PGSRET-2015 - International Islamic University, Islamabad
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PGSRET-2015 - International Islamic University, Islamabad
2015 2nd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET-2015) 10th - 11th June 2105 Abstract Book Partners : Venue: Faisal Mosque Campus E-7 Islamabad, Pakistan. 2nd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET-2015) 10th – 11th June, 2015 Islamabad, Pakistan Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Technology International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan i Steering Committee: Rector, IIUI – Patron President, IIUI VP Academics, IIUI VP Higher Studies & Research, IIUI DG Admin Finance & Planning, IIUI Prof. Dr. Amir Qayyum, Chair, Professional Activities, IEEE Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik, IIUI – Chairman Dr. Saeed Badshah, IIUI – Secretary Dr. Ihsan Ul Haq, IIUI – Treasurer Prof. Dr. Azzam ul Asar, Chair PES, IEEE Islamabad Prof. Dr. Ahmad Shuja Syed, IIUI Prof. Dr. M. Afzal Khan, IIUI Prof. Dr. M. Amir Khan, IIUI Dr. Syed Athar Masood, IIUI Dr. Rizwan Nazir, IIUI Dr. Rafi Ullah Khan, IIUI Dr. Suheel Abdullah Malik, IIUI Mr. Sajjad Ahmad, IIUI Mr. M. Amjad Khattack, IIUI Mr. Sakhi Jan Khalil, IIUI Mr. Abbas Raza, IIUI Mr. Aasar Ahmad, IIUI Mrs. Saba Hameed, IIUI Mr. Khurshid Alam, IIUI Mr. Khalid Mehmood Raja, IIUI Mr.Hairan Khattak, IIUI Mr. Adnan Khan, ORIC IIUI Technical Committee: Prof. Dr. Adnan I.O. Zaid, University of Jordan Prof. Dr. A.H. Yosri Mashal, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Nasir Tamin, UTM Malaysia Prof. Dr. Omar bin Yaakob, UTM Malaysia Prof. Dr. Akhtar Kalam ,Victoria University, Melbourne Australia Prof. Dr Brig. A. Ghafoor, NUST, Islamabad Prof. Dr. Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi, AU, Islamabad Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ijaz, Hitec Uni., Taxila i Prof. Dr. Zafar M. Khan, IST Univ., Islamabad Prof. Dr. M. Nawar Khan, NUST, Islamabad Prof. Dr. M. Zafarullah Koreshi, AU, Islamabad Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood, UET, Taxila Prof. Dr. M. Zubair Khan, IST Univ, Islamabad Prof. Dr. Syed Kamran Aafaq, Hitec Univ., Taxila Prof. Dr. M. Abid, COMSAT Univ., Wah Dr. Qasim Zeeshan, Adjunct Faculty, IST, Islamabad Dr. Muhammad Adil Khattak, UTM Malaysia Dr. Muhammad Uzair Khan, Secretary IEEE, Islamabad Section Sponsors ii Foreword It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to the 2nd international conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET-2015) being organized by the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, International Islamic University Islamabad IIUI. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientist, engineers, experts and academics from around the world in order to share and present their ideas and scientific information on all topic related to the power generation and renewable energies. This time PGSRET received a total of 278 national and international research articles. After a thorough and rigorous review process, only 82 high quality papers were accepted that correspond to an acceptance rate of 29%. I am pleased to share that scholars from more than 10 countries have opted this platform for presenting their research and development work. Out of the total accepted papers, 15 presenters are from other countries making the international contribution about 18%. The success of PGSRET 2015 depends completely on the efforts, talent and the team work of the organizing committee and their helpers who put much effort into planning this event. In addition to their routine responsibilities, they work hard to take care of everything starting from the call for paper till conducting the final proceeding of the conference. Praise is also deserved for the external reviewers who invested significant time in assessing, analyzing multiple papers to ensure the high standard of this conference. I would like to acknowledge the role of International Islamic University, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, IEEE Islamabad section, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), SANCO and EES who generously sponsored this conference which greatly helped us to organize this important event. Without the financial support of these sponsors, PSSRET 2015 would have not been possible. Finally, I am hopeful that the proceeding will provide a good platform for sharing the results, ideas and technical information of research and development efforts at both national and international level. I am also sure that it will also provide you an insight in other emerging areas of power and renewable energies. Prof. Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik, Chairman PGSRET 2015 iii Contents NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGY 1 Multi-group Cross section for New Group Structure Using Weighting Spectrum for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor 2 4S Reactor: An Educational Model for Universities a Gen IV Reactor - Super Safe Small and Simple 2 Nuclear Education and Training for Nuclear Power Program 3 Radioactive Waste Analysis of CNPP-1 (PWR) Spent Nuclear Fuel 4 Spent Fuel Analysis of Material Test Research Reactor using ORIGEN2 Computer Code 5 Study of Gamma Irradiation Effects on Co-axial Cables 6 Monte Carlo EGS5 Simulations of High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector 6 Role of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies in Meeting the Growing Energy Demands 7 OCEAN ENERGY AND HYDRO POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGIES 8 Investing in Hydro Power Sector for Pakistan’s Energy Security 9 Design and Experimental Validation of Horizontal Axis Ocean Current Turbine 9 Design and Structural Analysis of Vertical Axis Ocean Current Turbine 10 Economic Evaluation of Tarbela Dam 10 Design and fabrication of wave energy power plant using oscillating water column technique 11 RENEWABLE ENERGY 12 SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 12 Thermal Performance of Solar Pond in Heat Extraction mode for climate of Taxila 13 Techno-Economic Analysis of wind energy generation for 50 MW Wind Farm in Jiwani, Balochistan using ARIMA models and RETScreen 13 Performance of Grid-Integrated Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell/ Electrolyzer/Battery Hybrid Power System 14 PV based PHEVs Smart Charging Station Facility 15 Performance Analysis of Static Transfer Switch using MATLAB/Simulink 16 Economic Analysis of a Small Hybrid Power System 16 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: Hybridization and Advance Control 17 iv Analysis of Repetitive Control of Grid Connected Inverter 18 Economic Power Generation for an off-grid site in Pakistan 18 Review of Solar Thermal Water Heater simulations using TRNSYS 19 Comparative Analysis of Multi-Input DC/DC Converter Topology for Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems 20 Non-Inductive DC-DC Regulated Boost Converter as Battery Charger for Photovoltaic Installation 20 A Simple and Economical Design of Micro-Hydro Power Generation System 21 Smart Grid—Energizing Towards a Greener Future 22 Modeling of wind power plant using MATLAB 23 Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Park: Prospects and Challenges 23 Analysis and Optimization of 132KV Grid Using ETAP 24 Comparison Based Distributed Generation Implementation Algorithm for the Performance Enhancement of Radial Distribution System 25 Design Optimization and Experimental Investigation of Solar Assisted 1 Ton (3.516 KW) Vapor Absorption Air Conditioning System 26 Power Optimization of Pseudo Noise Based Optical Transmitter Using 27 Power Consumption Measurement & Configuration Time of FPGA 28 RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM 29 ASPECTS OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURES 29 Dielctric Properties of Transformer Oil based Silica Nanofluids 30 CFD analysis of a Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine 30 Low cost and non-toxic preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber material for thin film photovoltaics and studies its structural and thermal properties 31 Power Economic Dispatch Using Particle Swarm Optimization 32 A Survey of Control Strategies for Implementation of Optimized and Reliable Operation of Renewable Energy Based Microgrids in Islanded Mode 33 Generation of Isolated DC Voltage Sources for Multilevel Inverters 34 Smart Solar AC Generator without Inverter 35 Design and Implementation of prototype of Resonant DC to DC Converter for Telecom Applications 36 Analysis of impact induced damage in composites for wind turbine blades 37 v Investigation of the effects of calcination temperature on structure of LaMgAl11O19 for thermal barrier coating applications 38 ENERGY SYSTEM 39 TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 39 Technical and financial analysis of 50MW wind farm at Gwadar, Balochistan 40 Investigation of thermal behaviour and kinetic analysis of Pakistani biomass: Rice husk, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw using thermogravimetric analysis 41 Study of Scope and Effects of Isolated Small Distributed Generation Sources and their Integration With Existing System 42 Economic Planning of Network for Integration of Renewable: A Review 43 Optimal Electric Vehicle Load Management for Minimization of Losses 44 Reduction in Building Energy Requirements by Modern Energy Conservation Techniques 44 Heating/Cooling Degree Days and Building Energy Consumption in Pakistan 45 COPE: Cooperative Power and Energy-efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks 46 Utilization of Geothermal Energy in Jordan 47 The Status and Prospectus of Renewable Energy in Palestine 48 Geothermal Energy in Palestine Practical Applications 49 FOSSIL FUELS POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGY 50 Heat Estimation of Road Side Herbs: GT Road, Wah Cantt. 51 Prospects of Bagasse as a Feasible Bio-fuel for Electricity Generation in Pakistan – A Realistic Approach 51 The cost for economic growth: A study on the Energy Demand of Pakistan using TIMES 52 Effect of increase in Utility Price on feasibility of a Power Generation Project 53 Protection of Distribution Systems with Significant Penetration of Distributed Generation 53 MIXED TOPICS Efficient Multiple Lines Outage Detection in SmartGrid 55 56 Implementation and Performance Analysis of two MPPT Algorithms based on Push-Pull Converter 57 Non- Linear Analytic Approaches of Power Flow Analysis and Voltage Profile Improvement 58 Solar Power Remote Monitoring and Controlling Using Arduino, LabVIEW and Web browser 59 Simulation, Design and Fabrication of an Efficient Single phase Transformer 60 vi Optimization based Individual and CooperativeDSM in Smart Grids: A Review 61 DC Voltage regulator for battery less PV system using PPT 62 CFD Analysis of Flow Blockage through Coolant Channel of Part-I 62 Robust Fault Detection of Linearized Power Grid Network System 63 Voltage Profile – A study related to Sustainability to the Customers 64 vii Session 1 Nuclear Power Generation System and Technology 1 PGSRET 209 Multi-group Cross section for New Group Structure Using Weighting Spectrum for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor Muhammad Sohail1, Myung Hyun Kim2 1 Department of Nuclear Engineering,Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, 45650 Islamabad 2 Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 446-701, Republic of Korea 1 [email protected] The cross section data is the primary requirement to carry-out multi-group calculations for nuclear reactor design and analysis. The multi-group cross section data library is generated for a Multipurpose Experimental Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (MESOF). A specific flux weighting spectra is used for point averaging the cross section obtained from Evaluated Nuclear Data Files (ENDF/B-VII.0). A new group structure is formed and well-known established procedure for nuclear data processing is adopted. The multi-group calculations are performed using diffusion and transport theory based codes for sodium cooled fast reactor with new and existing multi-group data libraries. The calculations have shown improved results for multiplication factor. Keywords—Nuclear Cross section Data; Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor; Neutron Flux Spectra PGSRET 92 4S Reactor: An Educational Model for Universities a Gen IV Reactor - Super Safe Small and Simple Zafar Ullah Koreshi Air University, E-9, Islamabad. [email protected] An educational model of a small compact 4th-generation nuclear reactor is presented for use as an educational model in universities. For the full-scale power reactor of 10 MWe, a Monte Carlo simulation was carried out to determine the fluxes in the core. The reactor is at the stage of commercialization in the near future and presents a promising option for countries like Pakistan where substantial off-grid populations are 2 deprived of electricity from the national grid. It is also a safe nuclear power system free form the past problems of waste handling or proliferation worries. Keywords—Gen IV nuclear reactor PGSRET 195 Nuclear Education and Training for Nuclear Power Program R. Khan1, Q. S.M. Ziaulhaque2, G. Jaffar3 1Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad 2Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE), Karachi 3CHASNUPP Center for Nuclear Training (CHASCENT), Kundian Pakistan has been facing an acute energy crisis that affects public life and progress of the country. Nuclear power being a safe, clean and reliable source of electricity has a key significance to provide base-load electricity and minimizes the oil, gas and coal imports. Therefore, national policy of Pakistan emphasizes to increase in nuclear share from 800 MWe to 8800 MWe by 2030. The implementation of national policy leads to the demand of skilled and qualified man power. To achieve the nuclear power targets in the country, the availability of adequately qualified manpower is essential. Three institutes Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE) and Chashma Centre for Nuclear Training (CHASCENT) are providing sustainable nuclear education and training programs for nuclear power sector. This paper highlights the nuclear education programs to and training develop, enhance and maintain the skilled manpower for the national nuclear power program at these institutes. Keywords—nuclear education and training, PAEC, PIEAS, KINPOE, CHASCENT 3 PGSRET 204 Radioactive Waste Analysis of CNPP-1 (PWR) Spent Nuclear Fuel A. Gillani1, M. N. Khan2, R. Khan3 1Department of Nuclear Engineering, 2,3Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad. Nuclear power is safe, reliable, environment friendly and large scale energy generating technology. But it is also a fact that the public serious concern about the management of radioactive waste is associated with this technology. The spent nuclear fuel is being safely stored at nuclear power facilities for about 50 years. It has not yet decided whether the used fuel is treated as a resource or waste. About 96% of Uranium is still present in the fuel when it is removed from the reactor. The spent fuel composition depends on the initial amount of fuel, irradiation time and power of the reactor. This paper focuses to simulate the material composition, radioactivity and its corresponding decay heat profiles of the CNPP-I using depletion computer code ORIGEN-2. For this purpose irradiation model of the single PWR fuel assembly (with 3% U-235 fuel enrichment) is developed for the period of 365 days. The simulated values of radioactivity of actinides, fission products and activation products and their decay heat are compared with the analytical results obtained from the Malbrain et al. Model. This study shows that, nuclei heavier than uranium are obtained when uranium captures one or several neutrons without fission. Thus, one finds almost 1% of plutonium. Actinides other than plutonium (neptunium, americium, and curium) are less abundant. About 3% of the mass consists of fission products of 235U and 239Pu. The spent nuclear fuel decay heat comes mainly from unstable fission products, unstable actinides, and activated structural and cladding materials. The main source of decay heat production in spent nuclear fuel is the beta decay of fission products. Index Terms—Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP), PWR, Spent Nuclear Fuel, Decay Heat Profile, Malbrain et al, ORIGEN-2 Code 4 PGSRET 205 Spent Fuel Analysis of Material Test Research Reactor using ORIGEN2 Computer Code Amjad Aslam1, Sikander. M. Mirza2, N. M. Mirza2, R. Khan1 1 Department of Nuclear Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad 2 Department of Physics & Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad The main uses of the research reactor includes research and education, isotope production, neutron activation analysis, neutron physics experiments and fundamental research. Fuel loading in these reactors is smaller than the Nuclear Power Reactors. The spent fuel is usually stored on-site for about ten years. During the storage their activity and decay heat die down. The knowledge of spent fuel activity and decay heat is essential for designing the spent fuel storage, its shielding, transportation and heat load analysis. The decay heat and activity of spent fuel dictate the requirements for reprocessing and disposal of generated radioactive waste. This paper presents the radioactivity analysis of Pakistan Research Reactor –I (PARR- I) spent fuel. PARR-I is MTR type research reactor utilizing 19.99% enriched Uranium Silicide (U3S2-Al) fuel. It operates at 10 MW design power. It highlights the activity and decay heat profiles of actinides and fission products. The core inventory calculations were carried out using depletion computer code ORIGEN2. The decay heat and activity profiles show that the fission products dominate for initial period of decay as fuel is removed from the core. The actinides activity and decay heat is smaller but they survive for a longer time than fission products. The variation of decay heat with the passage of time follow the same pattern as the activity. Keywords—Material Test Reactor, Core inventories, Activity Profile, ORIGEN2 computer code. 5 PGSRET 212 Study of Gamma Irradiation Effects on Co-axial Cables Azhar H. Malik1, Masroor Ahmad2, Riaz Hussain3, Muhammad Ilyas4, Nasim Irfan5 Dept. of Nuclear Engineering (DNE), Pakistan Institute of Engg. and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad 1 [email protected] In nuclear industry, RG58C/U cables are widely used in high radiation environments. The incident gamma rays knock out electrons from cable core to the outer shield and hence, results in flow of current. Moreover, radiations also induce conductivity in the dielectric resulting in an increase current. The two processes cause a steady state radiation induced in the leakage current in the coaxial cable. This radiation induced current degrades the actual signal from the detector. In this paper, the initial experimental results performed at Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) and Nuclear Medicine Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI) are presented. It is observed that radiation induced current has a prompt jump and then raises slowly to a saturation value around 35 pA. RG58C/U coaxial cable was exposed to different dose rates and the normalization factors were determined to be 4.66×10−14 Coul/rad.cm and 2.52×10−14 Coul/rad.cm for spent fuel element and Co-60 sources respectively. PGSRET 213 Monte Carlo EGS5 Simulations of High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector Kamran Arif1, Azhar H. Malik2 Dept. of Nuclear Engineering (DNE), Pakistan Institute of Engg. and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad 1 [email protected], [email protected] High Purity Germanium (HPGe) radiation detec- tors are widely used for the gamma ray spectroscopy due to their best energy resolution. However, the detector response including Absolute Full Energy Peak (AFEP) efficiency, photo-fraction, Compton-tophoto ratio, etc., depends on the different physical parameters. The main advantage of Monte Carlo simulations lies in the fact that we can separately study the effect of different physical parameters. In this study, we present simulation results of 6 the HPGe detector using Electron Gamma Showers 5 (EGS5) code and compare the simulation results with the already published data. A difference of about 5% was observed when compared with MCNP simulation and experimental results. Finally, optimum value of the Lead shield thickness was determined to be 5 cm for collimator diameter of 12 mm for different energies of interest. PGSRET 260 Role of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies in Meeting the Growing Energy Demands Kamran Qureshi Department of Nuclear Engineering Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS) Islamabad, Pakistan [email protected] Considering the world’s growing energy demand, the nuclear energy is an option to meet this demand in a sustainable and reliable manner. The share of nuclear in the global energy mix is continuously rising. This increase in share of nuclear is due to the factors such as population growth, energy supply security, increased electricity demand, climate mitigation and price volatility of fuels used for other sources of energy. In order to meet this growing demand, large scale deployment of advanced nuclear reactors is envisaged. This paper describes the advanced nuclear reactor technologies available for immediate, near, and long term deployment. It also describes their innovative features that make them safer, simpler and economically competitive with other technologies. At the end, the author discusses their potential role within the context of Pakistan. Keywords—Advanced nuclear reactors; innovative reactors; SMR; nuclear power. 7 Session 2 Ocean Energy and Hydro Power Generation System and Technologies 8 PGSRET 227 Investing in Hydro Power Sector for Pakistan’s Energy Security Danial Naeem*, Muhammad Awais Hashmi, Dr. M. Bilal Khan NUST-CAS (EN) *[email protected] This paper evaluates the historical account of the evolution of Pakistan’s electricity market, current market scenario, the key power market participants and presents the case for development of hydro-power projects to solve the cotemporary energy crises of the energy starved country. Furthermore, the paper looks into the investment opportunities in context of enforced regulations by the authorities including tariff setting mechanism and financial modeling for an independent hydro power producer. Keywords—Hydro-power, Power Markets, Hydro Power Tariff modeling PGSRET 109 Design and Experimental Validation of Horizontal Axis Ocean Current Turbine Hudair Samad1, Muneeb Ali Hussain2, Faizaan Mumtaz3, Mujahid Badshah4, M.A.Khattak5 1,2,3,4 Department of Mechanical Engineering International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan 5 Department of Applied Mechanics and Design, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310,Skudai,Johor. MALAYSI 1 [email protected],[email protected] In this paper a detailed investigation has been carried out on the various design aspects of horizontal axis ocean current turbine (HAOCT). Performance characteristics of the turbine have been found through BEM theory and experiment. The investigations provide base line for the design and fabrication of commercial scale ocean current turbine. The analytical and experimental results are found to be in good agreement. Keywords— Marine Current Turbines; Horizontal Axis Ocean Current Turbine; Hydro Dynamic Design. 9 PGSRET 110 Design and Structural Analysis of Vertical Axis Ocean Current Turbine Yasir Sagheer Abbasi1, Muhammad Waqar2, Arsalan Ahmed Ijaz3, Mujahid Badshah4, Suhail Kazi5 1,2,3,4 Department of Mechanical Engineering International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan 5 Department of Applied Mechanics and Design, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310,Skudai,Johor. MALAYSI 1 [email protected], [email protected] The rising energy crisis in Pakistan demands to exploit every mean of energy. Vast reserves of ocean energy in certain areas of Pakistan must be exploited in order to meet the projected energy demand. The research emphasizes on the design and validation through structural analysis of a Vertical Axis Ocean current Turbine. The research paper is supposed to be a substantial progression in this technology. Keywords—Vertical Axis Ocean Current Turbine; Darrieus Turbine; H-Rotor; Design; Model. PGSRET 133 Economic Evaluation of Tarbela Dam Haris Mushtaq1, Dr. Mohammad Bilal Khan2, Hafeez Rehman Khan3, Muhammad Ali Zahoor4 1,2,3,4 National university of Science and technology (NUST),Center for Advanced Studies in Energy(CAS-EN),H-12, Islamabad 1 [email protected] Pakistan is facing worst energy crises of its time. The total available hydro power capacity is around 6500MW out of overall capacity of around 22500MW; potential contributors of hydro power capacity are three projects Tarbela, Mangla and Ghazi Barotha. The output of the hydro plants is subject to availability of water (optimum level) in the dams, which can fall to as low as 2,500MW with substantial drop in water level. Available resources are not sufficient to meet power demand for industry, agriculture and ever increasing urban consumption. Currently electricity shortfall is of the magnitude 5000MW. Water is considered to be an economic good because of 10 competing water use that in turn resulted in resource scarcity. This led the economies for a desperate need of a policy to work out economic feasibility of water management. Keeping in view the significance of inter relationship of hydro-economics, the aim of this research is to compare the predicted economic benefits of Tarbela dam with actual economic benefits attained since its commissioning. As we now have all the relevant river inflows, rainfall data, the study will enable the policy makers to review the feasibility reports and make appropriate decisions in future. Keywords—Hydro Power; Water Management; Economic Benefits. PGSRET 259 Design and fabrication of wave energy power plant using oscillating water column technique M. Saqlain Abbas1, M. Zulkarnain Abbas2, Riffat Asim Pasha3, Zahid Suleman4, Zubair Butt5 Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Department UET Taxila 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected], 5 [email protected] Fossil Fuels are considered the major sources to fulfill the world energy demand but their harmful effect on our environment are the main source of concern .So it is the need of time to utilize the such energy resources which are sustainable and environment friendly. As we know that more than seventy percent portion of earth is covered by the ocean. This source of energy is present in the form of ocean’s water, the air above the ocean and the land beneath them. This paper presents a technique to extract the energy from ocean waves using oscillating water column chamber and self -rectifying impulse turbine. It also gives the brief introduction of oscillating water column used in the extraction of wave energy. Designing of oscillating water column is accomplished using Pro Engineer and CREO soft wares. The efficiency of this fabricated wave power plant is 35% and the rpms of shaft are 200. The research in this area will provide decentralized, sustainable and chemical emission free energy. Keywords—renewable energy, oscillating water column chamber, self-rectifying impulse turbine 11 Session 3 Renewable Energy Systems and Technologies 12 PGSRET 132 Thermal Performance of Solar Pond in Heat Extraction mode for climate of Taxila Najam-ul-Hassan Shah*, Azhar Abbas Khan**, M. Shahid Khalil, MuzaffarAli, Tanzeel-ur-Rashid, Adeel Arshad University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan *[email protected], **[email protected] Solar energy can be used for various applications by solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy conversion technologies. However, being intermittent in nature, it requires effective storage solution for utilization at night and during overcast conditions. Solar pond having built in energy storage capacity is a promising solution. In this paper, thermal analysis of salinity gradient solar pond in heat extraction mode is presented. A theoretical model of a mini solar pond of 2 m2 surface area is developed. Efficiency analysis in heat extraction mode is numerically performed through MATLAB for a steady temperature difference of 300C across the non-convective zone of solar pond under the climate conditions of Taxila, Pakistan. The analysis resulted high efficiency of 22% with less conduction losses for a pond having increased depth and thicker non-convective zone. Additionally, the analysis of different temperature gradients across non-convective zone showed that the less temperature gradient resulted high efficiency and less losses. These results established that the solar pond is suitable for various applications and can be an effective solution for energy utilization and storage in future Keywords—Solar pond; Renewable energy; Energy storage; Heat extraction; Thermal Performance; Efficiency analysis; clean energy; Sensible heat; NaCl brine PGSRET 24 Techno-Economic Analysis of wind energy generation for 50 MW Wind Farm in Jiwani, Balochistan using ARIMA models and RETScreen Zia Ahmad Khan*, Samreen Siddique, Asad Muneer USAID funded Center for Advanced Studies in Energy at NUST (CAS-EN), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan Center for Energy Systems, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) H-12 Islamabad, (Pakistan) 13 *[email protected] Statistical and computational models have been used worldwide by the researchers to forecast time series. This paper implements two techniques; Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average models and Neural Networks backpropagation algorithm to predict wind speed time series for Gwadar, a coastal city of Balochistan. Based on the wind speed forecast, power output has been estimated for a 50MW wind farm, choosing the appropriate turbine and optimum hub elevation for the installation of wind turbine. Furthermore, a financial study is presented of such a wind farm at Gwadar. For turbine selection, 317 turbines of various ratings and manufacturers were surveyed through software at different elevations - 60m, 80m, 100m and 120m. The results show that Neural Networks capture the trend in the wind speed time series more accurately than its statistical counterpart. Also, the optimum hub elevation for installing wind turbine at Gwadar is found to be 100m. Annual energy production under these circumstances is found to be 58.31 GWh/year. Keywords— wind farm optimization; Neural networks; ARIMA; Wind power forecasting PGSRET 31 Performance of Grid-Integrated Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell/ Electrolyzer/Battery Hybrid Power System Syed Zulqadar Hassan1, Sidra Mumtaz2, Tariq Kamal3, Laiq Khan4 Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS Institute of IT, Abbottabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected] Integration of different energy sources and power converters is required to meet the load demands adequately under various natural conditions. This research work focuses on the hybrid power system combining renewable energy sources, namely, a photovoltaic (PV) array and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and a hybrid energy storage system, i.e., a battery bank and hydrogen storage tanks in the proposed architecture. The complete layout is connected to the national grid via power electronics converters to enhance the continuity and reliability of power. In the proposed system, the PV is taken as the primary energy source to satisfy the load demands. The fuel cell and electrolyzer are added to ensure long-term energy balance 14 by using the hydrogen technology. The battery is utilized as a high energy density device to keep the DC-bus voltage constant. The dynamic behaviour of the proposed system is checked under different solar radiation, temperature and load conditions for the simulation of 24 Hrs. The proposed system exhibits excellent performance in terms of grid stability and voltage regulation. All the energy sources and their controllers are designed in Matlab/Simulink Index Terms— Hybrid powe system, PV system, Fuel cell, Hybrid storage system, Power quality and Stability analysis PGSRET 32 PV based PHEVs Smart Charging Station Facility Tariq Kamal 1, Sidra Mumtaz2, Syed Zulqadar Hassan 3, Laiq Khan4 Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS Institute of IT, Abbottabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected] The widespread applications of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) established that there will be a massive inrush of PHEVs by the end of this century. There is a rising risk that this anticipation in the number of PHEVs will impose an extra burden in demand, especially at peak times and, therefore, threaten the stability of existing power grids. To satisfy the additional load of PHEVs, a smart charging station (CS) facility based on PV output power sensing due to the variation in solar irradiance and temperature is presented in this paper. The power required to charge the PHEVs is effectively managed from grid- connected photovoltaic (PV) generation. To confirm the optimal utilization of available power, charging time and grid stability, five possible switching modes have been considered for different interaction among the PHEVs, PV and the grid. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed CS facility. The proposed CS and their controllers are designed in MATLAB/Simulink. Keywords— PHEVs, PV power sensing, Battery management system, Smart Charging 15 PGSRET 37 Performance Analysis of Static Transfer Switch using MATLAB/Simulink Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Ahmad Choudhry Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila,Pakistan Many industrial loads suffer from various power quality problems like voltage sag and swell, service outages etc. Due to these power quality issues industrial customer bears huge financial loss. So in this situation static transfer switch can be the most cost effective solution to avoid from these problems. Thyristor based Static transfer switch is used to protect industrial load from these power quality problems by transferring sensitive load from one source to another within minimum transfer time. This paper investigates the performance of thyristor switches based STS system by improving the power quality of a sensitive three-phase industrial load. Extensive simulations are carried out to validate the use of thyristor switches in medium voltage systems to achieve a lesser transfer time in network reconfiguration. Performance analysis of thyristor based STS system is carried out under various faults/disturbance conditions. Simulation results obtained from MATLAB/Simulink verifies the performance of static transfer switch. Keywords- Power Quality, Sensitive Load, Static Transfer switch (STS), Preferred Source, Alternate Source, Control logic, Transfer Time, Detection Time. PGSRET 94 Economic Analysis of a Small Hybrid Power System Iqbal, Arsham1, Muhammad, Ibrahim F2.; Faraz, Muhammad3; Tariq, Muhammad S4.; Banna, Hasan-ul5 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, SBA School of Science and Engineering, LUMS,Lahore, Pakistan [email protected] Wind and solar based hybrid power systems are more feasible in areas with good potential from both sources. These sources complement each other and allow autonomy if one source is unavailable. Many remote villages of Pakistan are not electrified and the current worsening energy crisis may not allow for these regions to be integrated with the national grid. Even the areas connected to the grid undergo considerable power 16 cuts (as much as 16 hours a day) and there is a need to incorporate abundant renewable energy to the electricity mix of the country. Therefore, a hybrid system including grid, solar PV and wind energy would help eliminate load shedding [1]. However, costs of these systems must be limited to make them economically feasible. Therefore, in this work, we simulate and analyze various combinations of hybrid power systems using HOMER Hybrid Optimization Renewables) software Model for Electric to compare Net Present Cost (NPC) and Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for available systems. Keywords—Decentralized power system; standalone power system; grid; HOMER; hybrid power system; Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE); Net Present Cost (NPC); nonelectrified areas; solar PV; wind energy. PGSRET 117 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: Hybridization and Advance Control Asghar Faiz1, Abdul Rehman2 College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering National University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan 2 International Islamic University Islamabad. 1 [email protected], [email protected] 1 As world’s power consumption is increasing regularly and consequently, demand for more power generation is inevitable. So this power demand can produce by Renewable energy resources up to some significant percentage of total demand. Wind turbine technology combined with solar photovoltaic (PV), as a hybrid system, can play an effective role to overcome our future energy consumptions with a cost effective energy conversion system. Integration of both resources is highly appreciated for providing a reliable power source to the world. In this paper hybrid energy system is discuss briefly, based on wind and solar photovoltaic. Next, integration schemes are illustrated by help of schematic diagrams, at last use of advance control techniques and their performance are given with future challenges. Keywords- Renewable energy system, Photovoltaic, Wind turbine, Control system, integration schemes. 17 PGSRET 118 Analysis of Repetitive Control of Grid Connected Inverter Sardar Shazali Sikander1, Asghar Faiz2 1 College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology 2 College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology 1 [email protected], [email protected] This paper presents an analytical review of the repetitive control (RC) of micro grid inverter. In grid connected inverter the focus is on current controlling rather than voltage controlling. A plant is developed in Simulink to show the effect of different control techniques. In this model, a DC to AC converter is connected to the grid source with odd harmonics. To sink the output of converter with grid, an LCL filter has been used. For controlling, two different techniques; Classical Control and RC have been analyzed. The goal of such converter is to minimize the error between periodic reference and output current in the presence of periodic disturbances. Reduction in phase shift is also required to improve the power factor. The analysis also includes the effect of different gains on the total harmonic distortion and the steady state error. Keywords—Grid Connected Inverter, Repetitive Controller (RC), LCL Filter PGSRET 120 Economic Power Generation for an off-grid site in Pakistan Muhammad Khurum Abbas1, Dr. Qadeer-ul-Hasan2 Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected] This paper proposes an economic hybrid energy system for electrification of an off-grid remote site, Rakhi Gaj in Pakistan. Electrical load demand of water pumping station and primary household’s appliances is addressed using these systems. Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) using a hybrid micro grid (PV- diesel-wind) is computed to evaluate the importance of renewable resources at the site. The metrological data of the site is 18 acquired from nearest weather station while irradiance is computed analytically using Angstrom as well as De Wit’s method. This analytical data is compared with the solar satellite data of NASA (National Aero Space Agency) to improve validity of solar resource inputs. It is evaluated in the research that electricity cost using diesel generator ($ 0.316/kWh) is significantly minimized ($ 0.230/kWh) by integrating renewable technologies. Sensitivity analysis is also performed by varying diesel prices and wind speeds to explore different options for domestic users. National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) software, Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) is used for modelling and simulation. Keywords- levelized cost of energy, renewable resources, sensitivity analysis, hybrid optimization PGSRET 126 Review of Solar Thermal Water Heater simulations using TRNSYS Muhammad Shoaib Saleem1, Aun Haider2, Naeem Abas3 1,2 Department of Electrical Engineering University of Management and Technology Sialkot, Pakistan 3 Department of Electrical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad, Pakistan. 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected] World’s 47% energy utilization is consumed on heating, 27% on transportation and 16% on electricity. The large amount of heat energy substantially explains its importance in modern life style. Solar water heaters are getting attraction for zero energy utilization and becoming an essential part of modern buildings around the globe. In this regard, energy simulation soft wares are widely used by designers to investigate system efficiency and behavior. These provide us convenient methods and tools to perform energy calculations and power flow analysis. TRNSYS is one of such graphical based multi-purpose soft wares to simulate thermal and electrical energy systems. Its standard library includes a significant number of variable components required for simulations. Also, it can be extended to include new mathematical models. This paper presents a concise survey and review on applications of TRNSYS to analyze: Solar thermal water heaters with forced circulation and Thermo-syphon systems using Flat Plate Collectors (FPC), Heat Pipe Evacuated Tube Collectors 19 (HPETC). A comparison between various simulation results relating to system efficiency has been also presented. Keywords—Transient System Simulation Tool; Solar Water Heater; Heat Pipe Evacuated Tube Collector. PGSRET 138 Comparative Analysis of Multi-Input DC/DC Converter Topology for Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Ghulam Fareed Laghari1, Adnan Umar2, Suheel Abdullah3 Department of Electronic Engineering International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan Power electronic DC/DC converters are primarily used in hybrid renewable energy systems having different V-I characteristics. In the past few years, a number of DC/DC topologies have been proposed by the researchers for integration of different renewable sources. Each of these topologies has their advantages and limitations as well as suitability for a particular multi-input sources. The main aim of this paper is to present a comprehensive review of various multiple input DC/DC converters suggested in the recent years. A comparison and discussion of different multi-input DC/DC topologies used for integration of multiple input sources is provided. A comparative analysis based on the parameters such as cost, efficiency, design simplicity, and reliability, is portrayed in order to select the optimum multiple input DC/DC converter for a specific application in renewable energy system. Keywords—Multi input DC/DC converter; Renewable Sources; Renewable Energy System PGSRET 145 Non-Inductive DC-DC Regulated Boost Converter as Battery Charger for Photovoltaic Installation Hina1, Adnan Noor2, Malik Abbas3, Kh. S. Karimov4 Faculty of Electrical Engineering Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Topi, Swabi KPK, Pakistan 1 [email protected] This paper describes non-inductive regulated DC- DC boost converter which is used for the first time to realize a charge controller for battery in a photovoltaic system. It 20 comprises of a photovoltaic module, voltage regulator and a battery. Regulator noninductive is performed using only capacitors as charge storing elements that makes it economical. To regulate output of converter and to reduce complexity in the number of electronic parts, a microcontroller is used. It regulates the voltage supplied by photovoltaic module into values suitable for charging a 12 V 4.5 AH sealed lead acid battery using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique. PWM is implemented on Arduino Uno to control duty cycle of the switches in order to maintain the output voltage within 13.5-14.0 V. Keywords—Non-Inductive; DC-DC boost converter; PWM technique; microcontroller; hotovoltaic; sealed lead acid battery PGSRET 162 A Simple and Economical Design of Micro-Hydro Power Generation System Aleem Ahmed Khan1, Muhammad Rafay Khan2 Department of Electronic Engineering International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected] Energy crises have been raised exponentially in the last few years and now it has become a huge problem in all over the world. To deal with this problem, the renewable energy resources are introduced worldwide. Nowadays, the renewable energy resources are inevitable since it has replaced the fossil fuel. The renewable energy resources are cost effective and pollution-free environment- friendly. The main goal of this research project is to produce a useful electric power by falling water from some height in order to produce a force that is used to move the propeller wings of the hydropower system in the direction of force. This paper deals with the complete system designing and practical implementation of mini hydropower system. This system mainly consists of 12 propellers whose central shaft is extended and connected to dc gear motor used to generate the voltages, reservoir, water pump, 12v dc to 220v ac inverter. The output voltages are directly proportional to the angular RPM of the mechanical system. An experimental result reveals that a very useful amount of energy can be generated by using this system. Besides of this effective system design model, further enhancements are possible which are also presented in this paper. 21 Keywords— Micro Hydropower; Hydroelectric Power; renewable energy; sustainable energy PGSRET 165 Smart Grid—Energizing Towards a Greener Future Saquib Farooq1, Waheed ul Zahoor2 1 CompSoft Solutions, Model Town Sopore, J&K, India, 2School of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Bangalore, India 1 [email protected], [email protected] Smart grid refers to the modernization of the traditional electric grid systems through the use of advancements in computer sciences, information & communications technology (ICT) tools and techniques. In a fully-operational Smart Grid sensor networks are implemented across the whole transmission and supply grid to collect data. After gathering the requisite data, real-time duplex communication networks are used to transfer this data between utilities and consumers. Furthermore, the sensor networks also augment in generating the computational power necessary to make this information actionable and transactive. This paper presents a review of various smart grid technologies and their implementations in different regions of the globe, such as the USA and Europe, and their impact on power distribution efficiency and the prevalent carbon footprint of the electric grid stations. A comparative analysis of the traditional power grid systems and the improvisations acquired by employing digitization techniques and technologies are provided. Moreover, the impact of smart grid technologies in reducing the carbon footprint vis-à-vis the traditional power distribution systems; thus arriving at a greener vision of the planet whilst maintaining the ever-growing need for energy is also explored. Keywords—smart grid; electric grids; sensor networks; duplex communications; digitization; carbon foot-print. 22 PGSRET 217 Modeling of wind power plant using MATLAB Syed Ahsan Ali1, Muhammad Farooq Nawaz2, M. Bilal3, Faheem Ahmad4, Umar Yasir Hayat5 Department of Electrical Engineering,Sharif college of engineering and technology, Lahore. 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected] 5 [email protected] Utilization of Wind Energy is increasing day by day to generate Electrical Power. Because it is an unpolluted fuel source and does not pollute the air; like other power plants that depend on combustion of coal, natural gas, oil, and fossil fuels. It is reality that we are facing the shortage of these resources. It is the reason that all over the world we are struggling to finds the renewable energy resources like solar and wind power plant (WPP) etc. In this paper we are going to implement the wind power plant, its protection on MATLAB, check the quality issues of power, solutions for these issues and check the results on MATLAB. Keyword – Wind energy, Electrical Power, renewable energy, WPP. PGSRET 229 Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Park: Prospects and Challenges Asad Khaliq1, Ali Ikram2, Muhammad Salman3 Faculty of Electrical Engineering,GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, KPK, Pakistan 1 2 3 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Optimum yield of PV systems is primarily governed by installation parameters (altitude, tilt and orientation) and geographic location (solar insolation and latitude) of instillation site. However, current studies have shown that dust has significant influence on PV system performance (efficiency and output) and PV efficiency deficit due to dust can be up to 70%. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power (QASP) park is located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, is first large scale solar power generation project in Pakistan with capacity of 100MWp in first phase and additional 900MWp in next two phases. QASP Park is covered by desert of Cholistan. Climate of Bahawalpur is hot and dry with annual 23 rainfall of 200-220 mm. The site of QASP Park is very complicated for solar power generation. This paper provides an appraisal on important climate factors of QASP Park and their impact on PV systems performance. Climate factors of prime important that will dictate performance of PV Systems in QASP Park, have been discussed in this paper. Key Words: Photovoltaic, desert, wind, dust, water, efficiency PGSRET 236 Analysis and Optimization of 132KV Grid Using ETAP 1 Noman Nisar , Muhammad Bilal Khan2, Sameen Gondal3, Muhammad Naveed4 1 Department of Electrical Engineering & Automation, Aalto University, Finland 2,3,4 Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif college of engineering and technology, Lahore. 1 2 [email protected], [email protected] This paper focuses on station using the most the modern analyses, monitoring & optimization of 132KV grid software ETAP, which performs numerical calculations of large integrated power system with fabulous speed besides, generating output reports like load flow , reliability analysis etc. In a developing country like Pakistan monitoring is made which includes current flowing in every branch, power factor, active and reactive power flow and harmonic distortion etc. of large power system, which is helpful in reducing losses. Based upon the recorded data obtained from an actual 132 KV grid, analysis, monitoring and optimization has been implemented on ETAP. Keywords— Optimization using ETAP, Harmonic distortion, load flow 24 PGSRET 238 Comparison Based Distributed Generation Implementation Algorithm for the Performance Enhancement of Radial Distribution System Anis Ur Rehman1, Muhammad Ifitikhar Khan2, Sheharyar Mehmood3, Bilal Khan4 1,3,4 Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan 2Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Distributed Generation (DG) at optimal location and size boost up voltage at end side of feeder and reduce power loss. Different algorithms have been proposed for the optimal size and location of DG in distribution system. Majority of these are developed for the uniformly distributed load, assuming unity power factor and single DG scenario. In this paper a comparison based Distributed Generation Implementation technique has been (CBDGI) proposed having abilities to provide optimal DG rating and location to enhance the performance of distribution network. Proposed methodology is capable of functioning effectively under randomly distributed load with poor power factor for single and multi DG system. CBDGI algorithm written in MATLAB is based on analytical approach and in this paper is implemented to two lengthy rural and two industrial radial feeders in worst case scenario. Analysis carried out show that the algorithm enhanced nodes voltage profile and reduced power loss. Proposed algorithm provides location on feeder having lowest voltage profile and higher power loss. The algorithm suggests the most suitable and economical DG source for feeder performance enhancement based on DG rating and feeder load conditions. CBDGI is applicable to compare different feeder’s performance and their DG requirements in priority based. Index Terms—distributed generation, radial feeder, voltage profile, power loss, distribution network. 25 PGSRET 239 Design Optimization and Experimental Investigation of Solar Assisted 1 Ton (3.516 KW) Vapor Absorption Air Conditioning System G.Q.Chaudhary1, Muzaffar Ali2, M. Muzammil Mukhtar3, U.Khalid4, U. Awan5, A. Adeel-ur-Rehamn6 University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected] Solar Energy is one of the most attractive and well-known source among all known renewable energy resources therefore, solar assisted air-conditioning systems attract researcher’s interests. Solar cooling technology is environment friendly and contributes to a significant decrease of the CO2 emissions which cause the greenhouse effect and thus helpful in reduction of Ozone depletion. According to the operating temperature of driving thermal source, single – effect Li Br/H2O absorption chillers have the advantage of being powered by ordinary flat-plate or evacuated tube solar collectors available in the market. The objective of this work is to develop an experimental rig based on the simulation results of an optimized - single - effect absorption air conditioning system using LiBr/H2O solution as working fluid assisted by solar thermal energy. Detailed mathematical design is prepared by applying energy and mass balances on each component. Afterwards parametric analysis is performed on EES to determine the effects of evaporator temperature, condenser temperature, and generator temperature on COP of the system. Then simulation based optimization of the proposed design is conducted on dynamic simulation program TRNSYS and GenOpt, based on local weather profile of Taxila. The results of the simulation of the absorption chiller indicate a thermal performance coefficient, COP of 0.756.The results of the simulation are validated by the locally fabricated experimental rig. Keywords— Chilled Water System; Mathematical Modeling EES; Optimization; Modeling/Simulation; TRNSYS. 26 PGSRET 245 Power Optimization of Pseudo Noise Based Optical Transmitter Using Bhagwan Das1 , Vicky Kumar2, M.F.L Abdullah3, Bishwajeet Pandey3 1 Department of Electronic Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam university of Engineering. Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh Pakistan. 2Department of Environmental and Management, MUET. 3Gyancity Research Lab. 1 Engr,[email protected], [email protected] In electronic devices when operating frequency is exceeded from its resonant frequency the power of the device increases drastically. Due to this, device reaches in dead zone and will not function anymore. In this work, power optimization is performed for Pseudo Noise sequence based optical transmitter. The PN generator for optical transmitter is designed using linear shift registered generator method. Furthermore, energy efficient design for the PN generator is also proposed using low voltage complementary metal oxide semiconductor (LVCMOS) IO standard available on FPGA virtex-6 board. The PN generator is operated at different frequencies such as 100 MHz, 1 GHz, 10 GHz and 100 GHz and at different LVCMOS IO standard such as LVCMOS 12, 18, 15 and 25. The power reduction is achieved for frequencies using standards available on FPGA. Finally, power optimization is recorded for target device at 100 MHz 97.7%, for 1 GHz 98%, for 10 GHz 95% and for 100 GHz 95% using LVCMOS 12 in comparison with LVCMOS 25. This energy efficient PN generator can be integrated with other optical components to develop green optical communication system. Experiment is performed via Xilinx ISE14.7 design tool and FPGA vertex-6 board. Keywords— Pseudo Noise (PN) generator, Linear Shift Register Generator method, I/O standards, Power optimization, FPGA, optical transmitter 27 PGSRET 249 Power Consumption Measurement & Configuration Time of FPGA Najeem Lawal1, Fahad Lateef2, Muhammad Usman3 Electronics Design Division (ITM) Mid Sweden University Holmgatan 10, 85170 Sundsvall, Sweden 1 [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] In this paper, we presents results concerning power consumption and configuration time for FPGA. FPGAs re-programmability, flexibility and re-configurability give rise to number of possibilities like adding more and more features, increasing lifetime duration to embedded systems. Power consumption of the peripheral devices is also meaningfully affects by Time behavior. Estimation based on average activity may not being useful for accurate power estimation of system. The configuration time of FPGA depend on configuration data width, size file, clock frequency and flash time access. We measured the total power consumption on each voltage supply and the total configuration time of Spartan-6 FPGA Atlys board using LabVIEW. Comparison had been made between estimated power value and measured power value. Hence, we believe that our experiment results will be useful to other FPGA-based embedded systems. Keywords—Power measuring, FPGA, configuration time 28 Session 4 Renewable Energy System Aspects of Material and Structures 29 PGSRET 39 Dielctric Properties of Transformer Oil based Silica Nanofluids Muhammad Rafiq, Danish Khan, Muhammad Ali School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China [email protected] Nanofluids are prepared for use in high voltage engineering as insulating and heat transfer fluids, containing a small amount of nanoparticles. The term “nanofluid” was presented by Choi et al. at Argonne National Laboratory. Recently, nanofluids are being considered as next generation insulating and heat transfer liquids in due to their improved characteristics. Transformer oil-based nanofluids are being studied as an alternate for conventional mineral oil. In this paper, transformer oil-based silica nanofluids with different concentration (10% and 20%) were prepared. The AC breakdown strength of nanofluids was measured at high moisture level 20ppm. Nanofluids showed improved breakdown strength at high concentration and there was only a negligible effect on breakdown strength at low concentration. Keywords—nanofluids; nanoparticles; transformer oil; dielectric strength. PGSRET 101 CFD analysis of a Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Asad Muneer1, Dr.Mohammad Bilal Khan2, Umer Bin Sarwar3, Zia Ahmad Khan4 National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (CAS-EN), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected] Pakistan is among of the developing countries in the world that are facing energy crisis. The generation of electricity in Pakistan is shrinking due to an over reliance on fossil fuel resources and also due to the increasing demands for power and lack of efficiency. Due to this energy crisis, many countries have started the research and working in the renewable energy field. In the fields of renewable energy, wind energy is very attractive and has a very key role in the sustainable energy. The purpose of this research work is to analyze a Savonius Vertical axis wind turbine for low wind speed that is inexpensive 30 and is made through easily available material to provide much needed electricity in Pakistan. This paper highlights the designing of the wind turbine and the effect on the blades. With the help of calculating values, 3D view of wind blades’ shape has been drawn in the Solid works software. With the help of the Solid works generated file, optimization of the behavior of wind above and below the turbine blades have been analyzed. Keywords—CFD; Ansys; Wind turbine. PGSRET 23 Low cost and non-toxic preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber material for thin film photovoltaics and studies its structural and thermal properties Ijaz Husnain1, Warda Mushtaq2, Mahmood Jamil3, Asghar Ali4, Zuhair S Khan5 Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (CAS-EN) National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected] Unlike Si Thin film solar cells have appealed scientific community due to direct band gap properties requiring less quantity of material. In thin film solar cells, CdTe and CIGS are prominent candidates with PCE 17% and 20%, respectively. Large scale production from CdTe and CIGS is limited due to unavailability of the elements (In, Te) and environmental concerns with toxic Cd. Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has emerged as a potential candidate in thin film photovoltaic due to its non-toxicity, low cost and economic availability of precursors. CZTS is a semiconductor with a direct bandgap of 1.5 eV and an absorption coefficient of 104 cm-1. Conventional synthesis techniques are either energy intensive or use toxic chemicals. In this work, Cu2ZnSnS4 was successfully prepared by wet chemistry route using a non-toxic solvent. CZTS precursor solution was prepared in a mixture of water and ethanol using metal chlorides and Thiourea as source of sulfur. XRD analysis revealed that binary and ternary sulfide phases formed at 250 °C. However, by increasing temperature up to 300 °C, pure CZTS compound is formed with a change in lattice parameters. SEM studies of surface morphology and particle size analyses were carried out. Furthermore, thermal behavior of the as-fabricated powders is depicted using the thermogravimetric analysis. Spin 31 coating technique was successfully applied for thin film formation on a soda lime glass substrate. Keywords—CZTS, Thin films photovoltaics, Wet chemistry, Spin coating, Microstructure PGSRET 175 Power Economic Dispatch Using Particle Swarm Optimization H. M. Zahid Iqbal, A. Ashraf, A. Ahmad Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Current market environment, ever growing difference between depleting energy resources and increasing power demand and increased expectations of customers from utility companies has made it necessary to adopt some good operational policies by electric utility companies. So the focus of utility companies has shifted towards increased customer focus, enhanced performance and to provide reliable supply at low cost. The electric power system must be operated in a way to schedule generations economically of generation facilities. In last two decades many evolutionary techniques has been developed to solve the optimization problems. Particle swarm optimization has acquired much recognition due to less memory requirement and its inherent simplicity. Particle swarm optimization technique proved to be having strong potential for solving complex and high dimensional optimization problem. PSO is free from local minimum solution convergence which is often encountered while solving nonlinear and non-convex optimization problem through conventional techniques. This paper presents a summarized view of application of PSO for solving power economic dispatch problem. Index Terms- Economic Dispatch (ED), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs), Computational Techniques. 32 PGSRET 177 A Survey of Control Strategies for Implementation of Optimized and Reliable Operation of Renewable Energy Based Microgrids in Islanded Mode Dr. Ghous Bux Narejo1, Fawad Azeem2, Muhammad Yasir Ammar3 1 Department of Electronics Engineering NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi 2 Hamdard Institute of Engineering and Technology (HIET), Hamdard University Karachi 3 Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) International Islamic University Islamabad 1 2 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Renewable Energy Sources such as Solar Photovoltaic, Wind, and Micro hydel power plants are effectively penetrating in the existing power infrastructure to supply clean energy to the end user. These sources can be utilized in Islanded or Grid connected mode. Microgrid operation in Islanded mode is ideal for the locations where existing grid infrastructure is unreachable or power quality is not up to the desired end user level. Major concern of microgrid operation in islanded mode is control of active and reactive power and complete power balance using electronic inverter interfaced mechanism. This paper presents survey on control techniques used to optimize, Control, and enhance the power quality of Islanded microgrids. Operation of microgird in islanded mode has been discussed whereas success stories and challenges faced while implementing microgrid in different parts of the world has also been discussed in the paper. Keywords—Photovoltaic PV; Active Power; Reactive Power; Islanded Microgrid; Droop Control; Voltage Source Inverter; Frequency 33 PGSRET 187 Generation of Isolated DC Voltage Sources for Multilevel Inverters Tila Muhammad1, Adnan Umar Khan2, Muhammad Luqman3, Muhammad Bilal Satti4, Muhammad Aaqib 5, Muhammad Faisal Khan 6 International Islamic University, Islamabad 1 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], 4 [email protected], 5 [email protected], [email protected] Electrical energy plays a vital role in the life of mankind due to extensive use of electronic devices and electrical machinery. To provide green energy to user, renewable energy got more importance. Conventionally, renewable energy was used in standalone systems which need heavy capital investment along with high maintenance cost and separate infra-structure. Meanwhile the trend has been changed and the grid tie inverters got into the systems. There are many issues in finding a suitable grid tie inverter because it needs high power inverters. The latest technique for inverter of high power and low total harmonic distortion is Multilevel Inverter. There are many inverters designing topologies of Multilevel Inverters. One of the most popular among these topologies is Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter. But this topology comes with a limitation that it needs isolated DC voltage sources. In our research, we have focused on the topology to overcome this issue in case when there is a single available DC voltage source. Our research shows that this DC source can easily be split into a number of isolated DC Sources as per desire by using less in system losses, small size and weight of the converter. The design has been demonstrated by simulation and verified by hardware implementation. Keywords—Cascaded H-Bridge; DC voltage sources; Multilevel inverters; Renewable Energy; Total Harmonic Distortion 34 PGSRET 188 Smart Solar AC Generator without Inverter Muhammad Aziz Ul Haq1*, Hifsa Iram2, Azaz Ul Haq3 1 College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering NUST, Islamabad Campus 2 FAST-NUCES Islamabad Campus Pakistan 3 MUST Pakistan *[email protected] Renewable energy resources are the major demand of the day. As fossil fuels are limited so we just can’t rely on them especially in this new age where the demand of energy has increased drastically. Solar energy can be one of the effective renewable energy sources. This is a new way of looking at a solar panel that we can generate alternating current directly from photovoltaic cells. We can use an array of photovoltaic cell pairs that are connected in anti-parallel form to create an AC wave form. Solar panels today produce DC power which has to be firstly converted into AC to be mostly used in business and home appliances. Solar panels become very expensive when we add solar panel’s price joint with the price of inverters and phase synchronizers. In addition to that the power losses of different components that are used in the DC to AC converters so it becomes even more unappealing. We show a new technique for the generation of AC power from Solar panel devoid of inverter. By adopting this technique we can remove power losses due to an inverter. There is no need of batteries in our technique so overall cost is also reduced. Another very good aspect of this technique is that we get a very pure sine wave of better efficiency than that of an AC inverter. We can generate the sine wave of any frequency by just controlling the speed of motor used in this technique. So it is a very simple technique with great effects. Keywords—Solar; inverter; Alternating current; Renewable energy 35 PGSRET 123 Design and Implementation of prototype of Resonant DC to DC Converter for Telecom Applications Muhammad Humayun Rashed Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering International Islamic University, Chittagong Chittagong, Bangladesh [email protected] The demand for decreasing cost and volume and also for increasing efficiency leads to a constantly increasing power density of converter systems. Many Electronic applications could benefit from a power converter able to achieve high efficiency across wide input and output voltage ranges. However, it is difficult for many conventional power converter designs to provide wide operation range while maintaining high efficiency and constantly increasing power density. High efficiency series parallel resonant DC to DC converter is one which is applying on power electronics equipment’s such as, telecom power supply, Mammography, computed tomography, mobile equipment charger etc. For its high performance in telecom power supply we intended to design and implement a prototype of this proposed [6] converter. In this regard this paper contains the facts behind the choice of the resonant converter, prototype design and design of gate drive circuit etc. with result and complements. Keywords—Resonant DC-DC converter; DC-DC converter; converter; resonant; prototype; seriesparallel; telecom; applications; DC-DC 36 PGSRET 233 Analysis of impact induced damage in composites for wind turbine blades Himayat Ullah1*, Vadim V. Silberschmidt2 1CESAT, Islamabad, Pakistan 2 Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK *[email protected] Glass fabric-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites used in wind turbine blades are usually exposed to large-deflection bending impacts caused by wind storms, heavy rainfall, water splashes and hailstones in the offshore; and sand and dust impingement in the desert environments. Such loadings can cause deterioration of structural integrity and load-bearing capacity of the blade structure due to induced damage in the form of matrix cracking, delamination and fibre fracture. These types of damage mechanisms become more detrimental and pose a threat to the fatigue life of the turbine blades. In this work, first the load-bearing and energy absorbing capability of woven GFRP laminates is investigated under impact loading. Experimental tests are conducted to characterise the behaviour of GFRP composites under large-deflection dynamic bending in Izod type impact tests using Resil impactor. Impact tests are performed at various energy levels to determine the ultimate fracture toughness of the laminates. In these tests, the material demonstrated interply delamination damage due to weaker matrix at low energy levels. At higher impact energies, apart from delamination, the material also exhibited permanent deflection instead of catastrophic fabric fracture. The latter was due to the visco-elasto-plastic nature of the glass fibres apart from the thermoplastic matrix. The deformation behaviour and delamination damage ensued by dynamic loading is also studied by developing three-dimensional finite element (FE) model in Abaqus/Explicit commercial package. In FE model, multiple layers of bilinear cohesive-zone elements are defined at the damage locations. Stress-based criteria and fracture-mechanics techniques are used to assess damage initiation and its progression, respectively. Numerical results gave good correlation when compared to the dynamic response observed in experiments. The methodology developed here can be employed in damage tolerant design of wind turbine composite blades subjected to similar impact loading conditions. 37 Keywords—GFRP, Wind turbine; finite-element model; permanent deflection; damage tolerant. PGSRET 256 Investigation of the effects of calcination temperature on structure of LaMgAl11O19 for thermal barrier coating applications Hafiz M. Saleem , Kamal Mustfia, Zahid Nazir, Zuhair S Khan*, M.S. Awan** Center for advanced studies in energy (CAS-EN) National university of sciences & Technology (NUST) H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan. **Ibn-e-Sena Institute of technology (ISIT) Islamabad, Pakistan *[email protected] Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) is the most common thermal barrier coating material with a temperature tolerance up to 1200°C above which it undergoes phase transitions deteriorating its thermo-mechanical properties. Apart from YSZ, oxides having the complex Magnetoplumbite structure such as LaMgAl11O19 are potential candidates for even higher temperature applications due to their thermo-physical properties. In this work, LaMgAl11O19 was synthesized through sol-gel citric acid method using nitrate precursors. The powders were subjected to calcination treatment for 5 hours at 1000 °C, 1100 °C, 1200 °C, 1300 °C and 1400 °C. The microstructure was analyzed by XRD and SEM techniques. XRD results identified a pure single phase of LaMgAl11O19, obtained successfully at 1200 °C. Effects arising from changing calcination temperature show that lattice strain reduced and crystallite size increased with increase in temperature. SEM results revealed that the platelet structure of LaMgAl1O19 was obtained which could increase thermal tolerance. Keywords— thermal barrier coating, microstructure, sol-gel, calcination. 38 Session 5 Energy System Technology and Management 39 PGSRET 29 Technical and financial analysis of 50MW wind farm at Gwadar, Balochistan Samreen Siddique1, Rashid Wazir2, Zia Ahmad Khan3, Naseem Iqbal4 USAID funded Center for Advanced Studies in Energy at NUST (CAS-EN) NUST Islamabad, Pakistan 2 [email protected] Statistical and computational models have been used worldwide by the researchers to predict time series. This paper implements two techniques; Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average models and Neural Networks backpropagation algorithm to predict wind speed time series for Gwadar, a coastal city of Balochistan. Based on the wind speed predict, power output has been estimated of a 50MW wind farm, choosing the appropriate turbine and optimum hub elevation for the installation of wind turbine. Furthermore, a financial study is presented of such a wind farm at Gwadar. For turbine selection, 317 turbines of various ratings and manufacturers were surveyed through software at different elevations - 60m, 80m, 100m and 120m. The results show that Neural Networks capture the trend in the wind speed time series more accurately than its statistical counterpart. Also, the optimum hub elevation for installing wind turbine at Gwadar is found to be 100m. Annual energy production under these circumstances is found to be 58.31 GWh/year. Keywords— wind farm optimization; Neural networks; ARIMA; Wind power predicting. 40 PGSRET 30 Investigation of thermal behaviour and kinetic analysis of Pakistani biomass: Rice husk, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw using thermogravimetric analysis Qari M. K. Waheed1, Shahid Maqsood2, Rashid Nawaz3, Anas Bin Aqeel4 Institute of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan 2,3 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan 4 College of E&ME, National University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 1 [email protected] 1 Sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw and rice husk are amongst the most abundantly available agriculture residues in Pakistan. Constant supply and huge quantities of these residues make them favorable option to replace the fossil fuels. Thermal degradation of these three samples was studied using TGA at three different heating rates of 5 °C min1, 20 °C min-1 and 40 °C min-1. The three samples were heated from 25 °C to 900 °C and the influence of heating rate was investigated. Coats-Redfern method was applied to calculate the apparent kinetic parameters. The results showed that the apparent kinetic energy varies from 28.27 kJ mol-1 to 31.98 kJ mol-1, 38.39 kJ mol-1 to 70.22 kJ mol-1 and 25.05 kJ mol-1 to 30.42 kJ mol-1 for bagasse, wheat straw and rice husk respectively. A clear linear fit was obtained using the Coats-Redfern method with above 0.96 coefficient of regression for wheat straw and above 0.97 for sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw respectively. For wheat straw at 40 °C min-1 heating rate and for the first peak in DTG thermogram of sugarcane bagasse at 5 °C min-1, the order of reaction was found to be 2.0 and for all three samples, order of reaction was found to be 0.5 for rest of the heating rates. Higher heating rates caused the lateral shift in the TGA thermograms of all three biomass samples but the amount of residual char and ash were unaffected. It was observed that the higher heating rate caused the sudden release of volatile matter from the sample merging the different weight loss peaks, as were evident at lower heating rate in the DTG thermogram of sugarcane bagasse. The values of pre-exponential factor were found to be varied from 12.77-111.08 min-1, 117.92- 1.17x106 min-1 and 21.45 -5.92x104 min-1 for rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse respectively. For order of reaction of 0.5 at 20 °C min-1 heating 41 rate, three biomass samples can be arranged in terms of activation energy: wheat straw > sugarcane bagasse > rice husk. Keywords— Non-isothermal kinetics, Coats-Redfern method, Rice husk, Sugarcane bagasse, Wheat Straw, Kinetic analysis, Biomass kinetics PGSRET 56 Study of Scope and Effects of Isolated Small Distributed Generation Sources and their Integration With Existing System Muhammad Rizwan Javed1, Mohsan Islam2, Zaheer Babar3 1 University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila,Pakistan 2 UCET,Islamia University of Bahawalpur,Pakistan 3 Nust,Pakistan Electrical energy is a major necessity of every organization of world and the electrical energy demand is increasing day by day. From past few decades, electricity is generated centrally and then distributed over the whole areas of the country. But many problems occur in centrally generated system like huge power loss in transmission line, intermittent switching of load etc and another major issue arising from last few years is severe load shedding in our country. Load shedding, a last stage solution of balancing power generation and consumption, greatly affects the economy of any country because economy is based upon industrial and commercial sector of any country and an electrical power is backbone of any industry. Now a days, industries and other organizations place their own local generation due to severe loadsheding. These organizations and industries have some standby power to meet their future needs and these local generations are in the form of renewable as well as nonrenewable sources, also termed as distributed generation sources. In this paper, we made an analysis for integration of different distributed generation sources with existing distribution system feeder. For this we made a survey of some selected organizations and collected data of their own total power production and 42 standby power. After this Electrical Transient Analysis Program (ETAP) software is selected for analysis. Whole model of the distribution feeder and standby power is designed in the software. These distributed generation sources (DGS) are then integrated and fed into the power system. After successful completion of this whole modeling, analysis process has done. Analysis of voltage profile, losses in the power systems, reliability and at the end economic analysis and feasibility study is made. The results of these analyses are discussed in detail in this paper. Index Terms— ETAP, DGS, Integration, voltage profile, Simulation. PGSRET 85 Economic Planning of Network for Integration of Renewable: A Review Engr. Hafiz Muhammad Bilal1, Akif Zia Khan2 USAID funded center for advance studies in energy(CAS-EN) National University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected] [email protected] Integration on large scale of distributed generation into the distribution system can change the role of system from passive to active but also show significant changes in planning approach, distribution network operations and designing. Planning approach that is being used for today’s distribution system can’t fulfill the integration method for distributed generation and conventional system in an economical way because of the fact that planners are not able to deal with complex environmental decisions and lower development budgets for renewable. This review paper proposes the key facts that should be under consideration to make the distribution network more economical for the integration of renewable. Keywords: Renewable energy resources,planning,distribution network. 43 PGSRET 88 Optimal Electric Vehicle Load Management for Minimization of Losses Arsalan Hussain Zaidi FAST NUCES University, Karachi [email protected] Integration of renewable energy sources in distribution network has increased, in order to reduce power losses in the network. Electric vehicle can complement the stochastic nature of renewable sources. Electric vehicle batteries can store power while the excess amount of power available in network. The primary idea is to have optimal power losses for the residential distribution network. It can be achieved by managing the Electric vehicles charging in the network. The objective of this paper is to focus on reducing power losses in the systems as well as maintaining the voltage profile of the network Optimization method is applied to generate EV battery placement strategies on a real distribution system. Voltage and current levels are monitored on DIgSILENT power factory. Power losses are optimized in the MATLAB optimization toolbox (Optimitool). Index Terms— Radial distribution network, Power Losses, Electrical Vehicles and Optimization PGSRET 127 Reduction in Building Energy Requirements by Modern Energy Conservation Techniques Waqas Khalid1, Qurat-ul-Ain Mehfooz2, Narmeen Irshad3, Dr. Waqar Mahmood4, Imran Ali Shah5 Alternate Energy Research & Innovation Lab, KICS-UET Lahore, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Energy Deficiency problem can be addressed either by increasing generation or by efficient consumption of energy. Shortage of electricity generation and excessive usage of electricity power has promoted the energy conservation measures. Energy audit of building identifies flaws in load consumption; and overall energy performance profile can be improved. This case study presents the complete energy audit of a Public 44 sector Multi-Office building located in Lahore, Pakistan.A methodical analysis has been performed and potential Energy Conservation Recommendations (ECRs) are proposed for the building. These ECRs are backed up by the financial analysis. Analysis concludes that more than 30% energy can be saved by efficient utilization and retrofitting measures only. On field collected data has been analyzed using software; DIALuxEvo 3 for lighting system, Hourly Analysis Program (HAP4.41) for heating and cooling system and Smart-Viewer for thermal imaging. Keywords—Energy Audit; Energy Conservation PGSRET 151 Heating/Cooling Degree Days and Building Energy Consumption in Pakistan Dr. Irshad Ahmed1, Imran Iqbal2 1 Department of Mechatronics, Air University, Islamabad 2 Department of Mathematics, Air University, Islamabad 1 [email protected], [email protected] Pakistan suffers a continuous energy crisis and needs all out efforts to overcome this problem. The use of locally available renewable energy and energy conservation offers a viable solution to the energy crisis. As Pakistan consumes 50% of its primary energy in the building sector, and therefore, it offers a huge potential for energy saving. The study estimates the energy consumption in buildings as a function of heating and cooling degree days for all climate zones of the country. Both components (weather independent and dependent) of the energy used in buildings are calculated using EnergyPlus software. Energy consumption is estimated both for conventional buildings and buildings built approximately Building Energy Code of Pakistan (BECoP). The results show a huge reduction in energy consumption in BECoP buildings. The paper also demonstrates how to calculate energy consumption in houses in all zones of Pakistan. Keywords—Degree Days, Building Energy Consumption, EnergyPlus Software 45 PGSRET 170 COPE: Cooperative Power and Energy-efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Saima Jamil1 , Saqib Jamil2 , Sheeraz Ahmed3 , Muhammad Zubair1 , Farman Sikandar3 1 Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. 2 University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. 3 Institute of Social Policy and Research (ISPaR), Peshawar, Pakistan. Cooperative routing is a cross-layer technique uti-lizing the benefits of cooperative communication at physical layer and appropriate route selection at the network layer. This reduces not only the power consumption but also the delay in the data transfer between nodes. Cooperative routing is a potential scheme for lowering the effects of channel fading and increasing the transmission energy efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In this paper, a new protocol Cooperative Power and Energyefficient routing protocol (COPE) has been proposed and its performance has been compared with Low Energy Adaptive Cluster (LEACH) and Power Efficient Gathering in Sensor Information Systems (PEGASIS) routing protocols. The comparison is based on performance metrics of energy efficiency, packet delivery ratio and throughput. Simulations are conducted to validate the performance of COPE with that of two other non-cooperative routing protocols. Keywords: Sensor Networks, Routing Protocol, Power- Aware, Throughput, Residual Energy. 46 PGSRET 264 Utilization of Geothermal Energy in Jordan 1 Adnan I. O. Zaid1*, Zuhair H. El-Isa2 and Radwan J. Zaid Al-Kilani3 University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Jordan 2 Geology Department, University of Jordan, Amman11442, Jordan 3 Geology Department, Alnajah University, Nablus, Palestine *[email protected] Jordan is a developing non-producing oil country; the major part of its needed energy is imported from the neighboring countries in the forms of oil and gas, for example, in year 2007 the demand for primary energy reached about 7438 million tons of oil equivalent, with a growth rate 3.5 % which is 1.2% more than the year before and is expected to be much more in the future due to the immigration from the neighboring countries because of the war crisis in the neighboring countries. The cost of this imported energy creates a heavy financial burden on the national economy which reflects on the development plans and the standard living of the people. Therefore it is of great necessity to look for utilizing other energy resources. Investigations and research work carried out by universities staff and the National Energy Research Center have shown evidence that Jordan has a potential geothermal source of energy which can be utilized in producing heat and electricity. In this paper Bouguer gravity data, obtained from a detailed gravity survey that was conducted at the Zarqa Main Zara geothermal field, east of the Dead Sea, are evaluated and combined with other previously obtained geophysical results including aeromagnetic, deep seismic soundings and seismicity. The observed gravity data clearly reflect the complex nature of the structural geology and tectonics of the study region. It revealed the presence of a number of local and regional Bouguer anomalies with different sizes, amplitudes and orientations. These anomalies are interpreted to have been caused by subsurface basic to ultrabasic igneous intrusions located within the uppermost part of the crust, mostly at depths 0.5km – 1.5km or shallower. With a density 3.15 g/cm³ – 3.2 g/cm³, these have originated from the upper mantle. Travel times of P and S-waves propagating through the study region indicate that some of the subsurface bodies may be in a semi-solid state. The elevated temperature of the geothermal springs of the study area is suggested to be caused by deep water circulation that is facilitated by the permeability of the sedimentary and igneous rocks and both 47 local and regional faults. The hot igneous intrusions remain the major source of heating, though normal geothermal gradient may add slightly to this heating process. The temperatures of the water springs in Zarqa Main- Zara thermal springs are below the boiling point; several applications are suggested to be utilized in the agricultural and industrial fields. Finally, the binary thermodynamic cycle is suggested to utilize this geothermal source in a power plant for generating electricity as the total flow of this thermal water is 25X 10^6 m3/year with an average temperature of 50 degrees centigrade. An approximate estimation of the output power is 3-4 Mega- Watt. Index Terms— Renewable Energy, Geothermal Energy, Low Temperature Utilization, Jordan Energy Resources, Reducing Green Gasses. PGSRET 277 The Status and Prospectus of Renewable Energy in Palestine Adnan I. O. Zaid1*, Radwan J. ZeidElKelani2, Nabil Beithou3 1,3 University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Jordan 2 Geology Department, Alnajah University, Nablus, Palestine *[email protected], [email protected], [email protected] The people in Palestine are facing critical situation concerning the achievement of reliable and sustainable energy. The absence of fossil fuel, the scarcity of conventional energy resources and lack of a Palestinian infrastructure for about four decades due to the continuous Israeli occupation had resulted in hindering the development of the country. Palestine has to import all its needs of petroleum products and about 92% of its needs of electrical energy from the Israeli Occupier. This resulted in continuous deterioration of the development plans and also hindered the development initiatives. Recent exploration of natural gas in Gaza Strip gives hopes and new opportunities for gas industry in Palestine; these hopes are constrained by the Occupation. In spite of all these challenges, Palestine has gone forward to utilize its natural resources for rehabilitation and construction. In this study the possibility of utilizing the available renewable energies in Palestine is taken into consideration, these include: wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energies. Obstacles facing renewable energy development were discussed in terms of Policy and politics obstacles, technical obstacles and social obstacles. Suggested policies were proposed to overcome those obstacles, such as 48 the creation of a national fund, the development of governmental policies, regulations, provisions and incentives to encourage use and investment in renewable technologies, experience exchange and giving attention to small scale projects which when accumulated can produce a value. Index Terms—Renewable Energy, Geothermal Energy, Low Temperature Utilization, Jordan Energy Resources, Reducing Green Gasses PGSRET 278 Geothermal Energy in Palestine Practical Applications Adnan I. O. Zaid1*, Radwan J. ZeidElKelani2, Nabil Beithou3 1,3 University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Jordan 2 Geology Department, Alnajah University, Nablus, Palestine *[email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Energy is a main factor in developing nations. Energy is almost a must for surviving with dignity. Palestine situation is different from other countries which can import their energy needs from outside. Palestinians are facing a critical shortage in energy due to Israeli Occupation. They must depend on the naturally available energy to survive in dignity and develop their lives. In this paper the scope of using geothermal energy in Palestine is taken into consideration, its availability and practical applications, as a source of renewable energy, which is identified by the reliability and sustainability. It has been found that the Palestinians should depend on their own free energy, geothermal energy has a notable role in reducing the residential energy consumption especially for the heating and cooling purposes. Geothermal energy could also be used to reduce the electrical bill that overloading the Palestinians shoulders by using low temperature geothermal water in generating electricity. Index Terms—Renewable Energy, Geothermal Energy, Low Temperature Utilization, Palestine Energy Resources, Reducing Green Gasses 49 Session 6 Fossil fuels Power Generation system and Technology 50 PGSRET 53 Heat Estimation of Road Side Herbs: GT Road, Wah Cantt. Engr. Muhammad Ishfaq Khan1, Dr. Liaquat Ali Najmi2, Habib-Ur-Rehman Khan3 1 International Islamic University, Islamabad, 2,3SCET(U.E.T., Taxila), WahCantt, 1 [email protected], [email protected] Energy has become a prime concern in the recent past due to ever increasing demand of hydrocarbons and their depletion at an alarming rate. The issue has drawn attention of scientists and engineers, who are exploring alternate renewable energy avenues like solar energy, wind energy, wave energy and biomass; the latter has also become an avenue that is being explored by scientists. The research work has extended the concept of Biomass with respect to Pakistan by estimating raw heat energy available from a strategically chosen sample area in Wah Cantt region along G.T. Road, to get conservative estimates. The samples collected and analyzed depict encouraging results. Key Words- Renewable Energy; Gross Calorific Value; Energy Farm PGSRET 54 Prospects of Bagasse as a Feasible Bio-fuel for Electricity Generation in Pakistan – A Realistic Approach Engr. Akhtar Saeed Department of Electrical Engineering DHA Suffa University Karachi - Pakistan [email protected], [email protected] Pakistan is facing an acute shortage of electricity power since former few decades. The main reason behind the fact is that there has always been a lack of courtesy by the policy and decision makers of the country towards enhancing the installed capacity of the sector, as well as discovering other ways to implore the power from renewable resources. Pakistan is an agricultural country whose economy is primarily based on the agronomic yields, one of which is sugarcane – a cash crop. Thru the process of extraction of sugar from the sugarcane, a stuff named Bagasse is leftover which has been evidenced as a viable bio-fuel. Numerous countries across the globe are consuming Bagasse to generate electricity, but regrettably in our country, this valued 51 renewable resource has mostly been thrown away as a mere trash. Keeping in view the country's existing yield of Bagasse, Pakistan has an estimated capacity of about 3000 MW of electricity generation by its usage. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: The first part involves a brief description of Bagasse, its recent usage and significance as a bio-fuel across the globe. The second part highlights its existing usage in Pakistan - stressing its importance. The third part focuses the prospects of its consumption in the country, based on both the existing as well as the projected outputs. In the concluding part, some recommendations are underscored for its optimal usage to counter the electricity shortfall. Keywords—Bio-fuel, bio-mass, bagasse, electricity generation, electricity shortfall, renewable resource, sugar industry PGSRET 59 The cost for economic growth: A study on the Energy Demand of Pakistan using TIMES Syed Atif Rafiq Shah*, Muhammad Mubassir Saleem, Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Dr. Bilal Khan National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (CAS-EN), H-12, Islamabad. *[email protected] Pakistan is blessed with an abundant stock of indigenous energy resources. Despite the availability of these sources, there is a widening gap between supply and demand. The following paper presents a quantitative and analytical study on the current energy situation of Pakistan, along with a methodology to reduce the gap. The paper emphasizes the urge for a need to use energy models in order to forecast an increase in demand. This can be achieved by using TIMES, a model which shows a detailed relationship between energy commodities and the relevant processes required to achieve those particular commodities. This methodology helps in developing an applicable reference energy system, thereby solving for the least cost energy solution to create a more comprehensive picture of the country's energy system under varying policies and possibilities. The results will portray future demand projections along with energy marketing strategies necessary to meet growing demand. Keywords—Pakistan; energy; TIMES 52 PGSRET 60 Effect of increase in Utility Price on feasibility of a Power Generation Project Taimur Ali Khattak1, Dr. M. Shahid Khalil2 1 M.Sc. Student, Department of Energy Engineering, UET, Taxila, 2 Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, UET, Taxila, 1 [email protected], [email protected] The major factor influencing the feasibly of any power generation project is comparison of its production against the commodity or the energy utility it is going to replace. In this case cost of energy is that parameter. As the trend shows an increase in utility bills, continually increasing prices of energy will make renewable and hybrid energy projects even more attractive. This paper describes the effect of increase in prices of energy utilities (like electricity, natural gas) that can make the project more feasible if considered during planning phase. Keywords—Power Generation, Project Feasibility Study, Energy Prices PGSRET 90 Protection of Distribution Systems with Significant Penetration of Distributed Generation Rakesh Sinha1, Arsalan Zaidi2 1 Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kathmandu University 2 Dept of Electrical Engineering,FAST NUCES University, Karachi 2 [email protected] With increase of distributed generators (DG) in power system, there arise the potential for operation of power system during islanding mode as well. Along with its advantages, there come challenges with protection system due to change in short circuit current (which is the primary factor for overcurrent relay setting). In this paper, investigation of impact of Distributed Generators (DG) in protection system of the distribution network has been carried out. Simulation based study regarding protection issue during islanding condition has been carried out for distribution network in mid Himmerland (Denmark). Use of definite time overcurrent relay along with directional overcurrent relays has been proposed for the reliable protection scheme. Simulation in ‘DIgSILENT Power Factory’ shows the proper selectivity and 53 coordination of overcurrent relays for 3 phase faults during various cases, such as islanding or shutdown of some DG. Keywords-Overcurrent Relay; Power system protection during islaning. PGSRET 269 Production of Biofuels from Micro ALGAE and green wastes through Anaerobic Digestion Muddasar Habib1*, Intisab ul Haq1, Pakeeza Mustafa1, Hira Rehman1, Rovaid Khan1 and Amad Ullah Khan1 1 Chemical Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan * Corresponding author. Tel.: +92-3348314662; fax: +92919218180 * [email protected] The basic aim of this work was to explore the possibilities of producing the bio-fuels by green waste recycling from the available, inexpensive & echo-friendly resources. The state of the art recovery of green energy from green waste & algal biomass was explored with less energy intensive processes. Many different methods are in use to produce bio fuels; however this new technique stands out among them due to its choice of raw materials and processing. Mixing of residue algal biomass after extraction of oil & green waste is suggested to prepare the feed for further extraction. The lipid extractor and Anaerobic Digester (AD) form the heart of this process. Bio-ethanol, biodiesel, omega 3 and astaxanthin will be extracted from micro-algae and while the biogas will mainly result from AD. Bio-ethanol can be used in vehicle transportation, bio-diesel can be blended with fossil diesel in a specific ratio to produce B20. The omega 3 is an important supplement for human body metabolism while astaxanthin is an antioxidant which is used on the skin to protect it from sunburn. Complex chemical reactions take place in AD, resulting in the production of biogas that contains 50-60% methane and 30-40% CO2 with traces of H2S, H2 and NH3. Keywords— Anaerobic Digestion; Omaga-3, Bio Fuel, Bio Gas, Lipid Extraction 54 Session 7 Mixed Topics 55 PGSRET 257 Efficient Multiple Lines Outage Detection in SmartGrid Ashfaq Ahmed1, Muhammad Awais2, Muhammad Naeem3, Muhammad Iqbal4, and Alagan Alpalagan5 1,2,3,4 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus, Pakistan 3,5 Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada {ashfaq.ahmed, muhammadawais}@ciitwah.edu.pk, {muhammadnaeem, miqbal1976}@gmail.com, [email protected] To avoid blackouts in the energy system, the knowl- edge of the state of the power lines has critical importance. To get the timely conscience, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) are used to provide real-time synchronized measurements of voltage and current phasors of the buses. The deployment of PMUs is done to first detect any single or multiple line outage, and further to identify the correct line in outage. But if these approaches are applied to more multiple line outages, the search space grows exponentially. To reduce the computational complexity in case of multiple line outage detection, stochastic optimization methods can be used. These methods give near optimal solution with an acceptable computational complexity. In this paper, the use of phasor angle measurements and optimal deployment of PMUs to identify multiple power line outages is investigated. An adaptive version of estimation of distribution algorithm (EDA) is proposed to detect and identify the lines in outage. In this adaptive EDA thresholding technique is introduced in order to get better solutions. It is shown that the proposed algorithm is achieving a better success rate than the other evolutionary techniques. Index Terms—Estimation of distribution algorithm, smart grids, power systems, line outages 56 PGSRET 08 Implementation and Performance Analysis of two MPPT Algorithms based on Push-Pull Converter Kanwar Ahmed Mustafa1, Ameer Ahmad2, M. Usman Aziz3, Aneesa Yousaf4 Department of Electronics, University of Lahore (UOL), Lahore, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected] This paper represents the comparison and performance analysis of two MPPT algorithms which are practiced on DC-DC converter, Push-Pull converter to get maximum power from solar panel at challenging weather conditions. The main advantage of this project is to determine that which algorithm gives best results in quickly achieving and maintaining Maximum Power Point of solar Module (100W) out of Incremental Conductance (IC) and Perturb & Observation (P&O). By using ATXMEGA128A1 microcontroller this project gives faster response and shows consistency. Keywords—Photovoltaic power generation, Maximum Power Point Tracking techniques, PV array PGSRET 77 Simulation and Implementation of Solar Power Battery Charger using Perturb & Observe Algorithm Jehanzaib Ali1, Usama Ijaz2, M. Hasan Khan Niazi3, M. Shahroze Amer4, M. Mobeen Younis5 and Waqas Hassan6 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad Pakistan. 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], 6 [email protected] As solar energy is a renewable energy that has the capacity to lessen the energy crisis in the world, so there is a strong need to harvest and utilize this energy. Solar power is readily available in the regions like UAE, South Asia, etc. so there is a strong need to implement solar power harvesting techniques to lower the energy crisis. This paper 57 describes the simulation and implementation of a solar energy based MPPT battery charger. The proposed design uses a microcontroller (Arduino Mega 2560 based upon ATmega2560) that works on feedback from a PV panel and voltage of a battery, which is to be charged, and controls the operation of a buck-boost DC-DC converter in order to draw maximum power from the PV panel. Perturb and Observe algorithm is used to operate the circuit at maximum power point irrespective of the present humidity, temperature and irradiance conditions of the PV panel. The battery is used to store the solar power so as to get energy when required and as per use i.e. if AC, then an inverter can be connected after the battery and if DC, then a DC-DC converter can be used according to need. The proposed design is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink and implemented on hardware. Keywords—MPPT, PV panel, buck-boost DC-DC converter, microcontroller. PGSRET 116 Non- Linear Analytic Approaches of Power Flow Analysis and Voltage Profile Improvement Raheel Muzzammel, Muhammad Ahsan, Waqas Ahmad Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Power-flow analysis or load flow analysis is a numerical analysis of the flow of electric power in an interconnected system. The goal of this analysis is to obtain complete information of angle and magnitude of voltage for each bus in a power system for specified load and generator real power and voltage conditions. Once the required information is achieved, real and reactive power flow on each branch as well as generator reactive power output can be analytically determined. Due to the nonlinear nature of this problem, numerical methods are employed to obtain a solution within an acceptable tolerance. In this paper, Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson and FastDecoupled methods are compared with respect to their performances, convergence rates and outputs for IEEE 14 bus system. Further, fact controllers i.e., static VAR compensator for improvement in the voltage profile is also designed and implemented and a comparison will also be drawn between the voltage profiles with or without the absence of fact controllers. Keywords—Power Flow Analysis, IEEE 14 bus system, Guass- Seidel Method, Newton-Raphson Method, Fast-Decoupled Method, FACTS Controllers 58 PGSRET 137 Solar Power Remote Monitoring and Controlling Using Arduino, LabVIEW and Web browser Haider-e-Karar1, Aziz Altaf Khuwaja2, Abdul Sattar3 1,2 Department of Electrical Engineering Sukkur IBA Sindh, Pakistan 3 Department of Electronics Engineering QUEST Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], 3 [email protected] This paper proposes an effective and efficient graphical user interface (GUI) to real time control and monitor the DC power generated by solar panels and DC power consumed by load locally and remotely. There are two GUIs provided server and client. Server computer needs to be installed near to solar panels for monitoring and controlling locally while client GUI can be accessed by using a web browser from any part of world, authorize person can monitor and control all operations. Server and client GUI are designed by using LabVIEW and LabVIEW UI builder while hardware is developed with Arduino Uno, cur- rent and voltage sensors, relays and charge controller. Monitoring interface uses real time measurement results to prepare the power, current and voltage graphs, it is also possible to record and reach database file to analyze history of renewable energy source (RES) system. This will also help to increase performance of the existing solar system also other alternative resources of energy. In this system monitoring interface contains power production and consumption, voltage and current graphs and meters on a GUI. Controlling feature includes turn on/shutdown of solar system, increase or decrease energy consumption, generation and switching to other available system. Keywords—Solar Power, LabVIEW, UI Builder, Remote Moni- toring, Arduino. 59 PGSRET 154 Simulation, Design and Fabrication of an Efficient Single phase Transformer Muhammad Shahzad Aziz1, Hafeez-ur-Rehman2, Sohaib Ahmed3,Majid Ali4 1,2,4 Center for advanced studies in energy (CAS-EN), National university of sciences & Technology H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3 Electrical Engineering Department Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan. 4 [email protected] ; [email protected] Transformer is a vital component of electric power systems for transmission and distribution. Robust design for the efficiency enhancement is the main stress in the fabrication of a transformer. Efficiency of a practical transformer is limited by the losses which are accounted for the design and manufacturing imperfections. This paper deals with the simulation, designed and fabrication of a 0.30 KVA, Single phase, Shell type, tapped transformer. Design and fabrication of this transformer has been made possible by the special calculations and design procedure. Simulation has been performed in MATLAB. Open circuit test and short-circuit tests have been performed to investigate the losses and efficiency of the designed transformer. Simulation results and experimental results have been compared which are closely matching. Keywords— Single phase transformer; design; fabrication; simulation; MATLAB PGSRET 171 Electronic Ballast Circuit Configurations for Fluorescent Lamps Sheeraz Ahmed1, Faizan Amir3 , S.Riaz-ul-Hasnain2 , Duri Shahwar1 , Saqib Jamil1 1 University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. 2 CECOS University, Peshawar, Pakistan. 3 Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), Peshawar, Pakistan The new Electronic ballast as a starting element has replaced the conservative ballast system of fluorescent lamps. These highly efficient electronic ballasts are preferred over conventional electromagnetic ballasts due to their excellent features, such as weight reduction, increased efficiency in terms of light output and decreased flicker to a large extent. This is particularly achieved by increasing the frequency of operation from normal 50/60 Hz to 40 kHz, hence improving the lamp efficiency by approximately 10%. Numerous research studies are being conducted in order to reduce production 60 costs and to make the electronic ballasts a more attractive alternative. The dimming control capacity in electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps has been quickly increased due to high potential of energy saving and the comfort to users but has new challenges in the design of electronic ballast. Keywords: Ballast System, Lamp efficiency, Dimming control, Flicker. PGSRET 74 Optimization based Individual and CooperativeDSM in Smart Grids: A Review Zafar Ali Khan 1, Saeed Ahmed 2, Rab Nawaz 3, Anzar Mahmood4, Sohail Razzaq 5 1,2,3 Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology Mirpur AJK, Pakistan 4,5 Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS Institute of IT, Abbottabad, Pakistan 1 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], 4 [email protected], [email protected] Residential sector constitutes major portion of electricity market and majority of the worldwide consumers are not able to interact with grid dynamically according to fluctuating conditions. Smart Grid is proposed to overcome the shortcomings of the existing grid with integrated bidirectional communication and control infrastructure including dynamic Demand Side Management (DSM). This paper presents a detailed review of the DSM and its applications for flattening of load curve and reduction of the peak to average ratio. The paper reviews the optimization techniques used in smart homes at individual user level and cooperative DSM for optimal usage of electricity. For optimization purpose, the residential consumers are mostly treated at individual level and work on the cooperative DSM, also known as community base DSM, is in initial stages and has great potential of research. In traditional DSM, consumers actions are not coordinated but in cooperative optimization the DSM is applied for entire community. Comparison between individual DSM and cooperative DSM optimization techniques has also been added 61 PGSRET 186 DC Voltage regulator for battery less PV system using PPT Tila Muhammad1, Adnan Umar Khan2, Nouman Jamil3, Junaid Zameer4, Muhammad Khawar5 International Islamic University Islamabad 1 [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] k, [email protected], [email protected] Our country is facing immense energy deficit, local businesses and industries operating in day time such as steel, clothing, and groceries are getting affected. All these sectors need some reliable and low cost alternative power generation systems other than the conventional ones that can provide them power in day time because most of the industries production takes place in the day time. The idea is to provide renewable energy power system, but currently the renewable energy systems available in market requires a large amount for capital investment and their maintenance after a year or two because of batteries being used in it. Thus renewable energy power system which does not contains batteries has very low maintenance cost in long-run, suggested system is a battery less MPPT based voltage regulator that be integrated with inverter directly. Our suggested system has can been demonstrated by simulation and verified by hardware implementation. Keywords— Battery, DC Voltage Regulator, Grid Tie Inverters, PV panel, machines, MPPT, renewable energy. PGSRET 202 CFD Analysis of Flow Blockage through Coolant Channel of Part-I M. Q. Ali, * W. Siddique, I. Haq , M. Ahmad Department of Nuclear Engineering, PIEAS, P. O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan *[email protected] The objective of this paper is to verify the steady state analysis of PARR-I using CFD code in Fluent, compare its result with 1-Dimensional code and to study the hypothetical accidental case of flow blockage in one of its coolant channel. Pakistan Research Reactor (PARR-I) is a pool type research reactor with peak thermal power of 62 10 MW. Three dimensional steady state thermal hydraulic analysis for average as well as hot channel had been performed. Key parameters of flow have been calculated using different turbulence models. For comparison, outputs have been compared with the data available in First Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) of PARR-I. Range of variations in results of each of these turbulence models have been compared with literature. This helped in selecting the final model and grid for steady state thermal hydraulic analysis. Buckling in average as well as hot channel has been applied on the selected grid for both average and hot channel conditions. Three case studies of buckling have been considered with 50%, 75%, and 95 % blockage to the coolant flow. Clad temperatures, bulk temperature rise and increase in pressure drop are computed and integrity of core has been computed. Keywords- CFD; Thermal hydraulic analysis; PARR-I; Flow Blockage PGSRET 207 Robust Fault Detection of Linearized Power Grid Network System Talha Wahab1, Muhammad Abid2, Abdul Qayyum Khan3, Ghulam Mustafa4 Department of System Engineering, PIEAS, Islamabad 1 talha [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], 4 [email protected] This research paper is concerned with the robust fault detection of swing dynamics model for power distribution network through fault monitoring observers. Classical nine bus system is used as a test system and it is modeled as a descriptor system for which simple algorithmic approach for robust fault detection is applied using fullorder generalized observer based on parametric eigenstructure assignment approach and finally threshold is generated for the residual signal. 63 PGSRET 220 Voltage Profile – A study related to Sustainability to the Customers Noman Nisar Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, Finland [email protected] Maintain a perfect sine wave voltage and constant magnitude is really challenging, due to different aspects like the load unbalance, distribution line impedance, poor power factor, non-linear loads etc. Increase in the usage of the semiconductor devices in the appliances that are used in the consumer level as well as industrial level is distorting the voltage quality. Some of the major voltage quality issues that are faced by the utility as well as the consumer are discussed. Those voltage quality issues have deleterious effect on the customer appliances, and make them prone to failures. These failures monetarily affect the consumers that have sensitive equipment. Different mitigated solutions are proposed to improve the voltage value fluctuations. The paper mainly covers the different reasons of the voltage value distortions that are caused by the different aspects, starting from the distribution network constraints to the faults that are very common in the low voltage system. The voltage quality problems that are severe from customer point of view are: -voltage magnitude variation -voltage sags -voltage harmonics Key-words: Power Distribution Networks, distribution generators (DG), voltage sags, voltage swell and voltage quality issues 64 PGSRET 262 Effects of Covered Cold Water Inlet on Discrete Hot Water Usage from Domestic Hot Water Storage Tank 1 N. Beithou1, S. Jaber2 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman-Jordan 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Madaba, Jordan 1 [email protected], [email protected] The most important commodities in our life are energy and water. Many techniques were used to save water and energy, including water recycling, energy recovery and energy efficient devices. In this study the effect of using a cover on the cold water inlet of hot water storage tank with a discrete usage type was investigated experimentally. The selected flow rate was 8 lpm and the waiting periods were 5, 10, and 15 min respectively. The temperature distribution through the tank, and temperature stratification were achieved and analyzed. A positive influence of using a covered inlet on saving higher amounts of hot water was observed. It has been found that using a suitable cover on the cold water inlet reduces the turbulent mixing in the hot water storage tank, thus saving much of the hot water within the tank for later usage. Most of the cold water was accumulated at the bottom side which increases the efficiency of the solar collectors when used. The best waiting period was 10 minutes under the experiment circumstances, this result is not absolute, and more investigations regarding the water flow rate and the waiting periods should be done. Index Terms— Usable energy, Domestic Storage Tank, Energy Saving, Water Management, Discrete Water Supply. 65 Contact us: Secretary (PGSRET) International Islamic University, Sector H-10, Islamabad, Pakistan. Ph: +92 51 9019071 Fax: +92 51 9258025 Email: [email protected] URL: http://iiu.edu.pk/pgsret2015/ 2nd International Conference on power Generation Systems & Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET-2015)