Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2973627
A. Ahmed, A. A. Alkheir, H. Mouftah
Sequential reporting has the potential of reducing the duration of the reporting phase of the cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) schemes, thereby increasing the overall system throughput. In this article, we study decision-based CSS using random medium-access sequential reporting and a K-out-of-M decision rule at the fusion center. Closed-form expressions are derived for the detection and false alarm probabilities as well as the average reporting time of two early termination sequential reporting schemes, assuming a reporting channel shared with the primary user (PU). Furthermore, a heuristic energy-based reporting priority scheme that favors cognitive radio (CR) terminals based on their capacity to detect the PU is proposed. Computer simulations are used to assess the accuracy of the derived expressions and to evaluate the proposed heuristic reporting priority scheme.
{"title":"Decision-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using Random Medium-Access Sequential Reporting","authors":"A. Ahmed, A. A. Alkheir, H. Mouftah","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2973627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2973627","url":null,"abstract":"Sequential reporting has the potential of reducing the duration of the reporting phase of the cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) schemes, thereby increasing the overall system throughput. In this article, we study decision-based CSS using random medium-access sequential reporting and a K-out-of-M decision rule at the fusion center. Closed-form expressions are derived for the detection and false alarm probabilities as well as the average reporting time of two early termination sequential reporting schemes, assuming a reporting channel shared with the primary user (PU). Furthermore, a heuristic energy-based reporting priority scheme that favors cognitive radio (CR) terminals based on their capacity to detect the PU is proposed. Computer simulations are used to assess the accuracy of the derived expressions and to evaluate the proposed heuristic reporting priority scheme.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2973627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.3005226
Jianxiong Li, Deming Li, Xianguo Li
Based on the optimized coprime array (OpCA), we propose a real-valued Toeplitz matrix method. This article analyzes the feasibility of converting the manifold matrix of a virtual domain constructed from a physical array into a real-valued matrix, and the unitary estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique is introduced to transform the equivalent received signal rearranged Toeplitz matrix into a real-valued matrix and obtain directions of arrival (DOAs). Moreover, the proposed method offers higher estimation accuracy. Simulations are demonstrated to prove the validity of this method.
{"title":"A Real-Valued Toeplitz Matrix Method for DOA Estimation","authors":"Jianxiong Li, Deming Li, Xianguo Li","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.3005226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.3005226","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the optimized coprime array (OpCA), we propose a real-valued Toeplitz matrix method. This article analyzes the feasibility of converting the manifold matrix of a virtual domain constructed from a physical array into a real-valued matrix, and the unitary estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique is introduced to transform the equivalent received signal rearranged Toeplitz matrix into a real-valued matrix and obtain directions of arrival (DOAs). Moreover, the proposed method offers higher estimation accuracy. Simulations are demonstrated to prove the validity of this method.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.3005226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2969644
S. Komeylian, F. Mohammadi
The framework for designing and fabricating a slow-light waveguide structure with conical Swiss roll metamaterial core at Terahertz frequencies has been carried out in this article. In the earliest work, theoretical backgrounds based on Maxwell’s equations have been developed for anisotropic single-negative permeability slab waveguides and anisotropic metamaterial slab waveguides. Subsequently, simulation results fulfilled by the MATLAB programming tool verify extremely low group velocities in the aforementioned slab waveguides in the Terahertz regime frequency. A volumetric conical Swiss roll metamaterial has been proposed as a practical achievement for slow-light waveguides. Dispersion characteristics of the electromagnetic waves in the proposed conical Swiss roll metamaterial have been investigated using the CST simulation tool in Terahertz frequencies. Furthermore, a 2-D dispersion diagram fulfilled by CST and MATLAB validates highly electromagnetic field concentration as well as the presence of backward waves in the conical Swiss roll configuration.
{"title":"Conical Swiss Roll Metamaterial Application for Slow-Light Waveguides","authors":"S. Komeylian, F. Mohammadi","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2969644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2969644","url":null,"abstract":"The framework for designing and fabricating a slow-light waveguide structure with conical Swiss roll metamaterial core at Terahertz frequencies has been carried out in this article. In the earliest work, theoretical backgrounds based on Maxwell’s equations have been developed for anisotropic single-negative permeability slab waveguides and anisotropic metamaterial slab waveguides. Subsequently, simulation results fulfilled by the MATLAB programming tool verify extremely low group velocities in the aforementioned slab waveguides in the Terahertz regime frequency. A volumetric conical Swiss roll metamaterial has been proposed as a practical achievement for slow-light waveguides. Dispersion characteristics of the electromagnetic waves in the proposed conical Swiss roll metamaterial have been investigated using the CST simulation tool in Terahertz frequencies. Furthermore, a 2-D dispersion diagram fulfilled by CST and MATLAB validates highly electromagnetic field concentration as well as the presence of backward waves in the conical Swiss roll configuration.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2969644","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2966114
M. Z. Ali, Xiaodong Liang
In this article, a threshold-based induction motor fault diagnosis method is proposed using the measured stator current signal. A 0.25-HP three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor fed directly online is tested in the laboratory with various single- and multielectrical faults under six different loading conditions. The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is chosen as the signal processing technique for the measured stator currents. The threshold and energy values at each decomposition level of the DWT processing results are evaluated. Threshold values appear to be more consistent than energy values at different measured data windows, and thus, the threshold at the decomposition level d8 is chosen as a fault indicator. Curve fitting equations are developed to calculate threshold values for the motor loadings that were not tested in experiments. The suitability using threshold values for induction motor fault diagnosis is further validated using two probabilistic methods, the correlation analysis and the confidence interval estimation.
{"title":"Threshold-Based Induction Motors Single- and Multifaults Diagnosis Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Measured Stator Current Signal","authors":"M. Z. Ali, Xiaodong Liang","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2966114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2966114","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a threshold-based induction motor fault diagnosis method is proposed using the measured stator current signal. A 0.25-HP three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor fed directly online is tested in the laboratory with various single- and multielectrical faults under six different loading conditions. The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is chosen as the signal processing technique for the measured stator currents. The threshold and energy values at each decomposition level of the DWT processing results are evaluated. Threshold values appear to be more consistent than energy values at different measured data windows, and thus, the threshold at the decomposition level d8 is chosen as a fault indicator. Curve fitting equations are developed to calculate threshold values for the motor loadings that were not tested in experiments. The suitability using threshold values for induction motor fault diagnosis is further validated using two probabilistic methods, the correlation analysis and the confidence interval estimation.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2966114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2019.2917394
Simon Ferrari, Yaoping Hu, R. Martinuzzi
Turbulent fluid flow data are often 4-D, spatially and temporally complex, and require specific techniques for visualization. Common visualization techniques neglect the temporal aspect of this data, limiting the ability to convey feature motion, or offering the user a complicated visualization. To remedy this, we present an approach—evolution surfaces—focused on the spatiotemporal rendering of user-selected flow features (i.e., vortices). By abstracting the spatial representation of these features, the approach renders their spatiotemporal behavior with reduced visual complexity. The behavior of vortex features is presented as surfaces, with textures indicating properties of motion and evolution events (e.g., bifurcation and amalgamation) represented by the surface topology. We evaluated the approach on two data sets generated from empirical measurement and computational simulation (Re = 28 000 and Re = 1200, respectively). Our approach’s focus on handling evolution events makes it capable of visualizing higher Reynolds number (Re) flows than other surface-based techniques. This approach has been assessed by fluid dynamicists to assert the validity for flow analysis. Evolution surfaces offer a compact visualization of spatiotemporal vortex behaviors, opening potential avenues for exploration and analysis of fluid flows.
{"title":"Evolution Surfaces for Spatiotemporal Visualization of Vortex Features","authors":"Simon Ferrari, Yaoping Hu, R. Martinuzzi","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2019.2917394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2917394","url":null,"abstract":"Turbulent fluid flow data are often 4-D, spatially and temporally complex, and require specific techniques for visualization. Common visualization techniques neglect the temporal aspect of this data, limiting the ability to convey feature motion, or offering the user a complicated visualization. To remedy this, we present an approach—evolution surfaces—focused on the spatiotemporal rendering of user-selected flow features (i.e., vortices). By abstracting the spatial representation of these features, the approach renders their spatiotemporal behavior with reduced visual complexity. The behavior of vortex features is presented as surfaces, with textures indicating properties of motion and evolution events (e.g., bifurcation and amalgamation) represented by the surface topology. We evaluated the approach on two data sets generated from empirical measurement and computational simulation (Re = 28 000 and Re = 1200, respectively). Our approach’s focus on handling evolution events makes it capable of visualizing higher Reynolds number (Re) flows than other surface-based techniques. This approach has been assessed by fluid dynamicists to assert the validity for flow analysis. Evolution surfaces offer a compact visualization of spatiotemporal vortex behaviors, opening potential avenues for exploration and analysis of fluid flows.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2917394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2968546
F. J. Dian, R. Vahidnia
We present a novel scheme to formulate the throughput and the average number of successfully transmitted packets in a multinode Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) platform during each connection event. In this scheme, the wireless link is considered to be error prone which leads to the existence of uncorrelated bit error. Our proposed scheme considers factors that cause a connection event to close. The effect of master’s scheduling algorithm and BLE parameters on this scheme are also discussed to establish a comprehensive study on finding the throughput of a peripheral node in a BLE network. It is clear that an analytical model to formulate the throughput of a node offers a beneficial guideline for understanding the BLE throughput and ultimately the types of applications for which BLE technology would be a suitable option. We performed extensive experiments on the BLE v4.2 platform to investigate the throughput of a BLE node in a multipacket data transmission during a connection event. The results of our experimental study show some of the deficiencies that exist in the existing BLE devices such as the limitation on the maximum allowable packets during a connection event or the design of the scheduling process used by the central node.
{"title":"Formulation of BLE Throughput Based on Node and Link Parameters","authors":"F. J. Dian, R. Vahidnia","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2968546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2968546","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel scheme to formulate the throughput and the average number of successfully transmitted packets in a multinode Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) platform during each connection event. In this scheme, the wireless link is considered to be error prone which leads to the existence of uncorrelated bit error. Our proposed scheme considers factors that cause a connection event to close. The effect of master’s scheduling algorithm and BLE parameters on this scheme are also discussed to establish a comprehensive study on finding the throughput of a peripheral node in a BLE network. It is clear that an analytical model to formulate the throughput of a node offers a beneficial guideline for understanding the BLE throughput and ultimately the types of applications for which BLE technology would be a suitable option. We performed extensive experiments on the BLE v4.2 platform to investigate the throughput of a BLE node in a multipacket data transmission during a connection event. The results of our experimental study show some of the deficiencies that exist in the existing BLE devices such as the limitation on the maximum allowable packets during a connection event or the design of the scheduling process used by the central node.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2968546","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper investigates the construction of QAM Golay complementary sequence pairs (CSPs) based on standard binary Golay–Davis–Jedwab (GDJ) CSPs. In order to guarantee that the proposed construction produces QAM Golay CSPs, a sufficient condition that the coefficients of offsets should satisfy is developed, which is fit for finding all the coefficients by a computer. In particular, all the coefficients of offsets over the 64- and 256-QAM constellations are given. The proposed construction includes Zeng’s and Ma et al.’s ones as special cases. The inputs of resultant sequence pairs are binary signals rather than quaternary ones, which means that the resulting sequences are fit for such QAM systems that merely depend on binary inputs. The obtained QAM Golay CSPs can be applied to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems so as to reduce peak envelope power of their signals.
{"title":"A Sufficient Condition for General QAM Complementary Sequence Pairs","authors":"F. Zeng, Yue Zeng, Lisheng Zhang, Xiping He, Guixin Xuan, Zhenyu Zhang","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2019.2920896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2920896","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the construction of QAM Golay complementary sequence pairs (CSPs) based on standard binary Golay–Davis–Jedwab (GDJ) CSPs. In order to guarantee that the proposed construction produces QAM Golay CSPs, a sufficient condition that the coefficients of offsets should satisfy is developed, which is fit for finding all the coefficients by a computer. In particular, all the coefficients of offsets over the 64- and 256-QAM constellations are given. The proposed construction includes Zeng’s and Ma et al.’s ones as special cases. The inputs of resultant sequence pairs are binary signals rather than quaternary ones, which means that the resulting sequences are fit for such QAM systems that merely depend on binary inputs. The obtained QAM Golay CSPs can be applied to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems so as to reduce peak envelope power of their signals.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2920896","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62192808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2019.2904898
Arcesio Arbelaez, I. Goode, J. Gomez-Cruz, C. Escobedo, C. Saavedra
A microstrip circular patch antenna with frequency and polarization reconfigurability using liquid metal is presented. The antenna has a C-shaped slot cut at the center of the patch and reconfigurability is achieved using two putty containers and liquid metal to switch between four different states. Linear polarization (LP) is observed at 5.83 GHz when there is no liquid metal inside the containers. Depositing two liquid metal droplets in the containers yields circular polarization (CP) at 6 GHz. The right-hand CP (RHCP) is obtained when the right-most container is filled, and the left-hand CP (LHCP) is obtained when the leftmost container is filled with the liquid metal. When all containers are filled, LP is observed at 6.15 GHz. For the LP case, the antenna has a measured gain of 2.68 dB when all containers are filled and a measured gain of 3 dB when the containers are empty, and the axial ratios (ARs) are 19.65 dB (filled containers) and 23.74 dB (empty containers). When the LHCP is activated, the gain is 2.44 dB and the AR is 0.54 dB at 6 GHz. For RHCP, the gain is 2.37 dB and the AR is 1.5 dB at 6 GHz.
{"title":"Liquid Metal Reconfigurable Patch Antenna for Linear, RH, and LH Circular Polarization With Frequency Tuning","authors":"Arcesio Arbelaez, I. Goode, J. Gomez-Cruz, C. Escobedo, C. Saavedra","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2019.2904898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2904898","url":null,"abstract":"A microstrip circular patch antenna with frequency and polarization reconfigurability using liquid metal is presented. The antenna has a C-shaped slot cut at the center of the patch and reconfigurability is achieved using two putty containers and liquid metal to switch between four different states. Linear polarization (LP) is observed at 5.83 GHz when there is no liquid metal inside the containers. Depositing two liquid metal droplets in the containers yields circular polarization (CP) at 6 GHz. The right-hand CP (RHCP) is obtained when the right-most container is filled, and the left-hand CP (LHCP) is obtained when the leftmost container is filled with the liquid metal. When all containers are filled, LP is observed at 6.15 GHz. For the LP case, the antenna has a measured gain of 2.68 dB when all containers are filled and a measured gain of 3 dB when the containers are empty, and the axial ratios (ARs) are 19.65 dB (filled containers) and 23.74 dB (empty containers). When the LHCP is activated, the gain is 2.44 dB and the AR is 0.54 dB at 6 GHz. For RHCP, the gain is 2.37 dB and the AR is 1.5 dB at 6 GHz.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2019.2904898","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2995750
N. Ninad, D. Turcotte, Y. Poissant
Most Canadian remote communities are supplied electricity partly or wholly generated by diesel generators, which results in high electricity costs mostly due to the cost of transporting fuel to the remote locations. A large portion of the financial budget from the government or local community is allocated to cover the cost of diesel electricity generation. Renewable energy integration can substantially reduce the cost of electricity generation and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in these remote communities. The annual solar photovoltaic (PV) potential for these northern arctic communities ranges from 850 to 1150 kWh/kWp; therefore, a significant portion of the community energy requirement can be supplied by the PV system. This article presents the impact of PV integration on the system’s annual performance and project economic aspects of small remote northern microgrids for integrating varying penetration levels of centralized PV systems. The modeling of a typical PV-diesel hybrid system considering the electrical performance, emissions, and economics of various generation sizes and control strategies has been addressed. The methodology presented in this article can help quantify the PV energy integration limit (without any spill/curtailment) and economic feasibility of new PV system integration in current arctic microgrids.
{"title":"Analysis of PV-Diesel Hybrid Microgrids for Small Canadian Arctic Communities","authors":"N. Ninad, D. Turcotte, Y. Poissant","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2995750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2995750","url":null,"abstract":"Most Canadian remote communities are supplied electricity partly or wholly generated by diesel generators, which results in high electricity costs mostly due to the cost of transporting fuel to the remote locations. A large portion of the financial budget from the government or local community is allocated to cover the cost of diesel electricity generation. Renewable energy integration can substantially reduce the cost of electricity generation and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in these remote communities. The annual solar photovoltaic (PV) potential for these northern arctic communities ranges from 850 to 1150 kWh/kWp; therefore, a significant portion of the community energy requirement can be supplied by the PV system. This article presents the impact of PV integration on the system’s annual performance and project economic aspects of small remote northern microgrids for integrating varying penetration levels of centralized PV systems. The modeling of a typical PV-diesel hybrid system considering the electrical performance, emissions, and economics of various generation sizes and control strategies has been addressed. The methodology presented in this article can help quantify the PV energy integration limit (without any spill/curtailment) and economic feasibility of new PV system integration in current arctic microgrids.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2995750","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2020.2967129
Lilla Litvani, J. Hamar
This article is concerned with the asymmetrical control strategies of a four-channel dc/dc buck converter in the continuous current conduction mode (CCM). The converter has two input and four output channels. Energy equations of the converter are studied, and asymmetry of input voltages, output voltages, and loads are examined in the CCM. The proposed control strategy allows us to directly control the power flow in each channel without any unwanted consequences for the rest of the channels among these conditions. The main advantage is the direct control of the total transferred power by the positive sequence of the capacitor voltage, the power exchange among the input channels by the negative sequence of the capacitor voltage, and the power exchange among the output channels by the inductor currents. Calculating these currents also helps to determine whether the converter at a certain point operates in the CCM or in the boundary mode (where zero current switching is possible). Feasibility of zero-voltage switching is simplified by this method. Converter efficiency is showed to be 83% at asymmetrical output voltages in the CCM. Theoretical studies are confirmed by both numerical simulations and laboratory experiments on a 100-W prototype. The studied converter can be applied in supplying multilevel inverters.
{"title":"Four-Channel Buck Converter in Asymmetrical Continuous Current Conduction Mode","authors":"Lilla Litvani, J. Hamar","doi":"10.1109/CJECE.2020.2967129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2967129","url":null,"abstract":"This article is concerned with the asymmetrical control strategies of a four-channel dc/dc buck converter in the continuous current conduction mode (CCM). The converter has two input and four output channels. Energy equations of the converter are studied, and asymmetry of input voltages, output voltages, and loads are examined in the CCM. The proposed control strategy allows us to directly control the power flow in each channel without any unwanted consequences for the rest of the channels among these conditions. The main advantage is the direct control of the total transferred power by the positive sequence of the capacitor voltage, the power exchange among the input channels by the negative sequence of the capacitor voltage, and the power exchange among the output channels by the inductor currents. Calculating these currents also helps to determine whether the converter at a certain point operates in the CCM or in the boundary mode (where zero current switching is possible). Feasibility of zero-voltage switching is simplified by this method. Converter efficiency is showed to be 83% at asymmetrical output voltages in the CCM. Theoretical studies are confirmed by both numerical simulations and laboratory experiments on a 100-W prototype. The studied converter can be applied in supplying multilevel inverters.","PeriodicalId":55287,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Revue Canadienne De Genie Electrique et Informatique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/CJECE.2020.2967129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62193654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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