‘Eight great technologies’ which will propel the UK to future growth #advancedmaterials

  The UK Government has identified ‘eight great technologies’ plus a further two which will propel the UK to future growth. These are: the big data revolution and energy-efficient computing; satellites and commercial applications of space; robotics and autonomous systems; life sciences, genomics and synthetic biology; regenerative medicine; agri-science; advanced materials and nanotechnology; energy and […]

A Novel Grouping Method for Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries Based on a Fractional Joint Kalman Filter and a New Modified K-Means Clustering Algorithm

Energies 2015, 8(8), 7703-7728; doi:10.3390/en8087703 Article A Novel Grouping Method for Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries Based on a Fractional Joint Kalman Filter and a New Modified K-Means Clustering Algorithm Xiaoyu Li,  Kai Song,  Guo Wei * ,  Rengui Lu and   Chunbo Zhu *  + Authors’ affiliation  Received: 27 May 2015 / Revised: 1 July 2015 / Accepted: 22 July 2015 / Published: […]

Characteristic Analysis and Control of a Hybrid Excitation Linear Eddy Current Brake

Energies 2015, 8(7), 7441-7464; doi:10.3390/en8077441 Article Characteristic Analysis and Control of a Hybrid Excitation Linear Eddy Current Brake Baoquan Kou * ,  Yinxi Jin,  Lu Zhang and   He Zhang + Authors’ affiliation  Received: 31 March 2015 / Revised: 22 June 2015 / Accepted: 17 July 2015 / Published: 22 July 2015 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Power and Energy […]

Improved Adaptive Droop Control Design for Optimal Power Sharing in VSC-MTDC Integrating Wind Farms

Energies 2015, 8(7), 7100-7121; doi:10.3390/en8077100 Article Improved Adaptive Droop Control Design for Optimal Power Sharing in VSC-MTDC Integrating Wind Farms Xiaohong Ran ,  Shihong Miao *  and   Yingjie Wu + Authors’ affiliation  Received: 28 April 2015 / Revised: 24 June 2015 / Accepted: 7 July 2015 / Published: 14 July 2015 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Power and […]