Abstract: A method of making and synthesizing dielectric nanofluids with hybrid colloidal iron oxide nanoparticles coated with oleic acid and by usage of natural ester oil matrix instead of mineral oil. The final product of dielectric nanofluid has enhanced dielectric and thermal properties without agglomeration and precipitation of the nanoparticles. The final product is intended to be used as dielectric insulation and cooling media for high voltage equipment/applications and/or other applications.

Abstract: A system and method of designing digital system. One aspect of the invention includes a method for designing an essentially digital system, wherein Pareto-based task concurrency optimization is performed. The method uses a system-level description of the functionality and timing of the digital system. The system-level description comprises a plurality of tasks. Task concurrency optimization is performed on said system-level description, thereby obtaining a task concurrency optimized system-level description, including Pareto-like task optimization information. The essentially digital system is designed based on said task concurrency optimized system-level description. In one embodiment of the invention, the description is includes a “grey-box” description of the essentially digital system.