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The main aim of this project was to find a practical and accurate method to determine the parameters of a transmission line by using current and voltage measurements. The term line parameters refer to the inherent series resistance and inductance that is found on transmission lines. The line parameters were determined by using the voltage and current measurements from either side of the transmission line. An accurate reference signal is needed to precisely compare the measured signals. The timing signals from GPS units were used to reference the measurements. In a field implementation data transfer of the measured signals would be a necessity which can be accomplished by GPRS modems. Three methods are proposed for determining line parameters. These methods were thoroughly tested in the following ways: 1. A model was built in SIMULINK with known elements and values. The three methods were then applied to the model and simulations were run. The results from the simulations are compared to the known values. 2. A system was built in the laboratory with known parameters. The results gathered from testing the system on all three methods are compared to known values. 3. Finally, the methods were applied to field data from recorders of a utility. This was done to see how well the methods would perform on a real system. Accuracy was determined from what the utility accepts as the correct values. Another focus of the project was to determine the surge impedance loading (SIL) curve from measured data. This curve can be used to determine the loadability limit of the transmission line as well as to visually show at what point the line is operating at any given time. The curve is also useful as it provides insight into the additional reactive power needed for a certain active power transfer. The concept of drawing a SIL curve from actual measurements was first tested by means of simulation. The drawing of the proposed curve is also tested on actual measurements from a transmission line. This investigation posed many challenges. These challenges are discussed in detail in the dissertation. Some of these challenges have easily implementable solutions while others still leave room for further research. The results and findings are published in this document. / Dissertation (MEng (Electrical))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / MEng / unrestricted

Advancing towards `better' wind turbine designs engineers face two central challenges: first, current aerodynamic models (based on Blade Element Momentum theory) are inherently limited to comparatively simple designs of flat rotors with straight blades. However, such designs present only a subset of possible designs. Better concepts could be coning rotors, swept or kinked blades, or blade tip modifications. To be able to extend future turbine optimization to these new concepts a different kind of aerodynamic model is needed. Second, it is difficult to include long term loads (life time extreme and fatigue loads) directly into the wind turbine design optimization. This is because with current methods the assessment of long term loads is computationally very expensive -- often too expensive for optimization. This denies the optimizer the possibility to fully explore the effects of design changes on important life time loads, and one might settle with a sub-optimal design. In this dissertation we present work addressing these two challenges, looking at wing aerodynamics in general and focusing on wind turbine loads in particular. We adopt a Lagrangian vortex model to analyze bird wings. Equipped with distinct tip feathers, these wings present very complex lifting surfaces with winglets, stacked in sweep and dihedral. Very good agreement between experimental and numerical results is found, and thus we confirm that a vortex model is actually capable of analyzing complex new wing and rotor blade geometries. Next stochastic methods are derived to deal with the time and space coupled unsteady aerodynamic equations. In contrast to deterministic models, which repeatedly analyze the loads for different input samples to eventually estimate life time load statistics, the new stochastic models provide a continuous process to assess life time loads in a stochastic context -- starting from a stochastic wind field input through to a stochastic solution for the load output. Hence, these new models allow obtaining life time loads much faster than from the deterministic approach, which will eventually make life time loads accessible to a future stochastic wind turbine optimization algorithm. While common stochastic techniques are concerned with random parameters or boundary conditions (constant in time), a stochastic treatment of turbulent wind inflow requires a technique capable to handle a random field. The step from a random parameter to a random field is not trivial, and hence the new stochastic methods are introduced in three stages. First the bird wing model from above is simplified to a one element wing/ blade model, and the previously deterministic solution is substituted with a stochastic solution for a one-point wind speed time series (a random process). Second, the wind inflow is extended to an $n$-point correlated random wind field and the aerodynamic model is extended accordingly. To complete this step a new kind of wind model is introduced, requiring significantly fewer random variables than previous models. Finally, the stochastic method is applied to wind turbine aerodynamics (for now based on Blade Element Momentum theory) to analyze rotor thrust, torque, and power. Throughout all these steps the stochastic results are compared to result statistics obtained via Monte Carlo analysis from unsteady reference models solved in the conventional deterministic framework. Thus it is verified that the stochastic results actually reproduce the deterministic benchmark. Moreover, a considerable speed-up of the calculations is found (for example by a factor 20 for calculating blade thrust load probability distributions). Results from this research provide a means to much more quickly analyze life time loads and an aerodynamic model to be used a new wind turbine optimization framework, capable of analyzing new geometries, and actually optimizing wind turbine blades with life time loads in mind. However, to limit the scope of this work, we only present the aerodynamic models here and will not proceed to turbine optimization itself, which is left for future work. / Graduate / 0538 / 0548 / mfluck@uvic.ca

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre de la gestion des modèles de lignes de produits logiciels complexes. L’ingénierie des lignes de produits logiciels a pour objectif de modéliser et développer une famille de produits logiciels présentant un ensemble de similarités plutôt que de modéliser et développer des produits logiciels individuels au cas par cas. La modélisation, cependant, peut se révéler une tâche difficile voir même infaisable quand il s’agit de modéliser des lignes de produits logiciels complexes et à grande échelle. Pour résoudre un tel problème, la tâche de modélisation est distribuée sur différents intervenants. Les modèles développés séparément doivent alors être composés pour obtenir le modèle global de la ligne de produits logiciels. Toutefois, la composition des modèles de lignes de produits logiciels n’est pas une tâche triviale car elle doit prendre en compte l’information de variabilité des éléments de modèles, les contraintes de variabilité, la structure des modèles manipulés et la sémantique ciblée par la composition. L’objectif de cette thèse est de fournir des mécanismes de composition des modèles de lignes de produits logiciels. Pour cela, deux mécanismes sont proposés : la fusion et l’agrégation. La fusion a pour objectif de combiner des modèles présentant des similarités au niveau de leurs éléments structurels. Alors que l’agrégation vise à composer des modèles ne possèdent pas de similarités mais plutôt d’éventuelles contraintes transversales reliant leurs éléments structurels. Les modèles utilisés sont représentés sous une vue de structures composites d’UML et incluent des annotations spécifiques des éléments variables. Les mécanismes que nous proposons traitent l’information de variabilité des éléments structurels manipulés, les contraintes de variabilités associées aux éléments annotés variables ainsi que l’aspect structurel des modèles à composer. Les mécanismes de composition proposés sont définis selon des propriétés sémantiques bien précises décrivant le but de la composition. Ces propriétés sémantiques doivent alors être vérifiées tout au long du processus de composition. A la fin, une évaluation du travail effectué permet de montrer la capacité à composer des modèles de lignes de produits logiciels en un temps raisonnable ainsi que l’importance de la consolidation des modèles structurels dans la réduction du nombre de produits structurellement incomplets. / The Software Product Line (SPL) engineering aims at modeling and developing a set of software systems with similarities rather than individual software systems. Modeling task can be, however, tedious or even infeasible for large scale and complex SPLs. To address such a problem, the modeling task is distributed among different stakeholders. At the end, the models separately developed have to be composed in order to obtain the global SPL model. Composing SPL models is not a trivial task; variability information of model elements has to be treated during the composition, as well as the variability constraints. Similarly, the model structure and the composition semantics are key points that have to be considered during the composition. This thesis aims at providing specific mechanisms to compose SPL models. Therefore, we propose two composition mechanisms: the merge and the aggregation mechanisms. The merge mechanism aims at combining models including structural similarities. The aggregation mechanism, however, intends to compose models without any structural similarity but having eventual constraints across their structural elements. We focus on UML composite structures of SPLs and use specific annotations to identify variable elements. Our composition mechanisms deal with the variability information of structural elements, the variability constraints associated with the variable elements as well as the structures of the manipulated models. We also specify a set of semantic properties that have to be considered during the composition process and show how to preserve them. At the end, we have carried out an assessment of the proposals and have showed their ability to compose SPL models in a reasonable time. We have also showed how model consolidation is important in reducing le number of products having incomplete structure.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T16:41:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Joao Felipe Montemezzo2.pdf: 2529334 bytes, checksum: 3e376a51a377760965206d4d5019db7a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Distribution Systems traditionally operate radially and having little information about the operating status of the network, which is estimated by the results of the load flow. The network is formed by multiphase feeders with untransposed lines, which must be added the inclusion of distributed generation, and in some cases, feeders with great extension, resulting in high level of load imbalance. That it must be added the tendency of having to operate the distribution systems more actively and efficiently, considering the greater penetration of distributed generation, storage systems and demand response. It results in the need for reliable tools for operation and planning. Among these tools the load flow is the most used and therefore deserves special attention. However, given the diverse operating conditions, it is necessary that components get modeled appropriately for reliable results. In this context, this work gathers the main mathematical models that can be used to represent lines of distribution systems, and evaluates how they influence the results obtained with load flow. Overhead and underground lines are considered, considering different topological arrangements and loading, for both primary and secondary networks. Moreover, the differences are investigated in the load flow solution considering the conventional and compact networks. Based on the assessments made in the work it is concluded that, due to the topology of distribution systems, the lines can be well represented by the short line model, with self and mutual impedances calculated by modified Carson equations. And the use of compact networks results in lower voltage drops and unbalance between the phases, due to the increased proximity and symmetry between conductors. / Tradicionalmente os Sistemas de Distribuição operam de forma radial e dispondo de poucas informações sobre o estado operativo da rede, o qual é estimado pelos resultados obtidos da execução do fluxo de carga. A rede é formada por alimentadores multifásicos sem transposição entre as fases, ao qual deve ser somado o desequilíbrio de cargas, a inserção de geração distribuída e, em alguns casos, alimentadores com grande extensão, resultando em elevado nível de desequilíbrio entre as fases. A isto deve ser somada a tendência de ter que operar os sistemas de distribuição de forma cada vez mais ativa e eficiente, considerando a maior penetração de geração distribuída, sistemas de armazenamento e resposta da demanda, resultando na necessidade de dispor de ferramentas confiáveis para a sua operação e planejamento. Dentre essas ferramentas o fluxo de carga é, de longe, a que merece maior atenção pelo seu uso extensivo. No entanto, para que seus resultados sejam confiáveis, diante das mais diversas condições operativas, é necessário que os componentes do sistema de distribuição sejam modelados de forma adequada. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho reúne os principais modelos matemáticos que podem ser utilizados para representar linhas de sistemas de distribuição, e avalia de que forma os mesmos influenciam nos resultados obtidos com o fluxo de carga. São consideradas linhas aéreas e subterrâneas, levando em conta diversas disposições topológicas e condições de carga do alimentador, tanto para redes primárias como secundárias. Além disso, são investigadas as diferenças na solução do fluxo de carga considerando as redes aéreas convencionais e compactas. Com base nas avaliações feitas no trabalho conclui-se que, devido a topologia dos sistemas distribuição, as linhas podem ser bem representadas pelo modelo de linha curta, com as impedâncias próprias e mútuas calculadas pelas equações de Carson modificadas. E a utilização de redes compactas, devido à maior proximidade e simetria entre os condutores, resulta em menores quedas de tensão e desequilíbrio entre as fases.

The continuous scaling of interconnect wires in deep submicron (DSM)circuits result in increased interconnect delay, power and crosstalk noise. In this dissertation, we address the problem of multi-metric optimization at post layout level in the design of deep submicron designs and develop a game theoretic framework for its solution. Traditional approaches in the literature can only perform single metric optimization and cannot handle multiple metrics. However, in interconnect optimization, the simultaneous optimization of multiple parameters such as delay, crosstalk noise and power is necessary and critical. Thus, the work described in this dissertation research addressing multi-metric optimization is an important contribution.Specifically, we address the problems of simultaneous optimization of interconnect delay and crosstalk noise during (i) wire sizing (ii) gate sizing (iii) integrated gate and wire sizing, and (iv) gate sizing considering process variations. Game the ory provides a natural framework for handling conflicting situations and allows optimization of multiple parameters. This property is exploited in modeling the simultaneous optimization of various design parameters such as interconnect delay, crosstalk noise and power, which are conflicting in nature. The problem of multi-metric optimization is formulated as a normal form game model and solved using Nash equilibrium theory. In wire sizing formulations, the net segments within a channel are modeled as the players and the range of possible wire sizes forms the set of strategies. The payoff function is modeled as (i) the geometric mean of interconnect delay andcrosstalk noise and (ii) the weighted-sum of interconnect delay, power and crosstalk noise, in order to study the impact of different costfunctions with two and three metrics respectively. In gate sizing formulations, the range of possible gate sizes is modeled as the set of strategies and the payoff function is modeled as the geome tric mean of interconnect delay and crosstalk noise. The gates are modeled as the players while performing gate sizing, whereas, the interconnect delay and crosstalk noise are modeled as players for integrated wire and gate sizing framework as well as for statistical gate sizing under the impact of process variations.The various algorithms proposed in this dissertation (i) perform multi-metric optimization (ii) achieve significantly better optimization and run times than other methods such as simulated annealing, genetic search, and Lagrangian relaxation (iii) have linear time and space complexities, and hence can be applied to very large SOC designs, and (iv) do not require rerouting or incur any area overhead. Thecomputational complexity analysis of the proposed algorithms as well as their software implementations are described, and experimental results are provided that establish the efficacy of the proposed algorithms.

Orientador: Sérgio Kurokawa / Resumo: Sabe-se que existe um modelo de linha bifásica a parâmetros discretos e constantes, desenvolvido diretamente no domínio do tempo. Porém, o fato de considerar os parâmetros longitudinais para uma frequência fixa, faz com que as respostas de corrente e de tensão apresentem um comportamento aproximado. Para melhorar a qualidade das formas de onda, deve-se levar em consideração o efeito da frequência sobre os parâmetros longitudinais. Nesta dissertação foi densenvolvido um modelo de linha de transmissão bifásica a parâmetros discretos, diretamente no domínio do tempo, que leva em consideração o efeito da frequência. A sintetização do mesmo, tanto para as fases quanto para o acoplamento magnético, é representada por meio de uma associação série e paralela de resistores e indutores, onde a quantidade de blocos RL deve ser a necessária para obter o melhor ajuste da resposta em frequência dos parâmetros longitudinais próprios e mútuos. No modelo proposto, as quedas de tensão nas fases produzidas pelo acoplamento magnético, foram calculadas por meio de uma extensão do modelo de Schulze. As equações de corrente e de tensão ao longo da cascata de circuitos π da linha bifásica foram escritas na forma de equação de estado. Tal equação é resolvida utilizando o método de Heun. No processo de validação do modelo proposto, o modelo clássico modal foi utilizado como modelo de referência, tanto para linhas bifásicas que possuem plano de simetria vertical quanto para linhas bifásicas que não pos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: It is know that exist a lumped and constant parameters two-phase line model, desenveloped directly in time domain. However, the fact to considerer the longitudinal parameters for a fixed frequency, it does what current and voltage responses present an approximated behavior. To improve the quality of the waveforms must be taked into consideration the frequency effect on the longitudinal parameters. In this dissertation was desenveloped a lumped parameters two-phase transmission line model, directly in time domain, that takes into consideration the frequency effect. The synthesis of the same, both for the phases and for the magnetic coupling, is represented by a series and parallel association of resistors and inductors, where the quantity of RL-blocks must be the necessary to obtain the best adjustment of the frequency response of the own and mutual longitudinal parameters. In the proposed model, the voltage drops in the phases produced by the magnetic coupling, were calculated by an extension of Schulze’s Model. Current and voltage equations along the cascade of π-circuits of the two-phase line were written in the form of state equation. Such equation is solutioned using Heun’s Method. In the validation process of the proposed model, the classical modal model was used as reference model, both for two-phase lines that possess vertical symmetry plane and for two-phase lines that do not possess vertical symmetry plane. / Mestre

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