In current practice and existing solutions, temperature control in commercial buildings is mostly done independently of occupant feedback. Typically, an acceptable temperature range for the occupancy level is estimated, and the control solution is designed to maintain temperature within that range during occupancy hours while optimizing energy usage at the same time. In this work we incorporate...

This article presents a feedback linearization control of a distributed solar collector field, which main purpose is to heat a fluid using the energy provided by the solar irradiation. The control objective is to track an outlet temperature reference manipulating the fluid flow trying to attenuate the effect of disturbances (mainly radiation and inlet temperature). A feedback linearization tech...

2 [1] There is good evidence that higher global temperatures will promote a rise of greenhouse gas levels, implying a positive feedback which will increase the effect of anthropogenic emissions on global temperatures. However, the magnitude of this effect predicted by the available models remains highly uncertain, due to the accumulation of uncertainties in the processes thought to be involved....

Cloud cover and relative humidity in the tropics are strongly influenced by organized atmospheric convection, which occurs across a range of spatial and temporal scales. One mode of organization that is found in idealized numerical modeling simulations is self-aggregation, a spontaneous transition from randomly distributed convection to organized convection despite homogeneous boundary conditio...

The development of selective and controlled photo-thermal therapies requires luminescent nanoparticles capable simultaneous heating contactless thermal sensing. Until now, have suffered from a lack control over the absolute temperature treated tissue because nanothermometers used for feedback, based on spectral analysis emitted radiation, were affected by inhomogeneous extinction tissues. This ...