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Optimal Energy Management of Smart Grids With Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
2015
In this paper, smart grids based on Renewable Energy Sources are addressed. An Italian case study which has been developed in the frame of the research project i-NEXT (Innovation for green Energy and eXchange in Transportation) is presented. Storage elements are included. Electric and fuel cell powered vehicles' charging stations are here included as local loads. In this paper, power management algorithms and the control logic are described. The control subsystem aims at an efficient management of the involved renewable energy sources avoiding faults in the power system and ensuring a fully functional supply of local loads. A “Service Center” software collecting data from renewable sources,…
3D image acquisition system based on shape from focus technique
2013
agent Agrosup Dijon de l'UMREcolDurGEAPSI; This paper describes the design of a 3D image acquisition system dedicated to natural complex scenes composed of randomly distributed objects with spatial discontinuities. In agronomic sciences, the 3D acquisition of natural scene is difficult due to the complex nature of the scenes. Our system is based on the Shape from Focus technique initially used in the microscopic domain. We propose to adapt this technique to the macroscopic domain and we detail the system as well as the image processing used to perform such technique. The Shape from Focus technique is a monocular and passive 3D acquisition method that resolves the occlusion problem affecting…
Charging management of grid integrated battery for overcoming the intermittency of RE sources
2016
Grid integration of distributed generation (DG) systems with energy storage system can help not only in increasing the more penetration of DG systems into the network but it is also going to help in improving the power system dynamics, stability and control as well as helping in demand side management. In this work, a method for integrating an energy storage with the grid which can provide the prescribed active and reactive power to the grid is presented. The main objective is to ensure a high state of charge (SOC) of the battery with the innovative control system for taking part in power system control. Active and reactive power dispatching using a bi-directional DC-DC converters and a vol…
Reassessment of voltage stability for distribution networks in presence of DG
2016
There is a growing interest in integrating renewable energy based distributed generation (DG) in the electrical power distribution networks. The installation of DG units at distribution level impacts critically the planning and operation characteristics of the network. The type, location, number and capacity of the integrated DGs affects system behavior and performance. In this paper the effect of installing new DGs on the distribution network voltage stability is studied. The optimal location of the newly installed DGs are decided based on the Power Stability Index (PSI) and Voltage Stability Index (VSI). Moreover, Voltage Stability Margin (VSM) of the interconnected DG distribution networ…
A Comparative Analysis of the Reliability of Simple and Two-Level Checkpointing Techniques in two Different Distributed Industrial Control System Arc…
2003
In Distributed industrial control systems it is necessary to guarantee certain reliability level. In this sense, Checkpointing and Rollback techniques offer interesting possibilities to achieve fault tolerance without appreciable cost and complexity increment. Several Checkpointing techniques have been proposed. Most of them suppose the presence of stable storage in the system. But distributed industrial control systems usually do not dispose of this kind of storage. So, another storage strategy has to be employed. If Checkpoints were locally stored (Simple Checkpointing), the system tolerates only transient faults. If Checkpoints were locally, at the same node, and, additionally, at anothe…
Application of distributed expert systems to the advanced control of smart houses
2003
Abstract A distributed expert system has been proposed for the smart house control. Its configuration is mainly based on the use of distributed nodes connected by means of a CAN network. This kind of systems allow the implementation of highly flexible control systems capable of adapting themselves to different situations. The expert system used is based on Rule Nets (RN), which are a formalism that seeks to express an automatism in a similar way to as would make it a human being: "IF antecedents THEN consequents". But at the same time Rule nets are a tool for the design, analysis and implementation of rule based systems (RBS), and consist on a mathematic-logical structure which analytically…
Decentralized intrusion detection for secure cooperative multi-agent systems
2007
In this paper we address the problem of detecting faulty behaviors of cooperative mobile agents. A novel decentralized and scalable architecture that can be adopted to realize a monitor of the agents’ behavior is proposed. We consider agents which may perform different independent tasks, but cooperate to guarantee the entire system’s safety. Agents plan their next actions by following a set of rules which is shared among them. Such rules are decentralized, i.e. they dictate actions that depend only on configurations of neighboring agents. Some agents may not be acting according to this cooperation protocol, due to tampering or spontaneous failure. To detect such misbehaviors we propose a so…
An Investigation of Protection Devices Coordination Effects on Distributed Generators Capacity in Radial Distribution Systems
2013
In the recent years, with the concept of Smart Grid, there are a great interest in integration of renewable energy based distributed generation (DG) units at distribution level. Along with a number of benefits, penetration of DG units in the distribution system imposes some serious challenges; protection requirements turns up as one of the most critical challenge in DG integration. In this paper the possibility and the potentiality of occurring mis-coordination between protection devices in radial distribution network is studied. The impacts of protection devices coordination on DG capacity are investigated. The penetration level, number, and location of interconnected DGs are used as param…
Consensus-based Distributed Intrusion Detection for Multi-Robot Systems
2008
This paper addresses a security problem in robotic multi-agent systems, where agents are supposed to cooperate according to a shared protocol. A distributed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is proposed here, that detects possible non-cooperative agents. Previous work by the authors showed how single monitors embedded on-board the agents can detect non- cooperative behavior, using only locally available information. In this paper, we allow such monitors to share the collected information in order to overcome their sensing limitation. In this perspective, we show how an agreement on the type of behavior of a target-robot may be reached by the monitors, through execution of a suitable consensu…
Probabilistic Approach to the Design of Photovoltaic Distributed Generation in Low Voltage Feeder
2006
This paper presents the probabilistic approach to the design of photovoltaic (PV) distributed generation (DG) and its impact on low voltage (LV) feeder. Monte Carlo simulation is used to predict solar radiation and load, and an exact method is used to solve the power flow. The method is tested on two study cases, and the results are compared with those from deterministic approach based on commonly used scenarios. The probabilistic approach is shown necessary to obtain the optimum PV rating based on technical constraints and different objectives, including accepting a reasonable risk when needed. The results also indicate that PV-DG in a realistic case will most probably improve the voltage …