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    Energy characterization and experimental validation of natural ventilated semitransparent double skin PV components 

    Cipriano, Jordi (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)

    Els sistemes integrats Fotovoltaics (FV) de doble pell, són components de l'edifici que combinen les funcions d'envolvent, amb les d'il·luminació natural, generació d'electricitat i generació d'energia tèrmica. La modelització ...

    Energy efficiency of high pressure pneumatic systems 

    Trujillo, José A. (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)

    The energy efficiency assessment of high-pressure pneumatic circuits is the aim of this dissertation. From a historical perspective the past and cur- rent activities with regards to the energy saving conservation in pneumatic ...

    Energy efficient active cooling in advanced microelectronic systems 

    Vilarrubí, Montse (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)

    Les solucions actuals de refrigeració en circuits integrats en 3D (3D-IC) no proporcionen sistemes capaços d'adaptar el seu comportament a condicions variables en el temps i l'espai, fet que comporta un sobre refredament ...

    Energy efficient control of electrostatically actuated MEMS 

    Fargas Marquès, Andreu (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)

    Plenty of Micro-electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS) devices are actuated using electrostatic forces, and specially, parallel-plate actuators are extensively used, due to the simplicity of their design. Nevertheless, ...

    Energy efficient cooperative node management for wireless multimedia sensor networks 

    Alaei, Mohammad (Date of defense: 2013-06-27)

    In Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs) the lifetime of battery operated visual nodes is limited by their energy consumption, which is proportional to the energy required for sensing, processing, and transmitting ...

    Energy efficient offloading techniques for heterogeneous networks 

    Miliotis, Vasileios (Date of defense: 2016-03-11)

    Mobile data offloading has been proposed as a solution for the network congestion problem that is continuously aggravating due to the increase in mobile data demand. The concept of offloading refers to the exploitation of ...

    Energy Efficient Radio Resource Management for Heterogeneous Networks 

    Bastos, Joaquim Manuel Camões Sobral de (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)

    In the continuous evolution of mobile communication systems, there are many issues and aspects to be addressed, as well as in their effective implementation and deployment on cellular networks. In a general way, the most ...

    Energy efficient ventilation strategies for surgery rooms 

    Cubí Montanyà, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)

    Surgery rooms are a space type with particularly stringent indoor environmental quality (IEQ) requirements, which translate into high energy use. Due to the unclear IEQ and infection control requirements for surgery rooms ...

    Energy for Sustainable Development – An Assessment of the Energy-Poverty-Development Nexus 

    Nussbaumer, Patrick (Date of defense: 2012-07-05)

    La energía es un elemento fundamental para muchos aspectos del desarrollo socioeconómico. Los servicios que la mayoría de las personas en los países industrializados dan garantizados - iluminación adecuada, energía limpia ...

    Energy harvesting from human passive power 

    Mateu Sáez, Maria Loreto (Date of defense: 2009-06-05)

    Las tendencias en la tecnología actual permiten la reducción tanto en tamaño como en potencia consumida de los sistemas digitales complejos. Esta disminución en el tamaño y el consumo da lugar al concepto de dispositivos ...

    Energy Harvesting Solutions for Self-Powered Devices: From Structural Health Monitoring to Biomedical Applications 

    Álvarez-Carulla, Albert (Date of defense: 2021-01-29)

    The thesis reflects the research carried out on the development of truly self-powered devices. The development of devices for the scopes of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Point-of-Care devices (PoC) is shown. New ...

    Energy Harvesting-Aware Resource Management for Wireless Body Area Networks 

    Ibarra Ramirez, Ernesto Antonio (Date of defense: 2014-05-21)

    The rationale for a telemedicine system is the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for the remote transmission of biomedical data and the remote control of biomedical equipment, in order to improve the ...

    Energy management in collaborative power electronics-based microgrid integrated with renewable energies 

    Salehi, Navid (Date of defense: 2023-02-08)

    (English) This thesis is introduced the research performed on microgrid applications, especially in cooperative operating mode. The research is conducted considering two main challenging aspects of microgrid operation over ...

    Energy management strategies based on fuzzy logic control for grid-tied domestic electro-thermal microgrid 

    Arcos Avilés, Diego Gustavo (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)

    The environmental and economic benefits related to the reduction of both carbon dioxide emission and transmission losses have made distributed renewable generation systems became a competitive solution for future power ...

    Energy management systems for smart homes and local energy communities based on optimization and artificial intelligence techniques 

    Barja Martínez, Sara (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

    (English) The rapid advancement of digitalization, combined with the integration of renewable generation and the development of information and communication technologies within the distribution network, is accelerating ...

    Energy metabolism and Protein synthesis in Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies 

    Anusha, Koneti (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)

    Mitochondria dysfunction is documented in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease (PD), a region which plays a central role in the characteristic motor manifestations of the disease. Mitochondria! dysfunction is a cause ...

    Energy optimisation and controllability in complex distillation columns 

    Serra, Maria (Serra Prat) (Date of defense: 2000-09-12)

    To extend the knowledge of complex distillation arrangements for the separation of ternary mixtures and make them closer to implementation in industry is the motivation of this thesis work. Some design, operation, and ...

    Energy optimising methodologies on heterogeneous data centres 

    Nishtala, Rajiv (Date of defense: 2017-07-10)

    In 2013, U.S. data centres accounted for 2.2% of the country's total electricity consumption, a figure that is projected to increase rapidly over the next decade. A significant proportion of power consumed within a data ...

    Energy processing by means of power gyrators 

    Cid-Pastor, Ángel (Date of defense: 2005-07-18)

    En aquesta tesi doctoral es presenta un mètode sistemàtic per a la síntesi de giradors de potència. A partir d'aquest mètode s'han generat i classificat diverses estructures giradores. Cadascun d'aquests giradors, que poden ...