Newspapers are often bundled and packet on pallets to secure transport. Packing thebundles on pallets are often done with an automatic palletizer. For reliable operation,the bundle needed to have a correct position and orientation on the infeed conveyor.Wrong orientation can happen when the bundle is pushed from conveyor to thepalletisers conveyor. The main to reasons is wrong timing that leads to rotation of thebundle and to high pushing force that leads to tumbled bundles. The goal of thisproject is to make a prototype of a system that automatically adapts the pressure andsignal when to push using two laser sensors. One sensor sends a digital signal if laserbreaks, the other measure distance, e.g. bundle hight. The software was developed onan Arduino Uno board, and two interface board was made for voltage levelconversions. The prototype system managed to change pressure for different bundlesizes and timed the pushing signal correctly.

Over a day the electrical load in a grid fluctuates over time and has power peaksduring certain times of the day. These power peaks often coincide when residentialhouses connected to the grid have their peaks. Power peaks is one factor whendesigning grids and make the power companies to invest in more transmissioncapability to handle an increase of power consumption at their customers.Todaythe most common way for power companies to bill their customer is by the amountof energy they use. To create an incentive for customers to even out their powerconsumption, power companies can bill their customers by their power peaksinstead, which they can lower with their energy storage.This thesis shows that technologically it is possible to utilize batteries forcontrolling customer loads to reduce their power peaks during the billable time ofthe day at different levels. It also proves that the customers can get economicadvantages by reducing their power peaks, creating an incentive for them to do so.Today it is hard to motivate energy storage for reducing power peaks at thecustomers with long pay-back times. With the decreasing price of batteries in thefuture, this becomes more favorable for the customers who can see economicbenefit from this. The power companies can also see benefit from this since theircustomers even out their load and thereby even out the load of the grid over theday, making it possible to postpone grid extensions.

Detta examensarbete handlar om hur ett beredningsarbete går till från början till slut. Projektet omfattar ett eldistributionsnät till ett nytt bostadsområde med 33 villor, en förskola och en industrifastighet. Delar som effektförbrukning av bostäder, förskola och en industri har tagits fram utifrån deras huvudsäkring. Belastningsström och dimensionering av lågspänningskablar så som högspänningskablar har tagits fram för de olika delsträckorna som kabeln är förlagd. Spänningsfall på de olika delsträckorna för serviskablar och matarkablar samt spänningsfallen för abonnenterna blir behandlade i denna rapport, med mål att hålla dessa spänningsfall under 4 %. Utlösningsvillkor för de olika ledningssträckorna har kontrollerats för att hålla elnätet så säkert som möjligt. Den ekonomiska area har det tagits hänsyn till, för valet av de olika kablarna som har använts under arbetet. Arbetet behandlar också val av material från kabelskåp till säkringar. Ett flertal olika avtal har blivit behandlade, karttyper från schaktkarta till högspänningskarta har blivit framtagna. I ett projekt finns det ett flertal kostnader som är väsentliga för att få fram den slutgiltiga kostnaden. Vissa av dessa kostnader har blivit behandlade såsom: en P2-kalkyl är gjord och värderingsprotokoll för de olika markägarna har blivit framtagna. En presentation av de olika program som använts inom en beredning har tagits med, som kan hjälpa och underlätta arbetet som beredare. Resultatet av beredningen omfattar en ny 12/0,4 kV nätstation, nio stycken nya kabelskåp samt 155 meter 12 kV högspänningskabel och 4 087 meter 0,4 kV lågspänningskabel. Schaktsträckan kommer att vara 1 980 meter lång, där det schaktas fram till fastighetens gräns, där sedan fastighetsägarens ansvar för schaktningen tar vid. Nätstationen har placerats strategiskt, så att schaktningssträckorna minimeras och spänningsfallen hålls nere. Kabelskåpen har även de placerats strategiskt för att förse alla abonnenter med ström och med åtanke på spänningsfall så har servisledningarnas längd hållits nere. Kostnaden för projektet beräknas bli 2,1 miljoner kronor / This thesis is about how a preparatory works from start to finish. The project comprises a power distribution network in a new residential area with 33 villas, a preschool and an industry property. Parts that power consumption of houses, preschool and an industry has been based on their main fuse. Load current and dimensioning of low voltage cables as high-voltage cables have been developed for the different sections available cable is located. Voltage drop of the various sections for service cables and the supply cables and the voltage dips to subscribers are treated in this report, with the goal of keeping this voltage drop below 4 %. The trigger condition for the different connection routes have been checked to keep the mains as safe as possible. The economic area has been considered, for the selection of the various cables that has been used during the operation. The work also deals with the selection of materials from the cable distribution cabinets to fuses. Several different agreements have been treated, map types from the excavation map to high voltage map has been developed. In a project there are several costs which are essential to obtain the final cost. Some of these costs have been treated as: P2-calculation is made and valuation protocol for the various land owners has been developed. A presentation of the different applications used within a preparation has been included, which can help and facilitate the work of processors. The result of the preparatory works comprises a new 12/0.4 kV grid station, nine new cable distribution cabinets and 155 meters 12 kV HV cable and 4 087 meters 0.4 kV low voltage cable. Excavation distance will be 1 980 meters long, which excavate up to the property line, where the property owner is responsible for the excavation. The Grid Station has been placed strategically so that the excavation routes are minimized, and the voltage dips is held. Cable distribution cabinets have also been placed strategically to provide all subscribers with power and with the voltage dip in mind, the length of the service lines has been kept down. The cost of the project is estimated at SEK 2.1 million

Detta examensarbete har utförts på uppdrag utav Göteborg Energi Nät AB. Arbetet har en beskrivande del som handlar om hur det går till när nya kunder ansluts till det befintliga nätet och den andra delen av arbetet är en kartläggning över effektförbrukningen för kundkategorierna flerbostadshus, skolor och förskolor. När en kund vill ansluta en fastighet till elnätet begärs en effekt som av nätbolaget ofta uppfattas som högre än vad som egentligen behövs. Om detta är fallet borde servisledningarna vara lågt belastade och inte optimalt dimensionerade utifrån ett nätbolags perspektiv. Det finns inget underlag som visar på vilken belastningsnivå ledningarna har vilket gör det svårt att föra en dialog med kunden eller installatören gällande begärd effekt. Nätbolaget vill inte ta ansvar för att dimensionera kundens anläggning vilket är installatörens uppgift. Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka om det av kunden begärda effektuttaget i föranmälan är högre eller lägre än den faktiska maxförbrukningen. I rapporten undersöks vilken belastningsnivå servisledningarna har och utifrån det bedöms om ledningarna är över- eller underdimensionerade. Genom att ta fram mätvärden för utvalda anslutningspunkter kunde det verkliga effektuttaget jämföras med begärd effekt och därefter beräknades belastningsgraden på ledningarna. Vidare analyserades sambandet mellan olika kabelareor och deras belastningsintervall utifrån framtagna mätvärden. I denna rapport har anslutningspunkter för 87 flerbostadshus, 7 skolor, 18 förskolor och 3 skola och förskola under samma anslutningspunkt undersökts. Resultatet av studien visar att belastningsraden för de flesta ledningar anslutna till flerbostadshus var 25-34 procent och för skolor samt förskolor var den procentuella belastningen för de flesta ledningarna mellan 20- 29 procent vilket styrker hypotesen om att servisledningarna överdimensioneras. Ett steg i arbetet för att minska överdimensioneringen av ledningarna är att försöka förmedla till kunden eller installatören att belastningarna kan sammanlagras, eftersom kunderna inte kommer att ta ut maxeffekt samtidigt. / This bachelor’s thesis has been carried out on behalf of Göteborg Energi Nät AB. The work has a descriptive first part about how new customers are connected to the existing electric grid and the main part of the essay is a survey about power consumption for the customer categories apartment buildings, schools and pre-schools. When customers want to connect a property to the electricity grid, they often request an electric output that the network company perceive to be higher than necessary/what is required. If this is the case, the supply service line connection should have lower load and not be optimally dimensioned from a network company’s perspective. There is no data available that shows what level of load the supply service line connection have, which makes it difficult to start a dialogue with the customer or the electrician regarding requested power. The network companies do not want to take the responsibility to dimension the customer’s facility. The responsibility for this lies with an electrician. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate whether the power demand requested by the customer in advance is higher or lower than the actual maximum consumption. The report examines the level of load that the supply service line connection have and based on that information it gives an estimation of whether the supply service line connection are over or under dimensioned. By obtaining measured values from selected connection points and comparing the actual power consumption with the requested power, calculations can show the load rate of the supply service line connection. In this report, connection points were investigated on 87 apartment buildings, 7 schools, 18 pre-schools and 3 units with school and pre-school under the same connection point. The result of the study shows that the load rates for most electric supply service line connections. For apartment buildings the load rates were 25-34 percent and for schools and pre-schools 20-29 percent. This strengthens the hypothesis that the supply service line connections are over dimensioned. One step in the effort to reduce over dimensioning of the supply service line connections is to try to have a dialogue with the customers or electricians. It is then important to explain that the load can be aggregated and that all loads will not consume maximum power at the same time.

Försäljning av laddbara elfordon växer årligen vilket ger ett ökat behov av laddstationer på boendeparkeringar. Rapporten undersöker tekniska och ekonomiska förutsättningar för elbilsladdning på parkering till flerbostadshus åt Stenungsundshem. Av de typer elbilar som finns är det laddhybrider och rena elbilar som laddas med energi från elnätet. Den vanligaste typen på marknaden är laddhybriden som kan drivas både av en elmotor och en förbränningsmotor medan den rena elbilen endast drivs av en elmotor. Tiden för laddning av en elbil beror på om stationen är utformad med normalladdning, semisnabbladdning eller snabbladdning. För hemmaladdning är det vanligast med normalladdning där elbilen blir fullt uppladdad efter sex till tio timmar, batteriets storlek påverkar också tiden för laddning. Inkoppling till en laddstation kan ske med olika typer av kontakter, inom Europa är Typ 2 standard. Säkerheten vid laddning är viktig varför laddstaioner har delats upp i fyra olika säkerhetsklasser beroende på kommunikationsmöjligheter mellan laddstation och fordon, Mode 3 är standard i Norden. Laddning av elbilar kan resultera i höga effekttoppar vilket huvudsäkringen måste vara dimensionerad för. Dessa effekttoppar kan kapas om någon form av lastbalansering används som fördelar den tillgängliga effekten under dygnet mellan laddstationer så att nätet inte blir överbelastat. De som erbjuder elbilsladdning måste följa Ellagen i form av hur debitering får ske och hur laddstationer ska installeras. Detta förtydligas med hjälp av standarder och förordningar. Dimensionering gällande kabelarea och effektbehov vid olika antal laddstationer har utförts i detta projekt, aluminium kabel med PEX-isolering har använts uteslutande i detta projekt. Det har utförts en marknadsöversikt för att titta på olika lösningar och kostnader för kabelförläggning samt laddstationer. Det i nuläget bästa alternativet för Stenungsundhem anses vara att installera två stycken laddstationer för laddning av fyra boendeparkeringar. Med bidrag i form av initiativet ”Klimatklivet” kan investeringskostnaderna för laddstationer och kabelförläggning reduceras upp till 50%. / Sales of electric vehicles grow annually which increases the need for charging stations on parking lots at apartment houses. This report explore both the technical and the economical aspects of electric car charging for Stenungsundshem. The types of electric cars available on the market that can be charged by energy from the electric power network is the Plug-in hybrid and the electric car. The most common type on the market is the Plug-in hybrid which is driven by an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. The electric car is only driven by an electric motor. Charging times for electric cars depend on if the charging station is designed with normal charging or fast charging. For home charging, normal charging is the most common type of charging where the car is fully charged after six to ten hours. The connection between charging stations and cars can be made by different types of connectors. The European standard is the Type 2 connector. Safety is very important when charging electric cars, Therefore, charging stations have been divided into four different safety modes. Safety modes differ depending on the type of communication available between the charging station and the car. Mode 3 is the standardized mode in the Nordic countries. Charging of electric cars can result in power peaks which the main fuse must be dimensioned for. Power peaks can be reduced by using some type of load balancing system where available power during the day is distributed between charging stations to keep the power consumption below rated power. Terms of how charging is done and installation of charging station must be in compliance with Ellagen. For easier compliance and clarification of Ellagen standards and regulations should be used. In this project cable dimensioning by power requirements for different amounts of charging stations has been made, PEX insulated aluminum cable is exclusively used within the project. The market of charging stations is explored to look at different solutions and costs for charging stations and routing of cables. The best option for Stenungsundshem is currently to install two charging station for charging outlets to four parking spaces. Contributions like “Klimatklivet” can reduce total costs of investments for charging stations and cable routing with up to 50%.

Modern day vehicles is full of electronics, different sensors and software. To test that all these different systems works as expected it is suitable to build test beds. These test beds consists of, as far as possible, real components that should be implemented in the vehicles. A vehicle has various temperature sensors. Something that is important totest is how the vehicles systems reacts to different temperatures. This thesis aim is to construct a unit that can simulate a temperature sensor of type PT100. The unit should be able to be controlled via CAN and it should also be able to simulate short cicruit and open load. Digital potentiometers in parallel was used to simulate the temperature sensor. Relays was used to simulate short circuit and open load. The unit was calibrated and tested witha multimeter. When the multimeter was used the unit produced satisfactory results. When the unit was tested against the test bed it showed different values than with the multimeter thus further work is requierd. This thesis was conducted at BAE Systems Hägglunds AB in Örnsköldsvik.

The purpose with this pre-study of an underground railway track with d.c. traction was to examine alternatives to the auxiliary power, traction power and tracks/ return circuits. This with the problem of stray currents in mind as well with technical, safety and economy. The method used was primarily a literature study of theoretical, standards, other scientific studies, and calculations. The results and conclusions suggested to use a 1kV system for the auxiliary power system, a contact rail for the traction voltage and a slab track for rail and return circuit. This to keep drop voltage within limits, to keep system height down and limit the risk for stray currents. Furthermore, contact rail and slab track raise the comfort and safety, as well as lower the maintenance. The thesis stresses the importance of prevention of stray currents in initial stages of the planning and the fact that there are many ways to do this.

Delivering a fault-free software to the client requires exhaustive testing, which in today's ever-growing software systems, can be expensive and often impossible. Software fault prediction aims to improve software quality while reducing the testing effort by identifying fault-prone modules in the early stages of development process. However, software fault prediction activities are yet to be implemented in the daily work routine of practitioners as a result of a lack of automation of this process. This thesis presents an Eclipse plug-in as a fault prediction automation tool that can predict fault-prone modules using two prediction methods, Naive Bayes and Logistic Regression, while also reflecting on the performance of these prediction methods compared to each other. Evaluating the prediction methods on open source projects concluded that Logistic Regression performed better than Naive Bayes.As part of the prediction process, this thesis also reflects on the easiest metrics to automatically gather for fault prediction concluding that LOC, McCabe Complexity and CK suite metrics are the easiest to automatically gather.

In recent years, the number of photovoltaic systems (PV systems) has increased in Sweden. According to the Swedish Energy Agency the number is expected to continue to increase in the future, much thanks to the declining prices of PV systems. The government´s goal of 100% renewable electricity generation in 2040 can be achieved if half of all small houses in Sweden install PV systems.The 31st of December 2017, Gävle Energi had 39 PV systems whereof 16 had installed capacity of less than 5kW, corresponding to 0,16% of the Swedish PV installations of less than 5kW. In this report a study of how the voltage quality is affected by installation of an increased number of single phase PV systems is presented. The study is performed on 4 different rural area distribution grids and the voltage is analysed with respect to the following quality criteria’s: • Voltage change in connection point, max 5% • Voltage change in interconnection point, max 3% • Voltage variation, ±10% of nominal value (207-253V) 2 different scenarios have been considered for each area: • ”The two houses with largest impedances have PV systems” • ”50% of the houses in one area have PV systems” The simulations performed in this study show that the voltage exceeds one or more of the electrical quality requirements listed above for all four of the studied areas. Measures such as cable reinforcement in connection points and/or interconnection points is recommended.

Many consumer products, such as within the computer areas, computer graphics, digital signal processing, communication systems, robotics, navigation, astrophysics, fluid physics, etc. are searching for high computational performance as a consequence of increasingly more advanced algorithms in these applications. Until recently the down scaling of the hardware technology has been able to fulfill these higher demands from the more advanced algorithms with higher clock rates on the chips. This that the development of hardware technology performance has stagnated has moved the interest more over to implementation of algorithms in hardware. Especially within wireless communication the desire for higher transmission rates has increased the interest for algorithm implementation methodologies. The scope of this thesis is mainly on the developed methodology of parabolic synthesis. The parabolic synthesis methodology is a methodology for implementing approximations of unary functions in hardware. The methodology is described with the criteria's that have to be fulfilled to perform an approximation on a unary function. The hardware architecture of the methodology is described and to this a special hardware that performs the squaring operation. The outcome of the presented research is a novel methodology for implementing approximations of unary functions such as trigonometric functions, logarithmic functions, as well as square root and division functions etc. The architecture of the processing part automatically gives a high degree of parallelism. The methodology is founded on operations that are simple to implement in hardware such as addition, shifts, multiplication, contributes to that the implementation in hardware is simple to perform. The hardware architecture is characterized by a high degree of parallelism that gives a short critical path and fast computation. The structure of the methodology will also assure an area efficient hardware implementation.