designing high-power-delivery and low-system-mass electric power systems (EPS) is a major goal to achieve the next generation of electrified aircraft. As one of its major components, cables must be redesigned to obtai...
designing high-power-delivery and low-system-mass electric power systems (EPS) is a major goal to achieve the next generation of electrified aircraft. As one of its major components, cables must be redesigned to obtain high-power-density and low-system-mass EPS. Among challenges in designing aircraft cables such as arc and arc tracking, partial discharges (PD), and thermal management, the latter is decisive since the thermal properties of the cable determine its maximum ampacity. The maximum permissible current of a cable depends on radiative and convective heat transfers from its surface to the ambient environment. At the cruising altitude (12.2 km) of wide-body aircraft where the air pressure is 18.8 kPa, the convective heat transfer is greatly reduced which results in a reduction in maximum permissible current. Moreover, both radiative and convective heat transfers depend on the surface area of the cable. One way to increase the heat transfers and compensate for the reduction of convective heat transfer from a limited air pressure is to change the geometry of the cable. The cuboid geometry design provides a larger contact area with the ambient environment for the same cross-section area, so it is expected that the heat transfer will increase compared to conventional cylindrical cables, and in turn, the maximum power carrying capacity of the cable will be larger. Here, the question is whether the hypothesis is true, and if so, how much improvement can be expected. The purpose of this paper is to answer these questions and, for the first time, an MVDC (5 kVdc) high power (1 kA) cuboid shape cable is designed for future AEA to increase the maximum permissible current of the cable.
This paper studies the relationship between a graph neural network (GNN) and a manifold neural network (MNN) when the graph is constructed from a set of points sampled from the manifold, thus encoding geometric inform...
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This paper presents a numerical investigation of positive streamers in a liquid-solid composite dielectric system, specifically in the context of wet-mate DC connectors. The study focuses on the influence of different...
This paper presents a numerical investigation of positive streamers in a liquid-solid composite dielectric system, specifically in the context of wet-mate DC connectors. The study focuses on the influence of different materials and relative permittivity values of the solid dielectric on streamer behavior. The study employs a non-dimensionalized electric field-dependent molecular ionization streamer model to describe the initiation and propagation of streamers within a needle-sphere electrode system. A 2D-axisymmetric COMSOL model is utilized, where a solid tube-like dielectric is placed near the needle tip in an electrode system filled with transformer oil. The effects of varying relative permittivity values on the electric field distribution, streamer propagation velocity, ionization and attachment rates, and spatiotemporal evolution of charged species (electrons, positive ions, and negative ions) are studied. By analyzing these aspects, the paper aims to enhance the understanding of streamer dynamics and provide valuable information for optimizing the design and performance of equipment utilizing liquid-solid composite dielectric systems.
This paper aims to explore the significance of accurately defining the geometry of needle electrodes in gas discharge plasma finite-element simulations and evaluate the sensitivity and responsiveness of simulation out...
This paper aims to explore the significance of accurately defining the geometry of needle electrodes in gas discharge plasma finite-element simulations and evaluate the sensitivity and responsiveness of simulation outputs to different needle electrode shapes. Using a hydrodynamic (drift-diffusion) model and COMSOL Multiphysics software, a comprehensive numerical analysis is performed to investigate the influence of six needle geometries (hyperbolic, elliptic, and circle-with-tangents) with an equal radius of curvature on negative air discharge plasma characteristics. The study aims to establish a comparative understanding of how the defined geometries relate to the behavior of the discharge plasma. Various aspects, including the properties of Trichel pulses, the spatiotemporal evolution of charged species, and the electrical field distribution, are explored.
Corona discharges cause power loss, audible noise (AN), radio interference (RI), and television interference (TVI), all of which should be considered during transmission line design. Unconventional high surge impedanc...
Corona discharges cause power loss, audible noise (AN), radio interference (RI), and television interference (TVI), all of which should be considered during transmission line design. Unconventional high surge impedance loading (HSIL) lines have been shown to have the potential to produce greater natural power than conventional lines and conventional HSIL lines. More than one conductor is used in conventional extra high voltage (EHV) lines, typically more than 300 kV, to form bundled conductors which reduce the electrical field on the subconductors and, as a result, reduce corona effects. In conventional lines, the number of subconductors symmetrically placed on a circle and bundle radius are determined based on corona effects considerations. Using a larger bundle circle and increasing the number of subconductors lead to greater natural power, resulting in conventional HSIL lines. Therefore, in conventional HSIL lines, bundled conductors are used not only to address corona effects but also to increase natural power. Using smaller conductors for conventional HSIL lines keeps costs close to conventional lines. In conventional HSIL lines, subconductors are still symmetrically placed on a circle while unconventional HSIL lines have subconductors placed at any point in space. Unconventional HSIL lines can lead to more natural power than conventional HSIL lines. In this paper, AN and RI for unconventional HSIL lines are calculated and discussed.
The electric field intensity on subconductors is the most important parameter to consider when electrically designing (extra) high voltage, (E)HV, transmission lines. In this regard, it is not possible to use existing...
The electric field intensity on subconductors is the most important parameter to consider when electrically designing (extra) high voltage, (E)HV, transmission lines. In this regard, it is not possible to use existing formulae for calculating electric field intensity on subconductors, which are for subconductors placed symmetrically on bundle circles, for recently introduced unconventional high power density lines where subconductors can be located in unsymmetrical or at any location in the space. Further, in existing formulas, nearby (other phases) and image conductors are ignored, and a uniform field is assumed despite the fact that electric fields are distorted in the presence of other subconductors in a bundle. None of the mentioned assumptions are valid for unconventional high power density lines, so it is necessary to develop an innovative method for calculating electric field on subconductors on these new lines. In our method, $n_{m}$ line charges for each subconductor are employed to set the electric potentials of $n_{m}$ points at the periphery of that subconductor equal to the applied voltage. The line charges are uniformly distributed around a hypothetical cylinder with a radius of $r/2$ , where $r$ is the radius of that subconductor. The challenge is choosing a proper $n_{m}$ , leading to an accurate result.
Transmission expansion planning (TEP) is crucial for maintaining the reliable and efficient operation of the power systems, particularly in the face of increasing electricity demand and the integration of renewable en...
Transmission expansion planning (TEP) is crucial for maintaining the reliable and efficient operation of the power systems, particularly in the face of increasing electricity demand and the integration of renewable energy sources. This paper aims to investigate the application of unconventional high surge impedance loading (HSIL) lines in TEP and presents a comparative analysis of their outcomes against conventional line-based TEP approaches. Starting with a 17-bus 500 kV test system, which can operate well under normal operating condition as well as all single contingency conditions, the objective is to connect a new load located in a new bus, bus #18, to the existing test system via two approaches: using conventional lines and incorporating unconventional HSIL lines. By comparing the number of lines required for the conventional and unconventional approaches, maintaining identical conductor weight per circuit, the effectiveness of unconventional HSIL lines in TEP is evaluated where using only two unconventional HSIL lines is sufficient to connect 1250 MW load demand at bus 18 while three transmission lines are required when using the conventional line. Finally, a thorough economic analysis has been conducted on both TEP scenarios, revealing that implementing unconventional HSIL lines leads to remarkable cost savings and thus can be considered a promising option for TEP studies.
Digital twins have a major potential to form a significant part of urban management in emergency planning, as they allow more efficient designing of the escape routes, better orientation in exceptional situations, and...
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Among various sensors for assisted and autonomous driving systems, automotive radar has been considered as a robust and low-cost solution even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With the recent development of ...
Among various sensors for assisted and autonomous driving systems, automotive radar has been considered as a robust and low-cost solution even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With the recent development of radar technologies and open-sourced annotated data sets, semantic segmentation with radar signals has become very promising. However, existing methods are either computationally expensive or discard significant amounts of valuable information from raw 3D radar signals by reducing them to 2D planes via averaging. In this work, we introduce ERASE-Net, an Efficient RAdar SEgmentation Network to segment the raw radar signals semantically. The core of our approach is the novel detect-then-segment method for raw radar signals. It first detects the center point of each object, then extracts a compact radar signal representation, and finally performs semantic segmentation. We show that our method can achieve superior performance on radar semantic segmentation task compared to the state-of-the-art (SOTA) technique. Furthermore, our approach requires up to 20×less computational resources. Finally, we show that the proposed ERASE-Net can be compressed by 40% without significant loss in performance, significantly more than the SOTA network, which makes it a more promising candidate for practical automotive applications.
Abnormal climates due to global warming have emerged as a big concern in the global community. To mitigate climate change and achieve sustainability, distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar and wind, have...
Abnormal climates due to global warming have emerged as a big concern in the global community. To mitigate climate change and achieve sustainability, distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar and wind, have been recently deployed in power systems. As the penetration level of DERs has increased, however, it caused a multitude of issues in the power systems, such as voltage fluctuation in the distribution network limiting renewable hosting capacity. On the other hand, the electric vehicle (EV) industry is rapidly growing to facilitate the transition to a carbon-neutral community, illuminating the potential of EVs as a flexible grid asset to mitigate some of the issues and improve grid operation, if properly exploited. To explore the potential of EVs, this paper proposes an EV scheduling strategy. By using an optimal EV charging scheduling proposed, distribution system operators (DSOs) can minimize their operating costs and stably operate the system with a high level of DERs. To validate the method, a modified IEEE 33-bus system with DERs is developed. The case study shows the proposed scheduling strategizes EV charging to reduce the cost of PV curtailment. In the study, the method outperforms the renewable-only case with curtailment by 4.97% in DSO cost. It also demonstrates its potential to increase the renewable hosting capacity by harmonizing EV charging with renewables.
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