Lim Jin Chien, M. Drieberg, P. Sebastian, Lo Hai Hiung
{"title":"A simple solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks","authors":"Lim Jin Chien, M. Drieberg, P. Sebastian, Lo Hai Hiung","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824104","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is an advanced technology that allows users to monitor the environmental or physical condition such as light intensity, temperature, pressure and many more. Generally, WSN motes are powered by two AA sized batteries. However, these batteries have a limited lifespan and need to be changed whenever their energy supply is depleted. Therefore, solutions using energy harvesting system has been proposed to overcome this problem. Nevertheless, many existing design are quite complicated. In this work, a simple and low cost solar energy harvester for WSN is developed. Solar power was chosen due to its wide availability and high power density. The solar energy harvesting circuit consists of a solar panel, rechargeable batteries and a voltage regulator. Experimental results of the harvester have shown that even a simple solar energy harvesting system is able to supply sufficient energy to ensure the WSN's continuous operation. Furthermore, the simple solar harvester design can provide a starting guide for researchers and engineers to quickly obtain a working knowledge in this exciting and emerging area.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133946688","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":"Performance optimization of passive SAW sensor","authors":"M. Z. Aslam, V. Jeoti, N. H. Hamid, A. F. Malik","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824130","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on design and performance optimization of SAW devices. A two-port delay-line structure on top of 128YX lithium niobate and ST-X Quartz was fabricated with uniform IDTs. Frequency dependent simulations were conducted on the device. The fabricated devices were characterized, analyzed and discussed is this paper. Moreover, to optimize the performance of the SAW device, impedance mismatch in SAW device was compensated by designing a proper impedance matching circuit. The ADS simulation was performed to simulate the matching circuit. The obtained results are analyzed to help in the future development and modelling of these kind of devices as application specific sensor.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"559 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134504348","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}
Kelvinder Singh, I. Elamvazuthi, K. Shaari, F. Lima
{"title":"PID tuning control strategy using Cuckoo search algorithm for pressure plant","authors":"Kelvinder Singh, I. Elamvazuthi, K. Shaari, F. Lima","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824127","url":null,"abstract":"Plant process is a form of a process which requires a robust controller to regulate the process. Therefore, tuning of the controller for the specific process is necessary and each controller is process specific. This paper focuses on using the biomimetic algorithm due to its' competency to improve the system performance in terms of rise time, settling time and overshoot to regulate a closed loop pressure system. These biomimetic algorithms excel in optimization problems. Algorithms that will be investigated are the Ziegler-Nichols (ZN) and Cuckoo Search (CS) in tuning the Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller for a closed loop pressure plant system.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133111991","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}
K. Munawar, Ubaid M. Al Saggaf, Muhammad Saim, M. Moinuddin
{"title":"A localization approach in a distributed multiagent environment","authors":"K. Munawar, Ubaid M. Al Saggaf, Muhammad Saim, M. Moinuddin","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824113","url":null,"abstract":"Agents in a multi-agent system need to localize themselves and know the positions of the other agents for navigation and good coordination. In the outdoor environment, GPS can solve this problem; however indoors and in the GPS-denied situations, alternate arrangements are necessary. Most of such methods use landmarks or vision-based solutions, and are quite complex and expensive. The objective of this research is to design a simple, yet effective, sensing system for approximate localization of all the agents (or at least those in close vicinity) in a multi-agent environment. The proposed technique uses optical transmitters and receivers available with each agent. An agent transmits a signal to prompt the other agents about the \"region\" in which it is present. All other agents detect this signal and mark the regions (boundaries) where this agent is detected. When all other agents have marked the boundaries for the transmitting agent, the information gathered is exchanged and intersection region is calculated. The final subset region gives the approximate location of the agent that had transmitted the signal. MATLAB® simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed localization approach. The proposed system is scalable and does not require landmarks; more precise localization is possible depending on the requirements.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133217956","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":"Optimal output quadratic regulation","authors":"Rahat Ali, Muwahida Liaqat, F. Malik, M. Malik","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824142","url":null,"abstract":"To have an accurate information of system states is always being a challenging task for the control designers irrespective the system is linear or non linear. This information is used for state feedback in tracking of a reference signal. An observer based optimal linear quadratic scheme is presented in this paper. Linear time invariant (LTI) system is used for reference tracking in the presence of external disturbance once only plant input and output is available to us. The proposed closed loop structure is capable of rejecting the disturbance by utilizing the prior information of disturbance. A optimize quadratic cost function effectively utilizing the observed plant states is defined. Its performance in the presence of observer makes it more realistic for practical use. Suggested algorithm performance is discussed with the simulation results with third order linear system.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"60 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120817428","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}
Fahad Rasool, M. Drieberg, N. Badruddin, B. Singh, Mahinder Singh
{"title":"Modeling of PV panels performance based on datasheet values for solar micro energy harvesting","authors":"Fahad Rasool, M. Drieberg, N. Badruddin, B. Singh, Mahinder Singh","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824072","url":null,"abstract":"Typically photovoltaic (PV) panel datasheets provide the electrical parameters at only Standard Test Condition (STC) i.e. at irradiance of 1000 W/m2 and cell temperature of 25°C. However, the PV panels operate at various operating conditions. Therefore the datasheet information is not sufficient to determine its behavior. There is a need of a novel model to predict the behavior of PV panel under all conditions. Single Mechanism Five Parameters (1M5P) model uses datasheet values along with series and parallel resistance of the PV panel. The basic equations of the model and parameters extraction from datasheet are shown. The advantage of this model is that it only requires the minimum parameters from datasheet. Furthermore, it can predict the behavior of PV panel under all operating conditions and can be used for solar micro energy harvesting. At STC, the model is validated with both datasheet and experimental values with difference less than 5%.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123629287","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":"Unit commitment problem solution in the presence of solar and wind power integration by an improved priority list method","authors":"S. Abujarad, M. Mustafa, J. J. Jamian","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824076","url":null,"abstract":"Unit Commitment (UC) plays a key role in power system operation and control. With the integration of the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) into the power systems, many researchers are still investigating their effects in the UC. This paper presents an improved priority list method for solving the UC with the integration of RES, solar and wind. Coherent operation of RES with the conventional thermal generator is a big challenge thus generation schedule must satisfy the demand under the system constrain and uncertain RES power output. The improved priority list solves the UC problem under the integration of RES power generation. Numerical results are stated and discussed for the effect of solar and wind power integration into the power system. The results demonstrate a significant reduction in the hourly operation cost and start-up cost as well.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122831975","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}
R. Banaeeyan, M. H. Lye, M. Fauzi, H. A. Karim, John See
{"title":"Unsupervised face image retrieval using adjacent weighted component-based patches","authors":"R. Banaeeyan, M. H. Lye, M. Fauzi, H. A. Karim, John See","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824069","url":null,"abstract":"Face Image Retrieval (FIR) remains a challenging problem in many real word applications due to various pose and illumination alterations of face images. State-of-the-art systems attain good precision by utilizing Bag-of-Visual-Words (BoVW) retrieval model, but their average precision (AP) decline rapidly while retrieving face images, primarily because they disregard face-specific features, and generate low discriminative visual words, mainly at the quantization level. In this paper, we employ facial patch-based features to preserve more discriminative features at patch-level in order to achieve a higher precision. We take advantage of the TF-IDF voting scheme to give more weights to more discriminative facial features. First, features are extracted from facial components instead of the whole face which preserves more informative and person-specific features. Then, an adjacent patch-based comparison is performed to preserve more discriminative features at patch-level while scoring candidate face images. Finally, a weighting approach is implemented to give even more discrimination to different features from different face components. Experimental results on 1,000 face images from LFW (Labeled Faces in the Wild) indicate the superiority of proposed approach by means of higher mean average precision (mAP).","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125191671","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":"Performance comparison of one &two quantum wells light emitting diodes simulated with COMSOL multiphysics","authors":"Pradeep Kumar, M. Saheed, Z. A. Burhanudin","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824107","url":null,"abstract":"Light-emitting diodes are employed in numerous applications such as, displaying information, communications, sensing, illumination and lighting. In this paper, AlGaN/InGaN based two quantum wells (2QWs) light emitting diode (LED) is modeled and studied numerically using COMSOL Multiphysics. The electrical, electronic and optical parameters are extracted from the device. The performance of 2QWs LED is investigated by comparing device behavior with respect to available one quantum well (1QW) light emitting diode model. Very close turn-on voltage values are achieved for both LED models. A non-uniform emission is also found from 2QWsLED model along with high efficiency drooping.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126209814","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}
Salman Ali Shaukat, K. Munawar, M. Arif, A. I. Bhatti, U. I. Bhatti, U. Al-Saggaf
{"title":"Robust vehicle localization with GPS dropouts","authors":"Salman Ali Shaukat, K. Munawar, M. Arif, A. I. Bhatti, U. I. Bhatti, U. Al-Saggaf","doi":"10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIAS.2016.7824135","url":null,"abstract":"Vehicle navigation systems rely on the correct positioning information and GPS is the best solution. However, in situations of GPS outage, like in tunnels and dense woods, the vehicle can lose track quickly. Modern vehicle navigation systems are mostly based on the vehicle dynamics; proprietary algorithms keep navigating for quite some time. But these solutions are expensive and add much to a vehicle's cost. This paper proposes a Kalman filter based dead-reckoning algorithm that fuses GPS information with the orientation information from a cheap IMU/INS, and the vehicle's speed accessed from its ECU. This low-cost system uses GPS and IMU/INS in a loosely coupled manner along with vehicle's speed and keeps supplying a quite accurate position information with GPS outage for significantly long intervals. With proper tuning and initialization, the proposed scheme has a potential to keep working in a completely GPS-denied situation.","PeriodicalId":247287,"journal":{"name":"2016 6th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114734600","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}