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The understanding of the Mexican Energetic Reform as an immediate application of the acquired knowledge in the Electricity and Magnetism Course at Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México (Tec de Monterrey - CCM) is presented. Hybrid learning activities were designed to fully exploit and transform the classroom experience. Ethical reflections and citizenship discussions added an out-of-the-box...
We study a graph partitioning problem for electrical grids such that a given grid is partitioned into multiple ones that are self-contained concerning electricity balance. Our goal is to find a resilient partition against time-changing power demand and supply over the year. In this paper, we investigate two graph partitioning algorithms applying them to a synthesized dataset based on realistic assumptions...
We study a clustering problem for electrical grids. Our goal is to find an optimal partition that minimizes the cost of constructing a set of self-sufficient microgrids. To obtain a better solution accommodating smaller microgrids, we develop a verification algorithm that determines whether microgrids can balance their electricity surplus through electricity exchange with each other. Our preliminary...
Prepaid metering can be an important technology for effective demand side management. However, successful adoption of this technology is hinged on a positive user experience. Hence, consumer perceptions have to be taken into account even at the early stages of development and prior to the deployment of this technology. Two consumer studies on electricity prepaid metering were conducted in the province...
There is consensus that urbanization contains great potential in domestic demand in China, especially for policy-makers. China's urbanization rate reached to 51.3% in 2011 and urban population outnumbered rural population for the first time. But there is still a long way to go when compared with developed countries. What impact will have on electricity demand in the process of rapid advance of urbanization?...
This article discusses the distributed solar power deployment initiative at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). It is an ongoing project that will deploy 3.3 MW of solar power at UVI. The project needs, benefits, design, and financing for the initiative are discussed. UVI is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A brief introduction to the U.S. Virgin Islands is presented first, providing background...
The ubiquitous public park is a mix of several technologies that are related to ecology, security, economy, technology, social and entertainment. The article's main purpose is about a ubiquitous watering electricity and irrigation system that offers a self-sufficiency of resources mainly electricity and water. Moreover, the system provides the automation and the periodicity of irrigation to ensure...
The use of battery electric vehicles (BEV) has not seen equal treatment across the US with consumers in non-urban and rural areas reporting themselves as the least likely group to consider purchasing a BEV. Studies show that rural customers are more susceptible to longer daily driving distances, insufficient charging infrastructure, and lower consumer awareness, all of which decrease BEV adoption...
This study aims to measure the public's knowledge about renewable energy sources, their willingness to use solar energy as a main source in their households, and to understand their main motivation in undergoing (or not) such an energy shift; hence, potential influencing factors that will help win public support can be determined. A survey is tailored in order to capture relevant public belief, perception,...
Smart Grids are current stage in power grids evolution. This trend brings increased demands on network management and it results in the need for greater involvement of ICT technologies to power grids. In telecommunications, managing large ICT networks is traditionally handled at high level and has been described by standardized process frameworks. One of the most important process frameworks is Frameworx...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the research activities and recognize the realization of a European virtual registry of underground infrastructure on cloud. In order to create a harmonized virtual registry of infrastructures at European level, the research intends to develop procedures for the preparation of maps and regulatory provisions as well as the main cloud registry. The infrastructure...
Mountains of data are symbol of the smart city. In order to make the design better for future we have to analysis the historical data to find the trends and the potential pattern. The best way to solve the challenge of processing huge number of data as the development of smart city is using mathematical model. In this report power load of a domestic area is used as an example. The objective is to...
The primary objective of this study is to provide a broad overview of existence problems in Afghanistan distribution networks, by means of direct and indirect observation to understand sufficiently where an optimal theory of solution fit into the problem to be able to formulate and evaluate a criterion for optimization and solution. There are proposed the main three general attributes to be optimized...
Adoption of the electric car to mitigate air pollution and climate change: myth or reality? This study aims to bring out the energy and climate mitigation impacts of mass introduction of electric cars in city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A working scenario of 10 percent penetration of electric cars replacing gasoline-powered vehicles by 2020 and 20 percent by 2030 was set. The impact on the energy mix and...
the demand response(DR) is becoming the focus of the smart grid construction, as an important measure of DR, Time-of-use(TOU) power price are used more extensively. It is necessary to play to the role of TOU to guide the power consumption according to the demand response, improve the efficiency of electric power resource allocation and the social benefit of power. In this paper, the problem about...
Urbanization is an important carrier of China building a moderately prosperous society, promoting new urbanization has greatly increased the demand for energy, as the platform of various types of energy conversion and efficient use, distribution network for the development of new urbanization play the fundamental role. The network structures for a large number of clean energy access, coordination...
Most of the countries have given emphasis to get rid of “Energy Crisis”. Bangladesh is not excluded from that. Since we could not properly eradicate the problem, we are suffering from serious load shedding. The city dwellers use IPS as an instant solution without knowing the economic and environmental effects in the long run. Green energy could be a suitable replacement of IPS to avoid the unexpected...
Households constitute an important target group for energy conservation. Understanding the occupant's behavior and defining the factors that considerable affect the electricity consumption will contribute to improving the energy performance of buildings. An online survey was therefore conducted and 221 questionnaires were completed to provide the necessary data. The present study links the demographics...
In this paper a new approach for electricity consumption scheduling for smart grids/cities in price-directed electricity markets is presented. The new approach, named virtual cost, integrates electricity price forecasting and load forecasting to obtain an optimal consumption pattern. The goal of virtual cost approach is to provide the springboard for automated consumption scheduling with minimum human...
This paper describes the pilot experimentation performed at neighbourhood level in the XI Municipality of Rome. The experimentation is performed by transferring electricity surplus from different buildings (without giving back the energy in excess to the ACEA utitlity supplier) thanks to the use of Odysseus — Open Dynamic System Management of energy supply, demand and storage in urban areas. This...
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