{"title":"Students' simple method for determining the parameters of an AC signal","authors":"H. Kirkham, A. Riepnieks","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763125","url":null,"abstract":"The paper sets aside details of instrumentality to reveal the nature of the problem addressed by measurement. Its title is based on the title of a 1894 paper by Prof. W.E. Ayrton and his student H.C. Haycraft. They described a new and simplified method of measurement to improve the teaching of their underlying topic, and that is the goal of this paper. In the work described here, the measurand is taken to be an equation representing an alternating signal, and the declared values of the measurement are estimates of the parameters of the equation. It is shown that the parameters of the ac signal can be found by curve-fitting. Lessons can be drawn about the role of noise in measurement and about the very meaning of the result.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125711350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DC link balancing of space vector modulation controlled three-level converter for ocean wave energy conversion","authors":"I. Colak, D. Kocabas","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763133","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the power extraction from oscillating water column device is done by using three level active rectifier and three level inverter which is controlled by using NTV-SV-PWM method. The mid-point balancing of the DC-link is achieved by using a look-up table, aiming to improve the efficiency, the response time of the system and the quality of the power transferred to the grid.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128916261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Fedotov, Alexander K. Fedotov, A. Tolstik, A. Zabasta, A. Zhiravecka, N. Kunicina, L. Ribickis
{"title":"Evaluation of market needs in Belarus for improvement of master-level education in the field of physical sciences","authors":"A. Fedotov, Alexander K. Fedotov, A. Tolstik, A. Zabasta, A. Zhiravecka, N. Kunicina, L. Ribickis","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763148","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents a case study of experience sharing between the EU universities and the EU neighborhood area - Belarus. The aim of this study is to facilitate the Bologna process joining by the Belarusian higher education system and, in particular, to consider challenges related to the labor market in the field of physics specialties due to upcoming changes in the qualification of university graduates. Before joining the Bologna process, the Ministry of Education has set the proportions of 5- and 6-year graduates specializing in physics as 90% and 10%. The enhancement of cooperation between HEI and labor market is essential to perform successful transfer to the Bologna-like 4-year higher education system. Of particular importance is the organization of master students internship and practice in order to meet the labor market needs.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114531107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of heating processes of 32.3m3 room — Heated up by central heating boiler equipped with automatic briquettes feeding system — ABFS","authors":"Aigars Vītols, I. Rankis","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763091","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents analysis of heating processes of 32.3m<sup>3</sup> room which is heated up by universal central heating boiler “Dacon - FB 36” which is equipped with experimental automatic briquettes feeding system - ABFS.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132705141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solving district heating optimization problems in the market conditions","authors":"I. Moshkin, A. Sauhats","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763145","url":null,"abstract":"The paper focuses on the possibility of optimizing the district heating supply in the market conditions with constantly changing parameters and stochastic behavior of the electricity market prices, fuel prices and weather conditions. The possibilities of independent work of companies and cooperation for more benefits are also reviewed. As possibility of distributing the additional profit in the case of coalition, the methods of the cooperative game theory are used. In this paper the authors examine and compare the options of the formation of coalitions, compare the selected alternatives and analyze the possible profits of the market participants in the case of different models of behaviour. The proposed options of solving district heating optimization problems and calculation examples are based on the current situation of the real European city.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132627468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edgars Sultanovs, Alyona Skorobogatjko, A. Romānovs
{"title":"Centralized healthcare cyber-physical system's architecture development","authors":"Edgars Sultanovs, Alyona Skorobogatjko, A. Romānovs","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763155","url":null,"abstract":"For many years medical specialists are trying to improve patient treatment methods to increase its speed as well as to minimize treatment process pain. Cyber-physical systems have a huge potential in healthcare for improving treatment quality and patients' assistance speed. Cyber-physical systems will help automatizing treatment process that can be realized by the continuous monitoring of each patient's health state, and if necessary, using multiple medical devices. That allows gathering information about patient's health and perform operations on patients, in order to reduce the progressions of a disease and improve patient's healing process. The aim of article is to research cyber-physical system abilities, CPS application in medicine, and develop centralized healthcare cyber-physical system architecture concept. Proposed concept will allow identifying causes of diseases, research new diseases, provide actual information about existing disease and treatment methods for clinics that are a part of centralized healthcare cyber-physical system, and, finally, automatize patients' health monitoring and remote treatment.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121830605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Vozisova, D. Bliznyuk, A. Egorov, S. Eroshenko, D. Snegirev
{"title":"The laser scanning application for power systems equipment engineering reverse","authors":"O. Vozisova, D. Bliznyuk, A. Egorov, S. Eroshenko, D. Snegirev","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763075","url":null,"abstract":"In our days, “Electric Power System Kit” is the only producer of power and secondary equipment scale models. The production laboratory is established on the basis of ≪Automated Power Systems≫ department, Ural Power Engineering Institute, UrFU. In the laboratory, the following processes are organized: designing, 3D printing of models and 3D laser scanning of power equipment installed at substations. Laser scanning of power facilities allows to achieve the priority goal, namely to obtain three-dimensional primary digital CAD-models and drawings of high accuracy, which are necessary in order to meet the challenges of designing, construction, quality control, diagnostics, and other engineering tasks. Applied to electric power system kit, laser scanning is used to improve the quality of basic data needed for the creation of 3D drawings of equipment and creation of printed models on the basis of CAD-scale models. At the present moment, the problem set is to accomplish the reverse engineering of 110/20 kV step-down transformer, using up-to-date methods of 3D laser scanning. On the basis of the data obtained, the transformer CAD-model of high accuracy is crested in accordance with the initial dimensions.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127990084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. V. Ivanov, A. Smirnov, S. Shevchenko, A. Afanasyev, V. Ilyin
{"title":"High voltage subnanosecond silicon carbide opening switch","authors":"B. V. Ivanov, A. Smirnov, S. Shevchenko, A. Afanasyev, V. Ilyin","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763090","url":null,"abstract":"We discuss the results of the design and examination of high-voltage superfast opening switches - the drift step recovery diodes (DSRD) based on silicon carbide. The fabricated diodes have p+-p-n+ structure with relatively thick low-doped base region, which allows switching voltage of 1.8 kV in less than 500 ps. With 4H-SiC DSRD operating as an opening switch in an ultrashort pulse generator circuit in pulse repetition mode, maximal pulse repetition frequency is 500 kHz in continuous operation mode and 10 MHz in burst mode.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114463733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical network reliability assessment with consideration of the secondary circuits' effect","authors":"Evgenii L. Kokorin, S. Dmitriev, A. Khalyasmaa","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763103","url":null,"abstract":"The solution of the secondary circuits effect consideration problem during electrical network calculation is presented in the paper. The analysis of statistical operational data concerning primary and secondary equipment failures taken directly from the plant was performed. It follows from the analysis results that relay protection and automation consideration during the reliability calculation is appropriate. The model which permits to solve the reliability assessment problems of the elementary electrical substations circuits with the use of the probabilistic methods and classical reliability theory was developed on the base of statistical data. The basic problems of reliability calculation method application under the conditions of real branched networks were considered and the method importance and further development were also evaluated.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129893619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Anuchin, V. Ostrirov, Yu. I. Prudnikova, M. Yakovenko, F. Briz, M. Podlesny
{"title":"Thermal stabilization of power devices for compressor drive with start/stop operation mode","authors":"A. Anuchin, V. Ostrirov, Yu. I. Prudnikova, M. Yakovenko, F. Briz, M. Podlesny","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2016.7763096","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the thermal stabilization of the power devices which was implemented in the compressor drive of the subway trains. This drive operates in start/stop mode, thus the thermocycling problems in the IGBT modules can occur. The algorithm of thermal stabilization is given and tests were conducted with the real power converter. The thermal images and temperature curves show the efficiency of the thermal stabilization algorithm in comparison to an ordinary solution.","PeriodicalId":102691,"journal":{"name":"2016 57th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122771228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}