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Optimization of Snubber Circuit Parameters for AC–AC Chopper Converter

  • Zhenyu Shi,
  • Liyang Wei,
  • Jinlong He,
  • Gang Li and
  • Chunwei Song

The AC-AC chopper converter, as a direct power conversion device without DC intermediate stages, has garnered significant attention due to its advantages of high efficiency and fast dynamic response. However, the voltage spikes induced by switching d...

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  • Open Access
2,003 Views
19 Pages

19 April 2024

The single-stage dual active bridge (DAB) AC-DC converter has the advantages of high power density, low cost, and simple control; it has a broad potential for application in the field of onboard chargers (OBC). However, the lack of fast and accurate...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,647 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Degassing Parameters on Mechanical Properties of EN AC-46000 Gravity Die Castings

  • Grzegorz Gumienny,
  • Bogusław Pisarek,
  • Tomasz Szymczak,
  • Jakub Gawroński,
  • Paweł Just,
  • Ryszard Władysiak,
  • Cezary Rapiejko and
  • Tadeusz Pacyniak

23 November 2022

The article is devoted to the optimization of the degassing parameters of the AlSi9Cu3(Fe) alloy. The alloy was degassed with a solid degasser (Ecosal) and nitrogen or argon. The variable parameters were time and type of degasser. The test castings w...

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  • Open Access
710 Views
13 Pages

When the alternating current (AC) chassis dynamometer system measures the motion parameters of a test vehicle, it is subject to interference from measurement noise, leading to an increase in testing errors. An innovative adaptive Kalman Filtering (KF...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,690 Views
24 Pages

27 August 2018

An AC electrified railway can interfere significantly with parallel underground pipelines in a public transportation corridor. Such interference may threaten the long-term transportation and the operational safety of the pipelines. Therefore, this pa...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,893 Views
25 Pages

Low Frequency Stability of AC Railway Traction Power Systems: Analysis of the Influence of Traction Unit Parameters

  • Paul Frutos,
  • Philippe Ladoux,
  • Nicolas Roux,
  • Igor Larrazabal,
  • Juan M. Guerrero and
  • Fernando Briz

Dynamic interactions between AC railway electrification systems and traction unit power converters can result in low frequency oscillation (LFO) of the contact-line voltage amplitude, which can lead to a power outage of the traction substation and th...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,137 Views
22 Pages

24 September 2022

Currently, AC motors are a key element of industrial and commercial drive systems. During normal operation, the machines may become damaged, which may pose a threat to the users. Therefore, it is important to develop a fault detection method that all...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,761 Views
25 Pages

25 November 2021

Active power factor correction converters are often introduced as the front stage of power electronic equipment to improve the power factor and eliminate higher harmonics. A Boost or Buck-Boost converter operating in discontinuous current mode is alw...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,185 Views
11 Pages

The Effect of a DC Magnetic Field on the AC Magnetic Properties of Oleic Acid-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

  • Michele Modestino,
  • Armando Galluzzi,
  • Maria Sarno and
  • Massimiliano Polichetti

8 June 2023

The AC magnetic properties of a sample of Fe3O4 nanoparticles coated with oleic acid have been investigated with the help of AC susceptibility measurements. In particular, several DC magnetic fields have been superimposed on the AC field, and their e...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,170 Views
11 Pages

The Effects of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on the Flow in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients—Geometry in Focus

  • Agnes Orsolya Racz,
  • Ildiko Racz,
  • Gabor Tamas Szabo,
  • Aron Uveges,
  • Zsolt Koszegi,
  • Bence Penczu and
  • Rudolf Kolozsvari

31 July 2022

Evaluation of the effect of three dimensional (3D) coronary plaque characteristics derived from two dimensional (2D) invasive angiography images (ICA) on coronary flow determined by TIMI frame count (TFC) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has not been...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,491 Views
21 Pages

11 August 2021

The conventional AC microgrid power regulation method is achieved using dual undulations of the grid-side voltage and frequency, whose complex variables and processes make the system less efficient and stable. For this problem, this paper proposes a...

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  • Open Access
379 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2025

The aircraft air-cycle system (ACS) provides cabin cooling, dehumidification, and pressurization. As a key component, the water separator removes free moisture from the air, preventing turbine icing/blockage under high humidity and avoiding humidity-...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,028 Views
12 Pages

8 December 2021

The determination of equivalent circuit parameters for AC induction motors represents an important task in an electrical machine laboratory. Frequently used open-circuit and short current tests answer these requirements. However, the results have a l...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,432 Views
13 Pages

We present a novel and numerically efficient approach to analyse the sensitivity of AC parameters to variations of traps in GaN HEMTs. The approach exploits an in-house TCAD simulator implementing the drift-diffusion model self-consistently coupled w...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
562 Views
35 Pages

16 September 2025

This paper aims to unveil the symmetry–asymmetry transition mechanisms in transient fault waveforms of offshore wind power AC/DC transmission systems, addressing the critical limitation of traditional simulation methods of the fact that they ca...

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  • Open Access
492 Views
19 Pages

15 July 2025

Multi-channel LED drivers are crucial for high-power lighting applications. Maintaining a constant average forward current is essential for stable LED luminous intensity, necessitating drivers capable of consistent current delivery across wide operat...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,884 Views
13 Pages

14 September 2020

The paper presents a procedure for measuring and analyzing the switching arc parameters occurring in air-insulated low voltage (LV) relays operating in distorted supply voltage conditions. The main purpose of the research was the analysis of the swit...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,895 Views
17 Pages

28 September 2022

In this study, the response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) were employed to study the adsorption process of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) by using modified hydrogel, i.e., activated carbon poly(dimethylaminoeth...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,945 Views
14 Pages

11 July 2022

Metal particle contamination is an important reason for insulation failure of gas-insulated transmission lines (GILs). Particle trap is the common method for particle suppression. At present, research on the motion characteristics of metal particles...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,360 Views
10 Pages

1 August 2003

Predicting and solving EMI emissions related to Common Mode (CM) ones in inverter (including pulse with modulation (PWM) inverter)-induction motor drive systems requires various frequency-dependent effects to be considered. Thus, the application of f...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,374 Views
16 Pages

Influence of High-Pressure Die Casting Parameters on the Cooling Rate and the Structure of EN-AC 46000 Alloy

  • Wojciech Kowalczyk,
  • Rafał Dańko,
  • Marcin Górny,
  • Magdalena Kawalec and
  • Andriy Burbelko

18 August 2022

The paper presents the results of the research on the impact of process parameters of high-pressure, cold-chamber die casting of an industrial casting made of aluminium alloy on the casting properties assessed macroscopically by measuring the casting...

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  • Open Access
1,854 Views
13 Pages

Load Rejection Overvoltage Suppression and Parameter Design Method of UHV AC Transmission Line

  • Guanqun Sun,
  • Wang Ma,
  • Yingge Wang,
  • Dian Xu,
  • Haiguang Liu,
  • Rusi Chen and
  • Yixing Ding

UHV (ultra-high voltage) by instant AC transmission system is accompanied by huge reactive power transmission. When the load drops sharply, it is easy to produce serious power frequency overvoltage, which is also defined as load rejection overvoltage...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,309 Views
16 Pages

3 April 2024

In this paper, the appropriate channel design and operating conditions for the simultaneous operation of the inclusion removal and the induction heating of the molten steel by imposing the A.C. magnetic field around the circular channel have been stu...

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  • Open Access
1,324 Views
15 Pages

The Lumped-Parameter Calorimetric Model of an AC Magnetometer Designed to Measure the Heating of Magnetic Nanoparticles

  • Mateusz Midura,
  • Waldemar T. Smolik,
  • Przemysław Wróblewski,
  • Damian Wanta,
  • Grzegorz Domański,
  • Xiaohan Hou,
  • Xiaoheng Yan and
  • Mikhail Ivanenko

14 March 2025

The assessment of superparamagnetic nanoparticle heating is crucial for effective hyperthermia. AC magnetometry can be used to determine the specific absorption rate (SAR) of nanoparticles, assuming proper calorimetric calibration. We show that an AC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,983 Views
17 Pages

16 January 2019

The animal product hazard factor N-glycolylneuraminic (Neu5Gc) and brain nutrient substance N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) were studied at the M062X/6-311 + G(d,p) geometry optimization level. We considered the electronic structure parameters with...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,274 Views
17 Pages

Sliding Mode Controller for Parameter-Variable Load Sharing in Islanded AC Microgrid

  • Mojtaba Hajihosseini,
  • Vinko Lešić,
  • Husam I. Shaheen and
  • Paknoosh Karimaghaee

19 August 2022

Controlling voltage, frequency, and current in an islanded microgrid is a challenging problem because the distributed generation sources, stochastic and intermittent in nature, are not connected to the main electricity network to provide stable and c...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,491 Views
17 Pages

23 June 2021

Model predictive control (MPC) is a flexible and multivariable control technique with better dynamic performance than linear control. However, MPC is sensitive to parametric mismatches that reduce its control capabilities. In this paper, we present a...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,541 Views
18 Pages

Changes in Vertical Jump Parameters After Training Unit in Relation to ACE, ACTN3, PPARA, HIF1A, and AMPD1 Gene Polymorphisms in Volleyball and Basketball Players

  • Miroslav Vavak,
  • Iveta Cihova,
  • Katarina Reichwalderova,
  • David Vegh,
  • Ladislava Dolezajova and
  • Miroslava Slaninova

21 February 2025

Background/objectives: The study aims to investigate potential differences in vertical jump performance between elite basketball and volleyball players before and after a standard training session, in comparison to a control group from the general po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,017 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Vaccination Against E. coli, C. perfringens Type A/C on Piglet Productive and Clinical Parameters Under Field Conditions

  • Arkadiusz Dors,
  • Robert Panek,
  • Wojciech Łużyński,
  • Krzysztof Janeczko,
  • Agata Augustyniak,
  • Hanna Turlewicz-Podbielska,
  • Ewelina Czyżewska-Dors and
  • Małgorzata Pomorska-Mól

17 October 2024

Background: One of the main strategies to control neonatal porcine diarrhoea (NPD) is through vaccination of the sows. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of two commercial vaccination schemes under field conditions on a farm where a C. perfring...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,374 Views
13 Pages

Stability of ACE2 Peptide Mimetics and Their Implications on the Application for SARS-CoV2 Detection

  • Paula A. Santana,
  • Claudio A. Álvarez,
  • Santiago Valenzuela,
  • Alberto Manchego,
  • Fanny Guzmán,
  • Cristian Tirapegui and
  • Manuel Ahumada

13 April 2023

The SARS-CoV-2 worldwide outbreak prompted the development of several tools to detect and treat the disease. Among the new detection proposals, the use of peptides mimetics has surged as an alternative to avoid the use of antibodies, of which there h...

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,129 Views
17 Pages

Enhancing the Structural, Optical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of PVA Filled with Mixed Nanoparticles (TiO2/Cu)

  • Ahmed N. Al-Hakimi,
  • G. M. Asnag,
  • Fahad Alminderej,
  • Ibrahim A. Alhagri,
  • Sadeq M. Al-Hazmy and
  • Talal F. Qahtan

12 January 2023

In this work, new samples of PVA-TiO2/Cu nanocomposites were prepared via the casting method. The prepared samples were examined using different analytical methods. An XRD analysis showed the semi-crystalline nature of the PVA polymer, as well as sho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,883 Views
38 Pages

On the Behaviour of an AC Induction Motor as Sensor for Condition Monitoring of Driven Rotary Machines

  • Mihaita Horodinca,
  • Neculai-Eduard Bumbu,
  • Dragos-Florin Chitariu,
  • Adriana Munteanu,
  • Catalin-Gabriel Dumitras,
  • Florin Negoescu and
  • Constantin-Gheorghe Mihai

2 January 2023

This paper presents some advances in condition monitoring for rotary machines (particularly for a lathe headstock gearbox) running idle with a constant speed, based on the behaviour of a driving three-phase AC asynchronous induction motor used as a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,698 Views
15 Pages

Steady-State Thermal Modeling of Salient Pole Synchronous Generator

  • Payam Shams Ghahfarokhi,
  • Andrejs Podgornovs,
  • Ants Kallaste,
  • Antonio J. Marques Cardoso,
  • Anouar Belahcen,
  • Toomas Vaimann,
  • Oleg Kudrjavtsev,
  • Bilal Asad and
  • Muhammad Naveed Iqbal

13 December 2022

This paper presents a practical thermal model of a synchronous generator for high-power applications. This model couples the lumped parameter thermal network and coolant network together to utilize the impact of the coolant’s temperature rising...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,500 Views
23 Pages

16 December 2022

Discussed in this study is a bidirectional power control technique for a three-phase grid connected inverter under different unbalanced grid conditions. Prior researchers have focused on either solving the unbalanced problem or controlling the power....

  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,245 Views
13 Pages

Immunogenetic Predictors of Severe COVID-19

  • Anna Malkova,
  • Dmitriy Kudlay,
  • Igor Kudryavtsev,
  • Anna Starshinova,
  • Piotr Yablonskiy and
  • Yehuda Shoenfeld

According to an analysis of published data, only 20% of patients with the new coronavirus infection develop severe life-threatening complications. Currently, there are no known biomarkers, the determination of which before the onset of the disease wo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
2,334 Views
7 Pages

Genetic Variation of the Human ACE and ACTN3 Genes and Their Association With Functional Muscle Properties in Lithuanian Elite Athletes

  • Valentina Ginevičienė,
  • Aidas Pranculis,
  • Audronė Jakaitienė,
  • Kazys Milašius and
  • Vaidutis Kučinskas

Background and Objective. Based on the results of many studies, the angiotensinconverting enzyme (ACE) and the α-actinin-3 (ACTN3) genes are considered strong candidate genes associated with human physical performance. On the other hand, the data reg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,041 Views
13 Pages

Haematological Profile and ACE2 Levels of COVID-19 Patients in a Metropolis in Ghana

  • Ezekiel B. Ackah,
  • Michael Owusu,
  • Benedict Sackey,
  • Justice K. Boamah,
  • Japhet S. Kamasah,
  • Albert A. Aduboffour,
  • Debora Akortia,
  • Gifty Nkrumah,
  • Andrews Amaniampong and
  • Nicholas Klevor
  • + 5 authors

23 January 2024

Background: Several studies have linked coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk to age and ABO blood groups. Variations in plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) levels and blood counts have been reported, suggesting an association between di...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,952 Views
13 Pages

14 November 2019

Slow oscillatory- (so-) tDCS has been applied in many sleep studies aimed to modulate brain rhythms of slow wave sleep and memory consolidation. Yet, so-tDCS may also modify coupled oscillatory networks. Efficacy of weak electric brain stimulation is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,315 Views
18 Pages

28 September 2025

(1) Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a typical component of the polymorbid profile of an elderly patient. The aim of this systematic review was to search for data from pharmacokinetic (PK) studies of any drugs in patients with CHF to systematize inform...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,909 Views
24 Pages

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are subject to nearby lightning strikes that can contribute to extremely high induced overvoltage transients. Recently, the authors introduced a 3D semi-analytical method to study the electromagnetic transients caused by the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,513 Views
16 Pages

22 September 2022

Presented in this paper is a method of bidirectional real and reactive power control of a three-phase grid-connected inverter under unbalanced grid situations. Unbalanced three-phase load and unbalanced grid impedance are illustrations of unbalanced...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,543 Views
13 Pages

Solar Cell Capacitance Determination Based on an RLC Resonant Circuit

  • Petru Adrian Cotfas,
  • Daniel Tudor Cotfas,
  • Paul Nicolae Borza,
  • Dezso Sera and
  • Remus Teodorescu

16 March 2018

The capacitance is one of the key dynamic parameters of solar cells, which can provide essential information regarding the quality and health state of the cell. However, the measurement of this parameter is not a trivial task, as it typically require...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,875 Views
14 Pages

9 May 2020

The scientific objective was to investigate the cooperation of three-electrode plasma reactors with gliding arc discharge powered from multi-phase AC/DC/AC converters. In order to achieve the scientific and practical goal of the project, a test stand...

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  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,317 Views
11 Pages

Macroporous Activated Carbon Derived from Rapeseed Shell for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

  • Mingbo Zheng,
  • Qin Hu,
  • Songtao Zhang,
  • Hao Tang,
  • Lulu Li and
  • Huan Pang

10 October 2017

Lithium–sulfur batteries have drawn considerable attention because of their extremely high energy density. Activated carbon (AC) is an ideal matrix for sulfur because of its high specific surface area, large pore volume, small-size nanopores, and sim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,195 Views
18 Pages

Retrieval of Optical Solitons with Anti-Cubic Nonlinearity

  • Muslum Ozisik,
  • Aydin Secer,
  • Mustafa Bayram,
  • Anjan Biswas,
  • Oswaldo González-Gaxiola,
  • Luminita Moraru,
  • Simona Moldovanu,
  • Catalina Iticescu,
  • Dorin Bibicu and
  • Abdulah A. Alghamdi

1 March 2023

Purpose: In this article, two main subjects are discussed. First, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with an anti-cubic (AC) nonlinearity equation is examined, which has a great working area, importance and popularity among the study area...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,935 Views
14 Pages

21 November 2023

Background: Currently, there are many parameters with proven prognostic significance in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Recently, the parameters defining right ventricular–pulmonary artery coupling (RVPAC) have gained clinical importance. In our study,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,795 Views
16 Pages

Fetal Growth Restriction: Comparison of Biometric Parameters

  • Carolin Marchand,
  • Jeanette Köppe,
  • Helen Ann Köster,
  • Kathrin Oelmeier,
  • Ralf Schmitz,
  • Johannes Steinhard,
  • Arrigo Fruscalzo and
  • Karol Kubiak

11 July 2022

The aim of this study was to identify growth-restricted fetuses using biometric parameters and to assess the validity and clinical value of individual ultrasound parameters and ratios, such as transcerebellar diameter/abdominal circumference (TCD/AC)...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,228 Views
21 Pages

20 February 2023

In islanded AC microgrids, negative impedance characteristics of AC constant power loads (AC CPLs) easily introduce large signal instability to the system, while energy storage systems sometimes compensate for the dynamic characteristics of AC CPLs,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,949 Views
19 Pages

1 February 2023

We make use of generalized iterations of the Sacks forcing to define cardinal-preserving generic extensions of the constructible universe L in which the axioms of ZF hold and in addition either (1) the parameter-free countable axiom of choice ACω* fa...

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