The reliability of inverse modelling for the wide scale characterization of the thermal properties of buildings

The reduction of energy use in buildings is a major component of greenhouse gas mitigation policy and requires knowledge of the fabric and the occupant behaviour. Hence there has been a longstanding desire to use automatic means to identify these. Smart metres and the internet-of-things have the potential to do this. This paper describes a study where the ability of inverse modelling to identify building parameters is evaluated for 6 monitored real and 1000 simulated buildings. It was found that low-order models provide good estimates of heat transfer coefficients and internal temperatures if heating, electricity use and CO₂ concentration are measured during the winter period. This implies that the method could be used with a small number of cheap sensors and enable the accurate assessment of buildings’ thermal properties, and therefore the impact of any suggested retrofit. This has the potential to be transformative for the energy efficiency industry.     

时分MIMO滑坡雷达稀疏成像算法

针对现用于成像的MIMO山体滑坡雷达均匀线性阵列数目过多、数据处理复杂度高的问题，引入稀疏阵列时分地基MIMO雷达模型，提出一种基于逆傅里叶变换和混合匹配追踪算法的成像方法。首先通过对雷达回波信号作逆傅里叶变换实现距离向压缩，并进行近似相位补偿，然后采用一种基于时延补偿因子稀疏基的压缩感知算法实现方位向压缩。同时针对多目标成像的伪影点问题，方位向数据压缩引入子空间追踪算法和正交匹配追踪算法的结合算法重构出高分辨率且没有伪影的二维图像。根据真实的山体滑坡监测成像场景参数，通过数值仿真验证了该方法能够在低于传统均匀阵列的天线数目情况下实现目标高质量成像，且具有一定的抗噪性。     

磁阀式可控电抗器的损耗计算与分析

磁阀式可控电抗器(Magnetic-valve controllable reactor, MCR)具有直流偏磁、绕组电流谐波大和磁路中磁通密度不同的特点,这些特点不仅导致其损耗计算方法与电力变压器不同,而且使准确计算MCR的铁芯和绕组损耗比较困难。本文将铁芯分区与J-A动态逆模型相结合,提出MCR铁芯损耗的计算方法;考虑漏磁和谐波的影响,分析推导得到MCR的绕组损耗系数的计算方法和表达式。最后,通过实例的仿真和实验,验证了提出的铁芯损耗计算方法和绕组损耗系数的正确可靠性。     

基于EKF和UKF算法非均匀介质热物性参数重建

将无迹卡尔曼滤波技术(unscented Kalman filter, UKF)用于求解一维介质热物性参数反演问题；也对利用扩展卡尔曼滤波技术(extended Kalman filter, EKF)反演一维介质中热导率问题进行了研究。首先给出了正问题模型，然后详细介绍了EKF算法和UKF算法的基本原理。最后为了验证当前算法的可行性，采用UKF算法重建了介质内部随位置变化的热导率，并采用EKF算法重建了介质内部随时间变化的热导率。计算结果表明，UKF算法和EKF算法均能较为准确地反演介质的热导率。为了减小重建结果的时间滞后，建议使用较小的测量误差协方差R。     

Inverse design of the thermal environment in an airplane cockpit using the adjoint method with the momentum method

Currently, the thermal environment in airplane cockpits is unsatisfactory and pilots often complain about a strong draft sensation in the cockpit. It is caused by the unreasonable air supply diffusers design. One of the best approaches to design a better cockpit environment is the adjoint method. The method can simultaneously and efficiently identify the number, size, location, and shape of air supply inlets, and the air supply parameters. However, the real air diffuser needed to design often have grilles, especially in the airplane cockpit, and the current method can only design the inlet as an opening. This study combined the adjoint method with the momentum method to directly identify the optimal air supply diffusers with grilles to create optimal thermal environment in an airplane cockpit (1) under ideal conditions and (2) with realistic constraints. Under the ideal conditions, the resulting design provides an optimal thermal environment for the cockpit, but it might not be feasible in practice. The design with realistic constraints provides acceptable thermal comfort in the cockpit, but it is not optimal. Thus, there is an engineering trade-off between design feasibility and optimization. All in all, the adjoint method with the momentum method can be effectively used to identify real air supply diffusers.     

基于高斯混合模型和AdaBoost的夜间车辆检测

针对夜间车辆检测精度相对不高的问题，提出通过构建车头灯对空间几何关系的高斯混合模型（GMM）和采用逆投影车辆样本的AdaBoost分类器准确检测夜间车辆的方法。首先，在交通场景中根据车头灯对的空间位置关系设置逆投影面，通过图像预处理粗定位车灯区域；其次，在逆投影图像下利用车头灯对的空间几何关系构建车灯对的高斯混合模型，初步匹配车头灯对；最后，采用逆投影车辆样本，利用AdaBoost分类器进一步准确检测车辆。实验在3个交通场景的检测结果表明，与原始图像下的AdaBoost方法相比，所提方法的检测率提高了1.93%，漏检率降低了17.83%，误检率降低了27.61%；与D-S （Dempster-Shafer）证据理论方法相比，检测率提高了2.03%，漏检率降低了7.58%，误检率降低了47.51%。所提方法提高了相对检测精度，减少了地面反光和影子等的干扰，满足交通场景中夜间车辆检测的可靠性和准确性的要求。     

An open‐source inversion algorithm for the Munsell renotation

The 1943 Munsell renotation includes a table that converts 2734 Munsell specifications into xyY coordinates, along with a graphical interpolation method and a graphical inversion method, that converts xyY coordinates back into Munsell specifications. This article presents open‐source computer code, running in Matlab or Octave, that both interpolates and inverts the Munsell renotation automatically. The steps in both algorithms are described in detail. Like previous inversion algorithms, it relies on interpolations between entries in the 1943 table. For colours near the MacAdam limits, the inversion also requires extrapolations beyond the 1943 entries. The outputs of the current implementation do not differ significantly from the outputs of other inversion algorithms. The main distinguishing feature of the current algorithm is that both the algorithm and code implementation are publicly available. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 2011;     

A numerical study of variable coefficient elliptic Cauchy problem via projection method

In this paper, we investigate a numerical method for the solution of an inverse problem of recovering lacking data on some part of the boundary of a domain from the Cauchy data on other part for a variable coefficient elliptic Cauchy problem. In the process, the Cauchy problem is transformed into the problem of solving a compact linear operator equation. As a remedy to the ill-posedness of the problem, we use a projection method which allows regularization solely by discretization. The discretization level plays the role of regularization parameter in the case of projection method. The balancing principle is used for the choice of an appropriate discretization level. Several numerical examples show that the method produces a stable good approximate solution.     

Te concentration dependent photoemission and inverse-photoemission study of FeSe1?xTex

We have characterized the electronic structure of FeSe_1−xTe_x for various x values using soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (SXPES), high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy (HRPES) and inverse photoemission spectroscopy (IPES). The SXPES valence band spectral shape shows that the 2 eV feature in FeSe, which was ascribed to the lower Hubbard band in previous theoretical studies, becomes less prominent with increasing x. HRPES exhibits systematic x dependence of the structure near the Fermi level (E_F): its splitting near E_F and filling of the pseudogap in FeSe. IPES shows two features, near E_F and approximately 6 eV above E_F; the former may be related to the Fe 3d states hybridized with chalcogenide p states, while the latter may consist of plane-wave-like and Se d components. In the incident electron energy dependence of IPES, the density of states near E_F for FeSe and FeTe has the Fano lineshape characteristic of resonant behavior. These compounds exhibit different resonance profiles, which may reflect the differences in their electronic structures. By combining the PES and IPES data the on-site Coulomb energy was estimated at 3.5 eV for FeSe.