Analysis of Skill Development in Manual Ramp Tracking Tasks: Using a Feedforward Pilot Model

A study is performed analyzing the behavioral adaptation of pilots in skill based ramp tracking tasks performed with pursuit display. From data analyses of previous ramp tracking experiments an indication is found that pilots who repeatedly perform the same ramp tracking task show a high level of adaptation to characteristics of the control task...

Modeling of a natural circulation flow reactor for methanol synthesis from renewable sources: Description of an experimental prototype

In 2015, 30% of the world's energy demand was met through petroleum based sources, whose burning has affected the world's climate. The Paris Climate Agreement, among other policies, has shifted the focus towards usage of renewable energy sources. Currently, the renewable market caters predominantly to meeting the electric demand, which only...

Integrated Control System for Frequency and Voltage Support via Type-3 Wind Turbines equipped with Energy Storage System

During previous centuries, humanity had relied on fossil fuels to generate the demanded energy. Nowadays, the extensive use of oil, gas and coal for energy production is becoming a major problem which concerns modern society. Global warming and climate change are the biggest challenges the scientific community has faced. The main factor which...

Modeling and Control of a Solid State Transformer and verification with Controller Hardware in the Loop

Climate change is driving the evolving energy mix in the world. The amount of renewables are rising to avoid the detrimental effects of fossil fuels to the environment. Solar and wind power are the major players in the rising renewable energy mix. Most of these power generation sources are interfaced through power electronic converters. In the...

Optimal Configuration of an Automated Dairy Factory

Currently a new small and automated dairy factory for the onsite production of cheese at farms is under devel-opment. This new factory aims at the production of cheese without any human interaction, based on the (raw) milk from cows who are milked with a milking robot. At the moment only a small test factory exists, in which human interaction is...

Turbocharging an Automotive Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Air Processing System: Simulations on Boost Power and Fuel Saving

Hydrogen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology is becoming increasingly popular in the transportation sector, especially the automotive industry. It can power electric drives by converting hydrogen into electricity in a chemical reaction with oxygen, whose products consist only of water. Therefore, hydrogen PEM fuel cell-based...