background: one of the methods used for joining metals together is welding, which can be carried out using different techniques such as electric spot welding. this study evaluated the effect of electric spot welding on the load defl ection rate of stainless steel and chromium-cobalt orthodontic wires. materials and methods: in this experimental-laboratory study, load defl ection rate of 0.016 ×...

Integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructures into the utility grids requires solutions for coordinated of EVs. Load management systems aim at computing schedules vehicles based on predetermined objectives. Contributions EVs predominantly assume that or stations are controllable entities in load systems. However, practice, may consist and uncontrollable entities. This paper propose...

The environmental aspect like oil depletion, global heating and CO2 gas emissions have become a concern and have propelled the development of an efficient and extendable energy management system (EMS) using fuel cell and battery sources for Hybrid Electric Vehicles. In this paper, a poser of a hybrid electric vehicle with energy management system with multiple source of energy is developed and ...

In response to the governmental policy of saving energy sources and reducing CO2, and carry out the resident quality of local; this paper proposes a new method for a non-intrusive load-monitoring (NILM) system in smart home to implement the load identification of electric equipments and establish the electric demand management. Non-intrusive load-monitoring techniques were often based on power ...

under the smart grid environments, demand response resources (drrs) as power system resources can effectively participate in and improve performance of electric systems. congestion management is one of the technical challenges in which drrs can play a significant role. previously, congestion management is applied without considering the power system uncertainties. therefore, a stochastic conges...

The desire for efficient use of energy is growing throughout the world and is stimulating countless efforts toward more sustainable consumption of resources. The complexity of the existing energy infrastructure demands management, modelling, and control systems which are autonomous and distributed. Agentbased systems are naturally well-suited for such tasks. This special issue presents a repres...