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400

Smart grid: What´s news?
M. Cacciotta, M.D´Addazio, S. Giarnetti, M. Grossoni, F. Leccese
Department of Electronic Engineering, Roma III University. Italy
 

 

  
 

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Battery response analyzer using a high current DC-DC converter as an electronic load
F. Ibañez, J.M. Echeverría, J.Vadillo, F. Martín, L. Fontán
CEIT and Tecnun (University of Navarra), San Sebastián. Spain


   

 

 

 
 

404

Minimum DC link voltages for the generator bridge converter of a SCIG based variable speed wind turbine with fully rated converters
U.I. Dayaratne, S.B. Tennakoon, J.S. Knight, N.Y.A. Shammas
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University. United Kingdom

 

 

 
 

405

The effect of surface impurities on photovoltaic panels
L. Dorobantu, M.O.Popescu, CI. Popescu, A. Craciunescu
Electrical Engineering Faculty Politehnica University of Bucharest. Romania

 

 
 

 

 
 

407

Characterization of solar panels for powering sensor applications
M. Alves(1), J.M. Dias Pereira(1,2), J.P.S. Catalão(3,4)
1. ESTSetúbal- LabIM/IPS, Setúbal. Portugal
2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa. Portugal
3. University of Beira Interior, Covilhã. Portugal
4. Center for Innovation in Electrical and Energy Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico,Lisboa. Portugal

            

 

 

 

 

 
 

408

Effect of transient flux compensation control on fault ride through of doubly fed induction generator wind turbine
A.S. Mäkinen, H. Tuusa
Department of Electrical Energy Engineering, Tampere University of Technology. Finland

 

 
  

 
            

 
 

 

 
 

410

Geothermal energy heating and hot water for a detached house project in Oviedo (Spain)
Elena Mª Fernández Rodríguez, Eunice Villicaña Ortiz, Jorge Xiberta Bernat
Department of Energy, E.T.S.I.M.O. Oviedo University. Spain

 

 

 
  
 

 

 
 

414

Advances in phase change materials for thermal solar power plants quality
I.Fernández, C.J. Renedo, S. Pérez, J. Carcedo, M. Mañana
Department of Electrical Engineering, E.T.S.I.I.T. Cantabria University. Spain

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

415

Time domain variable speed wind energy conversion systems modelling using ATP platform
F.H. Costa(1). E.B. Alvarenga(1), J.C. Oliveira(1), G.C. Guimarães(1), A.F. Bonelli(2), Z.S. Vitório J(3)
1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UFU Federal University of Uberlândia. Brazil
2. LACTEC- Institute of Technology for Development, Centro Politécnico da UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná. Brazil
3. Furnas Centrais Elétricas S.A. Cuiabá-MT. Brazil

 
     
 
416

Comparison of load inverter topologies in a bipolar LVDC-distribution
Jenni Rekola, Heikki Tuusa
Department of Electrical Energy Engineering, Tampere University of Technology. Finland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

417

Design of a sustainable residential microgrid system with DC and AC buses including PHEV and energy storage device
L. Roggia(1,2), L. Schuch(1), C. Rech(1), H.L. Hey(1), J.R. Pinheiro(1)
1. Power Electronics and Control Research Group GEPOC, DPEE, PPGEE, Federal University of Santa María. Brazil
2. Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
418
 A performance analysis of a hydrogenerator in the case of field short-circuit using FEM
S.E. Dallas, A.N. Safacas, J.C. Kappatou
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras. Greece
     
 

419

Model based controller design for hydrogen fuel cell systems
K.K.T. Thanapalan, G.C. Premier, A.J. Guwy
Sustainable Environment Research Centre (SERC), Renewable Hydrogen Research & Demonstration Centre, University of Glamorgan.United Kingdom

 

 

 
 

421

Testing and evaluation of wind power plant protection system
M. Kezunovic, B. Matic Cuka
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A & M University. USA

 

 

 
 

422

Buck converter design for photovoltaic generators with supercapacitor energy storage
Dariga Meekhun(1), Vincent Boitier(1,2), Jean Marie Dilhac(1,2), Stéphane Petibon(1,2), Corinne Alonso(1,2), Bruno Estibals(1,2)
1. CNRS; LAAS. Toulouse. France
2. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP,ISAE; LASS. France
 

 

 
 

424

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of rear point contact crystalline silicon solar cells
M. Zanuccoli(1), H.W. Guo(2), E. Sangiorgi(1), C. Fiegna(1)
1. ARCES-DEIS, University of Bologna and IUNET, Cesena. Italy
2. APPLIED MATERIALS, Inc. USA

 

 
 

 

 
 

425

Hydrogen production by aluminium corrosion: experimental investigation and mathematical modelling
C.B. Porciúncula, N.R. Marcilio, I.C. Tessaro, M. Gerchmann
Department of Chemical Engineering, UFRGS, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil

 

 

 
 

426

Induction motor capacitances calculation using FEA for common mode current studies in ATP
C.S. Chaves(1), J.R. Camacho(1), H.de Paula(2), M.L.R. Chaves(1), E. Saraiva(1)
1. Electromagnetic Transients Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering,
    Universidade Federal de Uberlândia-UFU. Brazil
2. Industrial Applications Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-UFMG. Brazil
   

 
 

 

 
  428

Nowcasting of Wind speed using support vector regression. Experiments with time series from Gran Canaria
I.Espino, M. Hernández
Institute for Intelligent Systems (SIANI), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain

 
     
  429

Photoabsorption efficiency improvement for photovoltaic solar cells by using the honeycomb nanostructures
Alexander I. Fedoseyev(1), František Čajko(1,2)
1. CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama. USA
2. FMRI Lab; University of Michigan. USA

 
     
  431

Load management for price-based demand response scheduling- a block scheduling model
Ding Li, Sudharman K. Jayaweera, Olga Lavrova, Ramiro Jordan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New México, Albuquerque. U.S.A.
     
  432

Modelling and analysis of electromechanical stress in transformers caused by short-circuits
Rosentino Jr. A.J.P.(1), Saraiva E.(1), Delaiba A.C(1), Guimarães R.(1), Lynce M.(1), De Oliveira J.C.(1), Fernandez Jr.D.(2), Neves W.(2)
1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlândia. Brazil
2. Center of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
    Department, Federal University of Campina Grande. Brazil

     
  434

Research and design of fixed-pitch non-grid-connected wind power system
Ma Yundong, Wang Junqi, Yang Hong, Hu Zurong
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Energy Generation and Power Conversion, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics. China   

 
     
  436

Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: comparison of geometrical performance and cost of implementation
F. Muhammad-Sukki(1), R. Ramirez Iniguez(1), S.G. McMeekin(1), B.G. Stewart(1), B. Clive(2)
1. School of Engineering and Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University. United Kingdom
2. Solar Empower Ltd. England. United Kingdom

   
     
  437

Power quality improvement using renewable energy
Gelu Gurguiatu(1), Ionel Vechiu(2), Toader Munteanu(1)
1.Department of Control and Electrical Engineering,University “Dunărea de Jos” of Galati. România
2. ESTIA-Recherche Bidart. France
     
  438

Human behaviorchanging based on the simulation of the temperature control of a house
Radu Bălan, Vlad Mureşan, Radu Donca, A. Bălan,Sergiu Stan
Department of Mechatronics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. Romania

 
     
  440

Piezoresistive sensor for strain measurement on turbine blade with wireless telemetry data acquisition
P. Kulha, M. Husak
Department of Microelectronics, Czech Technical University, Prague. Czech Republic

 
     
  441

Combustion characteristics of CI engine running with biodiesel blends
B. Tesfa, R. Mishra, F. Gu, A. Ball
Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield. United Kingdom

     
  444

Dynamic properties of the virtual synchronous machine (VISMA)
Yong Chen, Ralf Hesse, Dirk Turschner, Hans Peter Beck
Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Clausthal-Zellerfeld. Germany

 
     
  445

Performances and acoustic noise of intelligent wind power unit
K. Kubo(1,3), T. Kanemoto(2)
1. School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Tecnology. Japan
2.  Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Tecnology, Kitakyushu. Japan
3. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Japan

 
     
  446

Grid Connection improvements by control strategy selection for wave energy converters
M. Santos(1), E. Tedeschi(2), P. Ricci(1), M. Molinas(2), J.L. Martín(3)
1. Tecnalia. Zamudio. Spain
2. Department of Electric Power Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Tecnology, Trondheim. Norway
3. Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of the Basque Country. Bilbao. Spain

   

 
     
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Semiactive control for floating offshore wind turbines subject to aero-hydro dynamic loads
N. Luo(1), C.L. Bottasso(2), H.R. Karimi(3), M. Zapateiro(4)
1. Institute of Informatics and Applications, University of Girona. Spain
2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano.Italy
3. Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Grimstad. Norway
4. Department of Applied Mathematics III, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,Barcelona. Spain