On a wing and a prayer

The article talks about recent Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) presolicitation notice in the area of hybrid insect micro-electromechanical systems (MEMs). DARPA's goal is to fund promising interdisciplinary research that will permit the creation of "insect-cyborgs"     

利用光伏电池给蓄电池充电

磷酸锂铁（LiFePO4）电池对比钻基德Li离子/聚合物电池,具有安全性性高、浮充电压小、自放电率低、使用寿命长等一系列优点。本文所述LT36521C为可实现太阳能跟踪、单块式补偿蓄电池充电的集成电路。当LT3652由单块太阳能电池板供电时,其输入调节回路能确保在最大输出功率下工作,充分体现出这一新型太阳能充电器的优越特性。     

Making a Case for a New Connector

The emergence of quick lock connectors, particularly quick lock versions of the SMA and N connectors (QMA and QN, respectively), was an inevitable development in the RF connector industry and is of significant importance in that nearly 50% of all practical applications for RF connectors are currently supported by either SMA or N. Once QMA and QN can achieve similarity in cost and performance to the present SMA and N connectors, they will take the place of their predecessors in most applications, creating a huge new market. Our RF team has long been dedicated to research and development of these two connector types in the hopes of creating an optimal design. In this article, we will show some of the results of our research.     

Power losses in a conducting ring enclosing a conductor with a transient current

Contents In the paper Joule power losses are calculated in a conducting ring enclosing a conductor with a transient current having an alternating component.—Theoretical calculation and numerical computation are worked out basing on a link Bubnov-Galerkin method in its numerical version using the finite elements for the conductor with the Time-Stepping algorithm for the time discretization.—On the basis of numerical computation, graphs of the relative power losses are plotted as a time function.

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Leistungsverluste in einem leitenden Ring, der einen Leiter mit einem instationären Strom umschließt

Übersicht In diesem Beitrag werden die Joulschen Leistungsverluste in einem leitenden Ring berechnet, der einen Leiter umschließt, in dem ein instationärer Strom mit Wechselanteil fließt. Die theoretischen Betrachtungen und numerischen Berechnungen hat man in Anlehnung an die Bubnov-Galerkin-Methode (in ihrer numerischen Variante, die von einen Leiter unter Verwendung der Methode der finiten Elemente realisiert wird) in Verbindung mit einem Schritt-Algorithmus mit der diskretisierten Zeit ausgeführt. Auf der Grundlage numerischer Berechnungen sind Diagramme für die relative Leistung in Abhängigkeit von der Zeit dargestellt.

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List of symbols Symbol Unit Physical parameter - B Wb/m² magnetic induction vector - H A/m magnetic field intensity vector - H, H A/m -component of the magnetic field vector - E V/m electrical field vector - E _r ,E _z V/m components of the electric field - f s^–1 frequency - I A current intensity (r.m.s. value) - L H inductance - P W power losses - P ₀ W power losses for d.c. - R resistance - t sec time - ^–1 m_–1 electric conductivity of the conductor - Hm^–1 magnetic permeability - _ijk m² finite element area - basis function - rad s^–1 pulsation - N _i ,N _j ,N _k function of finite element shape - 3.141593... - region - ² Laplace's operator - r, ,z cylindrical coordinates - ^h region approximating the region - ^e finite element region - M number of discretization points of the region - V number of finite elements - (N–1) number of steps - i, j, k indices of vertices of triangular finite element     

Chaos in a series circuit with a nonlinear capacitor and a nonlinear inductor

This paper proposes a nonlinear circuit that generates chaotic oscillations. The proposed nonlinear circuit includes a nonlinear capacitor and a nonlinear inductor by using Generalized Impedance Converters. Both computational experiments and experiments on real circuits show that the region for chaotic oscillation is very wide, demonstrating that the proposed circuit is effective as a chaos generator. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 150(2): 35–42, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10361     

Electric potential near a tip of a local discharge on a conductive film

To develop a propagation model of a local discharge on a wet polluted insulator, the authors have examined characteristics of the local discharge on an electrolytic solution simulating the wet polluted insulator surface. The local discharge was propagated on the solution under the impulse voltage. A shape of a contacting surface between the local discharge and the solution has been already obtained by the authors. By using the contacting surface, an electric potential near a tip of the local discharge on a conductive film of 1 mm in thickness was calculated. Furthermore, the potential was measured with a probe. The calculated values and the measured values of the electric potential agreed well regardless of the propagation length of the local discharge, the width of the conductive film, the resistivity of the conductive film, the peak value of the applied voltage and the applied voltage waveform.     

Development of a deceleration control system for a winding machine based on a microcontroller

The development of an automatic deceleration system for a winding machine in a siderurgy factory is presented in this paper. The proposed system controls the speed of a winding machine in order to obtain the optimum stop point in terms of security and fast production. The system is based on a microcontroller and an extremely simple hardware. The system has been tested for two years and results evince a very good mean time between failures.     

Simulation of a generator for a wind-power unit

Analysis of excitation systems of generators for wind-power units is carried out, a software package for generator simulation is presented, and the sequence of the generator design is presented.     

When a feature detector becomes a feature generator

The neural network approach is reviewed in the context of studies in the animal and human visual systems. An attempt is made to explain perception, memory, and learning as a feedback loop similar to the one used in the ALOPEX optimization concept. Applications in pattern recognition and image processing are discussed. Experiments using visual evoked potentials in humans are described.     

Extension of a driving-point and a transfer function to a positive real two-port matrix

A solution is presented to the problem, which arises in two-port modelling, of determining a second driving-point function from a given driving-point function and a transfer function. the given functions must have a common denominator and satisfy the necessary positive real (PR) matrix conditions: the driving-point function must be PR and on the imaginary axis the real part of the transfer function must be zero whenever the real part of the driving-point function is zero. By using a partial fraction expansion and determining a required first-order polynomial, a unique second (minimum) driving-point function is obtained. Examples to illustrate the method are worked out.     

Converting a three-phase AC line to a three-wire DC line by a modified converter

Converting existing AC lines to DC for increasing power transmission has been an interesting topic for scientists, such applications could be managed by conventional converters. Converting AC lines to DC upgrades the power capacity of existing lines up to square root of two. In this paper, a modified converter that would use all three existing AC lines at the same time for DC transmission will be introduced. This converter will then be used to model a high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) system which enables to convert high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission lines to HVDC lines. The mathematical model of the converter is developed and the system is tested by modeling with PSCAD/EMTDC software for operation and dynamic stability. A practical model is also developed in laboratory conditions and tested for operation.     

Optimization of a door seal structure of a microwave oven using a FDTD method

The optimum door seal configuration to prevent radiation leakage from a microwave oven is still a manufacturing concern. Here, we propose a numerical algorithm to simulate the radiation propagation along a door seal structure using the finite‐difference time domain method, which is used for a priori shielding efficiency tests. The results agree with experimental data. The critical dimensions of the choke structure were found and high shielding is anticipated for a simpler choke structure. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonstationary processes in a controlled electric drive with a high-voltage frequency converter intended for a mainline pump of a heat-supply station

Results of the studies of nonstationary electromagnetic and electromechanical processes that develop during the start-up (restart) of a frequency-controlled electric drive of a mainline pump as result of perturbation in the electric supply system are presented.     

锅炉减温器喷水管失效原因分析

通过宏观检验、电镜观察和理论计算,对同时承受机械应力和热应力的锅炉减温器喷水管失效断口形貌进行分析,研究其断裂模式与原因.结果表明,该喷水管断裂属于于热-机械疲劳断裂,交变弯曲应力和热应力是其断裂失效的主要原因.热应力使管内壁产生浅表性热疲劳裂纹,并导致机械疲劳裂纹稳定扩展至该区时发生局部快速扩展,产生局部快速断裂区,其形貌不同于常规疲劳断口最后瞬断区.     

400 t/h炉水膜除尘器改造为电除尘器的实践

综述天生港发电厂9号炉除尘器改造的必要性,改造的主要特点、施工组织原则及经验教训;介绍了改造后的运行、测试、评价、效益情况.     

燃料电池-燃气轮机混合发电系统性能研究

文章对由燃料电池和燃气轮机组成的混合发电系统的性能进行了分析。该混合系统采用的是底层循环方式,并于常压下工作。分析表明,在设计点工况,混合系统的发电效率为58.7％;在非设计点工况,其发电效率也能达到56%以上。在设计点工况下,混合系统的功率约有80％来自燃料电池电堆,20%由燃气轮机提供。在非设计点工况时,燃料电池发电功率占混合系统总输出功率的比例随着混合系统输出功率的减少而增大;混合系统可以在其输出功率不低于设计点功率80%的工况下运行。     

徜徉在一片湖光山色——居安公园

以「川」字为源,取其川流不息之意。象征都市之人来人往,希望能点出台北都会办公住宅群里一个可供驻足、体验、欣赏之都会公园。…     

Electrodynamics of a resistive sheet moving inside a wave-guide

Contents The interaction between a guided wave and a gliding metal sheet is investigated. The Hertz and Fitzgerald superpotentials are resorted to along with the Lorentz transformation and the overall electromagnetic field is obtained.

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Wechselwirkung zwischen einer Leitungswelle und einergleitenden Metallscheibe

Übersicht Die Wechselwirkung zwischen einer Leitungs-welle und einer gleitenden Metallscheibe wird untersucht. Das elektromagnetische Feld wird ermittelt an Hand der Lorentz Transformation sowohl wie an Hand der Hertz und Fitzgerald Superpotentialen.

     

将三相异步电动机改为单相电机

1 引言 由于三相异步电动机制造简单、价格便宜、规格齐全,已成为工农业生产中的主要动力.但由于必须采用三相供电系统,而许多农副产品加工机械需用单相电源来驱动,尤其是在农村乡镇、偏远山区等缺乏三相电源的地方便无法使用.