This paper presents research focused on the development of an e-textile piano made by several textile technologies. The textile piano was designed to combine different ways of contacting, such as embroidery, soldering, gluing, thermo-transfer. A blue cotton fabric was used as a substrat...

This paper presents research focused on realisation and the testing of wire to Ag printed pad interconnections realised on flexible substrates. The research was concentrated mainly on the development of highly reliable resistance spot welded interconnection technology. The mechanically crimped co...

This paper is focused on the measurement of resistance by transferring its value to frequency. The employed integrative comparative method (ICM) based on RC charging circuit is suitable for IoT applications thanks to its low power consumption. The practical implementation of the method&...

Digital oscillators are essential parts in many applications. They are used in communications, control, radar, in digital signal processing and music synthesis. Flexibility, and low cost are the main advantages of such type of oscillators. Moreover, he parameters of a digitally generated...

This work describes system for elecrocardiographic (ECG) signal scanning with non-contact electrodes and wireless data transmission. Introductory part deals about electrocardiography and generally with analog signal processing especially with active capacitance electrodes. In the next part of this work...

Error correction plays a crucial role when transmitting data from the source to the destination through a noisy channel. It has found many applications in television broadcasting services, data transmission in radiation harsh environment (e. g. space probes or physical experiments) or m...

The paper presents the possibility of using criterion programming and neuro-fuzzy modeling in determining the value of planning technical power losses. Proposed is an optimal control in normal mode power grids which considers the value of planned technical power losses. Improved method ...

This paper is focused on copper-filled vias realized by prospective Thick Printed Copper (TPC) technology. TPC technology can be used for power electronics substrate manufacturing instead of conventional metallization techniques (DBC or AMB). This technology enables the realization of complex int...

Model based energy management and automation systems are becoming an effective solution in the field of heating systems for residential building. This paper presents a Matlab/Simulink based thermal model for a dwelling with a heating system (HS). The heating system is equipped with...

Many polymer-based electrical insulating composites containing a proportion of mineral fillers up to tens of weight percent are being prepared in the present time. Used fillers, often as flame retardants, are commonly modified with surfactants primarily to provide better filler dispersion in...

This paper presented research small- and minihydroelectric power plants as an effective source of compensation for instability of non-guaranteed renewable energy sources (RES) power plants. HPPs play the main role for balancing the power system operation mode. To somehow compensate for the&#...

This paper focuses on analysis of prolonged degradation process of photovoltaic cells of different technologies based on silicon. All silicon type PV cells tend to have some specific degradation through the operational life. The degradation can originate from material issues of the esse...

The recent increasing demand for better nuclear fuel utilization requires higher enriched uranium fuels which is a challenge for spent fuel handling facilities in all countries with nuclear power plants. The operation with higher enriched fuels leads to reduced reserves to legislative a...

The TEPLATOR is an original way of district and industrial heating using nuclear power using spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants. The spent nuclear fuel is the one that did not reach its regulatory and design limits. This fuel can be taken either from spent ...

During the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, one of the most important opera-tions is the appropriate classification of radioactive waste. Radioactive waste from the operationcovers a wide range from low-level waste to high-level waste. In addition to the spent nuclearfuel, a signific...

TEPLATOR” stands for an innovative concept for district and process heating using already irradiated nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear powerplants (NPPs). There are several variants for TEPLATOR, one of which being a TEPLATOR DEMO. The TEPLATOR DEMO is operating at atmospheric pressure,&#...

The TEPLATOR is an innovative solution for district heating using nuclear energy. It is a special thermal reactor with specific arrangement of the reactor core with 55 fuel assemblies which is moderated and cooled by heavy water and operated at atmospheric pressure with low ou...

Generally, energy storage is a very current topic as renewable sources of energy produce cheaper but unpredictable energy. Energy storages became more common not even for electric but also for heat production. Because of stronger and smarter control systems and consumption predictions e...

The study shows the base optimization of the TEPLATOR core. One of the most difficult challenges for this concept is dealing with irradiated fuel assemblies. Because spent nuclear fuel has insufficient reactivity, the main aim of this study is to investigate various effects on ...

The innovative concept for district and process heat production is presented using already irradiated nuclear fuel from commercial light water power reactors where this fuel is not burnt up to its regulatory and design limits. The TEPLATOR is a critical assembly derived by the ...