Final Programme

March, 29

Registration

Opening Session

Monday Plenary

• Achieving Controllability of Aggregated Electricity Loads
  Ian A. HISKENS

Coffee Break

Wind Energy

• Control of an Off-Shore Synchronous Generator Based Wind Farm with Uncontrolled Rectifier HVDC Connection
  Ramon BLASCO-GIMENEZ , Salvador AÑÓ-VILLALBA , Johel RODRIGUEZ-D'DERLEE , Francisco MORANT , Soledad BERNAL
• Experimental Design of Wind Generator Testing Bench:Measurements and Validation
  Aimé LAY-EKUAKILLE , Antonio MARINÒ , Antonio ROMANAZZI , Amerigo TROTTA
• Robust Sliding Mode Control for a Wind Turbine System
  Oscar BARAMBONES
• Sizing and Best Management of Stand Alone Hybrid PV-Wind System using logistical model
  Ashraf AHMED , Li RAN , Jim BUMBY
• UCTE-IPS/UPS Interconnection: Wind Energy Emergency Control Issues
  Anna ARESTOVA , Andrey GROBOVOY

Electric/Hybrid Vehicles

• On smart grid technology to support a high uptake of electric vehicles – preliminary observations
  Iven MAREELS , Doreen THOMAS , Marcus BRAZIL
• Electric Vehicles in Isolated Power Systems: Conceptual Framework and Contributions to Improve the Grid Resilience
  J. A. PEÇAS LOPES , P. M. ROCHA ALMEIDA , F. J. SOARES , C. L. MOREIRA
• Optimal Power Management for Vehicle Hybrid Electric System using Look-ahead Route Information
  Yang BIN , Abdellatif RÉAMA , Arben CELA , Abderrahmane HAMMAR
• Robust Estimation of Battery State-of-charge for Electric Vehicle
  Jingyu YAN , Huihuan QIAN , Guoqing XU , Yangsheng XU
• Torque Distribution for Energy Efficiency Enhancement in a 4WID Electric Vehicle
  Huihuan QIAN , Jingyu YAN , Yangsheng XU , Guoqing XU

Lunch

Building Efficiency 1

• Comfort optimization in a solar energy research center
  María del Mar CASTILLA , José Domingo ÁLVAREZ , Manolo BERENGUEL , Manuel PÉREZ , José Luis GUZMÁN , Francisco RODRÍGUEZ
• Advanced Multi-Protocol Energy Supervision & Control System Architecture
  Marcos GOMES , José SANTOS , Rui MOREIRA
• Energy consumption prediction from usage data for decision support on investments: the EnPROVE approach
  Rui NEVES-SILVA , Antonio RUZELLI , Peter FUHRMANN , Marc BOURDEAU , Juan PÉREZ , Eberhard MICHAELIS
• Human Thermo-Physiologic Sensation Control Based in the Adaptive Comfort Philosophy
  Eusébio CONCEIÇÃO , João FARINHO , Mª Manuela LÚCIO
• Sensitivity analysis of building energy use in different climates
  KOK WING WAN , C.L. TSANG , JOSEPH C. LAM

Fossil Fuel Power Systems

• Markov modelling for energy efficient control of gas turbine power plant
  Gennady KULIKOV , Valentin ARKOV , Ansaf ABDULNAGIMOV
• Modeling and Model Predictive Control of a thermoacoustically unstable burner
  Fabian JARMOLOWITZ , Dirk ABEL
• Preliminary Dependence Analysis of Process Variables: A Case Study of a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boiler
  Laura LOHINIVA , Kimmo LEPPÄKOSKI
• Pressurized oxy-coal mild combustion for clean-coal technology
  Sergio BITTANTI , Lorenzo CALLONI , Antonio DE MARCO , Valter PRANDONI , Fulvio ZAMPONI
• Thermal Power Plant Fan Drive Load Distribution Control
  Goran KVASCEV , Predrag TADIC , Rubén PUCHE PANADERO , Predrag TODOROV

Coffee Break

Building Efficiency 2

• Closed Loop Energy Analysis (CLEAN). Reduction of Energy Consumption by Re-Commissioning of Buildings.
  Patrick SHIEL , Daragh SCAIFE , Ruth COLLINS , Mark DYER
• Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems Control Based in the Predicted Mean Vote Index
  Eusébio CONCEIÇÃO , Mª Manuela LÚCIO
• Heat Pump for Heating Water for Domestic Purposes Using a Varying Speed Compressor Control
  Bruno FLORA , Jose FIGUEIREDO
• Energy Management in Intelligent Buildings using Predictive Control
  Eduardo HENRIQUES , João FIGUEIREDO
• Improved Heat Demand Prediction of Individual Households
  Vincent BAKKER , Maurice BOSMAN , Albert MOLDERINK , Johann HURINK , Gerard SMIT
• MOGA Design of Temperature and Relative Humidity Models for Predictive Thermal Comfort
  António RUANO , Pedro M. FERREIRA , Hugo MENDES

Control in Alternative Power Systems

• Fluid Leak Detection and Isolation in presence of Hydraulic and Thermal Perturbations
  Djeziri MOHAND ARAB , B. Ould BOUAMAMA
• Hydrogen consumption minimization strategy for a Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle based on Global Position System (GPS) information
  Alicia ARCE , Alejandro DEL REAL , Carlos BORDONS
• Model-Free Based Water Level Control for Hydroelectric Power Plants
  Cédric JOIN , Gérard ROBERT , Michel FLIESS
• Modeling of a Fuel-Cell Hybrid Tramway Controlled by Two Different Power Management Strategies
  Juan P TORREGLOSA , Francisco JURADO MELGUIZO , P. GARCÍA , L.M. FERNÁNDEZ

Welcome Reception

March, 30

Tuesday Plenary

• Control of Solar Energy Systems
  Eduardo F. CAMACHO

Coffee Break

Solar Thermal Systems

• Diurnal greenhouse temperature control with predictive control and online constrains mapping
  CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ , José Luis GUZMÁN , Francisco RODRÍGUEZ , Manolo BERENGUEL , Manuel R. ARAHAL
• Electrical Modelling and Simulation of Solar Power Towers
  Daniel QUELUZ , Rui CASTRO , Farinha MENDES
• Filtered Smith predictor with feedback linearization and constraints handling applied to a solar collector field
  Lidia ROCA , José Luis GUZMÁN , Julio E. NORMEY-RICO , Manolo BERENGUEL , Luis YEBRA
• Hybrid modeling of renewable energy systems and its application to a hot water solar plant
  Amalia LUQUE , Alejandro QUINTERO , Teodoro ALAMO , Daniel LIMON , Manuel R. ARAHAL , Agustín CONSEGLIERI , Eduardo F. CAMACHO
• Randomized Algorithms and their application to renewable energy systems
  Amalia LUQUE , Teodoro ALAMO
• Solar-hydrogen residential power system considering seasonal weather variations
  Alejandro DEL REAL , Alicia ARCE , Carlos BORDONS

Smart Grid

• A Multi-agents System for a Distributed Power Management of Micro Turbine Generators Connected to a Grid
  Hicham FAKHAM , Arnaud DONIEC , Frederic COLAS , Xavier GUILLAUD
• A Preliminary Analysis of the Tradability of Future Micro-Grid Networks
  Joe CLARKE , S.M. ALI
• Development of Distributed Control Systems for Large Power Interconnections
  A.V. NEKLUDOV , O.A. SOUKHANOV , Igor YADYKIN
• Integration of a Nuclear Power Plant in a Transmission Grid with a Large Penetration of Wind Generation
  José Manuel FERREIRA DE JESUS , Maria Eduarda ALMEIDA PEDRO , Carla Susana LOJA ROCHA , José Pedro SUCENA PAIVA
• Intelligent Coordinated Operation and Emergency Control in Electric Power Systems
  Nikolai VOROPAI , Irina KOLOSOK , Viktor KURBATSKY , Pavel ETINGOV , Nikita TOMIN , Elena KORKINA , Aleksei PALTZEV

Lunch

Industry Panel Discussion

• Industry Panel Discussion
  João N. MENDES , Cláudio MONTEIRO , Álvaro OLIVEIRA , José B. SANTOS , Miguel M. SILVA , Alberto BARBOSA , Joaquim B. GOUVEIA

Coffee Break

Power Generation

• Coal-Shortage Detection in Power Plants by Means of a Fixed Size Sample Strategy
  Predrag TADIC , Zeljko DJUROVIC , Goran S. KVASCEV , Veljko PAPIC
• Improving the Identification of RBF Predictive Models to Forecast the Portuguese Electricity Consumption
  Pedro M. FERREIRA , António RUANO , Rui PESTANA
• Methodology of the Coordination of the Power Generating Units
  Natalia BAKHTADZE , Igor YADYKIN , Evgeny MAXIMOV
• Unit Commitment with Production Cost Uncertainty, a Recourse Programming Method
  Henri BORSENBERGER , Guillaume SANDOU , Philippe DESSANTE
• Optimisation of Fuel Usage and Steam Availability in the Power and Steam Plant of a Paper Mill
  Paul AUSTIN , Mathew MCEWAN , John MACK , John GODSAL , John TYLER , Jan MACIEJOWSKI
• Energy Management System for CHP Plants
  Pasi AIRIKKA , Jussi MAKILA

Special Session: Demand Side Management Modeling - Applications of Optimization and Control Techniques

• Model Predictive Controller Design for a Load Management Research Facility in a Distributed Power System
  Yi ZONG , Anders THAVLOV , Daniel KULLMANN , Oliver GEHRKE , Henrik BINDNER
• An Application of Cost Minimization Algorithm to Economic Justification of Installing Distributed Generation
  Cedomir V. ZELJKOVIC , Nikola Lj. RAJAKOVIC , Sinisa J. ZUBIC
• An MPC approach to deep level mine rock winder hoist control
  Werner BADENHORST , Jiangfeng ZHANG , Xiaohua XIA
• Energy Efficiency and Control Systems - from a POET Perspective
  Xiaohua XIA , Jiangfeng ZHANG
• Using Controllable Thermal Household Appliances for Wind Forecast Error Reduction
  Stephan KOCH , Fernando SOTO BARCENAS , Göran ANDERSSON

Gala Dinner

March, 31

Wednesday Plenary

• Grid Integration of Renewable Electricity: Potentials, Challenges and the Role of Advanced Engineering
  Anthony B. MORTON

Coffee Break

Alternative Power Generation

• An Application of Model Predictive Control to a Wave Energy Point Absorber
  Julien CRETEL , Anthony W. LEWIS , Gordon LIGHTBODY , Gareth P. THOMAS
• Cloud and Clear Sky Pixel Classification in Ground-Based All-Sky Hemispherical Digital Images
  Pedro M. FERREIRA , Igor MARTINS , António RUANO
• Modelling and Control of a Wave Energy Converter
  Guilherme NUNES , Duarte VALÉRIO , Pedro BEIRÃO , José SÁ DA COSTA
• Self-sufficient and regenerative electricity supply systems with hydrogen based energy storage
  Dorothee LEMKEN , Maike STARK , Bernd OBERSCHACHTSIEK , Gerhard KROST
• Supervisory Control developed for a Solar Tracking Prototype based on PV-Technology
  Bruno ROBALO , João FIGUEIREDO

Energy Efficiency

• Energy efficient control techniques in continuous cooking application
  Timo AHVENLAMPI , Timo MALMI , Mervi LIEDES , Enso IKONEN
• Application of New Wireless Instrument to Characterize Thermal Properties of Ground Coupled Heat Exchangers
  Julio MARTOS TORRES , Álvaro MONTERO , José TORRES , Jesús SORET
• Observer-Based Model Predictive Control of Rotary Kilns - Application to Limestone Calcination
  Uwe KÜSSEL , Matthias REITER , Dirk ABEL , Matthias SCHUMACHER , Martin WENG
• Receding Horizon Control: an Effective Methodology for Energy Management in Complex Systems
  Guillaume SANDOU , Sorin OLARU , Emmanuel WITRANT , Silviu NICULESCU
• Short-term pump schedule optimization using MDP and neutral GA
  Enso IKONEN , Istvan SELEK , Manne TERVASKANTO
• Towards Zero Energy Balance in Tertiary Buildings
  Andrés LLUNA , Ignacio BENÍTEZ , Javier MONREAL , Inma DÍAZ

Closing Session

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