ZnO, ZnO (calcined at 400°C), nitrogen-doped nanoparticles, and activated carbon (AC) impregnated with (ZnO/AC) nanocomposites were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The structural, morphological, optical properties of complexes studied X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission (TEM), Fourier transformation infrared ana...

Flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS) controller can provide better control than conventional control and achieve fast control response time. Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is one of the key FACTS devices based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology whose capacitive or inductive output current can be controlled independent of the ac system voltage. In this review paper, the a...

Gold nanoparticles were synthesized using a water extract of Artemisia capillaris (AC-AuNPs) under different extract concentrations, and their catalytic activity was evaluated in a 4-nitrophenol reduction reaction in the presence of sodium borohydride. The AC-AuNPs showed violet or wine colors with characteristic surface plasmon resonance bands at 534~543 nm that were dependent on the extract c...

VSC-HVDC is a fully controllable transmission device, allowing rapid and independent control of active power transmitted over the dc link and reactive power at each end of the dc link. Embedding VSC-HVDC in meshed ac networks opens up new possibilities to improve power grid reliability and efficiency. The general control architecture of VSC-HVDC system is presented with focus on converter contr...

The transmission electron microscopy images of in situ prepared multiwall carbon nanotubes MWNTs and polyaniline PANI composites show that nanotubes are well dispersed in aqueous medium, and the nanofibers of PANI facilitate intertube transport. Although low temperature transport indicates variable range hopping VRH mechanism, the dc and ac conductivity become temperature independent as the MWN...

We investigate the dependence of transmission losses on the choice of a slack bus in high voltage AC transmission networks. We formulate a transmission loss minimization problem in terms of slack variables representing the additional power injection that each generator provides to compensate the transmission losses. We show analytically that for transmission lines having small, homogeneous resi...

In this paper a novel method for finding the fault zone on a Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) incorporated transmission line is presented. The method makes use of the Support Vector Machine (SVM), used in the classification mode to distinguish between the zones, before or after the TCSC. The use of Discrete Wavelet Transform is made to prepare the features which would be given as th...

In this paper a novel method for finding the fault zone on a Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) incorporated transmission line is presented. The method makes use of the Support Vector Machine (SVM), used in the classification mode to distinguish between the zones, before or after the TCSC. The use of Discrete Wavelet Transform is made to prepare the features which would be given as th...

In order to achieve the highest resolution in aberration-corrected (AC) high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images, high electron doses are required which only a few samples can withstand. In this paper we perform dose-dependent AC-HRTEM image calculations, and study the dependence of the signal-to-noise ratio, atom contrast and resolution on electron dose and sampling. We ...

Flexible AC transmission system; Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM); Optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD); Chemical reaction optimization (CRO); Transmission loss Abstract Optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem has a significant influence on optimal operation of power systems. However, getting optimal solution of ORPD problem is a strenuous task for the researchers. The inclusio...