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Power Quality & Utilization Guide
Energy Efficiency
DC power distribution for server farms
-- Introduction
-- Power distribution architectures
---- AC power distribution
---- DC power distribution
-- Reliability
-- Efficiency
-- Promising emerging technologies for supporting DC power distribution
-- Status of DC distribution in industry
-- Conclusions
-- References
eceee 2007 Summer Study
-- Panel 1: The foundations of a future energy policy. Longer term strategies
---- A step into the unknown: feed-in tariff for energy saving
---- Call for oil independence – highlights the need for energy efficiency
---- Carbon governance from a systems perspective: an investigation of food production and consumption in the UK
---- Developing a strategy to speed up large-scale adoption of compressed-natural-gas-driven (CNG) cars
---- Enough is as good as a feast: sufficiency as policy
---- Financing energy efficiency investments in the housing sector and small-scale energy systems
---- Integrating policies for renewables and energy efficiency: Comparing results from Germany, Luxembourg and Northern Ireland
---- Liberating energy analysis
---- Microgrids: An emerging paradigm for meeting building electricity and heat requirements efficiently and with appropriate energy
---- Mission possible: bringing end-use energy efficiency to the European Emissions Trading Scheme
---- Reaching our potential: a framework for making the most of microgeneration technologies
---- Social acceptability of climate change policies
---- Strategic fit of energy efficiency (Strategic and cultural dimensions of energy-efficiency investments)
---- Sustainable energy end use from a systems perspective
---- The blessings of energy efficiency in an enhanced EU sustainability scenario
---- The UKERC Meeting Place: a new model for stimulating the energy debate
---- Turning the appliance market around towards A++
---- Which allocation rule generates true price signals for the CO2 allowance market?
---- Will efficient technologies save the world? A call for new thinking on the ways that end-use technologies affect energy use
-- Panel 2: Strategies and general policies
---- A turning point for the “Intelligent Energy Europe” programme
---- Achieving energy savings in the residential and service sector: A challenging case study
---- Applied policy measures for energy savings in end-use sectors in EU-countries: what is best?
---- Development of the Dutch Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Energy efficiency initiatives: Indian experience
---- Energy efficiency representation in the EU: the missing links and options
---- European Commission Action Plan on Energy Efficiency – From the public consultation to the real outcomes for stakeholders
---- How to kick start a market for EPC Lessons learned from a mix of measures in Sweden
---- Implementation aspects of the EU Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services in Germany
---- Increasing energy efficiency in government institutions
---- Investments in energy saving measures in Italy and UK: the impact of national support schemes
---- Is there a silver bullet? – A comparative assessment of twenty policy instruments applied worldwide
---- Latest developments of the ESCO industry across Europe
---- Linking promotion strategies for RES-E and for demand-side conservation in a dynamic European electricity market
---- Simulating a European-wide white certificates scheme: design issues and main lessons
---- Smart electricity metering as an energy efficiency instrument: Comparative analyses of regulation and market conditions in EU
---- Supply chain and government collaboration
---- Taking out one billion tons of CO2: the magic of China’s 11th five year plan?
---- The action of EDF in end-use energy efficiency
---- Toothless tiger? Is the EU action plan on energy efficiency sufficient to reach its target?
---- Transaction costs of energy efficiency policy instruments
---- White Certificates for energy efficiency improvement with energy taxes: A theoretical economic model
-- Panel 3: Local and regional activities
---- 3-fold initiative for energy planning and sustainable development at local level (3-NITY)
---- A review of initiatives to reduce energy-related CO2 emissions from the city of Oxford: past, present and future
---- A successful strategy for energy efficient public buildings
---- ACT LOCAL – in a European wide network – e5 and the European Energy Award
---- Bolder Boulder: A city’s quest to meet Kyoto when federal policies fail
---- Does the promotion of photovoltaics in schools influence energy behaviours: An evaluation of a solar schools initiative
---- Energy savings from intelligent metering and behavioural change in local and regional public sector buildings
---- Energy Survival: entertainment as a resource for local energy actions
---- Intelligent street lighting in Oslo, Norway
---- Light Bulb Fund Raiser leverages community groups in energy efficiency and peak shaving initiative
---- Local government energy action in the UK: from service delivery to community leadership
---- Micro-financing of renewable energy systems
---- Sustainable energy in disadvantaged communities: New approaches from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Slovakia
---- The impact of the EU Emission Trading Scheme on the diffusion of climate protection innovations
---- The Rõuge renewable energy park: En route to zero-CO2 community in rural Estonia
---- Wind power planning in France (Aveyron), from State regulation to local planning
---- “klima:aktiv energieeffiziente betriebe” (climate:active energy efficient companies)
-- Panel 4: Monitoring and evaluation
---- Evaluating the impact of energy labelling and MEPS – a retrospective look at the case of refrigerators in the UK and Australia
---- How much energy saving is 1 % per year?
---- Uncertainties in the evaluation of energy savings potential
-- Panel 6: Products and Appliances
---- Accounting for electricity consumption in buildings and evaluating the saving potential
---- Do energy efficient appliances cost more?
---- Energy efficiency and conservation: Is solid state lighting a bright idea?
-- Panel 9: Dynamics of Consumption
eceee 2009 Summer Study
-- Panel 1: Panel 1. The foundations of future energy policies: Initiating change and breaking walls
---- Energy efficiency as a resource in the ISO New England forward capacity market
---- The savings of energy saving: quantifying interactions between energy supply and demand side policies for Portugal
eCourse on Integrated Home Systems
-- Chapter 1 - Definition of integrated home systems
---- 1. Introduction
---- 2. The situation without integrated home systems
------ 2.1. History of the electrical installation
-------- 2.1.1. The traditional electrical installation
-------- 2.1.2. The installation with remote-controlled switches
-------- 2.1.3. Lighting control systems
-------- 2.1.4. Other intelligent control systems
------ 2.2. Electricity clients in the home
------ 2.3. Quality time
------ 2.4. Problem
---- 3. Definition of integrated home systems
---- 4. Analysis of the definition
------ 4.1. Integrated system
-------- 4.1.1. Example of integration
------ 4.2. All electrical equipment
------ 4.3. Home
------ 4.4. Increasing comfort
------ 4.5. Increasing flexibility
-------- 4.5.1. Long term flexibility
-------- 4.5.2. Short term flexibility
------ 4.6. Increasing communication
------ 4.7. Increasing safety and security
-------- 4.7.1. Fire protection
-------- 4.7.2. Security against burglars
-------- 4.7.3. The panic button
-------- 4.7.4. Personal alarm
------ 4.8. Improving energy consumption
---- 5. Integrated home systems versus other systems
------ 5.1. Home automation
------ 5.2. Building automation
-- Chapter 2 - Integrated home system functions
---- 1. Introduction
---- 2. Thinking in terms of integrated home systems versus traditional thinking
------ The intentions of the residents
---- 3. Functions in integrated home systems
------ Example
---- 4. Specific functions of integrated home systems
------ 4.1. Light path to the children's room
------ 4.2. Light path to the WC
------ 4.3. Little Eva is awake
------ 4.4. Surgeon D. is on call
------ 4.5. Corridor lighting 100% during the day and 30% at night
------ 4.6. Mood buttons in the living room and kitchen
------ 4.7. Intelligent all out button
------ 4.8. Bathroom fan
------ 4.9. Stairwell controller with flashing LED
---- 5. Identifying requirements
-- Chapter 3 - The integrated home system file
---- 1. Introduction
---- 2. Drawing with a computer
------ 2.1. Using layers
---- 3. Definition of the problem
------ 3.1. The architect's drawings
------ 3.2. Addition of an integrated home system pushbutton
---- 4. The integrated home system file
------ 4.1. Collecting information
------ 4.2. The order of the work
------ 4.3. Drawing the floor plans
-------- 4.3.1. The layer for the lights
-------- 4.3.2. The power sockets layer
-------- 4.3.3. The motors layer
-------- 4.3.4. The other consumers
-------- 4.3.5. The pushbuttons
-------- 4.3.6. The touch panels
-------- 4.3.7. The motion detectors
-------- 4.3.8. The light sensors
-------- 4.3.9. The temperature sensors
-------- 4.3.10. Other sensors and subsystems
------ 4.4. The spreadsheets
-------- 4.4.1. The list of consumers
-------- 4.4.2. The list of pushbuttons
---------- Example
-------- 4.4.3. Other lists
-------- 4.4.4. The connection of the pushbuttons
------ 4.5. Additional drawings
------ 4.6. The single-line diagram
-------- 4.6.1. Overvoltage protection
-------- 4.6.2. The integrated home system relays
-------- 4.6.3. Dimmers
-------- 4.6.4. Motors
------ 4.7. Drawing of the distribution box
------ 4.8. Benefits of the integrated home system file
-- Chapter 4 - Integrated home systems, a technical examination
---- 1. Centralised, decentralised or semi-centralised intelligence
------ 1.1. Centralised systems
-------- 1.1.1. Advantages and disadvantages of centralised systems
------ 1.2. Decentralised systems
-------- Advantages and disadvantages of decentralised systems
------ 1.3. Semi-centralised systems
---- 2. Topology
------ 2.1. Star topology
------ 2.2. Bus topology
------ 2.3. Tree topology or free topology
---- 3. Media used
------ 3.1. Multicable
------ 3.2. TP Twisted Pair
------ 3.3. PL Powerline
------ 3.4. Coax
------ 3.5. Radio frequency
------ 3.6. Infrared
------ 3.7. Optical fibre
---- 4. Integrated home system components
------ 4.1. The consumers
------ 4.2. The actuators
------ 4.3. The sensors
-------- 4.3.1. Switches and pushbuttons
-------- 4.3.2. Operating panels
-------- 4.3.3. Voltage-free contacts
-------- 4.3.4. Touch screen
-------- 4.3.5. The touch window
-------- 4.3.6. RF transmitters
-------- 4.3.7. Infrared remote controls
-------- 4.3.8. Telephone (fixed and mobile)
-------- 4.3.9. Motion detectors
-------- 4.3.10. Presence detectors
-------- 4.3.11. Smoke detectors
-------- 4.3.12. Gas detectors
-------- 4.3.13. Magnetic contacts
-------- 4.3.14. Thermostats
-------- 4.3.15. Temperature sensors
-------- 4.3.16. Level sensors
-------- 4.3.17. Water leak detector
-------- 4.3.18 Humidity detectors
-------- 4.3.19. Light sensors
-------- 4.3.20. Wind sensors
-------- 4.3.21. Rain sensors
-------- 4.3.22. Weather station
-------- 4.3.23. The PDA
-------- 4.3.24. The computer
-------- 4.3.25. Card readers and proximity readers
-------- 4.3.26. Code panels
-------- 4.3.27. Biometric detectors
---- 5. Safety and security in and around the home
------ 5.1. Positioning of integrated home system components in wet rooms
------ 5.2. Manual operation of roll-down shutters and doors
------ 5.3. Switching off outdoor power points
------ 5.4. Take care with clocks
---- 6. Installation techniques and tips
------ 6.1. Protecting relay modules
------ 6.2. Fitting overvoltage protection
------ 6.3. Avoiding large loops with integrated home systems cables
------ 6.4. Drawing up a risk assessment
------ 6.5. EMC
------ 6.6. CE mark
------ 6.7. Earthing of modules
------ 6.8. Use the specified cables
------ 6.9. Respect the maximum distances
------ 6.10. Use of screening
------ 6.11. Keep cables with different voltages away from one another
------ 6.12. Use of multicable
------ 6.13. Labelling cables and wires
------ 6.14. Good connecting techniques
------ 6.15. Fitting terminating resistors
------ 6.16. Filters in powerline systems
------ 6.17. Note the addresses of bus participants
------ 6.18. Calculation of the power supply
------ 6.19. Select the right relay contacts
-------- 6.19.1. Resistive loads
-------- 6.19.2. Inductive loads
-------- 6.19.3. Capacitive loads
-------- 6.19.4. Switch-on currents
------ 6.20. Connection of tube motors
------ 6.21. Operating components at a usable height
------ 6.22. Positioning of thermostats or temperature sensors
------ 6.23. Maintaining flexibility
-------- 6.23.1. Multicable
-------- 6.23.2. Separate cabling for pushbuttons
---- 7. Links to producers
-- Chapter 5 - Structured cabling in the home
---- 1. Introduction
---- 2. The basics
---- 3. The traditional installation method
---- 4. Smart installation methods
------ 4.1. Abitana
------ 4.2. Gardy (Schneider Electric)
------ 4.3. Reichle & De-Massari
---- 5. Installation tips
---- 6. Links to producers
Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation
-- EPQU Journal Volume 13 Issue 2
-- EPQU Magazine Volume 3 Issue 1
---- About EPQU Magazine
---- Featured content
---- Video interviews
---- Reader questions and answers
---- Reader contribution
---- 13th IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP)
-- Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Electric Power Quality and Utilisation
---- Plenary presentations
------ A New Vision of PQ Research for the Next 10 Years
---- Distributed Generation and Renewable Energies
------ A New Heuristic Network Reconfiguration Algorithm for Radial Distribution System
------ A Study of Electric Power Quality using Storage System in Distributed Generation
------ An Anti-islanding Control System for Distributed Generation Plants with Synchronous Machines
------ Analyzing the quality of supply under the insight of DC networks
------ Assess the impact of photovoltaic generation systems on low-voltage network: software analysis tool development
------ Comparison between solar and wind energy in Lebanon
------ Compensation of Fast Changing Loads - Application Example Wind Turbines
------ Control of a DFIG-based wind system in presence of large grid faults: analysis of voltage ride through capability
------ Coordinated Reactive Compensation in a Wind Park
------ Designing Fault-Tolerant Power Infrastructure
------ Development and implementation of a Condition Monitoring System in a Substation
------ Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Sources in Poland
------ Distributed Generation Impact on Voltage Sags in Distribution Networks
------ Exploitation of renewable power sources for local consumers' Reservation
------ Field Demonstration on Multiple Power Quality Supply System in Sendai, Japan
------ Grid Connected Wind Turbine-Fuel Cell Power System Having Power Quality Issues
------ IEC 61850 as a flexible tool for electrical systems Monitoring
------ Impact of Distributed Generation over Power Losses on Distribution System
------ Impact of embedded generation on the voltage quality of distribution networks
------ Improving power quality with coordinated voltage control in networks with dispersed generation
------ Innovative training techniques to account for power quality issues when deploying Distributed Energy Resources
------ Micro storage and Demand Side Management in distributed PV grid-connected installati
------ Reliability and Continuity of Supply
------ Reliability of large power units in probabilistic approach
------ Steady State Model of 100kWe SOFC Power Conditioning System
------ Study of Power Fluctuation from Dispersed Generations and loads and its impact on a Distribution Network
------ Study on Adaptive Power System Stabilizing Control
------ The Load Flow Calculation in Harmonic Polluted Radial Electric Networks with Distributed Generation
------ Estimation of Energy Losses in a Wind Park
------ Harmonic effects caused by large scale PV installations in LV network
---- Education
------ A Free Simulator Program for Teaching Power Quality Concepts
------ Laboratory of Distributed Generation
------ Power quality between necessity and tradition in master courses curricula of Romanian electrical engineering faculties
------ Power quality education using a remote monitoring laboratory
---- EMC
------ Analysis of HV and MV Networks Faults Effect on Short Drops
------ Assessment of Electromagnetic Disturbances Transfer between Networks
------ Earthing System’s Design in Presence of Non-uniform Soil
------ Effects of voltage sags on different types of ballasts for 150-W HPS lamps
------ Feasibility Study of Advancing and Sitting up Power Line Communication (PLC) System under Environment of EMC on the Ships
------ Flicker Impact on 150 W HPS Lamps of Different Ages
------ Frequency Converters as Generators of Interharmonics
------ Frequency Determination in a Single-Phase Voltage Signal using Adaptative Notch Filters
------ High Voltage Auxiliary Power Supply with the Simplified Power Circuit Topology for the DC Trains
------ Human Exposure to Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields inside a Very High Voltage Power Station
------ Magnetic field reduction study for low voltage distribution panels located in MV/LV substations
------ Magnetic Lossess Simulation in PM SM Drive by FE: Harmonic Superposition by Method of Locked Rotor
------ Numerical Methods for Induced Voltage Evaluation in Electromagnetic Interference Problems
------ Possible Design of Bus Bar Construction for Matrix Converter
------ Virtual Synchronous Machine
------ Voltage Quality Improvement in Distribution Networks
---- Energy Efficiency
------ Energy efficiency of distribution transformers in Europe
------ Energy Efficient Transformer Selection Implementing Life Cycle Costs and Environmental Externalities
------ Standby Power Consumption in Belgium
------ The High-Frequency Interferences Produced in Systems Including Pulse Width Modulation Inverter and AC Motors
------ Total Reliable Efficiency (TRE) - A global approach for continuous energy improvement
------ Utilization of the standard-voltage-range in low-voltage networks for the usage of Local-Energy-Controllers without affecting PQ
---- Harmonics
------ Application Examples of Broadband Active Harmonic Filter Systems in Four Specific Industries
------ Choice of harmonic filters for high voltage networks with distributed nonlinear load
------ Harmonics Consideration of a RSFCL in a 11kV Distribution System
------ Power System Harmonic Estimation Using Neural Networks
------ Practical Application of a Method for Determining Customer and Utility Harmonic Contributions
------ Reducing Heat in a Transformer and increasing its Loading Capacity, by decreasing the Percentage of Harmonics and Reactive Power
---- Markets, economic aspects
------ Analysis of Electrical Power Sale Costs by the Use of “Sensitivity Analysis” Method
------ Analysis of the Main Norms (standards) and Laws on Electrical Energy in Europe and Romania
------ Creating a Regulatory Framework for Voltage Quality
------ Economical Damage due to Low Power Quality
------ Electrical Power Delivery improvement in Portugal through Quality Function Deployment
------ Methodology for Assessment of Financial Losses due to Voltage Sags and Short Interruptions
------ Need of Voltage Quality Regulation in the Future Electricity Infrastructure
------ Overview of Electricity Deregulation, Power Quality and Energy Efficiency Studies in Turkey
------ Pan-European Power Quality Survey
------ Planning for “High Quality” Distribution Networks
------ Power Quality in Romanian Electricity Market
------ The costs of keeping reliability of electrical devices in Power Entreprise
------ Voltage Quality Issues in a Competitive Electricity Market
---- Power Quality measurement
------ Power Quality Monitoring System - Voltage Dips and Short Interruptions
------ A New Approach to Reactive Power Calculation of the Static VAr Compensator
------ A New Ultra-low-cost Power Quality Measurement Technology
------ Adaptive digital synchronization of measuring window in low-cost DSP power quality measurement Systems
------ An assessment of distortions of supply voltage waveform in All-Electric Ship Power Network - Case Study
------ An Experimental Evaluation of Short-Time Flicker Index
------ Building permanent PQ monitoring system on MV network in Elektra Zagreb, Croatia
------ Data System for The Monitoring of Power Quality in The Transmission Substations Supplying Big Consumers
------ Development of a Photovoltaic Array Emulator System based on a Full-Bridge Structure
------ DFT algorithm analysis in low-cost power quality measurement systems based on a DSP processor.
------ Estimation of power system parameters based on load variance observations – laboratory studies
------ Field Measurements on Wind Turbines: a Voltage Dip Characterization under the Spanish Grid Code
------ Flickermeter Used for Different Types of Lamps
------ GPS-synchronized harmonic measurements performed on a 400kV transmission network
------ Influence of Power Factor Compensating Capacitors on Estimation of Harmonic Distortion
------ Methods for power quality analysis according to EN 50160
------ Metrological Supervision of Electrical Energy Meters in Substations up to 35 kV
------ Monitoring Power Quality beyond EN 50160 and IEC 61000-4-30
------ New Developments in Power Quality Immunity and Voltage Sag Standards: Hands-on Applications in North America, Asia, and Europe
------ Power Quality Effects on the Measurement of Reactive Power in Three-Phase Power Systems in the Light of the IEEE Standard 1459-2
------ Power Quality Monitoring in the Romanian High Voltage Grid
------ Single-Point Strategies for the Detection of Harmonic Sources in Power Systems
------ System of Monitoring Power Quality Parameters in Real Time
------ The design and construction of a power quality Parameters Recorder
------ The impact of FIFA World Cup 2006 on Power Quality in the electric distribution systems
------ The importance of IEC 61000-4-30 Class A for the Coordination of Power Quality Levels
------ Validation techniques of network harmonic models based on switching of a series linear component and measuring resultant harmoni
---- PQ Improvement and distributed loads
------ A Control Algorithm for Hybrid Compensation of Fast Varying Loads
------ A new power supply system for AC Contactor Ride-through
------ Active Compensation of Harmonics in Industrial Applications
------ Active Earthing System to Optimise Power Quality in MV Networks
------ Application of DSTATCOM compensators for mitigation of power quality disturbances in low voltage grid with distributed generatio
------ Central Control System Based on Genetic Algorithms to Improve Power Quality
------ Control of Dynamic Voltage Restorer using TMS320F2812
------ Damped-Type Double Tuned Filters Design for HVDC Systems
------ Dynamic Harmonic Mitigation and Power Factor Correction
------ Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) Using Three Dimensional Space Vector PWM Control Algorithm
------ Electric Arc Furnace Modelling from a 'Power Quality' Point of View
------ Electrical Power Quality Improvement using a DSP Controlled Active Power Filter
------ Harmonic Emission of Double Stage Converter for Auxiliary Services in Electric Trains
------ Improving the Voltage Regulation of Secondary Feeders by Applying Solid-State Tap Changers to MV/LV Transformers
------ Inductive Decoupling of Low-Voltage Sub-Networks
------ Integrated Approach for Power Quality requirements at the Point of Connection
------ LC Coupled Shunt Active Power Filter (APF): New topology and control method
------ Matrix Converter for Reducing Harmonics in Micro-Turbine Generation System
------ Modeling for Passive Hybrid Filter Performance Analysis
------ Optimization of the Compensation of a Meshed MV Network by a Modified Genetic Algorithm
------ PFC units sizing in steel factory harmonics environment: a case study
------ Photovoltaic-inverters as Active Filters to improve Power Quality in the Grid. What can State-of-the-art Equipment Achieve?
------ Problems of Passive Filters Application in System with Varying Frequency
------ Propagation of Unbalance in Electric Power Systems
------ Recursive Control for Active Power Filters
------ Techno-economic Improvement of Voltage Sag Performance with FACTS Devices
------ Voltage Phase Controller for Power Systems
------ Voltage Sag Cost Reduction With Optimally Placed FACTS Devices
---- Reliability and Continuity of Supply
------ Decentralized control of a different rated parallel UPS systems
------ Design of Emergency Power Systems for Reliable Uninterrupted High Power Applications
------ Development of Search Space Establishment-less Type High Speed Genetic Algorithm Considering Mutation Rate
------ Electrical Power Quality Improvement In the Eastern European Region
------ Methodologies and Tools for Electric Power System Reliability Assessment on HL I and HL II Levels
------ New Power Quality Solutions Custom Designed For Industrial Applications
------ Problems of deployment of RC switching elements in distribution MV networks for improving reliability of power supply
------ Reactive power control in transmission network as a tool for reliable supply
------ Regulation of the Electricity Supply Continuity and Decision Making of Distribution Companies
------ Reliability Analysis of Distribution Networks
------ Reliability Centered Maintenance
------ Selection criteria of high-power static UPS
------ The reliability evaluation of a power system in presence of photovoltaic and wind power generation plants and UPS
------ INCA: A Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Supply Reliability Indices
------ Energy Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
---- Sensitivity of loads
------ A study of voltage sags in electric motors
------ An Innovative Approach for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor by estimation of Rotor Time constant
------ Characterisation of CSS supplied emergency lighting equipment
------ CIGRE/CIRED/UIE JWG C4.110, Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations
------ Contributions to Analysis of Energetical Performances of Auxiliary Equipments of Luminaires
------ Effects of voltage sags on different types of ballasts for 150-W HPS lamps
------ Electrical Quality Requirements for Scientific Applications. The ALBA Synchrotron Light Source Case
------ Influence of modulation frequency on the properties of the induction motor, which is supplied from frequency converter
------ Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Short-Term Voltage Variations (Sags) on Power Electronic Equipment
------ Power quality problems in unbalanced operations of fault tolerant H-bridge multilevel active front-ends
------ Series-Connected DC-DC Power Converters for Low-Voltage DC Source in Distributed Generation
------ Static Switches for their use on Capacitors Batteries Connection
------ Switching Power Supplies: Analysis of Waveform Distortion and Absorbed Powers
---- Simulation & modelling
------ Analysis of Voltage Profile And Its Improvement In Harmonic Included Distribution Systems
------ ANETO: A System for the Automatic Generation of Theoretical Network Models
------ Case Studies of Harmonic Problems, Analysis, and Solutions on Transmission Systems
------ Computer Aided Online Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motors
------ CPC Power Theory as Control Algorithm of Switching Compensators
------ Evaluation and Trends of Power Quality Indices in Distribution System
------ Fast Varying Loads
------ Flashover Rate due to Lightning in Overhead Distribution Lines
------ Harmonic Current Vector Method with Reference Impedances - Field Measurement Verification
------ Impedance Measurement of a Fuel Cell on Load
------ Limitations of the IRP p-q Theory as Control Algorithm of Switching Compensators
------ Monitoring Harmonic Sources in Distrubtion System by Neural Network Estimator
------ Simulation of Electric Quantities in Lighting Networks
------ Time-Series Load Modelling and Load Forecasting Using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques
------ Using Complex Adaline for the Direct Symmetrical Components Estimation
------ Visual management of Sags and Incidents gathered in Distribution Substations for Power Quality Management
------ Voltage Estimation in Electrical Distribution Systems
-- Register to EPQU tutorials day at EPQU Conference, Barcelona
---- 1-Practical Power Quality at World-wide Industrial and Commercial Sites by Alex Mc Eachern
---- 2-Cost of Power Quality by LPQI & CIGRE
---- 3-Energy storage for power quality & reliability by A T De Almeida & J Delgado
---- 4-Understanding power quality measurement & fault disturbances by David Mueller
---- 5-Evolution of electrical design practice in office buildings between 2000 & 2005 by Angelo Baggini
---- 6-Electric Energy Efficiency System: Costs and Benefits by Juan Martinez
Energy Efficiency Policy & Measures
-- Australia
---- Part 01: Greenlight Australia
---- Part 02: Funding for Low Emissions Technology and Abatement
---- Part 03: Voluntary Building Industry Initiatives
---- Part 04: Standards for Energy Efficiency of Electric Motor Systems (SEEEM) Membership
---- Part 05: Performance Standards and 5-Star Rating for Buildings: MEPS and NatHERs
---- Part 06: Energy Efficiency Opportunities Programme
---- Part 07: Phase Out of Inefficient Lightbulbs
---- Part 08: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
---- Part 09: National Framework for Energy Efficiency (Stage Two)
---- Part 10: Framework Strategy and Planned Emissions Trading Scheme
-- Austria
---- Part 01: EE Housing Programmes - Constitutional Treaty Between Austrian Federation and Länder
---- Part 02: Energy Consulting: klima:aktiv leben to Employ Chimney-Sweepers as Climate Ambassadors
---- Part 03: Quick-Check Online Household Energy Efficiency Calculator
---- Part 04: Federal Promotion of Extraordinary Efficiency in Buildings
---- Part 05: Consumer Guide to Energy Efficient Products
---- Part 06: Bilateral Partnerships to Promote Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
---- Part 07: Expert System for an Intelligent Supply of Thermal Energy in Industry (EINSTEIN)
---- Part 08: Energy Efficiency Action Plan
-- Belgium
---- Part 01: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
---- Part 02: Energy Fund Grants for Small-Scale Heat Generation – Wallonia
-- Canada
---- Part 01: Sustainable Technology Development Canada
---- Part 02: Energy Retrofit Assistance for Implementation Projects (ERA-I)
---- Part 03: Appliance Standards: Harmonization with Energy Star and California Standards for Beverage Vending Machines
---- Part 04: Appliance Standards: Harmonisation with Energy Star and California Standards for Commercial Freezers and Refrigerators
---- Part 05: Efficiency Upgrade for Dry-Type Transformers
---- Part 06: Efficiency Upgrade and Energy Star-Standard Harmonization for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
---- Part 07: Turning the Corner: An Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution
---- Part 08: Trust fund for Clean Air and Climate Change
---- Part 09: ecoENERGY Retrofit - Small and Medium Organizations – Buildings
---- Part 10: ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes
---- Part 11: ecoEnergy for Industry
---- Part 12: ecoENERGY for Equipment
---- Part 13: ecoENERGY for Buildings and Houses
---- Part 14: ecoENERGY for Aboriginal and Northern Communities
---- Part 15: Standby Power Standards
-- China
---- Part 01: Top 1000 Industrial Energy Conservation Programme
---- Part 02: Strategic Plan for Industrial Efficiency
---- Part 03: Energy Efficient Products for Government Procurement - Publication of Official Listing
---- Part 04: Energy Conservation in Government
---- Part 05: Energy Conservation in Buildings
---- Part 06: Efficiency Upgrade for Appliance Production and Public Lighting
---- Part 07: Conversion of Exhaust Heat and Pressure
---- Part 08: National Climate Change Program
---- Part 09: Efficient lightbulb subsidy programme
-- Czech Republic
---- Part 01: Energy Management Act
---- Part 02: 2nd National Programme for the years 2006-2009
---- Part 03: Energy Management Act – Amended
-- Denmark
---- Part 01: Energy Strategy 2025
---- Part 02: Agreement on Energy Saving Initiatives
---- Part 03: Action Plan for Renewed Energy Conservation
---- Part 04: Thermal Building Code Revision
---- Part 05: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
---- Part 07: Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Part 6: A Visionary Danish Energy Policy 2025
-- European Union
---- Part 01: Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan): Towards a low carbon future
---- Part 02: Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
---- Part 03: Intelligent Energy-Europe Programme (2007-13)
---- Part 04: An Energy Policy for Europe
---- Part 05: New EU-US Energy Star Agreement
---- Part 06: EU Emissions Trading Scheme 2008-12
---- Part 07: 20 20 by 2020: Europe's Climate Change Opportunity
-- Finland
---- Part 01: Energy and Climate Policy Strategy
---- Part 02: Subsidies for Energy Audits Renewed
---- Part 03: Extension of Voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreements
---- Part 04: Energy Efficiency Subsidies to Prioritise New Technology
---- Part 05: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Part 06: Implementation of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
---- Part 07: Amendment of the Building Code
---- Part 08: Voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreements for 2008 – 2016
-- France
---- Part 01: White Certificate Trading
---- Part 02: Public - Private Research Partnerships: "Industries of the Future"
---- Part 03: Preferential Loans for Domestic Energy Conservation Projects
---- Part 04: Maritime Transport Initiative
---- Part 05: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
---- Part 06: Le Grenelle de L'Environnement
-- Germany
---- Part 01: National Climate Protection Programme
---- Part 02: KfW Housing Modernisation Programme
---- Part 03: Fifth Energy Research Programme
---- Part 04: Coalition Agreement - Target to Double Energy Productivity by 2020
---- Part 05: Integrated Climate Change and Energy Programme
---- Part 06: Energy Efficiency Action Plan
-- Greece
---- Part 01: National Operational Programme for Competitiveness II
---- Part 02: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
-- Hungary
---- Part 01: German Coal Aid Revolving Fund – Revision
---- Part 02: Structural Funds for Environment Protection and Infrastructure Operative Programme
---- Part 03: National Energy Saving Programme: Financial Assistance for Energy Conservation
---- Part 04: Implementation of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings
---- Part 05: Apple of Our Eyes: ESCOs to Fund Energy Efficiency Improvements for Public Schools
---- Part 06: Energy Efficiency Action Plan
-- India
---- Part 01: Comprehensive Energy Labeling Program for Appliances
---- Part 02: Energy Conservation Building Code
---- Part 03: National Action Plan on Climate Change
-- Italy
---- Part 01: White Certificate Trading for End-Use Energy Efficiency
---- Part 02: Public/Private Working Group to Address Energy Efficient Services
---- Part 03: Implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in Italy
---- Part 04: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
---- Part 05: Green Certificate Trading
---- Part 06: Financial law 2007
---- Part 07: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Part 08: Energy Audits in Public Buildings
---- Part 09: Climate Change Action Plan
-- Japan
---- Part 01: Revision of Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming (2005 Amendment)
---- Part 02: Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan
---- Part 03: Energy demand and supply prospect from 2010 to 2030 (Formulation and revision)
---- Part 04: New Regulation for Energy Suppliers (2005 Revised Energy Conservation Law)
---- Part 05: New National Energy Strategy
---- Part 06: New Labelling Measures: 2005 Revised Energy Conservation Law
---- Part 07: Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy (2005 Revised Energy Conservation Law) 25/11
---- Part 08: Energy Conservation Frontrunner Plan
---- Part 09: Basic Program for Housing: Energy Efficiency Standards
---- Part 10: Asian Energy-Saving Program
---- Part 11: National Promotion for Energy Efficient Home Appliances
---- Part 12: National Energy Conservation Promotion - New 2007 Campaigns for Further Energy Efficiency
---- Part 13: Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan 2 (2007)
---- Part 14: Energy Conservation Technology Strategy
---- Part 15: Energy Bank: Fund for Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction
---- Part 16: CO2 Emission Reduction from Government Operations
---- Part 17: Cool Earth Energy Innovative Technology Plan
-- Mexico
---- Part 01: Training Programme for Specialists in Electric Energy Savings
---- Part 02: Green Mortgage Programme (Hipoteca Verde)
-- New Zealand
---- Part 01: Lighting Efficiency Stakeholder Group Established
---- Part 02: Energy Domain Plan
---- Part 03: Electricity Levy to Support CFL Installation
---- Part 04: Star-Rating Scheme for Home Energy Efficiency
---- Part 05: New Zealand Energy Strategy to 2050
---- Part 06: New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
---- Part 07: Insulation Subsidy
---- Part 08: Innovation Fund for Water Heating
---- Part 09: Home Energy Ratings Scheme
---- Part 10: Energy Wise Homes Package
---- Part 11: Carbon Neutral Public Service
---- Part 12: Low Carbon Energy Technologies Fund
---- Part 13: Efficient Lighting Strategy
-- Norway
---- Part 01: Energy Performance of Buildings
---- Part 02: Commission on Low Emissions - Final Strategic Report Published
---- Part 03: White Paper on National Climate Policy
-- Poland
---- Part 01: Energy Policy of Poland Until 2025
---- Part 02: Certificate of Origin Trading System
---- Part 03: Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Part 04: Amendment to 1997 Energy Law
-- Portugal
---- Part 01: Lightbulb Tax Funds Carbon Credit Purchase
---- Part 02: Building Code Upgrade: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
---- Part 03: Building Certification Program
-- Russia
---- Part 01: Federal Code of Practice
---- Part 02: Regional Codes for Energy Efficient Buildings
-- Slovak Republic
---- Part 01: Slovak Republic New Energy Policy
---- Part 02: Environmental Fund
---- Part 03: Energy Performance of Buildings
---- Part 04: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
---- Part 05: Promotion of high efficiency cogeneration (CHP)
-- South Africa
---- Part 01: Energy Efficiency Strategy of the Republic of South Africa
---- Part 02: Energy Efficiency Accord
---- Part 03: State Utility Distributes Free and Subsidized CFLs
---- Part 04: Energy Efficient Motors Programme
---- Part 05: Vision, Strategic Direction and Framework for Climate Policy
-- South Korea
---- Part 01: Tax breaks on energy saving investments
---- Part 02: "Kids' ISO 14000 Program" for Energy Conservation and GHG Reduction
---- Part 03: e-Standby Programme
-- Spain
---- Part 01: Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2005 – 2007
---- Part 02: Building Technical Code - Solar Panel Requirements / Implementation of the EPBD
---- Part 03: Implementation of the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive
---- Part 04: Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2008-2012
-- Sweden
---- Part 01: Energy Efficient Home Consumer Campaign
---- Part 02: Energy Declaration of Buildings Act - Incentives for Investment in Lower-Energy Buildings
---- Part 03: Commission on Oil Independence: Final Report, Targets Published
---- Part 04: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
-- United Kingdom
---- Part 01: Implementation of EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
---- Part 02: Climate Change Communications Initiative
---- Part 03: Northern Ireland - Efficiency Upgrade for Building Regulations
---- Part 04: Northern Ireland - Customer Energy Efficiency Levy Review
---- Part 05: National Action Plan on Sustainable Procurement: "Procuring the Future"
---- Part 06: Microgeneration Strategy
---- Part 07: Market Transformation Programme - Standards for SEEEM membership
---- Part 08: Market Transformation Programme - Publication of Appliance Efficiency Cost/Benefit Analysis
---- Part 09: Market Transformation Programme - Partnership with China
---- Part 10: Low Carbon Buildings Programme
---- Part 11: Energy Review
---- Part 12: Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (Energy Efficiency Commitment 3)
---- Part 13: Building Regulations Part L
---- Part 14: Voluntary Agreement on the Phase Out of Incandescent Light Bulbs
---- Part 15: Low Carbon Transport Innovation Strategy
---- Part 16: International Task Force for Sustainable Products (ITFSP)
---- Part 17: Green Homes Service
---- Part 18: Environmental Transformation Fund
---- Part 19: Energy White Paper - Meeting the Challenge
---- Part 20: Energy Technologies Institute
---- Part 21: Energy Efficiency Loans for Small or Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)
---- Part 22: Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
-- United States of America
---- State Energy Efficiency Programmes
Energy Technology
-- 11 fact sheets on photovoltaics
---- What is PV?
---- Future of PV Market
---- Status of PV industry
---- PV energy balance
---- External costs of PV
---- Competitiveness
---- PV for rural electrification
---- R&D and industry cooperation
---- Integration of PV in the grid
---- Off-grid PV is competitive
---- PV - a strategic business area
-- Blue Energy
---- 1. Introduction
---- 2. Entropy of mixing
------ 2.1. Vapor pressure
------ 2.2. Osmotic pressure
------ 2.3. Reverse Electrodialysis
---- 3. Desalination by RO and ED
---- 4. Energy Production by PRO and RED
---- 5. Potential of energy production by Blue Energy
---- 6. State of Development
---- 7. Integration into the electricity system
---- 8. Foreseen Developments
-- Desalination for producing fresh water
---- Desalination by cogeneration and renewable energy
-- The Power of the Oceans - an eBook
---- AquaBuOY
------ AquaBuOY prototype animation
---- Pico plant
------ Turbine exhaust (“Bellmouth”) at rear of plant
------ Exhaust of the relief valve in heavy sea
------ Wave splashing over plant on an autumn day
------ Front view
------ Major components
------ Interior of plant
---- Seawave Slot-Cone generator (SSG)
---- Wave Dragon
-- Underground High Voltage Cables: Wiring Europe for the Future
---- 1. Environmental Module
------ 1.1. Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs)
------ 1.2. Land issues
------ 1.3. Recyclability
---- 2. Regulation
------ 2.1. Basic mechanisms
------ 2.2. Regulatory drivers
-------- EU Regulatory Environments for Power Transmission
-------- Financial Risks for Investors in Regulated Transmission Systems
-------- Overview of EU Transmission Regulation
-------- Regulatory regimes
-------- The Trans-European Energy Networks Programme
-------- Transmission Costs Across Europe
------ 2.3. Investment Behaviour and the Cost of Project Delays
---- 3. Underground Cable Case Studies
------ Case Study 1: Use of Cables in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
------ Case Study 2: Cables Enable Development of Valuable Project at Madrid Airport
------ Case Study 3: How Protests Can Delay Overhead Line Projects
------ Case Study 4: Cables Enable Reinforcement of the Grid in a Built-Up Area
------ Case Study 5: Building a Business Case for Power Projects in Sweden
-------- How Transmission Systems Deal with Failures
---- 4. System Reliability
------ 4.1. Reliability of Cables and Lines
-------- How Transmission Systems Deal with Failures
-------- The N-1 criterion for power transmission
------ 4.2. Failure Case Studies and Correction
-------- Case Studies and Impacts
-------- Failure Statistics for Overhead Lines and Underground Cables
-------- Storm, Weather Damage and Accidents
------ 4.3. Technical Improvement
-------- Detecting faults
-------- Installation
-------- Maintenance
------ 4.4. Testing and Development
-------- Pictures of Testing Facilities
-------- Testing Standards
---- 5. Life Cycle Module
------ 5.1. Installation Costs
-------- Relative Cost Figures
-------- Relative Costs When Life Cycle Issues are Included
------ 5.2. Transmission Losses
------ 5.3. Planning Delays
-------- Delaying Wind Power in the UK
------ 5.4. Replacement Cycles
EPE Centre Power Quality Conference 2009
-- Power quality for future networks
-- Planning Power Systems to Minimise PQ Issues
-- Developments in power quality management
-- Strategic issues and reliability improvements for embedded generation and microgrids
-- Harmonic modelling of non-linear devices in electrical networks
-- Harmonic management of power systems: how might it evolve?
-- Harmonic assessment of the impact of rural irrigation pumps
-- Flexible Real Time Power Electronic Solutions for PQ in Future Distribution Networks
-- Heat Pump Power Quality: Harmonics and Power Factor
European Power Quality Survey Results
-- Poor Power Quality costs European business more than 150 billion a year
---- European business is under-investing
---- How much are poor Power Quality events costing you?
---- PQ solutions often cost less than the financial losses they resolve
---- Survey shows significant impact on company turnover
---- What is Power Quality?
---- ‘Cost of poor Power Quality’ Research Project
-- Chemical plants suffer from inadequate power supply
---- Electric systems source of high financial losses
---- A week’s lost production caused by 5 seconds’ power failure
---- Equipment fire caused by a voltage surge
---- PQ issues push company into the red
---- Profitable investment opportunities
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
-- Expensive production losses due to inadequate power supply at semiconductor industries
---- Several phenomena affecting production equipment
---- Wide ranging financial losses caused by inadequate Power Quality (PQ)
---- €40 million for one power interruption
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- IT and Telecom: maximum system availability demands continuous power supply
---- A small PQ event can create substantial costs
---- Unresolved power quality issues can have an immediate impact on an IT or Telecom company’s reputation.
---- Power supply variations cost telephone company millions per event
---- Understanding the problems– designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- Metals sector not aware of its power quality losses
---- The domino effect of production stoppages
---- Different cost centres blur the reality
---- A high price for an under-designed process system
---- A productivity loss of over €10 million annually
---- 3.4 % of company’s annual turnover being wasted
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- No electric power, no media power
---- A wide range of potentially disastrous events
---- Power interruptions play havoc with newspaper printing
---- TV broadcasting company pays high extra cost
---- Profitable investment opportunities
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
-- Pharmaceuticals: unplanned interruptions generate high costs and create long delays
---- Additional costs in numerous areas
---- Even the most localised power interruption can result in a wasted production batch.
---- 3% of company’s turnover lost in extended power interruption
---- Understanding the problems– designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- Power interruptions eat into hospitals’ stretched budgets
---- Costs quickly mount up
---- Cost minimisation results in ineffective back-up system
---- Staff downtime costs hospital €50,000
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- Pulp and paper manufacturers suffer significant losses
---- Electric power systems still far from immune
---- Power interruptions create significant losses
---- Voltage interruptions and earthing problems
---- Losing a consolidated amount up to 11 per cent of turnover
---- Inexpensive components cause large financial losses
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
---- Do you know what PQ is costing your pulp & paper factory ?
-- Retail sector suffers from power disturbances
---- Several phenomena affecting daily business
---- Financial losses mount up for supermarket chain
---- Profitable investment opportunities
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
-- Unscheduled stoppages cost oil refineries millions
---- Unplanned, substantial costs
---- Inappropriate earthing costs refinery €3 million
---- Shutdown of multiple facilities following power failure
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
-- Power interruptions are often disastrous for the hotel sector
---- The losses impact several business areas.
---- The cost of the solution is often less than the annual losses due to PQ
---- Calamity avoided
---- Understanding the problems – designing the solutions
---- Profitable investment opportunities
Evaluating Environmental Performance in Low-Carbon Energy Systems
-- Case 1 - Environmental impact of the electricity mix
-- Case 2 - Low-Energy House heating system
-- Case 3 - Low Energy House vs Passive House
-- Case 4 - Primary Energy vs Global Warming
-- Case 5 - Investing 1 million Euros into higher efficiency motors or wind turbines
-- Case 6 - Building new houses (1 million Euros financing different energy efficiency levels)
-- Case 7 - Renovating standard houses (1 million Euros financing different energy efficiency levels)
Expert interviews
-- A view on Nuclear Energy
---- 1. Nuclear in Belgium
---- 2. Waste issue
---- 3. Different Technologies
---- 4. Economics
---- 5. Security
---- 6. Cooling Capacity
---- 7. Climate Change and Energy Security
---- 8. The danger of phasing out
-- Barriers for wind projects - Strong competition, few suitable sites
---- 1. An increasingly competitive market
---- 2. Suitable sites are scarce
---- 3. Public acceptance is key
---- 4. A sellers market
---- 5. The future of wind energy in Europe
-- Combining heat pumps with a PV system - A comfortable zero-emission house
---- [1] Retaining heat from groundwater
---- [2] Little or no maintenance
---- [3] Forced ventilation with heat recuperation
---- [4] Combining various subsidies
---- [5] A three-phased PV system
---- [6] A second heat-pump for sanitary water
---- [7] Cutting consumption
---- [8] Dreaming of going off the grid
-- Geopolitics of Energy with Samuele Furfari
---- 1. Man is the real resource
---- 2. Oil dominance
---- 3. Investments in the energy sector
---- 4. Electricity will clearly be the energy carrier of the future
---- 5. Is energy still too cheap?
---- 6. What about energy efficiency?
---- 7. More efficient taxation
-- Homes project for buildings: save 20 per cent of electricity by controlling its uses
---- Homes project
---- Rethinking equipment use
---- Sensors common to all sub-systems
---- The example of lighting
---- Solutions at acceptable cost
---- Technological breakthroughs
---- The right user interface: a key advantage
---- Supporting energy services…
---- … that are increasingly specialized
---- Initial efforts already producing positive results
---- Shortcut : The HOMES Project at a glance
-- Imagining an energy future
---- Energy planning with LEAP
---- The history behind LEAP
---- Exploring energy scenario's
---- LEAP and its alternatives
---- The effort to develop LEAP, and its long-term sustainability
---- What's next for LEAP?
---- A word about COMMEND
-- Randall Bowie on the Energy Services Directive
---- 1. The Energy Services Directive versus the EE Action Plan
---- 2. An Energy Efficiency Action Plan against time
---- 3. What is the baseline and how far does it go back?
---- 4. Following the subsidiarity logic
---- 5. How to monitor implementation and results
---- 6. The public sector as a role model
---- 7. The European Commission as a role model
---- 8. Lack of qualified people could become drawback
---- 9. Notification of the national action plans
-- Safe electricity for slum residents - A pilot project in Paraisópolis, São Paulo, Brazil
---- [01] Dangerous and inefficient connections
---- [02] The Slum Electrification and Loss Reduction programme (SERL)
---- [03] Paying electricity bills to become a legal citizen
---- [04] Paying, but for a reduced consumption
---- [05] Utilities reducing the non-technical losses
---- [06] The lessons learned from past experiences
---- [07] The social aspect is key
---- [08] A success among the residential consumers
---- [09] Finding solutions for business consumers
---- [10] Gaining credibility for slum electrification
-- Slum electrification in Dakar
---- [01] A massive worldwide problem
---- [02] Rural villages and suburban slums in Sénégal
---- [03] Pikine, the largest slum in the vicinity of Dakar
---- [04] Illegal sub-distribution of electricity
---- [05] Unsafe and inefficient installations
---- [06] Electrification as the start of development
---- [07] Initiating the electrification project
---- [08] Education and social integration are crucial
Guide for electrical design engineers
-- Chapter 1 : Designing an Uninterruptible Power Supply
-- Chapter 2 : Centralised Reactive Power Compensation
-- Chapter 3: permissible level of voltage fluctuations for a motor
-- Chapter 4 : voltage change during drive start
-- Chapter 5 : Mitigation of voltage unbalance
-- Chapter 6 : static FC/TCR compensator
-- Chapter 7: overload capacity of power transformers
-- Chapter 8: emergency & UPS for Buildings - Sizing the source power
How does the electricity system function?
-- 1. The basic representation of the system
-- 2. Inductive power and its compensation
-- 3. Keeping constant voltage and frequency
-- 4. Three different types of power stations
-- 5. Three different types of loads
-- 6. International cooperation
-- 7. Security of supply
-- 8. Conclusion
-- 9. Reference
Information center about power quality and energy efficiency for maintenance managers
-- Including power quality & energy efficiency in route inspection and predictive maintenance
-- Building a power quality monitoring & control system
-- Performing or outsourcing power quality and energy efficiency audits
-- Ad-hoc measurement techniques for power quality
-- Designing a reliability centered maintenance system for your facility
Is electric heating making a comeback?
-- 1. Pushing passive houses
-- 2. Modern way of living, modern energy requirements
-- 3. The kWh is not the only cost
-- 4. Looking beyond buildings
-- 5. The efficiency of electricity generation
-- 6. In favour of wind turbines and solar energy
-- 7. References
-- A. Some advantages of electric heating
Lighting Tutorial
-- 1 Introductory notes
-- 2 The basics of physics
-- 3 The working principle with magnetic ballasts
---- 3.1 Important for getting started: The correct starter
---- 3.2 Operation
---- 3.3 Dimmability and its price
-- 4 Possible disturbances with magnetic ballasts
---- 4.1 Emission of disturbances
---- 4.2 Susceptibility to disturbances
---- 4.3 Reliability
-- 5 Proper compensation of reactive power with magnetic ballasts
---- 5.1 General issues
---- 5.2 Special aspects when compensating small lamps
-- 6 The working principle with electronic ballasts
-- 7 Possible disturbances with electronic ballasts
---- 7.1 Emission of disturbances
---- 7.2 Susceptibility to disturbances
---- 7.3 Reliability
-- 8 Energy efficiency
---- 8.1 Do away with old rumours
---- 8.2 Old EU Directive
---- 8.3 New EU Directive
---- 8.4 Avoiding avoidable losses in small fluorescent lamps
---- 8.5 How to make magnetic ballasts more efficient than electronic ones
---- 8.6 Are the new T8 lamps with reduced power ratings more efficient?
---- 8.7 Are T5 lamps more efficient?
---- 8.8 Energy savings with dimmable ballasts
---- 8.9 Make sure not to replace losses with losses
-- 9 Downloads
---- 9.1 Presentation on lighting in English
---- 9.2 Presentation on lighting in German
---- 9.3 This tutorial in English
---- 9.4 This tutorial is also available in German
---- 9.5 Briefing paper on lighting in German
---- 9.6 Brochure on optimized fluorescent lighting in German
Maintenance manager's guide to power quality
-- Maintenance managers' guide overview
-- The Maintenance Manager's Guide to PFC Capacitor Banks
-- The maintenance manager's guide to circuit protection
Micro grids: different structures for various applications
-- Active distribution grids
-- A Utility micro grid
-- Industrial or commercial micro grids
-- Remote micro grids
-- Summary
-- References
Power Quality & Utilization Guide
-- Introduction
---- Introduction to Power Quality
------ Electrical power as article of trade
------ Reliability of the supply and resilience of the technological proces
------ What do we mean by “power quality”?
------ Power Quality - the problem of supplier and user
------ Power blackouts and voltage dips
------ Power blackouts - supplier’s and consumer’s points of view
------ Reliability - minimising of causes of power cuts
------ Harmonics -origin and responsibility
------ Transients - the next PQ problem
------ Ensure “good enough” power quality
---- Power Quality Self-assessment Guide
------ Typical problems
-------- Computer lockups
-------- Flickering screens
-------- Flickering lights
-------- Overheating of transformers at moderate load
-------- Induction motors
-------- Overheating of conductors due to skin effect
-------- Correct functioning of process control equipment
-------- Data network congestion
-------- Problems with power factor correction equipment
-------- Problems with specific (long) lines or when switching heavy loads
-------- Overloaded neutrals
-------- Nuisance tripping of protective devices
-------- Utility claims resulting from harmonics affecting supply
------ Solutions
-------- Surge protection
-------- UPS (un-interruptible power supply)
-------- Back-up generator
-------- True RMS measurement
-------- Transformer derating
-------- Motor derating
-------- Dedicated circuit
-------- Multiple cables for harmonic loads
-------- Complete rewiring of the installation
-------- Zoning of electrical loads
-------- Meshed earth
-------- Passive filters
-------- Active conditioners
-------- TN-S rewiring
-------- Neutral upsizing
------ Conclusion
---- Energy Efficiency in Hospitals
---- Energy Efficiency in Hotels
---- Energy Efficiency in Offices
---- Energy Efficiency in Schools
---- Energy Efficiency in the Food and Beverages Industry
---- Energy Efficiency in the Plastics Industry
---- Power Quality for Healthcare Facilities
---- Power Quality in Continuous Manufacturing
-- Costs
---- Investment analysis for PQ solutions
-- Distributed Generation & Renewables
---- Introduction to Distributed Generation & Renewables
---- Cogeneration
---- Distributed Generation - Integration & Interconnection
---- Photovoltaic Installations
---- Policy and Incentives on Distributed Generation
---- Small Hydro Power - Investor Guide
---- Wind Farm Development and Operation - A Case Study
---- Wind Power
-- Earthing & EMC
---- A Systems Approach to Earthing
---- Earthing Systems - Fundamentals of Calculation and Design
-- Energy Efficiency
---- Energy management: self assessment
---- Compressed Air
---- Dielectric Heating
---- Energy efficiency in buildings demystified
---- Induction Heating
---- Industrial Cooling
---- Industrial Heat Pumps
---- Infrared Heating
---- Lighting
---- Motors and Variable Speed Drives
---- Passive Filters
---- Saving energy with high efficiency motors
------ 1 Room for improvement
------ 2 Energy-efficient motors have been around for a long time
------ 3 State regulation? No thanks
------ 4 Classification scheme
------ 5 Other ways to save
------ 6 Measuring techniques
------ 7 Environmental payback
------ 8 Turning to efficiency: copper rotors
-------- 8.1 Preliminary work 1: the hot iron effect
-------- 8.2 Preliminary work 2: start-up behaviour
-------- 8.3 Advantage 1: more torque, more power
-------- 8.4 Advantage 2: simplified rotor design
-------- 8.5 Advantage 3: extreme conditions and special motors
------ 9 But a variable-frequency drive saves more energy than a better motor…
------ 10 Summary
-- Harmonics
---- 3.1 Introduction to Harmonics
------ Causes and effects
------ Types of equipment that generate harmonics
-------- Single phase loads
-- Resilience & Reliability
---- Improving Reliability with Standby Power Supplies
---- Resilience, Reliability and Redundancy
-- Voltage Disturbances
---- Voltage Characteristics of Public Distribution Systems
---- Voltage dips - introduction
-- About LPQI (Leonardo Power Quality Initiative)
---- How to join LPQI and become a partner
Power Quality Tutorial
-- 1. Power Quality Phenomena
---- 1.1 Harmonics
---- 1.2 Short interruptions (< 1min)
---- 1.3 Long interruptions (> 1min)
---- 1.4 Voltage dips and swells
---- 1.5 Transients, surges (switching, lightning)
---- 1.6 Flicker
---- 1.7 Unbalance
---- 1.8 Voltage value (long term undervoltages and overvoltages)
------ Overvoltages
------ Undervoltages
---- 1.9 Earthing and EMC
-- 2. Power Quality Problems
---- 2.1 Circuit breakers and RCD’s nuisance tripping
---- 2.2 Computers lock up
---- 2.3 Computers or other electronics are damaged
---- 2.4 Data loss
---- 2.5 Lights flicker, blink, or dim
---- 2.6 Loss of synchronization of processing equipment
---- 2.7 Motors or other process equipment malfunctions
---- 2.8 Motors or process equipment are damaged
---- 2.9 Noise interference to telecommunication lines
---- 2.A Relays and contactors nuisance tripping
---- 2.B Transformers and cables overheating
-- 3. Power Quality Solutions
---- 3.1 Back-up generator(s)
---- 3.2 Dynamic voltage restorers
---- 3.3 Harmonic filter (passive)
---- 3.4 Isolation transformers
---- 3.5 Line conditioners or active filters
---- 3.6 Multiple independent feeder
---- 3.7 Oversizing equipment and cables
---- 3.8 Shielding and grounding
---- 3.9 Static transfer switches
---- 3.A Static Var Compensator
---- 3.B Surge protectors on key pieces of equipment
---- 3.C Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices
---- 3.D Voltage stabilisers
-- 4. PQ phenomena and design issues
SEEDT - highlights on European Distribution Transformers
-- 1. European distribution transformer population
-- 2. European distribution transformers losses and efficiency
-- 3. Time Perspective
-- 4. Energy Efficiency saving potential
Synergies between energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy systems (RES)
-- Public Benefit Funds for EE and RES
-- Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) and Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
-- Zero-energy homes: reducing residential energy consumption
-- A corporate policy for green power and energy efficiency
-- Austin Energy municipal utility: a pioneer in combining EE with RES
-- Efficient use of Landfill Gas
Ten business opportunities for the electrical contracting sector
-- 1. Smart homes and offices
-- 2. Smart ageing: independent living for elderly people
-- 3. Telemedicine: medical home care
-- 4. Energy management
-- 5. Photovoltaic systems: catching up?
-- 6. Heat pumps: the revelation of the past decade
-- 7. Domestic CHPs: ancient technology, modern application
-- 8. Electric heating: making a comeback?
-- 9. Powering the digital economy: robust design & extensive circuit monitoring
-- A. Renovation for safety and comfort: underestimated risks?
Ten “Factor Ten” solutions
-- Amorphous distribution transformers
-- Computers
-- Continuous Current
-- Heat Recovery Ventilation
-- Hybrid vehicles
-- LEDs
-- Low Energy Buildings
-- Moving at long distance
-- Moving at short distance
-- Non-standby and autonomous appliances
The Big 6 environmental impact categories
-- Acidification Potential (AP)
-- Eutrophication Potential (EP)
-- Global Warming Potential (GWP)
-- Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
-- Primary energy consumption
The first micro grid in The Netherlands: Bronsbergen
-- Configuration
-- Objectives
-- Research
The residential micro grid of Am Steinweg in Stutensee, Germany
-- Configuration
-- Energy Management
-- Source
The XVI International Congress on Electricity Applications in a Modern World
-- Opening session
---- A promising high efficiency technology for the induction heating of aluminium billets
---- CIGRE/CIRED/UIE JWG C4.110, Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations, scope and status of the work, April 2008
---- Electromagnetic and thermal analysis of induction heating of billets by rotation in DC magnetic field
---- Finite element analysis of heating by workpiece rotation in DC magnetic fields
---- How to electrify one fourth of the world population
---- Investigation on energy recovering in an induction coil for continuous through heating billet
-- Session 1
---- Investigation and design of induction assisted welding processes
---- Use of EM fields in production processes for PV cells
---- Use of Frequency Control to Optimize Induction Axle Scan Hardening
---- Validation of Electromagnetic-Thermal Coupled Modelling of Levitation Melting
-- Session 2
---- Control system of the inductive crucible mixer with indirect estimation of the temperature
---- Energy efficient use of electricity in metallurgical processes
---- Induction processing of liquid materials
---- LES of heat and mass exchange in channel induction furnaces
---- Solution of a hot spot problem of the housing of a channel induction furnace
-- Session 3
---- Live line maintenances in Poland
-- Session 4
---- Advanced energy saving induction heating technologies in the steel industry and its modeling
---- Electromagnetic forming - an efficient technology for metallic sheet processing
---- Methods of determination of dynamic properties of induction heated multi input – multi output systems
---- Modelling the temperature homogeneity of the glass melt obtained by EM action
---- New innovative induction system for the production of pure high temperature glasses
-- Session 5
---- Electromagnetic metamaterials and new aspects of electricity
---- Energy saving technologies and equipment from ESTEL
---- Fuzzy modelling of chosen electroheat systems
---- Modeling of the AC-EAF process using computational intelligence methods
---- Simulation of continual induction heating of nonferromagnetic bodies using integrodifferential approach
-- Session 6
---- Application of some electrode systems for local measurements with conduct-metrical method
---- Energy efficiency policy in European Union
---- Monitoring system of power quality in network
-- Poster Session 1
---- Calculations of the induction heating system with the monitoring of thermal stress in the charge
---- Efficiency criteria for induction heating applications
---- Induction heating of steel strips and thin slabs
---- Mathematical modelling of induction hardening on view of thermal stresses
---- Peculiarities of electrotechnological units power supply with the use of complex form current
---- Structure and crystallization of melts in the ZrO2Al2O3 system
---- The optimization of an inductor position for minimization of a liquid metal free surface
---- Voltage transformer operation in connection with the power quality
---- Weak conducting material melt flow in crossed EM fields
-- Poster Session 2
---- Estimation of chosen parameters influence on induction hardening process of gears
---- Fan and series motor aggregate energy effectivity
---- Highly efficient plasma technologies using powerful high-frequency and microwave emission sources
---- Investigation of the free-burning arc in argon
---- Methods of calculation of induction-resistive pipeline heating systems
---- Simultaneous effects of convection and thermal radiation as a generalized boundary condition of temperature fields of ...
---- Time-optimal control of energy-efficient heating of aluminium billets rotating in DC magnetic field
Voltage dips at an automobile manufacturer
-- 1 Introduction
-- 2 Problem description
-- 3 Relation between dips and process interruptions
-- 4 Immunization options
-- 5 Conclusions and recommendations
Future Power Systems
-- Future Power Systems 1 - the Balance principle, Frequency and the Grid
-- Future Power Systems 2 - Matching - Monitoring and Predicting Generation and Demand
-- Future Power Systems 3 - Main Plant characteristics
-- Future Power Systems 4 - Renewable and Distributed Generation
-- Future Power Systems 5 - Classic "Passive" Distribution
-- Future Power Systems 6 - More Distributed Generation
-- Future Power Systems 7 - Active Distribution management
-- Future Power Systems 8 - The 'Active' customer
-- Future Power Systems 9 - Configure for DER management
-- Future Power Systems 10 - The customer and the industry
-- Future Power Systems 11 - New data from the customer to the Industry
-- Future Power Systems 12 - New data from the Industry to the customer
-- Future Power Systems 13 - Intelligent Buildings and Processes
-- Future Power Systems 14 - Premises Power Profile and DER control
-- Future Power Systems 15 - Data Logistics
-- Future Power Systems 16 - Data standards, Metering and Settlement
-- Future Power Systems 17 - DER Market and Matching
-- Future Power Systems 19 - DER Participation in Operator Timescales
-- Future Power Systems 18 - DER Participation in Market Timescales
Energy Efficiency
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Hans De Keulenaer
/ Published on Tue, 2008-04-29 21:34
Energy Efficiency
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Energy management: self assessment
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Industrial Heat Pumps
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Infrared Heating
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Induction Heating
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Dielectric Heating
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Saving energy with high efficiency motors
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Compressed Air
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Energy efficiency in buildings demystified
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Lighting
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Motors and Variable Speed Drives
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Passive Filters
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Industrial Cooling
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