This paper reviews the state-of-the-art on Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation methodologies and technologies applied in the research field of wave energy converters. It reveals important issues, such as an unclear taxonomy and representations of these methodologies, which are critical for the success of the approach, mostly during the design of experiments and presentation of results. Moreover, a classification ap...
The washing of road tankers is currently still a manual process that requires an operator to place the washing head into the tanks. To increase productivity and operator safety, it is essential to implement automated systems with Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) capabilities. On the other hand, the industry 4.0 paradigm promotes the use of collaborative systems that integrate with the other organization's pr...
A single pass Bennett-Brassard 1984 protocol quantum key distribution downlink from a small quantum satellite in low earth orbit to an optical ground station is studied with the objective to develop the framework for a hardware-in-the-loop quantum optical ground station simulator and testbed.
The washing of road tankers is currently still a manual process that requires an operator to place the washing head into the tanks. To increase productivity and operator safety, it is essential to implement automated systems with Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) capabilities. On the other hand, the industry 4.0 paradigm promotes the use of collaborative systems that integrate with the other organization’s pr...
The hardware-in-the-loop technique is a hybrid co-simulation approach that joins real physical and virtual components. The real components may be the power take-off while the virtual ones the numerical models of sea wave and wave energy converter hydrodynamics. This simulation approach has been published with some regularity, however a review of the state-of-the-art has not been found, in particular in the rese...
O projeto MySafeWater pretendeu promover os objetivos nacionais e europeus, em matéria de Ambiente, no que se refere essencialmente à promoção do “consumo da água da torneira como forma ambientalmente sustentável de consumo, prevenindo a produção de resíduos e diminuindo a pegada ecológica”, através da informação e da conscientização do papel dos cidadãos na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável em aspetos co...
This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art of the Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) technique applied to the development of wave energy converters (WEC) and power take-off systems (PTO). The presentation discusses existing frameworks and the technologies involved. In addition, a case study is discussed in order to exemplify the HIL concept applied to a WEC-PTO.
O MySafeFiller facilita o enchimento de todo o tipo garrafas de água reutilizáveis, com diferentes diâmetros de bocais e diferentes tamanhos, em qualquer torneira de abastecimento de água potável, bebedouro público ou dispensador de água, permite encher a garrafa inclinada sem esta encostar à torneira e sem verter água. Além disso, evita a contaminação do local de abastecimento pelo contacto com o bocal de uma ...
A Indústria 4.0 veio introduzir grandes mudanças, não só na necessidade de altos níveis de automação, mas sobretudo na necessidade de processos de comunicação eficientes. Desta forma, torna-se fundamental compreender e adaptar os sistemas de supervisão, controlo e aquisição de dados (SCADA) ao novo paradigma da Indústria 4.0. No âmbito desta temática este artigo propõe, recorrendo a uma plataforma de software c...
In the current industrial context, the adoption of a digital twin (DT) has proven to be an appropriate tool to optimize the entire lifecycle of a system. This vision includes the adoption of a DT, in the collaborative network of organizations from the virtual modeling of a system, through its control, operation, namely simulation, implementation, and monitoring/supervision. To take full advantage of DTs, it is ...