The present context of the electric industry, characterized by competitive markets, privatization, and regulatory of technical requirements forces the power utilities to optimize their asset management practices and develop the requisite decision plans techno-economically. Practically approaching, this paper devises a new support tool based on a multiattribute decision making (MADM) framework i...

In the late 1870s there was a tremendous interest in the development of electric lighting, which at long last looked to become commercially viable. In the early 1880s electric lighting systems were being installed in many cities in the US, to light factories, stores, public buildings and streets. While Britain had perhaps fewer inventors than the US, it appeared to be on the verge of adopting t...

The construction of electric vehicle charging station plays an important role in the development of electric vehicles and the promotion of the renewable resource. In the paper, a model to analyze the economic benefit of the charging station is presented, which is based on the break-even theory. Then the threshold price is calculated based on the model according to the construction plans of char...

In the wake of growing concerns over petroleum supplies and air pollution, electric vehicles (EVs) – including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) – are being developed and refined as cost-effective, reliable and safe alternatives to conventional gasoline and diesel engines. The race is on to design electric batteries as the power source for this new class of vehicles. Competition is intense and th...

As the aerospace industry is moving towards the More Electric Aircraft, there is a growing demand for electrical power to feed the increasing electrical loads in the aircraft. More Electric Aircraft (MEA) and More Electric Engine (MEE) are terms that are sometimes mistakenly being used interchangeably, but that are actually very different. This paper outlines some of the issues that have been c...

As the Electric Distribution industry enters the Smart Grid era, it is deploying a variety of new technologies (including distributed energy resources) and communications infrastructure to enhance the performance of the distribution grid, improve customer satisfaction and reduce the carbon footprint. On the one hand, these new Smart Grid investments look as though they will pay off as customers...

With the emergence of plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) in the automotive market, the rate of the demand for electric power supply may be higher than the projected level. Distributed power generation is a feasible solution to balance the demand and supply of the power industry. In this work, a conceptual model of a solar photovoltaic (PV) based distributed gene...

In electric power transmission systems, the assets include transmission lines, transformers, power plants and support structures. Maintaining these assets to reliably deliver electric energy at low prices is critical for a nation’s growth and development. Towards this end, we describe a novel service-oriented architecture for sensing, information integration, risk assessment, and decisionmaking...

In industry development strategy of electric vehicles, apart from concerns on the development of electric vehicles, we also need to consider the issue of charging facilities construction. Firstly, through analysis, this paper discusses the importance of AC charging points for electric vehicle development. By studying existing AC charging points on the market, it presents a low-cost smart AC cha...