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Data-Driven Test Cases For Sustainability Assessment Of Smart Grid Initiatives In Organized Electricity Markets, Venkat Durvasulu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary aim of this dissertation is to deliver a technique to augment power system test cases with realistic open-source data to represent a deregulated power system. These test cases are intended to be used by power system researchers who require a test case that is capable of performing economic and environmental analysis on a bulk-power level. These test cases are capable of estimating the cost of bulk-energy for economic analysis and harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) and air polluting (AP) emissions for environmental sustainability analysis. These cases are developed for simulations that are intended to be at the transmission level …

Development Of Multiport Single Stage Bidirectional Converter For Photovoltaic And Energy Storage Integration, Amit Bhattacharjee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The energy market is on the verge of a paradigm shift as the emergence of renewable energy sources over traditional fossil fuel based energy supply has started to become cost competitive and viable. Unfortunately, most of the attractive renewable sources come with inherent challenges such as: intermittency and unreliability. This is problematic for today's stable, day ahead market based power system. Fortunately, it is well established that energy storage devices can compensate for renewable sources shortcomings. This makes the integration of energy storage with the renewable energy sources, one of the biggest challenges of modern distributed generation solution. This work …

Design Of Unimorph Out-Of-Plane Piezoelectric Actuator, Kevin Chan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Electromechanical transduction is an important component of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), a technology with wide-ranging applications, including mobile computing, sensors, energy harvesting, and displays. These disparate applications have varying performance requirements, but generally transduction efficiency, mechanical precision, response time, cost, compatibility with photolithography and other fabrication processes, and operability at micro-scale are all desired metrics for MEMS devices. Piezoelectric transduction provides substantial advantages, including precise displacements, quick response times, and high transduction efficiency. These strengths make piezoelectric transduction particularly well-suited for use in resonators, sensors, and energy harvesters. However, piezoelectric transduction also produces much smaller magnitudes of movements than other electromechanical …

On-Chip Esd Protection Design: Optimized Clamps, Linfeng He

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The extensive use of Integrated Circuits (ICs) means complex working conditions for these tiny chips. To guarantee the ICs could work properly in various environments, some special protection strategies are required to improve the reliability of system. From all the possible reliability issues, the electrostatics discharge (ESD) might be the most common one. The peak current of electrostatics can be as high as tens of amperes and the peak voltage can be over thousand voltages. In contrast, the size of semiconductor device fabricated is continuing to scale down, making it even more vulnerable to high level overstress and current surge …

Optimal Power Flow Control Of Networked Dc Microgrids, Eddy H. Trinklein

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

The US military is moving toward the electrification of many weapon systems and platforms. Advanced weapon systems such as high energy radar, electro-magnetic kinetic weapons and directed energy pose significant integration challenges due to their pulsed power electrical load profile. Additionally, the weapons platforms, including ships, aircraft, and vehicles can be studied as a mobile microgrids with multiple generation sources, loads, and energy storage. There is also a desire to extend the mission profile and capabilities of these systems. Common goals are to increase fuel efficiency, maintaining system stability, and reduce energy storage size as typically required to enable pulsed …

การประเมินประสิทธิภาพพลังงานหลังการเข้าใช้งานของอาคารประหยัดพลังงานที่ได้รับรางวัลตามเกณฑ์ Leed 2009, ยศยา ภัทรภูมีมิตร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ในการขอการรับรองการเป็นอาคารประหยัดพลังงานจากองค์กรด้านสิ่งแวดล้อม มีตั้งแต่การทำตามข้อกำหนดขององค์กรในขั้นตอนการออกแบบ มีการประเมินว่าอาคารที่ออกแบบมีค่าการประหยัดพลังงานเท่าไหร่ รวมถึงการตรวจสอบวัสดุและทดสอบระบบในช่วงการก่อสร้างแล้วเสร็จ ว่าอาคารยังสามารถประหยัดพลังงานได้ตามที่องค์กรรับรองไว้หรือไม่ แต่ยังไม่มีการตรวจสอบไปถึงการประเมินค่าการประหยัดพลังงานของอาคารจากโปรแกรมคำนวณตั้งต้นว่ามีความคลาดเคลื่อนมากน้อยเพียงใด เมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับค่าการใช้พลังงานที่เกิดขึ้นจริงของอาคารหลังการเข้าอยู่อาศัย งานวิจัยนี้ได้ทำการศึกษาหาตัวแปรความแตกต่างและเปรียบเทียบค่าการใช้พลังงานรวมของอาคารระหว่างการประเมินค่าการใช้พลังงานของอาคารโดย LEED ซึ่งใช้โปแกรม Energy Plus ในการคำนวณ เปรียบเทียบกับการคำนวณโดยโปรแกรม BEC และค่าการใช้พลังงานจริงของอาคารจากใบเสร็จชำระเงินค่าไฟฟ้า พบว่าตัวแปรที่มีผลต่อการคำนวณค่าการใช้พลังงานของอาคารระหว่างโปรแกรม Energy Plus และโปรแกรม BEC คือการระบุพื้นที่ใช้งานของอาคารที่ไม่เท่ากันและตัวแปรที่ไม่สามารถเปลี่ยนแปลงค่าได้ของโปรแกรม BEC ที่ถูกกำหนดไว้ตามการเลือกประเภทของอาคารคือ ชั่วโมงการใช้งาน จำนวนผู้ใช้อาคาร อัตราการระบายอากาศ และค่าความต้านทานความร้อนของฟิล์มอากาศด้านนอก ทั้งยังมีส่วนที่โปรแกรม BEC ไม่สามารถระบุค่าได้เทียบเท่ากับโปแกรม Energy Plus คือการกำหนดสภาพแวดล้อมภายนอกอาคารและสภาพภูมิอากาศ ต่อมาเมื่อทำการพิจารณาค่าการใช้พลังงานรวมของอาคาร พบว่าการทำนายค่าการใช้พลังงานรวมของอาคารจาก LEED มีค่าความแตกต่างจากค่าการใช้พลังงานจริงมากกว่าการคำนวณจากโปรแกรม BEC อาจเกิดจากค่าตัวเลขของตัวแปรที่ใช้ในการป้อนเข้ามีความคลาดเคลื่อนไปจากค่าการใช้งานจริง

Study Of Factors Affecting Distribution System Pv Hosting Capacity, Fanxun Li

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

As renewable energy plays an increasingly important role in the power system, the addition of PV systems to the distribution network has become a major trend in the current power system development. However, if a PV system with excessive capacity is added to the distribution network, voltage problems may occur in the system. Hence, it is important to determine the capacity of the PV system that can be added at the distribution system.

The thesis aims to identify the major factors that affect the PV hosting capacity of distribution systems. The thesis studies various scenarios for the IEEE-123 test network …

Energy Intensity As An Ecological Factor In The Selection Of The Manufacturing Process, Artur Soroczyński, Roman Haratym, Krzystof Rechowicz

VMASC Publications

The article presents the analysis of the implementation of selected elements of car transport in the aspect of ecology. The basic issue that affects the protection of the environment (ecology) is the value of energy intensity in the manufacture of products. The elements made in the production process of plastic mouldings were compared. The amount of energy in kJ needed to produce 1 kg of a given product was estimated. Next, the dependencies between the value of computational energy intensity and the emission of gases affecting the environment of CO₂, SO₂, NO_x were presented. As …

A Blockchain-Enabled Peer-To-Peer Energy Trading Platform For Managing Complex Exchange Of Kilowatt-Hours And Negawatts, Murat Kuzlu, Rasheq Rahman, Jason Lin

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Under the Department of Energy’s STTR funding, BEM Controls LLC performed research from July 2, 2018 to April 1, 2019. The purpose of this research was to design, develop and demonstrate the technical feasibility of the blockchain enabled energy trading platform for managing complex exchange of kilowatt hours and negawatts. The energy trading platform was developed in the open-source HyperLedger Fabric blockchain framework and the performance of the blockchain network was evaluated. Key research findings and results include (1) the successful design and development of an open-architecture blockchain-based energy trading platform able to execute smart contract transactions across eight use …

Optical And Electrical Analysis Of Zno/Znte Micropillar Solar Cells, Sadia Binte Sohid

Master’s Theses

The prime focus of the energy-research community in recent times has been replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. Therefore, photovoltaic research areas are rapidly expanding in this era. The purpose of this work is to compare three different structural ZnO/ZnTe solar cell types (planar, axial micropillar and radial micropillar). The best optical and electrical performance has been obtained by the radial junction (core-shell) ZnO/ZnTe micropillar solar cell due to its pillar structure and radial junction. The unique advantage of the radial junction micropillar is that the angle of the incident light and the carrier collection is orthogonal. Therefore, the pillar …

Performance Evaluation Of Communication Technologies And Network Structure For Smart Grid Applications, Desong Bian, Murat Kuzlu, Manisa Pipattanasomporn, Saifur Rahman, Di Shi

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

The design of an effective and reliable communication network supporting smart grid applications requires the selection of appropriate communication technologies and protocols. The objective of this study is to study and quantify the capabilities of an advanced metring infrastructure (AMI) to support the simultaneous operation of major smart grid functions. These include smart metring, price-induced controls, distribution automation, demand response, and electric vehicle charging/discharging applications in terms of throughput and latency. OPNET is used to simulate the performance of selected communication technologies and protocols. Research findings indicate that smart grid applications can operate simultaneously by piggybacking on an existing AMI …

Solutions For Fermi Questions, November 2019: Question 1: Cell Phones Make Me Boil; Question 2: Charging The Phone, Larry Weinstein

Physics Faculty Publications

Answers to the Fermi questions:

How much water can you boil with the energy stored in a cell phone battery?

How much does the electrical energy for a cell phone cost each year?

Autonomous Combat Robot, Andrew J. Szabo Ii, Chris Heldman, Tristin Weber, Tanya Tebcherani, Holden Leblanc, Fabian Ardeljan

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This honors project will also serve as an engineering senior design project.

The objective is to design and build the software and electrical systems for a 60 lb weight class combat robot that will function autonomously and outperform manually driven robots during competition.

While running autonomously, the robot will use LiDAR sensors to detect and attack opponent robots. This robot will also be able to be remote controlled in manual mode. This will mitigate the risk in case the autonomy or sensors fail. LED lights on the robot will indicate whether it is in autonomous or manual mode. The system …

Cycle Assist, Tyler Matthews

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The senior engineering design project presented in the paper that succeeds this, outlines the steps taken to design and implement an electronic bicycle that is able to keep a user’s heart-rate in a selected “intensity zone” though the use of an electronic motor and custom control circuitry. My portion of this project was to allow for safe and consistent power delivery to the rest of the electronics. That is to say, I built a battery pack and battery management system (BMS) to safely supply sufficient power to the rest of the electronics that were required for this project. In order …

Dynamic Voltage Rail Audio Amplifier, Evan Von Duhn, Timothy Oshatiouk, Slavisa Tosanovic, Andrew Cantrell

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The goal of this project is to create a high-quality, power-efficient audio amplifier. Most modern audio amplifiers use a constant amount of power regardless of the signal that is being amplified. This means that both loud and quiet portions of the audio signal require the same amount of power to amplify. The idea for this high-quality, power-efficient audio amplifier is that the quieter portions of the audio signal can be amplified using less power. This will be achieved by first analyzing the audio signal and controlling the power source based on the signal’s needs. Therefore, louder parts of the audio …

Electric Load Forecasting Using Long Short-Term Memory Algorithm, Tianshu Yang

Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Power system load forecasting refers to the study or uses a mathematical method to process

past and future loads systematically, taking into account important system operating

characteristics, capacity expansion decisions, natural conditions, and social impacts, to

meet specific accuracy requirements. Dependence of this, determine the load value at a

specific moment in the future. Improving the level of load forecasting technology is

conducive to the planned power management, which is conducive to rationally arranging

the grid operation mode and unit maintenance plan, and is conducive to formulating

reasonable power supply construction plans and facilitating power improvement, and

improve the …

Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis Of Silicon-Doped Beta-Gallium Oxide Films Grown By Pulsed Laser Deposition, Cynthia Thomason Bowers

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Due to the large band gap of β-Ga2O3 and recent improvements toward high quality native substrates and the ability to shallow dope epitaxial β-Ga2O3 it is an attractive material for applications in power electronic devices. Such devices require advances in the areas of thin film growth and carrier concentration control to deliver high mobility films appropriate for the device structures. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis can provide information concerning doping, crystal structure, and internal strain which will be valuable to assess the role of defects and impurities on the transport properties for feedback to optimize the bulk and epitaxial growth …

Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation Evaluation Through Bayesian Network Method For Residential Energy Storage Systems, Khalid Khan

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Batteries continue to infiltrate in innovative applications with the technological advancements led by Li-ion chemistry in the past decade. Residential energy storage is one such example, made possible by increasing efficiency and decreasing the cost of solar PV. Residential energy storage, charged by rooftop solar PV is tied to the grid, provides household loads. This multi-operation role has a significant effect on battery degradation. These contributing factors especially solar irradiation and weather conditions are highly variable and can only be explained with probabilistic analysis. However, the effect of such external factors on battery degradation is approached in recent literature with …

Mathematical Programming Approach For The Design Of Satellite Power Systems, Allen Flath Iii

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Satellite power systems can be understood as islanded dc microgrids supplied by specialized and coordinated solar cell arrays augmented by electrochemical battery systems to handle high-power loads and periods of eclipse. The periodic availability of power, the limited capacity of batteries, and the dependence of all mission service on power consumption create a unique situation in which temporal power and energy scarcity exist. A multi-period model of an orbital satellite power system’s performance over a mission’s duration can be constructed. A modular power system architecture is used to characterize the system’s constraints. Using mathematical programming, an optimization problem can be …

Estimation Of Transmission Line Parameters Using Linear Method With Synchronized And Unsynchronized Data, Mustafa Lahmar

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Accurate value of transmission line parameters is important for power system protection applications, especially for distance relays whose zone settings are based on positive sequence line impedance. The research is devoted to estimating transmission line positive-sequence parameters from synchronized or unsynchronized measurements of voltage and current phasors that are obtained at both terminals of the line. The positive sequence parameters including series impedance and shunt admittance can be linearly estimated. The linear least square algorithm has been derived in this dissertation for different transmission line configurations. The algorithm is able to handle both synchronized and unsynchronized measurements and deal with …

Optimal Distribution Feeder Reconfiguration With Distributed Generation Using Intelligent Techniques, Ahmad Ghaweta

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feeder reconfiguration is performed by changing the open/close status of two types of switches: normally open tie switches and normally closed sectionalizing switches. A whole feeder or part of a feeder may be served from another feeder by closing a tie switch linking the two while an appropriate sectionalizing switch must be opened to maintain the radial structure of the system. Feeder reconfiguration is mainly aiming to reduce the system overall power losses and improve voltage profile. In this dissertation, several approaches have been proposed to reconfigure the radial distribution networks including the potential impact of integrating Distributed Energy Resources …

Curricular Optimization: Solving For The Optimal Student Success Pathway, William G. Thompson-Arjona

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Considering the significant investment of higher education made by students and their families, graduating in a timely manner is of the utmost importance. Delay attributed to drop out or the retaking of a course adds cost and negatively affects a student’s academic progression. Considering this, it becomes paramount for institutions to focus on student success in relation to term scheduling.

Often overlooked, complexity of a course schedule may be one of the most important factors in whether or not a student successfully completes his or her degree. More often than not students entering an institution as a first time full …

Advanced Fault Area Identification And Fault Location For Transmission And Distribution Systems, Wen Fan

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fault location reveals the exact information needed for utility crews to timely and promptly perform maintenance and system restoration. Therefore, accurate fault location is a key function in reducing outage time and enhancing power system reliability.

Modern power systems are witnessing a trend of integrating more distributed generations (DG) into the grid. DG power outputs may be intermittent and can no longer be treated as constants in fault location method development. DG modeling is also difficult for fault location purpose. Moreover, most existing fault location methods are not applicable to simultaneous faults. To solve the challenges, this dissertation proposes three …

Fault Location Techniques Using The Traveling Wave Method And The Discrete Wavelet Transform, Wesley Fluty

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fault location within electric power systems is an important topic that helps reduce outage duration and increases reliability of the system. This paper explores the topic of fault location using traveling waves generated by fault conditions and the discrete wavelet transform used for time-frequency analysis. The single-ended and double-ended traveling wave methods are presented and evaluated on a single circuit and double circuit 500kV system modeled using MATLAB SIMULINK. Results are compared on the basis of wavelet used for analysis, sampling rate, and fault resistance.

Optimum Design Of Axial Flux Pm Machines Based On Electromagnetic 3d Fea, Narges Taran

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machines have recently attracted significant attention due to several reasons, such as their specific form factor, potentially higher torque density and lower losses, feasibility of increasing the number of poles, and facilitating innovative machine structures for emerging applications. One such machine design, which has promising, high efficiency particularly at higher speeds, is of the coreless AFPM type and has been studied in the dissertation together with more conventional AFPM topologies that employ a ferromagnetic core.

A challenge in designing coreless AFPM machines is estimating the eddy current losses. This work proposes a new hybrid analytical …

การตั้งเป้าหมายพลังงานและการเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการใช้พลังงานของเครื่องจักรการผลิตในโรงงานเคมีภัณฑ์, อังคนา สังข์ทองจีน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยฉบับนี้ศึกษาถึงการใช้พลังงานของโรงงานเคมีภัณฑ์ตัวอย่าง โดยเก็บข้อมูลเป็นระยะเวลา11เดือนของการใช้พลังงานจากระบบการติดตามการใช้พลังงาน (Energy Monitoring System) และ ข้อมูลของปริมาณผลผลิตต่อวันมาวิเคราะห์เพื่อเป้าหมายการใช้พลังงานและเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการจัดการพลังงานของโรงงานตัวอย่าง โดยแยกย่อยศึกษาแต่ละระบบในพื้นที่นั้นซึ่งประกอบด้วย ระบบไฟฟ้าสำหรับเครื่องจักรการผลิต ระบบอากาศอัด ระบบไฟส่องสว่าง ระบบระบายอากาศ และ ระบบทำความเย็น เพื่อกำหนดพลังงานฐาน (Energy Baseline) และ กำหนดเป้าหมายพลังงาน (Energy Target) ของพื้นที่การผลิตรายอาทิตย์และรายเดือนด้วยสมการเชิงเส้นแบบง่าย ในการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลสำหรับการใช้พลังงานของระบบที่ขึ้นอยู่กับปริมาณการผลิต และใช้ค่าที่ดีที่สุดกำหนดเป้าหมายการใช้พลังงานของระบบที่ปริมาณการใช้พลังงานไม่ขึ้นกับปริมาณการผลิต รวมทั้งนำข้อมูลการใช้พลังงานที่ความละเอียดทุก 30 วินาทีเปรียบเทียบกับโปรไฟล์อุณหภูมิของเครื่องจักร CMMP ซึ่งเป็นเครื่องจักรสำหรับสร้างรูปทรงของชิ้นงาน จากการศึกษาพบว่าถ้าไม่มีแผนการผลิตนานกว่า 3 ชั่วโมงควรเปลี่ยนจากสแตนด์บายโหมด (Standby Mode) เป็นการปิดเครื่องเมื่อไม่ใช้งานจะลดปริมาณไฟฟ้าที่ใช้ได้เฉลี่ย 390 kWh/day และเพื่อการสื่อสารที่ชัดเจนกับผู้เกี่ยวข้อง งานวิจัยฉบับนี้ได้มีการสร้างกระดานสรุปข้อมูลการใช้พลังงาน (Energy Dashboard) ด้วย Microsoft Power Bi เพื่อติดตามการใช้พลังงานรายวันของแต่ละพื้นที่การผลิต และมีกิจกรรม Green day เพื่อเพิ่มความตระหนักต่อการใช้พลังงานของพนักงานในโรงงาน

Ict-Enabled Control And Energy Management Of Community Microgrids For Resilient Smart Grid Operation, Mahmoud Saleh

Dissertations and Theses

Our research has focused on developing novel controllers and algorithms to enhance the resilience of the power grid and increase its readiness level against major disturbances.

The U.S. power grid currently encounters two main challenges: (1) the massive and extended blackouts caused by natural disasters, such as hurricane Sandy. These blackouts have raised a national call to explore innovative approaches for enhanced grid resiliency. Scrutinizing how previous blackouts initiated and propagated throughout the power grid, the major reasons are lack of situational awareness, lack of real-time monitoring and control, underdeveloped controllers at both the transmission and distribution levels, and lack …

A Kinetic Monte Carlo Study Of Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Behavior, Behzad Bahrami

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Perovskite solar cells have received considerable attention in recent years due to their low processing cost and high energy conversion efficiency. However, the mechanisms of perovskite solar cell performance are not fully understood. Models based on probabilistic and statistical approaches can be used to simulate, optimize, and predict perovskite solar cell photovoltaic performance, and they can also guide experimental processing and fabrication conditions to achieve higher photovoltaic efficiency. This work developed a 3D model based on the kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) approach to simulate 3D morphology of perovskite-based solar cells and predict their photovoltaic performance. The model incorporated the physical …

Energy Efficiency Evaluation Of Blower Heater Non-Purge Compressed Air Dryers, Alexandra M. Botts

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

There are several compressed air dryers available for industrial use including, refrigerant, desiccant, and membrane. This research focuses on twin tower regenerative closed loop desiccant dryers, specifically: blower heater non-purge (BHNP) with and without cooling water pumps, Compressed-air Heater Purge (CHP), Blower Heater Purge (BHP), and Pressure Swing Heaterless (PSH). These styles of dryers are used mainly in industries that require extremely dry air such as, food manufacturing, medical air, or sensitive technology manufacturers. The research was conducted by collecting and analyzing real time current draw data on air compressors and associated dryers at eight different facilities (13 compressor systems) …

Data Driven Intelligent Grid Stability Monitoring And Adaptive Emergency Response, Hasan Ul Banna

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Power grids are large cyber-physical systems with physical operation controlled and integrated through communications. The technological breakthroughs made by the availability of low-cost, high speed communications, larger storage spaces, greater internet bandwidths have led to increased attentions towards advantages of these systems. The use of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) in complex interconnected power system for monitoring and control has increased significantly. This has resulted in huge amounts of data and growing databases, thus gearing towards an era where utilities might encounter an enormous amount of data daily from their measurement units including sensitive information useful for daily operations. With increasing …