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Assessing the Potential of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System
Joaquim, Salomão; Amaro, Nuno; Lapa, NunoFunding Information: Salomão Muquepe Joaquim acknowledges the Government of Angola, Ministério do Ensino Superior, Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, for the MSc. fellowship attributed in the framework of the Presidential Decree number 67/19 of 22 February. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; This study investigates a hybrid renewable energy system combining the municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification an...
Modeling the impact of electric vehicle charging on Lisbon's electricity distri...
Cardinha, Miguel Mouquinho; Lopes, Rui Amaral; Amaro, NunoPublisher Copyright: © 2025 The Authors; This work proposes a methodology to assess the impact of electric vehicle (EV) charging on Lisbon's electricity distribution network, utilizing real load diagrams by postal code and a genetic algorithm to model the baseline and added EV load at substations. The method enables geographic mapping of EV charging to specific substations. Results show that increased EV chargi...
Exploring energy flexibility from smart electrical water heaters to improve ele...
Lopes, Rui Amaral; Silva, Francisco; Menezes-Barros, Rafael; Amaro, Nuno; Carvalho, Ana Gonçalves de; Martins, JoãoFunding Information: This research was partly funded by European Union's H2020 programme as part of the IANOS (Integrated Solutions for Decarbonization and Intelligence of Islands) project, Grant Agreement ID 957810), and by the Portuguese “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia” (FCT) in the context of the Center of Technology and Systems CTS/UNINOVA/FCT/NOVA, reference UIDB/00066/2020. Authors also would like...
Methodology for Assessing Power Needs for Onshore Power Supply in Maritime Ports
Amaral, Marcelo; Amaro, Nuno; Arsénio, PedroMaritime ports represent an important ecosystem for pollutant emissions and, considering the ongoing energy transition, need to adopt new solutions to mitigate current emission levels. These emissions are partially avoidable if ships and vessels docked at the port use electric energy to feed their power needs instead of using their internal combustion engines. In Europe, there is an ongoing discussion on includ...
Climate interactions and respiratory diseases in children
Ramalho, Margarida; Amaro, Nuno; Deus, Ricardo; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Bandeira, TeresaPublisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) and Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics 2022.; Introduction: Temperature and relative humidity affect health, particularly the respiratory system. Children represent a risk group, due to immature systems and continual development. The present study aimed to analyze the effects of temperature and relative humidity on hospitalizations of children due to asthma ...
A methodology for assessing the impact of the interannual variability of wave e...
Amaro, Nuno; Lopes, Rui Amaral; Pina, Joao Murta; Agostinho, Carlos; Abreu, Francisco; Torrado, DavidThis paper presents a methodology to assess the wave energy potential and the impact of inter-annual variability of the resource in overall energy production. This methodology was developed in the scope of a running H2020 project named Big-DataOcean, which aims to create a data repository and service marketplace for the maritime sector. The methodology is applied considering data from two different locations in...
Validation and Application of Sand Pile Modeling of Multiseeded HTS Bulk Superc...
Murta-Pina, Joao; Pereira, Pedro; Ceballos, José Maria; Álvarez, Alfredo; Amaro, Nuno; Pronto, Anabela; Silva, Jorge; Arsénio, PedroThis work was supported by national funds through FCT Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, under project PEst-OE/EEI/UI0066/2011; Sand 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 algo...