The present thesis develops an accurate sizing tool for the most relevant lithium ion battery energy storage system applications considering the aging and the remaining useful life. The developed tool involves firstly, the ...

This Ph.D. dissertation presents the work carried out on the modeling, for harmonic analysis, of AC offshore wind power plants (OWPP). The studies presented in this Ph.D. thesis are oriented to two main aspects regarding ...

Investment casting of magnesium is a process well suited for the production of aeronautic and automotive components, as light density components in medium and small series are obtained. But, still nowadays, this process ...

Nowadays energetic scenario is changing, improving the actual energy mix, and using cleaner and more sustainable energy generation and consumption methods. Renewable energies are key within this context for a more ...

This doctoral thesis falls within the scope of electronic power converters oriented to high voltage transmission applications, in particular the power generated in remote offshore wind farms by means of HVDC subsea ...

Predictive Maintenance is the maintenance methodology that provides the best performance to industrial organisations in terms of time, equipment effectiveness and economic savings. Thanks to the recent advances in technology, ...

Many mechanical components such as, bearing housings, exible couplings and spines or steel wires are simultaneously subjected to fatigue and fretting damage. Fretting phenomenon arises when two bodies are in contact subjected ...

La colaboración de una empresa con otras organizaciones constituye un elemento fundamental en el desarrollo de las estrategias tecnológicas. Teniendo en cuenta que las fuentes de innovación no residen exclusivamente dentro ...

The university is an institution with a long history and, over the course of the centuries, it has gone through several stages in its development (Martinelli et al., 2008). While initially conceived as an institution with ...

The longer life expectancy and the sports injuries have increased the need to address chronic and/or orthopedic diseases which cannot be met by conventional healing techniques. Tissue Engineering, combining the research ...