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CFP1551I-POD 978-1-4799-7994-3
2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2015)
Rome, Italy 10-13 June 2015
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Reliability Analysis: A Case Study in Designing Power Distribution System of TehranOil Refinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Amir Hossein Boojar Arani, Reza Shojaee Baghini and Golmehr Mirshekari Chargari
Active and Reactive Power Control of a Variable Speed Pumped Storage System usingDFIM’s Stator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Usman Nasir and Minxiao Han
Acoustic Flashover Location Detector for Gas Insulated Switchgears at a Fraction of Cost
Arun Varkey and Suyog Kothari
RFID System on Electrical Substation Equipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wendy Navarro, Yackeline Ternera, John Candelo and Juan Carlos Velez
Variable Reverse Power Flow-Part I: A-R-OPF with Reactive Power of Wind Stations . . . . 21
Aouss Gabash and Pu Li
Variable Reverse Power Flow-Part II: Electricity Market Model and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Aouss Gabash and Pu Li
Improvement for Electrical Transients of Safety Bus using High Speed Power TransferScheme in Nuclear Power Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Moon-Young Kim, Choong-Heui Jeong and Seong-Hyon Ji
Comparative Analysis of SPWM and Square Wave Output Filtration Based Pure SineWave Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Muhammad Bilal Cheema, Syed Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Maaz Ahsan, Musab Umerand Gulraiz Ahmad
Application of artificial neural networks for electric load forecasting on railway transport . 43
Alexander Komyakov, Viktor Erbes and Vladimir Ivanchenko
A Greenhouse Climate Model for Control Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Yuanping Su and Lihong Xu
A New Passive Compensation Technique to Economically Improve the Power Quality ofTwo Identical Single-Phase Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Yassine Terriche, Djallel Kerdoun and Hind Djeghloud
A MILP Model for Optimal Charging Coordination of Storage Devices and ElectricVehicles Considering V2G Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Carlos Francisco Sabillon Antunez, John Fredy Franco Baquero, Marcos Rider andRuben Romero
Effects of Double Ground Faults in Wind Farms Collector Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Gaetano Zizzo and Diego La Cascia
Simplified Model of Brushless Synchronous Generator for Real Time Simulation . . . . . . . . . . 71
Maria Dolores Lopez, Carlos A. Platero, Emilio Rebollo and Francisco R. Blanquez
An Improved Distribution System Reconfiguration Using Hybrid GA with PSO. . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dawit Fekadu Teshome and Kuo Lung Lian
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A Continuous Risk Estimation Approach for Corporate Environmental ComplianceManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Heiko Thimm
Comparison of Voltage Sags Prediction Methods in Power Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Xavier Zambrano, Araceli Hernandez, Rosa M. de Castro and Mohamed Izzeddine
Design and Testing of Thermoelectric Generator embedded Clean Forced Draft BiomassCookstove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Risha Mal
Loss Evaluation of Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives UsingT-Type Multilevel Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Aboubakr Salem, Frederik De Belie, Peter Sergeant, Ahmed Abdallh and Jan Melkebeek
Plasma position control simulations with PSIM / Simulink to validate the WESTdivertor coils power supplies topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Nicolas Dumas, Hubert Dougnac, Remy Nouailletas, Eric Nardon, Philippe Moreau,Olivier Baulaigue, Francois Saint-Laurent and Sylvain Bremond
Modeling and Simulation of a Wind Model Using a Spectral Representation Method . . . . . .
Abrous Ahmed, Wamkeue Rene and Ouhrouche Mohand
Computational methods for technical validation of demand response products . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Simone Paoletti, Antonio Vicino and Donato Zarrilli
Microgrid Fuel Optimal Operation Considering Prediction of Wind Power andPhotovoltaic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Zhang Xiaobo and Zhang Baohui
Demand Side Management and Charging and Discharging for Multiple PHEVs toReduce Cost and Reduce Fossil Fuel using Game Theory in Smart Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Mohammad Rasoul Rahmatian, Hamdi Abdi, Sajad Rezaei and Hamed Rahimzadeh
Proving DC non-homogeneity in a stranded conductor by advanced 3Delectromechanical simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Zeroukhi Youcef and Napieralska Juszczak Ewa
Single phase Inverter with Wide-Input Voltage Range for Solar Photovoltaic Application . 139
Ibrahim Oladimeji, Nor Zaihar Yahaya and Nordin Saad
Energy Management Systems and Tertiary Regulation in Hierarchical ControlArchitectures for Islanded Microgrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Maria Luisa Di Silvestre, Ninh Quang Nguyen, LilianaMineo, Adriana C. Luna, Josep M. Guerrero, Juan C. Vasquez and Moises Graells
ESCO market in Turkey: Challenges and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Erkan Dursun and Paolo Bertoldi
Type Tests of JT-60SA Fast Plasma Position Control Coil (FPPCC) Power Supplies. . . . . . 156
Pietro Zito, Alessandro Lampasi, Luca Novello, Makoto Matsukawa, KatsuhiroShimada, Danilo Cinarelli, Marco Portesine, Fioravante Fasce, Ander Dorronsoroand Dionisio Vian
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A Grid-Connected PV Interface System Based On The DAB-Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Mostafa I. Marei, Hadi El-Helw and Mohamed Al-Hasheem
A New Fast Peak Current Controller for Transient Voltage Faults for Power Converters . . . 166
Jesus Munoz-Cruzado-Alba, Javier Villegas-Nunez, Jose Alberto Vite-Frıas, EduardoGalvan-Dıez and Juan Manuel Carrasco-Solıs
A new maximum power point tracking approach for decreasing convergence time . . . . . . . . . 172
Mustafa Engin Basoglu and Bekir Cakir
A Practical study for a new measuring tool for EHV Bus Bar Fault Detection . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ali El-Rifaie, Rania El-Sharkawy and Sherif Haggag
Experiments on Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) generated by laser-plasma interaction innanosecond regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fabrizio Consoli, Riccardo De Angelis, Pierluigi Andreoli, Mattia Cipriani, GiuseppeCristofari, Giorgio Di Giorgio and Francesco Ingenito
Optical Self-Interference Cancellation System for Improved Spectrum Sensing inCognitive Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Matthew Chang, Yanhua Deng and Paul Prucnal
Strategic Behavior of Generation Companies in the Generation Scheduling Process . . . . . . . 192
Sergei Palamarchuk
An algorithm for simulating end-user behaviour in a real time pricing market . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gabriele Pecoraro, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Salvatore Favuzza, Fabio Massaro,Gaetano Zizzo, Giovanni Galioto and Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito
Effective Use Of Continuity Testing To Assess Grounding System Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Darren Woodhouse, Ian McLagan and Stephen Palmer
Seasonal based energy performance analyzes of Cd-Te and c-Si photovoltaic modules . . . . . 208
Mustafa Engin Basoglu, Abdulvehhap KazdaloGlu, Tarik ErfIdan, Mehmet Zeki BIlgInand Bekir Cakir
Modified Givens Method for the Analysis Power System Static Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Sergey Kovalenko, Inga Zicmane and Georgi Georgiev
DDS Based Interoperability Framework for Smart Grid Testbed Infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tarek Youssef, Ahmed Elsayed and Osama Mohammed
Online Identification of all DFIG Parameters and Speed Based on Variable StructureTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abdelhak Djoudi, Seddik Bacha, El Madjid Berkouk, Saida Makhloufi and AbdelghaniChachmi
Stator powers controller with rotor currents sensor-less, and rotor flux observer usingsliding mode of WECS based on DFIG and matrix converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abdelhak Djoudi, El Madjid Berkouk and Seddik Bacha
Pulsed Power Supply System of the ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak Research Facility . . . . . . . . . 237
Claus-Peter Kasemann, Ernst Grois, Ferdinand Stobbe, Michael Rott, Klaus Klasterand Asdex Upgrade Team
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Control strategies and real time operation of storage systems integrated with MVphotovoltaic plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Stefano Barsali, Romano Giglioli, Marco Giuntoli, Giovanni Lutzemberger andDavide Poli
Online Optimizer for Distribution Networks on Neplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Stefano Breganni, Franco D’Urso, Antonio Giarratana, Paolo Gregoraci, MarioManzini, Enrico Pons, Maurizio Repetto, Lorenzo Vandoni and Giancarlo Zamboni
Electricity Consumption Assessment and PV System Integration in Grid-ConnectedOffice Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Filippo Spertino, Gianfranco Chicco, Paolo Di Leo, Alessandro Ciocia, StefanoCorgnati and Daniela Raimondo
A Low-cost Sensor Based on Time-Domain Reflectometry for Water Level Monitoring inEnvironmental Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Konstantinos Loizou, Eftichios Koutroulis, Dimitrios Zalikas and Georgios Liontas
Electric field distribution in glass and porcelain pin insulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Paul Taklaja, Ivar Kiitam, Jaan Niitsoo, Joni Kluss and Petri Hyvonen
Application of Gyrator Concept to Control and Operation of Boost Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hussein Mohammad Al-Masri, Fahad Alhuwaishel, Fahad Alismail, Sinan Sabeeh,Haitham Kanakri and Mark Ehsani
Design Optimization of a RES-based Power-Supply System for Wireless Sensor Networks 278
Ioannis Mandourarakis and Eftichios Koutroulis
Design of electronic programmable board with user-friendly touch screen interface formanagement and control of thermosolar plant parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Paolo Visconti, Paolo Costantini and Giorgio Cavalera
Assessment of Lightning Induced Voltages in Buried Cables for SPD Implementation . . . . . 290
Francois Grange, Sebastien Journet, Simon Fortin and Farid Dawalibi
Distribution Network Expansion Planning. Real Distribution Network Case Study . . . . . . . . 297
Constantin Barbulescu, Stefan Kilyeni, Attila Simo and Cosmin Oros
The Cost and Robustness of Cyber-Physical Power Grid With a Novel Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Zhengcheng Dong, Yanjun Fang and Meng Tian
Adaptive Delay Bank Filter for Selective Elimination of harmonics in SRF-PLL structures 308
Slobodan Lubura, Milomir Soja, Srdjan Lale, Milica Ristovic and Marko Ikic
Dielectric Characteristics of Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Winding Insulation underThermal Ageing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Konstantinos N. Gyftakis, Malgorzata Sumislawska, Darren Kavanagh, David Howeyand Malcolm McCulloch
Cost/benefit analyses of storage systems applications for the provision of dispatchingservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Michele Benini, Silvia Canevese, Diego Cirio, Angelo Cavaliere, Antonio Gatti, PaoloGrisi and Andrea Pitto
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Energy efficiency in high speed railway traffic operation: a real-time ecodriving algorithm. 325
Adrian Fernandez-Rodriguez, Antonio Fernandez-Cardador and Asuncion P. Cucala
The Accurate Input Impedances of a DC-DC Converters Connected to the Network . . . . . . 331
Achour Ales, Mohamed Elyazid Boudaren, Bouzid Karouche, Zaki Gouichiche,Jean-Luc Schanen, James Roudet and Djelloul Moussaoui
Input Impedance of Modern Embedded Networks Including Many Power ElectronicsConverters: An Analytical Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Achour Ales, Zaki Gouichiche, Bouzid Karouche, Mohamed El Yazid Boudaren,Jean-Luc Schanen, Djelloul Moussaoui and James Roudet
High productivity Non-Tracking solar collectors for process heat applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Maxime Canaff and Wattana Ratismith
Novel non-tracking solar collector with metal-to-water contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Yann Favre and Wattana Ratismith
Demand Response: a solution to manage loads in the smart grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Damien Picault, Olivier Cottet and Teddy Ruez
Energy Storage Levelized Cost Assessment: Lithium-Ion vs. Combustion Turbine . . . . . . . . . 357
Bernardino Ricci and Seok-Min Jung
An Experimental Microgrid for laboratory activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Danilo Antonio Sbordone, Kazi M Moyeenull Huq and Mesut Baran
Development of Protection Scheme for Off-Grid Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Jakub Vramba, Stanislav Misak, Vıt Houdek and Jakub Kosmak
Mathematical Model for Eddy Current Testing of Metal Plates with Two CylindricalFlaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Valentina Koliskina and Andrei Kolyshkin
Numerical study on the thermal performance of a refrigerated container envelopeprovided by phase change materials (PCMs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Benedetta Copertaro, Roberto Fioretti, Lorenzo Sangelantoni and Paolo Principi
Local Electricity Market involving end-user Distributed Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Daniele Menniti, Nicola Sorrentino, Anna Pinnarelli, Grazia Belli, Alessandro Burgioand Pasquale Vizza
Influence of LV Neutral Grounding on Global Earthing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Giuseppe Cafaro, Pasquale Montegiglio, Francesco Torelli, Antonino Barresi, PietroColella, Angelo De Simone, Maria Luisa Di Silvestre, Luigi Martirano, ElenaMorozova, Roberto Napoli, Giuseppe Parise, Luigi Parise, Enrico Pons, EleonoraRiva Sanseverino, Riccardo Tommasini, Filomena Tummolillo, Giovanni Valtorta andGaetano Zizzo
A two-step procedure for the energy management in smart microgrids accounting foreconomical and power quality issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Andrea Bonfiglio, Massimo Brignone, Federico Delfino, Paola Girdinio, FabioPampararo and Renato Procopio
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Compact Tokamak Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Alan Sykes, Alan Costley, Mikhail Gryaznevich, David Kingham, Jan Hugill, ColinWindsor, Peter Buxton, Bill Huang, Gideon Hammond, John Fanthome, John Ross,Antti Jokinen, George Smith, Steven Ball, Steve Chappell and Ziad Melhem
Current and Voltage Behaviour During a Fault in a HV/MV System: Methods andMeasurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Pietro Colella, Roberto Napoli, Enrico Pons, Riccardo Tommasini, Antonino Barresi,Giuseppe Cafaro, Angelo De Simone, Maria Luisa Di Silvestre, Luigi Martirano,Pasquale Montegiglio, Elena Morozova, Giuseppe Parise, Luigi Parise, Eleonora RivaSanseverino, Francesco Torelli, Filomena Tummolillo, Giovanni Valtorta andGaetano Zizzo
Analisis of a energy storage system integrated with renewable energy plants and heatpump for residential application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Biagio Di Pietra and Danilo Sbordone
Voltage Collapse Risk Index Prediction for Real Time System’s Security Monitoring . . . . . . 415
Norziana Aminudin, Marayati Marsadek, Titik Khawa Abdul Rahman, NorazanMohamed Ramli, Noor Miza Mohamad Razali and Mohd Ihsan Yassin
A Multiagent Saver for the Automatic Management of HVAC Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Francesco Muzi, Mario Gimenz De Lorenzo and Giovanni De Gasperis
EMC Philosophy applied to Design the Grounding Systems for Gas InsulationSwitchgear (GIS) Indoor Substation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Marcos Tello, Guilherme A. D. Dias, Daniel S. Gazzana, Roberto C. Leborgne andArturo S. Bretas
OPGrid: Steady state analysis toolbox for systems with embedded FACTS andDroop-based devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Bassam Mohamed and Pablo Arboleya
Statistical Analysis of PV Behaviour Under Harsh Weather Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Kamal Al Khuffash, Lisa Lamont and Youssef Lotfy Abdel Magid
Reducing Inverter Power Rating in Active Power Filters using proposed Hybrid PowerFilter Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Bartosz Kedra
Performance of Automotive Permanent Magnet Machines with Different Sizes, Types ofRare-earth Magnets and Winding Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Roziah Aziz and Glynn Atkinson
Maximizing Reliability by Optimal Siting of Distributed Generation and ProtectiveDevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Maurice Tristan Donalvo, Wilbert Rey Tarnate and Adonis Emmanuel Tio
Electromagnetic Compatibility on-site Testing of Secondary Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Bai Lin, Li Li, Zhenhua Sun, Qinglin Xu and Yang Qiu
Synthetic Evaluation for Lightning Protection Performance of Smart Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Li Li, Bai Lin, Zhenhua Sun, Xifei Jia and Jin Tian
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Performance analysis of 200 kW tidal current power turbine with pre-deformed blades . . . . 472
Chul-Hee Jo, Kang-Hee Lee, Su-Jin Hwang and Do-Youb Kim
Optimal VPP Operation Strategy in Liberalized Electricity Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Chun-Lien Su, Hwei-Ming Chung, Chien-Yu Wei and Chao-Kai Wen
Dispatch of Generation and Demand Side Response in Regional Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Hwei-Ming Chung, Chun-Lien Su and Chao-Kai Wen
A Survey on Recent Energy Harvesting Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abdul-Rahman El-Sayed, Mohammad Biglarbegian, Shohel Mahmud and Kevin Tai
Evaluation of centralized and distributed microgrid topologies and comparison to OpenEnergy Systems (OES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Annette Werth, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Ippei Matsumoto and Kenji Tanaka
Effects of power supply limits on control of MHD instabilities in fusion devices . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Fabio Villone and Alfredo Pironti
A Practical Method to Test HV/MV Substation Grounding Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Luigi Martirano, Giuseppe Parise, Luigi Parise, Antonino Barresi, Giuseppe Cafaro,Pietro Colella, M.L. Di Silvestre, Pasquale Montegiglio, Elena Morozova, RobertoNapoli, Enrico Pons, E. Riva Sanseverino, Stefano Sassoli, Riccardo Tommasini, F.Torelli, Filomena Tummolillo, Giovanni Valtorta, Gaetano Zizzo and Giuseppe Vagnati
A novel reliability analysis algorithm for distribution system with integration of windpower generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Dechang Yang and Jing Han
Modeling and Hybrid Model Predictive Control of a Smart House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Albina Khakimova, Akmaral Shamshimova, Dana Sharipova, Aliya Kusatayeva, ViktorTen, Alberto Bemporad, Yakov Familiant, Almas Shintemirov and Matteo Rubagotti
GEM Green Energy and Mobility: the case of Canada and Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Morris Brenna, Michela Longo, Whaiba Yaıci and Federica Foiadelli
Feasibility of Independent Photovoltaic System as main energy provider in ChargingStations for EVs in Spain and Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Michela Longo, Alicia Trivino and Dario Zaninelli
Numerical implementation of active power flow tracing methods: practical implicationson transmission networks and DR programs support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Giuseppe Paterno, Salvatore Favuzza, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito, Fabio Massaro andLuigi Dusonchet
The Global Grounding System: definitions and guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Gaetano Zizzo, Angelo Campoccia, Maria Luisa Di Silvestre, Eleonora RivaSanseverino, Luigi Martirano, Giuseppe Parise, Luigi Parise, Enrico Pons, PietroColella, Roberto Napoli, Riccardo Tommasini, Giovanni Valtorta, Angelo De Simone,Elena Reizl Morozova, Giuseppe Cafaro, Pasquale Montegiglio, Francesco Torelli,Filomena Tummolillo and Antonino Barresi
A Bottom-up Approach for the Evaluation of the Flexible Quota of Aggregate Loads . . . . . 542
Gaetano Zizzo, Salvatore Favuzza, Fabio Massaro, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito andGabriele Pecoraro
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Adequacy Assessment of Power Systems Containing Wind Farm Subjected to Expansion . 548
Mazaher Hajibashi and Akbar Ebrahimi
DC appliance classification and identification using k-Nearest Neighbours Technique onfeatures extracted within the 1st second of current waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Yang Thee Quek
Analysis and comparison of calculation results and measurements of dangerouspotentials on earthing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Mario Kokorus, Rasim Gacanovic, Alija Jusic and Hamid Zildzo
Investigation of Optimum Monthly Tilt Angles for Photovoltaic Panels in TripoliThrough Solar Radiation Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Hamid H. Sherwali, Hamed M. Abufares, Haitem Ashour and Silvia Sangiorgio
Biogas Power Plant Operation Considering Limited Biofuel Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Renata Varfolomejeva, Antans Sauhats, Zane Broka and Inga Umbrasko
Coordination of multiple-power tapping from existing HVDC link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Agha Francis Nnachi, Josiah Munda, Dan Valentin Nicolae and Augustin Mpanda
Energy market impact of renewable energy source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Alfonso Calabria, Roberto Capata, Mario Di Veroli and Silvia Sangiorgio
Commissioning of the Plasma Central Column for the PROTO-SPHERA SphericalTokamak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
Alessandro Lampasi, Giuseppe Maffia, Franco Alladio, Luca Boncagni, AndreaGrosso, Alessandro Mancuso, Paolo Micozzi, Benedetto Tilia and Vincenzo Zanza
Use of Adaptive System Stabilizers in Ship Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
Nikolay Djagarov, Zhivko Grozdev and Milen Bonev
Low-cost Programmable Three Phase Load for Microgrids Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
David Novak, Mebrahtom Beraki, Geber Villa and Pablo Garcia
On-line Shelf-Life Prediction in Perishable Goods Chain Through the Integration ofWSN Technology with a 1st Order Kinetic Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Valerio Francesco Annese and Daniela De Venuto
A Power Quality Forecasting Model as an Integrate Part of Active Demand SideManagement using Artificial Intelligence Technique – Multilayer Neural Network withBackpropagation Learning Algorithm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Jindrich Stuchly, Stanislav Misak, Tomas Vantuch and Tomas Burianek
Smart Transformer Insensitive to Short Circuits that Improves Grid Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Roberto Paggi, Gian Luca Mariotti, Anna Paggi and Pietro Senatore
Fostering electromobility in regions, sustainable policy and business approaches. . . . . . . . . . . 622
Gabriele Grea and Anja Lehmann
The Ion Source and Extraction Power Supplies (ISEPS) for the SPIDER experiment -Project status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Giuseppe Taddia, Luigi Rinaldi, Luca Sita, Muriel Simon, Marco Bigi, Vanni Toigoand Hans Decamps
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Daylight Harvesting Control Systems: design recommendations based on a literaturereview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Niko Gentile, Marie-Claude Dubois and Laike Thorbjorn
An approach to the development of an advanced solution for smart monitoringapplications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Eugenio Pignatelli, Fabio Bisegna, Gianni Pignatelli and Loredana Scaffa
ENEA’s Energy Storage Activities In The Italian Electric System Research Project . . . . . . . 644
Mario Conte
Study of a daylight ”filter” zone in tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Dionysia Drakou, Chiara Burattini, Fabio Bisegna and Franco Gugliermetti
A territorial based strategy for the distribution of Sensor Networks in Smart Cities . . . . . . . 653
Benedetta Mattoni, Lucia Cellucci, Luca Gugliermetti, Fabio Bisegna and FrancescaPagliaro
Investigating the use of standby generator sets to mitigate peak demand charges inindustrial facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
Vishwamitra Oree and Saganaden Parianen
Smart city and public lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Valentina Vaccaro, Gianluca Scaccianoce, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Gaetano Zizzoand Silvia Pennisi
Home Smart Grid device for Energy Saves and Failure Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Luca Gugliermetti, Chiara Galati, Benedetta Mattoni, Fabio Nardecchia and FabioBisegna
Biocathode Application in Microbial Fuel Cells: Organic Matter Removal andDenitrification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Abdullah Kizilet, Dilek Akman, Kevser Cirik, Ozer Cinar and vildan Akgul
Intentional islanding control of a Smart User Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Giovanni Brusco, Daniele Menniti, Anna Pinnarelli, Nicola Sorrentino, GiuseppeBarone and Alessandro Burgio
Evaluation of Optical Radiation emissions by a measurement campaign on LED sourcesfor general lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Francesco Leccese, Viola Vandelanotte, Tommaso Corucci, Giacomo Salvadori andMichele Rocca
Feasibility Assessment of Plug and Play Model Predictive Control for use in DC Grids. . . . 695
Paul Mc Namara, Sean McLoone and Federico Milano
Towards the factory of the future: a new concept based on an enhanced use ofdaylighting for comfort and energy saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Valerio R.M. Lo Verso, Antonio Carlin, Stefano Invernizzi and Andrea Polato
Characterization of sodium iron (II)/iron (III) phosphate mixtures as cathodes forsodium-ion batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
Pier Paolo Prosini, Cinzia Cento, Amedeo Masci and Maria Carewska
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Grid-PV-Diesel Hybrid System Management. Application to MED-Solar ProjectScenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Guillermo Velasco-Quesada, Francisco Casellas, Francesc Guinjoan, Robert Pique andHerminio Martınez
Interior lighting control system: a practical case using daylight harvesting control strategy 719
Luigi Parise, Francesco Lamonaca and Domenico Luca Carni’
Pressure-based Prediction of Harvestable Energy for Powering EnvironmentalMonitoring Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
James Rodway, Petr Musilek, Edward Lozowski, Jana Heckenbergerova and MichalPrauzek
A Single-Phase Cable Model Based on Lumped-Parameters for Transient Calculationsin the Time Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Abdullah Hoshmeh, Uwe Schmidt, Kaveh Malekian and Wolfgang Schufft
Decentralised heat pumps and small electricity storages as active components in avirtual power plant for smart grid services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Dirk Pietruschka, Marcus Brennenstuhl, Jann Binder and Benjamin Matthis
The Leaf Community: Control of an AC Microgrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Pietro Ferraro, Emanuele Crisostomi, Sami Barmada, Marco Raugi, AntonioGiovannelli and Gino Romiti
Lighting control and monitoring for energy efficiency: a case study focused on theinteroperability of building management systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748
Anna Osello, Anna Pellegrino, Andrea Acquaviva, Laura Blaso, Valerio R.M. LoVerso and Edoardo Patti
Smart Distribution Grids: New Solutions for System Operation in Emergency Conditions . 754
Luigi D’Orazio, Cristiano D’Orinzi, Christian D’Adamo, Vito Bufano and MariaCarmen Falvo
Multilevel DC-AC Converters for Renewable Power Generation Plants: Comparison,Simulation, and Experimental Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
Alberto Reatti, Stefano Manetti, Maria Cristina Piccirilli, Antonio Luchetta andMarian Kazimierczuk
Comparison of DCM Operated PWM DC-DC Converter Modelling Methods Includingthe Effects of Parasitic Components on Duty Ratio Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Alberto Reatti, Stefano Manetti, Maria Cristina Piccirilli, Antonio Luchetta andMarian Kazimierczuk
Effects of Parasitic Components on Diode Duty Cycle and Small-Signal Model of PWMDC-DC Buck Converter in DCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Alberto Reatti, Stefano Manetti, Maria Cristina Piccirilli, Antonio Luchetta andMarian Kazimierczuk
Derivations of Network Functions for PWM DC-DC Buck Converter in DCM IncludingEffects of Parasitic Components on Diode Duty-cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778
Alberto Reatti, Stefano Manetti, Maria Cristina Piccirilli, Antonio Luchetta andMarian Kazimierczuk
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Adaptive Saturation System for Grid-Tied Inverters in Low Voltage ResidentialMicro-Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784
Jakson P. Bonaldo, Helmo K. M. P, Alessandro Costabeber and Jose A. Pomilio
Robust IM Exponential Reaching Law Sensorless Control with MRAS-based OnlineParameters Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
Legrioui Said, Salah Eddine Rezgui and Hocine Benalla
Double Soft-computing Techniques Based Triple Functionalities for Shunt Active PowerFilter with Voltage Source Inverter Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
Nor Farahaida Abdul Rahman, Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi, Azura Che Soh, NormanMariun and Nasrudin Abd Rahim
An experimental survey of LV equipment for their clustering and control in a n-grid . . . . . . 802
Mauro Biagi, Paolo Mazzoli, Maria Carmen Falvo and Umberto Grasselli
Decolorization of Acid Blue 25 Dye by Non-Thermal Plasma Advanced OxidationProcess for Industrial Wastewater Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Ahmed El-Tayeb Khalil, Ahmed Hassan Elshazly, Marwa El-Kady and Adel AbdElrahman
Estimating the effects of energy-efficient driving profiles on railway consumption . . . . . . . . . . 813
Mariano Gallo, Fulvio Simonelli, Giuseppina De Luca and Valerio De Martinis
Foamed slag glass – eco-friendly insulating material based on slag waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Elena A. Yatsenko, Boris M. Goltsman, Victoria A. Smolii and Andrey S. Kosarev
Mercury in ambient air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Silvana Iacobellis, Carmela Tortorella and Aldo Giove
Computer tool for assessing the selection of distributed generation systems in NZEB. . . . . . 830
Edwin Xavier Dominguez, Pablo Arboleya and Felix Manuel Lorenzo
In/Out Energy Design R-Evolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836
Maria Antonietta Sbordone, Rosanna Veneziano, Carla Langella and Giulia Scalera
Energy Management and D/G Fuel Consumption Optimization in the Power System ofMarine Vessels through VFD-based Process Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
Spyridon Giannoutsos and Stefanos Manias
A Gate Drive Circuit for Normally-On SiC JFETs with Self-Protection Functionsagainst Overcurrent and Shoot-Through Fault Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
Spyridon Giannoutsos, Sotirios Kokosis and Stefanos Manias
A Control strategy of Hybrid System ”Diesel-Photovoltaic-Battery” For Stand-aloneApplications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Ahmed Belila
Modeling and Small-signal Stability Analysis of an islanded DC Microgrid withDynamic Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
Sheng Liu, Wanlu Zhu, Yinzhong Cheng and Bowen Xing
On the Risk of Upward Lightning initiated from Wind Turbines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872
Gehard Diendorfer
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A Pulse Width Modulation Strategy for DC-AC Nine Switches Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877
Bekheira Tabbache, Mohand Amokrane Abbache, Mohand Amokrane Allel and AhmedBelila
A Stochastic Approach to Hydroelectric Power Generation Planning in an ElectricityMarket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
Antans Sauhats, Renata Varfolomejeva, Roman Petricenko and Jevgenijs Kucajevs
Effect of Coke Bed on the Electrical Performance of HVDC Ground Electrode . . . . . . . . . . . . 889
Bo Zhang, Jinliang He, Rong Zeng and Jinpeng Wu
Impact of Punching on a Small Induction Motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Martin Mach and Vitezslav Hajek
Practical Testing of Methods for Improvement of Efficiency of a Small Induction Motor . . . 901
Martin Mach and Vitezslav Hajek
The Next Generation Green Data Center: A Modified Power Usage Effectiveness MetricProposal for a CCHP Natural gas or Biogas Fuelled Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907
Francesco De Angelis and Umberto Grasselli
Average Modeling of Current Type Z-Source Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ali Rasooli Madani, Ahmad Radan, Shokrollah Shokri and Hadi Ezoji
A New Method for Designing X-Shape Impedance Parameters in Current Type ZSI. . . . . . .
Ali Rasooli Madani, Ahmad Radan, Shokrollah Shokri and Hadi Ezoji
Measuring resistances of grounding systems of transmission line towers equipped withground wire using pulse method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nikolay Korovkin, Sergey Kirvisheev, Nikolay Silin and Sergey Shishiguin
Overview of the Toroidal Power Supply system of RFX-mod after ten years of operation . . 926
Loris Zanotto, Claudio Finotti and Vanni Toigo
Actuator channel setting strategy for ship information systems based on reachabilityanalysis and physical characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Bowen Xing, Sheng Liu and Wanlu Zhu
Economic Feasibility of a Customer-side Energy Storage in the Italian Electricity Market . 938
Enrico Telaretti, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, SalvatoreFavuzza and Gaetano Zizzo
Demand response: Social welfare maximisation in an unbundled energy market – Casestudy for the low-voltage networks of a distribution network operator in the Netherlands . 944
Michiel Nijhuis, Muhammad Babar, Madeleine Gibescu and Sjef Cobben
Small scale ESS for LV prosumers: an economic feasibility and sensitivity analysis . . . . . . . . 950
Maria Carmen Falvo, Umberto Grasselli, Matteo Manganelli and Alessio Modesto
A measurement campaign in a metro trains deposit/maintenance and repair site for PVproduction optimal sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956
Alfonso Capasso, Regina Lamedica, Luca Podesta, Alessandro Ruvio, SilviaSangiovanni, George Cristian Lazaroiu and Gennario Antonio Maranzano
Optimisation of Magnetic Gears for Large Wind Turbines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962
Andreas Penzkofer and Kais Atallah
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Lithium Ion Battery System in Data Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968
Seok-Min Jung, Bernardino Ricci and Gonjin Chung
Power Quality Disturbances in Distribution Networks Caused by the Influence ofNearby Power Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974
Alexander Novitskiy, Irina Konotop and Dirk Westermann
Autonomous Monitoring Unit of Fault Condition with Vibration Energy Harvester . . . . . . . 980
Vojtech Vetiska, Ondrej Hyncica, Cestmir Ondrusek and Zdenek Hadas
Voltage Mode Controlled Buck Converter Under Input Voltage Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986
Usman Nasir, Zafar Iqbal and Tahir Rasheed
A Comparative Analysis of Synchronous Buck , Isolated Buck and Buck Converter . . . . . . . 992
Zafar Iqbal, Usman Nasir and Tahir Rasheed
A laboratory model of a dual active bridge DC-DC converter for a smart user network. . . . 997
Alessandro Burgio, Daniele Menniti, Michele Motta, Anna Pinnarelli, NicolaSorrentino and Pasquale Vizza
Designing effective frequency response patterns for flexible thermostatic loads . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
Vincenzo Trovato, Simon Tindemans and Goran Strbac
An Update on Experimental Data Obtained at the Santis Tower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009
Mohammad Azadifar, Farhad Rachidi, Marcos Rubinstein, Mario Paolone and DavidePavanello
A Reduced Switch Cascaded Transformer Multi Level Inverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1013
Saeed Ouni, Masih Khodabandeh, Mohammad Reza Zolghadri, Jose Rodrıguez andHashem Oraee
Experiment on Bidirectional Single Phase Converter Applying Simple Model PredictiveControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019
Gabriele D’antona, Roberto Faranda, Hossein Hafezi and Marco Bugliesi
Commissioning and testing of the first Lithium–Titanate BESS for the ItalianTransmission Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025
Francesco Palone, Gianluigi Gemelli, Massimo Rebolini, Andrea Necci, MarcoPietrucci, Anna Carolina Tortora and Ester Mocci
Lightning protection of home automation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031
Giovanni Luca Amicucci, Fabio Fiamingo and Luigi Martirano
Design and energy performance assessment of high-efficiency lighting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
Matteo Manganelli and Roberto Consalvi
Feed-forward control of a ZVT Full Bridge DC-DC Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041
Sabino Pipolo, Stefano Bifaretti, Alessandro Lidozzi and Luca Solero
DC and AC ground fault analysis in LVDC microgrids with energy storage systems . . . . . . 1047
Marco Carminati, Enrico Ragaini and Enrico Tironi
Procedure for selection of the SPD system according to the probability of damage . . . . . . . . 1055
Tomasz Kisielewicz, Giovanbattista Lo Piparo, Carlo Mazzetti and Alain Rousseau
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Electrical risk analysis in operating rooms at the light of the advancements in modellingand simulation methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1061
Emanuele Zennaro, Umberto Corbellini, Fabio Fiamingo, Giovanni Luca Amicucciand Carlo Mazzetti
A New Generation of Pulsed Power Supplies for Experimental Physics Based onSupercapacitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067
Giuseppe Maffia, Alessandro Lampasi and Pietro Zito
Productivity comparison and performance improvement of a concentrated photovoltaic . . . 1073
Sonia Leva, Roberto Faranda and Cristian Lazaroiu
Optimised Methodology for Stepper Motor Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1078
Liviu Neamt, Oliviu Matei and Olivian Chiver
Computationally-Efficient Simulation of Electric Industrial Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083
Giovanni Mercurio Casolino, Mario Russo and Pietro Butera
A novel piezoelectric micro-generator to power wireless sensors networks in vehicles . . . . . . . 1089
Alex Mouapi, Nadir Hakem, Gilles Delisle and Nahi Kandil
Simulator for Studying the Wind Turbines Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1093
Susana Arad, Liliana Samoila and Marius Petre
Investigation into Control Performance of Brushless Doubly Fed AsynchronousMachines in Wind Energy Conversion Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099
Hacene Bouzekri, Abderahmane Ganouche and Zahir Ahmida
Simple Indicators for an effective Power Quality Monitoring and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1104
Vanya Ignatova, Jean-Marie Hypolite and Dominique Villard
DC Networks Including Multi-port DC/DC Converters: Fault Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109
Matteo Corti, Enrico Tironi and Giovanni Ubezio
Sensitivity Analysis on Locations of Energy Storage in Power Systems with WindIntegration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
Nhi T. A. Nguyen, Duong D. Le, Godfrey G. Moshi, Cristian Bovo and Alberto Berizzi
Reliability Improvement of Power System Utilizing ESS with Wind Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120
Zagros Shahooei, Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad and Ali Abbaspour
Exploiting Event-Driven Metering to Enable Enhanced Knowledge of Electrical EnergyUses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126
Mikhail Simonov, Gianfranco Chicco and Gianluca Zanetto
Geometry optimization of exhaust ducts applied in thermoelectric cogeneration efficiency . 1132
Pedro Gomes, Wesley Calixto, Priscilla Jua, Messias Faria, Aylton Alves and ElderDomingues
Simulation-Based Electrical Safety Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137
Mark Halpin, Regina Halpin and Pat Curtis
Statistical Analysis of Environmental Measurements for Design of Energy-efficientMonitoring Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1143
Obiora Sam Ezeora, Jana Heckenbergerova and Petr Musilek
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Analysis and Implementation of Multicarrier Modulation Techniques for MarxMultilevel Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149
Piyush Kant, Akbar Ahmad and Paulson Samuel
Mathematical modeling of electromechanical processes in ship’s power systems. . . . . . . . . . . .1155
Nikolay Djagarov, Zhivko Grozdev and Milen Bonev
Analysis of Renewable Energy Infeed toward a concept of Storage Integration intoexisting Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163
Xoese Kobla Nanewortor and Przemyslaw Janik
Simulation of Three-Phase Grid Interactive Inverter for Wind Energy Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169
Fehmi Sevilmis and Hulusi Karaca
Unsupervised Algorithms for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring: an Up-to-Date Overview . . . 1175
Roberto Bonfigli, Stefano Squartini, Marco Fagiani and Francesco Piazza
Robust LCC Compensation in Wireless Power Transfer with Variable Coupling FactorDue to Coil Misalignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1181
Mauro Feliziani, Tommaso Campi, Silvano Cruciani, Francesca Maradei, UmbertoGrasselli, Michele Macellari and Luigi Schirone
Approach to Solve Synthetic Test Circuit for Testing of High Voltage Circuit Breaker . . . . . 1187
Vishal Kumar Gaur and H. R. Jariwala
Optimization of a Hybrid Coordinated Power System Stabilizer for superconductingGenerator Using Genetic Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193
Adjeroud Mayouf Faiza, Djahli Farid, Mayouf Abdelhalim and Thierry Devers
Short-term Load Forecasting for Smart Water and Gas Grids: a comparative evaluation . . 1198
Marco Fagiani, Stefano Squartini, Roberto Bonfigli and Francesco Piazza
QoS Implementation Inside LTE Networks to Support Time-Critical Smart GridApplications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204
Abdalkarim Awad, Seyedhassan Moarrab and Reinhard German
Monte Carlo Evaluation of the Impact of Subsequent Strokes on Backflashover rate . . . . . . . 1210
Fabio Massimo Gatta, Alberto Geri, Stefano Lauria and Marco Maccioni
SPD dimensioning in front of indirect flashes to overhead low voltage power lines . . . . . . . . . 1216
Tomasz Kisielewicz, Giovanbattista Lo Piparo, Carlo Mazzetti, Fabio Napolitano andCarlo Alberto Nucci
Coordinated Closed-Loop Voltage Control by using a Real-time Volt/VAR OptimizationFunction for MV Distribution Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1222
Saeed Rahimi, Stefano Massucco and Federico Silvestro
Dynamic reconfiguration of solar systems for avoiding MPPT faults due to architecturalpartial shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
Pierluigi Guerriero, Fabio Di Napoli, Vincenzo d’Alessandro and Santolo Daliento
Monitoring volcanic ash by using geostationary satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235
Giovanni Laneve, Guido Bernini, Riccardo Orsi and Emiliano Ortore
Voltage Stability Analysis for the Receiving-end Grid of UHV-DC Transmission System . . 1240
Meng Liu, Yiwei Zhang and Weiyong Jiang
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Current Transformer Error Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1245
Jevgenijs Kozadajevs and Aleksandrs Dolgicers
Measurements-based approach for PSS retuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1250
Valeriy Tashchilin, Pavel Chusovitin, Grigoriy Shabalin, Andrey Pazderin, KonstantinGerasimov and Krum Gerasimov
Embedded Platform for Web-based Monitoring and Control of a Smart Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 1256
Daniel Moga, Nicoleta Stroia, Dorin Petreus, Rozica Moga and Radu Adrian Munteanu
Connection of very large public charging station to the HV transmission grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1262
Francesco Palone, Simone Gentili, Giorgio Maria Giannuzzi, Massimo Rebolini,Maddalena Schembari and Stefano Lauria
A High Gain Step-up Flyboost Converter for High Voltage High Power Applications . . . . . . 1268
Rathdharshagorn Suriyakulnaayudhya
Comparative Assessment of Double-Fed Induction Generator and Full ConverterGenerator Wind Turbines on Short Circuits in Distribution Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1273
Milad Gheydi, Farshid Abdolahnejad, Payam Farhadi and Reza Effatnejad
Electric Energy Storage Systems integration in Distribution Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1279
Alessandro Di Giorgio, Francesco Liberati and Andrea Lanna
EVs mass adoption in Colombia-A first approach model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285
Laura Marcela Hinestroza Olascuaga and Javier A. Rosero Garcia
Autonomous Patrol and Surveillance System using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291
Kian Seng Lee, Mark Ovinis, Nagarajan Thirumalaiswamy, Ralph Seulin and OlivierMorel
Simulation of Two Cases Steam Turbine with Synchronous Generator during theSwitching into its Self-Consumption Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298
Ladislav Lastovka and Pavla Hejtmankova
Analysis of high speed squirrel cage induction motors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1302
Jirı Klıma, Martin Mach and Ondrej Vıtek
Measurement of luminance ratios at pedestrian crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1306
Richard Baleja, Barbara Helstynova, Karel Sokansky and Tomas Novak
Development of Communication System for Small Wind Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1311
Andre Ramos, Juliano Grigulo, Claiton Franchi, Frederico Schaf and Humberto Pinheiro
Evolutionary algorithm for detection and localization of faults in HVDC systems . . . . . . . . . 1317
Arkadiusz Burek, Jacek Rezmer and Tomasz Sikorski
Studies on the Influence of Electric Field on the Oxidation Stability of Insulating Oil . . . . . 1323
Tiberiu Octavian Cujba
Development of an electronic equipment managed by software on PC for controlling anddriving of multiple bi-axial solar trackers in photovoltaic solar plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328
Paolo Visconti, Paolo Costantini, Cosimo Orlando and Giorgio Cavalera
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Potential of electricity generation from renewable energy sources for a large hotel inMauritius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1334
Vishwamitra Oree and Jonathan Marie
Utilization of Financial Contracts by Wind Power Plants to Benefit Promotion and RiskReduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Navid Yektay, Saleh Fazaeli, Fatemeh Daburi Farimani, Mahtab Kaffash, EbrahimEsmaeilzadeh and Mohammad Hossein Javidi
An accurate Fault Location Algorithm for Transmission Lines with use of Two-endUnsynchronized Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
Moez Ben Hessine, Sahbi Marrouchi and Souad Souad
Power Consumption Analysis of Computing Facilities with Superconducting JosephsonJunction Quantum Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351
Brook Abegaz, Satish Mahajan and R. Wayne Johnson
Intelligent system for measuring soil compaction on croplands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357
Geovanne Furriel, Wesley Calixto, Aylton Alves, Elder Domingues and Pedro Campos
New strategy based on Combined Use of Particle Swarm Optimization and Gradientmethods to solve the Unit Commitment Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1362
Sahbi Marrouchi, Moez Ben Hessine and Souad Souad
Improvement of Electricity Distribution Services Using a DVR with a Constant DCVoltage Source Instaled in MV Connection Substations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368
Gheorghe Ioan Nicolaescu, Horia Andrei and Stefan Radulescu
Modeling, simulation and control of a Thermoelectric Generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1373
Messias Faria, Priscilla Jua, Aylton Alves, Elder Domingues, Pedro Gomes andWesley Calixto
Energy Production Forecasting in a PV plant using Transfer Function Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1379
Gabriella Dellino, Teresa Laudadio, Renato Mari, Nicola Mastronardi, Carlo Meloniand Silvano Vergura
Real-time Demonstration of a Hierarchical Agent Based Voltage Instability PreventionSystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1384
Freek Baalbergen, Madeleine Gibescu, Vasileios Karapanos and Lou van der Sluis
Implications of the Photovoltaic Generation on the Non-Photovoltaic Generation in theLombardy Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1391
Fabrizio Fattori, Norma Anglani and Paul Deane
An Integrated Simulation Module for Wireless Cyber-Physical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1397
Mariorosario Prist, Andrea Monteriu, Sauro Longhi and Alessandro Freddi
Fault current increase due to the progressive undergrounding of a HV subtransmissionnetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1403
Maddalena Schembari, Asia Codino, Alessandro Catapano and Stefano Lauria
Effect of Resistance To Earth Improvement on Performance of Pole Earthing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1409
Andras Mohos and Jozsef Ladanyi
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Novel Flexible Algorithm for the Operation of Renewable Source Grid Interface VSCsUnder Unbalanced Voltage Sags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1414
Rabeh Abbassi, Salem Saidi, Sahbi Marrouchi and Souad Souad
Seasonal signal analysis of distribution lines in smart grids via Hilbert-Huang transform . . 1420
Silvano Vergura, Roberto Zivieri and Mario Carpentieri
Research perspectives of the influence of lighting modes on changes of human functionalstate by means of ”smart lighting” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1426
Dmitrii Berlov, Lucia Pavlova, Fabio Bisegna, Andrey Aladov, Alexander Zakgeim,Tatiana Baranova, Julia Chiligina and Mikhail Mizerov
Secure and Adaptive State Estimation for a PMU-equipped Smart Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431
Jinghe Zhang, Marjan Momtazpour, Greg Welch, Naren Ramakrishnan and SaifurRahman
Autonomous control of distributed energy resources via wireless machine-to-machinecommunication - a survey of big data challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1437
Samina Subhani, Madeleine Gibescu and Will Kling
Stochastic Unit Commitment in a Distribution System with Photovoltaic Power:Empirical Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1443
Thais De Fatima Araujo, Wadaed Uturbey, Le Xie and Luis Monteiro
A Hierarchical and Partition Low-Carbon Evaluation Model for Active PowerDistribution Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1448
Danyu Tian, Yong Li, Ye Cai, Yijia Cao, Jianbo Xin and Ruixiang Fan
Financial Payback of Solar PV Systems and Analysis on the Potential Impact ofNet-Metering in Butuan City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1453
Jeffrey Dellosa
Experimental Simulation on Grounding Resistance and Electromagnetic InterferenceImpact for Dual-frequency Induced Polarization Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zhi Min Liu, Xi Gao Liu and Jin Tao Zhang
Power System Schematics Standardization. Philosophy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1465
Umberto Corbellini
New structure of Rogowski coil and its optimization method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1471
Jiali Ma
LPV Controllers for a DFIG in a Microgrid under Unbalanced Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1475
Thai Vo, Jayashri Ravishankar, Hendra Nurdin and John Fletcher
Scalable model of PV cell in variable environment condition based on the manufacturerdatasheet for circuit simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1481
Silvano Vergura
Energy Efficiency in Supermarkets: Structured Project Financing for ESCOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1486
Federico Santi, Pasquale Caiazzo and Tommaso Marciano Nigro
Sustainable Airports and NZEB: the real case of Rome International Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1492
Federico Santi, Maria Carmen Falvo, Romano Acri and Emiliano Manzan
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A Method for Extracting Steady State Components from Syncrophasor Data usingKalman Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1498
Farhan Mahmood, Hossein Hooshyar, Luigi Vanfretti and Luigi Vanfretti
A Comparison of Two Innovative Customer Power Devices for Smart Micro-Grids . . . . . . . . 1504
Gaetano Zizzo, Maria Carmen Falvo, Luigi Martirano, Danilo Sbordone, MarianoGiuseppe Ippolito, Enrico Telaretti, Giorgio Graditi, Ilaria Bertini, Biagio Pelligraand Biagio Di Pietra
Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Coordination in Electrical Distribution Systems Usinga Tabu Search Algorithm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1510
Maria Nataly Banol Arias, John Fredy Franco, Marina Lavorato, Marcos Rider andRuben Romero
A multi-sensor approach for monitoring an active volcanic area: the 2011-2014 eruptivephase of Mount Etna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1516
Michele Martino, Silvia Scifoni, Maria Marsella, Mauro Coltelli, Peppe JuniorValentino D’Aranno and Quintilio Napoleoni
Impact of increased penetration of large-scale wind farms on power system dynamicstability - A review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1522
Mohammad Moradzadeh, Mehrdad Saif and Lieven Vandevelde
Switched Reluctance Generator in Connection with the Three-Phase Power Grid . . . . . . . . . 1527
Ghunter Viajante, Darizon Alves Andrade, Marcos Antonio Arantes Freitas, LucianoCoutinho Gomes, Victor Regis Bernadelli, Josemar Alves Santos, Marcelo EscobarOliveira and Cassio Xavier Rocha
Identifying New Prognostic Features for Remaining Useful Life Prediction UsingParticle Filtering and Neuro-Fuzzy System Predictor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1533
Tahar Boukra
A new semi-resonant dc/dc converter topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1539
Giuseppe Catona, Enrico Bianconi, Roberto Maceratini, Giovanni Coppola, LucaFumagalli, Giovanni Petrone and Giovanni Spagnuolo
Modelling EVs in residential distribution grid with other nonlinear loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1543
Jaan Niitsoo, Paul Taklaja, Ivo Palu and Ivar Kiitam
HVAC System Energy Saving in a Sample Building through Synergic Earth-Air HeatExchanger and closed loop control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1549
Farivar Fazelpour and Reza Asnaashari
Experimental Design of a Finite State Model Predictive Control for Improving PowerFactor of Boost Rectifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1556
Amar Bouafassa, Lazhar Rahmani, Ramazan Bayindir and Bedreddine Babes
Centralized Home Energy Management in Multi-Carrier Energy Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1562
Mohammad Rastegar, Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad and Hamidreza Zareipour
3D Printed Lab-on-a-chip Microviscometer for various Biochemical Applications . . . . . . . . . .
Venkateswaran Pedinti Sankaran, Abhishek Sharma, Ajay Agarwal and Sanket Goel
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Design and performance evaluation of a high power density EMI filter for PWMinverter-fed induction motor drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1573
Graziella Giglia, Guido Ala, Giuseppe Costantino Giaconia, Maria Carmela DiPiazza and Gianpaolo Vitale
Intelligent Simultaneous Quantification of Environmental Trace Elements with TotalReflection X-ray Fluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1580
Junjie Ma, Yeyao Wang, Qi Yang, Yubing Liu and Ping Shi
Feasibility of Satisfying Electrical Energy Needs with Hybrid Stand Alone Systems forApplication in Tehran, Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1587
Farivar Fazelpour, Mahla Shariatzadeh, Nima Soltani and Marc A. Rosen
A Novel Electromagnetic Transient Modeling Method of Impact Load of Arc Furnace . . . . . 1593
Liang Dong, Zhiguo Hao, Mingyu Huang, Feng Gao and Shuang Zhang
Influence of tilt and orientation angle of the PV panels on high-energy production inRomanian climate conditions during cold season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1599
Alexandra Danu, Vladimir Tanasiev, Constantin Ionescu and Adrian Badea
The TIGRIsat camera: a nanosatellite optical payload for detecting dust and sand storms.1605
Claudio Paris, Maurizio Parisse and Nabeel Abdulhussein Salman
Improvement of Power Quality and Dynamic Voltage of Wind Farms Using an InductiveFiltering Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611
Zhisheng Xu, Yanjian Peng, Yong Li, Min Wen, Longfu Luo, Ye Cai and Yijia Cao
Defect Engineering of Diamond Cathodes for High Temperature Solar Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1616
Daniele M. Trucchi, Alessandro Bellucci, Paolo Calvani and Marco Girolami
AC Power and Energy Measurements based on Physical Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1620
Jerzy Kolanko, Zbigniew Leonowicz, Leslaw Ladniak, Przemyslaw Musz, JanuszDudzik, Piotr Modzel and Zbigniew Wierzbicki
Analysis of Mathematical Modeling of PV Module with MPPT Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1625
B Chitti Babu, Suresh Gurjar, Zbigniew Leonowicz, Luigi Piegari and Tomas Cermak
A Hierarchical Dispatch Structure for Distribution Network Pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1631
Zhao Yuan and Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh
Load Areas in Distribution Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1637
Giovanni Mercurio Casolino and Arturo Losi
The potential impact of the next hyperspectral PRISMA mission on the natural andanthropogenic hazards management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1643
Roberto De Bonis, Giovanni Laneve, Angelo Palombo, Simone Pascucci, StefanoPignatti, Federico Santini and Cristina Ananasso
Net Metering Benefits for Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1647
Intisar Ali Sajjad, Matteo Manganelli, Luigi Martirano, Roberto Napoli, GianfrancoChicco and Giuseppe Parise
Developing a satellite optical sensor based automatic system for detecting andmonitoring oil spills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1653
Giovanni Laneve and Roberto Luciani
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DC Voltage Regulation Control of Engine Direct Connection Type IPMSG for SpecialVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1659
Sung An Kim, Sang Geon Lee, Sang In Byun and Yun Hyun Cho
Clustering for multi-objective thermal generator scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1665
Dipti Srinivasan, Bing Kiat Chee, Anupam Trivedi and Bharat Menon
PrInCE Lab experimental microgrid Planning and operation issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671
Alessia Cagnano, Enrico De Tuglie, Maria Dicorato, Giuseppe Forte and MicheleTrovato
Designing an Energy Management System for Smart Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1677
Pierluigi Siano, Mariano Acone, Roberto Romano, Francesca Loia, Gaetano Zizzoand Mariano Ippolito
Improved DC Voltage Margin Control Method for DC Grid Based on VSCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1683
Runze Chai, Baohui Zhang and Jingming Dou
Comparative study on sudden short-circuit currents of a synchronous generator . . . . . . . . . . .1688
Olivian Chiver, Liviu Neamt and Oliviu Matei
Impact of Ferroresonance on protective relays in Manitoba Hydro 230 kV electricalnetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1694
Salman Rezaei
Recovery of Useful Energy from Lost Human Power in Gymnasium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1700
Bushra Chalermthai, Nisrein Sada, Omer Sarfraz and Bahaa Radi
New design Approach to MIMO Nonlinear Controller for Direct Expansion AirConditioning System in Building Automation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1706
Farinaz Behrooz, Norman Bin Mariun, Mohammad Hamiruce Marhaban, AbdulRahman Ramli and Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi
Development of a Real Time Wind Turbine Emulator based on RTDS using AdvancedPerturbation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1713
Richa Gokhale, Satish Mahajan, Brook Abegaz and Robert Craven
Development of Acoustic Camera-Imaging Simulator Based on Novel Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1719
Seungchul Kwak, Yonghoon Ji, Atsushi Yamashita and Hajime Asama
Research on Weather Condition of Significant Decline of Air Gap Breakdown Voltage . . . . . 1725
Niu Haiqiong, Guo Ran, Xu Tao and Xu Jia
Expectation–Maximization Algorithm for Evaluation of Wind Direction Characteristics . . . 1730
Jaroslav Marek and Jana Heckenbergerova
Methodology for Grid Voltage Unbalance Compensation Appling a Two-ConverterSeries DFIG topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1736
Vinicius P. Suppioni, Ahda P. G. Pavani and Julio C. Teixeira
A Scalable Geographic Routing Protocol for Virtual Power Plant Communications. . . . . . . .1742
Mouna Rekik, Zied Chtourou and Nathalie Mitton
Different Approaches for Estimation of Dampings and Frequencies of ElectromechanicalModes from PMU Ambient Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1748
Mohammadreza Farrokhifard, Mohammadreza Hatami and Mostafa Parniani
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Geographic Routing Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Smart Grid Neighborhood Area Network. . .1754
Mouna Rekik, Zied Chtourou and Nathalie Mitton
Leakage inductance variation based monitoring of transformer winding deformation. . . . . . .1759
Xiaojing Zhang, ZhiGuo Hao, GuoZhen Chen, Zhi Sun, Fei He, SuJuan Sun andPeng Wu
Research on Differential Protection Algorithm about Special Phase-shifting AngleRectifier Transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1765
Liang Dong, Zhiguo Hao, Zhiyuan Liu and Hongsen Zou
Nanostructured sensing devices controlled by ultra-flexible polysilicon readout circuits . . . . 1770
Luca Maiolo, Francesco Maita, Salvatore Mirabella, Vincenzina Strano, AntonioMinotti, Alessandro Pecora, Andrea Ferrone and Guglielmo Fortunato
A Worksheet for Computing the Levelized Cost of Storing Photovoltaic (Wind) Electricity
Michael Stavy
Experimental Assessment of Direct Flux and Torque Control of Induction MachineWith Four-Switch and Six-Switch Inverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mohamed Azab
Short-Term Load Forecasting with Radial Basis Functions and Singular SpectrumAnalysis for Residential Electric Vehicles Recharging Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1783
Xiaolei Hu, Enrico Ferrera, Riccardo Tomasi and Claudio Pastrone
The Impact of Load Management and Renewable DG on the Service Restoration ofFuture Power Distribution Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1789
Maad Alowaifeer, Mohammad Almuhaini and Abdulrahman Alsaggaf
Bringing off-grid electricity to rural villages in India: opportunities and pitfalls for solarPhotovoltaics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1795
Dinesh Kathaiyan
Investigation of MPPT for PV Applications by Mathematical Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1800
Hussein Mohammad Al-Masri, Fahad Alhuwaishel, Fahad Alismail, Sinan Sabeeh andHaitham Kanakri
Feasibility Study for Grid-Connected Biomass and Biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806
Marayati Marsadek and Vigna Kumaran
Dealing with Generation Unit Maintenance Scheduling Problem in Iran Electricity Market1811
Mazaher Hajibashi and Iman Rahmati
Asset Tracking in Critical Power Communications Infrastructure using PassiveTechniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1816
John Oraw, David Laverty and John Morrow
Intelligent Low-Cost and Energy-Efficient Drive for Induction Motor Based FluidPumping Systems Using General Purpose Microcontrollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Walid Ghoneim, Hamdy Ashour and Mohamed El Quersh
Electrochemical activity of lightweight borohydrides in lithium cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1827
Luca Farina, David Munao, Laura Silvestri, Stefania Panero, Daniele Meggiolaro,Sergio Brutti, Aurelio La Barbera and Priscilla Reale
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Modern Distribution System Protection Design Considering Stability Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lukasz Huchel, Alexandros Tsoupos, Amer Al Hinai and Maksymilian Klimontowicz
A Fast-speed Transformer Matching Method with Additional Capacitors in CMOSProcess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1838
Zicheng Liu, Peng Gao and Zhiming Chen
Real-time Critical Machine Identification for Online Transient Stability Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 1842
Fu Su and Baohui Zhang
The value of supply security. Contingent valuation survey on the costs of powerinterruptions for Polish enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1846
Magdalena Ligus
A Simple and Accurate Approach to Solve the Power Flow for Balanced IslandedMicrogrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1852
Faisal Mumtaz, Mazheruddin Syed, Mohamed Hosani and Hatem Zeineldin
Storage system control for correct operation of fault protections of single phase load ingrids dominated by inverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1857
Luigi Piegari, Samuele Grillo and Enrico Tironi
Optical payload for high-resolution Earth imaging suitable for microsatellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863
Riccardo Di Roberto, Augusto Nascetti, Antonio Paolozzi and Claudio Paris
Estimation of Mobility Direction of a People Flux by using a live 3G Radio AccessNetwork and Smartphones in Non-Connected mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1869
Andrea Scaloni and Davide Micheli
Influence of A/D quantization in a renewable energy system using a DFT basedestimation of grid signal parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1874
Dariusz Kania
Sensorless Direct Power Regulation by Sliding Mode Approach of DFIG GeneratorBased Wind Energy System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1880
Houssam Eddine Medouce, Hocine Benalla, Abdellatif Reama and Adel Mehdi
Contribution to Load-Frequency Regulation of a Hydropower Plant with Long Tail-RaceTunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1886
Guillermo Martınez - Lucas, Jose Ignacio Sarasua Moreno, Jose Roman Wilhelmi
Ayza and Jose Angel Sanchez Fernandez
A PMU-Based Fast Real-Time Sub-synchronous Oscillation Detection Application . . . . . . . . 1892
Luigi Vanfretti, Maxime Baudette, Jose Luis Dominguez-Garcia, Austin White,Muhammad Shoaib Almas and Jan Ove Gjerde
Validation Experiment Design of a PMU–Based Application for Detection ofSub-Synchronous Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1898
Jose Luis Domınguez–garcıa, Maxime Baudette, Gerard Del-Rosario, AlbertRuiz-Alvarez, Muhammad Shoaib Almas, Ignasi Cairo and Luigi Vanfretti
Comparative Analysis of Different Synchronous Reluctance Motor Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904
Claudiu Oprea, Arkadiusz Dziechciarz and Claudia Martis
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Modelling and Control of Modular Multi-level Converter Based HVDC Systems usingSymmetrical Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910
Yuanze Zhang, Jayashri Ravishankar and Rui Li
Average Modeling of Voltage Type ZSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ali Rasooli Madani, Ahmad Radan, Shokrollah Shokri and Hadi Ezoji
PV Power Plant Inspection by UAS: Correlation between Altitude and Detection ofDefects on PV Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1921
Sonia Leva, Francesco Grimaccia and Mohammadreza Aghaei
Bidirectional Buck Boost Half-Bridge Converter with the Possibility of Zero VoltageSwitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927
Franz Hanser
Intelligent System for Monitoring and Control of Photovoltaic Plants and forOptimization of Solar Energy Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1933
Paolo Visconti and Giorgio Cavalera
Challenges of Real-Time Parameter Estimation of a DFIG using Synchrophasors . . . . . . . . . 1939
Naveed Ur Rehman Malik, Muhammad Shoaib Almas and Luigi Vanfretti
An Experimental Setup for Testing Synchrophasor-based Damping Control Systems . . . . . . 1945
Eldrich Rebello, Muhammad Shoaib Almas and Luigi Vanfretti
Design for the upgrade of the Fast Sequence Control for Frascati Tokamak Upgrade . . . . . . 1951
Fabio Pollastrone, Carlo Neri, Chiara Monti, Cristina Centioli and Maurizio Panella
Electricity Price and Demand Forecasting Under Smart Grid Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1956
Dina Masri, Hatem Zeineldin and Wei-Lee Woon
Power transformers energy efficiency programs: a critical review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961
Angelo Baggini and Franco Bua
A study of dynamic behaviour performance of DC/DC boost converter used in thephotovoltaic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966
Hamza Snani, Mohamed Amarouayache, Aissa Bouzid, Abderezak Lashab and HadjerBounechba
Utilization of Carbon Produced by Torrefaction of Grass for Energy Purposes andRelated Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972
Konstantin Raclavsky, Helena Raclavska, Lucia Kovalova and Hana Skrobankova
Performance Assessment of PMU-Based Estimation Methods of Thevenin Equivalentsfor Real-Time Voltage Stability Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977
Jan Lavenius, Luigi Vanfretti and Glauco N. Taranto
Shielding Effectiveness Measurement and Simulation of Small Perforated ShieldingEnclosure Using FEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983
Zdenek Kubık and Jirı Skala
Contribution of LARES and geodetic satellites on Environmental monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989
Erricos C. Pavlis, Giampiero Sindoni, Ignazio Ciufolini and Antonio Paolozzi
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ASIC Realization and Performance Evaluation of Scalable Microprogrammed FIRFilters using Wallace Tree and Vedic Multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995
Abdullah A. Aljuffri, Mohammad Al-Nahdi, Anas A. Hemaid, Osamh A. Alshaalan,Mohammed S. Bensaleh, Abdulfattah M. Obeid and Syed Manzoor Qasim
Performance of Three Islanding Detection Methods for Grid-tied Multi-Inverters . . . . . . . . . .1999
Mageda El-Moubarak, Mahmoud Hassan and Ayman Faza
Dynamic Roadways and in-Vehicle Lighting Conditions for Determining MesopicAdaptation Luminance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005
Mojtaba Navvab, Fabio Bisegna and Franco Gugliermetti
Advanced concrete materials for EMI reduction in protected environment and IEMIthreats suppression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2011
Roberto Pastore, Davide Micheli, Mario Marchetti, Antonio Vricella, Ramon BuenoMorles, Franco Moglie and Valter Mariani Primiani
Evaluation of Heuristic Approach for Efficient Scheduling of Residential Smart HomeAppliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017
Chris Ogwumike and Michael Short
Investigating Net-Metering Variant Policies: The Case of Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023
George Christoforidis, Ioannis Panapakidis, Theofilos Papadopoulos, GrigorisPapagiannis, Ioannis Koumparou, Maria Hatzipanayi and George Georghiou
Hybrid Computational Intelligence Model for Short-Term Bus Load Forecasting . . . . . . . . . 2029
Ioannis Panapakidis, George Christoforidis and Grigoris Papagiannis
Energy Harvesting Microsystems Based on the QFG MOS Transistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2035
Antonio Lopez-Martin, Daniel Orradre, M. Pilar Garde, Pablo Sanchis, EugenioGubia, Gurutze Perez, David Astrain and Jaime Ramirez-Angulo
The Fluency of Data Flow in the Instrument for Measurement and Registration ofParameters of the Electrical Power Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2040
Romuald Masnicki
Participation of Demand Response Resources through Virtual Power Plant: A DecisionFramework under Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2045
Saeed Rahmani Dabbagh and Mohammad Kazem Sheikh-El-Eslami
Design and Control of a Quasi-Z-Source Inverter Based for Wind Power Generationusing PMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2050
Abdullah Hussien, Mohamed Taha Elsayed Ahmed Abdelkader and Osama Mahgoub
Using of Suitable Reluctance Motors for Electric Vehicles and Comparison of theirPerformances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2056
Pavol Rafajdus, Adrian Peniak, Milan Diko, Juraj Makarovic, Peter Dubravka andValeria Hrabovcova
A Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Power Scheduling for Residential Energy Management. .2061
Shyam Kumar Polaki, Motahar Reza and Diptendu Sinha Roy
Engineering Hybrid Halide Perovskites Morphology for optoelectronic devices . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vanira Trifiletti, Aurora Rizzo, Andrea Listorti, Alessandro Cannavale, Silvia Colellaand Giuseppe Gigli
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Smart grids reliability indices assessment using sequential Monte Carlo method . . . . . . . . . . 2072
Monica Mancasi and Ramona Vatu
Low-Gap Polymers Incorporating a Dicarboxylic Imide Moiety for Near-InfraredPolymer Light-Emitting Diodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2078
Andrea Zampetti, Alessandro Minotto, Eva Garcia Rodriguez, Sybille Allard, UllrichScherf and Franco Cacialli
An Assessment of Ocean Wave, Thermal and Salinity Energy Potential in the Junctionof the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2082
Jason Bassett, Mahmoud Shahin, Ahmed Dalaq and Dana Suwwan
Coordinated voltage control in distribution grids with LTE based communicationinfrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2090
Andrea Angioni, Abhinav Sadu, Antonello Monti, Ferdinanda Ponci, Dhruvin Patel,Fiona Williams, Davide Della Giustina and Alessio Dede
Perovskite photovoltaics: from lab cells to modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2096
Aldo Di Carlo and Fabio Matteocci
Flexible Photovoltaics for Light Harvesting under LED lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2100
Francesca De Rossi, Tadeo Pontecorvo and Thomas Brown
Eletricity Generation Using Thermoelectric Generator - TEG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2104
Priscilla A. J. Stecanella, Messias A. A. Faria, Elder G. Domingues, Pedro H. G.Gomes, Wesley P. Calixto and Aylton J. Alves
A New Mathematical Model for Assessing Optimization Decisions of the Loading FactorFlowing Through Substation Transformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109
Sorina Costinas, Ion Tristiu, Gabriela Nicoleta Sava, Ioana Opris and VladimirTanasiev
An Actuator Control Unit for Robotized Prostethic Arm with Embedded Energy Storage 2115
Sergio Saponara
Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems for Railway with Predictive Diagnostic AgainstPower Transformer Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2119
Sergio Saponara, Luca Fanucci and Alessandro Falciani
Using of Microcontroller with Small-Scale Wind Power in Off-Grid coupled withInduction Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2124
Pavel Sobota, Stanislav Rusnok, Stanislav Misak, Michal Kelnar and Petr Kacor
The Influence of the Frequency on the Efficiency and on the Power Quality of aContactless Power Transfer System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2129
Ioana-Gabriela Sirbu
Optimal Power Flow for Reactive Power Compensation Increasing the Cross-BorderTransmission Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2135
Mana Farrokhseresht, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh and Saeed Rahimi
A Photovoltaic System Installed on the Rooftop of a Industry: a Technical andEconomical Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2141
Jonatas Rodrigues, Aylton Alves, Elder Domingues, Wesley Calixto, Jose Domingosand Pedro Abrao
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Noise and vibration behavior and analysis conditions of a 45kW induction motor . . . . . . . . . 2147
Daniel Fodorean, Aron Popp, Mathieu Sarrazin, Ovidiu Birte, Claudia Martis andHerman Van der Auweraer
Automatic Voltage Control of a cluster of hydro power plants to operate as a VirtualPower Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2153
Massimiliano Chiandone, Riccardo Campaner, Vittorio Arcidiacono, Federico Milanoand Giorgio Sulligoi
A Virtual Instrument for the Adaptive Analysis of Low-Frequency Magnetic-FieldEmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2159
Beata Palczynska
Optimization of residential heating systems using accumulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2165
Ioan-Valentin Sita, Petru Dobra, Daniel Moga, Radu Manescu, Vlad Muresan andIulia Clitan
Photovoltaic Switched Reluctance Motor Modeling and Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2171
Loic Queval, Alain Coty, Lionel Vido, Raimund Gottkehaskamp and Bernard Multon
Open Source Telecommunications Framework for Time-Series Data from Smart GridSensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2177
John Hastings, David Laverty and D John Morrow
Achieving energy savings and thermal comfort through intermittent heating in very lowenergy buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2183
Vladimir Tanasiev, Adrian Badea, Horia Necula, Sorina Costinas and GabrielaNicoleta Sava
A New Control Technique to Enhance the Stability of a DC microgrid and to ReduceBattery Current Ripple during the Charging of Plug-In Electric Vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2189
Nawaz Hussain and Vivek Agarwal
Feasibility Study of a Grid Connected Hybrid Wind/PV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2194
Hussein Mohammad Al-Masri and Fathi Amoura
Synchronous Islanding Control in the Presence of Hydro-electric Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2200
Mats-Robin Jacobsen, David Laverty, John Morrow and John Hastings
Ion Current Studies Using A Small Corona Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205
Jonathan Wulff, Tobias Vogt and Frank Jenau
Particle Swarm Optimization with multi-ring topology applied to the optimization ofpower transmission line parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2211
Sergio Arruda, Bernardo Alvarenga and Wesley Calixto
Thermal Simulation and Validation of 5W High Power LED Luminaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2216
Jose Luiz F. Barbosa, Wesley P. Calixto, Rodrigo A. Lima, Aylton J. Alves and ElderG. Domingues
Domestic Microgrid Energy Management: Model Predictive Control StrategiesExperimental Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2221
Stefano Bifaretti, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, Giacomo Bruni, Stefano Cordiner, VincenzoMulone, Hoa Nguyen, Claudio Paglia and Francesco Spagnolo
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Quantifying the effects of ground settlement on buildings by the exploitation of longterm DINSAR time series: the case of Roma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226
Maria Marsella
Predictive Management of Medium Voltage Distribution Networks for Solar andBiomass Power Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2231
Nisrine Kebir and Mohamed Maaroufi
MUSIC Algorithm for Estimation of Parameters of Signals in Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2236
Przemyslaw Janik and Zbigniew Waclawek
Various Oxygen Loadings for Oxidation of Methane as Electron Donor Source inMembrane Biofilm Reactor for Wastewater Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2241
Dilek Akman, Kevser Cirik, Ozer Cinar and Ilker Akman
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