{"title":"Conceptualizing a Decision Making Process Model Around Aspects Influencing Consumers Considering Purchase of Electric Vehicles","authors":"Sennan Mattar, S. Ansari, Hani Al-Madni","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541847","url":null,"abstract":"A global shift towards Electric Vehicles (EV) is evident, with the technology being constantly matured and governments seeking to decarbonise their transport networks. This global push for decarbonisation in transport is mirrored in the United Kingdoms policies with plans to discontinue the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2040. Nevertheless, while the EV industry has made significant gains in the car market, ICE vehicles remain the most predominant mode of transport for consumers. The transition from ICE to EV vehicles is a subject of major interest in industry, government and academic circles due to the numerous economic, social and technical challenges. In particular, the market aspects of this transition and consumer purchase behaviour when exposed to EVs require an in-depth understanding. This paper explores the decision making processes by consumers under various market scenarios when comparing ICE and EV vehicles currently available in the UK market. The contribution of this paper is a discrete choice experimental model that highlights the socioeconomic and technical aspects influencing consumer confidence in making the transition from ICE to EVs.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124204662","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 Wireless communication system for a quadrotor helicopter","authors":"Ajay K. Joseph, A. Bousbaine, Abdelkader Fareha","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8542040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8542040","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to present real-time wireless communication between an AVR microcontroller and a quadcopter model built in Simulink representing a ground station. The wireless communication is achieved by using a pair of HC-05 Bluetooth modules. The wireless communication is performed on various controllers designed on Matlab/Simulink.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121756143","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":"Development of a Demand Response Program: A Case Study of Cairo, Egypt","authors":"E. Beshr, A. A. Raouf Mohamed","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541915","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on Demand Response (DR) and the implementation of DR programs in Egypt. Egypt suffers from high consumption in electrical energy due to the rapid growth of industrial buildings and new cities. This increase enforce the electrical network operator to control the load directly by repeatedly cutting off the electrical supply over different areas. A Direct Load Control (DLC) is simulated in this paper illustrating its pros and cons, also a Pay-Back Program (PBP) is proposed and compared with the implemented DLC program. A feasible solution is presented and the simulations are made using actual data from customers through wide survey collected in Cairo, Egypt.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"528 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124501791","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":"Power Balance and Control of Transmission Lines Using Static Series Compensator","authors":"M. Suliman, M. Emad Farrag","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541894","url":null,"abstract":"Parallel of transmission line system can be utilised for flow the power from a generating units to the load center in a meshed lines of power system grid. Distribution line currents flow in these parallel transmission depends on impedance value of line. Lowest value of impedance will reach maximum rating of transmission earlier than other transmission that in parallel paths and, while other transmission paths are not reached to its maximum rating. In this paper, a modeling and of parallel transmission lines is presented also series compensator SC inserted for regulating the flow power. The adaptive fuzzy logic control scheme is proposed, Takagi-Sugeno TS type is trained off line in this controller. The simulation results of this study show the ability of SC to regulate the flow of power in the controlled transmission between 50 to 100 percent of rated power.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124051597","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 Modelling of Permanent Magnet Fault Current Limiter For Electrical Power Applications","authors":"F. Al-naemi, W. Issa, A. Ramadan, J. Hall","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8542056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8542056","url":null,"abstract":"As the electrical power grids are extending in capacity with connection of distributed generations, the fault current level is increasing and approaching the capacity limits of the circuit breakers. In this paper, a saturated inductor fault current limiter (FCL) based on permanent magnet biasing has been developed to overcome the inherent disadvantages associated with many previous technologies such as superconducting based techniques. A 3D Finite Element Modeling (FEM) is used to develop and validate the proposed design and compared it with air-cored inductor. A lab-scale prototype was built to verify the design. Furthermore, a scaled up model which could be introduced to 11 kV network is introduced and its electromagnetic performance is evaluated.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115842772","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. Simelane, U. Mudau, T. Duma, Daniel S. P. Chowdhury
{"title":"Performance Analysis of CSIR’s Solar PV Plants","authors":"S. Simelane, U. Mudau, T. Duma, Daniel S. P. Chowdhury","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541938","url":null,"abstract":"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria is rapidly getting off the grid with the implementation of renewable energy projects as part of its drive to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy in the South African energy industry. South Africa faces a two-fold energy challenge where it struggles to meet its electricity demand, while being one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa. The objective of the CSIR is to provide some expert intervention in the South African energy sector, with focus placed on expanding the energy system in order to meet demand while becoming less carbon intensive. This paper analyses the performance of CSIR’s first three photovoltaic projects. The paper focuses on energy yield, performance ratio and the levelised cost of energy (LCOE).","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"19 1-2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131922838","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":"Modelling of Heat Pump Load Profiles for Grid Expansion Planning","authors":"M. Wahl, Tom Droscher, Julian Sprey, A. Moser","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541958","url":null,"abstract":"In order to meet European goals in terms of reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, other sectors besides the electricity sector must be decarbonised. Especially, the heating and cooling sector, which is responsible for 50 % of Europe’s final energy consumption has a high potential for this purpose. Due to their high efficiency, heat pumps represent a key technology to achieve these goals. However, an increasing number of heat pumps has an effect on peak loads, feeder voltages and line loadings in power systems. In order to plan power grid expansion adequately, we present a model in this paper, which determines load profiles for representing buildings and heat pumps systems. With regard to resident buildings, we consider different building types and refurbishment levels. With regard to heat pumps systems, we consider different heat sources, control methods, storage systems and hot water demand. In the last section of this paper, we compare load profiles of different system designs. As a conclusion we point out that power peaks caused by use of a heating element or by hot water demand might cause problems for the existing power grid. Finally, we discuss how heat pumps can contribute to a more flexible demand in order to reduce grid reinforcement.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131973702","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":"Microgrid Design for Rural Island in PEA Area","authors":"C. Madtharad, Tanaporn Chinabut","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541848","url":null,"abstract":"The Provincial Electricity Authority’s (PEA) target is for electrification of 100% of villages and households in Thailand. Currently 99.99% of villages and 99.72% of households are electrified. For some rural islands, PEA supply electricity by using diesel generators. The cost of generating electricity using diesel generators on islands is more than 3 times that of the cost of generating electricity on the mainland. However the electricity sale price in the Kingdom of Thailand is a uniform tariff rate. For some unelectrified islands, PEA plan to use PV together with diesel generators and/or submarine cable to supply the power to meet the 100% electrification target. This paper outlines the design of a microgrid power system for one rural island for which PEA considered that the submarine cable investment is not economically feasible. HOMER Pro microgrid analysis tool (HOMER Pro) will be used for calculating the optimal sizing of the PV array and BESS. According to the national policy for microgrids in the Kingdom of Thailand, this paper will present a method to calculate the appropriate electricity tariff for microgrid systems that can be proposed to the government if this new business model would be implemented in the Kingdom of Thailand in near future.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132221620","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. Maihöfner, Nicola Rosbach, T. Plößer, J. Hanson
{"title":"Influence of a Decentralized Heat Supply on the Electrical Grid of a Campus Quarter","authors":"D. Maihöfner, Nicola Rosbach, T. Plößer, J. Hanson","doi":"10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541872","url":null,"abstract":"The central objective of this paper is to evaluate the effects of thermal decentralization on the electrical grid of a real campus. First, the electrical as well as the thermal grid is introduced. As a first step towards the thermal decentralization, different degrees of decentralization are derived from the thermal load profile of the consumers. The aim of this analysis is the concrete allocation of heat pumps of defined sizes to existing buildings on the campus. The usage of heat pumps within the thermal grid has numerous advantages but can also have a negative impact on the supplying electrical grid. These effects are analyzed using a grid model of a real university campus. Scenarios with different share of distributed heat pumps are defined and compared. The objectives are to identify critical network operation due to the use of heat pumps by evaluating the loading of cables and transformers as well as the compliance with the prescribed voltage range.","PeriodicalId":340842,"journal":{"name":"2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134069417","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}