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Ancillary Market Strategies for the Interaction Between the Railway Network and the National Grid
Negin Sohrabkhani
EPFL – Lausanne | 18.02.2013 - 21.06.2013
For historical reasons, two independent power systems operate in Switzerland: the SwissGrid, and the Swiss Railway (SBB) grid. Although both operate...
Distributed Real-Time Dynamic Security Assessment of Power Systems using Intelligent Techniques
Karthik Kumar
EPFL - Lausanne | 18.02.2013 - 28.06.2013
Loss of synchronization between power generating modules has a destabilizing effect on power grids – especially today, with power grids often...
Renewable Energy Breakthrough into Refugee Camps
Hamed Ziade
UNHCR – Geneva | 18.02.2013 - 03.09.2013
Refugee camps are complex operations, often set in off-grid areas, that require thorough planning and complex infrastructure to guarantee the...
Large-eddy simulation of turbine wake interactions in a large wind farm
Chang-Hung Chen
EPFL – Lausanne | 18.02.2013 - 21.06.2013
When wind-turbines are set up in large wind farms, down-wind turbines are driven by the turbulent wake of those up-wind, leading to significant...
Prospective study of synergies between solar chimney power plants, atmospheric CO2 capture, and the valorization of CO2
Grégoire Virard
Social Business Assistants (SBA) – Lausanne | 18.02.2013 - 21.06.2013
Solar chimney power plants (SCPP) are one of the renewable energy technologies being developed to replace fossil fuels for electricity production....
Thermal performance evaluation of receiver for Linear Fresnel Concentrator (LFC) for a CSP-DSG system – design, implementation, and testing
Pranav Suresh Patel
CSEM-RAK – Ras al Khaimah (UAE) | 18.02.2013 - 16.08.2013
Concentrated solar power plants use sunlight to produce the superheated steam required to drive a conventional power cycle. In linear concentrator...
The Impact of Distributed Generation on Energy Trading
Corina Stoenescu
BKW – Bern | 01.02.2013 - 30.06.2013
Power generation from locally available renewable sources is increasingly gaining attention and support, but the integration of these new sources of...
