The typical Brazilian residential consumer load curve has a peak demand at the end of the day, requiring the electrical system to scale to the highest recorded load, even if it lasts for a few hours. This peak causes a ...

Mutualisms provide benefits to interacting species, but they also involve costs. If costs come to exceed benefits as population density or the frequency of encounters between species increases, the interaction will no ...

Considering the increasing electrical energy demand in residences, it is necessary to know the detailed pattern of electricity use, to change the behavior of the final consumer and to reduce the global consumption. Knowing ...

This work focuses on the improvement of the load factor through the use of a battery energy storage system (BESS). A typical distribution system has residential, commercial and industrial loads, with their respective demand ...

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] represents, on average, 60% of total nitrogen (N) uptake. Nitrogen dilution curves link aboveground crop N concentration (%N) to biomass accumulation ...

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] represents, on average, 60% of total nitrogen (N) uptake. Nitrogen dilution curves link aboveground crop N concentration (%N) to biomass accumulation (W). ...

The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the insertion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on the distribution system. Motivated by the shortage of deterministic data regarding the process of charging EVs batteries, a ...

The technological upgrade of power utilities to smart metering is a process that can take several years. Meanwhile, smart meters coexist with previous generations of digital and electromechanical power meters. While the ...