Historic (i.e. pre-1919) dwellings in the EU account for around 14% of the total stock (21% in the UK) and must therefore contribute significantly to any long-term energy reduction or carbon saving goal. However, the principle of minimal intervention advocated by heritage conservationists is at odds with the fabric-first approach that energy conservationists propound. It is clear, therefore, th...

High penetration of renewable energy poses a significant challenge in operation of power system. A potential solution for this problem is utilizing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of BESS ability to peak shave and smooth the load curve of an actual circuit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The distribution circuit has about 850 kW o...

Photo-voltaic (PV) tied Z-source Neutral-point clamped NPC-MLI (Z-NPC-MLI) is used in solar grid connected applications due to its improved performance related conservative inverters single stage power conversion. Though the Z source adaptation accepted technology, need for appropriate controller meet out grid/standalone requirements becoming necessary. The space vector pulse width modulation (...

Large integration of solar Photo Voltaic (PV) in distribution network has resulted in over-voltage problems. Several control techniques are developed to address over-voltage problem using Deterministic Load Flow (DLF). However, intermittent characteristics of PV generation require Probabilistic Load Flow (PLF) to introduce variability in analysis that is ignored in DLF. The traditional PLF tech...

The photovoltaic (PV) systems exhibits nonlinear I-V characteristics and maximum power point varies with solar radiation or insolation and temperature. An intermediate pulse width modulation dc to dc converters can increase efficiency of the system by providing impedance matching between the PV system and the load and operating the PV cell arrays at their maximum power point using MPPT techniqu...

In this paper, a technique is presented to detect micro-cracks on photo-voltaic cells by infrared thermography. The originality of the system comes from the thermoelectric stimulation used to generate thermal transients at micro-crack locations. These thermal transient are picked-up by an infrared cameras for further detection.

Agricultural vehicle guidance for row crops is a skill and labour intensive task for manuvering equipment without overrunning crops. The adoption of new agricultural technologies, such as precision agriculture, makes the maneuvering even more difficult. The shortage and aging work force in agriculture results, in decrease in the skilled machine operators. Therefore, the development of automated...

This paper describes the implementation of Multi Agent System (MAS) for advanced distributed energy management of a solar micro-grid. We consider a grid connected solar micro-grid with two solar Photo Voltaic (PV) systems, and each system contains a local consumer, a solar PV system and a battery. First we measure the load patterns and solar power generated in the two solar units. Then we use M...

The continuous monitoring system of the photo voltaic solar based energy model is currently highly crucial to monitor overall performance and other related characteristics systems from remote locations. For this, data loggers also play a vital role. These technologies are important identify any malfunctions inherent in PV systems. proposed IoT useful obtain real time areas. An Arduino ATMEGA16 ...