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Frequency Dynamics During High Ccgt And Wind Penetrations, Lasantha Meegahapola, Damian Flynn
Frequency Dynamics During High Ccgt And Wind Penetrations, Lasantha Meegahapola, Damian Flynn
Dr Lasantha G Meegahapola
Frequency stability is the paramount concern for secure and reliable operation of a power system. High wind penetration levels are reported in power systems with high thermal generation, and hence its likely to result high wind and combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) penetrations during system operation since CCGTs are the most preferable choice for the thermal generation. The doubly-fed induction generators (DFIGs) do not provide any inertial response while the CCGTs have unique frequency response during the system frequency disturbances. Therefore, CCGT turbine response characteristics and the zero inertial response may influence on frequency dynamics of a power network. The main …
Characterization Of Iso -Cf2 I2 In Frequency And Ultrafast Time Domains, Alexander N. Tarnovsky, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Lisa George, Aimable Kalume, Scott A. Reid, Bruce S. Ault
Characterization Of Iso -Cf2 I2 In Frequency And Ultrafast Time Domains, Alexander N. Tarnovsky, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Lisa George, Aimable Kalume, Scott A. Reid, Bruce S. Ault
Alexander Tarnovsky
The photolysis of diiododifluoromethane (CF2 I2) in condensed phases was studied by a combination of matrix isolation and ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy, in concert with ab initio calculations. Photolysis at wavelengths of 355 or 266 nm of CF2 I2:Ar samples (1:5000) held at ∼8 K yielded iso -CF2 I2 (F2 C-I-I), a metastable isomer of CF2 I2, characterized here for the first time. The infrared (IR) spectra of this isomer were recorded in matrix experiments, and the derived positions of the C-F stretching modes are in very good agreement with the predictions of high level ab initio calculations, which show that …
Compressed Sensing-Based Frequency Selection For Classification Of Ground Penetrating Radar Signals, Wenbin Shao, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, Son Lam Phung
Compressed Sensing-Based Frequency Selection For Classification Of Ground Penetrating Radar Signals, Wenbin Shao, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, Son Lam Phung
Professor Salim Bouzerdoum
In this paper we present an automatic classification system for ground penetrating radar (GPR) signals. The system extracts the magnitude spectra at resonant frequencies and classifies them using support vector machines. To locate the resonant frequencies, we propose an approach based on compressed sensing and orthogonal matching pursuit. The performance of the system is evaluated by classifying GPR traces from different ballast fouling conditions. The experimental results show that the proposed approach, compared to the approach of using frequencies at local maxima, represents the GPR signal more efficiently using a small number of coefficients, and obtains higher classification accuracy. 2012 …
Terrain Constrained Stereo Correspondence, Gabrielle Inglis, Chris Roman
Terrain Constrained Stereo Correspondence, Gabrielle Inglis, Chris Roman
Christopher N. Roman
There is a persistent need in the oceanographic community for accurate three dimensional reconstructions of seafloor structures. To meet this need underwater mapping techniques have expanded to include the use of stereo vision and high frequency multibeam sonar for mapping scenes 10's to 100's of square meters in size. Both techniques have relative advantages and disadvantages that depend on the task at hand and the desired accuracy. In this paper, we develop a method to constrain the often problematic stereo correspondence search to small sections of the image that correspond to estimated ranges along the epipolar lines calculated from coregistered …
Response Of Mains Connected Induction Motors To Low Frequency Voltage Fluctuations From A Flicker Perspective, Sankika Tennakoon, Sarath Perera, D A. Robinson
Response Of Mains Connected Induction Motors To Low Frequency Voltage Fluctuations From A Flicker Perspective, Sankika Tennakoon, Sarath Perera, D A. Robinson
Dr Duane Robinson
In radial power systems flicker transfer from a higher voltage level (upstream) to a lower voltage level (downstream) is seen to be significantly affected by the downstream load composition. Industrial load bases containing mains connected induction motors are known to be effective in the flicker attenuation process compared to residential load bases containing passive loads. For better understanding of the flicker attenuation influenced by induction motors their dynamic behaviour has to be closely investigated under fluctuating supply conditions. This paper presents the methodology and results of investigations undertaken to examine the response of an induction motor to small perturbations in …
Frequency Selection In Absolute Phase Maps Recovery With Two Frequency Projection Fringes, Yi Ding, Jiangtao Xi, Yanguang Yu, Wengqing Cheng, Shu Wang, Joe F. Chicharo
Frequency Selection In Absolute Phase Maps Recovery With Two Frequency Projection Fringes, Yi Ding, Jiangtao Xi, Yanguang Yu, Wengqing Cheng, Shu Wang, Joe F. Chicharo
Dr Yanguang Yu
In a recent published work we proposed a technique to recover the absolute phase maps of two fringe patterns with different spatial frequencies. It is demonstrated that a number of selected frequency pairs can be used for the proposed approach, but the published work did not provide a guideline for frequency selection. In addition, the performance of the proposed technique in terms of its anti-noise capability is not addressed. In this paper, the rules for selecting the two frequencies are presented based on theoretical analysis of the proposed technique. Also, when the two frequencies are given, the anti-noise capability of …
Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, Tadeusz Wysocki
Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, Tadeusz Wysocki
Dr Le Chung Tran
Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes (QOSTFCs) will be examined in this paper to advance either data rate or error performance in recently proposed Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multiband OFDM Ultra-Wideband (STFC MB-OFDM UWB) communication systems. It is shown that QOSTFCs can provide signi¯cantly better error performance, compared to the conventional MB-OFDM UWB (without STFCs) and to the Orthogonal STFCs (OSTFCs) of the same order, at the same data rate, without increasing the total transmission power. Another form of the enhancement would be that QOSTFCs can provide higher data rates with the same error performance, compared to OSTFCs.
Application Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Application Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Dr Le Chung Tran
This paper examines the application of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes (QOSTFCs) to advance either data rate or error performance in recently proposed Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multiband OFDM Ultra-Wideband (STFC MB-OFDM UWB) communications systems. It is shown that QOSTFCs can provide significantly better error performance, compared to the conventional MB-OFDM UWB (without STFCs) and to the Orthogonal STFCs (OSTFCs) of the same order, at the same data rate, without increasing the total transmission power. In other words, QOSTFCs can provide higher data rates with the same error performance, compared to OSTFCs.
Space-Time-Frequency Code Implementation In Mb-Ofdm Uwb Communications: Design Criteria And Performance, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Space-Time-Frequency Code Implementation In Mb-Ofdm Uwb Communications: Design Criteria And Performance, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Dr Le Chung Tran
This paper proposes a general framework of Space-Time-Frequency Codes (STFCs) for Multi-Band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) communications systems. A great similarity between the STFC MB-OFDM UWB systems and conventional wireless Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Block Code (CO STBC) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems is discovered. This allows us to quantify the pairwise error probability (PEP) of the proposed system and derive the general decoding method for the implemented STFCs. Based on the theoretical analysis results of PEP, we can further quantify the diversity order and coding gain of MB-OFDM UWB systems, and derive the design criteria for STFCs, …
Novel Cooperative Communication Schemes For Space-Time-Frequency Coded Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Xiaojing Huang, Alfred Mertins, Eryk Dutkiewicz
Novel Cooperative Communication Schemes For Space-Time-Frequency Coded Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Xiaojing Huang, Alfred Mertins, Eryk Dutkiewicz
Dr Le Chung Tran
Cooperative communication has been intensively considered for general wireless and sensor networks. However, it has been almost untouched in Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multi-band OFDM Ultra-Wideband (STFC MB-OFDM UWB) systems. This paper thus proposes two cross-layer designs for cooperative communication, namely Simple Cooperative Communication Scheme (SCCS) and Advanced Cooperative Communication Scheme (ACCS), in slow fading scenarios. In the former, nodes always cooperate with one another despite the possibly erroneous reception at the partner nodes, while in the latter, nodes cooperate only in the case of successful reception. Simulations show that these schemes may considerably improve the performance of STFC MB-OFDM UWB without …
Stc-Mimo Block Spread Ofdm In Frequency Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels, Le Chung Tran, Xiaojing Huang, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Joe F. Chicharo
Stc-Mimo Block Spread Ofdm In Frequency Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels, Le Chung Tran, Xiaojing Huang, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Joe F. Chicharo
Dr Le Chung Tran
In this paper, we expand the idea of spreading the transmitted symbols in OFDM systems by unitary spreading matrices based on the rotated Hadamard or rotated Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) matrices proposed in the literature to apply to Space-Time Coded Multiple-Input Multiple-Output OFDM (STC-MIMO-OFDM) systems. We refer the resulting systems to as STC-MIMO Block Spread OFDM (STC-MIMO-BOFDM) systems. In the proposed systems, a multi-dimensional diversity, including time, frequency, space and modulation diversities, can be used, resulting in better bit error performance in frequency selective Rayleigh fading channels compared to the conventional OFDM systems with or without STCs. Simulations carried out …
Unitary Differential Space-Time-Frequency Codes For Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, E. Dutkiewicz, Xiaojing Huang
Unitary Differential Space-Time-Frequency Codes For Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, E. Dutkiewicz, Xiaojing Huang
Dr Le Chung Tran
In a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) system, coherent detection where the channel state information (CSI) is assumed to be exactly known at the receiver requires the transmission of a large number of symbols for channel estimation, thus reducing the bandwidth efficiency. This paper examines the use of unitary differential space-time frequency codes (DSTFCs) in MB-OFDM UWB, which increases the system bandwidth efficiency due to the fact that no CSI is required for differential detection. The proposed DSTFC MB-OFDM system would be useful when the transmission of multiple channel estimation symbols is impractical or …
Cooperative Communication In Space-Time-Frequency Coded Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Cooperative Communication In Space-Time-Frequency Coded Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Dr Le Chung Tran
Though cooperative communication has been intensively examined for general wireless systems, such as mobile and ad-hoc networks, it has been almost unexplored in the case of Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multi-band OFDM Ultra-Wideband (STFC MB-OFDM UWB). This paper proposes a framework of cooperative communication in such systems where nodes are equipped with only one antenna. Simulation results show that cooperative communication might, in some cases, provide better error performance than non-cooperative communication without any additional transmission power.
Differential Space-Time-Frequency Codes For Mb-Ofdm Uwb With Dual Carrier Modulation, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Differential Space-Time-Frequency Codes For Mb-Ofdm Uwb With Dual Carrier Modulation, Alfred Mertins, Le Chung Tran
Dr Le Chung Tran
In a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) system, coherent detection where the channel state information (CSI) is assumed to be exactly known at the receiver requires the transmission of a large number of symbols for channel estimation, thus reducing the bandwidth efficiency. This paper examines the use of unitary differential space-time frequency codes (DSTFCs) in MB-OFDM UWB, which increases the system bandwidth efficiency due to the fact that no CSI is required for differential detection. The proposed DSTFC MB-OFDM system would be useful when the transmission of multiple channel estimation symbols is impractical or …
Space-Time-Frequency Trellis Coding For Multiband Ofdm Ultra Wideband Wireless Systems, Phuc Ngoc Le, Le Chung Tran, Farzad Safaei
Space-Time-Frequency Trellis Coding For Multiband Ofdm Ultra Wideband Wireless Systems, Phuc Ngoc Le, Le Chung Tran, Farzad Safaei
Dr Le Chung Tran
In this paper, the application of space time trellis codes to multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra-wideband (MB-OFDM UWB) systems is investigated. We propose a coding scheme that could fully exploit all the available channel diversity, including space diversity, frequency diversity and inter-subband diversity. Performance of the proposed system is compared with that of the conventional MB-OFDM UWB system in terms of frame error rate (FER). Simulation results show that this system outperforms the conventional one. As an example, an improvement of at least 5 dB at FER=1E-2 could be achieved over the IEEE 802.15.3a channel modes of CM1 and …
On The Use Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins
On The Use Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins
Dr Le Chung Tran
Space-Time-Frequency Codes (STFCs), which haverecently been proposed in the literature for Multiband OFDMUltra-Wideband (MB-OFDM UWB) systems to improve thesystem capacity, error performance and wireless communicationrange, are all constructed based on orthogonal structures. Thispaper examines the application of Quasi-Orthogonal STFCs(QOSTFCs) to enhance further either data rate or error performancein the recently proposed STFC MB-OFDM UWB systems.It will be shown that QOSTFCs can provide significantly bettererror performance, compared to the conventional MB-OFDMUWB (without STFCs) as well as to the Orthogonal STFCs(OSTFCs) of the same order, at the same data rate, withoutincreasing the total transmission power. Equivalently, QOSTFCscan provide higher data rates with …
Response Of Mains Connected Induction Motors To Low Frequency Voltage Fluctuations From A Flicker Perspective, Sankika Tennakoon, Sarath Perera, D A. Robinson
Response Of Mains Connected Induction Motors To Low Frequency Voltage Fluctuations From A Flicker Perspective, Sankika Tennakoon, Sarath Perera, D A. Robinson
Associate Professor Sarath Perera
In radial power systems flicker transfer from a higher voltage level (upstream) to a lower voltage level (downstream) is seen to be significantly affected by the downstream load composition. Industrial load bases containing mains connected induction motors are known to be effective in the flicker attenuation process compared to residential load bases containing passive loads. For better understanding of the flicker attenuation influenced by induction motors their dynamic behaviour has to be closely investigated under fluctuating supply conditions. This paper presents the methodology and results of investigations undertaken to examine the response of an induction motor to small perturbations in …