{"title":"Secret audio watermarking using empirical mode decomposition and chaotic map","authors":"Mehbooba P. Shareef, T. V. Divya","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455800","url":null,"abstract":"Digital watermarking has been discussed in the literature for decades. In business perspective, it is important as a potential method for copy right protection, proof of ownership broadcast monitoring etc. In academic perspective, it is an interesting research problem. Audio watermarking is the most challenging of all as Human Auditory System is sensitive to even a very small change to the original audio. Other than imperceptibility of the signal, capacity and robustness are important too. Empirical mode decomposition is the latest revolutionary concept in audio watermarking. In this paper we present a robust audio watermarking scheme which ensures imperceptibility, robustness and high payload capacity. To prevent un-authorized third parties from removing the watermark, we make use of Tinkerbell chaotic map to generate random secret keys and watermark is embedded following the keys. Multiple keys are used to ensure efficient distribution of the watermark to prevent cropping attacks and enable watermark correction and synchronization with receiver. The experimental results show that the method is robust against re-sampling, cropping, re-quantization, AWGN attacks.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132030937","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":"Comparative study of voltage stability enhancement of a grid and loss reduction using STATCOM and SSSC","authors":"K. Hridya, V. Mini, R. Visakhan, A. Kurian","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455757","url":null,"abstract":"The higher demand for electric power and poor reactive power management has led to voltage stability problems in power system. The voltage instability of a power system is mainly caused due to some disturbance occurring at some location, due to which rapid voltage drop occurs. This voltage drop can turn cumulative and finally lead to voltage collapse. In this work the voltage stability analysis is performed on the test system to evaluate the influence of FACTS devices on improving the voltage profile of the system. The optimal location for the installation of the FACTS controllers is obtained using the line stability index Lmn and validated using power flow analysis. A comparative study is conducted to select the best FACTS controller in terms of voltage stability. The WSCC 9-bus system is taken as the test system. Simulations are done in MATLAB/PSAT environment. From the simulation results it has been found that with the optimal implementation of FACTS controllers the voltage stability of the power system was improved and the real power losses in the system was reduced considerably.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130403057","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":"ZVS high — Frequency series resonant inverter for induction heating applications","authors":"K. Reshma, B. Binoy","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a three switch soft switching high-frequency resonant inverter for induction heating applications. The topology presents a three switch inverter with a capacitor. The working principles and the performance of the proposed topology is explained here. A switched capacitor Cs is inserted in the circuit. The combined action of this capacitor and the auxiliary switch and two main switches together completes the inverter action. The features, operating principles, simulation and experimental results of the proposed inverter are presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115062754","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 effective forced islanding and load shedding scheme to prevent blackout","authors":"S. Soman, Polly Thomas, P. M. James, John George","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455762","url":null,"abstract":"Blackouts in large interconnected power system can cause damage to equipment of power plants, interruption of production cycles, and great economic losses. In order to avoid these blackouts from occurring in the power system, an effective forced islanding scheme with a suitable load shedding scheme can be used. This paper proposes an algorithm that identifies the risk during an outage and forcefully splits the system into predefined islands to prevent the propagation of cascading failures across a transmission network and thereby reducing the possibility of a large-scale blackout. The scheme makes use of DC load flow studies and sensitivity factors, such as Line Outage Distribution Factor (LODF) and Generation Shift Factors (GSF), to calculate the overloads occurring due to the outage. For each outage, the forced islands to be formed are predefined. After splitting the system into islands, the islands are analyzed for stability. If they are found to be unstable, then an under-voltage load shedding scheme is adopted to bring the system back to stability. The proposed work is carried out on a sample 6 bus system using MATLAB program.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124196580","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 quality improvement in distribution networks containing distributed energy resources using unified power quality conditioner","authors":"Parvathy K. Nair, P. Reji","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455750","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed energy resources (DERs) are necessary due to the increasing demand of electrical energy and depletion of fossil fuels. When DERs are placed in the distribution system, various power quality problems arise including voltage unbalances and current harmonics. These problems arise due to the excess power which is fed back to the network when generation in a particular phase exceeds load demand owing to the presence of DERs. The paper proposes the use of shunt active power filter (SAPF) and unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) to reduce the power quality problems. SAPF performs as expected during normal conditions but when an unbalance is present in the system, undesirable effects are seen. These problems can be mitigated using UPQC. The system with DER and SAPF/UPQC has been modeled using MATLAB and the performance analysis of SAPF and UPQC has been studied and compared.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116026832","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":"Assessment of demand response capability with thermostatic loads in residential sector","authors":"A. Mathew, Rishi Menon","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455746","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of power systems with deep efficiency concerns, demand response gains significant importance. Moreover, demand response can play a very relevant role in the electrical systems with an intensive use of distributed energy resources. During the effort to accommodate larger shares of renewable energy sources, while maintaining the power balance and ensuring the reliability of the power system, the implementation of demand response mechanisms may provide considerable options to reshape the supply of electrical energy. As demand response levels have decreased after the introduction of competition in the power industry, new approaches are required to take full advantage of demand response opportunities. Here, the study presents a new approach of modeling flexible loads and aims to create further knowledge on the potentials of residential demand response concepts. Modeling of heating systems in a building was done in Matlab/Simulink and analyzed their characteristics in terms of temperature control in order to reach thermal comfort conditions and reduce energy consumption. Large commercial buildings can effectively manage large number responsive loads to provide various demand responsive services, such as peak load reduction.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124792067","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}
M. Ganesh, Athira M. Thomas, A. Mathew, Darsana M. Nair, P. Sreekanth
{"title":"A new approach, algorithm, simulation and experimental verification for automatic demand side management","authors":"M. Ganesh, Athira M. Thomas, A. Mathew, Darsana M. Nair, P. Sreekanth","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455743","url":null,"abstract":"These India is suffering from the problem of meeting peak demand of about 12 %. Demand side management is one of the efficient methods to solve this problem. It can reduce the peak load and thereby facilitate peak load management, smoother grid operation and economic benefits. Demand side management can be started from consumer side by using intelligent loads, both for industries and household. This paper describes an efficient DSM strategy and a more efficient algorithm for that. Parameter selection and observation is also important in facilitating DSM. Here the approach used is based on time, system voltage, frequency and need of operation of load. Also describes the design, simulation and experimental prototype verification of Automatic demand side managing device using AT89s51 microcontroller for managing the pump load. Simulation is conducted in Matlab-Simulink platform.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128062774","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":"Frequency regulation of an isolated hybrid power system with Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage","authors":"P. Indu, M. Jayan","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455752","url":null,"abstract":"Super conducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) may improve the Frequency stability of a system, because of its fast response time in charging and discharging energy. This paper proposed the modelling and control of a hybrid solar photo voltaic, wind energy, Diesel-Engine Generator (DEG) and Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage systems connected to an isolated power system. Due to random variations of wind speed, output power of wind generator fluctuates randomly. Also solar irradiance and temperature variation causes the variation of solar PV output power. This causes fluctuations of power system frequency and thus affects the stability of the system. Due to the intermittent nature of power output from renewable sources, they are integrated along with different energy storage systems. In this project SMES is proposed for minimization of frequency fluctuations of hybrid system. The control scheme of SMES is based on a sinusoidal pulse width-modulation voltage-source converter and a two-quadrant dc-dc chopper using an insulated-gate bipolar transistor. This project analyses the effect of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) to improve the stability of an isolated hybrid system under varying atmospheric conditions. Simulation results indicate that SMES system can contribute to frequency stability when supply demand imbalance occurs.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129404674","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":"Comparative study of PSS and FACTS-POD for power system performance enhancement","authors":"R. Visakhan, R. Rahul, A. Kurian","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455768","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a comparative performance of different FACTS-POD devices such as Static Var Compensator (SVC), Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) and Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC) with Power Oscillation Damper (POD) as supplementary controller is analyzed with respect to power oscillation damping capability, system loss reduction and transient stability. For performance analysis the eigenvalue analysis and Time domain simulation results are compared for results validation. The controllers such as power oscillation damper and power system stabilizer (PSS) are tuned according to eigenvalue analysis by considering system stability. The main objective is to reduce the peak overshoot and settling time of inter area oscillations thereby improving power system stability. Here IEEE-14 bus is used as the test system and the simulation platform used is MATLAB/PSAT toolbox. Results shows that by proper tuning of POD with FACTS controllers the power oscillations are damped faster than conventionally used PSS.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131986274","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":"Identification of most vulnerable line for divergent trend of power flow using Lyapunov Exponent","authors":"S. Nangrani, S. Bhat","doi":"10.1109/PICC.2015.7455773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICC.2015.7455773","url":null,"abstract":"Complexity of power system is increasing due to expansion of interconnections. Blackouts and cascaded failures are associated with divergent situations in power system. Dynamics of power system pushes the behavior differently under different values of parameters such as increase in load demand at very sensitive bus in power system which may trigger exponential rise in power flows through lines leading to cascaded outages one after other. To study impact of power demand at sensitive bus causing divergent flow over lines, paper proposes chaotic performance index as a watchdog for relative divergent trend of power flow assessment. This will help power system planners to formulate artificial intelligent ways to identify weak chaotic bus and most vulnerable line showing divergent growth of power flow in a given power system network. This paper proposes discrete Largest Lyapunov Exponent based computation for dynamic security assessment. For a particular outage one can identify the most vulnerable transmission line based on algorithm presented in paper. Results and discussions will further support viewpoint of such studies.","PeriodicalId":373395,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115393411","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}