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University of Southern Queensland
Education•Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia•
About: University of Southern Queensland is a education organization based out in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 3037 authors who have published 11241 publications receiving 234781 citations. The organization is also known as: USQ.
Topics: Population, Higher education, Context (language use), Planet, Curriculum
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TL;DR: In this paper, a technique for eliminating the DC-offloading voltage at the output of the inverter is proposed, based on the sensing of the DC offset voltage at a sensor output, which is used to drive a feedback system designed to control the operation of the PV inverter so that the voltage remains within the acceptable limits.
Abstract: Limitation of direct current (DC) injection into the alternating current (AC) network is an important operational requirement for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. One way to ensure that this requirement is met is to use a power transformer as interface to the AC network. But this adds costs, mass, volume and power losses. In a transformerless system, the inverter forming part of the PV system has to be operated so that the DC content in its output current is below the specified limits. Ideally, there should be no DC at the output of the inverter, but in practice, in the absence of special measures, a small amount of DC current is present. A technique for elimination of the DC-offset is proposed. It is based on the sensing of the DC-offset voltage at the output of the inverter. A sensor output is used to drive a feedback system designed to control the operation of the inverter so that the DC-offset is forced to stay within the acceptable limits. A mathematical model for the DC-offset controller is derived. A design procedure, based on the model, is proposed for the controller. The results of tests performed on a system of 1 kW nominal rating provide validation for the mathematical model.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D printing of concrete elements has been used for automatic construction systems, which has become the focus of the construction industry and research projects worldwide, and many technologies involving 3D printed concrete elements have been developed.
Abstract: Automatic construction systems have become the focus of the construction industry and research projects worldwide. Numerous technologies involving 3D printing (3DP) of concrete elements have been d...
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TL;DR: The algorithm was able to detect the tree trunks and discriminate between trees and non-tree objects with detection accuracy of 96.64% showing that the fusion of both vision and laser scanner technologies produced robust tree trunk detection.
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TL;DR: This article used the full 18-yr archive of data from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search to examine the abundance of ''cool Jupiters'' - analogues to the Solar system's giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn.
Abstract: Our understanding of planetary systems different to our own has grown dramatically in the past 30 yr. However, our efforts to ascertain the degree to which the Solar system is abnormal or unique have been hindered by the observational biases inherent to the methods that have yielded the greatest exoplanet hauls. On the basis of such surveys, one might consider our planetary system highly unusual - but the reality is that we are only now beginning to uncover the true picture. In this work, we use the full 18-yr archive of data from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search to examine the abundance of `cool Jupiters' - analogues to the Solar system's giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn. We find that such planets are intrinsically far more common through the cosmos than their siblings, the hot Jupiters. We find that the occurrence rate of such `cool Jupiters' is 6.73^{+2.09}_{-1.13} per cent, almost an order of magnitude higher than the occurrence of hot Jupiters (at 0.84^{+0.70}_{-0.20} per cent). We also find that the occurrence rate of giant planets is essentially constant beyond orbital distances of ∼1 au. Our results reinforce the importance of legacy radial velocity surveys for the understanding of the Solar system's place in the cosmos.
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TL;DR: Estimating and promoting rainwater harvesting systems in As endemic areas may be a sustainable way of reducing the use of As-contaminated water for cooking purposes.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Howard Isaacson | 103 | 575 | 42963 |
Stuart J. H. Biddle | 102 | 484 | 41251 |
Lajos Hanzo | 101 | 2040 | 54380 |
Mika Sillanpää | 96 | 1019 | 44260 |
Zhigang Chen | 96 | 783 | 40892 |
U. Rajendra Acharya | 90 | 570 | 31592 |
Hao Wang | 89 | 1599 | 43904 |
Jin Zou | 88 | 812 | 33645 |
Wendy J. Brown | 86 | 587 | 29735 |
Hua Wang | 80 | 580 | 47411 |
Dinesh Mohan | 79 | 283 | 35775 |
Tim J. Gabbett | 79 | 302 | 18910 |
Michael Thompson | 76 | 911 | 28151 |
Stephen R. Kane | 73 | 565 | 21583 |
Jolanda Jetten | 70 | 297 | 18948 |