Communication controller and control unit design for Qi wireless power transfer

Qi, the wireless power standard, has been proposed to allow low power systems to receive power through wireless inductive power transfer. The standard outlines the essential, desired and optional requirements for developing the wireless power transfer platform. In this paper, we present the design and implementation results of communication controller for guided positioning single transmitter–single receiver wireless power transfer platform. Apart from the basic design, additional processing and data storage capability is introduced to make the design adaptive in terms of response time and the size of control data transfer. The method of estimating the amount of power transfer is modified to reduce design complexity and internal power consumption of power transmitter and receiver. The implementation results help to access the ratio of power transferred to resource utilization and the ratio of power transferred to power consumed in simplistic wireless power transfer platform.     

System Project Failure: The Heuristics of Risk

Abstract

System project failures are a well-known part of systems development; however, all the potential risks of planning and executing a project effort are not This article offers heuristic guidelines to help IS managers assess these inherent risk factors before initiating and while executing a project. Case examples illustrate how a particular risk factor can result in a failed systems development effort.     

Investigating Knowledge Management Factors Affecting Chinese ICT Firms Performance: An Integrated KM Framework

This article sets out to investigate the critical factors of Knowledge Management (KM) which are considered to have an impact on the performance of Chinese information and communication technology (ICT) firms. This study confirms that the cultural environment of an enterprise is central to its success in the context of China. It shows that a collaborated, trusted, and learning environment within ICT firms will have a positive impact on their KM performance.     

Genetic algorithm‐based neural‐network modeling approach applied to AlGaN/GaN devices

An accurate equivalent circuit large‐signal model (ECLSM) for AlGaN‐GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is presented. The model is derived from a distributed small‐signal model that efficiently describes the physics of the device. A genetic neural‐network‐based model for the gate and drain currents and charges is presented along with its parameters extraction procedure. This model is embedded in the ECLSM, which is then implemented in CAD software and validated by pulsed and continuous large‐signal measurements of on‐wafer 8 × 125‐μm GaN on SiC substrate HEMT. Pulsed IV simulations show that the model can efficiently describe the bias dependency of trapping and self‐heating effects. Single‐ and two‐tone simulation results show that the model can accurately predict the output power and its harmonics and the associated intermodulation distortion (IMD) under different input‐power and bias conditions. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2013.     

Virtual life: self and identity redefined in the new media age

In this article, the author discusses her virtual reality installation The Parallel Dimension and goes on to explore the conflicts of identity experienced when a person is confronted with VR as a total immersion. She suggests that the various questions arising through this experience may lead us to a more ambivalent concept of the self.     

Gestural systems for the voice: performance approaches and repertoire

ABSTRACT

Singing, like dance, emerges directly from the body. The voice, in combination with whole body movement, constitutes a potent form of self-expression. Gestural systems offer a specialized context in which to explore the intersection between voice and movement. The practice-based investigation presented in this article charts the development of an original musical work, Intangible Spaces, which gives form to the invisible aspects of voice and movement through gestural control, physical modelling synthesis and visual feedback. I draw on embodied and performative autoethnographic methods to capture the felt sensations and sound-movement associations that arise during the composition process. I also explore the performance approaches of key practitioners in the area to gain a broader understanding of the ways in which musicians leverage existing performance skills to uncover novel connections between movement and voice in gestural performance.     

金沙江梯级水电站群联合发电运行三种常规调度方法研究

采用常规调度图、蓄能调度图和调度函数三种常规调度方法对金沙江中游梯级水电站群的联合发电运行进行分析、计算,在同一条件下对三种调度方法的模拟结果与发电量最大模型及保证出力最大模型的结果进行了对比。从不同侧面对这3种方法进行了分析比较,给出了较为客观的评价,为水电站寻找调度规律、拟定运行指导准则提供重要的参考价值,为未来中长期发电计划的制定提供可靠依据。     

基于模糊决策的风力发电产业评价研究

根据风力发电技术产业的特点,构建改进层次分析与模糊一致矩阵相结合的方案决策数学模型,该模型既可以减少确定判断矩阵的盲目性,又可以避开评价体系中各等级间的隶属度确定问题,使评价结果更加可靠,适合于信息尚不完整、受主观因素影响较强的评价。实例验证了这一模型的合理性、可行性和有效性,具有实用价值。     

基于分时电价模式的分布式风-光联合发电系统功率消纳模型研究

分时电价的方法能反映用电负荷的市场化行为,指引用户的用电时段,同时也可促进分布式可再生能源的消纳利用。基于用电负荷三段式分类方法,本文提出了分时电价机制下分布式风-光联合发电系统接入配网系统的功率消纳模型。该模型采用配网系统对内分时电价的方式来提高分布式风-光联合系统的并网消纳功率,并结合模拟退火算法对模型进行优化求解。最后通过仿真算例验证了本方法促进分布式风-光联合发电系统功率消纳、配网系统和用户取得双赢效果的可行性。     

百色水利枢纽大坝二等变形监测控制网测量

百色水利枢纽大坝初始变形监测控制网起算点遭到破坏,观测被迫中断,为了更好地对大坝进行监测,根据大坝及周围环境特点,针对现场复杂的测量条件,设计了大坝变形监测的二等基准控制网测量方案,采用测量机器人进行测量,并对外界条件的影响进行了改正。测量结果表明:测量控制网的测量精度较高,达到了预期目标。