With ICT pervading everyday objects and infrastructures, the ‘Future Internet’ is envisioned to undergo a radical transformation from how we know it today (a mere communication highway) into a vast hybrid network seamlessly integrating knowledge, people and machines into techno-social ecosystems whose behaviour transcends the boundaries of today’s engineering science. As the internet of things continues to grow, billions and trillions of data bytes need to be moved, stored and shared. The energy thus consumed and the climate impact of data centers are increasing dramatically, thereby becoming significant contributors to global warming and climate change. As reported recently, the combined electricity consumption of the world’s data centers has already exceeded that of some of the world's top ten economies. In the ensuing process of integrating traditional and renewable energy, monitoring and managing various energy sources, and processing and transferring technological information through various channels, IT will undoubtedly play an ever-increasing and central role. Several technologies are currently racing to production to meet this challenge, from ‘smart dust’ to hybrid networks capable of controlling the emergence of dependable and reliable green and energy-efficient ecosystems – which we generically term the ‘energy web’ – calling for major paradigm shifts highly disruptive of the ways the energy sector functions today.

The EAI Transactions on Energy Web are positioned at the forefront of these efforts and provide a forum for the most forward-looking, state-of-the-art research bringing together the cross section of IT and Energy communities. The journal will publish original works reporting on prominent advances that challenge traditional thinking.

The EAI Transactions on Energy Web and Information Technologies topics include but are not limited to:

Green Data Centres and Data Storage
Greener Smart Homes
Green Smart Cities
Greener Secure Web Transactions
Energy Systems Modelling
Energy Efficient Virtualized Systems
Energy Efficient DSA (for CR Networks, D2D/M2M)
Energy Efficient LAA (Licensed Assisted Access for 5G)
Energy Aware Interference Mitigation in 4G Networks
Energy Conservation and Mangement Strategies
Telemetry and Power Engineering Based on Self-Organising Networks with Combined Information Transmission Channels
Transportation and Electric Vehicles
Green Communication Protocols
Energy Efficient Routing Protocols
Physical Layer Techniques for Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficient Device-to-Device (D2D) Communications
Energy-Aware Design for Small Cells and HetNets
Energy Efficient Algorithms and Scheduling Techniques
Green Massive MIMO Techniques
Cross-Layer Energy Efficiency Optimisation
Standardisation for Green Communications and Networking
Energy Efficient and Secure Implementation of Cryptographic Protocols
Lightweight Cryptography
Monitoring and Management of Energy Supply
Online Learning Technologies in the Energy Sector
Power Systems Regulations
Power Systems Transmission Management
Supply Chain Energy Management

Special Issue Editor: Iosif Breido (Karaganda State Technical University)

Iosif Breido received the engineering degree from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute (USSR) in 1971. He served as a navy officer in the Pacific fleet. He worked in the Karaganda Department of the Institute of mining. In 1983 he received the academic degree of candidate of technical sciences for his work in the field of controlled electric drive of conveyors in coal mines. In 1996 he received the degree of doctor of technical Sciences, at the Ural mining and geological Academy (Yekaterinburg, Russia) for research in the field of dynamics of controlled multi-motor electric drives of mining machines, interconnected through the working body. He participated in the creation and modernization of thyristor electric drives of conveyors, coal combines, aggregates of metallurgical production. In recent years, he directs the establishment of systems for protection and diagnostics of electrical equipment and high-voltage transmission lines, including systems remote Internet monitoring with the use of different telemetry channels in the conditions of strong interference from induced electromagnetic fields.

Alexander N. Shpiganovich (Lipetsk State Technical University, Russia)
Álvaro Suárez Sarmiento (University of Las Palmas, Spain)
Amando P. Singun, Jr. (Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)
Andrey Mazalov (South Federal University, Russia)
Assad Abbas (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Baozhi Chen (Rutgers University, USA)
Bill St. Arnaud (CANARIE Inc., Canada)
Cheng Pang (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden)
Elena Gebel (Omsk State Technical University, Russia)
Geert Deconinck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Irina Yuryevna Semykina (Kuzbass State Technical University, Kemerovo, Russia)
Joel Kubby (The University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)
Jorge Sa Silva (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Jose Marti (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Manik Sharma (DAV University Jalandhar, India)
Marija Ilic (Carnegie Melon University, USA)
Mehmet Aydin (University of the West of England, UK)
Mikhail Medvedev (Southern Federal University, Russia)
Nauman Aslam (Northumbria University, UK)
Randy Katz (UC Berkeley, USA)
Richard Somerville (University of California at San Diego, USA)
Roberto Setola (Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy)
Sabu M Thampi (Center for Research and Innovation in Cyber Threat Resilience (CRICTR), India)
Sergey Mikhailovich Stazhkov (Baltic State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Valeriy Vyatkin (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Vivek Deshpande (VIT College of Engineering, Pune, India)
Vladimir Dyo (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
Xin Liu (Dalian University of Technology, China)
Zeeshan Shakir (University of the West of Scotland, UK)

Ghazanfar Safdar

Ghazanfar A. Safdar received his B.Sc Hons. in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, and his M.Eng in Computer Science and Telecommunications from ENSIMAG, INPG, France. He was awarded a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast, UK, in 2005 for his work in the area of power-saving MAC protocols for the IEEE 802.11 family of wireless LANs. Moreover, he has worked as Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast on a project related to Wireless Networks security funded by EPSRC grant EP/C006976/1. Currently, he is working as Senior Lecturer in Computer Networking at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. His research interests mainly include cognitive radio networks, energy saving MAC protocols, security protocols for wireless networks, LTE networks, interference mitigation, device-to-device communications, network modelling and performance analysis. He has also worked as R&D Engineer with Carrier Telephone Industries (SIEMENS), Pakistan, and Schlumberger, France.

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Solar Tilt Angle Optimization of PV Systems for Different Case Studies
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ew 18: e7

Author:
Hasan N. Muslim

Published:
21st Mar 2019

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The evolution of solar photovoltaic systems (PV) in the last decade has been marvellous around the world. This growing in using of PV technique hinge on the electrical load profile that required to be covered and the rate of the electricity that can be generated from the areas where the solar cells…The evolution of solar photovoltaic systems (PV) in the last decade has been marvellous around the world. This growing in using of PV technique hinge on the electrical load profile that required to be covered and the rate of the electricity that can be generated from the areas where the solar cells to be installed. The production of PV systems is based on the fuel which is represented by the solar radiation. In this study, an algorithm has been proposed to optimize the solar tilt angle based on MATLAB software (m-file) in order to maximize the PV generation. Monthly and annually optimal tilt angles are suggested for different case studies those are: Najaf, California and New Delhi. Also, the estimation of solar radiation for each month is calculated according to their optimal tilt angles. The obtained results indicate that the yearly gain of solar radiation from orientation solar panels is approximately 18% for Najaf city and a high gain values for winter months with very small energy gains for summery months, and so on for other case studies. This proposed algorithm is general program and can be applied for any site on the earth by changing the latitude and longitude of the desired area.
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Smart Grid Security with Cryptographic Chip Integration
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ew 18: e6

Authors:
Adesh Kumar, Priyanshi Vishnoi, Shimi S. L.

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21st Mar 2019

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Smart grid is the modern digital electricity delivery system based on duplex communication between electrical grid and consumers. The smart grid includes several operations and energy measures comprising renewable energy sources, smart meters, smart devices, and energy efficient resources. The pr…Smart grid is the modern digital electricity delivery system based on duplex communication between electrical grid and consumers. The smart grid includes several operations and energy measures comprising renewable energy sources, smart meters, smart devices, and energy efficient resources. The presence of all smart and efficient components on the smart grid involves the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) layer in order to meet the requirements of grid monitoring, control and information interchange for smooth operation of grid. The duplex communication flows conveys cyber security concerns to the smart grid. It is required to countermeasures different cyber security algorithms to the heterogeneous smart grid based on computational resources availability, confidentiality and integrity. The paper proposed the cryptographic based encryption and decryption approach could be employed in smart grid distribution system hardware. A new TACIT algorithm hardware chip is proposed for secured grid communication. The chip design is carried in Xilinx ISE 14.2 software and verified on SPARTAN-3E FPGA hardware. The functional simulation is also done for 64 bit and 128-bit key size on Modelsim 10.0 software. The hardware parameters, memory and timing parameters are extracted directly form Xilinx Software and compared with the existing security protocols. The projected research work will be the advantage for the power industries working on the concerns about the integration of smart grid security concerns with FPGA based systems.
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Control law synthesis of the wind-driven power-plant with variable geometry
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ew 18: e5

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V.A. Kostjukov, M.Y. Medvedev, N.K. Poluyanovich, M.N. Dubyago, D.I. Bulanovich, D.D. Pavlenko

Published:
21st Mar 2019

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The analysis and synthesis of aerodynamic properties of the wind-driven power-plant (WP) construction with a vertical axis of rotation and useful interference of the stator and the rotor, that exceeds classical type analogues on energy characteristics, were conducted. The required functional depend…The analysis and synthesis of aerodynamic properties of the wind-driven power-plant (WP) construction with a vertical axis of rotation and useful interference of the stator and the rotor, that exceeds classical type analogues on energy characteristics, were conducted. The required functional dependence of the rotor rotative moment of WP on the angular speed of its rotation and the wind speed on the basis of aerodynamic optimization and researches of optimal shape and construction of WP was obtained. Respective aerodynamic power was calculated. The example of frequency stabilization of the rotor rotation through control of variable element of optimized form WP construction was considered. Method of maintaining the given angular speed of the rotor with a given deviation for a given time was proposed.
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Robust controller design for speed regulation of a flexible wind turbine
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ew 18: e4

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N.V.A. Ravikumar, G. Saraswathi

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21st Mar 2019

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The complexity of large wind turbines increases due to fatigue, aerodynamics, structural flexibility and wind turbulence which lead to uncertainties in the wind turbine model. Hence, a robust controller is necessary to deal with these uncertainties. The uncertainties are represented in the wind tur…The complexity of large wind turbines increases due to fatigue, aerodynamics, structural flexibility and wind turbulence which lead to uncertainties in the wind turbine model. Hence, a robust controller is necessary to deal with these uncertainties. The uncertainties are represented in the wind turbine model by variations in the elements of the state space matrix comprising of mass, stiffness and damping elements. The generator speed is regulated with changes in the rotor collective blade pitch angle and disturbances in wind speeds. In this paper, we propose to design an H∞ controller which qualifies to regulate the generator speed of an uncertain wind turbine. The proposed H∞ controller demonstrates robust performance and stability on system with ±20% uncertainty. The obtained 14th order H∞ controller is reduced to 7th order by using a balanced truncation model order reduction method. The performances of the designed H∞ controller and the reduced controller are compared.
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Capacity Enhancement and Voltage Stability Improvement of Power Transmission Line by Series Compensation
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ew 18: e3

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Md. Raihan-Al-Masud, Md. Minarul Islam, Md. Shahriar Hasan, Prajoy Podder

Published:
21st Mar 2019

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To install a new infrastructure of a power transmission line is not only costly but also time-consuming, and it also have some harmful impact on our environment and therefore existing transmission infrastructure is important to use effectively. FACTS is a popular solution to utilize this existing p…To install a new infrastructure of a power transmission line is not only costly but also time-consuming, and it also have some harmful impact on our environment and therefore existing transmission infrastructure is important to use effectively. FACTS is a popular solution to utilize this existing power transmission system by using series compensation by means of the series capacitor to enhance the power transmission capacity as well as voltage stability. This paper explores the utilization of series capacitor applying to the power grid of Eastern part of Bangladesh. For doing this we have considered the analytical calculation of 10% to 85% compensation of that power line. As a result, we have observed that the power transfer capacity has been enhanced about 37 times and it also improve the voltage stability, when the compensation ration is 85%. We consider our calculation mathematically and represent the load curve and voltage profile by plotting in Matlab.
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Improved Prediction of Wind Speed using Machine Learning
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ew 18: e2

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Senthil Kumar P

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21st Mar 2019

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The prediction of wind speed plays a significant role in wind energy systems. An accurate prediction of wind speed is more important for wind energy systems, but it is difficult due to its uncertain nature. This paper presents three artificial neural networks namely, Back Propagation Network (BPN),…The prediction of wind speed plays a significant role in wind energy systems. An accurate prediction of wind speed is more important for wind energy systems, but it is difficult due to its uncertain nature. This paper presents three artificial neural networks namely, Back Propagation Network (BPN), Radial Basis Function (RBF) and Nonlinear AutoRegressive model process with eXogenous inputs (NARX) with Mutual Information (MI) feature selection for wind speed prediction. The MI feature selection identifies the significant features and reduces the complexity of wind speed prediction model without loss of information content. The performance of prediction model is evaluated in terms of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE). The results show that the performance of all three neural network models are highly satisfied. Moreover, NARX model with mutual information feature selection is more accurate in dealing with wind speed prediction.
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Search and research of energy-efficient configuration of the power supply network
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ew 18: e1

Author:
V.A. Negadaev

Published:
21st Mar 2019

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Model of main structure of power-supply is considered for research of states of working collections of induction motors. Model consists of separate electromechanic modules, which can contain different amount of motors. Modules are connected in different points to main cable, laid from transformer b…Model of main structure of power-supply is considered for research of states of working collections of induction motors. Model consists of separate electromechanic modules, which can contain different amount of motors. Modules are connected in different points to main cable, laid from transformer before remoted module. On base of this model is developed software program, intended for finding of optimum parameters of structure of network of power-supply with use the genetic algorithm.
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A percolation model of semiconductor gas sensors with a hierarchical pore structure
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ew 19(22): e10

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I.A. Pronin, N.D. Yakushova, I.A. Averin, V.A. Moshnikov, B.V. Donkova, D.Tz. Dimitrov, A.Ts. Georgieva, S.S. Nalimova

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5th Feb 2019

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A percolation model of gas sensors is proposed, on the basis of which the effect of material porosity, pore size and pore size distribution on the gas detection threshold is analyzed. It is shown that micropores exert the greatest influence on gas sensitive properties. An increase in the percolatio…A percolation model of gas sensors is proposed, on the basis of which the effect of material porosity, pore size and pore size distribution on the gas detection threshold is analyzed. It is shown that micropores exert the greatest influence on gas sensitive properties. An increase in the percolation threshold leads to an increase in the detection threshold of reducing gases. The developed percolation model is used to explain high sensitivity values of sensor structures obtained by the chemical co-precipitation method.
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Design and Simulation of Stand-alone PV System for Electronic and Communications Engineering Department Laboratories in Al-Nahrain University
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ew 19(22): e9

Author:
A.L. Mahmood

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31st Jan 2019

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In Iraq the problem of electricity shutdown in the main supply is still exists and the cuts may last for hours. This shutdown causes problems in lectures and students experiments in the colleges because all electrical devices are off. PV system is a good alternative source to overcome such a proble…In Iraq the problem of electricity shutdown in the main supply is still exists and the cuts may last for hours. This shutdown causes problems in lectures and students experiments in the colleges because all electrical devices are off. PV system is a good alternative source to overcome such a problem; therefore a stand-alone photovoltaic power system is presented in this paper to supply department laboratories to ensure power continuity. A stand-alone PV system is presented to supply three laboratories selected as a case study, these laboratories belong to the electronic and communications engineering department, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad. The loads for these laboratories were calculated based on what are exists already from electrical devices assuming that they were fully on during work time. The Pvsyst6 software package is used for simulation purposes in this work.
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Operational reliability as a resource for increasing the efficiency of electromechanical systems of rope shovels
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ew 19(22): e8

Authors:
I.A. Lobur, A.G. Zaharova, N.M. Shauleva, V.A. Borovtsov

Published:
31st Jan 2019

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In work the statistical research of operational reliability of the rope shovels working in the conditions of the Kuznetsk coal basin (Kuzbass) is executed. Indexes of reliability, distribution laws of time per fault and restoring time of elements of rope shovel electromechanical system are defined.…In work the statistical research of operational reliability of the rope shovels working in the conditions of the Kuznetsk coal basin (Kuzbass) is executed. Indexes of reliability, distribution laws of time per fault and restoring time of elements of rope shovel electromechanical system are defined. It was proved that the obtained statistical data can find application when scheduling actions for increase in operational reliability of open-pit mine rope shovel not only in the coal basin of Kuzbass, but also in other regions with open-pit mining of coal.
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The observer of a direct-current moto condition on the basis of the particles swarm method
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ew 19(22): e7

Authors:
A.N. Gargaev, V.G. Kashirskikh, A.G. Zakharova, V.A. Borovtsov

Published:
31st Jan 2019

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This paper describes a observer of direct current motor’s (DC motors) parameter based on particles swarm method allowing to define the parameters values set and variables state in real time. During the electric motor operation the values characterizing its current state, for example, the resistance…This paper describes a observer of direct current motor’s (DC motors) parameter based on particles swarm method allowing to define the parameters values set and variables state in real time. During the electric motor operation the values characterizing its current state, for example, the resistance and inductances of the field winding and armature coil change over a wide range and are inaccessible for direct measurement therefore their indirect definition by means of observers is necessary. The current state of the working electric motor at the same time is defined by computer processing easily of measurands – voltage and currents of motor windings, by using of its mathematical model and estimation methods. The mathematical processing algorithm, features of settings, performance and some other results of the research are presented in this article. The results of this work can be used in the design of sensorless DC drives. The estimated DC motor parameter’s can be used for control, monitoring and diagnostics of DC drive technical state. For check of serviceability and accuracy of the PSO method the computer motor model received on the basis of the equations of the generalized electrical machine was used. State estimation results of the working electric motor P-12 type confirmed validity of the offered approach.
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Control of energy efficient belt conveyor gearless drummotor
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ew 19(22): e6

Authors:
I. Yu. Semykina, A.V. Tarnetskaya

Published:
31st Jan 2019

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There is a tendency for simplifying the construction of gears. Many manufacturers design gearless electric drives for power mechanisms like traction. Rejection of mechanical transmission and replacing obsolete induction motor with energy-efficient permanent magnet synchronous machine allow to incre…There is a tendency for simplifying the construction of gears. Many manufacturers design gearless electric drives for power mechanisms like traction. Rejection of mechanical transmission and replacing obsolete induction motor with energy-efficient permanent magnet synchronous machine allow to increase electric drive reliability, reduce repair and maintenance costs, also improve the technological process and industrial safety. This article is devoted to questions of permanent magnet synchronous motor control for underground belt conveyor gearless drum-motor. The model of the electrical machine this type with special construction was created by finite elements method. In modeling, Infolytica MagNet and MotorSolve tools were used. The key thing is the special characteristics of high-torque slow-moving power machines was quantified by this modeling. The last section of the article contains the comparison of methods for high-torque slow-moving PMSM control. Finally, the simulation results for operating with vector control system is shown.
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Cys-modified zinc oxide 1D-nanostructures formation for gas sensors application
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ew 19(22): e5

Authors:
A. A. Semenova, O. Yukhnovets, A.I. Maximov, S.S. Nalimova, V.A. Moshnikov, M.V. Zhukov

Published:
28th Jan 2019

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In this work, the ZnO-based materials were synthesized for gas sensors applications. The nanostructures formation was carried out by mild hydrothermal synthesis with the variations in surfactant concentration. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the surface states in ZnO nanocrystals was p…In this work, the ZnO-based materials were synthesized for gas sensors applications. The nanostructures formation was carried out by mild hydrothermal synthesis with the variations in surfactant concentration. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the surface states in ZnO nanocrystals was performed. The effect of surfactant (cysteine) adsorption on ZnO 1D-nanostructures growth and the distribution of acid-bade adsorption sites on nanostructures surface were investigated. The control of the nanorods aspect ratio (about 0.4 at cystein concentration of 5 mM/l) leads to the changes in the Zn2+/O2- ions proportion, emerging on the surface. High cysteine concentrations resulted in the formation of Brönsted acid and Lewis base adsorption sites.
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Train Operation Control on-based of Logical-Linguistic Model
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ew 19(22): e4

Authors:
K.I. Yurenko, P.A. Kharchenko, E.I. Fandeev, I.K. Yurenko

Published:
28th Jan 2019

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The article presents a new approach to control of train movement based on a combination of terminal (finite) and fuzzy control methods using a logical-linguistic model whose numerical parameters are determined on the basis of search optimization and simulation modeling. The results of computational…The article presents a new approach to control of train movement based on a combination of terminal (finite) and fuzzy control methods using a logical-linguistic model whose numerical parameters are determined on the basis of search optimization and simulation modeling. The results of computational experiments are presented and given recommendations to the application and further development of the proposed approach. In particular, the proposed logicallinguistic model can be used in the construction of on-board systems of suburban electric trains.
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Incident Management of Information Technology in the Indonesia Higher Education based on COBIT Framework: A Review
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ew 19(22): e3

Author:
Syifaul Fuada

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28th Jan 2019

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Nowadays, implementing the IT management in Indonesia Higher Education (HE) has been an integral part of institution management and all business functions, starting from teaching & learning, academic information system, administration & payment system, registration of student’s admission and so on.…Nowadays, implementing the IT management in Indonesia Higher Education (HE) has been an integral part of institution management and all business functions, starting from teaching & learning, academic information system, administration & payment system, registration of student’s admission and so on. Handling incident response is an IT management and evaluation activity that must be done by the HE in Indonesia. Because, this activity is used to control the business sustainability and help perform attempts of betterment. To this matter, a standardized guideline is required so that the management of handling incidents in the HE environment can be performed effectively and efficiently. COBIT framework version 4 has four domains with 34 processes, while the version 5 has five domains with 37 processes. The process of handling incidents in COBIT 5 is discussed in the DSS02 process, namely Manage Service Request, and Incident of DSS domain. Meanwhile, COBIT 4 is discussed in the DS8 process, namely Manage Service Desk and Incidents. This paper reviews the status of management of handling IT incidents in Indonesia HE limited from 2010 to 2016.
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Application of a Hybrid Method for Key Energy Facilities Safety Assessment
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ew 19(22): e2

Authors:
I.I. Livshitz, P.A. Lontsikh, E.P. Kunakov

Published:
28th Jan 2019

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Information Technologies (hereinafter – the “IT”) without security functions (hereinafter – the “SF”) are the exception rather than the rule nowadays [1 – 4]. Components of IT without SF are not a big problem since they can be replaced by analogs, which SF have, or can be supplemented by the necess…Information Technologies (hereinafter – the “IT”) without security functions (hereinafter – the “SF”) are the exception rather than the rule nowadays [1 – 4]. Components of IT without SF are not a big problem since they can be replaced by analogs, which SF have, or can be supplemented by the necessary "imposed" SF, or we can "import" the required SF from the adjacent components of IT, which are an integral part of the information processing system (hereinafter – the “IPS”). Speaking further of IT, we will assume that the modern IT components presented in the competitive market for energy facilities (hereinafter – the “EF”) already have a certain set of SF and are able to support IT-security tasks (hereinafter – the “IST”). Many scientists have done enough research on various safety issues at facilities and published their results [5 – 13]. These studies also concern the causes of various incidents at key facilities, especially energy ones, risk identification, and the analysis of the consequences for safety. Against this background, the problem of adequate IT-security assessment of the EF is particularly relevant [14 – 16]. Indeed, why should we spend the resources on the implementation of additional "superimposed" SF in IPS, if there is an opportunity to optimize costs by using existing and practically "spent" SF? In this case, a reasonable solution would be to assess the existing level of IT-security related to the architecture of IPS resulting from the composition of IT-components that have SF for key EF [17 – 21]. Based on the results of the evaluation, it is possible to make a decision on the implementation of new additional SF in IPS based on documented facts.
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Development of the video stream object detection algorithm (VSODA) with tracking
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ew 19(22): e1

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A.Y. Zarnitsyn, A.S. Volkov, A.A. Voycehovsky, B.I. Pyakillya

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28th Jan 2019

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The object tracking is one of the most important task in video analysis. Many methods have been proposed such as TLD (Tracking, Learning, Detection), Meanshift and MIL but they show good accuracy in laboratory cases, not in real ones, where the accuracy is defined as a numerical difference between …The object tracking is one of the most important task in video analysis. Many methods have been proposed such as TLD (Tracking, Learning, Detection), Meanshift and MIL but they show good accuracy in laboratory cases, not in real ones, where the accuracy is defined as a numerical difference between computed object coordinates and the real ones. One of the reasons is lack of information about tracked object and environment changes. If a method has the prior information about tracked object, then it will be able to perform with higher accuracy. Some of the newest object tracking methods such as GOTURN use trained CNN (convolutional neural network) and have better accuracy because of knowledge about how the tracked object looks like in different situations such as light intensity changes and tracked object’s rotations. If we use only a classification algorithm (classifier) then it can find an object that was in training set with high probability. But if its appearance is changing it will be lost when deviation will be higher than trust limit. Then it is important to have parts of prior and posterior information about tracked object. The prior information is given by detector (CNN) and posterior information – by tracking algorithm (TLD). One of the biggest detector problems is high computational complexity in terms of operations’ number and one of the solutions is to use the classifier in parallel with the tracker. In future work we are going to use different sensors, not only RGB camera, but RGBD camera, which may improve accuracy due to higher amount of information.
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MAC Layer Design for Network-Enabled Visible Light Communication Systems Compliant with IEEE 802.15.7
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ew 17(14): e5

Authors:
Trio Adiono, Syifaul Fuada, Muhamad Luthfi, Rosmianto Aji Saputro

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The design and implementation of medium access control (MAC) layer for network-enabled visible light communication (VLC) system is presented in this paper. The point-to-point link was chosen because of its simple in configuration as well as implementation. Whereas the FPGA Zybo Zynq-7000 is employe…The design and implementation of medium access control (MAC) layer for network-enabled visible light communication (VLC) system is presented in this paper. The point-to-point link was chosen because of its simple in configuration as well as implementation. Whereas the FPGA Zybo Zynq-7000 is employed for prototyping the hardware of VLC system because of it serve a Linux operating system (OS), i.e. Xillinux. Our MAC layer has been realized in Python programming and running above the Zynq-7000 processor. The designed MAC Layer is adapted from IEEE 802.15.7 standard, specifically for delivering and receiving the MAC frames from the coordinator to the device or vice versa, wrapping the IP packets and unwrapping the MAC Frames with MAC headers and trailers, and performing the error detection in which the cyclic redundant check 16 (CRC-16) was selected. According to the functionality test, our proposed VLC system can perform to send the multimedia contents (video and image) as well as data packet for internet accessing purpose like a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) connectivity. Thus, it can be concluded that the implemented MAC layer has met the functionality specifications referred to the IEEE 802.15.7 standard. We also provide the Pseudo-code of designed MAC layer and its Python script (source-code) implementation that can be found in the Appendix section.
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Classification of Vehicle Types in Car Parks using Computer Vision Techniques
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ew 15(7): e5

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Chadly Marouane, Lorenz Schauer, Philipp Bauer

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The growing population of big cities has led to certain issues, such as overloaded car parks. Ubiquitous systems can help to increase the capacity through an efficient usage of existing parking slots. In this case, cars are recognized during the entrance phases in order to guide them automatically …The growing population of big cities has led to certain issues, such as overloaded car parks. Ubiquitous systems can help to increase the capacity through an efficient usage of existing parking slots. In this case, cars are recognized during the entrance phases in order to guide them automatically to a proper slot for space-saving reasons. Prior to this step, it is necessary to determine the size of vehicles. In this work, we analyze different methods for vehicle classification and size measurement using the existing hardware of car parks. Computer vision techniques are applied for extracting information out of video streams of existing security cameras. For streams with lower resolution, a method is introduced figuring out width and height of a car with the help of reference objects. For streams with a higher resolution, a second approach is applied using face recognition algorithms and a training database in order to classify car types. Our evaluation of a real-life scenario at a major German airport showed a small error deviation of just a few centimeters for the fist method. For the type classification approach, an applicable accuracy of over 80 percent with up to 100 percent in certain cases have been achieved. Given these results, the performed methods show high potentials for a suitable determination of vehicles based on installed security cameras.
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Real-Time Simulation Technique of a Microgrid Model for DER Penetration
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ew 14(2): e2

Authors:
Konstantina Mentesidi, Evangelos Rikos, Vasilis Kleftakis

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Comprehensive analysis of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) integration requires tools that provide computational power and flexibility. In this context, throughout this paper PHIL simulations are performed to emulate the energy management system of a real microgrid including a diesel synchronous …Comprehensive analysis of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) integration requires tools that provide computational power and flexibility. In this context, throughout this paper PHIL simulations are performed to emulate the energy management system of a real microgrid including a diesel synchronous machine and inverter-based sources. Moreover, conventional frequency and voltage droops were incorporated into the respective inverters. The results were verified at the real microgrid installation in the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) premises. This research work is divided into two steps: A) Real time in RSCAD/RTDS and Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) simulations where the diesel generator´s active power droop control is evaluated, the battery inverter´s droop curves are simulated and the load sharing for parallel operation of the system´s generation units is examined. B) microgrid experiments during which various tests were executed concerning the diesel generator and the battery inverters in order to examine their dynamic operation within the LV islanded power system.
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Consensus-based distributed control for economic dispatch problem with comprehensive constraints in a smart grid
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ew 14(2): e3

Authors:
J. Cao, M. Yu, J. Tung

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460

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Economic dispatch problem (EDP) has become more complex and challenging in power systems due to the introduction of smart grids. In a smart grid, it’s expensive and unreliable for the existing centralized controller to achieve a minimum cost when generating a certain amount of power. In this work…Economic dispatch problem (EDP) has become more complex and challenging in power systems due to the introduction of
smart grids. In a smart grid, it’s expensive and unreliable for the existing centralized controller to achieve a minimum cost
when generating a certain amount of power. In this work, we define a quadratic cost function and comprehensive
constraints to improve the consensus algorithm. We propose a distributed control approach based on the improved
consensus algorithm to solve the EDP in a smart grid. Different from the centralized approach, the proposed approach
enables each generator to collect the mismatch between power demands and generations in a distributed manner. The
mismatch in power is used as a feedback for each generator to adjust its power generation. The incremental cost of the
generator is selected as the consensus quantity that converges to a common value eventually. Simulation results of
different case studies are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The comparisons between
the proposed approach and the existing ones are also presented.
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Green Communications: Techniques and Challenges
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ew 17(14): e4

Authors:
Nabeel Ahmed Malik, Masood Ur-Rehman

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Green technology has drawn a huge amount of attention with the development of the modern world. Similarly with the development in communication technology the industries and researchers are focusing to make this communication as green as possible. In cellular technology the evolution of 5G is the n…Green technology has drawn a huge amount of attention with the development of the modern world. Similarly with the development in communication technology the industries and researchers are focusing to make this communication as green as possible. In cellular technology the evolution of 5G is the next step to fulfil the user demands and it will be available to the users in 2020. This will increase the energy consumption by which will result in excess emission of co2. In this paper different techniques for the green communication technology and some challenges are discussed. These techniques include device-to-device communication (D2D), massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems, heterogeneous networks (HetNets) and Green Internet of Things (IoT).
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Transmission Policies for Energy Harvesting Sensors Based on Markov Chain Energy Supply
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ew 16(8): e4

Authors:
Wenxiang Zhu, Pingping Xu, Maozong Zheng, Guilu Wu, Honglei Wang

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Due to the small energy harvesting rates and stochastic energy harvesting processes, energy management of energy harvesting senor is still crucial for body network. Transmission polices for energy harvesting sensors with Markov chain energy supply over time varying channels is formulated as an …Due to the small energy harvesting rates and stochastic energy
harvesting processes, energy management of energy harvesting
senor is still crucial for body network. Transmission
polices for energy harvesting sensors with Markov chain energy
supply over time varying channels is formulated as an
infinite discounted reward Markov Decision Problem under
the assumption of geometric distribution of sensors’ lifetime.
In this paper, we firstly propose a low-storage transmission
policy based on probability of successful transmission for
body network. Then we narrow the feasible region of parameters
in our policies from the real domain to a discrete set
with limited number, which makes the method of combing
optimal equations and enumeration algorithm to obtain optimal
parameters workable. Finally, numerical results show
that our presented transmission policies can achieve a good
approximated performance of optimal policies, which can be
derived by policy iteration algorithm. Compared with the
optimal policies, our presented policies has the advantage of
low storage.
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Demand Response an Alternative Solution to Prevent Load Shedding Triggering
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ew 14(3): e2

Authors:
K. Mollah, N.K.C Nair, R.K. Rayudu

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This paper investigates an alternative solution to prevent Load Shedding (LS) triggering during underfrequency and proposes a new technique to restore the frequency during emergency events. Demand response (DR) is considered as one of the most promising Smart Grid concepts that can be used to suppo…This paper investigates an alternative solution to prevent Load Shedding (LS) triggering during underfrequency and proposes a new technique to restore the frequency during emergency events. Demand response (DR) is considered as one of the most promising Smart Grid concepts that can be used to support the peak demand, whereas, LS is an existing last resort method during emergency grid situations. Both schemes aim to balance the load and generation in real-time and restore the frequency very quickly. This paper incorporates integrating Incentive based Demand Response (IDR) with
spinning reserve for smaller underfrequency events to manage the system peak demand. It also introduces a new frequency band for an Emergency Demand Response (EDR) as an alternative inexpensive solution that can replace costly spinning reserves and help to prevent LS. An energy index factor is used to identify the consumption pattern of consumers to enable them to participate in IDR. An illustrative example of the performance of the proposed scheme on a modified 15 bus test system is shown. Simulation results on different scenarios confirm that the proposed method is effective to
improve the frequency restoration process along with enabling participation of new services.
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A Middleware for Power Management in Multicore Smartphones
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ew 15(4): e4

Authors:
Shaosong Li, Shivakant Mishra

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Increased power consumption is a critical concern for smartphone users. While multi-core processors in smartphones have already emerged in market, current applications are yet to take full advantage of this new architecture, particularly in the area of managing power consumption. This paper address…Increased power consumption is a critical concern for smartphone users. While multi-core processors in smartphones have already emerged in market, current applications are yet to take full advantage of this new architecture, particularly in the area of managing power consumption. This paper addresses the issue of managing power consumption in multicore smartphones via a middleware layer that schedules optimal number of cores for currently running applications taking into account the tradeoff between power consumption, performance and user experience. The paper first describes a simple and accurate method to measure the overall power consumption and then studies the impact of scheduling seven different popular applications over one to four cores on the overall power consumption. Based on this study, the paper proposes three new power-aware scheduling algorithms that dynamically schedule optimal number of cores as well as dynamically adjust the voltage frequency of each online core to achieve the best tradeoff between power consumption, application performance and user experience under the current context. Evaluation from a prototype implementation of the middleware on a quad-core HTC One shows that these algorithms result in significant reduction in power consumption while ensuring good performance and user experience.
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A Wearable Vibration Glove for Improving Hand Sensation in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury Using Passive Haptic Rehabilitation
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ew 15(6): e2

Authors:
Tanya Estes, Deborah Backus, Thad Starner

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We define Passive Haptic Rehabilitation (PHR) as an improvement in haptic sensations or abilities using methods which require little or no attention on the part of the user. We present a study that suggests improvement in hand sensation in participants with partial Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in C4 - …We define Passive Haptic Rehabilitation (PHR) as an improvement in haptic sensations or abilities using methods which require little or no attention on the part of the user. We present a study that suggests improvement in hand sensation in participants with partial Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in C4 - T1 after use of our Mobile Music Touch (MMT) glove. The MMT glove is designed to teach piano melodies passively. It stimulates the participant's fingers repeatedly in the order of notes in the songs to be learned. In a study of ten hands, seven people with incomplete SCI participate in simple piano lessons three times a week for thirty minutes a session for eight weeks. The experimental group also attends these lessons but also wear our Mobile Music Touch (MMT) glove for two hours a day, five times a week to reinforce these lessons passively. Participants were injured over a year before the beginning of the study. The Semmes-Weinstein test is used to measure sensation at eight points on the hand before and after the piano lessons. The mean improvements between the experimental group and control group show a difference that is statistically significant. All hand areas in the experimental group show an improvement in average Semmes-Weinstein scores.
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SysGRID: IEC 61850 and IEC 61499 Standard Based Engineering Tool for Smart Grid Automation Design
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ew 14(2): e5

Authors:
Chen-Wei Yang, Gulnara Zhabelova, Valeriy Vyatkin

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The so called Smart Grid is said to be distributed in nature with an accompanying control architecture which is made up of a heterogeneous network of controllers communicating in a peer-to-peer manner. The paper proposes a novel computer-aided model-based system engineering process for the design…The so called Smart Grid is said to be distributed in nature with an accompanying control architecture
which is made up of a heterogeneous network of controllers communicating in a peer-to-peer manner.
The paper proposes a novel computer-aided model-based system engineering process for the design of a Smart Grid applications from the initial design specification through to the validation of the control
system and hardware deployment. The process is supported by the SysGRID tool, which plays the
roles of a system configurator and device configurator adopted from the International Standard IEC
61850. SysGRID supports system-level design of automation logic in the form of function block
networks compliant with the international standard IEC 61499. The capabilities of SysGRID are
demonstrated through the process of designing a distributed protection application based on IEC
61850 and the resultant validation process in a close-loop co-simulation.
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Publisher: EAI
ISSN: 2032-944X
Number of Volumes: 6

Last Published: 20th Mar 2019