{"title":"A novel method to predict Non-uniform illumination pattern on a large scale rooftop SPV array","authors":"Kuntal Ghosh, P. P., S. Duttagupta, P. K. Gupta","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936079","url":null,"abstract":"Incident irradiance plays a significant role in power generation on a stand-alone solar photovoltaics (SPV) array. Due to sun movement, non-uniform illumination (NUI) is an inevitable phenomenon on stand-alone rooftop SPV array. This results loss in power generation as well as affects the long term reliability of those SPV modules. It can be overcome, by incorporating solar tracking arrangement across each and every SPV module. But it would put a limit to the no of mounted SPV modules on a rooftop with a certain area. Hence stand-alone SPV array with integrated sensor network is recommended for monitoring the NUI and corresponding generated power on that SPV array. But these integrated sensors in each SPV modules comprise several challenges like localization of sensor nodes, power consumption, data communication by the sensor network etc. In this work alternatively a camera is mounted on an autonomous flying robot (an aerostat or a quadcopter) or on a pole is to monitor and predict the NUI pattern on that SPV array. It replaces large numbers of sensors by a single camera which assists in optical sensing and track the movement of NUI pattern on that rooftop. Simultaneously it helps in enabling the reconfiguration algorithm to the SPV array for optimized power generation.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115521927","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}
Ivan Ramirez-Fonseca, L. Mackay, N. H. van der Blij, Tsegay Hailu, L. Ramirez-Elizondo, P. Bauer
{"title":"Impact of voltage dependent demand response on the dynamics of DC microgrids","authors":"Ivan Ramirez-Fonseca, L. Mackay, N. H. van der Blij, Tsegay Hailu, L. Ramirez-Elizondo, P. Bauer","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936056","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluates the dynamics of DC microgrids (DCMG) with the integration of voltage dependent demand response (VDDR). Previous work evaluates price prediction models for grid operators to estimate local price as a demand side management (DSM) technique. VDDR has been proposed to implement DSM without the need of a dedicated communication link. The dynamic response of a DCMG with VDDR has been evaluated in a situation with limited source power output. This has been done with two different VDDR controller logics: dynamic and fixed hysteresis control. Furthermore, the effect of current rate of change control is presented. The results provide further understanding on the dynamic behaviour of DCMGs, which can be used to create a guideline for the design of source and load control systems.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122171268","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}
Sushant Mutagekar, John P Kurian, A. Jhunjhunwala, Prabhjot Kaur, Shivashankar Gunaki
{"title":"Designing a high performance battery life cycle tester","authors":"Sushant Mutagekar, John P Kurian, A. Jhunjhunwala, Prabhjot Kaur, Shivashankar Gunaki","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936070","url":null,"abstract":"This paper illustrates the Battery Life Cycle Tester with intelligent charging and discharging unit comprising of measurement, data logging, remote monitoring and communication sections for data acquisition and control. The life cycle tester switches between different charging and discharging modes making it compatible with all battery chemistries. The discharger comprises of an electronic load using MOSFETs operated in their linear region to dissipate power. The required charging/discharging profiles for various applications like electric vehicle motor load and urban drive cycle tests can be programmed via an RS485 link and the data collection is done through Ethernet with an onboard SD card for backup. The user can also set their own test profiles within given limits. The Battery Life Cycle tester is used to perform required charging and discharging profiles at the specified Depth of Discharge (DOD), temperature, State of charge (SOC), charge and discharge rates for the desired number of cycles and store the data for analysis.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121259357","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 thermal energy storage on PCM based integrated saw tooth collector for institutions","authors":"B. S., Abishraj Vr, S. S","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936078","url":null,"abstract":"The research work done is related to solar thermal energy storage using Saw tooth shaped absorber along with Phase Change Material (PCM) with integrated collector-saw tooth solar water heating (ICSTSWH) system. Towards that Design and fabricated ICSTSWH. Solar heat gain has been enhanced by means of saw tooth shape roof which have maximum transmissivity to collect the solar irradiation. Top layer is made up of a double layer glass glazing where heat transfer analysis is done for different mediums like hydrogen, oxygen and vacuum gas. Storage tank is completely insulated except saw tooth portion. The bottom portion of the glass is coated with black color for making the absorbance co-efficient close to one. 20 aluminum pipes of 1mm thick are fixed in parallel and filled with Paraffin wax [C12] which stores the thermal energy in the form of latent heat. The PCM material gets charged when there is available of solar radiation and discharges whenever the source is not there. The trapezoidal shape solar thermal energy storage system provides energy saving which depends predominately on the amount of thermal stratification within the saw tooth storage cavity. This design brings on thermal stratification in the water storage, and provides enough energy storage to meet the hot water requirements between 6 am to 8 am (early morning) in institution's hostels.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121671959","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":"Wireless Sensor Network for DC/AC homegrids","authors":"A. Manur, G. Venkataramanan","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936072","url":null,"abstract":"Rapidly falling costs of photovoltaic generation and electrical energy storage devices are prompting the proliferation of self-contained electricity systems in homes and buildings, that can be called homegrid, and several of these homegrids form a microgrid. The homegrid consists of local generation, storage and utilization devices, which may or may not interconnect to a central utility system. A critical challenge in operating a homegrid is the energy management of the electrical power system to ensure electricity availability and system stability while meeting customer needs. This paper proposes a wireless communication framework for energy management in homegrids using a Homegrid Sensor Network (HSN) which consists of the HEM (Homegrid Energy Manager) and Homegrid Nodes (HN) which are connected to the required loads/sources. HSN has been realized using an IEEE 802.15.4 based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) with mesh capabilities for control and management of the electrical power system. The paper presents a design framework along with evaluation results using an IEEE 802.15.4 based commercial off the shelf radio chipset and a vendor-supplied cross-layer mesh networking protocol. The paper presents results from link quality estimation using hardware and software-based approaches.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128524296","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":"AMI rollout strategy and cost-benefit analysis for India","authors":"Reji Kumar Pillai, R. Bhatnagar, Hem Thukral","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936083","url":null,"abstract":"This Paper examines, in detail, all aspects related to rollout of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) in India. It covers key issues such as smart meter standards and specification, testing of smart meters, retrofitting of existing meters, communication technology options, procurement strategy and business models for AMI rollout. Under the UDAY program, Government of India plans to deploy smart meters for all customers with monthly consumption above 200 kWh by December 2019. Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) have the responsibility of choosing the most optimum deployment strategy. While the traditional AMI approach proposes deployment of smart meters for all customers on a feeder, another option is to deploy only for customers having monthly electricity consumption greater than 200 units. Part A of this Paper presents a detailed cost-benefit analysis which strongly advocates deployment of smart meters for all customers on a feeder primarily because of the potential to reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses and the substantially lower cost for the last mile communication network when the full feeder is covered. Part B of this Paper covers a set of recommendations for AMI roll out in India.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134344509","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}
D. Kamalakannan, N. Singh, M. Karthi, V. Narayanan, N. S. Ramanathan
{"title":"Design and development of DC powered BLDC motor for Mixer-Grinder application","authors":"D. Kamalakannan, N. Singh, M. Karthi, V. Narayanan, N. S. Ramanathan","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936063","url":null,"abstract":"Mixer grinder in a residential application works with a 230V 1phase AC supply and at present it operates with an universal motor. The efficiency of this motor is in the range of 40 ∼ 60%. At the wake of improving the efficiency with more reliable and easy control, the possibilities of BLDC motors in the application is explored. The design of a BLDC motor with a surface mounted rotor and interior permanent magnet is carried out to meet the performance requirement of mixer-grinder application. Finite element analysis of this BLDC machine is performed and results are presented. The performance of a conventional mixer-grinder with mixer load and dynamometer is evaluated. A prototype of BLDC with surface mounted rotor configuration is developed. The performance comparison of mixer with conventional and BLDC motor is discussed in this paper. The design of mixer motor with 48V DC and 300V DC power supply is also done and performance of 300V DC is evaluated.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134530262","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":"Design and development of sensorless controller for DC-operated mixer-grinder","authors":"Chinmay D. Bhagat, S. Nikam, B. G. Fernandes","doi":"10.1109/sgbc.2016.7936065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/sgbc.2016.7936065","url":null,"abstract":"DC distribution system with DC appliances offer more efficient use of limited energy resources. A BLDC mixer-grinder is a promising alternative to the presently used inefficient mixer-grinders. This work presents a simple, low-cost control strategy for a DC-operated mixer-grinder with three-phase BLDC motor. A compact BLDC motor-controller is designed and developed. The mixer-grinder having variable starting load is successfully tested at rated load with sensorless and sensor-based control strategies and the hardware results are presented. Suitable modifications are introduced in the currently available sensorless algorithms, enabling the low-cost, sensorless operation of the mixer-grinder with variable starting loads.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126160325","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}
C. Phurailatpam, R. Chauhan, B. Rajpurohit, F. G. Longatt, S. Singh
{"title":"Demand side management system for future buildings","authors":"C. Phurailatpam, R. Chauhan, B. Rajpurohit, F. G. Longatt, S. Singh","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936058","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a new demand-side management (DSM) scheme for autonomous DC microgrid for the future building. The DC distribution system is considered as a prospective system due to the increase of DC loads and DC power sources such as photovoltaic (PV), and battery bank (BB). The BB responds to the changes in power imbalance between PV generation and demand within an autonomous DC microgrid. The power loss during charging/discharging in the battery is the great challenge for the autonomous DC microgrid supplied by PV. It decreases the system efficiency. The control objective of the proposed DSM scheme is to use the PV energy more efficiently. The proposed control algorithm shifts the deferrable load from non-sunny hours to sunny hours and decreases the building demand during non-sunny hours. In this way it decreases the charging/discharging cycles of the batteries. This is reducing the power losses in the battery and improves system efficiency. The proposed scheme reduces the size of the PV plant, storage and capital cost of the system.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131287224","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":"High efficient single stage single phase boost inverter with minimized harmonic distortion","authors":"T. Dineshkumar, M. Mathankumar, M. Sundaram","doi":"10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SGBC.2016.7936077","url":null,"abstract":"Solar energy is an abundant renewable energy source from sunlight which can be used to charge a battery. The battery voltage is converted into 230V ac supply using inverter for driving single phase load applications like home appliances. The output of the conventional voltage source inverter is lower than its input and is used to drive the loads after removing the ripples by using filtering circuit. The main feature of the boost inverter is it will produce an ac output voltage higher than the input dc supply depending on the instantaneous duty cycle. The output of boost inverter can be used to drive the autonomous loads and home appliances without any filter. The main advantages are low cost, less number of switches used, compact size and reduce the power processing stages into single stage.","PeriodicalId":339120,"journal":{"name":"2016 First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115138502","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}