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Software Tool for Evaluation of Road Pavement Energy Harvesting Devices

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Trends and Advances in Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'18 2018)

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This paper deals with the development of a software tool to evaluate road pavement energy harvesting systems technically and economically, as well as performing cost benefit analysis for the application of this type of energy generation solution as the energy source for different applications. The software also allows the user to perform a sensitivity analysis by selecting a key variable and defining its different values. Some case studies are also presented to demonstrate the software application and how it can be used to evaluate this technology.

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Acknowledgments

The present research work has been carried out in the framework of project PAVENERGY – Pavement Energy Harvest Solutions (PTDC/ECM-TRA/3423/2014), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016676) through the Operational Program for Competitiveness Factors (COMPETE) and by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The author Francisco Duarte is also grateful to the FCT for the financial support provided to this study through Grant SFRH/BD/95018/2013. The authors also thank the ACIV for its financial contribution for the presentation of this research work in the 6th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies.

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  1. Pavement Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, CITTA, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788, Coimbra, Portugal

    Francisco Duarte & Adelino Ferreira

  2. Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Calçada Fonte do Lameiro, 6200-001, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paulo Fael

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Correspondence to Adelino Ferreira .

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. DSI/EEUM, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  4. DIMES, Universita della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

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Duarte, F., Ferreira, A., Fael, P. (2018). Software Tool for Evaluation of Road Pavement Energy Harvesting Devices. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Trends and Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'18 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 746. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77712-2_11

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