The European Standard on sleeping bag requirements (EN 13537:2002) describes a procedure to determine environmental temperature limits for safe usage of sleeping bags regarding their thermal insulation. However, there are several possible sources of error related to this procedure. The main aim of this work was to determine the influence of the various measuring parameters on the acuity of the ...

Several practical issues must be considered when solid electrical insulation is used in a low pressure environment. While the low pressure environment or partial vacuum (in this context, a region which is almost devoid of any gaseous media) can exhibit good electrical insulating properties, the materials contained within the partial vacuum will effect the insulation integrity over time. Degrada...

District heating pipes are known to degenerate with time and in some cities the pipes have been used for several decades. Due to bad insulation or cracks, energy or media leakages might appear. This paper presents a complete system for large-scale monitoring of district heating networks, including methods for detection, classification and temporal characterization of (potential) leakages. The s...

The use of static frequency converters, which have a high switching frequency, generates voltage pulses with rate change over time. In combination cable and motor impedance, this repetitive overvoltage at the terminals, influencing occurrence partial discharges between conductors, causing degradation insulation electric motors. Understanding effects resulting from converter–electric interaction...

In this paper a diagnostics technique is presented for localization of degraded regions along an XLPE insulated power cable. The diagnostics would help to develop a strategy for condition based maintenance of old XLPE power cables. A design of the diagnostics system and results of measurements performed on two power cables are presented. The measurements data is processed in order to localize t...

Measurements of solar irradiance are critical for evaluating solar energy potential in a given location and for calculating the efficiency of a solar system (Photovoltaic and solar thermal). In order to maximize the energy collected by a given Photovoltaic System tracking the position of the sun in order to expose a solar panel to the maximum radiation level at any given time is needed: to do s...