R. Ahshan, R. Al-Abri, H. Al-Zakwani, N. Ambu-saidi
{"title":"Solar PV System Design for a Sports Stadium","authors":"R. Ahshan, R. Al-Abri, H. Al-Zakwani, N. Ambu-saidi","doi":"10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570520864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570520864","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents design and analysis of a photovoltaic (PV) based renewable energy system for a sports stadium located at the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) campus in Oman. The key issue is to design the system so that it has sufficient generation to meet the energy demand of the stadium and support the utility grid in reducing fossil fuel based generation. To address this issue, the system was designed based on the total energy requirement by the load in the stadium over a year. The other challenge is that the output of the PV system varies and reduces as the temperature increases every hour. Oman is blessed with higher solar irradiation; however, the output of the PV system varies significantly due to the temperature variability during the day. This paper addresses the design steps considering the effect of temperature variation. A detailed design calculation using system equations has been presented and analysed. The outcome of the design shows that the PV based renewable system is able to meet the energy requirement (61.3MWh/year) by the load in a year. Moreover, the design system is able to sell energy (43.3MWh/year) back to the grid that will produce extra revenue for the system owner.","PeriodicalId":352754,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference & Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126120290","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":"Control-based Economic Dispatch Augmented by AGC for Operating Renewable-rich Power Grids","authors":"A. Al-Awami","doi":"10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570517156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570517156","url":null,"abstract":"This work proposes a new control approach that is suitable for real-time operation of electric grids. This approach is based on turning the problem of optimally dispatching generating units from an optimization problem, triggered at distinct time instants, into a continuously-adapting feedback control problem that regulates the generators’ set points in real-time. However, given that this feedback control loop is not fast enough to maintain frequency variations within a satisfactorily tight range, the conventional automatic generation control (AGC) loop is still in action to ensure fast frequency regulation response. Hence, this work aims to provide a novel integrated approach that combines AGC and control-based ED into one framework. This framework will be able to achieve efficient system frequency control while continuously operating the system in an optimal manner. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed integrated ED-AGC framework in regulating frequency while optimally operating the system in real-time.","PeriodicalId":352754,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference & Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125047316","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. Alawsh, Omer O. Al Basheer, Abdulrahman O. Sirag, A. Muqaibel
{"title":"Range and Angle Measurements based on Software Defined Radio Platform","authors":"S. Alawsh, Omer O. Al Basheer, Abdulrahman O. Sirag, A. Muqaibel","doi":"10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570512512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570512512","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we develop a software defined radar system using NI-USRP 2920 which is programmed using LabVIEW platform. The system is capable of measuring distance and estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) of a specific source. For distance measurement, cross correlation is used to obtain the delay between the transmitted signal and the received one. Maximum radar resolution obtained is 9m with IQ sampling rate of 33. 33 M sample/sec. For angle measurement, MUSIC algorithm was used to estimate the DOA. The implementation of MUSIC algorithm was done in the software defined radio (SDR) platform.","PeriodicalId":352754,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference & Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124909812","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}
Hibatallah Alwazani, Sarah Bahanshal, Charles Rajesh Kumar, M. Majid, Jyotirmay Brahma, Vijay Kanneganti, Akshay Wadgaonkar, Margaret Kurian, A. Rehman, Hatem Bugshan
{"title":"Economic and Technical Feasibility of Solar System at Effat University","authors":"Hibatallah Alwazani, Sarah Bahanshal, Charles Rajesh Kumar, M. Majid, Jyotirmay Brahma, Vijay Kanneganti, Akshay Wadgaonkar, Margaret Kurian, A. Rehman, Hatem Bugshan","doi":"10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570520280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570520280","url":null,"abstract":"PV system feasibility, design, and commissioning involves a methodical, geography specific, analytical process that must cover policy research, consumption and utility rate analysis, resource assessment studies and detailed engineering design. The research paper attempts to address all these parameters using a case study approach with a location at Effat University, Jeddah. The location has an estimated solar capacity of 1.06 MW. A detailed regulatory, economic and engineering analysis has been performed to highlight key areas of focus during large scale, grid-connected PV deployment in Saudi Arabia. The results have been summarized for the benefit of all stakeholders including asset owners, solar developers and financial institutions.","PeriodicalId":352754,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference & Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129792103","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}
X. Zhai, Minsi Chen, Sahar Soheilian Esfahani, A. Amira, F. Bensaali, J. Abinahed, S. Dakua, A. Al-Ansari, Ayman Zakaria
{"title":"Zynq SoC based Lattice-Boltzmann Simulation Environment","authors":"X. Zhai, Minsi Chen, Sahar Soheilian Esfahani, A. Amira, F. Bensaali, J. Abinahed, S. Dakua, A. Al-Ansari, Ayman Zakaria","doi":"10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570512171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570512171","url":null,"abstract":"Cerebral aneurysm is a life-threatening disease that may enlarge and bleed into surrounding area. Therefore, diagnosis of aneurysm is highly important as early as possible to help doctors to decide the right treatment. The HemeLB is a lattice-Boltzmann simulation framework that allows surgeons to view the simulation results of cerebral blood vessels. The HemeLB simulation framework was designed for high performance computer (HPC), which is not user friendly for the users who do not have computer science background. In this paper, we present a solution for designing and implementing HemeLB on a cost efficient embedded platform, in order to allow the HemeLB simulation framework to be potentially implemented in the local environment of hospital. The proposed work has been developed using a Zynq system-on-chip (SoC), which is a heterogeneous multi-processor system-on-chip (MPSoC) platform widely used in high performance embedded applications. Moreover, a comprehensive evaluation for the implementation is also reported in this paper. The results demonstrate that the proposed implementation is able to support the HemeLB framework on a low-cost MPSoC platform and achieving a maximum performance of 215,751 sites updates per second with only 2 cores.","PeriodicalId":352754,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference & Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126543615","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}