This paper addresses the problem of designing jerk limited timeoptimal control profiles for rest-to-rest maneuvers of flexible structures. The variation of the structure of the jerk profile as a function of the permissible jerk is studied. An optimal control problem is formulated which includes constraints to cancel the poles corresponding to the rigid body and flexible modes of the system and ...

Modelling the change in heat load with time is difficult for products with variable and complex geometries and compositions, such as beef carcasses. However, accurate heat load prediction is important for efficient design and operation of refrigeration systems. A simple method for constructing a model to predict the time-variable product heat load profile during chilling applications is propose...

The paper is a summary of the research conducted so far on the ultrafast charging issues of electric vehicles with the main emphasis on the infrastructure. In order to estimate the load curve and peaks resulting from high charging rate, simulations are carried out initially to determine energy and power ratings. Energy storage options for filtering out the perspective peaks are discussed with a...

Demand prediction is an important aspect in the development of any model for electricity planning. The analysis of customer load profile and load estimation is an important and useful area of electricity distribution technology and management. In our system we are trying to analyze particular household data so as to define its load profile based upon various factors and try to predict its futur...

One of the reasons for the suitability of electric propulsion for OSVs is the large variations in the load profile of propulsors and thrusters. Total engine capacity has to be dimensioned to achieve the design speed of the vessel, or the dynamic positioning (DP) capability in the worst weather situations. As most newbuild vessels are classified as DP 2, with redundancy requirements, the total i...

Rural electrification scheme is aimed at promoting the welfare of the rural community and improve the economic status of the people. The presence of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) is rarely felt, that the supply of power to Bayelsa from the grid is less than 10 percent. The Kolo creek gas turbine is only available to only two local communities in the state. The paper therefore is ...

In a distributed ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, the different local ERP systems are integrated in such a way that each local system can use the resources/stocks managed by the other local ERP systems. Businesses with branch offices may benefit greatly from such systems. In this paper, we will describe how a distributed ERP system can be used to convert/migrate to a new ERP system in...

The electrification of public transport bus networks can be carried out utilizing different technological solutions, like trolley, battery or fuel cell buses. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how and to what extent existing bus networks can be electrified with fast charging battery buses. The so called opportunity chargers use mainly the regular dwell time at the stops to charge their ba...

Within the past five years, many manufactures have added hardware performance counters to their microprocessors to generate profile data cheaply. We show how to use Compaq’s DCPI tool to determine load latencies which are at a fine, instruction granularity and use them as fodder for improving instruction scheduling. We validate our heuristic for using DCPI latency data to classify loads as hits...

It is important to understand and forecast a typical or a particularly household daily consumption in order to design and size suitable renewable energy systems and energy storage. In this research for Short Term Load Forecasting (STLF) it has been used Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and, despite the consumption unpredictability, it has been shown the possibility to forecast the electricity c...