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Abstract: Voltage instability is the phenomena associated with heavily loaded power systems. It is normally aggravated due to large disturbance. The Power system security is one of the significant aspects, where the proper action needs to be taken for the unseen contingency. In the event of contingency, the most serious threat to operation and control of power system is insecurity. Therefore, the contingency analysis is a key for the power system security. The contingency ranking using the performance index is a method for the line outages in a power system, which ranks the highest performance index line first and proceeds in a descending manner based on the calculated PI for all the line outages. This helps to take the prior action to keep the system secure. In this paper Fast Decoupled power flow method is used for the power system contingency ranking for the line outage based on the Active power and Voltage performance index. The ranking is given by considering the overall performance index, which is the summation of Active power and voltage performance index. The proposed method is implemented on a IEEE-14 bus system.

Abstract: Akodo community in Ibeju Lekki local government area of Lagos State is a rural area without access to grid electricity. Extension of the grid to the community is difficult and uneconomical; hence a hybrid energy system stands as a solution for electrification in Akodo.
In this project, the HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables) software was used to simulate a Solar and Wind hybrid system. In terms of energy delivery, the design was adequate for the 89kW load of the community. The important variables in the simulation are the level of availability of resources and the slope of the PV modules. The slope of the modules at 12o and 15o gave different levelised costs of energy (LCOE) of N27.521/kWh for the 12o PV slope and N28.846/kWh for the 15o PV slope. The PV slope at 12o is more desirable and more economical than that at 15o. The hybrid system is proposed for a project lifetime of 25 years.

Abstract: Distributed generation (DG) units, based on their interfacing technology are divided into synchronous generator interfaced DGs, asynchronous generator interfaced DGs and inverter interfaced DGs. This paper presents two algorithms for allocation of optimal capacitor and distributed generation on radial distribution system. These algorithms predict requirement of reactive vars and real power and supplied via capacitor banks and distributed generation. This arrangement reduces transmission losses and voltage stability problem. Developed algorithm has been implemented on two IEEE 69 nodes and 52 nodes systems.

Abstract: In Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, nodes move freely causing an interruption in communications. This communication interruption can be accounted in a time lapse to an entropy to connection or disconnection; the combined entropy disorder of a node’s links describe how suitable a node is to communicate to neighbors. This entropy disorder is tightly coupled to mobility and communications factors such as node’s speed or data traffic saturation. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between speed and traffic saturation into a disorder in link entropy with a focus on disconnection, namely Link Disconnection Entropy Disorder (LDED). The findings indicate a high LDED value to nodes with high speed.

Abstract: This paper outlines the difference between the two brands of PLCs on the basis of their features and their applications. Over the years of demand for high quality and greater efficiency and automated machines has increased in the globalized area. The initial phase of this paper focus on the relativity on which the user can be easily justify their needs. This paper shows that the modelling techniques and design practices of software engineering can be combined with the traditional ways to of thinking in the automation system.
General terms - Automation, Role of PLC and SCADA in automation and types of PLC used.

Abstract: The growing demand on wireless communication service has created the necessity to support higher data rates for multimedia services. .As next generation wireless communication networks are expected to provide broadband multimedia services such as voice, web browsing, video conferencing etc. For high data rate achievement one must enhance the capacity of the wireless communication system. The capacity of a communication system can be enhanced by using OFDM system. OFDM is commonly used for communication system due to its high transmission rate and robustness against multipath fading So as to enhance the capacity of fading channels the OFDM system are combined to form hybrid system. Capacity is the measure of maximum information that can be transmitted reliably over a channel. This paper review on different channel capacity enhancement techniques used in OFDM system is SVD (Singular Value Decomposition), water Filling algorithm.

Abstract: Photovoltaic Energy is the most important Energy Resource since it is clean pollution free and inexhaustible. In recent years a large number of techniques have been proposed for tracking the Maximum Power Point. PV array has non-linear I-V characteristic and output power depends on environmental conditions such as solar irradiation and temperature. There is a point on I-V, P-V characteristic curve of PV array called as Maximum Power Point (MPP), where the PV system produces its maximum output power. Location of MPP changes with change in environmental condition. The purpose of MPPT is to adjust the solar operating voltage close to MPP under changing environmental conditions. In order to continuously gather the maximum power from the PV array, they have to operate at their MPPT despite of the inhomogeneous change in environmental conditions. The two most commonly algorithms for PV applications as they are easy to Implement are Beta method Incremental Conductance (Inc. Con.).Beta algorithm is a type of MPPT algorithm. It is having fast tracking ability. The algorithm has been verified on a photovoltaic system, A review of various MPPT algorithms is proposed with more focus on above two algorithms.

Abstract: In the modern world especially during the last two decades, Wireless communications has been developed widely and rapidly. In future, development in personal  communication devices  will provide  image,  speech  and  data  communications  at  any  time,  and  anywhere  around  the world. It shows  that  the  future  communication  terminal  antennas  must  meet  the requirements  of  multi-band  or  wideband  operations  to  cover  the  frequency band of operation. Frequency agile antennas in ISM band (2.4-2.4835) GHz that support diversity polarization provides excellent performance for applications including multifunction radar, space-based platforms, wireless communications, and personal electronic devices. To reduce the transmission losses, matching in polarization in both the transmitter and receiver antennas is very much important. In this paper we will design two microstrip antenna one with linearly polarized and other with circularly polarized in 2.4 GHz ISM band with frequency agility in 2.4-2.4835 GHz. In both the design single feeding is used. This paper presents a new design for a linearly polarized antenna based on rectangular microstrip patch. Circular polarization is generated by truncating two opposite edges from a rectangular patch antenna. The truncation splits the field with equal magnitude and 90° phase shift into two orthogonal modes. Both the antennas are simulated with high frequency simulating software (HFSS).

Abstract: The importance of energy saving in induction motor was emphasized about 15 years ago, in academic area, but the motor manufacturer’s interest is focussed only on maximum benefit. As a customer, it is better to take into account not only the motor price, but also the cost of the used energy during the whole lifetime of the motor. The new requirement to improve the motor efficiency is a serious research subject, which must be about the possibility of loss minimization in the induction motor.
On an average the cost of energy consumed by the motor is nearly 80 – 100 times the initial cost of the initial manufacturing cost of the motor. So the efficiency of motor is of great importance whether during the selection or during the operation. Small increase in motor efficiency can make an overall significant difference in total energy consumption.
The slightly higher initial cost of DCR motors is often misunderstood as a demerit. It is not all true. The increase in initial cost is offset by the energy saving.
This paper presents the comparative analysis of performance of a DCR motor and DAR motor. The method of analysis is based upon testing results.  The only change in design is that the Die cast aluminium rotor is replaced by die cast copper rotor. The other design parameters like stator core, winding, air gap length etc are remains same.

Abstract: Induction motors are versatile electric motors suited best for industrial applications as well as low-power application in domestic equipment because of their unique advantage compared to other types such as dc and synchronous motors. Electric motors do not transfer 100% of the input electrical energy into kinetic mechanical energy. A certain percentage of electrical energy is “lost” during the conversion to mechanical energy. These losses, in motor windings, core and rotating mechanical parts reduces the energy efficiency of motors. In today’s power crisis condition it is very important to manufacture the motors which are more efficient than the standard motors which are already available. The AC induction motor has been continuously improved by optimising stator and rotor design and electric material properties and quantities. With given exterior motor dimensions, the potential efficiency gain is limited and costly. DCR technology is a new development to reduce losses by using copper instead of aluminium for the conductor bars and end rings in rotors to enhance its efficiency and performance. This paper reviews the historical development in squirrel cage rotor designs, importance of energy efficient motors, efficiency improvement, adoption of DCR technology and the optimization of 3- phase squirrel cage induction motor.
Keywords: Induction motor, Squirrel cage rotor, Losses, Energy efficiency, Optimization and DCR technology.
Title: Study of Optimization of Squirrel Cage Induction Motor Using DCR Technology
Author: Ashish Choubey, Rupali Athanere
ISSN 2349-7815
International Journal of Recent Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IJRREEE)
Paper Publications

Abstract: Primarily due to the progresses in super resolution imagery, the methods of segment-based image analysis for generating and updating geographical information are becoming more and more important. This work presents a image segmentation based on colour features with K-means clustering. The entire work is divided into two stages. First enhancement of color separation of satellite image using de correlation stretching is carried out and then the regions are grouped into a set of five classes using K-means clustering algorithm. At first, the spatial data is concentrated focused around every pixel, and at that point two separating procedures are added to smother the impact of pseudoedges. What's more, the spatial data weight is built and grouped with k-means bunching, and the regularization quality in every district is controlled by the bunching focus esteem. The exploratory results, on both reenacted and genuine datasets, demonstrate that the proposed methodology can adequately lessen the pseudoedges of the aggregate variety regularization in the level.

Abstract:  In this paper random approach towards the study of breakdown of air under uncontrolled atmospheric condition of temperature and pressure is considered. An attempt has been made to show the breakdown voltage of air increases with the increases in humidity which is in contradiction to the fact that breakdown voltage increases with humidity, when temperature and pressure are kept constant. It is also revealed that the density of air plays an important role to determine the breakdown voltage. Experiment is carried out under different conditions of relative humidity and different values of temperature and pressure for Sphere-Sphere and Rod gaps.

Abstract: The use of non-linear loads; such as TV sets and computer, microwave ovens, multiple low power diode rectifier, fluorescent lamps and electric drives, draw very distorted currents. These non-linear loads lead to generation of current/voltage harmonics and draw reactive power. This paper presents the three-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) to compensate harmonics generated by non-linear load (compact fluorescent lamp). The instantaneous active and reactive power theory (called p-q theory) is used to design the control of SAPF. The harmonic distortion and the active filter control scheme have been verified by MATLAB simulation.

Abstract: This paper presents a new approach using Hidden Markov Model as classifier and Singular Values Decomposition (SVD) coefficients as features for iris recognition. As iris is a complex multi-dimensional structure and needs good computing techniques for recognition and it is an integral part of biometrics. Features extracted from a iris are processed and compared with similar irises which exist in database. The recognition of human irises is carried out by comparing characteristics of the iris to those of known individuals. Here seven state Hidden Markov Model (HMM)-based iris recognition system is proposed .A small number of quantized Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) coefficients as features describing blocks of iris images. SVD is a method for transforming correlated variables into a set of uncorrelated ones that better expose the various relationships among the original data item. This makes the system very fast. The proposed approach has been examined on CASIA database. The results show that the proposed method is the fastest one, having good accuracy.

Abstract: In this paper we used wavelet transform which is useful in signal processing. Wavelet transform is used for analyze different power quality events. The power quality events like pure sine voltage wave, voltage sag, swell, harmonics, impulse can obtained using wavelet transform. The wavelet algorithm is a useful tool for signal processing. Fourier transform is also used for denoising but limited to stationary signals .For continuous analysis of non-stationary signals wavelet transform is used. The presence of noise can be detected by wavelet methods and analyze the noisy signal. The noisy signal can be denoised using wavelet transform.

Abstract: A very widely used drive strategy for PMSM is the field oriented control (FOC), which was proposed in 1971 for induction motors (IMs). However, the FOC scheme is quite complex due to the reference frame transformation and its high dependence upon the motor parameters and speed. To mitigate these problems, a new control strategy for the torque control of induction motor was developed by Takahashi known as the direct torque control (DTC) and by Depenbrock as the direct self control (DSC). The basic direct torque control (DTC) scheme may cause undesired torque, flux and current ripples because of the small number of applicable voltage vectors. The control system should be able to generate any voltage vector, implying the use of space vector modulation (SVM) which complicates the control scheme. The discrete space vector modulation (DSVM) method was proposed for DTC to overcome this problem which replaces the simple switching table by several switching tables, to apply a combination of three voltage vectors in the same sampling period. In this paper, after a brief review of the primary concept of DSVM DTC technique, a new scheme of DSVM DTC for PMSM is proposed with a new set of switching tables taking into account the motor speed and the absolute values of torque and flux feedback errors. In one fixed sampling time interval, three vectors are applied to the motor including the two null vectors. Comparisons of the basic DTC and the improved DSVM DTC schemes are made based on the system performance and switching loss. For this purpose the DSVM technique uses prefixed time intervals within a sampling cycle to synthesize a higher number of voltage vectors than the basic DTC scheme. A set of switching table is carried out to minimize the torque error. An optimal vector selector is developed to reduce the switching loss and make the system more stable. The sampling period does not need to be doubled in order to achieve a mean switching frequency practically equal to that of the basic DTC scheme. For a comparable performance, the switching loss of the proposed scheme is less than that of the basic DTC method. The vector application sequence is investigated and an optimal algorithm is developed to reduce the switching loss and torque ripple. Simulation and experiments on the improved DSVM DTC are carried out and compared with those on the basic DTC scheme.

Abstract: In this paper, Landslide detection is used to describe the Down slope faction of soil, rock& unrefined Materials under the force of gravity .It can be triggered by steady processes such as Weathering or by external mechanism. We need to prevent the loss of life & spoil to communication routes, Human settlement, Agricultural fields & Forest land etc. We will discuss the techniques which includes circuits for Railway Track cutting, Fogg recognition, Heavy Rainfall & to provide alert system. This system uses a wireless sensor network which is Digital sensor network. This sensor nodes are one of the progressive technologies, it provides high sensitivity, large coverage area, accurate processing & Transmission of critical data in Run time with high resolution.  The sensor module detects the vibration from field & sends data to monitoring station through RFID module. We have implement this work by using competent microcontroller AT89s52.

Abstract: The challenges faced by the blind people in their everyday lives are not well understood, obstacle avoidance problem is an essential part of navigation for the blind. The challenging task is to work with a path where the environment is completely unknown .This paper contains a method to implement a mobility aid for blind person, it provides the information to avoid obstacles distance based on ultrasonic sensors and this also can be used in automatic robots, self-propelling vehicles in automated production factories etc. Model contains signal processing unit with MSP430 microcontroller which receives data from Ultrasonic sensor then process it and gives alert to the blind person using voice processor with earphone/speaker. 

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical technique for distribution system planning based on reliability evaluation using credibility theory. With the development of economy and society power planning is facing with the influence of much uncertainty, which are mainly power distribution network.  Power system especially at the distribution level is prone to failures and disturbances as many devices are responsible for the successful operation of a radial distribution system. We also mention whether the work has been done at the strategic level, i.e. if it concerns the planning of power distribution system based on reliability and uncertainty.

Abstract: The extensive demand for mobile communication and information exchange through wireless devices has lead to major achievements in antenna designing. The purpose of the paper is to give a frame of reference, understanding, and overview of antennas used in wireless communication devices. In this paper we will be discussing various antennas, their advantages and drawbacks. Also a brief framework of comparisons between various antennas is presented on the basis of various parameters. This paper also summarizes the benefits and use of PIFA for USB dongle to cover the Wi MAX bands.

Abstract: In this paper three phase load flow analysis on four bus system using Mi Power software is reformed. As power system never operates under steady state condition therefore single phase load flow analysis doesn’t provide accurate results. Hence three phase load flow analysis which can be performed under different contingencies, provide data when system is unbalanced. The system is analysing on the basis of parameter values in MW & MVAR for transmission line and generator buses. Harmonic values of resistance, reactance, and susceptance can predict the condition of small and large kind of system network. This type of analysis is useful for solving the power flow problem in different power systems which will useful to calculate the unknown parameter.