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2012

Customer Feedback and Internet Means Used By the Portuguese Enterprises

Authors
dos Santos Branco, FAD; Bandeira Martins, JLB; Ramos Moreira Goncalves, RMRM;

Publication
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract
In this paper we intend to present an analysis to the means of collecting customer feedback through the Internet. Holding the current customers, as well as attract new ones, has been a very relevant concern to many organizations. Knowing their customers opinion is a decisive part of the product/service development. Collecting customer feedback through the Internet is considered to be simpler and economical when comparing to the traditional means of collecting customer feedback. This work is the result of a study that identified the means of collecting customer feedback present in the websites of the biggest Portuguese SMEs and biggest Portuguese enterprises in business volume.

2012

Simulation and Experimental Results for a Photovoltaic System formed by Polycrystalline Solar Modules

Authors
Saraiva, S; Melicio, R; Matias, J; Cabrita, C; Catalao, JPS;

Publication
2012 16TH IEEE MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE (MELECON)

Abstract
This paper focuses on the comprehensive modeling, simulation and experimental validation for a photovoltaic system formed by polycrystalline solar modules. The performance of the equivalent circuit model for a solar cell is validated by data measured parameters of photovoltaic modules. Also, this paper brings a novel iterative procedure to find the value of diode ideality factor, series and equivalent shunt resistances.

2012

A Wearable Sensor Network for Human Locomotion Data Capture

Authors
Zambrano, A; Derogarian, F; Dias, R; Abreu, MJ; Catarino, A; Rocha, AM; da Silva, JM; Ferreira, JC; Tavares, VG; Correia, MV;

Publication
pHealth 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, Porto, Portugal, June 26-28, 2012

Abstract
A new wearable data capture system for gait analysis is being developed. It consists of a pantyhose with embedded conductive yarns interconnecting customized sensing electronic devices that capture inertial and electromyographic signals and sends aggregated information to a personal computer through a wireless link. The use of conductive yarns to build the myoelectric electrodes and the interconnections of the wired sensors network, as well as the topology and functionality of the sensor modules are presented.

2012

Optimized Bidding of a EV Aggregation Agent in the Electricity Market

Authors
Bessa, RJ; Matos, MA; Soares, FJ; Pecas Lopes, JAP;

Publication
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID

Abstract
An electric vehicle (EV) aggregation agent, as a commercial middleman between electricity market and EV owners, participates with bids for purchasing electrical energy and selling secondary reserve. This paper presents an optimization approach to support the aggregation agent participating in the day-ahead and secondary reserve sessions, and identifies the input variables that need to be forecasted or estimated. Results are presented for two years (2009 and 2010) of the Iberian market, and considering perfect and naive forecast for all variables of the problem.

2012

Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Evolutionary Approach for Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting

Authors
Osorio, GJ; Matias, JCO; Pousinho, HMI; Catalao, JPS;

Publication
2012 16TH IEEE MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE (MELECON)

Abstract
This paper present a novel hybrid approach based on a combination of wavelet transform (WT), evolutionary particle swarm optimization (EPSO) and adaptive-network-based inference system (ANFIS), for short-term wind power forecasting in Portugal. The accuracy of the wind power forecasting attained with the proposed approach is evaluated, reporting its proficiency from a real-world case study in comparison with other methodologies. Conclusions are duly drawn.

2012

Discrimination between internal faults and inrush current phenomena in power transformers

Authors
Noshad, B; Javadi, MS; Esmaeelnejad, A;

Publication
Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Abstract
Conventional second harmonic current restriction approach is an adopted method which has been implemented to transformer differential protection schemes. Because of unreliable nature of this approach in discrimination between inrush current, internal faults and external faults and due to the saturation of current transformers, we present new features of the differential protection scheme. This helps to determine the feasibility and applicability of the proposed approach in differential protective scheme for power transformer. The Current Transformer Saturation (CTS) phenomenon issue and its revelation is one of the most significant problems in power system protection particularly in the differential protection. In this paper, the saturation phenomenon and its effects on the differential protection are analyzed. Prevalent algorithms in digital signal processing which are implemented in power system cannot correctly recognize this phenomenon. Mal-operation of differential protection relay takes place when saturation in CT is appeared. This paper presents a Third-Difference Algorithm (TDA) for CTS recognition. In order to make comparison between the presented approach and prevalent digital protective algorithm, an identical case study is simulated. Simulation results also show that the TDA is both satisfactory and consistent with expectation. © Indian Society for Education and Environment (iSee).

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