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Air-Gapped Current Transformer simulation and accuracy assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ceron-Oliver, L., Wang, Q., & Zeze, D. (2022, June). Air-Gapped Current Transformer simulation and accuracy assessment. Presented at 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Palermo, ITALY

The implementation of smart grids makes it necessary to have reliable and efficient measuring devices. Current sensors used for metering purposes in the grid must be accurate enough to overcome new challenges that power networks face such as injectio... Read More about Air-Gapped Current Transformer simulation and accuracy assessment.

Structure health monitoring of concrete structures using magnetic flux leakage (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., & Huang, S. (2022, December). Structure health monitoring of concrete structures using magnetic flux leakage. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Civil Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'22), Niagara Falls, Canada

Reinforcing bar, usually made of steel, is widely used in civil structures to increase the tensile strength of concrete. Heatinduced delayed expansion and corrosion expansion resulting in rust occupies a greater volume than rebar. This expansion crea... Read More about Structure health monitoring of concrete structures using magnetic flux leakage.

A comparison of air pollution in developed and developing cities: A case study of London and Beijing (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sun, S., & Wang, Q. (2022, June). A comparison of air pollution in developed and developing cities: A case study of London and Beijing. Presented at ICAQMM2022:XVI. International Conference on Air Quality Management and Monitoring, Rome, Italy

With the rapid development of industrialization, countries in different stages of development in the world have gradually begun to pay attention to the impact of air pollution on health and the environment. Air control in developed countries is an ef... Read More about A comparison of air pollution in developed and developing cities: A case study of London and Beijing.

Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coutts, H., & Wang, Q. (2021, August). Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries. Presented at ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Online

In order to keep up with the increasing focus on renewable energy, the demand for new battery technology and peripherals has likewise increased greatly. Given the relatively slow rate of change of new battery chemistry and technology, it is the perip... Read More about Using machine learning for the classification of the remaining useful cycles in Lithium-ion batteries.

Quantitate evaluation of a oil pipeline crack using electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and numerical simulation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lazcano, I., & Wang, Q. (2020, December). Quantitate evaluation of a oil pipeline crack using electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and numerical simulation. Paper presented at CEFC 2020, Pisa, Italy

Defect detection is of great importance in the oil and gas industry. Quantifying the depth of a defect is achievable with ultrasonic guided waves and Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT). Producing A0 Lamb wave mode and using their dispersive p... Read More about Quantitate evaluation of a oil pipeline crack using electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and numerical simulation.

Simulated irregular-Shaped defect detection and quantification through magnetic flux leakage signals (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bernal-Morales, J., & Wang, Q. (2020, November). Simulated irregular-Shaped defect detection and quantification through magnetic flux leakage signals. Paper presented at CEFC 2020, Pisa, Italy

Image reconstruction using RAPID Algorithm with Time-Frequency analysis (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alvarez-Lares, J., & Wang, Q. (2020, November). Image reconstruction using RAPID Algorithm with Time-Frequency analysis. Presented at The 15th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Kristiansand, Norway

The detection of cracks is crucial in some industries, such as petroleum and aerospace. In order to detect these cracks, a modification to the Reconstruction Algorithm for Probabilistic Inspection Damage (RAPID) has been proposed. This modification c... Read More about Image reconstruction using RAPID Algorithm with Time-Frequency analysis.

Temperature control to increase inter-layer bonding strength in fused deposition modelling (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kumrai-Woodruff, R., & Wang, Q. (2020, August). Temperature control to increase inter-layer bonding strength in fused deposition modelling. Presented at The ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2020), St. Louis, MO, USA

Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) provides opportunities for new development in numerous areas. Z-directional anisotropic strength caused by weak inter-layer bonding has been recognized as the reason for limited industry adoption of FDM. This paper ai... Read More about Temperature control to increase inter-layer bonding strength in fused deposition modelling.

Design and development of hardware to analyse and categorize the condition of batteries with the aim of enabling their re-use (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilson, A., & Wang, Q. (2020, August). Design and development of hardware to analyse and categorize the condition of batteries with the aim of enabling their re-use. Presented at The ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2020), St. Louis, MO, USA

This paper covers the design and implementation of an accurate, yet flexible test system for Lithium-Ion batteries. The system makes use of linear charge and discharge circuitry to ensure a low noise control, and can support the simultaneous and inde... Read More about Design and development of hardware to analyse and categorize the condition of batteries with the aim of enabling their re-use.

Multimodal lamb wave identification using combination of instantaneous frequency with EMD (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Z., Huang, S., Sun, H., Wang, S., Wang, Q., & Zhao, W. (2019, December). Multimodal lamb wave identification using combination of instantaneous frequency with EMD. Presented at 2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2019), Auckland, New Zealand

Lamb wave is guided plate wave that has potential in industrial inspection for non-destructive evaluation. However, the multimodal nature of Lamb wave obstructs the extraction and interpretation of information in signal. This work proposes a Lamb wav... Read More about Multimodal lamb wave identification using combination of instantaneous frequency with EMD.

Synchronization issues with irregular current injection islanding detection methods in multi-DG operation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, M., Zhao, W., Wang, Q., Huang, S., & Shi, K. (2019, December). Synchronization issues with irregular current injection islanding detection methods in multi-DG operation. Presented at 2019 3rd IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Applications, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan China

The islanding detection methods that detect an island through injecting high/low frequency currents or negative sequence currents are called irregular current injection methods in this paper. A synchronization issue of such methods is raised in multi... Read More about Synchronization issues with irregular current injection islanding detection methods in multi-DG operation.

Localised pre-heating to improve inter-layer delamination strength in fused deposition modelling (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aitchison, A., & Wang, Q. (2019, December). Localised pre-heating to improve inter-layer delamination strength in fused deposition modelling. Presented at The ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2019), Anaheim, California, USA

Additive manufacture, specifically Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), is an advancing manufacture method opening up new possibilities in design previously impossible to machine, in a relatively affordable way. However, its use in functional products is... Read More about Localised pre-heating to improve inter-layer delamination strength in fused deposition modelling.

Optimising the delivery and pick-up routes for packed water bottles (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Q., & Munthe, T. (2018, September). Optimising the delivery and pick-up routes for packed water bottles. Presented at 16th International Conference on Manufacturing Research., Skövde, Sweden

This paper proposes an optimal solution for optimizing the route in delivery and pick-up paths from the manufacturer (depot) to the customers using packed water bottles as the case study. The model of packed water bottles' traveling routes with simul... Read More about Optimising the delivery and pick-up routes for packed water bottles.

Development of a new EMAT for multi-helical SH guided waves based on magnetostrictive effect (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Z., Huang, S. L., Wang, S., Wang, Q., & Zhao, W. (2018, May). Development of a new EMAT for multi-helical SH guided waves based on magnetostrictive effect. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Houston, TX, USA

Electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) have the advantage of non-contact and have been widely used in nondestructive testing (NDT). However, the propagation of the guided wave generated by present transducers is either concentrated with narrow... Read More about Development of a new EMAT for multi-helical SH guided waves based on magnetostrictive effect.

Improved interpolated dynamic DFT synchrophasor estimator considering second harmonic interferences (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, L., Zhao, W., Yu, Y., Wang, Q., & Huang, S. (2018, May). Improved interpolated dynamic DFT synchrophasor estimator considering second harmonic interferences. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Houston, TX, USA

The interpolated dynamic DFT (IpDFT) is one of the most accurate dynamic synchrophasor estimation methods. But it suffers from infiltration from the second harmonic component. In this paper, the estimation errors of the IpDFT caused by second harmoni... Read More about Improved interpolated dynamic DFT synchrophasor estimator considering second harmonic interferences.

Design of a test platform for the determination of lithium-ion batteries state-of-health (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capitaine, J.-A., & Wang, Q. (2018, August). Design of a test platform for the determination of lithium-ion batteries state-of-health. Presented at ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2018, Quebec City, Canada

This paper presents a novel design for a test platform to determine the State of Health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries. The SOH is a key parameter of a battery energy storage system and its estimation remains a challenging issue. The batteries that h... Read More about Design of a test platform for the determination of lithium-ion batteries state-of-health.

A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Q., Cheng, X., & Wang, J. (2017, June). A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering. Presented at 6th International Conference on Clean Electrical Power - Renewable Energy Resources Impact., Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, Italy

Battery clustering is to sort out homogeneous battery cells to form a battery pack with high uniformity, which is of great importance to prolong the cycle life of the lithium-ion battery. The traditional method for battery clustering is to compare th... Read More about A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering.

Lithium-ion laptop battery test and energy recycling (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, J., Wang, Q., & Wang, J. (2017, August). Lithium-ion laptop battery test and energy recycling. Presented at ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Before recycling used lithium-ion laptop batteries, testing and sorting work is needed through charge and discharge tests. For current lithium-ion battery charge and discharge tests, the battery is discharged through a resistor. Thus, the energy in t... Read More about Lithium-ion laptop battery test and energy recycling.

Real-time monitoring of wind turbine blade alignment using laser measurement (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mankowski, O., & Wang, Q. (2016, March). Real-time monitoring of wind turbine blade alignment using laser measurement. Presented at 9th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology- DET 2016, Nanjing, China

The aim of this paper is focused on using laser based metrology techniques to capture the positional changes of wind turbines in service and aligning drivelines in the turbines. In this way the mechanical operation, and therefore the aerodynamic desi... Read More about Real-time monitoring of wind turbine blade alignment using laser measurement.

Fast quasi-synchronous harmonic algorithm based on weight window function- mixed radix FFT (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xiao, Y., Zhao, W., Chen, L., Huang, S., & Wang, Q. (2016, September). Fast quasi-synchronous harmonic algorithm based on weight window function- mixed radix FFT. Presented at IEEE International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems, Aachen, Germany

According to the requirements of IEC61850-9-2LE, digital energy metering devices mainly adopt 80×fr fixed sampling rate. When the harmonic analysis is carried out under asynchronous sampling, it will produce large errors due to spectral leakage. Quas... Read More about Fast quasi-synchronous harmonic algorithm based on weight window function- mixed radix FFT.