J. C. Guerrero, Cristhian Quezada-V, D. Chacón-Troya
{"title":"Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Cane, with Proximity Sensors, GPS Localization and GSM Feedback","authors":"J. C. Guerrero, Cristhian Quezada-V, D. Chacón-Troya","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447741","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the process of implementing an electronic system for the detection of different types of obstacles in a white cane, focused on improving the daily mobilization of people with visual disabilities. The system consists of an ultrasonic sensor implemented on a stepper motor, in order to detect possible obstacles, with a working range between 0.5 m and 5 m in distance and between 90° left and 90°right in detection, also, a sound module and a buzzer will be implemented in the handle of the cane, in order to alert the disabled person in an efficient way about possible obstacles that may occur around them. An Android application was also designed; the mobile application communicates with the White cane through a GPS and GSM module, to help locate the visually disabled person, in the place where he is, sending the Parameter of longitude and latitude, all in a text message, so that a relative can access to the application and visualizes through Google Maps the exact location of the disabled person that owns the smart cane.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115357406","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}
F. Dubuisson, M. Rezkallah, A. Chandra, M. Tremblay
{"title":"Control of a New Standalone Microgrid Configuration","authors":"F. Dubuisson, M. Rezkallah, A. Chandra, M. Tremblay","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447704","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the control and parallel operation of two diesel generators for a new standalone microgrid configuration. Droop control approach is used to control the both Diesel generators, the voltage source converter in order to achieve power sharing and maintain the voltage and frequency constant at the point of common coupling (PCC). To achieve high performance from the solar PV array (PV) the DC-DC buck boost converter is controlled to maintain the DC voltage constant as well as to compensate the fluctuation of generated power from the PV and balance the power in the system during transition. The performances of the proposed approach are tested using Matlab/Simulink under weather and load variation conditions.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116538679","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 Novel Real Time Estimation Technique for Active Unbalanced Distribution Networks Using Smart Meters","authors":"Mahmoud M. Othman, M. H. Ahmed, M. Salama","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447820","url":null,"abstract":"Estimation of the distribution system voltages and currents is of utmost importance for the network operator to take online decisions. Traditional state estimation techniques require redundant meters readings in addition to pseudo measurements in order to correctly estimate the network states. In order to estimate the network states with few real time measurements, this paper presents a novel real time estimation technique. The proposed technique requires no additional pseudo or virtual measurements for estimation. Moreover, the introduced technique solves the lack of observability problem associated with few measurements. The proposed technique is based on the placement of smart meters at few selected locations; these locations are only dependent upon the network topology and do not change with the injection point of the distributed generators. The proposed algorithm is efficient in dealing with balanced as well as unbalanced distribution networks. The estimation algorithm is implemented and tested on the 69 bus balanced feeder and the IEEE 34 bus unbalanced feeder. The results obtained are compared to the actual load flow results to show the accuracy of the developed technique.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117292006","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":"Enhanced LBT Mechanism for LTE-Unlicensed Using Reinforcement Learning","authors":"Meesam Haider, M. Erol-Kantarci","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447665","url":null,"abstract":"The amount of connected devices has been growing tremendously over the past decade. These connected devices range from the traditional smart phones to electrical appliances, solar panels, converters, electric vehicles and wearables. Satisfying their connectivity demand is adding pressure to the wireless networks which are already pressed with serving their bandwidth-hungry mobile users. LTE Unlicensed (LTE-U) aims to exploit the unlicensed spectrum to offload mobile user (LTE users) traffic, increase capacity, and hence improve the us $e$ r/device experience in an era of inflated demand. Meanwhile, WiFi is the dominant technology operating at the unlicensed spectrum. Therefore, LTE-U needs to ensure the performance of WiFi users do not degrade as LTE users offload their traffic. In this paper, we propose a Q-learning based medium access approach to enhance the Listen Before Talk (LBT) mechanism of LTE-U. Q-learning based LBT helps with the co-existence issue by enhancing the performance of WiFi users at times when LTE-U users try to access the unlicensed bands. Our results show that the proposed Q-learning based LBT reduces the end-to-end delay of WiFi users in the order of several tens of seconds in comparison to the standard LBT implementation. It also increases the delivery success rate of WiFi traffic by up to 71%.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125415189","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 Highly Integrated Computing Platform for Continuous, Non-Invasive BP Estimation","authors":"Nazrul Khan, J. M. Eklund","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447680","url":null,"abstract":"Bio-Signal computing involves signal acquisition, conditioning and processing. Inherently, signal acquisition and conditioning is done through analog discrete front end circuitry. Signal processing in the analog domain involves higher component counts, inaccuracies, and limitations. Due to the recent developments in VLSI technology, highly integrated Analog Front Ends (AFEs) are emerging, capable of processing bio-signals under program control. This ushers a new design paradigm for the embedded system designers. In this paper, we present a highly integrated AFE based embedded system-a novel, low cost remote platform, capable of multimodal bio-signal computing including continuous, and non-invasive blood pressure estimation.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129498788","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 Cloud Based Robots Using Big Data Analytics and Neuromorphic Computing","authors":"A. Satyanarayana, Janusz Kusyk, Yu-Wen Chen","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447874","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the brain is perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing twenty-first century science. While a traditional computer excels in precision and unbiased logic, its abilities to interact socially lags behind those of biological neural systems. Recent technologies, such as neuromorphic engineering, cloud infrastructure, and big data analytics, have emerged that can narrow the gap between traditional robots and human intelligence. Neuromorphic robotics mimicking brain functions can contribute in developing intelligent machines capable of learning and making autonomous decisions. Cloud-based robotics take advantage of remote resources for parallel computation and sharing large amounts of information while benefiting from analysis of massive sensor data from robots. In this paper, we survey recent advances in neuromorphic computing, cloud-based robotics, and big data analytics and list the most important challenges faced by robot architects. We also propose a novel dual system architecture for robots where they have a brain centered cloud with access to big data analytics.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121625153","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":"Maximum Endurance of a Turboprop in Cruise with Head and Tail-Wind","authors":"Emily Oelberg, L. Rodrigues","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447674","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an optimal control approach to formulate and solve the maximum endurance problem for turboprop aircraft in steady cruise. Furthermore, the problem formulation also considers the effect of head and tail-winds on total endurance time. An analytical state-feedback solution is provided for the maximum endurance airspeed of a turboprop, as well as an analytical expression for the maximum endurance time. The sensitivity of the total endurance time with respect to air density is also provided to illustrate the strong effect cruising altitude has on total endurance time. Finally, an example using the Beechcraft King Air turboprop aircraft is provided to validate the results.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122532237","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}
Muhammad Sifatul Alam Chowdhury, Md. Arman Uddin, Khandakar Abdulla-Al-Mamun, Xiaodong Liang, A. Ahadi
{"title":"Concentrated Solar Power Generation in a Remote Island","authors":"Muhammad Sifatul Alam Chowdhury, Md. Arman Uddin, Khandakar Abdulla-Al-Mamun, Xiaodong Liang, A. Ahadi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447773","url":null,"abstract":"The concentrated solar power (CSP) generation is a promising type of renewable energy sources. The islands of Bangladesh are yet to connect with the national grid, key requirements to install CSP based power plant in Sandwip Island is investigated in this paper. After analyzing environmental conditions, economic prospect and demand data, a 20 megawatt parabolic trough CSP plant for the island is proposed through this research. The System Advisor Model (SAM) is used to prepare the simulation model. The simulation is conducted based on real environmental conditions of Sandwip Island. Simulation results indicate that the generated power is sufficient to supply the entire island. A cost comparison is carried out among different renewable energy sources to ensure the economic feasibility of the proposed system.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121355257","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}
E. Korolkova, D. Kudinov, K. Artemev, Wisam Farjow, Xavier N Fernando
{"title":"Technological Advancement for a Novel Through-the-Earth Communication System","authors":"E. Korolkova, D. Kudinov, K. Artemev, Wisam Farjow, Xavier N Fernando","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447532","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to communicate is critical aspect of safety in underground mine operations, where conventional radio communication technology is severely limited or not reliable due to disaster. Once again we can determine that the benefits obtained from the principle of the Through-the-Earth (TTE) system can be utilized. This paper presents a new modeling technique in characterizing the electric field strength in connections with the propagation of the waves through the strata of the underground mines. This modeling technique was validated practically in a real mine site environment in Irtishskiy mine, Kazakhstan. Our model considered number of parameters that are critical to performance of the system such as transmitting power, frequency, geometry of antenna and system grounding. To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents a novel analyses and modeling results demonstrating the effects of different grounding systems designs on the wave propagation behaviors in TTE systems. It is evident that this research can be applied in enhancing the performance of the TTE systems and the depth of signal propagations.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121239860","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":"Inspection of Aircraft Engine Components Using Induction Thermography","authors":"M. Genest, Gang Li","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447832","url":null,"abstract":"Induction thermography technique is assessed experimentally on aircraft engine parts with fatigue cracks using a three-loop coil. Results show that induction thermography can detect cracks in engine parts, with inspection time of less than 1 s. Coating surface to increase the part emissivity improved the signal to noise ratio but was not necessary for the crack detection. Despite high local heat gradient resulting from the parts' edges, cracks were still detectable. This edge effect introduced more challenges to detect short cracks. Relatively, longer cracks were easier to detect. The optimal observation time, in the experiments, was between 0.1 s and 0.25 s. Inspection of the engine disc with complex geometry was feasible using the induction thermography technique. However, in this case only some of the cracks were detected. Similar findings were also obtained from the 3D multiphysics finite element modelling.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"277 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116298703","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}