251

Control Design for a Power Electronic Based Fault Current Limiter (FCL)
Christoph Hahn, Manuel Weiland, Gerhard Herold
Institute of Electrical Power Systems of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Germany

253

The Sampling Theorem based Methodology for Harmonics Analysis
P. Bokoro(1), J. Pretorius(2), M. Case(1)
1. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology. University of Johannesburg. South Africa
2. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science. University of Johannesburg. South Africa

255

Temperature of Wood Char Particles Burning in a Fluidized Bed Reactor
N. Tomé, N. Rangel , C. Pinho
CEFT/DEMec, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto.  Portugal

256

A theoretical study on third generation photovoltaic technology: dye-sensitized solar cells
J. Gong, K. Sumathy
Department of Mechanical Engineering North Dakota State University.U.S.A

258

A Simplified Life Cicle Assessment applied to a coupled Solar and Eolic street ligh
Jean-Luc Menet
Université Lille Nord de France, ENSIAME, UVHC. France

260

Experimental and theoretical analysis of thermal solar collector systems for DHW in Northern Italy
Arboit, M. (2); Toniolo, J. (1); Ghafoor, A. (1); Fracastoro, G.V. (1)
1. Department of Energetics, Politecnico di Torino. Italy
2. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales (INCIHUSA—CONICET), Mendoza. Argentina

261

Analysis and Energetic Characterization of Low-Power Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
António P. Martins, Domingos M. Carvalho
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. Portugal

265

Educational Architecture: Evaluation of and Proposals for Energy Performance of the Building Envelope
Aimilios Michael
Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus. Nicosia

267

Innovative Construction Component
Aimilios Michael (1), Maria Eftychi(2), Flora Bougiatioti(3)
1. Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
2. University of Nicosia, Department of Architecture, Nicosia. Cyprus
3. N.T.U.A., Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architectural Technology, Athens. Greece

268

Construction Design and Sustainability in Architecture: Integrating Environmental Education in the Architectural Studies
Aimilios Michael , Marios C. Phocas
Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus. Nicosia

271

Feasibility study of biogas in CHP plant for a pig farm
F. Patania , A. Gagliano, F. Nocera , A. Galesi
Department of Industrial and Mechanics Engineering D.I.I.M., Catania University. Italy

272

Performance of Power-Line-Signaling Based Detection Algorithms for Islanding Protection of Distributed Generators in Interharmonic Polluted Systems
H. Jouybari-Moghaddam, G. B. Gharehpetian  S. H. Hosseinian
Department of Electrical Engineering Amirkabir Universtiy of Technology Tehran.Iran

274

Comparison of Multicarrier PWM Strategies for Five-level Z-Source Diode-Clamped Inverter for On-Grid Renewable Energies Applications
M. Nasiri, G. B. Gharehpetian, J. Milimonfared
Electrical Engineering Department Amirkabir University of Technology Tehran. Iran

276

Analysis and Characterization of a Square-Wave Modulation Method for Single-Phase Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters
João C. Faria , António P. Martins
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Porto . Portugal

277

Study of Shunt Active Power Filters Applied to Three-Phase Four-Wire Systems
E. J. Acordi, L. B. G. Campanhol, S. A. O. Silva, C. B. Nascimento , A. Goedtel
Department of Electrical Engineering. Federal Technological University of Paraná - UTFPR .Brazil

280

Impact of Multiple Inverter Based Distributed Generation Units on Harmonic Resonance
A. F. A. Kadir, A. Mohamed, H. Shareef,  M.Z.C. Wanik
Department of Electrical Engineering. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, University Kebangsaan Malaysia,Selangor. Malaysia

283

A practical model to obtain the energy produced by Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (GCPVS) in different parts of the Spanish geography
Rafael M. Lamaison, Javier Raventós
Department of Electrical Engineering. U.P.C Politecnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

285

Modeling and Reactive Power Control of Wind and Fuel Cell Technologies in Distribution Networks
M. M. A. Mahfouz(1),  Mohamed A. H. El-Sayed(2)
1. Electrical Power and Machines Dept. Electrical Engineering Department Helwan University. Egypt
2. Electrical Engineering Department, Kuwait University. Kuwait

286

ENERCARE
Miguel Lagares-Lemos, Enrique Jiménez-Domingo, Ángel Lagares-Lemos and Juan Miguel Gómez-Berbís
Computer Science Department,Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

287

Strategies to Reduce the Use of Fossil Fuels
Roberto C. Betini
Departamento Acadêmico de Eletrotécnica - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Curitiba-PR. Brazil

288

Renewable energy sources – a promising opportunity for remote mine sites?
J. Paraszczak , K. Fytas
Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Université Laval, Quebec City. Canada

289

Digital controller for an isolated Step-Up DC-DC converter based on three-phase high-frequency transformer for grid-connected PV applications
R. D. O. Reiter(1), J. R. Pinheiro(2), A. Peres(1),  L. Michels(2), S. V. G. Oliveira(1)
1. Regional University of Blumenau (FURB). Brazil
2. Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Brazil

290

Frequency Stability Analysis of a Dynamic Wind Park in an Integrated Power Grid
L. Thurner, S. Liu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

291

Grid-connected PV-systems Joule design using Evolutionary Strategies
Daniel Gómez-Lorente , Enrique Alameda Hernández, F. Aznar Dols, M.J. Mercado Vargas, A. Espín Estrella
Electrical Engineering Section, Department of Civil Engineering, E.T.S.I.C.C.P, Granada University. Spain

292

Performance analysis of two industrial dryers (cross flow and rotary) for ligno-cellulosic biomass desiccation
Nadia Cairo, Gianpiero Colangelo, Giuseppe Starace
Università del Salento Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, Lecce. Italy

293

2D Vibration based MEMS Energy Harvester
Sehwan Kim, Kukjin Chun
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Seoul National University, Korea

295

Geothermal energy: Present use, Resources and Technology
M. R. Duque
Department of Physics Évora University. Portugal

296

An extended EMC study of an electrical powertrain for transportation systems
B. Chand, J. Keghie, S. Dickmann
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. Germany

298

Power Control of a Wind Energy Conversion System based on a Doubly Fed Induction Generator using RST and Sliding Mode Controllers
A. Belabbes(1), B. Hamane(2), M. Bouhamida(1), A. Draou(2)
1. Department of Electrical Engineering L.D.E.E Laboratory, University Mohamed Boudiaf, Oran. Algeria
2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Hail University, Hail. Saudi Arabia

299

Development of Solar Powered Boat for Maximum Energy Efficiency
Juraci Carlos de Castro Nóbrega(1,2), Andrej Rossling(2)
1.Department of Electrical Engineering U.F.A.M., Amazonas University. Brazil
2.ANAST – Naval Architecture Research Unit., Liège University. Belgium

300

Pressurized concentrated solar power receiver designed to operate with closed Brayton cycles
R. Ferreiro Garcia(1), R. Borras Formoso(1), A. De Miguel Catoira(2),  J. Romero Gomez(2)
1. Department of Industrial Engineering .E.T.S.N.M., A Coruña University. Spain
2. Department of Energy and Propulsion. E.T.S.N.M., A Coruña University. Spain