This paper deals with the design and evaluation of a robust controller for static VAR compensator (SVC) in remote industrial power systems to enhance the voltage profile for three-phase single cage induction motor (SCIM) loads. The controller design is based on H∞ theory to deal with uncertainties arising in industrial network modelling. The performance of the H∞ controller has been evaluated...

Notwithstanding the risky, unconventional, and demanding nature of Special Operations Forces (SOF) missions, the assessment and selection of SOF candidates should be governed by the same principles that prevail in the selection of candidates in other sophisticated organizations. This chapter applies western industrial psychology guidelines and procedures to SOF by providing a general overview o...

Non-intrusive and automatic raw part alignment for machining process is a current challenge for industry, due to the high cost of bad machining. The use of artificial markers, such as coded-targets (CT) provides a promising technique to be applied within industrial environments due to its robustness, non-intrusive nature and low cost. In this paper, an CT identification and decoding algorithm i...

This paper aims to contribute to understanding the dynamics of industrial symbiosis. More specifically, we focus on the dynamics of anchoring as they can be observed in the Chinese context of eco-industrial development. We define anchoring as those activities that (typically local) actors perform to create local physical and institutional conditions conducive to the emergence and further develo...

The exchange of wastes, by-products, and energy among closely situated firms is one of the distinctive features of the applications of industrial ecological principles.This at= ticle examines the industrial district at Kalundborg, Denmark, often labeled as an “industrial ecosystem” or “industrial symbiosis” because ofthe many links among the firms.The forces that led to its evolution and to the...

abstract innovation to help organizations cope with the dynamic markets turbulence in the external environment and can achieve long-term goals. one of the most initiators of innovation, learning. the main aim of this study is to examine the effect of the organizational learning on innovation performance. accordingly, the study population is all supervisors and employees of manufacturing and ind...

Resistance to animal and human therapeutic antibiotics is well known and understood among both the scientific and lay community. Performance failures with industrial microbicides are commonly discussed as if the same phenomenon occurs here also. Much of this is indeed fantasy, as the mode of action of most, but not all, industrial microbicides are based on a fundamentally different principle th...

The independent verification and validation (IV&V) of simulation models is largely restricted to applications in the military and public policy domains. There is little evidence of IV&V for industrial simulation models. This is largely because industrial simulations are normally of a much smaller scale and do not warrant a full IV&V. A procedure for IV&V of industrial simulation models is descr...