Investigating Impacts of CVR and Demand Response Operations on a Bi-Level Market-Clearing With a Dynamic Nodal Pricing

This paper investigates the impacts of conservation voltage reduction (CVR) on electricity prices, the local market, and technical issues in distribution networks. An increase in electricity demand is one of the key challenges for developing sustainable societies. An increase in electric consumption puts immense pressure on electricity providers, which forces them to apply for load reduction programs during peak-demand time intervals. The CVR is one of the popular methods for load reduction, but how it would impact the pricing process and electricity market at the distribution level needs further investigation. The proposed methodology includes a power tracing and loss allocation-based pricing method. Since the distribution networks are going to be confronted by penetration of distributed energy resources (DER), prosumers, and microgrids, it is important to have a comprehensive methodology. This paper deploys a bi-level optimization algorithm to consider the financial benefits of all participating agents. In addition to CVR, the demand response (DR) programs are considered to shift and curtail flexible loads by the distribution system operator (DSO) and prosumers, respectively. The price sensitivity of prosumers toward change in the network’s voltage for better planning is calculated. The operation costs/profits of DSO/prosumers decrease/increase during CVR and DR programs by 4.63% / 3%, respectively.©2023 Authors. Published by IEEE. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) E-Learning and content development

. paper describes about the implementation of open source and content development in UTP ~arning. As the technology evolves and the need for open source enviromnent arises, a new digm is needed to allow E-Learning to move into this open source enviromnent. A few open ce programs were analyzed and Moodie was chose as the most suitable open source to :lop UTP's new E-Learning. Moodie appears to be one of the most user-friendly and flexible 1 source courseware products available and has excellent documentation, strong support for rity and administration, and is evolving towards IMS/SCORM standards. SCORM was :loped with the guidance of a large consortium of academic, technological and govermnental nizations. SCORM is maintained by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. objective of implementing open source and content development in developing UTP's Ening is mainly to help initiate an advance Information and Communication Technology ') enviromnent for student. Methodology of developing this project has already been defined probably pose much similar with traditional information-development process. Tools irement such as the Moodie software itself and other supportive software and hardware are tified to develop this project

Honeywell Experion System: Configuration, simulation and process control software interoperability

The use of automated distributed control systems has become a widely discussed topic as industry attempts to maximise efficiency. An increase in automation technology has resulted in demand for “industry ready” graduate engineers with knowledge and experience with such technologies. Murdoch University (Murdoch) provides students with exposure to industry standard automation systems such as Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), a Distributed Control System (DCS) designed for the control and optimisation of industrial plants. Presently, Murdoch uses Experion to monitor and control its pilot plant, exposing instrumentation and control students to the configuration and control of an industrial plant. Additionally, Murdoch holds a second Experion simulation license providing the ability to program and simulate process and control strategies. This project scope was to explore several key areas of the Experion simulation system followed by the development of a series of learning materials to facilitate the teaching of the Experion system to students for a new unit to be introduced at Murdoch University in 2017. The methodology adopted to achieve the project outcome involved developing a comprehensive understanding of Experion and its associated applications, before building a series of example simulation programs for the purpose of implementing and testing a variety of Experion’s control strategies. Additionally, real-time control of the Experion simulation programs, using third party process control software, was achieved. The successful interoperability of MATLAB, Simulink, and LabVIEW with Experion provides an avenue for implementing advanced control strategies both in simulation and on Murdoch’s pilot plant. At the conclusion of the project, an extensive list of learning materials was produced, providing comprehensive procedures to enact tasks within the Experion system. This includes initial setup and configuration, development of simulated programs and associated Human Machine Interface (HMI) displays, the implementation of control strategies, and third party process control software interoperability. These learning materials provide students with an enhanced learning experience, giving them the skills and exposure required to thrive in the automation engineering industry as a Murdoch University graduate

Analysis of HHS Final Rules on Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment

Summarizes final rules for states and health insurance plans for minimizing adverse selection under federal healthcare reform and highlights changes from proposed rules. Outlines implications for states and plans, as well as outstanding issues

Distributed Learning System Design: A New Approach and an Agenda for Future Research

This article presents a theoretical framework designed to guide distributed learning design, with the goal of enhancing the effectiveness of distributed learning systems. The authors begin with a review of the extant research on distributed learning design, and themes embedded in this literature are extracted and discussed to identify critical gaps that should be addressed by future work in this area. A conceptual framework that integrates instructional objectives, targeted competencies, instructional design considerations, and technological features is then developed to address the most pressing gaps in current research and practice. The rationale and logic underlying this framework is explicated. The framework is designed to help guide trainers and instructional designers through critical stages of the distributed learning system design process. In addition, it is intended to help researchers identify critical issues that should serve as the focus of future research efforts. Recommendations and future research directions are presented and discussed

Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems

Describes Wallace grantees' work to create a cohesive leadership system of coordinated policies between states and districts and across state agencies, states' and districts' efforts to forge cohesive policies, and the impact on instructional leadership

Integrated Design and Implementation of Embedded Control Systems with Scilab

Embedded systems are playing an increasingly important role in control engineering. Despite their popularity, embedded systems are generally subject to resource constraints and it is therefore difficult to build complex control systems on embedded platforms. Traditionally, the design and implementation of control systems are often separated, which causes the development of embedded control systems to be highly time-consuming and costly. To address these problems, this paper presents a low-cost, reusable, reconfigurable platform that enables integrated design and implementation of embedded control systems. To minimize the cost, free and open source software packages such as Linux and Scilab are used. Scilab is ported to the embedded ARM-Linux system. The drivers for interfacing Scilab with several communication protocols including serial, Ethernet, and Modbus are developed. Experiments are conducted to test the developed embedded platform. The use of Scilab enables implementation of complex control algorithms on embedded platforms. With the developed platform, it is possible to perform all phases of the development cycle of embedded control systems in a unified environment, thus facilitating the reduction of development time and cost.Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures; Open Access at http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s8095501.pd