Jeroen Stragier, Laurence Hauttekeete, L. De Marez
{"title":"Introducing Smart grids in residential contexts: Consumers' perception of smart household appliances","authors":"Jeroen Stragier, Laurence Hauttekeete, L. De Marez","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619864","url":null,"abstract":"A more energy efficient supply and demand in household settings is high on the agenda. Smart grids, smart meters, demand side management and smart appliances play a crucial role in this context. Many stakeholders are involved, but the exact role of the customer is often neglected. More specifically, his opinion, attitude, drivers or barriers towards new ways of energy consumption and energy management. This paper employs a user-centric perspective. It aims at mapping consumers perception of the possibilities of demand side management through smart household appliances. A quantitative survey was conducted among 500 households spread over Flanders, Belgium. In this paper, the results of this survey with regard to the respondents perception of smart appliances are presented. The Technology Acceptance Model was used as the theoretical framework to measure these perceptions.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134210354","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}
J. Poon, Pierre Haessig, J. G. Hwang, I. Celanovic
{"title":"High-speed hardware-in-the loop platform for rapid prototyping of power electronics systems","authors":"J. Poon, Pierre Haessig, J. G. Hwang, I. Celanovic","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619770","url":null,"abstract":"A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) platform for power electronics is presented, which is based on a real-time circuit simulation algorithm and a high-throughput, low-latency processor architecture implemented in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). By using a simulation sampling time of 1 µs, including input/output latency, the platform enables the high-fidelity, real-time simulation of power electronics systems. In addition, to realize real-time digital simulation of power electronics systems the HIL platform uses a flexible modeling environment and novel circuit compiler algorithms. The efficacy of the real-time HIL platform is demonstrated via a simulation of a variable speed induction motor drive. The results are compared with those from a real variable speed drive system under steady state operating conditions. The results demonstrate the feasibility of HIL simulation for power electronics energy conversion systems.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133030970","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":"Large-scale ocean wave energy plant modeling","authors":"K. Ruehl, T. Brekken, B. Bosma, R. Paasch","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619775","url":null,"abstract":"In order for wave energy conversion to be a commercially viable technology, wave energy researchers, developers, investors and utilities need an estimate of a wave energy converter's (WEC) power output at a potential installation site. The wind industry has developed generic turbine models that capture the general dynamics of large-scale proprietary wind turbine designs in order to estimate a turbine's power output for a given wind climate. Similar generic models need to be developed for WECs. Current WEC deigns vary significantly in design and technology. The focus of this paper is on developing a generic model structure for one of the prominent WEC designs, the two body point absorber. The model structure is developed by using time domain equations of motion (EOM) to define systems and subsystems as well as their corresponding inputs and outputs. The generic model structure is then extended by developing a hydraulic power take-off (PTO) system model.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133764460","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}
G. Todeschini, J. McNeill, A. Emanuel, J. Policarpo
{"title":"Partial use of wind energy conversion systems and photovoltaic generators as active filters: An engineering economic analysis","authors":"G. Todeschini, J. McNeill, A. Emanuel, J. Policarpo","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619766","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a preliminary study meant to determine the economic feasibility of partially using distributed generators (DGs) as active filters (AFs) meant to sink current harmonics injected by nonlinear loads (NLs) connected at the same feeder as the DG. Such approach may avoid the installation of dedicated AFs, nevertheless it may cause exceeding thermal stressing of insulation and solid state switches.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115022263","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}
J. Heckenbergerova, P. Musílek, M. I. Bhuiyan, D. Koval
{"title":"Analysis of spatial and seasonal distribution of power transmission line thermal aging","authors":"J. Heckenbergerova, P. Musílek, M. I. Bhuiyan, D. Koval","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619844","url":null,"abstract":"Aging assessment of conductors and other components of electric power networks plays an important role in operation and asset management of power transmission systems. Conductors can lose their tensile strength due to the adverse effects of conductor aging caused by thermal overload, and subsequent annealing.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"21 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126949905","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}
P. N. Pereira Barbeiro, C. Moreira, F. Soares, P. M. Rocha Almeida
{"title":"Evaluation of the impact of large scale integration of micro-generation units in low and Medium Voltage distribution networks","authors":"P. N. Pereira Barbeiro, C. Moreira, F. Soares, P. M. Rocha Almeida","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619801","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a methodology for evaluating the impact resulting from the expected large scale integration of micro-generation (μG) in Low Voltage (LV) grids in Portugal. The proposed methodology allows the evaluation of the impacts in the entire LV and Medium Voltage (MV) distribution network by using typical load and generation profiles (24 hours) representing two well defined year periods (Summer and Winter). The simulations were performed in a time interval from 2008 to 2030, upon the definition of future scenarios related to the expected μG installed power in Portugal in the same period. Based on the obtained results, it was possible to quantify percentage gains related to the reduction of energy losses as a result of μG integration in LV networks, avoided CO2 emissions and the possibility of achieving investment deferrals due to branches' congestion levels reduction or voltage profile improvements.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126099720","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":"Interconnecting substations via superconductor cables to accommodate PHEV related load growth","authors":"Kyle Howells, J. Mccall, M. Ross","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619853","url":null,"abstract":"Paralleling two or more substations by interconnection of their low side buses is a simple and cost effective means to optimize the use of existing substation assets and to increase load-serving capability in light of significant, future load growth as is the case with PHEV adoption. This is particularly true in population dense areas where substation space constraints are common. Utilizing standard conductors to implement low-side bus ties involves issues of power transfer limitations, right-of-way limitations, electromagnetic fields (EMF), losses, and fault current, making such interconnections difficult or impossible. Implementing these connections with High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) cables addresses many of these issues due to their ability to carry very high power and manage fault current levels while requiring minimal right-of-way.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129253764","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":"Smart Grid architecture risk optimization through vulnerability scoring","authors":"A. Hahn","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619847","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing smart grid cybersecurity concerns it is imperative that system owners provide cost effective security mechanisms to efficiently minimize risk. This paper introduces the idea of CVSS-host scores which utilize CVSS parameters to provide impact scoring for individual systems. This scoring mechanism presents a novel view of system risk by framing an upper bounds on the criticality of potential vulnerabilities in that system. Once this scoring system has been established, the CVSS vectors can then be utilized to perform more sophisticated calculations to investigate optimal costs and benefits for future security enhancements. The benefits of this risk assessment mechanism are displayed against an example smart grid AMI architecture as documented in NIST IR 7628. The contributions of the paper are 1) the introduction of CVSS-host scoring, 2) the analysis of NIST AMI proposed architectures through the CVSS-host scoring method and 3) a binary integer program formulation for utilizing CVSS-host scoring to evaluate optimal security configurations.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121340680","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":"Advanced inverters facilitate high penetration of renewable generation on medium voltage feeders - impact and benefits for the utility","authors":"L. Casey, C. Schauder, J. Cleary, M. Ropp","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619858","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the concern that high penetration of fluctuating renewable power generation on medium voltage (MV) feeders could adversely affect the voltage profile during the daily load cycle, and could produce fluctuating voltage variations outside of the established acceptable guidelines for flicker. The paper reviews recent utility impact studies and proceeds to show how advanced inverter controls at the generating sites can produce fast reactive power and use stored energy to mitigate voltage fluctuations.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132074498","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":"Modeling the deployment of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and their effects on the Australian National Electricity Market","authors":"Liam Wagner, L. Reedman","doi":"10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619871","url":null,"abstract":"The development of hybrid and fully electric vehicles could deliver significant reductions of emissions from the Australian transportation sector by shifting its major energy source from internal combustion to electricity. This shift towards the the use of electricity shifts the point source emissions to one which has a lower emissions intensity. Changes in load behaviour as a result of the consumer uptake of these vehicles will have significant consequences for network and central planners for the future of Australia's electricity supply industry. This paper investigates the effects on the security of supply of energy during these previously unseen demand patterns, while also examining changes to spot market prices and changes in emissions rates. The simulation results indicate that wholesale prices during the off-peak period will increase slowly over time with controlled charging. While uncontrolled charging increases the incidence of extreme price events and a considerable number of hours with un-served energy within the network. This increase in spot prices will require further review by policy makers of regulated retail electricity tariffs. We also discuss the implementation of possible changes to the retail tariff structure to accommodate the charging of these vehicles.","PeriodicalId":354280,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130625085","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}