Optimal capacitor placement, considering power system loss reduction, voltage profile improvement, line reactive power decrease and power factor correction, is of particular importance in power system planning and control. The distribution system operator calculates the optimal place, number and capacity of capacitors based on two major purposes: active power loss reduction and return on invest...

The principle, configuration, and the special features of an infrared imaging system are presented in this paper. The work has been done in two parts. First, the nonuniformity of IRFPA is detected using a processing system based on FPGA & microcontroller. The FPGA generates system timing and performs data acquisition, while the microcontroller reads the IRFPA data from FPGA and sends them to th...

the paper tries to present an improved mathematical model for distribution companies (discos) in order to solve distribution network expansion planning (dnep) problems in the presence of certain resources of distributed generations (dgs) entitled small scale gas engines in the medium voltage grids. with the aim of minimizing investment and operation costs, the recommended model combines a compr...

In this paper, the implementation of a digital signal processor (DSP) based multi-format decoder for an IP set-top box is described. Using several software optimization techniques, the multi-format decoder has been fitted into a TMS320DM641 DSP @ 480 Mhz. Starting from a native C code implementation, a six-step software optimization process has been applied to improve the decoder performance. C...