AlbertoPetrucci

The integration of renewable energy sources and smart technologies in domestic heating systems has become a critical focus in recent years. However, the complex landscape of competing technologies and need-to-comply normative requirements presents significant challenges for practitioners and end-users. In this paper, we first review the principal state-of-the-art technologies commonly employed in the industry. We then analyze the key normative requirements for implementing such systems in real-world scenarios. Based on this comprehensive review, we design a smart energy coordination system tailored for domestic buildings \, according to state-of-the-art practices, which will serve as a baseline for evaluating and comparing other novel, competing solutions. This testbed provides a common ground for assessing the effectiveness and compliance of various energy management strategies, ensuring they meet both technical and regulatory standards. To validate our approach, we implemented the proposed solution on a real-world residential testbed. Our work contributes to the development of reliable, efficient, and adaptable smart energy systems, supporting the transition towards renewable energy solutions and sustainable home automation.

Spacecrafts increasingly rely on software to fly and talk to Earth. Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for safety-critical software in space brings advantages and new challenges. We analyze the current way of producing safety-critical software and the reference safety and assurance standards in the domain, namely, ECSS-Q-ST-80C and ECSS-E-ST-40. Then, we explore the readiness of correct practices to ensure that ML- or AI-enabled systems are safe and reliable, and we discuss new practices and methods that should be introduced. The analysis refers to the different criticality classes safety-critical software can have.

Model-based development is a development methodology by which more and more suppliers and manufacturers are responding to increased and fast demands on the software development. The model-based model representation of the requirements or the design of a system has a lot of advantages. It is possible to directly derive several useful information from the modeled system automatically. This paper presents an experience of application / tailoring of a SW Quality Model fitting with the peculiarities of the automatic code generation with the support of the existing reference guidelines and a Simulink auto coding didactic experience.

A peritoneal dialysis machine that includes a preparator (60) as well as a cycler (100) to form the peritoneal dialysis system. The system delivers purified water into one or more containers (50) with different powders to create a concentrate and then moves this concentrate to a mixing bag (PDF-GEN) to create the peritoneal dialysis fluid (PDF). The cycler then delivers fresh PDF to the patient (200) and removes waste fluid via the drain outlet. The containers have unique data tags (1, 2, 3) containing container identification indicia and the machine includes integrated reading technology to retrieve the data from each container.

In medical apparatus, for example a dialysis machine, a pump in conjunction with a multichambered reservoir is provided. The volume pumped is determined by counting the number of fills of the reservoir made during a pumping phase. A less expensive pump may be used whilst maintaining an accurate determination of the volume pumped.

A peritoneal dialysis machine that includes a preparator as well as a cycler to form the peritoneal dialysis system. The system delivers purified water into one or more containers with different powders to create a concentrate and then moves this concentrate to a mixing bag to create the peritoneal dialysis fluid (PDF). The cycler then delivers fresh PDF to the patient and removes waste fluid via the drain outlet. A volumetric approach controls the hydraulic flow paths that introduce purified water to the powder concentrates, provide mixing of the concentrate to form the PDF and delivery of the freshly made PDF to the patient. Different configurations of hydraulic flow/pressure generators are provided in the fluid paths to provide optimization of the flow of water through the fluid system to create the correct powder concentrates and subsequent peritoneal dialysis fluid for cycling, for example being provided in a disposable cassette.

A peritoneal dialysis machine that includes a preparator as well as a cycler to form the peritoneal dialysis system. The system delivers purified water into one or more containers with different powders to create a concentrate and then moves this concentrate to a mixing bag to create the peritoneal dialysis fluid (PDF). The cycler then delivers fresh PDF to the patient and removes waste fluid via the drain outlet. A volumetric approach controls the hydraulic flow paths that introduce purified water to the powder concentrates, provide mixing of the concentrate to form the PDF and delivery of the freshly made PDF to the patient. Different configurations of hydraulic flow/pressure generators (80, 82,84) are provided in the fluid paths to provide optimization of the flow of water through the fluid system to create the correct powder concentrates and subsequent peritoneal dialysis fluid for cycling, for example being provided in a disposable cassette.

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating specific peritoneal dialysates from concentrate containers. The systems and methods control an order of adding concentrates from one or more concentrate containers or pouches to generate a peritoneal dialysis fluid. The systems and methods can minimize or avoid formation of a precipitate during the formation of the peritoneal dialysis fluid.