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18 March 2009
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:20 Opening Session
9:20 - 10:20 Keynote Lecture 1.1
10:20 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:25 Session 1.1 Session 1.2 Session 1.3
12:25 - 13:55 Lunch
13:55 - 14:55 Keynote Lecture 1.2
14:55 - 16:35 Session 1.4 Session 1.5 Session 1.6
16:35 - 16:50 Coffee Break
16:50 - 18:30 Session 1.7 Session 1.8
18:45 Reception
 
19 March 2009
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote Lecture 2.1
9:30 - 9:55 Coffee Break
9:55 - 11:35 Session 2.1 Session 2.2 Session 2.3
11:35   13:15 Session 2.4 Session 2.5 Session 2.6
13:15 - 14:55 Lunch
14:55 - 15:55 Keynote Lecture 2.2
15:55 - 17:35 Invited Session 1 Session 2.7 Session 2.8
18:15 Gala Dinner
 
20 March 2009
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote Lecture 3.1
9:30 - 9:55 Coffee Break
9:55 - 11:35 Session 3.1 Session 3.2 Session 3.3
11:35   13:15 Invited Session 2 Session 3.4 Session 3.5
13:15 - 14:55 Lunch
14:55 - 15:55 Keynote Lecture 3.2
15:55 - 17:35 Session 3.6 Session 3.7 Session 3.8
 
 
18 March 2009
 
Session 1.1 - Power Electronics Applications I
Paper Title Authors
34 Implementation of a New Structure for a Closed Loop Class D Amplifier Sérgio Sousa, Victor M. E. Antunes, V. Fernão Pires, J. Fernando Silva
99 An Integrated Approach to Design High Performance Controllers for PWM VSC Converters Carlos Ramos, António Martins, Adriano Carvalho
200 Analytical & Experimental Studies on Impedance Matching in RF Generators for Dielectric Loads Mojtaba Heydari, Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Mirhoseini, Hossein Ali Mohammadpour, Abbas Shoulaie
195 Design & Simulation of a Contactless Power Transmission System with Maximum Efficiency & Soft Switching Realization of Related Inverter  Ali Deihimi, Pouria G. Khorasani
147 Electric Vehicles and their Impact to the Electric Grid in Isolated Systems Petr Kadurek, Christos Ioakimidis, Paulo Ferrão
Session 1.2 - Electrical Machines Design I
Paper Title Authors
131 Drum and Disc Type Hysteresis Machines with Superconducting Rotors A. Leão Rodrigues
154 Magnetic Characteristics Modelling for Regular Switched Reluctance Machines: Analytical and FEM Approaches P. Lobato, S.Rafael, P. Santos, A. J. Pires
171 A mathematical model of Axial Flux Disc Machines Chiara Boccaletti, Pietro Di Felice, Lorenzo Petrucci, Ezio Santini
56 Electromagnetic Design Workflow for Squirrel Cage Induction Machines  C. Grabner, J. Bacher
136 Novel Modeling Design of Three Phase Tubular Permanent Magnet Linear Generator for Marine Applications  A. Pirisi, G. Gruosso, R. E. Zich
Session 1.3 - Power System Computation Techniques
Paper Title Authors
149 Network Reconfiguration Using a Genetic Approach for Loss and Reliability Optimization in Distribution Systems Romeu M. V. Vitorino, Humberto M. M. Jorge, Luís M. P. Neves
128 Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming for Head-Dependent Short-Term Hydro Scheduling J.P.S. Catalão, H.M.I. Pousinho, V.M.F. Mendes
199 Use of available phasor measurements for system observability: a case study Paula S. Castro Vide, F. P. Maciel Barbosa, Isabel M. Ferreira
139 Multi-Objective Differential Evolution for Optimal Power Flow Mohammad A. Abido, N. A. Al-Ali
125 Composite Generation and Transmission Planning in a Competitive Environment  Ibrahim M. Elamin, Mohammed T. Al-Saba
Session 1.4 - Motion Control I
Paper Title Authors
114 Evaluation of a DFIG Rotor Position-Sensorless Detector Based on a Hysteresis Controller G. D. Marques, V. Fernão Pires, Sérgio Sousa, Duarte M. Sousa
168 Analysis of three methods for sensorless speed detection in DC motors E. Vázquez-Sánchez, J. Gómez-Gil, M. Rodríguez-Álvarez
144 Novel Flux Weakening Control Algorithm for PMSMS N. V. Olarescu, M. Weinmann, S. Zeh, S. Musuroi
55 Electrical Drives without DC Link Converter Component and Recuperation Capability C. Grabner
82 A Novel Particle Swarm Optimization PSO Tuning Scheme for PMDC Motor Drives Controllers   Adel M. Sharaf, Adel A. A. El-Gammal
Session 1.5 - Power Converter Control
Paper Title Authors
91 Stability Analysis of a Buck Converter with Input Filter Based on an LPV formalism  Pierre Lefranc, Emmanuel Godoy, Gilles Duc, Muhammad Usman Iftikhar
110 High Frequency Modeling of Peak Current
Mode Control of DC-DC Converters
Charif Karimi, Emmanuel Godoy, Muhammad Usmann Iftikhar, Pierre Lefranc, Daniel Sadarnac
111 Selective Harmonic Elimination PWM applied to H-Bridge topology in high speed applications  V. Guennegues, B. Gollentz, L. Leclere, F. Meibody-
Tabar, S. Raël
146 Control of AC-DC Matrix Converter using digital PLL I. Barbieri, P. Lambruschini, M. Raggio
69 Design and implementation of microcontroller based novel PWM technique for Sine wave Inverter  A.Ali Qazalbash, Awais Amin, Abdul Manan, Mahveen Khalid
Session 1.6 - Wind Techonologies I
Paper Title Authors
153  Wavelets Pre-Filtering in Wind Speed Prediction Diogo L. Faria, Rui Castro, Cláudia Philippart, Alexandre Gusmão
42 Climate effects in low speed wind turbine’s concentrators J. A. Orosa, E. J. García-Bustelo, J. A. Pérez
43 Galician climatic change effect on wind power production J. A. Orosa, E. J. García-Bustelo, J. A. Pérez
116 Problem of Wind Power Plant Engineering in the Czech Republic Stanislav Mišák, Lukáš Prokop
54 Small-Disturbance Voltage Stability of Distribution Systems with Wind Turbine implemented with WRIG H.R. Najafi, F.V.P. Robinson, F. Dastyar, A.A. Samadi
Session 1.7 - Hybrid Systems
Paper Title Authors
83 Camping Car with Self Power Generation  António Roque, Duarte M. Sousa, Cláudio Casimiro
211 Plug-in electric vehicles integration with renewable energy building facility – building/vehicle interface J. F. Martins, V. Fernão Pires, Luis Gomes, O. Páscoa Dias
176 Simulation Results of a Micro Cogeneration System Using Stella and Matlab in a Residential Environment Ana Aguiar, Marcio Kimpara, João Pinto
162 Modeling And Simulation of a Supervision and Management System of Hybrid Energy Systems for The Pantanal Region Daniela L. C. Carneiro, João O. P. Pinto, Ruben B. Godoy, Alexandra M. A. C. Pinto, Alexandre A. Carniato
183 Zonal Guarantee Technology of Indoor Environment for the Underground Diesel Generator Plant, Part I: Introduction Xibin Ma, Jinsheng Wang, Baoyi Cheng, Wenjie Liu, Guanzhong Peng
184 Zonal Guarantee Technology of Indoor Environment for the Underground Diesel Generator Plant, Part II: Application  Xibin Ma, Jinsheng Wang, Baoyi Cheng, Wenjie Liu, Guanzhong Peng
Session 1.8 - Power Systems I
Paper Title Authors
214 CO2. A New Factor to be Considered on the Design of Electrical Distribution Grids P. Casals, X. Granados, R. Bosch, J.A. Martínez
137 Line Stability Indices for Voltage Collapse Prediction Cláudia Reis, António Andrade, F.P. Maciel
138 Voltage Stability Analysis of Electrical Power System Cláudia Reis, António Andrade, F.P. Maciel
181 Impact of Cross-Border Electricity Trading on Market Participants  I. Androcec, I. Wangensteen, S. Krajcar
120 Game Based Strategic Bidding in Pay as Bid Markets Considering Incomplete Information and Risk Factor A. Mozdawar, B. Khaki, M. H. Asgari, R. Riahi
36 Improvement of Power Quality and Voltage Stability of Load by Battery Energy Storage System  Xiaocong Li, lingyi kong, yiying liao, bo li and zhongyong wang
 
 
19 March 2009
 
Session 2.1 - Power Electronics Applications II
Paper Title Authors
92 Intelligent Power Electronic Systems for the Grid Interaction with Large Scale Integration of RES Yonghua Cheng
112 Advanced Simulation Concept for Interaction of Railway Grid Representation and Model Power Train of AC Locomotive  R. Bartelt, M. Oettmeier, C. Heising, V. Staudt, A. Steimel
113 Multivariable Pole-Placement Control Design for a Single-Phase 50-kW, 16.7-Hz Railway Traction Line-Side Converter C. Heising, M. Oettmeier, R. Bartelt, V. Staudt, A. Steimel
115 Dead-Beat Control for a Single-Phase 50-kW, 16.7-Hz Railway-Grid Representation Inverter Featuring Variable Grid Parameters M. Oettmeier, C. Heising, V. Staudt, A. Steimel
Session 2.2 - Power Quality Issues
Paper Title Authors
101 Impact of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles in the Portuguese Electric Utility System C. Camus, C.M. Silva, T. L. Farias, J. Esteves
218 The CEER and the 4th Benchmarking Report on Quality of Electricity Supply Karstein Brekke, Jorge Esteves, Math Bollen, Luca Lo Schiavo, Ferruccio Villa, Geza Reti, Alfons Haber, Amanda Falcão, Thomas Westergaard, Rémy Kolessar
59 Deterministic and Stochastic Study of the Three-Phase Non-linear Load Behavior  Juan Jose Mesas, Luis Sainz, Albert Ferrer
60 Discharge Lamp Harmonic Interaction Study by Monte Carlo Simulation and Experimental Measurements Juan Jose Mesas, Luis Sainz, Albert Ferrer
186 Voltage Quality Enhancement of PWM AC Voltage Controller Using Particle Swarm Optimization Kouzou Abdellah, Saadi Slami, Mahmoudi Mohaned Oulhadje, Boucherit Mohamed Sghir
Session 2.3 - Switched Relutance Machines
Paper Title Authors
201 Characterization of a New Linear Switched Reluctance Actuator M. R. A. Calado, A. Espírito Santo, S. J. P. S. Mariano, C. M. P. Cabrita
204 Analysis of Different Driving Schemes Applied to a Linear Switched Reluctance Actuator A. Espírito Santo, M. R. A. Calado, C. M. P. Cabrita
130 Position Control of an 8/6 Switched Reluctance Machine without Current Sensor Silviano Rafael, P. J. Costa Branco, A. J. Pires
68 Thermal Analysis of a 30kW Switched Reluctance Starter/Generator System Used in Aircraft Song Shoujun, Liu Weiguo, Uwe Schaefer
79 Impact of Inverter Switching Pattern on the Performance of a Direct Torque Controlled Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drive Saeid Haghbin, Torbjörn Thiringer
Session 2.4 - Energy Storage
Paper Title Authors
156 Supervision of a hybrid system based on photovoltaic arrays and supercapacitors Mélissa Dondas, Firas Alkhalil, Philippe Degobert, Frédéric Colas, Benoit Robyns
217 High Power Supercapacitor’s Solutions for Reliable Power Supply Alexey I.Belyakov, Dalik A.Sojref
216 Comparison of Ultra Capacitors, Hydraulic Accumulators and Batteries Technologies to Optimize Hybrid Vehicle Ecoefficiency Jonathan Nzisabira, Yannick Louvigny, Pierre Duysinx
94 Integrated thin-film rechargeable battery in a thermoelectric scavenging microsystem J. P. Carmo, R. P. Rocha, A. F. Silva, L. M. Gonçalves, J. H. Correia
124 Identification of Electrochemical Model Parameters in PEM Fuel Cells Markku Ohenoja, Kauko Leiviskä
Session 2.5 - Power Systems Control
Paper Title Authors
202 Optimal Output Control: Load Frequency Control of a Large Power System S. J. P. S. Mariano, J. A. N. Pombo, M. R. A. Calado, L. A. F. M. Ferreira
180 Electro-Mechanical Transients of Small Plant Generators Connected to a Transmission Grid Jorge Guillermo Calderón-Guizar, Hugo Francisco García de Alba
48 Dynamics analysis of 220 V DC auxiliary system in power plant using different mathematical models Javor Škare, Tomislav Tomiša, Miroslav Mesić
52 Transient Stability Analysis with Equal Area Criterion Directly Used to a Non-Equivalent Generator Pair Lu Fang, Yu Ji-lai
29 Efficient System Parameter Selection to Prevent Oscillatory Voltage Instability B. Khaki, B. Mozafari
Session 2.6 - Motion Control II
Paper Title Authors
179 Constant Power Electronic Gear for Electrical Vehicle Hugo Pestana, Carlos Ferreira, Hugo Ribeiro, Pedro Matos
61 Multidrive Control for Milling Rotary Tables with Flexible Reduction Stages Oliver Zirn, Andreas Fink
141 PID Controlled Synchronous Motor for Power Factor Correction Ramazan Bayindir, Ilhami Colak, Ersan Kabalci, Alper Gorgun
215 Dynamic Behaviour of DC motor-based Photovoltaic Pumping Systems under Searching MPPT Algorithms  M. A. Elgendy, B. Zahawi, D. J. Atkinson, D. Giaouris
44 A Modified Design of PID Controller For DC Motor Drives Using Particle Swarm Optimization PSO  Adel A. A. El-Gammal, Adel A. El-Samahy
Session 2.7 - Power Systems II
Paper Title Authors
126 Enhancement of Power System Transient Stability and Power Quality using Superconducting Fault Current Limiters  M.E. Almeida, C.S. Rocha, J.A. Dente, P.J. Costa Branco
203 Power House I/O Curves Considering Head Dependency S. J. P. S. Mariano, M. A. B. D. Coimbra, M. R. A. Calado
Ferreira, L.A.F.M.
191 The Design and Optimization of a Photovoltaic Tracking Mechanism Catalin Alexandru
163 Determination of Harmonic Load Characteristics in Distribution Networks of Cities A. Vahidnia, A. Dastfan, M. Banejad
35 Traveling Wave Fault Location Scheme For Jing-Jin Dedicated Passenger Line Electric Railway Traction System Xia MingChao, Wu MingLi
70 Multi-Index Nonlinear Coordinated Control for Battery Energy Storage System and Generator Excitation  Xiaocong Li, Lingyi Kong, Liying Liao, Bo Li and zhongyong wang
Session 2.8 - Reliability and Fault Tolerance
Paper Title Authors
143 Supply Current Polar Chart Analysis of SRM Drives Under Normal and Faulty Operating Conditions Natália S. Gameiro, A. J. Marques Cardoso
123 Control under normal and fault tolerant operation of multiphase SMPM synchronous machines with mechanically and magnetically decoupled phases   F. Baudart, F. Labrique, E. Matagne, D. Telteu, P. Alexandre
187 Reliability Analysis of Power Substation with Common Cause Failure Yoong-Tae Byeon, Kiryang Kwon, Jin-O Kim
106 Application of Data Mining on Fault Detection and Prediction in Boiler of Power Plant Using Artificial Neural Network Elyas Rakhshani, Iman Sariri, Kumars Rouzbehi
33 Simplified Transient Model of Transformer based on Geometrical Dimensions used in Power Network Analysis and Fault Detection Studies  Ebrahim Rahimpour, Mehdi Bigdeli
 
 
20 March 2009
 
Session 3.1 - Wind Techonologies II
Paper Title Authors
129 Dynamic Stability of Wind Turbines with Permanent Magnet Machines and Power-Electronic Converters R. Melício, V.M.F. Mendes, J.P.S. Catalão
41 Wind turbine concentrator design based on moist air phase change J. A. Orosa, E. J. García-Bustelo, J. A. Pérez
160 Alternative Protection System for Wind Turbines with Doubly Fed Induction Generator Iker Esandi, Xabier Juankorena, Jesús López, Luis Marroyo
161 Method to Enable Variable Speed Wind Turbine Primary Regulation Xabier Juankorena, Iker Esandi, Jesús López, Luis Marroyo
166 Modeling and Control of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) Based Wind Conversion System T. Ghennam, E.M.Berkouk, B.François
Session 3.2 - Electrical Machines Design II
Paper Title Authors
197 Conventional and HTS disc motor with pole variation control  D. Inácio, S. Inácio, J. Pina, S. Valtchev, M. Ventim Neves, J. F. A. Martins, A. Leão Rodrigues
172 On the Modeling of Poly-Phase Electric Machines through Vector-Space Decomposition: Theoretical Considerations Alberto Tessarolo
173 On the Modeling of Poly-Phase Electric Machines through Vector-Space Decomposition: Numeric Application Cases   Alberto Tessarolo
196 A New Modeling of Matlab Transformer for Accurate Simulation of Ferroresonance Pouria G. Khorasani, Ali Deihimi
3 Influence of Skin Effect on Torque of Cylindrical Eddy Current Brake Sharifaddin Sharif, Kourosh Sharif
Session 3.3 - FACTS
Paper Title Authors
107 Application of Linear Observer on Control of Subsynchronous Oscillations Using TCSC I. Mohammad Hoseiny Naveh, Elyas Rakhshani, Reza Heidari
39 A Robust Controller for DSTATCOM  P. Harsha Vardhana, B. Kalyan Kumar, Mahesh Kumar
37 Minimization of VA Loading of Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) G. Siva Kumar, P. Harsha Vardhana, B. Kalyan Kumar, Mahesh Kumar Mishra
31 Capacitor Voltage Balancing in Neutral Clamped Inverters for DSTATCOM Application    submission   information  Srikanthan Sridharan, Mahesh Kumar Mishra, Kalyan Kumar Boddeti, Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki
26 Comparative Study of Proportional and TS Fuzzy Controlled GCSC for SSR Mitigation Hossein Ali Mohammadpour, Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Mirhoseini, Abbas Shoulaie
Session 3.4 - Multilevel Power Converters
Paper Title Authors
122 Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing in Three-Phase NPC Converters Using Multicarrier PWM Control Ivo Pereira, António Martins
102 The Design Analysis of a 5-Level Cascaded Voltage Source Inverter with Low THD Ilhami Colak, Ersan Kabalci, Ramazan Bayindir, Seref Sagiroglu
133 An advanced three phase five level PWM rectifier Youssef Ounejjar, Kamal Al-Haddad, Luc-André Grégoire
97 Analysis of Implementation Possibilities and Benefits of Three-Level Half-Bridge NPC Topology in Static Auxiliary Converters for Rolling Stock Tanel Jalakas, Dmitri Vinnikov
87  Simulation and Evaluation of Control Methods for the Rolling Stock Static Auxiliary Converter Based on Three-Level NPC Inverter Topology Dmitri Vinnikov, Tanel Jalakas, Indrek Roasto
Session 3.5 - Motion Control III
Paper Title Authors
98 Neural Networks Based Power Flow Control of the Doubly Fed Induction Generator Orlando Soares, Henrique Gonçalves, António Martins, Adriano Carvalho
151 A New Open-Loop Control Method for Stepping Motor Driving Pedro Sousa, Stanimir Valtchev, Mário V. Neves, Amadeu L. Rodrigues
121 Real time Implementation of Backstepping Controller in Indirect field oriented control of Induction motor drive F. Mehazzem, A. Reama, Y. Hamam, H. Benalla
155 Novel Switched Reluctance Machine Synthesis Algorithm Based on Voltage PAM Control Strategy for Machine Design Optimization   Ali Deihimi
51 MRAS-ANN Based Sensorless Speed Control For Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drive Y. Sayouti, A. Abbou, M. Akherraz, H. Mahmoudi
Session 3.6 - Education
Paper Title Authors
170 Modeling for Computer Simulation as a Tool for the Teaching of Transient Power Systems L. Sousa Martins, Dulce Costa, J. F. Martins, V. Fernão Pires
209 Power Electronics Didactic Modules for Direct Current Machine Control Armando Cordeiro, Daniel Foito, Manuel Guerreiro
177 TESE - A Tool for Teaching Semiconductor Theory Rogério Santos, Rui Chibante, Armando Araújo, Adriano Carvalho
58 The learning process implementation of the Marine Engineer’s Thermodynamics by the EES software according to European studies J. A. Orosa, J. R. Calvo
117 Web-based Experiment introducing Power Quality and Active Filters  Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel, Pavol Bauer, Stefan Menzner
Session 3.7 - Load Forecasting
Paper Title Authors
165 Short-term Load Forecasting using information obtained from Low Voltage Load Profiles  João M. C. Sousa, Luís M. P. Neves, Humberto M. M. Jorge
118 A STLF in distribution systems - A short comparative study between ANFIS Neuro-Fuzzy and ANN approaches - part I P. J. Santos, S. Rafael, P.  Lobato, A. J. Pires
100 A STLF in distribution systems - A short comparative study between ANFIS Neuro-Fuzzy and ANN approaches - part II    S. Rafael, P. Santos, P. Lobato, A. J. Pires
20 One day ahead load forecasting for electricity
market of Iran by ANN
A. Azadeh, S. F. Ghaderi, B. Pourvalikhan Nokhandan
189 Artificial Neural Networks and Regression Approaches Comparison for Forecasting Iran’s Annual Electricity Load A. Ghanbari, A. Naghavi, S. F. Ghaderi, M. Sabaghian
Session 3.8 - Fault Diagnosis
Paper Title Authors
50 The use of particle swarm optimisation for the tracking of Induction motor faulty lines Hubert Razik, Mauricio Corrêa, Edison da Silva
192 Online efficiency diagnostic method of three phase asynchronous machines Johann Peter Bacher
46 Using a Sinosoidal PWM to Estimate the ESR of Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Acácio M. R. Amaral, A. J. Marques Cardoso
140 Development of a Novel Single Chip solution for a Motor Protection Relay Srivats Shukla, D. N. Vishwakarma
 
       

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