A power system, under heavily loaded conditions, is at high risks of probable line outage and consequent voltage instability problem. Real power loss and voltage deviation minimization are reliable indicators of voltage security of power networks. This paper proposes a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based optimal location and sizing of Static Var Compensator (SVC) to improve voltage stabilit...

Abstract The volume of water losses depends largely on the approach to active leakage control networks. Losses comprise physical (leakages transmission and/or distribution networks, at utility’s storage tanks, and service connections), commercial (unauthorised consumption metering inaccuracies data handling errors) unbilled authorised (unbilled metered unmetered consumption). Reduction real may...

selfish director, however, might restrict himself to poaching the best staff members from the university without giving anything back. Writing for the daily paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the nine university professors, led by biochemist Günter Blobel from Rockefeller University, have outlined what they call the “unsolved MaxPlanck problem” of German research, namely the artificial...

We perform non-LTE calculations of lithium in late-type stars for a wide range of stellar parameters, including quantum mechanical cross-sections for collisions with neutral hydrogen and the negative hydrogen ion. Non-LTE abundance corrections for the lithium resonance line at 670.7 nm and the subordinate line at 610.3 nm, are calculated using 1D MARCS model atmospheres spanning a grid Teff = [...

a complete procedure for the design of w-band low noise amplifier in mmic technology is presented. the design is based on a simultaneously power and noise matched technique. for implementing the method, scalable bilateral transistor model parameters should be first extracted. the model is also used for transmission line utilized in the amplifier circuit. in the presented method, input/output ma...

In the literature, it is well known that transformers and cables have excessive losses or overheating under non-sinusoidal current conditions. Accordingly, they have reduced current carrying capabilities (or loading capabilities) for that kind of conditions. This paper aims to employ passive filters for the effective utilization of the cables and transformers in the non-sinusoidal systems. Cons...

The propagation of the arterial pressure and flow pulses through the vas-cular beds is characterized by marked changes in shape and magnitude. In order to understand better the mechanisms which account for these changes, instantaneous pressures and flows were measured simultaneously at various sites in the arterial tree of 12 anesthetized dogs, using Statham strain gauges and electromagnetic fl...

To achieve best performance in radio frequency (RF) circuits it is necessary to match each active component to the characteristic system impedance. This requirement is also valid for passive surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters and, as used in this application, delay line elements. Matching circuits are commonly built up by inductors and capacitors, arranged as Ltype, PI-type or tee-type network...

This paper presents a new metaheuristic algorithm called BAT search Algorithm (BAT). The BAT search algorithm is used to solve Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem with the Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC). The TCSC is used to reduce the transmission line losses and improve the voltage profile of the power system. The effectiveness of the BAT Algorithm has been tested for various bus sy...