Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica: Recent submissions
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Electro mobility in Panama: A review
(2018-07)GGlobal initiatives against climate change have recommended that the world must make a change in its mobility technologies, as the transport sector is responsible for 21% of global emissions, this concern has accelerated ... -
Panama metro line 1: Analysis of CO 2 emissions from 2015 to 2017. Principles for an eco-transportation city
(2019-03)This article presents an analysis of CO 2 emissions in the Panama Metro Line 1 (PML1) performed using the APTA methodology. The first section of this document presents a brief description of the Panama Metro line 1 and its ... -
Characterization of the dynamic behavior of transition systems between rigid and flexible catenary
(2019-10)The study presented will deal with the dynamic behavior that exists before the transition that occurs at the entrance and exit of a tunnel when a rigid catenary has been installed in the latter while flexible catenary ... -
Propuesta de plan analítico para una asignatura en Ingeniería y transporte ferroviario.
(2020-11)Este capítulo presenta una breve reseña de la historia ferroviaria panameña, seguido del estado anterior y actual de la formación superior en ingeniería y transporte ferroviario y de los aspectos relacionados. Se presenta ... -
Tecnologías y enfoques para el aprovechamiento de la energía regenerativa en el transporte ferroviario: Una revisión sistemática
(2021-09)En este capítulo se presenta una revisión sistemática sobre las tecnologías de sistemas de almacenamiento de energía y sobre los enfoques para un mejor aprovechamiento. La revisión se divide en dos vías: tendencias más ... -
Railway Engineering: Timetable Planning and Control, Artificial Intelligence and Externalities
(2021-01)This chapter is a case study of the dissemination of railway engineering research in Latin America developed by a railway engineering research group. The leader of the group is a female researcher. The authors aim to ... -
Digital Transformation
(2020-11-01)The amount of literature on Digital Transformation is staggering—and it keeps growing. Why, then, come out with yet another such document? Moreover, any text aiming at explaining the Digital Transformation by presenting ... -
Modelling the degradation process of lithium-ion batteries when operating at erratic state-of-charge swing ranges
(2017 4th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT)2017 4th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 11/09/2017)Manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries inform capacity degradation for regular, symmetrical charge/discharge cycles, which is clearly problematic in real life applications where charge/discharge cycles are hardly regular. ... -
Lithium-ion battery pack arrays for lifespan enhancement
(2017 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON)2017 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), 12/21/2017)Depending on the application, power and energy requirements may differ significantly and, most likely, a single lithium-ion cell will not suffice. Battery packs offer cell interconnections that allow to obtain several ... -
State-of-charge estimation to improve energy conservation and extend battery life of wireless sensor network nodes
(2017 Ninth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN)2017 Ninth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 07/27/2017)Wireless sensor networks are pervasive systems that continuously demonstrate increase in growth by branching into diverse applications. The state of charge is an indicator that conveys the amount of energy available in the ... -
Frame retransmission using a modified VST-TDMA access protocol in Picocell/WPAN
(2017 IEEE 9th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM)2017 IEEE 9th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM), 12/28/2017)The VST-TDMA access protocol has shown to have many advantages over existing protocols in centralized (star) wireless network architectures. As most data-link layer protocols, it does not have a recovery feature as data ... -
SoC control for improved battery life and throughput performance under VST-TDMA
(IETIET, 02/09/2017)Energy independence is a wireless device quality that demands the utmost exigency. Energy harvesting devices (EHD) alleviate the energy constraints demanded by these nodes and with the use of protocols, such as variable ... -
Lithium-Ion Battery End-of-Discharge Time Estimation and Prognosis based on Bayesian Algorithms and Outer Feedback Correction Loops: A Comparative Analysis
(A Comparative Analysis. In the Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2015A Comparative Analysis. In the Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2015, 2015-08-24)Battery energy systems are currently one of the most common power sources found in mobile electromechanical devices. In all these equipment, assuring the autonomy of the system requires to determine the battery state-of-charge ... -
Characterization of the degradation process of lithium-ion batteries when discharged at different current rates
(05/08/2018)The use of energy storage devices, such as lithium-ion batteries, has become popular in many different domains and applications. Hence, it is relatively easy to find literature associated with problems of battery state-of-charge ... -
State-of-charge estimation to improve decision making by MAC protocols used in WSNs
(IETIET, 02/07/2019)Energy conservation is a topic of great interest in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Various techniques have been proposed to minimise the energy consumption. One approach is to design medium access control (MAC) protocols ... -
Improvements of Energy-Efficient Techniques in WSNs: A MAC-Protocol Approach
(IEEEIEEE, 10/12/2018)The pervasiveness of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) across different applications keeps increasing due to their versatility, although energy consumption is a huge constraint for these types of networks. Therefore, it is ... -
Particle-Filtering-Based State-of-Health Estimation and End-of-Life Prognosis for Lithium-Ion Batteries at Operation Temperature
(Annual Conference of the PHM Society 2016Annual Conference of the PHM Society 2016, 2016-08-15)We present the implementation of a particle-filtering-based framework that estimates the State-of-Health (SOH) and predicts the End-of-Life (EOL) of Lithium-Ion batteries, efficiently incorporating variations of ambient ... -
Electric Bicycle Energy Management Given an Elevation Traveling Profile
(Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2017Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2017, 2017-09-06)This research proposes a method for energy management in electric bicycles with Lithium-Ion batteries. This method optimizes the way energy is consumed to maximize the rider’s comfort, subject to constraints on the battery ... -
Spatio-temporal probabilistic modeling based on Gaussian mixture models and neural gas theory for prediction of criminal activity
(Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2017Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2017, 2017-08-18)Criminal risk models are used to assist security forces both in the identification of zones with high of criminal activity for better resource allocation and prediction of future criminal events for the prevention of new ... -
Characterizing the degradation process of Lithium-Ion Batteries using a Similarity-Based-Modeling Approach
(Fourth European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2018Fourth European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2018, 2018-07-01)This article proposes a Similarity-Based-Modeling (SBM) approach capable of characterizing the degradation process of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery when discharged under different current rates and different State-of-Charge ...