{"title":"Thermal performance optimization of smooth flat plate solar air heater (SFPSAH) using simulated annealing: Evaluation and comparisons","authors":"S. Siddhartha, S. Chauhan, V. Varun, N. Sharma","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497748","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, the interest of researcher growing in the field of optimization of solar systems in order to improve the thermal performance by reducing friction losses and increasing heat transfer rates either using optimization techniques or improving system design by introducing roughness elements. In case of solar air heater, the working fluid is air which reduces the probability of corrosion and also decreases the weight of collector and correspondingly reduces the cost. The thermal performance of solar air heater is low which can be increased by rising heat transfer rates which can be obtained by using high flow rates. In this work, simulated annealing algorithm has been implemented to optimize the thermal performance of flat plate solar air heater and predict the optimized set of design and operating parameters. The concept of simulated annealing based on the physical annealing process in statistical mechanics which governs first law of thermodynamics. The algorithm for the optimization is developed as well as simulation is carried out based upon the code developed in MATLAB. The design and operating parameters which affect the thermal performance are wind velocity, irradiance; tilt angle, mass flow rate, ambient temperature, emissivity of plate and number of glass cover plates. In this work the optimized set of these parameters are obtained and the optimized thermal performance is evaluated. The results obtained show that the maximum thermal performance is 72.48 % for three number of glass plate at an irradiance of 600 W/m2. The final results obtained from this technique are compared with other optimization techniques like PSO, GA and found to be satisfactory. These results are also compared with the experimental results.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114485362","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 new method for balancing a three-phase induction motor supplied by a single-phase source","authors":"Yaw-Juen Wang, H. Zhou","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497758","url":null,"abstract":"A three-phase induction motor (IM) powered by a single-phase supply is working under a very unbalanced condition, necessitating it to be derated to avoid overheating. To improve the performance of single-phase powered IMs, a new circuit scheme is proposed in this paper. The proposed circuit scheme is inspired by the traditional Steinmetz connection which employs a capacitor to connect the motor's third terminal to either of the two terminals of the single-phase source supplying the motor. The proposed scheme uses two sets of static var compensators (SVCs), a parallel combination of a thyristor-controlled reactor and a capacitor, as a phase balancer. By properly choosing the element values of the two SVCs, this new scheme allows the motor to operate under a perfect balanced three-phase voltage condition.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121747294","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":"Well-organized preconditioner for solving load flow problems by GMRES","authors":"C. Portugal, R. Prada, J. Pessanha","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497715","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes and tests strategies to accomplish high quality incomplete triangular factors (ILU) preconditioners for solve the load flow sublinear problem by GMRES. The process begins constructing the preconditioner over the reordered Jacobian matrix calculated in the first Newton iteration. If the iterative process does not start due to high inaccuracies and/or numerical stability problems emerged during the preconditioner construction, the solution process is restarted and the Jacobian matrix calculated in the first Newton iteration is preprocessed through scaling, nonsymmetric and symmetric (ordering) permutations, leading to a new and better quality preconditioner. Numerical experiments considering two Brazilian power system configurations (2256/3515 buses) operating under adverse conditions (heavy loaded) corroborate the efficiency of such strategies over the preconditioner quality improving the GMRES convergence rate. A LU preconditioner for comparison purposes is also considered.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115440526","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":"Effect of inclined ribs on heat transfer behavior in a square channel","authors":"S. Skullong, P. Chaidilokpattanakul, P. Promvonge","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497776","url":null,"abstract":"The research work presents the study of heat transfer in a heat exchanger channel inserted with 45° inclined ribs. The test channel has a square section with a uniform wall heat flux condition. The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics are presented for Reynolds numbers based on the hydraulic diameter of the channel ranging from 4000 to 40,000. Two rib arrangements, namely, in-line and staggered arrays, a single pitch equal to three times of channel height (=3H), and three rib to channel height ratios, e/H=0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 are introduced. The experimental result of heat transfer in terms of Nusselt number and pressure drop in terms of friction factor are compared between the ribbed channel and the smooth channel. The inclined rib with e/H=0.2 gives higher heat transfer and friction factor than the e/H=0.15, 0.1 and the smooth channel. It is worth nothing that the heat transfer and pressure drop for the in-line arrangement provides the higher value of Nusselt number and friction factor than the staggered one for all rib height ratios.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122629751","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":"Influences of twisted-tape with parallel rectangular-wing on thermal performance of a heat exchanger","authors":"P. Eiamsa-ard, C. Thianpong, S. Eiamsa-ard","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497778","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper reports heat transfer enhancement and friction factor characteristics in the tubes inserted with rectangular-winged twisted-tapes (TT-RWs). The wing-depth ratio (d/W) was varied from 0.1 to 0.3 while the tape-twist ratio was kept constant at y/W = 4.0. The experiments were conducted under uniform heat flux condition for Reynolds number between 5500 and 20,200 (based on the inner diameter, D), using water as the working fluid. The tubes with typical twisted tape (TT) and twisted tape with alternate-axis (TA) as well as a plain tube were also tested for assessment. The obtained results demonstrate that the utilization of the tubes with TT-RWs leads to the increases of both Nusselt number and friction compared to those from the uses of the tubes with TT, TA and the plain tube. In addition, Nusselt number increases as a wing-depth ratio of the twisted tape increases. The improvement of Nusselt number is directly related to the superior destruction of the boundary layer which is responsible by the stronger swirl flow and turbulence intensity. According to the results, the TT-RW with d/W = 0.3 yields the highest Nusselt number which is around 100% higher than that of the plain tube, corresponding to the thermal performance factor of 1.36 at constant pumping power.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124459475","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. Rahman, A. A. Mansur, N. Mahmud, M. Islam, T. Jamal
{"title":"Development of electrical behavioral model of an arbitrary solar cell to amend the PSPICE simulation performance","authors":"M. Rahman, A. A. Mansur, N. Mahmud, M. Islam, T. Jamal","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497766","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a behavioral modeling of a solar cell to improve the simulation results of PSPICE. Considering irradiance and ambient temperature as two inputs and using the parameters provided by the manufacturers this model will enable us to study the precise output of the cell. Also this model will help us to evaluate the short circuit current, open circuit voltage, cell operation temperature, maximum power point current, maximum power point voltage and the power at maximum power point. Furthermore, an example to use this model and some suggestions will be available to utilize this model in case of solar cell arrays analysis.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121076707","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":"Automation of interconnected power system using fuzzy controller","authors":"E. B. M. Tayeb","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497762","url":null,"abstract":"The fuzzy logic controller is constructed as a set of control rules and the control signal is directly deduced from the knowledge base and the fuzzy inference. In this paper, a fuzzy logic controller is proposed for load frequency control problem of electrically interconnected power system. The study has been designed for a two area interconnected power system. Simulation results show that the proposed controller is suitable for damping the frequency oscillation due to load disturbance effects. The proposed controller when compared against conventional PID controller; it shows best dynamic responses over PID controller.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117114779","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":"Methodology for enhancing the assessment of opportunities in renewable Energy Resources with study case","authors":"B. D. da Silva, M. Udaeta, L. Galvao","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497730","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is the expeditious evaluation of business opportunities “attractiveness” in renewable Energy Resources - (ER) within a specific geographic area, and using concepts of Integrated Resource Planning Methodology (PIR is Portuguese Acronyms for IRP). The proposed methodology includes “a priori” assessment of ERs also in others dimensions, besides the technical-economical, quantifying and internalizing stakeholders' opinions, therefore offering a rich ground to risk assessments in advance. As a study case, the methodology is applied within the Northwest region of São Paulo State2, called Administrative Region of Araçatuba (Portuguese Acronyms RAA)3. The deliverables of the methodology include (i) the main Figures of Economic Merit (FEM) - (Net Present Value, Internal Return Rate and Discounted Payback), evaluated to each resource assessed; (ii) sensitivity analysis on cash flow of technical-economical inputs (parameters used to build the investment cash flow) and finally (iii) it makes recommendations of investments (investment grade or not) to each ER assessed. It is important to point out the ER locacional aspects (Brazil, São Paulo, and RAA) are considered, enriching the methodology. Five4 ERs were chosen to be evaluated, all of them renewable: On the energy supply side (generation): Small Hydro Plant (SHP), Wind Farms and Cogeneration using sugarcane biomass as fuel; and on the demand side (final uses/economy measures): replacement of incandescent light bulbs (energy spender) by compact fluorescent ones (energy saver) and replacement of electric showers (energy spender) by water central heating systems (energy saver), inside PIR Urban areas. The only assessed ER that has not received investment grade was Wind Farm.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125170140","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}
S. Karthikeyan, Sathish K. Kumar, Y. Janakinadh, V. V. Raviteja, I. Raglend, D. Kothari
{"title":"Determining market clearing price using graphical analysis - impact of loss as a case study","authors":"S. Karthikeyan, Sathish K. Kumar, Y. Janakinadh, V. V. Raviteja, I. Raglend, D. Kothari","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497714","url":null,"abstract":"Market clearing price (MCP) has been the prime operating function for a pool operator in energy trading scenario. Its main objective is to maximize the social welfare function where the society i.e. both the generating companies and the consumers are benefited and unbiased. Many researchers take stepped bid functions of both the generators and consumers as inputs for determining MCP (λ). But owing to reason of having less information and less realistic, quadratic bidding functions are preferred and a closed form solution scheme with and without loss have been developed. Gradient technique has been used for finding the mcp when losses are considered. All the above solution has been interpreted using graphical approach. The proposed approach has been tested on a 30 bus system and a 3 unit system. From the results, a conceptual understanding has been made and how various market conditions have an impact on the MCP is discussed. The results obtained are quite encouraging and useful for the present context of deregulation and restructuring of electricity market. MATLAB 7.0 has been used to carry out the simulation.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127238566","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":"Analysis of a partially shaded PV array considering different module connection schemes and effects of bypass diodes","authors":"Yaw-Juen Wang, Shulin Lin","doi":"10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497768","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to analyze a mismatched PV array using a simplified model of PV module and to compare its electrical characteristics including I-V, P-V, maximum power and loss, for series-and-parallel (SP) and total-cross-tied (TCT) configurations of PV module connection. The influences of bypass diodes that are in parallel with each PV module, are also considered. Two methods have been used in this study: the analytical method and the PLPB (piecewise linear parallel branches) model. The former lies in writing the KCL and KVL equations of the PV array electric network and solving them using the Newton-Raphson method. The later involves a piecewise linear model that allows the PV array network to be simulated using the EMTP circuit simulation program.","PeriodicalId":262691,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference & Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues and Prospects for Asia (ICUE)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121344463","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}