Iran is a country completely dependent on fossil fuel resources. In order to obtain a diversity of energy sources, it requires other resources, especially renewable energy. Utilization of wind energy appears to be one of the most efficient ways of achieving sustainable development. The quantification of wind potential is a pivotal and essential initial step while developing strategies for the de...

This paper describes results from a project aimed at developing computer exercises to be used in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the power engineering area. The paper first describes details about the project which is funded by the National Science Foundation, Electric Power Research Institute and a number of industry sponsors. After that, a customized power education toolbox dev...

the computer simulation program of a practical scale reverse electrodialysis process has been developed based on the program for saline water electrodialysis. the program is applied to compute the performance of an industrial-scale reverse electrodialysis stack (effective membrane area s = 1 m × 1 m = 1 m2, cell pair number n = 300 pairs). the stack operatingconditions are optimized. seawater a...

generating stations, distribution lines, high voltage (HV) lines, and electric appliances. Increased speed of urbanization and per capita increase in the utilization of electricity is forcing all kinds of living bodies to be exposed to electromagnetic environment created by man-made sources. To meet the increased demands, electric power generation, distribution, and transmission networks are al...

The paper presents a family of novel switched smart filter compensated devices using Green Plug Smart Filter Soft Starter GP-SF-SS devices for small single phase induction motors used in air-conditioning, ventilation and water pumping. GP-SFSS devices are equipped with a dynamic online error driven optimally tuned modified PID controller that ensures improved power factor, reduced feeder losses...

Mitigating the global warming greenhouse effect while maintaining a fossil fuel economy, requires improving efficiency of utilization of fossil fuels, use of high hydrogen content fossil fuels, decarbonization of fossil fuels, and sequestering of carbon and CO2 applied to all the sectors of the economy, electric power generation, transportation, and industrial, and domestic power and heat gener...

by developing the level of life in societies, the need for new resources of energy becomes more important. in almost all cases, the aim is to convert one form of energy to the electrical form. with advances of technology and use of new electric and electronic devices and gadgets, the need for electrical energy is increasing and providing stable and continuous electric power becomes very importa...

Bulk electric system reliability analysis is an important activity in both vertically integrated and unbundled electric power utilities. Competition and uncertainty in the new deregulated electric utility industry are serious concerns. New planning criteria with broader engineering consideration of transmission access and consistent risk assessment must be explicitly addressed. Modern developme...

This paper aims to find the efficient state of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) by simultaneous optimization of the control strategy and the power train. The power transmission employed in this vehicle is a power-split continuously variable transmission (CVT) which uses several fixed ratio mechanisms. After describing this transmission, the rules of electric assist control strategy are introduced....

This paper presents the architecture as well as example applications of the Virtual Test Bed (VTB). The VTB is a simulation environment being developed as a virtual prototyping tool for modern electric power distribution systems, with emphasis on power electronics. The VTB is built around an efficient and flexible network solver, an advanced visualization system, a model library, and several mo...