant 2003 S.L., 2004)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Restricted access - author's decision
    Els mecanismes d'electrificació d'un núvol, basats en l'intercanvi de càrregues elèctriques entre partícules, avui en dia encara no són perfectament coneguts. Les teories formulades fins ara s’ocupen d’alguns dels processos ...