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Energy and Power Engineering, 2011, 3, 393-591 Published Online September 2011 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/epe/)
Copyright © 2011 SciRes. EPE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 3 Number 4 September 2011 Steady State Analysis of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator
A. M. Alkandari, S. A.-E. Soliman, M. H. Abdel-Rahman…………………………………………………….…………………393
Study of Sliding Mode Control of Dc-Dc Buck Converter
H. Guldemir……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………401
Fuzzy and PI Controller Based SHAF for Mitigation of Current Harmonics with P-Q Method Using Matlab and RTDS Hardware
S. Mikkili, A. K. Panda…………………………………………………………………………………………………………407
A Novel Fuzzy—Adaptive Hysteresis Controller Based Three Phase Four Wire-Four Leg Shunt Active Filter for Harmonic and Reactive Power Compensation
R. Ponpandi, D. Durairaj………………………………………………………………………………………………………422
Plasma Current Sheath Motion in Coaxial Plasma Discharge
T. M. Allam, H. A. El-Sayed, H. M. Soliman……………………………………………………………………………………436
Study of Luminous Emission from a Coaxial Plasma Discharge Device in the Presence of External Transverse Magnetic Field
T. M. Allam, H. A. El-Sayed, H. M. Soliman…………………………………………………………………..………………444
Analytical Approach for the Systematic Research of the Periodic Ferroresonant Solutions in the Power Networks
F. B. Amar, R. Dhifaoui………………………………………………………………………………………….………………450
Analysis of Chaotic Ferroresonance Phenomena in Unloaded Transformers Including MOV
A. Abbasi, M. Rostami, A. Gholami, H. R. Abbasi……………………………………………………….……………………478
Effect of New Suggested Ferroresonance Limiter on the Stability Domain of Chaotic Ferroresonance in the Power Transformer with Linear Core Model
H. Radmanesh, S. H. Fathi, M. Rostami…………………………………………………………………………………………483
Mechanism Analysis on Stress Accumulation in Cylindrical Vertical-Placed Metal Hydride Reactor
X. C. Hu, Z. G. Qi, F. Qin, J. P. Chen……………………………………………………………………………………………490
A Practical Framework for Reliability and Quality Assessment of Power Systems
M. A. El-Kady, B. M. Alshammari………………………………………………………………………..………………………499
Optimization of Recloser Placement to Improve Reliability by Genetic Algorithm
N. Dehghani, R. Dashti…………………………………………………………………………………………………………508
Energy and Power Engineering, 2011, 3, 393-591 Published Online September 2011 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/epe/)
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Fault Detection and Isolation Based on Neural Networks Case Study: Steam Turbine
D. Benazzouz, S. Benammar, S. Adjerid…………………………………………………...……………………………………513
Evaluation of the Gas Turbine Inlet Temperature with Relation to the Excess Air
F. R. Martínez, A. A. R. Martínez, M. T. Velázquez, P. Q. Diez, G. T. Eslava, J. A. Francis…………………………………517
Improvement of Free Convection Heat Transfer Rate of Rectangular Heatsink on Vertical Base Plates
H. R. Goshayeshi, M. Fahiminia, M. M. Naserian…………………………………………………………………………….…525
Efficiency Upgrade in PWRs
M. Gharib, A. Yaghooti, M. O. Buygi………………………………………………………………...……….………………533
Characterization of Peaks and Valleys of Electricity Demand. Application to the Spanish Mainland System in the Period 2000-2020
F. Moreno………………………………………………….……………………………….……………………………………537
Isolated Area Load Forecasting Using Linear Regression Analysis: Practical Approach
Md. A. Mahmud…………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………547
Modified Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm for Solving Economic Load Dispatch Problem
P. Roy, A. Chakrabarti……………………………………………………………………..………….…………………………551
Multiple Criteria Analysis for Energy Storage Selection
A. Barin, L. N. Canha, A. Da R. Abaide, K. F. Magnago, B. Wottrich, R. Q. Machado…………………………………………557
Wind Tunnel at LABINTHAP (Updated)
R. Q. Pedro, T. V. Miguel, T. E. Guilibaldo, T. E. René, S. S. Florencio, A. F. Juan………………………...…………………565
The Effect of Retrofit Technologies on Formaldehyde Emissions from a Large Bore Natural Gas Engine
D. B. Olsen, B. D. Willson……..........…………………………………………………………………………………………574
Research Progress on Nanostructured Radar Absorbing Materials
Y. M. Wang, T. X. Li, L. F. Zhao, Z. W. Hu, Y. J. Gu……………………………………………………………………………580
Detection of Mechanical Deformation in Old Aged Power Transformer Using Cross Correlation Co-Efficient Analysis Method
A. Islam, S. I. Khan, A. Hoque……………………………………………………………………………………………………585
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