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Energies, Volume 14, Issue 16

August-2 2021 - 501 articles

Cover Story: Commercial two-stage servovalves and direct-drive servovalves are extensively used in industry and aeronautical applications, given the excellent dynamic response of the former and the simplicity of construction of the latter. Despite this, these valves have some drawbacks that are still unresolved, such as the high complexity and internal leakage of pilot stages of two-stage servovalves as well as the large weight of the linear force motors of direct-drive servovalves. The use of piezoelectric actuators can be instrumental in solving these issues, in addition to further improving the dynamic response of these valves. This paper is a comprehensive review of novel servovalve architectures that exploit piezoelectric actuation, showing the potential of some to be used by manufacturers as future high-performance designs. View this paper
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Articles (501)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,280 Views
32 Pages

23 August 2021

A control technique combining pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) is presented herein to reduce the output voltage ripple of the converter as little as possible. Such a converter requires a two-stage cascaded structure....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,815 Views
21 Pages

23 August 2021

The fracturing technique is widely used in many fields. Fracture has a greater impact on the movement of fluids in formations. Knowing information about a fracture is key to judging its effect, but detailed information about complex fracture networks...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
2,653 Views
20 Pages

22 August 2021

The energy transition is accompanied by developing a digital decentralized low-carbon energy infrastructure with renewable-based generating plants as its main elements. In 2020, 15 photovoltaic power plants (PVPs) with an installed capacity of 364 MW...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,987 Views
26 Pages

22 August 2021

The filtered mass density function (FMDF) model has been employed for large-eddy simulations (LES) of compressible high-speed turbulent mixing and reacting flows. However, the mixing model remains a pressing challenge for FMDF methods, especially for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,056 Views
24 Pages

22 August 2021

In this paper, the authors discuss the problem of the influence of the level of electrification in African countries on their sustainable development. The first aim of the article is to determine the relationship between changes in the electrificatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,656 Views
12 Pages

22 August 2021

In the present study, we provide useful data related to one of the most promising materials in thin-film solar cell technologies: Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) kesterite structures. Sol-gel spin coating and chemical bath deposition methods were used to fabricate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,711 Views
23 Pages

Influence of Continuous Provision of Synthetic Inertia on the Mechanical Loads of a Wind Turbine

  • Arne Gloe,
  • Clemens Jauch,
  • Bogdan Craciun,
  • Arvid Zanter and
  • Jörg Winkelmann

22 August 2021

In many electrical grids, the share of renewable energy generation increases. As these generators are typically connected to the grid via inverters, the level of grid inertia decreases. Such grids may therefore suffer from high rates of change of fre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,677 Views
27 Pages

22 August 2021

The large-scale interconnection of the power grid has brought great benefits to social development, but simultaneously, the frequency of large-scale fault accidents caused by extreme weather is also rocketing. The power grid is regarded as a represen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,430 Views
23 Pages

22 August 2021

Magnetic beamforming techniques can enhance the power transfer efficiency using focused magnetic fields by the multiple transmitters to the receivers. However, the intra-couplings that cause power leakage and phase distortion among the arrayed coils...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,413 Views
21 Pages

22 August 2021

A DC converter with the benefits of reverse power capability, less switching loss and wide voltage operation is presented and implemented for wide input voltage applications such as fuel cell energy, photovoltaic (PV) system and DC wind power. Two fu...

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