Fatma Najar, S. Bourouis, N. Bouguila, S. Belghith
{"title":"A Fixed-Point Estimation Algorithm for Learning the Multivariate GGMM: Application to Human Action Recognition","authors":"Fatma Najar, S. Bourouis, N. Bouguila, S. Belghith","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447761","url":null,"abstract":"Multivariate generalized Gaussian distribution has been an attractive solution to many signal and image processing applications. Therefore, efficient estimation of its parameters is of significant interest for a number of research problems. The main contribution of this paper is to develop a fixed-point estimation algorithm for learning the multivariate generalized Gaussian mixture model's parameters (MGGMM). A challenging application that concerns Human action recognition is deployed to validate our statistical framework and to show its merits.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115924763","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 Hardened-By-Design Technique for LC-Tank Voltage Controlled Oscillator","authors":"Zhichao Zhang, Li Chen, H. Djahanshahi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447659","url":null,"abstract":"The single event transients (SETs) effects on different nodes of the LC-tank VCOs are investigated in this paper and the drain of the bias transistor is indicated as the most sensitive node of the LC-tank VCO. Besides, the SET sensitivities of two commonly structures are analyzed. To mitigate the SET effects of the LC-VCO, a hardened by design (RHBD) technique was proposed, in which a coupling capacitor is added in parallel with the bias transistor to speed up the discharging of the current pulse deposit. Besides, two ac coupling capacitors are added between the varactors and the LC-tank core to block the voltage distortion at node X and Y caused by SETs. The simulation results indicate that the SET-induced amplitude perturbation and the recovery time of the LC-tank VCO are significantly mitigated.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127620715","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":"Artificial Neural Network Modelling of Rossler's and Chua's Chaotic Systems","authors":"Jobin Sunny, Jesse Schmitz, Lei Zhang","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447604","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the detailed analysis of various Artificial Neural Network (ANN) modelling techniques for chaotic systems. Specifically, Rossler's system and Chua's system are selected for this study for their practical applications, and the outputs of these two systems are used for the ANN training. The Nonlinear Auto-Regressive(NAR) modelling is used for chaotic time series prediction. The Nonlinear Auto-Regressive with Exogenous Inputs (NARX) modelling is used for generating chaotic time series outputs with varying system parameters as exogenous inputs. The research results show that ANN performs well in modelling chaotic systems. Rossler's attractor is modelled using Radial Basis Function Network(RBFN) and a comparative study between FeedForward Neural Network(FFNN) and RBFN is done. The result shows that RBFN uses more neurons to achieve similar training performance compared to FFNN. The 3-layer ANN architecture with hidden neurons varying from 1 to 16 is designed and trained using MATLAB NN toolbox. In a fixed-point FPGA implementation perspective, a study on the performance of ANN modelling of chaotic systems is very relevant.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124190245","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":"Neutral Grounding Resistor Monitoring Based on Sub-Harmonic Signal Injection","authors":"R. Jafari, M. Kanabar, T. Sidhu, I. Voloh","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447622","url":null,"abstract":"Neutral grounding resistors play a critical but often undervalued role in power systems by controlling the severe transients that appear in neural system. Continuity of service of these key assets should be ensured since the defected neutral grounding resistors leave the system unprotected against transient overvoltages and overcurrents and cause false sense of security. An efficient solution is proposed to detect this issue for unit-connected generators that are equipped with the subharmonic injection based generator stator ground protection. The proposed technique demonstrates reliable performance for various conditions of the resistor and power system, observed through comprehensive software analysis. In contrast to existing methods, this technique relies on existing protection and monitoring installations making it an efficient alternative that first, adds more value to existing sub-harmonic injection infrastructures and second, initiates an alarm and prevents ground fault trip in case of failed-short neutral grounding resistor.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121801235","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":"Solar Power Capacity Value Evaluation-A Review","authors":"S. Awara, H. Zareipour, A. Knight","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447841","url":null,"abstract":"With the increase in renewable generation in power systems, it is critical to accurately determine the capacity value of renewables during generation planning to maintain system reliability. This review paper is intended for readers who are seeking to understand the basics of reliability evaluation and gives an insight on the factors that affect the capacity value of solar resources. The capacity value estimation methods are discussed briefly, followed by a discussion of the factors that may affect the capacity value of solar resources. The methodology explained here is applicable to any renewable generation. However, the focus of the discussion is on the factors that affect the capacity value of solar resources. Also, the impact of input data on the solar capacity value is included. Potential future work is also included.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128306788","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":"Max-Min Fairness Power Control for Massive MU-MIMO Systems with Finite-Dimensional Channel Model","authors":"O. Saatlou, M. Ahmad, M. Swamy","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447716","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers a max-min fairness power control problem for the spectral efficiency of multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output systems in a uplink transmission, where a base station receives data signals from the various users. A physical channel model in which the angular domain is separated into a finite number of distinct directions is also considered in this paper. Based on the large-scale fading coefficients, a power control method is formulated as an optimization problem in order to maximize the minimum spectral efficiency among the various users under the peak power constraint. This optimization problem is solved by employing a geometric program. The numerical results are conducted by two practical scenarios to evaluate the proposed power control method. In both scenarios, it has been shown that the proposed power control method is superior to other existing schemes in terms of minimum spectral efficiency.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129499517","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}
Lafond Claude, C. Silvano, Ben SikAli Olfa, Guay Francois, Lambert David, Loiselle Eric
{"title":"Centralized Synchronization Using Synchrophasors and Dynamic Delay Compensation","authors":"Lafond Claude, C. Silvano, Ben SikAli Olfa, Guay Francois, Lambert David, Loiselle Eric","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447638","url":null,"abstract":"Synchronizing a generator to a power system and synchronizing two islanded systems together are critical yet delicate problems that have existed ever since alternating current was adopted as a means of transmitting electrical power. Mis-synchronization can damage equipment (e.g., generators, transformers and breakers). This article describes a centralized synchronization control based on synchrophasors. This control automatically determines running and incoming voltage sources for each breaker using a topological method whose inputs are the states of the breakers and disconnecting switches. A synchronism check (25) is performed on each breaker. In addition, an automatic synchronization (25A) may be performed according to the breaker selected by the operator. Dynamic compensation of the variable delays due to the use of synchrophasors allows the required level of accuracy to be achieved. The control has been implemented on an IEC 61131 platform and tested on a modified IEEE 3-machine 9-bus system simulated in real-time using Hypersim. The overall architecture is fully redundant and it is 61850 compliant.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129778541","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. Y. Goharrizi, J. C. Alonso, E. Borisova, F. Mosallat, D. Muthumuni
{"title":"Benchmark Model of Type-III Wind Turbine for Research and Development Applications","authors":"A. Y. Goharrizi, J. C. Alonso, E. Borisova, F. Mosallat, D. Muthumuni","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents average and detailed models for type-III wind turbines that can be utilized by researchers and engineers as a benchmark in their research and studies. Both models are developed in PSCAD/EMTDC and their dynamic behavior and computational time are compared against each other. The comparison is conducted for two different dynamic scenarios, fast transients in an event of a fault and slow wind speed variations. It is shown that the simulation results obtained from the average model are comparable to those of the detailed model in terms of accuracy while the simulation time is approximately 15 times faster. The sub-synchronous impedances of both models are calculated via simulation, and it is shown that impedance of the average model resembles the detailed one. Moreover, aggregation model of wind farms is shown, such that intensive computations can be eluded and simulation time can be saved.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131241726","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":"Mitigating the Impact of Plug-In Electric Vehicles on Distribution Systems Using Demand-Side Management of Electric Water Heaters","authors":"Majid Moradzadeh, M. Abdelaziz","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447603","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes the use of electric water heaters (EWH), already existing in residential distribution systems, to mitigate the impacts of the increasing integration of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). By controlling the thermostat setpoint of the EWHs within the distribution system, the peak demand due to the PEVs charging is flattened. The proposed control scheme has been verified using a simulation model developed in MATLAB environment. Simulation results on a 33-bus distribution test system reveal the potential of the proposed control scheme to mitigate the impacts of increased PEV penetration while meeting the EWHs hot water demand requirements.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131250728","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":"Quantifying the Shielding Effect of Trees Against Lightning Strikes for Power Transmission Lines","authors":"H. Ahmadi, M. Armstrong, A. Tavighi","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2018.8447591","url":null,"abstract":"Power transmission lines are often built along terrains where trees surround the right-of-way in British Columbia, Canada. These trees provide natural shielding against direct lightning strokes to transmission lines. In this paper, a new method is proposed to quantify the shielding effect of trees based on LiDAR survey data. This method takes as input the statistical parameters for the trees around the edge of the right-of-way such as heights, distance to centerline, and density per span. LiDAR survey data are collected for transmission line corridors in BC Hydro's system. Calculation results are shown for a new transmission line project in British Columbia.","PeriodicalId":181463,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131968985","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}