Power Generation from Renewable energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and hydro is predominant now days and among the renewable energy sources, small hydro and wind energy have the ability to complement each other. For Power generation by small or micro hydro as well as wind systems, the use of squirrel-cage induction generators (SCIGs) is mostly adopted. As regards in recent ye...

s: -Most of the small hydro power plants are based on Run of River scheme, implying that they do not have any water storage capability. The power is generated only when enough water is available from the river. When the stream flow reduces below the design flow value, the generation will reduce as the water does not flow through the intake structure into the turbine. Small hydro plants may be s...

The use of Magneto Hydro Dynamics (MHD) to circulate fluids in conduits fabricated with low temperature co-fired ceramic tapes is described. Conduits shaped like toroidal and rectangular loops were fabricated. Electrodes printed on the ceramic substrate along the conduits' walls facilitated transmission of electric currents through the test fluids. When the devices were subjected to a magnetic ...

Recent advances in development of semiconductor devices lead to more and more complex device structures. This concerns device geometry as well as tne combination of different materials. Due to the rapid reduction of device geometries, the models describing the device physics increase in complexity. 10 gain additional insight into the performance of devices under realistic dynamic boundary condi...

Modeling of magneto-rheological dampers to be used in semi-active control of civil engineering structures is addressed. The behavior of this kind of dampers is modeled through a first order Lugre dynamic friction model whose structure is analytically simpler than other dynamic friction models used in the literature. With this structure real-time parametric identification of the magneto-rheologi...

We study dynamic duopolistic competition between hydro and thermal generators under demand uncertainty. Producers compete in quantities and each is constrained: the thermal generator by capacity and the hydro generator by water availability. Two versions of the model are analysed: an infinite-horizon game emphasizing water withholding incentives of the hydro generator and the distribution of pr...