Urresty Betancourt, Julio César (Date of defense: 2012-09-21)
Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are an alternative in critical applications where high-speed operation, compactness and high efficiency are required. In these applications it is highly ...
Giacometto Torres, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2017-07-25)
This research work proposes three main contributions on the load forecasting field: the enhancement of the forecasting accuracy, the enhancement of the model adaptiveness, and the automatization on the ...
Kampouropoulos, Konstantinos (Date of defense: 2018-04-20)
The present dissertation is focused on the energy optimization of systems which contain multiple energy carriers. The objective of the research is the development of a methodology and the corresponding ...
Cárdenas Araujo, Juan José (Date of defense: 2013-07-11)
Nowadays, it would be very difficult to deny the need to prioritize sustainable development through energy efficiency at all consumption levels. In this context, an energy management system (EMS) is a ...
Sala Cardoso, Enric (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
The efficacy of the energy management systems at dealing with energy consumption in buildings has been a topic with a growing interest in recent years due to the ever-increasing global energy demand and ...
Ghorbani, Hamidreza (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power semiconductors are widely employed in industrial applications. This power switch capability in high voltage blocking and high current-carrying has expanded ...
Bader, Benjamin (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
This dissertation formulates a proposal for a real time implementable energy management strategy (EMS) for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The EMS is developed to minimize vehicle fuel consumption ...
Salehi Arashloo, Ramin (Date of defense: 2014-07-15)
Equipped with appropriate control strategies, permanent magnet (PM) machines are becoming one of the most flexible types of actuators for many industrial applications. Among different types of PM machines, ...
Piñal Moctezuma, Juan Fernando (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
When fatigue is considered, it is expected that structures and machinery eventually fail. Still, when this damage is unexpected, besides of the negative economic impact that it produces, life of people ...
Saavedra Ordóñez, Harold (Date of defense: 2015-02-05)
Electric vehicles (EVs) are attractive comparted to internal combustion engine powered vehicles due to several benefits, including low emissions, higher efficiency, less maintenance costs, stronger ...