Towards a test battery to benchmark dexterous performance in teleoperated systems

A high level of dexterity is becoming increasingly important for teleoperated inspection, maintenance and repair robots. A standard test to benchmark system dexterity can advance the design, quantify possible improvements, and increase the effectiveness of such systems. Because of the wide variety of tasks and application domains ranging from...

Battery energy storage system

The ability to store electrical energy adds several interesting features to a ships distribution network, as silent power, peak shaving and a ride through in case of generator failure. Modern intrinsically safe Li-ion batteries bring these within reach. For this modern lithium battery applications thermal management is vital in achieving a good...

Wearable thermoelectric generators for body-powered devices

This paper presents a discussion on energy scavenging for wearable devices in conjunction with human body properties. Motivation, analysis of the relevant properties of the human body, and results of optimization of a thermopile and a thermoelectric generator for wearable and portable devices are presented. The theoretical limit for power...

Recommendations for blood pressure measuring devices for office/clinic use in low resource settings

This paper, which summarizes the conclusions of a WHO Expert meeting, is aimed at proposing indications to develop technical specifications for an accurate and affordable blood pressure measuring device for office/ clinic use in low resource settings. Blood pressure measuring devices to be used in low resource settings should be accurate,...

Evaluation of the 10th international course on implementation of wind energy: ECN, April 2-13, 2001

This report is an evaluation of the

Investigations of the negative plate of lead/acid cells 3. Model calculations of the impedance of self-similar porous electrodes

In this paper a model for the calculation of the admittance (reciprocal impedance) of a porous metal electrode is derived, under anodic constant-current conditions, during precipitation of an insoluble salt at the metal/electrolyte interface. An example of the discharge, at low current density, of the negative plate in a lead/sulphuric acid...

Preliminary results of a battery-based, multi megawatt 200 kA pulsed power supply.

A pulsed power supply consisting of a fast discharge battery, a switch based on silicon-controlled-rectifier SCR technology, and an energy storage/pulse transformer is discussed. Preliminary results indicate that the battery is capable of discharging current pulses with reproducible peak values of 6.21 kA in a 14.4-mΩ dump resistance. In one...

The pulse physics research program of the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO