A MicroGrid without a central fast-acting controller or a central energy storage unit was considered in order to establish the problems of a MicroGrid using traditional technology and to identify the additional benefits which could be derived by installing supplementary hardware (i.e. energy storage and central control). In view of the fast expanding electric drive vehicle market, fuel cell car...

Abstract—This paper describes how to dimension the electric components of a 48V hybrid system considering real customer use. Furthermore, it provides information about savings in energy and CO2 emissions by a customer-tailored 48V hybrid. Based on measured customer profiles, the electric units such as the electric motor and the energy storage are dimensioned. Furthermore, the CO2 reduction pote...

Hybrid electric vehicles employ a hydraulic braking system and a regenerative braking system together to provide enhanced braking performance and energy regeneration. In this paper an integrated braking system is proposed for an electric hybrid vehicle that include a hydraulic braking system and a regenerative braking system which is functionally connected to an electric traction motor. In the ...

The paper illustrates some aspects of energy conversion processes during underground electric train operation. Energy conversion processes are explained using exergy, in order to support transport system sustainability. Loss of exergy reflects a loss of potential of energy to do work. Following the notion that life in Nature demonstrates sustainable energy conversion, we approach the sustainabi...

the electric quadrupole, hexadecapole moments, energy (kjmol -1) for some armchair polyhex carbon nanotubes tuvc6[2p,q] are performed by beck-lee-yang-parr [b3lyp] on 3-21g basis set using the standard procedure indices gaussian 98, then the padmakar-ivan (pi) index of tuvc6[2p,q] nanotubes in the terms of their circumference (2p) and lengh (q) is calculated and the relationships between the pa...

Abstract – In this paper, the effect of applied electric field on the damage due to partial discharges activity into the surroundings dielectrics of a narrow channel encapsulated within the volume of a dielectric material is evaluated using a kinetic model based on Particle in Cell - Monte Carlo Collision (PIC-MCC) model. After application of an electric field across a dielectric material which...

Electric vehicles are by many seen as the cars of the future as they are high efficient, produces no local pollution, are silent, and can be used for power regulation by the grid operator. However, electric vehicles still have critical issues which need to be solved. The three main challenges are limited driving range, long charging time, and high cost. The three main challenges are all related...

Energy efficiency is a major research focus in sustainable development and is becoming even more critical in information technology (IT) with the introduction of new technologies, such as cloud computing and big data, that attract more business users and generate more data to be processed. While many proposals have been presented to optimize power consumption at a system level, the increasing h...

This report summarizes the studies done during the fall 2007 semester. It includes the literature review, and research done on the subject of the Ph.D. dissertation. Since the oil crises of the 1970's, fuel economy has been one of the dominant issues in automotive industry. Therefore, a lot of research work has been focused on finding more efficient methods for transportation. One approach is p...