A New MPPT Technique for Fast and Efficient Tracking under Fast Varying Solar Irradiation and Load Resistance by Libin Xu, Ruofa Cheng, Jiajing Yang

“…The regulating stage regulates the duty cycle of the DC-DC converter with a small step size, which can improve the tracking efficiency. …”
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Gas Production Strategy of Underground Coal Gasification Based on Multiple Gas Sources by Duan Tianhong, Wang Zuotang, Zhou Limin, Li Dongdong

“…To lower stability requirement of gas production in UCG (underground coal gasification), create better space and opportunities of development for UCG, an emerging sunrise industry, in its initial stage, and reduce the emission of blast furnace gas, converter gas, and coke oven gas, this paper, for the first time, puts forward a new mode of utilization of multiple gas sources mainly including ground gasifier gas, UCG gas, blast furnace gas, converter gas, and coke oven gas and the new mode was demonstrated by field tests. …”
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Application of Multimedia Semantic Extraction Method in Fast Image Enhancement Control by Yuyang Gao, Ming Chen, Shouqing Du, Guofu Feng

“…It has been proposed that thealgorithm that synthesizes training samples according to the Retinex model converts the original low-light image from RGB (red-green-blue) space to HSI (hue saturation intensity) color space, keeps the chrominance and saturation components unchanged, and uses DCNN to enhance the luminance component; finally, it converts the HSI color space to RGB space to get the final enhanced image. …”
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An Approach to Solar Photovoltaic Systems Simulation Utilizing Builder Block: A Case Study of A 100 MW System by Shahad Safaa Faisal, Emad Talib Hashim

“… This paper offers a new design, simulation, and trying out a strategy for the Photovoltaic (PV) gadget producing 100 MW· The work explores how different irradiance and PV temperature tiers have an effect on the output power· To enhance the PV system, the proposed work utilizes the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique with a DC-DC boost converter and a 3-phase tie inverter· These components can improve output voltage and convert it into AC electricity for integration into the application grid· The Block Builder tool is taken into consideration a key factor of this work, which enables accurate simulation of various environmental conditions inclusive of a wide range of solar radiation and PV temperature· Consequently, the electric power generated underneath varying parameters can be exactly assessed· In this work, 4 cases are simulated to assess the performance of the proposed system.. …”
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Formulation and Solution of th-Order Derivative Fuzzy Integrodifferential Equation Using New Iterative Method with a Reliable Algorithm by A. A. Hemeda

“…The nth-order derivative fuzzy integro-differential equation in parametric form is converted to its crisp form, and then the new iterative method with a reliable algorithm is used to obtain an approximate solution for this crisp form. …”
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Conversion of cast carbon steel into composite material by E. I. Marukovich, S. M. Usherenko, Javad Yazdani-Cherati, Yu. S. Usherenko

“…Pulsed dynamic action by streams of powder particles and subsequent heat treatment converts steel into a fiber composite material.…”
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Sizing passive filters for mitigation of harmonics in a low voltage network containing solar PV units by Saad T․ Y․ Alfalahi, Muhamad Bin Mansor, Aiman Nouh, Salahuddin I․ Abdrabba, Faisal Mohamed

“…The continual growth of renewables in the distribution scale is converting the conventional arrangement of power grid into a modern arrangement in which the Distribution Generation (DG) units are included within the distribution section of any power system. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Grassland Degradation on the Surface Climate in Overgrazing Area of Northwest China by Yanfei Li, Zhaohua Li, Zhihui Li, Xiaoli Geng, Xiangzheng Deng

“…The analysis results show that grassland will mainly convert into barren land, croplands, and urban land, which accounts for 42%, 48%, and 10% of the total converted grassland area, respectively. …”
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Condition monitoring of urban rail transit by local energy harvesting by Mingyuan Gao, Yunwu Li, Jun Lu, Yifeng Wang, Ping Wang, Li Wang

“…This article introduces the principle, modeling, and experimental test of the system, including (1) an electromagnetic energy harvesting prototype with DC-DC boost converter and lithium battery charge management function, (2) wireless sensor nodes integrated with accelerometer and temperature/humidity sensor, and (3) a vehicle-track interaction model that considers wheel out-of-roundness. …”
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Model-Free Predictive Current Controller for Common Mode Voltage Stabilization by Finite odd Virtual Vector set by Majid Akbari, S. Alireza Davari, Reza Ghandehari, Freddy Flores-Bahamonde, Jose Rodriguez

“…Reducing the common mode voltage (CMV) fluctuations is crucial in transformer-less (T-less) converters. The modulation modification-based methods inherently increase the steady-state error of the compared currents due to the reduced number of voltage vectors. …”
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Design and Control of Hybrid Electric Light Rail Vehicles With Open Ended Winding Machines by Davide De Simone, Maria Stefania Carmeli, Salvatore D'Arco, Luigi Piegari, Pietro Tricoli

“…This limitation can be avoided by integrating an on-board battery storage connected to the dc bus of the traction inverter with a boost dc/dc converter. However, the boost converter requires a bulky inductor and introduces additional power losses that are undesirable. …”
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A review of power system oscillation analysis methods from a port-based perspective by ZHENG Le, LIANG Yining

“…First， the commonly used impedance port for grid-connected converters is examined， analyzing the characteristics of different types of impedance ports and summarizing their advantages in stability analysis of converter-based systems. …”
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Wood to Energy: Woody Biomass Conversion Technologies by Jessica Tomasello, Lauren McDonell, Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart

“…It describes current technologies and those that are being developed to convert wood to energy. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, June 2009. …”
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Wood to Energy: Woody Biomass Conversion Technologies by Jessica Tomasello, Lauren McDonell, Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart

“…It describes current technologies and those that are being developed to convert wood to energy. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, June 2009. …”
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Stability of Traveling Waves to the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model by Ahmad Alhasanat, Chunhua Ou

“…In this paper, the stability of traveling wave solutions to the Lotka-Volterra diffusive model is investigated. First, we convert the model into a cooperative system by a special transformation. …”
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Two Identification Methods for a Nonlinear Membership Function by Yuejiang Ji, Lixin Lv

“…This paper proposes two parameter identification methods for a nonlinear membership function. An equation converted method is introduced to turn the nonlinear function into a concise model. …”
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Emiliano Zapata ou la photographie au service de la construction d’une icône by Marion Gautreau

“…By studying the figure of Emiliano Zapata, this article recounts the trajectory which converted a Revolutionary often considered by the ruling classes as a bandit into a hero, and later into an icon. …”
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PERFORATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF IRON CASTINGS by O. C. Komarov, E. V. Rozenberg, A. N. Karas, A. M. Neumiarzhytski, A. N. Apanasevich

“…It is shown that the cause of the formation of the veinings are the stresses in the surface layer of the core that arise when a-quartz is converted to a-tridymite. The possibility of reducing the number and size of veinings due to the selection of the composition of paints and the thickness of their layer on the surface of the rods was tested.…”
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Real-Time Implementation of Islanded Microgrid for Remote Areas by Monika Jain, Sushma Gupta, Deepika Masand, Gayatri Agnihotri, Shailendra Jain

“…Islanding is a condition in which a microgrid or a portion of power grid, consisting of distributed generation (DG) sources, converter, and load, gets disconnected from the utility grid. …”
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Sliding Mode Real-Time Control of Photovoltaic Systems Using Neural Estimators by J. A. Ramos-Hernanz, O. Barambones, J. M. Lopez-Guede, I. Zamora, P. Eguia, M. Farhat

“…In this paper, a novel control for a boost DC/DC converter has been introduced. It is based on a sliding mode controller (SMC) that takes a current signal as reference instead of a voltage, which is generated by a neuronal reference current generator. …”
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