{"title":"Homer based optimization of pv-wind-grid connected hybrid system in administrative building","authors":"H. Mannai, H. Oueslati, S. Mabrouk","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236512","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays energy is considered one of the biggest challenges facing humanity, in fact, based on the growth trends the world will inevitably be resource and carbon-constrained, such is the case various research have been performed over the past years to determine the benefits of using renewable sources to supply the world’s growing energy demand with clean, safe, affordable and scalable. A large number of case studies aims to provide simulation, test results, optimization and sensitivity analysis of including different types of renewable energy sources in the system to help us understand the dynamic communications and positive impacts accomplished when consolidating the existing grid with elective vitality assets, for example, wind, sun based, bio-fuel, geothermal, and other. Following such research, this paper focus on the optimization of hybrid (solar-wind) grid-connected renewable energy systems in the administrative building. The objective of the study is to find the optimal simulation that minimizes the total net present cost of generation and cost of energy while taking into consideration the interaction between the system and the national grid. To achieve this goal the as of late discharged adaptation of the Hybrid Optimization of Electric Energy (HOMER Pro) Software was the essential displaying and recreation instrument utilized to simulate and realize Sensitivity analysis that helps assess the effect of uncertainty or changes within the variables.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"411 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115923336","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}
Nicholas Baloyi, S. Chowdhury, Jacob Mnisi, Thabo Mashee
{"title":"Design of GSM Based Energy Meter: A Review","authors":"Nicholas Baloyi, S. Chowdhury, Jacob Mnisi, Thabo Mashee","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236473","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate and reliable measurement of energy consumed by residential, industrial, and commercial properties is crucial in billing, controlling, and monitoring of energy usage by both the supplier and the consumer. Conventional energy metering methods are prone to various forms of irregularities; like energy theft, loss of revenue due to fraud, capturing of incorrect meter readings due to human error and so on. Thus, the proposed study will focus on the design and development of an Automated Meter Reading system (AMR) using Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology and load control through Short Message Service (SMS) for domestic purposes. The design components will constitute a microcontroller, GSM modem, LCD, and a latching relay. Meter readings will also be sent to the control room via SMS notifications through the use of a microcontroller fed GSM modem. Also, it will have a meter tempering detection feature to handle power theft issues.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125890258","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":"Constant-Current LEDs driver based on DC-DC buck converter with dimming capability","authors":"B. Mrabet, A. Chammam, W. Nsibi","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236432","url":null,"abstract":"A LED (Light Emitting Diode) driver operating under a DC input voltage and driving a series of high power LEDs, is presented in this paper. Different topologies of LED driver feeding a constant current into a LED load and their operation principles are analyzed and discussed in detail. Then, a laboratory prototypes of constant-current LED drivers based on DC-DC buck converter with full dimming capability is designed, implemented, and tested. Experimental results show good agreement with simulation results.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128404751","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}
Eirini Barri, C. Bouras, A. Gkamas, N. Karacapilidis, D. Karadimas, Georgios Kournetas, Yiannis Panaretou
{"title":"Towards an informative simulation-based application for energy saving in large passenger and cruise ships","authors":"Eirini Barri, C. Bouras, A. Gkamas, N. Karacapilidis, D. Karadimas, Georgios Kournetas, Yiannis Panaretou","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236450","url":null,"abstract":"Over the years, the need to save energy and efficiently manage its consumption becomes increasingly imperative. This paper reports on the development of a novel application for handling diverse energy consumption issues in large passenger and cruise ships. Our overall approach is based on a comprehensive agent-based simulation model, which takes into account spatial data concerning a ship’s decks and position of energy consuming facilities, as well as data concerning the ship’s passengers and their behavior during the operation of the vessel. The proposed application may predict energy consumption for a particular vessel and passenger group and accordingly facilitate informed decision making on energy saving matters.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129931959","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":"μPMU based on wireless IEEE 1588 PTP","authors":"Khaoula Hassini, A. Fakhfakh, F. Derbel","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236489","url":null,"abstract":"An important application in the Smart Grid area is the large-scale application of measuring systems in Distribution Networks (DNs) with the Micro Phasor Measurement Unit ($mu$PMU). The majority of traditional $mu$PMUs and Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) use GPS as time synchronization signals. However, this time synchronization system limits the installation of $mu$PMUs only to outdoor applications and they will remain expensive. In this context, IEEE 1588 comes as an effective way to enhance performance in time synchronization, it can allow microsecond accuracy and is designed for wired and wireless networks. Moreover, the wireless Precision Time Protocol (PTP) reduces the convergence time and the number of packets required for synchronization without compromising on the synchronization accuracy. On the other hand, using the embedded systems the Micro Phasor Measurement Unit ($mu$PMU) becomes possible since the volume of PMU will be small and easy to be installed. This paper proposes a novel PMU synchronized by a wireless IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (WPTP) which enables precise synchronization of clocks via packet networks.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128964005","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}
Adla Ismail, L. Saidi, M. Sayadi, Mohamed Benbouzid
{"title":"Power IGBT Remaining Useful Life Estimation Using Neural Networks based Feature Reduction","authors":"Adla Ismail, L. Saidi, M. Sayadi, Mohamed Benbouzid","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236513","url":null,"abstract":"Power converters (PCVs) are a fundamental part of wind energy systems (WESs). Generally, the PCVs are subjected to high failure frequency rate and consequently to the system downtime due to its structural complexity. Therefore, the main propose of this study is to develop an understanding prognostic approach dedicated to WES PCVs. The proposed method investigated the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) failure in PCVs. Therefore, it integrates the data-based methodology. Usually, data-based approaches based on a recorded data base. Therefore, in this paper, we use the collectoremitter voltage as a precursor signal. In this work, the prediction of the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of the IGBT device is achieved through the Feedforward Neural Network (FFNN) technique. Moreover, we used the time-domain analysis to extract useful information used as an input in the health indicator generation task. In this paper, the health indicator generation task is achieved using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) technique. The advantages of the proposed prognostic method in term of RUL prediction are illustrated using a real IGBT accelerated ageing database provided from NASA Ames laboratory Prognostics Center of Excellence.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130646836","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":"Operation and Supervision Control in Smart Transformer-based Meshed and Hybrid Grids","authors":"Rongwu Zhu, Marco Liserre","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236572","url":null,"abstract":"Solid-state transformer-based smart transformer (ST) can operate in meshed and hybrid grids, which can increase the hosting capacity of renewables and meanwhile reduce the reinforcements in electric grids. In order to adapt the new paradigm, the system performances of the ST-based meshed and hybrid grids are studied and then an effective energy management system (EMS), which is based on a distributed control architecture, is presented to control the meshed and hybrid grids operating in an intelligent and coordinated way.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131688840","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}
Sassia Hedia, B. Zitouna, J. Ben Hadj Slama, L. Pichon
{"title":"Characterization of Radiating Sources in the Near Field Using EMTR Technique: A Parametric Study","authors":"Sassia Hedia, B. Zitouna, J. Ben Hadj Slama, L. Pichon","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236581","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is the investigation of the effects of parameters involved in the characterization of radiating sources in the near field (NF). The main issue is to deal with structures of power electronic systems that are generally excited by non-sinusoidal signals. The identification is based on the electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR) technique. Indeed, the electromagnetic field was synthesized analytically using expressions of equivalent dipoles radiation in time domain (TD). The effects of several parameters on sources characterization, including the height of measurement, time reversal mirror (MRT), potential sources network, and the measuring probe were evaluated. Several simulation tests have been applied to this set of parameters to determine their simultaneous effect on the identification of radiated emissions of a power electronic structure. Based on this parametric study, a compromise between the accuracy of the obtained equivalent model and an acceptable computing time is determined and demonstrated to provide an efficient reconstruction.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128792910","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":"A Stochastic Assessment of Attacks based on Continuous-Time Markov Chains","authors":"A. Sadu, M. Stevic, N. Wirtz, A. Monti","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236600","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing interdependence of critical infrastructures, the probability of a specific infrastructure to experience a complex cyber-physical attack is increasing. Thus it is important to analyze the risk of an attack and the dynamics of its propagation in order to design and deploy appropriate countermeasures. The attack trees, commonly adopted to this aim, have inherent shortcomings in representing interdependent, concurrent and sequential attacks. To overcome this, the work presented here proposes a stochastic methodology using Petri Nets and Continuous Time Markov Chain (CTMC) to analyze the attacks, considering the individual attack occurrence probabilities and their stochastic propagation times. A procedure to convert a basic attack tree into an equivalent CTMC is presented. The proposed method is applied in a case study to calculate the different attack propagation characteristics. The characteristics are namely, the probability of reaching the root node & sub attack nodes, the mean time to reach the root node and the mean time spent in the sub attack nodes before reaching the root node. Additionally, the method quantifies the effectiveness of specific defenses in reducing the attack risk considering the efficiency of individual defenses","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128846988","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}
Rihab Chouk, D. Haouanoh, M. Bergaoui, C. Aguir, R. Tala-Ighil, M. Khalfaoui
{"title":"Efficient planar perovskite solar cells using Schiff base complex as sensitizer for TiO2 and ZnO layers","authors":"Rihab Chouk, D. Haouanoh, M. Bergaoui, C. Aguir, R. Tala-Ighil, M. Khalfaoui","doi":"10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENERGYCon48941.2020.9236561","url":null,"abstract":"In the current work, our attention is focused on designing a Schiff base complex derived from ninhydrin and glycine ligand (NG) with Co (II) metal (Co-NG) as sensitizer for TiO2 and a ZnO electron transport layers, prepared by sol gel method. The two electrodes and complex are characterized by X-ray diffraction and UV-vis spectroscopy. Furthermore, a Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculation is performed to achieve supplemental insights about the optoelectronic properties of Co-NG complex. As a result, the studied compound exhibits a high molar extinction coefficient equal to $27.5 times 10^{3} mathrm{M}^{-1}$ cm$^{-1}$. Moreover, to predict the possibility of introducing the modified electron transporting layers (ETLs) in PSC devices, the optical properties is tested and strong interactions between the dye and the ETLs are founded. Accordingly, a good efficiency enhancement to 18.94 % using TiO$_{2} /$Co-NG layer and 16.32 % using ZnO/Co-NG, respectively, is achieved.","PeriodicalId":156687,"journal":{"name":"2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126502859","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}