fication Corrosion monitoring by resistivity measurement was used to assess the environmental conditions in cultural heritage institutions, with the aim to provide advice on the preservation conditions in museums, showcases or storage areas. Changes in corrosion depth of thin copper sensors were followed during a year. The results of studies in 13 museums, libraries and archives are presented. ...

Network Attached Storage and Storage Area Networks are emerging as the technology of choice for large-scale data storage. A key feature of such storage devices is that they can be directly accessed by applications without the intervention of le servers. Hence, issues such as data-sharing and security cannot be handled by le-servers. This paper addresses the issue of data-sharing by presenting a...

For the Dutch smart grid demonstration project Meppelenergie, the effects of controlled thermal energy storage within the floor heating structure of a living room by a heat pump are investigated. Storage possibilities are constrained by room operative and floor temperatures. Simulations indicate limitations for floor heating storage due to absorption of solar energy within the house. To balance...

Cloud storage is increasingly adopted by users due to simplified storage systems compared to on-premise storage. These systems are mostly presented as Object Storage Systems (OSSs), hiding issues, such as redundancy, from users. As new industries are considering adopting clouds for storage, OSSs have to evolve to support new needs. Among the most challenging is assuring guaranteed performance. ...

Superconducting magnetic energy storage-battery hybrid storage system (HESS) has a broad application prospect in balancing direct current (DC) power grid voltage due to its fast dynamic response ability under low-frequency/high-frequency disturbances. Model-predictive-control (MPC) with characteristics such as high sampling rate and wide applicability could be applied HESS. However, considering...

AIMS The aim of this study was to optimize survival of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus during spray-drying and subsequent storage through optimizing the pH of growth conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS Cell concentrates previously grown without or with pH controlled were spray-dried and stored at 20 degrees C and heat treated at 57 degrees C. Cells grown under noncontrolled pH were mo...