Previous experimental and game-theoretic analyses of deregulated electricity markets suggest that communities having four or less effective suppliers, either because of transmission constraints or load characteristics, or retail customers facing suppliers or marketing agents having more than seventy percent of the region’s market, are likely to experience prices well above competitive levels. W...

This paper compares the computational performance of two numerical methods for two models of Transient Flow. One model was defined by method of the Eulerian based expressed in a method of characteristics “MOC”, finite difference form. The other model was defined by method of Regression. Each method was encoded into an existing hydraulic simulation model. Results indicated that the accuracy of t...

The objective of this paper is to present experimental results for testing the performance of different auction mechanisms related to the introduction of competitive markets for the generation of electricity. The research is based on the concept of smart markets introduced by Vernon Smith and a simulation model (PowerWeb) of a realistic bulk power system. There are unique physical aspects assoc...

In Part I of this work, analysis of uniform multi-conductor transmission line networks is performed on travelling-wave basis, via “quasi-TEM” approach. Narrowband interpretation of the modal theory in the time domain and quantification of the multiple reflections effect are both included. Theoretical demonstration and analytical formulation are provided, along with guidelines towards computatio...

this research presents a new application of the cloud theory-based simulated annealing algorithm to solve mixed model assembly line sequencing problems where line stoppage cost is expected to be optimized. this objective is highly significant in mixed model assembly line sequencing problems based on just-in-time production system. moreover, this type of problem is np-hard and solving this probl...

Current distribution and input admittance of an electrically thick, tubular, monopole antenna driven by a coaxial transmission over a ground plane has been investigated and compared with theoretical results. When the circumference of the antenna is comparable to a free-space wavelength, this experiment verifies that the theoretical model of a tubular dipole antenna with a delta-function excitat...

In this paper, the design of equal-split quad-band Wilkinson power divider is presented. The design consists of two quad-band transmission line transformers and four isolation resistors. Standard transmission line theory and even/odd modes analyses are used to obtain closed form expressions that are solved using particle swarm optimization technique to find the required divider parameters (leng...