{"title":"Exploring potential benefits and challenges of European Balancing market: literature review","authors":"K. Mārciņa, A. Sauhats","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659855","url":null,"abstract":"The European balancing market is changing -from national and regional cooperation it has reached the European cooperation level, and common balancing services platforms are being developed according the requirements set in EU legislation. As such cooperation is new experience for all involved stakeholders, it has huge research potential to analyze the benefits and drawbacks of such market integration. This paper presents a literature review from previously conducted studies on potential benefits of cooperation in balancing services exchange. The brief overview and the main principles of the European mFRR platform are given. The main challenges and risks that play a role in the design of the ongoing mFRR platform development are identified and discussed, recommendations for further research are given.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"104 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":"115760364","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. Avotiņš, Armands Senfelds, A. Ņikitenko, Andrejs Podgornovs, Kristaps Zadeiks, M. Dzenis
{"title":"IoT Solution Approach for Energy Consumption Reduction in Buildings : Part 3. Mathematical Model of Building and Experimental Results","authors":"A. Avotiņš, Armands Senfelds, A. Ņikitenko, Andrejs Podgornovs, Kristaps Zadeiks, M. Dzenis","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659890","url":null,"abstract":"IoT solutions enable to gather more detailed consumption and sensor data, and paper deals with real measurements, where as a measurement object a university faculty building is selected, that has Building Management system, lighting, HVAC systems, and in consumption it is comparable also to industrial building. For data analysis, real measurement parameters like electrical power consumption, room temperatures, humidity, CO2 levels, heat energy, ventilation system pressures and also data from meteorological weather station are obtained simultaneously for several months, using LoRaWAN network and sensors, thus giving ability to have wide data analysis options, to crosscheck complex systems. Also buildings simplified mathematical model is created using 6R1C approach. Paper also describes experiments carried out to compare real measurement data with theoretically calculated values using the 6R1C model.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"20 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":"130357771","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. Chub, D. Vinnikov, E. Babaei, E. Liivik, O. Korkh, S. Kouro
{"title":"Single-Switch Impedance-Source Galvanically Isolated DC-DC Converter with Combined Energy Transfer","authors":"A. Chub, D. Vinnikov, E. Babaei, E. Liivik, O. Korkh, S. Kouro","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659851","url":null,"abstract":"Focus in this paper is on the galvanically isolated impedance-source dc-dc converter topology. It utilizes both a transformer and a coupled inductor to achieve high step-up of the input voltage without additional components. This approach allows for high step-up of the input voltage while avoiding negative effects from the use of multilayer windings. A steady-state operation principle is described and a mathematical model was derived. An experimental prototype was assembled and tested in the wide input voltage range of 1:5 to verify the performance of the converter under study.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"3 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":"130061896","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":"Comparison of Soft Switching Methods of DC-AC Full Bridge High-Frequency Link Converter","authors":"O. Korkh, A. Blinov, R. Kosenko, D. Vinnikov","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659898","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a comparative analysis of soft switching methods with modulation on the current-fed (grid) side of a high frequency link converter. The focus is on methods that provide clamping and soft switching without auxiliary circuits. Firstly, the case study converter topology used for the generation of the AC line voltage from the low DC voltage, such as a battery, is presented in brief. Secondly, the time Interval requirements for soft switching conditions are described, and the peculiarities of the studied algorithms are summarized. Finally, the algorithms are verified with a simulation model of a 1 kW converter incorporating thermal models of semiconductor switches. The converter performance in terms of regulation capability, current stresses and semiconductor losses with different modulation methods are analyzed and compared.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"133 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":"122243869","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 and electret properties of non-woven \"spunbond\" polypropylene.","authors":"M. Borisova, A. Kamalov, B. Jayasinghe","doi":"10.1109/rtucon.2018.8659873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/rtucon.2018.8659873","url":null,"abstract":"Non-woven polypropylene(PP) is the nonpolar polymer that is widely used in mechanical engineering, in the manufacture of composite materials and medical equipment. It's widely available and it's relatively inexpensive. The article is devoted to the study of mechanical, electrical and electret properties of non-woven \"Spunbond\" polypropylene CC20, CC35, CC40 CC50, CC60, CC70, CC80, CC90, and CC100. Here CC means grams per square meter (g/m2). The stability of the electret state was studied by the method of thermoactivation spectroscopy. The dependences of the compensating potential difference on time under isothermal conditions were received over a wide range of temperatures. The influence of humidity on the stability of the electret state is shown. Electrets were produced in a corona discharge with the negative and positive polarity of corona electrode.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"2 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":"117067703","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":"On the Evaluation of Customers Interruption Costs due to Unexpected Power Outages","authors":"M. Lehtonen, N. Gunduz, Sinan Küfeoğlu","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659847","url":null,"abstract":"Supply reliability is an important factor to be considered when planning and developing modern power distribution systems. If reliability value is expressed in monetary terms, it can be used as one input parameter when optimizing the electrical distribution systems and when developing regulation. This paper analyses the customer interruption cost (CIC) evaluation techniques and presents some results of CIC due to unexpected outages, obtained by different methods. The methods first discussed are customer surveys including direct worth estimation, willingness to pay and willingness to accept methods. As another group of methods, different indirect analytical methods are considered. The cases explored are residential, industrial, commercial and public customers in Finland.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"20 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":"133708648","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 Electrical Field Impact on Propane Combustion By-Products and Acoustic Effect of The Flame","authors":"O. Krickis, S. Jaundālders","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659832","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of the electric field impact on gaseous fuels combustion was extensively studied for several decades. According to the studies results, it is possible to achieve high CO reduction rates with relatively small increase of NOx concentration in flue gases. Despite the fact of a high number of the similar researches, experimental units involved conventional layout of the DC or AC source connection to the electrodes. In framework of the current research was proposed new DC source connection layout to the electrodes, which allowed to rise the electric field intensity to 1150kV/m keeping the maximum potential difference between electrodes at 2.3kV level. The maximum registered CO emissions reduction in application of electric field, which was produced internally in burner, achieved 41% comparing with electric field free conditions. In addition to emissions reduction, FFT analysis of acoustic signal showed significant amplitude rise at high electric field intensity levels.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","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":"131286160","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}
I. Kolosok, E. Korkina, A. Mahņitko, Aleksandrs Gavrilovs
{"title":"Supporting Cyber-Physical Security of Electric Power System by the State Estimation Technique","authors":"I. Kolosok, E. Korkina, A. Mahņitko, Aleksandrs Gavrilovs","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659853","url":null,"abstract":"Security is one of the most important properties of electric power system (EPS). We consider the state estimation (SE) tool as a barrier to the corruption of data on current operating conditions of the EPS. An algorithm for a two-level SE on the basis of SCADA and WAMS measurements is effective in terms of detection of malicious attacks on energy system. The article suggests a methodology to identify cyberattacks on SCADA and WAMS.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"200 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":"116150662","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}
M. Bezuglyi, N. Bezuglaya, O. Kuprii, I. Yakovenko
{"title":"The non-invasive optical glucometer prototype with ellipsoidal reflectors","authors":"M. Bezuglyi, N. Bezuglaya, O. Kuprii, I. Yakovenko","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659864","url":null,"abstract":"The work is devoted to analyze the possibilities of creation of non-invasive optical glucometer based on photometry by ellipsoidal reflectors and Raman spectroscopy. The principles of optical glucose meter with ellipsoidal reflectors prototype development were proved. There demonstrates the dependency of Raman scattering signal in the system of optical glucometer during using of ellipsoidal reflectors and without them on the wavelength of laser radiation 980 nm.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"95 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":"121099584","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}
Z. Raud, V. Vodovozov, E. Petlenkov, Aleksandr Serbin
{"title":"Ontology-Based Design of Educational Trajectories","authors":"Z. Raud, V. Vodovozov, E. Petlenkov, Aleksandr Serbin","doi":"10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659893","url":null,"abstract":"Despite many benefits, the Web-based education is surrounded by such challenges as the gaps in students’ knowledge and incapacity to choose an appropriate course and lesson sequence that often result in learners’ frustration and stress as well as teachers’ overload and dissatisfaction. This research includes an ontological analysis demonstrated that contents of different disciplines are poorly intercommunicated and the interdisciplinary links are often disregarded whereas the inflexible curriculum structure is unsuitable for changes. The paper describes the design of individual student’s educational trajectories based on an educational thesaurus. The offered method supports the overall set of concepts in the learner’s knowledge domain providing a suitable arrangement of study for different groups of learners. An application example joins three disciplines across their conceptual basis, thus confirming the effectiveness of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":192943,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)","volume":"53 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":"124968981","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}