• Hydrothermal Carbonization of Wet Biomass: a New Reactor Design for Continuous Lab Tests on the Three HTC Products 

  Basso D; Pecchi M; Patuzzi F; Pavanetto R; Baratieri M (ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2019)

  Hydrothermal carbonization (hereinafter, HTC) is an interesting thermochemical process through which wet biodegradable residues can be directly transformed into value added products. The main HTC products are the hydrochar, ...
• Digital output flexible tilt sensor with conductive microspheres 

  Büthe L; Vogt C; Petti L; Cantarella G; Tröster G; Münzenrieder N (IEEE, 2015)

  Recent advances in wearable computing ask for bendable and conformable electronic circuits and sensors, allowing an easy integration into everyday life objects. Here, we present a novel flexible tilt sensor on plastic using ...
• Thermodynamic model for the ash fraction behavior in biomass gasification using the cantera tool with the nasa polynomial approach 

  Pecchi M; Patuzzi F; Baratieri M (ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2019)

  This work uses the open source thermodynamic tool Cantera® to model the biomass gasification process for high ash-content substrates (e.g. digestate). The ash fraction is described as the mixture of different chemical ...
• Design and simulation of a 800 Mbit/s data link for magnetic resonance imaging wearables 

  Vogt C; Buthe L; Petti L; Cantarella G; Munzenrieder N; Daus A; Troster G (IEEE, 2015)

  This paper presents the optimization of electronic circuitry for operation in the harsh electro magnetic (EM) environment during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. As demonstrator, a device small enough to be worn ...
• Improving the Robustness of Trajectory Tracking Dynamic Surface Control 

  von Ellenrieder KD; Henninger HC (IEEE, 2019)

  Dynamic surface control (DSC) methods use first order filters to compute the derivatives of stabilizing functions developed through backstepping. The performance of trajectory tracking DSC controllers can become degraded ...
• Effect of water formation on the reaction enthalpy of the hydrothermal carbonization process 

  Pecchi M; Basso D; Patuzzi F; Baratieri M (ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2019)

  In this work, the effect of the water formation on the enthalpy change of the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process was assessed by the direct application of the Hess’s Law to HTC reactants and products. The data ...
• 20.3dB 0.39mW AM Detector with Single-Transistor Active Inductor in Bendable a-IGZO TFT 

  Meister T; Ishida K; Shabanpour R; K-Boroujeni B; Carta C; Münzenrieder N; Petti L; Cantarella G; Salvatore GA; Troster G; Ellinger F (IEEE, 2016)

  This paper presents an AM detector circuit in a bendable a-IGZO TFT technology. The circuit is based on a common-source stage loaded with a single-ended active inductor, which uses only one active transistor. This active ...
• Integration of solution-processed (7,5) SWCNTs with sputtered and spray-coated metal oxides for flexible complementary inverters 

  Petti L; Bottacchi F; Münzenrieder N; Faber H; Cantarella G; Vogt C; Büthe L; Namal I; Späth F; Hertel T; Anthopoulos T; Tröster G (IEEE, 2015)

  We report the integration of solution-processed high-purity semiconducting (7,5) single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with metal oxides for the fabrication of high-performance CMOS inverters on free-standing plastic ...
• Evaluation of the overall reaction enthalpy change of hydrothermal carbonization process by means of differential scanning calorimetry at high pressure 

  Pecchi M; Patuzzi F; Benedetti V; Basso D; Baratieri M (ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2019)

  In this work, heat flux Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) was used coupled with high-pressure crucibles to evaluate the enthalpy change of Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) applied to cellulose, wood, and digestate ...
• Energy-based interior mode selection for reduced-order models under harmonic excitation 

  Palomba I; Richiedei D; Trevisani A (KU Leuven, 2014)

  This paper introduces a novel ranking method for the selection of the interior modes to be retained in the Craig-Bampton reduction, suitable for vibrating systems under single-or multi-harmonic excitation. The goal is to ...
• Non-contact long range AC voltage measurement 

  Pouryazdan A; Costa JC; Prance RJ; Prance H; Münzenrieder N (IEEE, 2019)

  Safety requirements and physical constraints often prohibit contacting high voltage terminals. This limits the options for monitoring and maintaining high voltage machinery and power distribution grids. We present a ...
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  Parametric and Generative Design Techniques for Process Efficiency in Building Industry: The Case Study of Glued Laminated Timber Industry 

  Pasetti-Monizza G; Matt DT; Benedetti C (National Taiwan University, 2015)

  Building industry is one of the less efficient industries today, and the productivity gap with other industries is growing faster. In the last years, several improvements in process efficiency have been made focusing on ...
• Advanced Automation for SMEs in the I4.0 Revolution: Engineering Education and Employees Training in the Smart Mini Factory Laboratory 

  Gualtieri L; Rojas R; Carabin G; Palomba I; Rauch E; Vidoni R; Matt DT (IEEE, 2019)

  Industry 4.0 is currently changing the shop- floor of many large manufacturing companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises are also increasingly concerned with the introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies and methods. ...
• Human Sit-To-Stand Transfer Modeling for Optimal Control of Assistive Robots 

  Geravand M; Korondi PZ; Peer A (IEEE, 2014)

  Sit-to-stand (STS) transfers are a common human task which involves very complex sensorimotor processes to control the highly nonlinear musculoskeletal system. In this paper, typical unassisted and assisted human STS ...
• Evaluation of Robot-assisted Rollators from the Perspective of the User: A Systematic Review 

  Werner C; Ullrich P; Geravand M; Peer A; Hauer K (Springer, 2016)
• Safety Constrained Motion Control of Mobility Assistive Robots 

  Geravand M; Peer A (IEEE, 2014)

  A systematic approach for the supervision-based safe motion control of mobility assistive robots based on invariance control is presented. It allows the formulation of safety features in the form of a constraint admissible ...
• Deciding on optimal assistance policies in haptic shared control tasks 

  Corredor J; Sofrony J; Peer A (IEEE, 2014)

  This paper presents a haptic assistant that enhances task performance and human-machine interaction via a gain-scheduled impedance controller. The assistance strategy proposed builds on decision-making studies and models ...
• Enhancement of Multi-User Teleoperation Systems by Prediction of Dyadic Haptic Interaction 

  Feth D; Peer A; Buss M (Springer, 2014)

  By integrating a model of the remote environment or the human operator into a haptic bilateral teleoperation control architecture, their behavior can be predicted to compensate time delay introduced by a non-ideal communication ...
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  Port-based Modeling of Human-Robot Collaboration towards Safety-Enhancing Energy Shaping Control 

  Geravand M; Shahriari E; De Luca A; Peer A (IEEE, 2016)

  While collision detection and contact-related injury reduction in physical human-robot interaction has been studied intensively, safety issues in physical human-robot collaboration (pHRC) with continuous coupling of human ...
• Towards a Remote Medical Diagnostician for Medical Examination 

  Peer A; Buss M; Stanczyk B; Szczesniak-Stanczyk D; Brzozowski W; Wysokinski A; Tscheligi M; Avizzano CA; Ruffaldi E; van Gool L; Fossati A; Arent K; Jakubiak J; Janiak M (NextMed/MMVR, 2014)

  Successful medical treatment depends on a timely and correct diagnosis, but the availability of doctors of various specializations can be limited, especially in provincial hospitals or after regular working hours. Medical ...

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