DESCRIPTION Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), also referred to as solar thermal power, uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to heat a fluid that is then used to generate electricity, often using conventional steam turbines. There are three primary CSP technologies: parabolic trough, solar tower, and dish engine. The most common CSP system is the parabolic trough, which uses curved mirrors ...

In this module we present an overview of an electrical power system. The electrical power system is a network of interconnected components which generate electricity by converting different forms of energy, (thermal, hydro, and nuclear are the most common forms of energy converted) to electrical energy; and transmit the electrical energy to load centers to be used by the consumer. The system co...

This paper presents transceivers and a wireless power delivery system for a Body-Area Network (BAN) that uses an e-textiles-based physical layer (PHY) capable of linking a diverse set of sensor nodes monitoring vital signs on the user’s body. A central base station in the network controls power delivery and communication resource allotment for every node using a general-purpose on-chip Node Net...

The experimental station for measuring X-ray absorption spectra in total reflection geometry operative at the GILDA CRG beamline of ESRF is described. The main features of the station are shown, namely: the possibility of detecting very small signals from thin (a few ML) samples, of depositing thin films under controlled conditions and thermal treating the samples in order to study dynamical pr...

The number of mobile users is increasing as the time passes and the technology keeps on evolving to meet the requirement of higher data rates than the previous generation. This in turns leaves a huge harmful biological impact on the biodiversity. The microwave mobile communication systems include the TV, FM and AM broadcasting station which use large amount of power to transmit the signals at a...