Sistema de recomendação para condutores de veículos eléctricos

Tratando-se do próximo grande passo na evolução da indústria automóvel, os veículos eléctricos continuam a apresentar limitações de autonomia, associando-se a esta limitação tempos de carregamento muito alargados, poucos pontos de carregamento e redes eléctricas inteligentes muito embrionárias. Neste contexto exige-se aos condutores um planeamento muito rigoroso da utilização diária do veículo. Neste trabalho é apresentado um sistema de informação que pretende ajudar o condutor na utilização diária do seu veículo eléctrico, minimizando o problema da ansiedade de alcance através do controlo contínuo da autonomia do veículo e da apresentação atempada de informação relevante sobre os pontos de carregamento disponíveis no seu raio de alcance. Dado o sucesso dos sistemas de recomendação, no encaminhamento automático da informação desejada em diversos domínios, esse princípio pode ser aplicado ao problema em causa com o objectivo de maximizar a relevância da informação apresentada ao condutor, a qual deverá ser a estritamente necessária para ele tomar as suas decisões, devendo toda a restante ser filtrada.

Termografia: uma ferramenta de apoio ao diagnóstico de avarias

Desde que saiu do secretismo militar, nas últimas décadas do século passado, a termografia infravermelha, tem vindo a ampliar a sua aplicação em todas as áreas. A experiência de obtenção de assinaturas térmicas de equipamentos militares e de toda a actividade militar, foram transpostas para outras áreas de actividade e com elas todas as ferramentas de análise. O desenvolvimento e vulgarização da informática e a concorrência entre marcas, com a consequente diminuição de custos, facilitou a sua divulgação. Na manutenção preventiva, quando correctamente utilizada, a termografia infravermelha, é um excelente auxiliar, tendo a vantagem de ser uma ferramenta segura, versátil, de não contacto e que proporciona grande rapidez de observação. No presente trabalho é passado em revisão o estado da arte no campo específico do tema da dissertação e foram estudados os princípios da termografia. Foram realizados três trabalhos de campo, traduzidos por outras tantas inspecções termográficas em empresas metolomecânicas e foram recolhidas imagens de exterior do edifício do ISEL e do parque de estacionamento. Foram ainda realizados ensaios de laboratório sobre desalinhamento angular onde foram obtidas imagens termográficas da fase de arranque até ao aquecimento do modelo com os veios alinhados a duas rotações distintas e com dois desalinhamentos angulares diferentes. Foi ainda executado um terceiro ensaio com os veis desalinhados, para confirmação de valores. Face aos resultados, o natural desenvolvimento deste trabalho aponta para a continuação dos ensaios neste campo de forma a confirmar os valores obtidos e estabelecer factores de correcção para diferentes condições de desalinhamento e temperatura ambiente.

Enthalpies of Solution of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate in 15 Solvents at 298.15 K

Enthalpies of solution of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetra fluoroborate, [BMIm]BF4, are reported at 298.15 K in a set of 15 hydrogen bond donor and hydrogen bond acceptor solvents, chosen by their diversity, namely, water, methanol, ethanol, 1,2-ethanediol, 2-choroethanol, 2-methoxyethanol, formamide, propylene carbonate, nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetone, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and aniline. These values are shown to be largely independent of [BMIm]BF4 concentration. The obtained enthalpies of solution vary from very endothermic to quite exothermic, thus showing a very high sensitivity of the enthalpies of solution of [BMIm]BF4 to solvent properties. Solvent effects on the solution process of this IL are analyzed by a quantitative structure-property relationship methodology, using the TAKA equation and a modified equation, which significantly improves the model's predictive ability. The observed differences in the enthalpies of solution are rationalized in terms of the solvent properties found to be relevant, that is, pi* and E-T(N).

Driving Scheme Using MIS Photosensor for Luminance Control of AMOLED Pixel

This paper presents a new driving scheme utilizing an in-pixel metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photosensor for luminance control of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel. The proposed 3-TFT circuit is controlled by an external driver performing the signal readout, processing, and programming operations according to a luminance adjusting algorithm. To maintain the fabrication simplicity, the embedded MIS photosensor shares the same layer stack with pixel TFTs. Performance characteristics of the MIS structure with a nc-Si : H/a-Si : H bilayer absorber were measured and analyzed to prove the concept. The observed transient dark current is associated with charge trapping at the insulator-semiconductor interface that can be largely eliminated by adjusting the bias voltage during the refresh cycle. Other factors limiting the dynamic range and external quantum efficiency are also determined and verified using a small-signal model of the device. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the MIS photosensor for the discussed driving scheme.

Directional Moving Target Indication for Civil Traffic Monitoring Using Single Channel SAR

This paper presents a novel moving target indicator which is selective with respect to a direction of interest. Preliminary results indicate that the obtained selectivity may have high interest in civil traffic monitoring using single channel SAR data.

Distributed process execution in collaborative networks

Processes are a central entity in enterprise collaboration. Collaborative processes need to be executed and coordinated in a distributed Computational platform where computers are connected through heterogeneous networks and systems. Life cycle management of such collaborative processes requires a framework able to handle their diversity based on different computational and communication requirements. This paper proposes a rational for such framework, points out key requirements and proposes it strategy for a supporting technological infrastructure. Beyond the portability of collaborative process definitions among different technological bindings, a framework to handle different life cycle phases of those definitions is presented and discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Does Independent Component Analysis Play a Role in Unmixing Hyperspectral Data?

Chapter in Book Proceedings with Peer Review First Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2003, Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, JUne 4-6, 2003. Proceedings

Deep structure of crust and mantle beneath Iberia and Western Mediterranean from P and S Receiver functions and SKS Waveforms

We have conducted a P and S receiver functions [PRFs and SRFs] analysis for 19 seismic stations on the Iberia and western Mediterranean. In the transition zone [TZ] the PRFs analysis reveals a band [from Gibraltar to Balearic] increased by 10-20 km relative to the standard 250 km. The TZ thickness variations are strongly correlated with the P660s times in PRFs. We interpret the variable depth of the 660-km discontinuity as an effect of subduction. Over the anomalous TZ we found a reduced velocity zone in the upper mantle. Joint inversion of PRFs and SRFs reveals a subcrustal high S velocity lid and an underlying LVZ. A reduction of the S velocity in the LVZ is less than 10%. The Gutenberg discontinuity is located at 65±5 km, but in several models sampling the Mediterranean, the lid is missing or its thickness is reduced to ~30 km. In the Gibraltar and North Africa this boundary is located at ~100 km. The lid Vp/Vs beneath Betics is reduced relative to the standard 1.8. Another evidence of the Vp/Vs anomaly is provided by S410p phase late arrivals in the SRFs. The azimuthal anisotropy analysis with a new technology was conducted at 5 stations and at 2 groups of stations. The fast direction in the uppermost mantle layer is ~90º in Iberian Massif. In Balearic is in the azimuth of ~120º. At a depth of ~60 km the direction becomes 90º. Anisotropy in the upper layer can be interpreted as frozen, whereas anisotropy in the lower layer is active, corresponding to the present-day or recent flow. The effect of the asthenosphere in the SKS splitting is much larger than the effect of the subcrustal lithosphere.