Large-scale energy storage systems are of critical importance for electric grids, especially with the rapid increasing deployment of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. New cost-effective systems that can deliver high energy density and efficiency for such storage often involve the flow of redox molecules and particles. Enhancing the mass and electron transport is crit...

We motivate and describe an analog evolvable hardware design platform named GRACE (i.e. Generative Robust Analog Circuit Exploration). GRACE combines coarse-grained, topological circuit search with intrinsic testing on a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) field programmable device, the Anadigm AN221E04. It is suited for adaptive, fault tolerant system design as well as CAD flow applications.

As FPGAs increase in size there is a need for improved productivity, and this includes new design flows and tools. System Generator, from Xilinx, is a high-level block-based design tool that offers bit and cycle accurate simulation. In this paper, we discuss the use of System Generator to design a reconfigurable video encryption system. It includes the design of the AES (Advanced Encryption Sys...

Partial reconfiguration (PR) enhances traditional FPGA-based high-performance reconfigurable computing by providing additional benefits such as reduced area and memory requirements, increased performance, and increased functionality as compared to non-PR systems. However, since leveraging these additional benefits requires specific designer expertise and increased design time, PR has not yet ga...

Industrial motor-driven equipment accounts for more than two-thirds of industrial energy consumption, making their efficient electrical operation a vital component in factory expenses. The replacement of traditional drives with variable speed drives (VSD) in motor-driven systems provides significant efficiencies that can translate to up to 40% in energy savings. Altera’s FPGA architectures prov...

Industrial motor-driven equipment accounts for more than two-thirds of industrial energy consumption, making their efficient electrical operation a vital component in factory expenses. The replacement of traditional drives with variable speed drives (VSDs) in motor-driven systems provides significant efficiencies that can translate to up to 40% in energy savings. Altera’s FPGA architectures pro...

This contribution describes a comprehensive comparison of bit parallel nite eld multipliers. Four diierent multipliers in standard, dual, and normal base together with a relatively new approach which uses composite elds are compared. Four diierent eld orders from 2 8 to 2 32 are investigated. A high practical relevance is assured by using a highly automated design process and sea-of-gates chip ...

The purpose of this study is to develop a mathematical model for studying the magnetic field effect on blood flow through an axially non-symmetric but radially symmetric atherosclerotic artery. Herschel-Bulkley equation has been taken to represent the non-Newtonian character of blood. The response of magnetic field, stenosis height, shape parameter on velocity, volumetric flow rate in stenotic ...

Solidification of materials to near net shape is one of the most commonly used and economical methods of manufacturing. Different industries impose different restrictions and design objectives on the solidification process. For example, single crystal growth requires a planar growth front whereas casting requires homogenous material distribution. There are various techniques to control the flow...