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Pso Based Optimal Placement And Setting Of Facts Devicesfor Improving The Performance Of Power Distribution System, Tibin Joseph Dec 2011

Pso Based Optimal Placement And Setting Of Facts Devicesfor Improving The Performance Of Power Distribution System, Tibin Joseph

Tibin Joseph

No abstract provided.


Causes Of The Blackout: The Grid Operation And Environment, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz Nov 2011

Causes Of The Blackout: The Grid Operation And Environment, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Despite huge advancements in different power system components, operations, and protection technologies, todayÕs power systems are more vulnerable to blackouts than ever before. Deregulation, market competition, and increasing demands, in addition to less investment in transmission assets, all contribute to the critical state power systems operate at. Two main characteristics of the power system are always being put under the scope of study, reliability and security. This paper takes a subjective thorough look at the previous numerous blackout events, surveyed by the authors, that have been encountered by different power systems around the globe and classifies them into different types …


Interconnection Of Oman And Uae Electric Power Systems, Omar H. Abdalla, Rashid Al-Badwawi, Hilal S. Al-Hadi, Hisham A. Al-Riyami, Ahmed Al-Nadabi, Karim Karoui, Ariadne Szekut Nov 2011

Interconnection Of Oman And Uae Electric Power Systems, Omar H. Abdalla, Rashid Al-Badwawi, Hilal S. Al-Hadi, Hisham A. Al-Riyami, Ahmed Al-Nadabi, Karim Karoui, Ariadne Szekut

Omar H. Abdalla

The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of interconnecting Oman and United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the existing 220kV, 46.7km double circuit transmission line rated 762MVA for each circuit. A model is developed to represent both systems of Oman and UAE based on the EUROSTAG© software. Load flow and contingency studies are presented to evaluate the compliance of the interconnected system for security criteria N and N-1. Calculations are applied to two operating conditions (peak and minimum load) and for three energy exchange cases: no exchange and maximum exchanges in both directions. Short circuit studies are presented …


Efficient Database Generation For Decision Tree Based Power System Security Assessment, Venkat Krishnan Nov 2011

Efficient Database Generation For Decision Tree Based Power System Security Assessment, Venkat Krishnan

Venkat Kumar Krishnan

No abstract provided.


Turbine, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr Nov 2011

Turbine, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr

VIJAYA KRUSHNA VARMA Mr

Varma designed ultra modern and high efficiency turbines which can use gas, steam or fuels as feed to produce electricity or mechanical work for wide range of usages and applications in industries or at work sites. Varma turbine engines can be used in all types of vehicles. These turbines can also be used in aircraft, ships, battle tanks, dredgers, mining equipment, earth moving machines etc, Salient features of Varma Turbines. 1. Varma turbines are simple in design, easy to manufacture, easy to operate and maintain. 2. Varma turbines are less expensive. 3. Varma turbines have a great power to weight …


Wide Aea Protection (Wap) Systems: Benefits, Schemes, And Examples, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz Oct 2011

Wide Aea Protection (Wap) Systems: Benefits, Schemes, And Examples, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

No abstract provided.


Distributed Generator And Their Effects On Distribution System Protection Performance, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari Oct 2011

Distributed Generator And Their Effects On Distribution System Protection Performance, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari

Dr. Hadi Zayandehroodi

The connection of distributed generators (DGs) to distribution networks greatly influences the performance and stability of such networks. Though DGs have significant economic and environmental benefits, increased penetration of DGs will impose significant technical barriers for the efficient and effective operation of bulk power systems. Increased fault current contribution and load flow changes are the major two impacts on utility systems, and these will affect existing protective relaying, especially overcurrent relays. To ensure safe and selective protection relay coordination, the impact of DGs should be taken into account when planning DG interconnection. This paper presents an introduction of distributed generators …


Steady-State And Dynamic Performance Of Oman Transmission System With Diesel-Engine Driven Distributed Generation, Omar H. Abdalla, Rashid Al-Badwawi, Hilal Al-Hadi, Hisham Al-Riyami, Ahmed Al-Nadabi Sep 2011

Steady-State And Dynamic Performance Of Oman Transmission System With Diesel-Engine Driven Distributed Generation, Omar H. Abdalla, Rashid Al-Badwawi, Hilal Al-Hadi, Hisham Al-Riyami, Ahmed Al-Nadabi

Omar H. Abdalla

The paper presents simulation studies of installing a number of diesel-engine driven generating units at selected locations in the main transmission system of Oman. A total of 300MW generator units are proposed on a temporary basis to aid in meeting the peak demand in summer 2011. A digital model is developed to simulate the system including central power plants, transmission system, loads and the proposed Distributed Generation (DG). The model includes representation of governor and excitation systems. The simulation studies are performed by using the DIgSILENT PowerFacrory software package. The objective of the studies is to demonstrate effects of the …


Nonlinear Multivariable Modeling Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using Core Vector Regression, M. Mohammadi, M. Raoofat, Hesamoddin Marzooghi, G. B. Gharehpetiangharehpetian Sep 2011

Nonlinear Multivariable Modeling Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using Core Vector Regression, M. Mohammadi, M. Raoofat, Hesamoddin Marzooghi, G. B. Gharehpetiangharehpetian

Hesamoddin Marzooghi

This paper presents new steady-state and dynamic models for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) using core vector regression (CVR). So far, most of conventional SOFC models have been presented based on conversion laws. Due to complex mathematical equations used in these models, they are time-consuming and need large amount of memory to be applied for controller design, especially power electronic interface controller design, generation and load predictions, optimization and other studies. To overcome these problems, some black-box models, such as support vector machine (SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN)-based models have been also proposed for SOFC. In this paper, in …


Impact Of Distributed Generations On Power System Protection Performance, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari Aug 2011

Impact Of Distributed Generations On Power System Protection Performance, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari

Dr. Hadi Zayandehroodi

Though distributed generators (DGs) have significant economic and environmental benefits, increased penetration of DGs will impose significant technical barriers for the efficient and effective operation of bulk power systems. Increased fault current contribution and load flow changes are the major two impacts on utility systems, and these will affect existing protective relaying, especially overcurrent relays. To ensure safe and selective protection relay coordination, the impact of DGs should be taken into account when planning DG interconnection. This paper presents an introduction of DGs and an overview of the impacts of DGs on system protection relay coordination. Several protection issues are …


A Comprehensive Review Of Protection Coordination Methods In Power Distribution Systems In The Presence Of Dg, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari Aug 2011

A Comprehensive Review Of Protection Coordination Methods In Power Distribution Systems In The Presence Of Dg, Hadi Zayandehroodi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef, Marjan Mohammadjafari

Dr. Hadi Zayandehroodi

This paper presents an overview of solutions proposed in the literature for the overcurrent relay coordination problem in the presence of distributed generators (DGs). Furthermore, several protection issues are identified to study the requirements for protection in the presence of DGs, and possible innovative solutions for resolving the operational conflicts between distribution networks and DGs are also discussed.


Virtual Power Lab - D.E.I. Dayalbagh, D. K. Chaturvedi Dr. Aug 2011

Virtual Power Lab - D.E.I. Dayalbagh, D. K. Chaturvedi Dr.

D. K. Chaturvedi Dr.

Electrical Machines and Power systems are the back bone of electrical engineering and play a vital role in industry. Hence, it is essential for electrical engineering students to learn the concepts of power systems and machines. Unfortunately, the students are loosing interest in lab work due to various reasons like unavialability of experimental setups, lack of qualified and motivated lab staff, lab timing, etc. To overcome these problems the virtual Power labs are very important to impart quality experiments.


Design, Modeling And Control Strategy Of Pv/Fc Hybrid Power System, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset Jul 2011

Design, Modeling And Control Strategy Of Pv/Fc Hybrid Power System, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

This paper describes development of a general methodology of an autonomous PV/FC system composed of photovoltaic (PV), electrolyzer, hydrogen storage tank and fuel cell (FC). The aim of this paper is to determine optimum design, control strategy, economic and performance of a PV/FC hybrid power generation system without battery storage taking into account all losses in the system. The paper also presents a computer program based on Matlab software to determine optimum design, control strategy, economic and performance of an autonomous PV/FC hybrid power generation system. The computer program develops to size system components in order to match the load …


Exposing To Emf, Prof Dr. Mahmoud Moghavvemi, Farhang Alijani, Hussein Ameri, Maryam Ashayer Soltani Jul 2011

Exposing To Emf, Prof Dr. Mahmoud Moghavvemi, Farhang Alijani, Hussein Ameri, Maryam Ashayer Soltani

Professor Mahmoud Moghavvemi

In the recent years, by developing the usage of new popular Electronic-Communication gadgets and home appliances like Mobile Phones and Microwave Ovens which are mostly

sources of Electromagnetic Wave Radiation, a severe public concern regarding the sideeffects “whether positive or negative” on human health and environment has been arisen. It means that there are new challenging issues rather than old one “the exposing to low radiofrequency emissions” which have been studied for past decades. Indeed, for more than 100 years, human has exposed to the Radio-waves radiation from Radio & TV broadcasting

transmitters besides the Radar and point to point …


Vuv Absorption Cross Section Of Benzene, Relevance For Titan’S Atmosphere, F-J. Capalbo, Y. Bénilan, N. Fray, M. Schwell, Et. Es-Sebbar, N. Champion, T. Koskinen, R. Yelle Jul 2011

Vuv Absorption Cross Section Of Benzene, Relevance For Titan’S Atmosphere, F-J. Capalbo, Y. Bénilan, N. Fray, M. Schwell, Et. Es-Sebbar, N. Champion, T. Koskinen, R. Yelle

Dr. Et-touhami Es-sebbar

Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, is the only one in the Solar System known to have a thick N2/CH4, planet like atmosphere. The dissociation of these principal components and the recombination of the products make this atmosphere to be rich in organic compounds of high interest for astrobiology. Solar and stellar occultations observed by the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) on board the Cassini spacecraft can be used to characterize the composition of Titan’s upper atmosphere (400 – 1400 km). The results depend strongly on the knowledge of the molecular absorption cross sections of the atmospheric constituents (Ferradaz et al. 2009). This …


Fault Classification Of Series-Compensated Transmission Lines Using Support Vector Machine, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz Jul 2011

Fault Classification Of Series-Compensated Transmission Lines Using Support Vector Machine, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Recently, series compensation is widely used in transmission. However, this creates several problems to conventional protection approaches. This paper presents overcurrent protection and fault classification approach for series compensated transmission line using support vector machine (SVM). Postfault three lines current samples for half cycle are used as inputs to SVMs. The time taken for fault classification is 10 ms after the fault inception. Four SVMs are used; three SVMs (SVMa, SVMb and SVMc) are used for faulty phase detection and last SVM (SVMg) is used for ground detection. The polynomial kernel SVM is designed to provide the optimal classification conditions. …


Experimental Study Of Shoot-Through Control Methods For Z-Source Inverter, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire May 2011

Experimental Study Of Shoot-Through Control Methods For Z-Source Inverter, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire

Omar Ellabban

This paper presents a simulation and experimental comparative analysis of the Z-source inverter (ZSI) with four different shoot-through (ST) control methods, namely: the simple boost control, the maximum boost control, the maximum constant boost control and the modified space vector modulation boost control methods. A review of these methods is presented with a summary of all expressions. A prototype of a 30 kW ZSI is designed and implemented. The eZdsp™ F2808 evaluation board is used for the realization of the shoot-through control methods and the real time workshop (RTW) is used for automatic code generation. The paper compares between the …


Transferts De Chaleur Dans Un Réacteur Thermochimique Solaire Muni D’Un Récepteur Volumique Poreux, Hernando Romero Paredes Rubio May 2011

Transferts De Chaleur Dans Un Réacteur Thermochimique Solaire Muni D’Un Récepteur Volumique Poreux, Hernando Romero Paredes Rubio

Hernando Romero Paredes Rubio

Un réacteur thermochimique solaire de 1 kW muni d’une structure céramique poreuse en céramique est modélisé pour simuler les transferts thermiques a l’intérieur du récepteur volumétrique. Le modèle développé a été utilisé pour prévoir le comportement thermique du réacteur en fonction des différentes conditions opératoires qui concernent le débit de gaz inerte, le flux solaire incident, la porosité, la longueur du récepteur, et la prise en compte de réactions chimiques. Les résultats montrent que la température maximale est de 1850K pour une concentration solaire de 1000 soleils. La température diminue de manière significative lorsque le débit de gaz augmente. Un …


A New Method For Determining Voltage Sag Source Locations By Using Multivariable Regression Coefficients, Asadollah Kazemi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef May 2011

A New Method For Determining Voltage Sag Source Locations By Using Multivariable Regression Coefficients, Asadollah Kazemi, Azah Mohamed, Hussain Shareef

Dr. ASADOLLAH KAZEMI

This paper presents a new method for locating voltage sag sources in power distribution networks. The proposed method estimates the voltages at the unmonitored buses by using the regression coefficients. First some bus voltages are monitored using power quality recorders in the power distribution system. Then, the voltage deviation index and the standard deviation index, represent the deviation of bus voltages before and after a disturbance are utilized to determine the voltage sag source location. To validate the proposed method, the IEEE 9 bus test system is used. The test results showed that the proposed method is accurate in determining …


Characterization Of Continuous Vacuum Ultraviolet Lamps-Implication On The Study Of Methane Photolysis At Lyman Alpha (121.6 Nm), M-C. Gazeau, Y. Benilan, Et. Es-Sebbar, A. Jolly, E. Arzoumanian, N. Fray, H. Cottin Apr 2011

Characterization Of Continuous Vacuum Ultraviolet Lamps-Implication On The Study Of Methane Photolysis At Lyman Alpha (121.6 Nm), M-C. Gazeau, Y. Benilan, Et. Es-Sebbar, A. Jolly, E. Arzoumanian, N. Fray, H. Cottin

Dr. Et-touhami Es-sebbar

Low-temperature hydrogen plasmas are widely used as continuous vacuum ultraviolet irradiation sources in photochemical studies and, in particular, in laboratory simulations of planetary atmospheres. One of the most challenging objectives of such experiments is to retrieve accurate quantitative laboratory data allowing a reliable comparison with theoretical and/or observational ones. This task can only be achieved when the irradiation source delivers a well characterised radiation in terms of flux and wavelength dependency. As an example, we will present a study, developed in the frame of a program dedicated to simulations of Titan’s atmosphere, on methane photolysis at Lyman alpha (121.6 nm). …


Formation Of Hcn And Nh3 As Primary Compounds Of Titan’S Atmosphere Simulations Using N2-Ch4 Afterglow Plasma’’, M-C. Gazeau, Y. Bénilan, E. Arzoumanian, Et. Es-Sebbar, A. Jolly, C.D. Pintassilgo Apr 2011

Formation Of Hcn And Nh3 As Primary Compounds Of Titan’S Atmosphere Simulations Using N2-Ch4 Afterglow Plasma’’, M-C. Gazeau, Y. Bénilan, E. Arzoumanian, Et. Es-Sebbar, A. Jolly, C.D. Pintassilgo

Dr. Et-touhami Es-sebbar

No abstract provided.


Control Of A Bidirectional Z-Source Inverter Forelectric Vehicle Applications In Different Operation Modes, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire Mar 2011

Control Of A Bidirectional Z-Source Inverter Forelectric Vehicle Applications In Different Operation Modes, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire

Omar Ellabban

This paper proposes two control strategies for the bidirectional Z-source inverters (BZSI) supplied by batteries for electric vehicle applications. The first control strategy utilizes the indirect field-oriented control (IFOC) method to control the induction motor speed. The proposed speed control strategy is able to control the motor speed from zero to the rated speed with the rated load torque in both motoring and regenerative braking modes. The IFOC is based on PWM voltage modulation with voltage decoupling compensation to insert the shoot-through state into the switching signals using the simple boost shoot-through control method. The parameters of the four PI …


A Dsp Based Dual Loop Digital Controller Design And Implementation Of A High Power Boost Converter For Hybrid Electric Vehicles Applications, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire Feb 2011

A Dsp Based Dual Loop Digital Controller Design And Implementation Of A High Power Boost Converter For Hybrid Electric Vehicles Applications, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire

Omar Ellabban

This paper presents a DSP based direct digital control design and implementation for a high power boost converter. A single loop and dual loop voltage control are digitally implemented and compared. The real time workshop (RTW) is used for automatic real-time code generation. Experimental results of a 20 kW boost converter based on the TMS320F2808 DSP during reference voltage changes, input voltage changes, and load disturbances are presented. The results show that the dual loop control achieves better steady state and transient performance than the single loop control. In addition, the experimental results validate the effectiveness of using the RTW …


Design And Implementation Of A Dsp Based Dual-Loop Capacitor Voltage Control Of The Z-Source Inverter, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire Feb 2011

Design And Implementation Of A Dsp Based Dual-Loop Capacitor Voltage Control Of The Z-Source Inverter, Omar Ellabban, Joeri Van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire

Omar Ellabban

The Z-source inverter is a recently proposed single stage converter topology with buck-boost capabilities. This paper proposes a dual-loop capacitor voltage control, with outer voltage loop and inner current loop, of the Z-source inverter (ZSI). Both controller are designed based on a third order small signal model of the ZSI using the direct digital design method. Real-time control algorithm is implemented using DSP linked with MATLAB real time workshop (RTW) as rapid prototyping tool. The feasibility of the proposed dual loop control method has been verified by the simulation and experimental results.


Simulation Studies On Ecs Application In A Clean Power Distribution System, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset Jan 2011

Simulation Studies On Ecs Application In A Clean Power Distribution System, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

Dealing with power distribution system became one of the most important arts in the field of power system, especially in the rapid increase of the distributed generation (DG) penetration to the distribution level which is a vital and important part of the entire power system. In this paper, a very special power distribution system with a unique deployment of distributed generation, such as, photovoltaic and wind generation has been studied. Energy storage system is utilized to play the main role to control the system’s power quality and the system frequency, as load following operation (LFO) and automatic generation control (AGC), …


Fifteen Years Of The Dynamic Voltage Restorer: A Literature Review, Tarek Ibrahim Elshennawy Dr., Amr Yehia Abou-Ghazala A. Prof., Mahmoud El-Gammal Prof. Jan 2011

Fifteen Years Of The Dynamic Voltage Restorer: A Literature Review, Tarek Ibrahim Elshennawy Dr., Amr Yehia Abou-Ghazala A. Prof., Mahmoud El-Gammal Prof.

Tarek Ibrahim ElShennawy

The dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) is a power electronic based device that is used to boost the voltage supplied to the sensitive loads during voltage sags. A DVR consists of an energy storage unit, a voltage source converter, a filter, a coupling transformer and fi nally the controller system. From its fi rst unit installed in 1996, several confi gurations, compensation strategies and controllers have been presented in literature, aiming at fast response, accurate compensation and low costs. In this paper, a literature review is presented scanning the most important contributions in this topic.


Dynamic Voltage Restorer (Dvr) For Voltage Sag Mitigation, Tarek Ibrahim Elshennawy, Amr Yehia Abou-Ghazala A. Prof., Mahmoud El-Gammal Prof. Jan 2011

Dynamic Voltage Restorer (Dvr) For Voltage Sag Mitigation, Tarek Ibrahim Elshennawy, Amr Yehia Abou-Ghazala A. Prof., Mahmoud El-Gammal Prof.

Tarek Ibrahim ElShennawy

The Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is fast, flexible and efficient solution to voltage sag problem. The DVR is a power electronic based device that provides three-phase controllable voltage source, whose voltage vector (magnitude and angle) adds to the source voltage during sag event, to restore the load voltage to pre-sag conditions. The DVR is designed for protecting the whole plant with loads in the range of some MVA. The DVR can restore the load voltage within few milliseconds. Several configurations and control methods are proposed for the DVR. In this paper, an overview of the DVR, its functions, configurations, components, …


Application Of Artificial Intelligent Techniques In Pss Design: A Survey Of The State-Of-The-Art Methods, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Hussain Shareef, Azah Mohamed Jan 2011

Application Of Artificial Intelligent Techniques In Pss Design: A Survey Of The State-Of-The-Art Methods, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Hussain Shareef, Azah Mohamed

Dr. Mahdiyeh Eslami (مهدیه اسلامی)

No abstract provided.


Particle Swarm Optimization For Simultaneous Tuning Of Static Var Compensator And Power System Stabilizer, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Hussain Shareef, Azah Mohamed, Mohammad Khajehzadeh Jan 2011

Particle Swarm Optimization For Simultaneous Tuning Of Static Var Compensator And Power System Stabilizer, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Hussain Shareef, Azah Mohamed, Mohammad Khajehzadeh

Dr. Mahdiyeh Eslami (مهدیه اسلامی)

No abstract provided.


Economic Design Of Foundation Using Harmony Search Algorithm, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Mohd R. Taha, Ahmed El-Shafie, Mahdiyeh Eslami Jan 2011

Economic Design Of Foundation Using Harmony Search Algorithm, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Mohd R. Taha, Ahmed El-Shafie, Mahdiyeh Eslami

Dr. Mahdiyeh Eslami (مهدیه اسلامی)

No abstract provided.