For economic development and generation of wealth, energy plays a significant role. Energy is available in two different alternatives, non-renewable and renewable sources. The need for new sustainable energy supply options that use renewable energies are emphasized due to limited fossil fuels and environmental problems associated with it. In recent years, solar energy has received great deal of...

Wind sensors are widely used in many critical applications, such as navigation, weather forecast, aerospace and wind energy assessment. The thermal wind sensor can measure wind speed and direction at the same time, by measuring the temperature gradient on the sensor's surface which is induced by the wind flow. Compared to traditional mechanical wind sensors, there are two main advantages for th...

With the popularity of intelligent technology, it has become an important trend to control air conditioning terminal equipment intelligently build comfortable indoor environment. Therefore, is necessary automatically collect environmental and individual parameters (metabolic rate clothing thermal resistance) calculate PMV predict human sensation in real time. In this process,environmental can b...

The current tissue engineering paradigm is that successfully engineered thick tissues must include vasculature. As biological approaches alone, such as VEGF, have fallen short of their promises, one may look for an engineering approach to build microvasculature. Layer-by-layer approaches for customized fabrication of cell/scaffold constructs have shown some potential in building complex 3D stru...

A new packaging method to mount a membrane-based thermal flow sensor, flush with the surface, is presented. Therefore, a specific design for the housing is shown, which is also adaptable to other conditions. It has been experimentally shown that it is important to mount the sensor flush with the surface. In addition, the experimental results are discussed. If a membrane-based thermal flow senso...

Bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation (BTVA) is an endoscopic lung volume reduction therapy that presents an effective treatment approach in patients with severe upper lobe-predominant emphysema. By instillation of heated water vapor, an inflammatory reaction is induced, leading to fibrosis and scarring of the lung parenchyma, resulting in lobar volume reduction. Clinical single-arm trials demon...

Electro-thermal simulation of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors Francesco Marsili, Faraz Najafi, Charles Herder, Karl K. Berggren Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628CJ Delft,...

 We identify technological drivers for tomorrow’s data centers and telecommunications 14 systems, including thermal, electrical and energy management challenges, based on discussions at the 15 2nd Workshop on Thermal Management in Telecommunication Systems and Data Centers in Santa Clara, 16 California, on April 25-26, 2012. The relevance of thermal management in electronic systems is reviewed...

OVERVIEW: Among the international efforts to curb global warming, practical application of CO2 removal technology and improvement of powergeneration efficiency — for reducing CO2 emission from thermal power plants (which will probably remain the prime source of power in future) — will, at the very least, become urgent issues over the next several decades. Accordingly, the Hitachi Group is aimin...