Marouani, H., A. Sallem, M. Chaoui, P. Pereira, and N. Masmoudi,
"A Robustness Study of Metaheuristics to the Optimal Design of RF Integrated Inductors",
2018 15th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals Devices (SSD), pp. 1459-1464, March, 2018.
AbstractIn this paper, three metaheuristics are investigated to optimize RF Integrated Inductors; namely Differential Evolution (DE) from the field of evolutionary computation, Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) based on the law of gravity and mass interactions and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) inspired by swarm behaviors in nature. A particular interest is given to the optimization of RF Integrated Inductors. Performances in terms of optimum quality and computing time of the metaheuristics are checked via three test functions and one application that consist of optimizing performances of characterize integrated inductors based on the double$π$-model.
Martins, J. F., P. Pereira, A. J. Pires, and V. F. Pires,
"A new teaching tool to enhance power quality assessment",
Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE, Yokohama, Japan, IEEE-IES, pp. 004158-004162, 9-12 Nov., 2015.
AbstractThe study and assessment of Power Quality issues is nowadays a very important subject, particularly regarding Cyber-physical and Industrial Agents based systems, which are extremely sensitive to Power Quality disturbances. Giving students or engineers practical experience in this field requires a large investment from teaching institutions. This paper presents a laboratory device that emulates Power Quality disturbances in order to provide the required experimental expertize in the subject. It addresses limiting aspects such as harmonic distortion, flicker, sags, swells and transients. The developed system presents a good opportunity for technicians, even without deep knowledge on the field of power quality, to learn basic principles and be able to identify Power Quality events. Since the system is based on real data, represents a valuable approach giving trainees practical knowledge on the field.
Murta-Pina, J., P. Pereira, J. M. Ceballos, A. Alvarez, N. Amaro, A. Pronto, J. Silva, and P. Arsenio,
"Validation and Application of Sand Pile Modeling of Multiseeded HTS Bulk Superconductors",
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1-5, June, 2015.
AbstractSand pile and Bean models have already been applied to describe single grain HTS bulks. An extension to that approach was used to model multiseed bulks, needed for several practical applications as electric motors or flywheels with superconducting bearings. The use of genetic algorithms was then proposed to determine intra- and intergrain current densities, and application to two and three seeds samples using trapped flux experimental measurements was exemplified. However, this model assumed some simplifications, as equal properties in grain boundaries between neighboring grains. In this paper an extension to this methodology is proposed and evaluated by analyzing measurements performed in plans at different distances from surfaces of samples with three seeds. Discussion of its influence on a practical application is also explored.
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