{"title":"Specification of fault current limitation level for FCLs in power systems","authors":"Yucheng Zhang, R. Dougal","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453879","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing capacity of power system, fault currents (CBs) may exceed the interrupting capacity ratings of circuit breakers. Fault current limiters (FCLs) can be applied to maintain circuit breakers within their interrupt ratings. The degree of fault current limiting on system performance is analyzed in radial and meshed system structures. Heavy limitation modes and light limitation modes are defined. The choice of limitation mode should be based on the locations of FCLs. We discovered that FCLs should work in light limitation mode to maintain the function of circuit breakers in a radial structure, or a matrix structure with changeable relay schemes, but that FCLs should work in heavy limitation mode in a matrix structure with unchangeable relay schemes, to limit the fault current contribution from newly-added distributed generators. The analyses are verified by simulation results.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115538065","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":"Effects of Gallium-Phosphide and Indium-Gallium-Antimonide semiconductor materials on photon absorption of multijunction solar cells","authors":"I. Bhattacharya, S. Foo","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453863","url":null,"abstract":"The main challenge in the photovoltaic industry is making the solar cells more cost effective. Single junction solar cells can only absorb a certain wavelength of the solar spectrum, hence produce less efficiency. In contrary multijunction solar cells direct sunlight towards matched spectral sensitivity by splitting the spectrum into smaller slices. The high efficiency multijunction photovoltaics made up of III-V semiconductor material alloys with high optical sensitivity and ideal combination of band-gaps increase absorption of photons, creates more electron-hole pairs, and hence increase the efficiency of the solar cell. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US Department of Energy (DOE) and many leading research organizations all over the world are investing money in the design of III-IV multijunction solar cell projects. In this paper, we introduce a novel multijunction photovoltaic cell based on GaP/InGaAs/InGaSb, and compare it with existing single-junction and multijunction cells. We observe that the inclusion of GaP and InGaSb layers in our design has made a significant improvement in absorption of solar energy in the entire spectral range, thus resulting in higher efficiency.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123938006","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":"Simple traffic light controller: A digital systems design project","authors":"Jose Ortiz, R. Klenke","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453915","url":null,"abstract":"In the past few years, laboratory exercises for our Digital Systems course were typically self contained. The lack of integration prevented students from fully realizing a complete digital system during the course of the class. The simple traffic light controller design project was introduced to alleviate this shortcoming and to ensure students gain experience in solving implementation and interfacing problems of a modern digital system. Students implement a fully functional traffic signal controller for a four-way intersection. The intersection is complete with sensors to detect the presence of vehicles waiting at or approaching the intersection. The project incorporates many concepts and components that are discussed in detail throughout the course. These include FPGAs, VHDL for modeling and synthesis, finite state machines, embedded microprocessors, memory interfaces, serial communication, and signal synchronization. A bottom-up with a partially specified design methodology is used to encourage students to use their breadth of knowledge and creativity. By the end of the project, students will have gained a better understanding of digital system design methodologies through hands-on experience.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124196929","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":"An integrated, semi-automated approach to thermochemical conversion research for sustainable farming systems","authors":"K. Cantrell, J. H. Martin","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453812","url":null,"abstract":"An integrated, semi-automated system is presented for the rapid and efficient testing and production of research-scale quantities of biochar. This biochar, produced from agricultural waste materials, can easily be incorporated in future sustainable livestock farming systems. These farming systems will be able to diversify farm income by generating a consistent, predictable, marketable product. Before biochar is incorporated into production systems, it needs to be assessed for its potential to improve soil or crop systems or produce energy. To assess the potential of biochar and proceed quickly from experimental design to experimental results, a variety of analytical instrumentation, control technologies, and processing technologies were brought together to decrease analysis time and double production of a wide variety of biochar types.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116683566","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. Melton, E. Burgett, M. Jamil, T. Zaidi, N. Hertel, I. Ferguson
{"title":"GaN as a neutron detection material","authors":"A. Melton, E. Burgett, M. Jamil, T. Zaidi, N. Hertel, I. Ferguson","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453842","url":null,"abstract":"GaN is a promising material for neutron detection applications, with advantages over Si and GaAs. GaN films doped with Gd have been grown by MOCVD and investigated for their feasibility for neutron detection. The films were structurally and electrically characterized through HRXRD and Hall effect measurements. Alpha particle luminescence of both doped and undoped films was used to investigate gamma discrimination properties.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121360886","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":"Edge detection using fast Bidimensional Empirical Mode Decomposition and mathematical morphology","authors":"James Z. Zhang, Zijing Qin","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453903","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents an edge detection method using fast Bidimensional EMD and mathematical morphological methods. It is shown that the detection results are better than other comparable algorithms. The optimization of the presented algorithm extracts sufficient features for intended applications.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"23 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122395649","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 chromosomes as genetic disks: A systems software metaphor for genetic engineering","authors":"N. Ackovska, L. Bozinovska, S. Bozinovski","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453861","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a further elaboration on the operating system and systems software metaphor for understanding genetic information processing. Here the focus is on engineering artificial chromosomes: we propose understanding of the process in term of creating genetic files and genetic disks. The paper points out possibilities of using such disks in combination with stem cells for organ engineering. The paper also discusses array of transgenic disks, a human genomic library distributed over colony of bacteria.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116554929","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}
T. R. Harris, S. Melamed, S. Luniya, W. R. Davis, M. Steer, L. Doxsee, Kurt Obermiller, Chad Hawkinson
{"title":"Thermal analysis and verification of a mounted monolithic integrated circuit","authors":"T. R. Harris, S. Melamed, S. Luniya, W. R. Davis, M. Steer, L. Doxsee, Kurt Obermiller, Chad Hawkinson","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453924","url":null,"abstract":"As circuit density increases and high-power applications are facilitated, thermal considerations become paramount a design concern. In this paper, a high power monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) is modeled by the fREEDA multi-physics simulator and measured for validation. While validation is the crux of any simulation model, it is known that thermal measurements accurate to a high resolution are problematic. As such, the thermal profile of integrated circuits cannot be measured directly with infrared thermal imaging due to unequivalent emissivities of materials. It becomes necessary to use an absorptive ink to approximate a blackbody so that the infrared emissions can be used to infer temperature. The impact and effect of this thermal imaging technique is investigated in this work by comparing measurements with detailed thermal simulations with and without the surface treatment. Thermal analysis uses the finite element method and a reduced-order model based on cuboids with effective thermal conductivities. The end goal is to provide a simulation tool to designers, which can be extended to any project which requires attention to thermal preference.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126736860","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":"Determination of friction coefficients for cutting brush — road surface interaction through FEM","authors":"L. V. Useche, M. Wahab, G. Parker","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453917","url":null,"abstract":"A novel Finite Element Model (FEM) is used to determine the coefficients of friction between the bristles of a cutting brush of street sweepers and a concrete road surface. The model deals with brush dynamics and entails a 3-D transient non-linear structural analysis involving contact. Each row of clusters is modeled by a single beam. The beams are subjected to inertia forces, and the surface is rotated and raised until the required penetration is achieved. Values of the friction coefficients are calculated for three rotational speeds: 60, 100, and 140 r/min. Transient effects are rapidly damped out and the coefficients of friction can be determined with accuracy. In order to obtain these, experimental results in [1] are compared to those of this work. It is concluded that the FEM is valid, and it is corroborated that, contrary to a flicking brush, the brush vertical force is not affected significantly by the coefficient of friction. Finally, it is found that the coefficients of friction, which are obtained from torque results, depend on the sliding velocity. The results were fitted to an exponential curve that corresponds to μs = 0.70, μk = 0.27, and cv = 0.40 s/m.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126985314","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}
Jonathan Jones, Xiaohong Yuan, Edward Carr, Huiming Yu
{"title":"A comparative study of CyberCIEGE game and Department of Defense Information Assurance Awareness video","authors":"Jonathan Jones, Xiaohong Yuan, Edward Carr, Huiming Yu","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2010.5453895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2010.5453895","url":null,"abstract":"A pilot study comparing the educational effectiveness of CyberCIEGE game and Department of Defense Information Assurance Awareness video was conducted in an undergraduate Introduction to Computer System Security course. The students in this class were split into two groups, with one group playing the game and the other group watching the video. The students in both groups were given a pre-test before using the training tools and were given a post-test after two weeks of using the tools. The student pre-test/post-test scores, the student answers to post-test questions and the student survey results are analyzed and discussed in this paper. Future work includes a more thorough assessment of the effectiveness of Cyber-CIEGE game compared to DoD IAA video.","PeriodicalId":286940,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130895186","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}