Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)

21 Oct Smart composites materials

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2013
In this paper is presented a new type of sensor for monitoring strain based on the use of metamaterials and nanotechnologies. The sensor is passive type, wireless and contains ID tag for identification.
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21 Oct Cogeneration and district heating in Romania. Where to? / Cogenerarea şi încălzirea centralizată în România. Încotro

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2013
The paper makes a number of proposals to remedy the following: an effective institutional and legal framework, improving the support scheme of high-efficiency cogeneration and cost allocation system, using binomial tariff, discouragement the disconnections from district heating, use with priority the biomass, promoting industrial cogeneration, understanding and taking into consideration the investor's conditions in this area, soultions of restructuring the existing district heating systems by concession.
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21 Oct Static frequency converter that controls an induction motor

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2013
This paper presents a static frequency converter that controls an induction motor according to the principle V/f=constant. Unlike the classic V/f control scheme, the proposed method insures high dynamic performances from the adjustable speed drive system.
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21 Oct Solutions and equipment realized by ICPE ACTEL for energy efficiency increasing of offshore and onshore drilling / Soluţii şi echipamente realizate de ICPE ACTEL pentru creşterea eficienţei energetice a forajului electric marin şi terestru

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2013
The proposed paper intends to be a crowning of commune efforts of researchers and developers of solutions and electric equipment used in offshore and onshore drilling, realized by ICPE ACTEL during over 45 years of activity in this important field of prospecting hydrocarbons.
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21 Oct Advanced solution for CO2 capture and storage and superior recovery methane Jiu Valley / Soluţie avansată pentru captarea şi stocarea CO2 şi valorificarea superioară a gazului metan din Valea Jiului

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2013
The paper proposes an integrated project for CO2 storage - CH4 recovery and valorization will lead to a substantial reduction of the integrated project costs, which will influence the delivering price for the produced energy.
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21 Oct Arges and Dambovita rivers arrangement for navigation and other uses / Amenajarea raurilor Arges si Dambovita pentru navigatie si alte folosinte

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2012
This paper analyses the opportunity of accomplishing a navigable link between Bucharest and Danube – Trans-European Transport Corridor VII. There are summarized the studies / projects developed for this navigable link from the late nineteenth century, as well as the works performed in 1986-1990, including the dysfunctions caused by their suspension / abandonment.
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21 Oct Improving existing connections between the highway Bucharest – Constanta and Bucharest / Imbunatatirea conexiunilor actuale dintre autostrada Bucuresti – Constanta si Mun. Bucuresti

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2012
Bucharest has developed without a systematic plan as results from general plan since 1870. Emergence of major streets by aligning and grouping of buildings was made after 1900. This presents a particular problem at present in all cases it is necessary to make some connections and development to increase traffic capacity due to high volume of decommissioning required.
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21 Oct On configuration of logistics area with urban goods distribution centers / Asupra configurarii spatiului logistic cu centre de distributie urbana

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2012
Urban goods transport plays an essential part in good operation of the cities, being in the same time source of negative consequences (congestion, pollution, consumption of non-regenerative energy). This paper presents the characteristic features of logistics scheme with urban distribution centers, considered one of the solutions of energy consumption decrease and urban goods transport efficiency enhacement.
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21 Oct Approaching the Urban Mobility by Category Theory

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2012
Considering that transport modes are suited for certain market areas, it is proposed to shift from the existing concepts of inter-, multi- and co-modality to the generalizing concepts, theories and models in order to bring transport modes into an equivalent logistics space where the mobility systems are comparable and capable of cooperation at various levels: companies, logistic chains, urban corridors, urban intermodal platforms etc.
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21 Oct Bucharest – Danube Canal: interaction between regional / international and metropolitan freight transport / Canalul Bucuresti – Dunare: interactiune intre transportul de marfuri regional / international si cel metropolitan

Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR)
2012
In this paper we present the recent achievements of the FLAVIA project activities, which were obtained during the pre-feasibility study of the Danube inland water way services.
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