Niaz Chowdhury, B. Price, Andrew F. G. Smith, D. Gooch, J. Linden
{"title":"50 Shades of Green and Brown: Comparing Grid Carbon Intensity with Consumption for Households with PV Generation and Battery Storage","authors":"Niaz Chowdhury, B. Price, Andrew F. G. Smith, D. Gooch, J. Linden","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671338","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between grid carbon intensity and household renewable energy consumption on domestic user behaviour is complicated. Furthermore, two recent developments, domestic battery storage and low cost monitoring devices, have enabled householders to understand the interplay between solar generation, battery storage and demand shifting (such as selective EV charging). Householders can use this understanding to inform their decisions in reducing the carbon intensity of their electricity consumption. This paper reports on a long-term study of five homes in the United Kingdom and shows how national grid carbon tracking combined with IoT energy monitoring can provide the information people need to reduce grid carbon without affecting their lifestyle.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126685786","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":"Synchronous Capacitor-Clamped GaN Electrostatic Energy-Harvesting Power Stage","authors":"A. C. Wilson, Dr. William Hunt, Dr. Rincon-Mora","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671379","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a proposed power stage for an electrostatic energy harvester that uses Gallium Nitride transistors. It provides a review of various energy-harvesting sources, electrostatic energy harvesting, and previous research. It has been well demonstrated that the higher the harvesting voltage the greater the amount of energy harvested from the environment. The simulations show that the proposed circuit can increase the energy harvested per cycle by an order of magnitude, up to 220 nJ/cycle","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125858137","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":"Reliability Implications of Riverflow Variations in Planning Hydropower Systems","authors":"F. Fang, R. Karki","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671365","url":null,"abstract":"The variability and uncertainty with river flow characteristics in hydro-dominant power systems create considerable challenges in planning adequate generation capacity to maintain a target level of reliability. Unlike other firm capacity generation sources, hydropower sources are energy-limited by seasonal and climactic variability in water restrictions. These utilities face energy wastage caused by water spillage during high inflow season or low load period of the day. On the other hand, they have inadequate generation capacity to meet the load during peak load period or low inflow season. It becomes very important for hydro dominant utilities to properly manage and utilize their water resource to maintain or enhance the system reliability. Energy-based utilities are also concerned on the suitable reliability criteria they should use to fully capture energy management based on hydrological characteristics. This paper presents reliability models of run-of-river and large storage-type hydro plants to recognize their energy and capacity characteristics and proposes a methodology to incorporate water management strategies for reliability enhancement of hydro dominant power systems. The usefulness of NERC recommended reliability criterion in energy-based hydro dominant system has also assessed and discussed in the studies. The reliability impacts of proposed methodology with river flow variations, load uncertainty and maintenance schedule coordination with load levels and inflow restrictions are evaluated using the IEEE Reliability Test System that is modified to create a hydro dominant system.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"1979 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130341144","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":"Design of Autocrash Emergency Locator","authors":"M. Usikalu, B. M Allen, W. Ayara, I. Babarimisa","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671350","url":null,"abstract":"The auto-crash emergency locator in a vehicle will be helpful in the event of an automobile accident to detect the crash location and send a message to notify the appropriate authorities. Arduino Uno microcontroller which is the ATMega 328P microcontroller serves as the central processing unit for the system and coordinates instruction flow within the other components that make up the device. The other components used in the implementation of this system are the vibration sensor module which detects the crash location due to the change in velocity or sudden shock and this is the trigger for the GPS receiver. The GPS receiver retrieves the GPS coordinates from the satellite and sends this information as well as other preprogrammed information to the GSM module. This sends an SMS automatically which contains the GPS coordinates and other information including the color of the car, the car’s brand and the registered plate number among other things. From the testing of the device, the auto-crash emergency locator has an SMS send-time of 15 to 20 seconds and GPS time-to-first-fix of 15 to 30 seconds and the GPS accuracy of less than 100 meters. This system will also find application in other areas such as the vehicle tracking in cases of theft and package tracking for a delivery system.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123695344","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":"Sustainability Through Leveraging of Extraterrestrial Resources","authors":"A. Ellery","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671386","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability requires accessibility to material and energy resources with large reserves. We propose that effectively inexhaustible reserves are available from the extraterrestrial environment (specifically, the Moon) and that they can be accessed at low cost. The key to low cost is in the realization of a self-replicating machine which amortises initial capital investment through exponential growth in productive capacity. This self-replicating machine must leverage itself from available lunar resources by expanding its population until sufficient productive capacity is attained to robotically construct solar power satellites to provision Earth with clean energy from space. We describe current work in developing the major parts of a self-replicating machine to enable leveraging of such extraterrestrial resources (energy and material) for a sustainable Earth.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122834809","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":"Reliability Based Management of Coastal Aquifers Using Heterogeneous Ensemble of Meta-models","authors":"D. Roy, B. Datta","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671344","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes a weighted average heterogeneous ensemble of meta-models for approximating seawater intrusion phenomena in coastal aquifer systems. Root mean square error criterion of standalone meta-models is used to assign the corresponding weight to each meta-model. Results indicate that the ensemble model’s prediction is better than all considered meta-models except the best model in the ensemble. In the next step, individual meta-models are combined with a multiple objective optimization algorithm within the framework of multiple realization optimization to develop reliability based management models for coastal aquifers. Four different reliability levels (0.99, 0.83, 0.67, and 0.5) are considered. It is observed from the Pareto optimal fronts of the management models that total objective function value (total production well pumping for beneficial purposes) decreases as the reliability increases. A demonstrative multilayered coastal aquifer system is selected for assessing the suitability of the evaluated methodology. Results obtained demonstrate the capability of this approach to develop a reliable management strategy in mitigating the extent salinity intrusion in coastal aquifer systems.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122051961","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":"Subset Level Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grids","authors":"S. Binna, S. Kuppannagari, D. Engel, V. Prasanna","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671357","url":null,"abstract":"State estimation is a critical component in determining whether the power grid is operating properly, or not. Invalid state estimate can have a huge impact on the stability of the grid and can cause severe socioeconomic damage. False data injection attacks (FDIAs) display a prominent threat to the operation of power systems, especially when carefully constructed to bypass traditional bad data detection (BDD). Therefore, an intrusion detection system (IDS) has to be in place to prevent FDIAs from going unnoticed. A major limitation of current approaches is that only coarse-grained attack detection is performed. In order to take effective mitigation actions, it would be more beneficial to detect whether any critical subset of state variables is under attack or not. In this paper, we investigate two state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms for subset level detection of FDIAs. Furthermore, the trade-off between performance and subset size is investigated. The proposed detection algorithms are evaluated by simulating FDIAs on the IEEE 30-bus system using real-world load data for measurement construction.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121150617","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":"Energy Efficiency in a Cardboard Manufacturing Plant - Technical and Economic Analysis","authors":"M. Roitman, R. Leschenko, M. Iskhakov","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671367","url":null,"abstract":"it is presented a technical and economic analysis of an energy efficiency project to upgrade the electrical system of a cardboard manufacturing plant. The plant produces paper and cardboard boxes in Northern Israel, and had been designed according to outdated standards. Technical innovations to achieve energy efficiency, economy savings and gas emission reductions were studied. The efficiency activities included re-design of lighting, design of energy conservation devices for lighting and air-conditioning systems, design of a photo-voltaic generation system, and optimization on the use of the steam produced, applying it for air-conditioning and water heating. The investment program and the expected financial return of the project were also calculated.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127897960","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}
Hassan S. Hayajneh, Srikanth Bashetty, M. Salim, Xuewei Zhang
{"title":"Techno-Economic Analysis of a Battery Energy Storage System with Combined Stationary and Mobile Applications","authors":"Hassan S. Hayajneh, Srikanth Bashetty, M. Salim, Xuewei Zhang","doi":"10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SUSTECH.2018.8671332","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a novel design of battery energy storage systems accompanying wind farms in which the stored energy can be used for both stationary (e.g., arbitrage and reserve) and mobile (electric transportation) applications. While previous studies have been focused on stationary applications, this work envisions a future in which transportation is mostly electrically powered. Electric vehicles get refueled at charging stations that operate on batteries delivered by electric trucks from the wind farm energy storage systems. Based on the real-world scenario of the Chapman Ranch wind farm and related data from ERCOT, a battery dispatch model is developed and applied to cases with and without electric vehicle charging stations. The techno-economic analysis indicates that by combining the stationary and mobile applications, the energy storage system improves its profitability index or investment attractiveness. The results of this pilot study will have business and policy implications.","PeriodicalId":127111,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116564214","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}