Volume 3, Number 4, April 2015 (Special Issue on )

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Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Communities: Potential and the Role of Energy Storage

Marc A. Rosen

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34065  3,983 Downloads  4,679 Views   Citations

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The Application of IHA in Grid Cloud Computing Task Decomposition and Scheduling Based on Bionics

Kailun Shi

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34064  3,936 Downloads  4,254 Views   Citations

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Performance of a Score-Stove with a Kerosene Burner and the Effect of Pressurization of the Working Fluid

Md Ehsan, Manabendra Sarker, Rifath Mahmud, Paul H. Riley

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34063  3,639 Downloads  4,164 Views   Citations

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The Application of Ultra High Voltage in the World

Metin Candas, Ozlem Sahin Meric

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34062  4,117 Downloads  5,138 Views   Citations

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Optimum Arrival Routes for Flight Efficiency

Ozlem Sahin Meric

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34061  2,701 Downloads  3,173 Views   Citations

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Power System Analysis of an Aero-Engine

Onder Turan, Hakan Aydin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34060  3,673 Downloads  4,296 Views   Citations

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New Design for Energy Saving Water Dispensers

Xiangyun Huang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34059  6,016 Downloads  6,503 Views   Citations

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Study on Coal Consumption Curve Fitting of the Thermal Power Based on Genetic Algorithm

Le-Le Cui, Yang-Fan Li, Pan Long

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34058  3,648 Downloads  4,056 Views   Citations

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Syngas Production and Losses Encountered in Gasification of Rice Husks

Ethel D. Kasembe, Zacharia M. Mganilwa, Zacharia M. Mganilwa, Geoffrey R. John, Cuthbert F. Mhilu

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34057  3,254 Downloads  3,629 Views   Citations

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The Research of Heat Transfer Area for 55/19 Steam Generator

Qingsen Zhao, Debing Deng, Shenbin Nie, Wei Chen, Jiayong Wang, Ding Zhang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34056  3,138 Downloads  3,583 Views   Citations

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Architecture Design for Integrated Wide Area Protection and Control Systems

Z. Q. Bo, Q. P. Wang, Lin Wang, Fengqun Zhou, Shengming Ge, B. M. Zhang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34055  3,099 Downloads  3,679 Views   Citations

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Simulation Study of Heliostat-Based Daylighting System for Multi-Story Buildings

Irfan Ullah, Seoyong Shin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34054  2,730 Downloads  3,305 Views   Citations

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Carbon Tax and Renewable Energy Diffusion in the Deregulated Texas Electricity Market: An Agent-Based Analysis

Joshua D. Halperin, I-Tsung Tsai

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34052  3,602 Downloads  3,947 Views   Citations

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System Restoration Tools: System Restoration Navigator Integrated into EPRI Operator Training Simulator (SRN/OTS)

Navin Bhatt, Shanshan Liu, Robin Podmore

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34051  4,181 Downloads  4,633 Views   Citations

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The Prospects for Renewable Energy through Hydrogen Energy Systems

Marc A. Rosen

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34050  5,309 Downloads  6,747 Views   Citations

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Aeroelastic Analysis of a Transonic Fan Blade with Low Hub-to-Tip Ratio including Mistuning Effects

Zhizhong Fu, Yanrong Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34049  3,000 Downloads  3,449 Views   Citations

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Application and Development of Zigbee Technology for Smart Grid Environment

Sheng-Fa Chang, Chi-Feng Chen, Jyh-Horng Wen, Jih-Hsin Liu, Jun-Hong Weng, Jian-Li Dong

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34048  3,384 Downloads  3,996 Views   Citations

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Clean Coal & High Carbon Efficiency Energy Engineering

Stefan Petters, Kalvin Tse

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34047  4,118 Downloads  4,525 Views   Citations

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Dynamic Economic Dispatch for Wind Power System Considering System Security and Spinning Reserve

Wangchao Dong, Jing Zhang, Jiejie Huang, Shenghu Li

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34046  2,624 Downloads  3,079 Views   Citations

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Advanced Analysis of HVDC Electrodes Interference on Neighboring Pipelines

Yu Gong, Chunlin Xue, Zhilei Yuan, Yexu Li, Farid Paul Dawalibi

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34045  3,600 Downloads  4,103 Views   Citations

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Large-Scale Distributed Photovoltaic Power Dispatching and Operation Management Review

Nan Zhang, Yuefeng Wang, Yuehui Huang, Dewei Liu, Yunfeng Gao, Haifeng Li

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34044  2,940 Downloads  3,315 Views   Citations

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Supply Side Management for Cost Optimization in Developing Countries Suffering with Power Outage

Amit S. Closepet, K. Uma Rao

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34043  3,292 Downloads  3,699 Views   Citations

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Coordinating Preventive Strategies and Restoration under Extreme Weather Conditions

Gang Chen, En Lu, Chaoyi Peng, Yunhe Hou, Zhijun Qin, Shaowei Huang, Feng Liu

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34042  2,901 Downloads  3,311 Views   Citations

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The Method for Measuring the Loop Resistance and the Temperature Rise Calculation of GIS Conductor Pole

Li Zhou, Tiecheng Lu, Bo Zhang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34041  3,508 Downloads  3,899 Views   Citations

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Analysis and Applications of the Measurement Uncertainty in Electrical Testing

Hung-Lu Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34040  3,447 Downloads  3,995 Views   Citations

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Conformance Test for IEDs Based on IEC 61850 Communication Protocol

Tzu-Han Yeh, Shih-Che Hsu, Che-Kai Chung, Ming-Shan Lin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34039  4,100 Downloads  4,855 Views   Citations

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AC Scheduling Based on Thermodynamics of Indoor for On-Campus Small Data

Hyun Duck Choi, Soon Woo Rhee, Choon Ki Ahn, Myo Taeg Lim

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34038  2,688 Downloads  3,031 Views   Citations

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Improved Optimal Operation Planning Method Based on Tabu Search for Residential PEFC-CGS Considering Ramping Rate

Satoshi Nomoto, Teruhisa Kumano

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34037  3,194 Downloads  3,505 Views   Citations

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Effect of Metal and Magnetic Slab on Radiation Characteristics of Monopole Antenna

Wen-Cheng Lai, Ching-Ling Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34036  2,969 Downloads  3,319 Views   Citations

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A Liability Division Method for Harmonic Pollution Based on Line-Transferred Power Components

Jianchun Peng, Jun Zhou, Hui Jiang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34035  2,594 Downloads  2,836 Views   Citations

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Security Assessment of Distribution System with Distributed Photovoltaic

Weiping Zhu, Zhicheng Wang, Xiaodong Yuan, Ruonan Fan

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34034  3,265 Downloads  3,727 Views   Citations

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A Research of Real-Time Pricing Mechanism and Its Characteristics

Yichao Dong, Bin Zou

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34033  3,828 Downloads  4,349 Views   Citations

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Capability of TCSC on SSR Mitigation

Rui Zheng, Gen Li, Jun Liang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34032  3,930 Downloads  4,717 Views   Citations

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Simplified Criterion of Steady-State Stability of Electric Power Systems

K. R. Allaev, A. M. Mirzabaev, T. F. Makhmudov, T. A. Makhkamov

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34031  4,105 Downloads  4,737 Views   Citations

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Application of Slantlet Transform Based Support Vector Machine for Power Quality Detection and Classification

Faridah Hanim M. Noh, Hajime Miyauchi, M. Faizal Yaakub

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34030  2,623 Downloads  2,990 Views   Citations

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A Literature Review of Stochastic Programming and Unit Commitment

Hang Dai, Ni Zhang, Wencong Su

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34029  3,936 Downloads  5,090 Views   Citations

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Study on Effect of UHV Power Grid Construction Schemes on Short Circuit Current

Zaihua Li, Feng Gao, Qing Wang, Shuang Zhang, Hongmei Luo, Jian Liang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34028  3,035 Downloads  3,328 Views   Citations

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Grounding Impedance Measurement of High Speed Railway Integrated Grounding System

Zhang Yi, Jianguo Wang, Yadong Fan, Mi Zhou, Li Cai

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34027  3,377 Downloads  3,902 Views   Citations

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Pyrolysis of Oil Palm Residues in a Fixed Bed Tubular Reactor

Mohammed Isah Yakub, Abakr Yousif Abdalla, Kabir Kazi Feroz, Yusuf Suzana, Alshareef Ibraheem, Soh Aik Chin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34026  3,428 Downloads  3,979 Views   Citations

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Computational Analysis of Gas Phase Mixing in a Co-Fired Burner with Two Different Designs

J. Iqbal, S. Gao

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34025  3,497 Downloads  3,817 Views   Citations

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Online Maximum Loadability Monitoring Scheme for Smart Grid

Heng-Yi Su, Yi-Chung Chen, Jia-Chuan Lin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34024  2,809 Downloads  3,151 Views   Citations

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Analysis on the Influence Factors of Wind Power Accommodation

Xiaofei Li, Yuehui Huang, Shuo Ma, Changjun Li, Xiaolei Ma

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34023  2,829 Downloads  3,136 Views   Citations

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Simulation Study on Electromechanical Disturbance Propagation in Large Power System

Changyong Chen, Bowei Hu, Xiaoru Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34022  2,379 Downloads  2,764 Views   Citations

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A New Design of Robust H∞ Load-Frequency Controller for Optimal Coordination of Energy Generation in Power System Stability Using LMI Approach

Chamni Jaipradidtham, Chatchai U-thaiwasin

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34021  2,459 Downloads  2,795 Views   Citations

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Model Predictive Control Circuit of the Current Source Matrix Converter

Grzegorz Tadra, Zbigniew Fedyczak, Paweł Szcześniak

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34020  3,099 Downloads  3,715 Views   Citations

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Micro-Grid Smooth Switchover Method Based on Controller State Following

Yang Fu, Lisha Huang, Jingjing Zhao

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34019  3,552 Downloads  3,904 Views   Citations

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New Robotic Technologies for Inspecting Two Pole Electric Generators while the Rotor Remains in Place

Mark Savenkov, Michael Turner

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34018  3,056 Downloads  3,430 Views   Citations

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Impact of Electric Vehicles on a Carbon Constrained Power System—A Post 2020 Case Study

Zhebin Sun, Kang Li, Zhile Yang, Qun Niu, Aoife Foley

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34017  3,069 Downloads  3,500 Views   Citations

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Fault Location Method Based on EEMD and Traveling-Wave Speed Characteristics for HVDC Transmission Lines

Jing Liu, Jiandong Duan, Hailong Lu, Yuanbing Sun

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34016  2,992 Downloads  3,489 Views   Citations

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Towards Optimal Transmission Switching in Day-Ahead Unit Commitment

Kwok W. Cheung, Jun Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34015  3,184 Downloads  3,532 Views   Citations

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Implementation of Machine-to-Machine Solutions Using MQTT Protocol in Internet of Things (IoT) Environment to Improve Automation Process for Electrical Distribution Substations in Colombia

Hermes Eslava, Luis Alejandro Rojas, Ramón Pereira

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34014  4,725 Downloads  5,781 Views   Citations

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Study on Multi-Objective Effect Evaluation System of Smart Grid Construction

Yanling Wang, Zhengjie Pan, Haitian Hao, Ziqing Zhou

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34013  2,556 Downloads  2,843 Views   Citations

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Analysis of Causes and Actual Events on Electric Power Infrastructure Impacted by Cyber Attack

Hongxu Yin, Rui Xiao, Fenfei Lv

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34012  3,041 Downloads  3,648 Views   Citations

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Predicting Individual Phase Current in Couple Inductor Based Voltage Regulators (VRs)

Xiaoguo Liang, Yuan-Liang Li

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34011  3,612 Downloads  3,899 Views   Citations

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Disk Bimorph-Type Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

V. Tsaplev, R. Konovalov, K. Abbakumov

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34010  2,622 Downloads  3,006 Views   Citations

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Evolution of the Surface Area of Limestone during Calcination and Sintering

Yang Liu, Yongping Yang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34009  3,844 Downloads  4,368 Views   Citations

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Low Pressure Catalytic Combustion of Hydrogen on Palladium

Xi Wang, Yixiang Shi, Ningsheng Cai, Xiaocheng Lv, Wei Yao

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34008  3,301 Downloads  3,984 Views   Citations

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Research on the Voltage Interaction of Multi-Infeed HVDC System and Interaction Factor

Shengjun Zhou, Guangyao Qiao, Chuan He, Wenhui Wang, Tianqi Liu

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34007  3,046 Downloads  3,671 Views   Citations

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Clearing of the Radioactive Liquid Waste from Oils and Oil Products by UV-Radiation at NPPs

Sergey A. Kulyukhin, Vladimir V. Kulemin, Vladimir B. Krapukhin, Viktor A. Lavrikov, Andrey V. Gordeev, Andrey A. Shiryaev, Alexey A. Bessonov

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34006  2,871 Downloads  3,189 Views   Citations

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Granular Sorbents for Passive Environment Protection System during Severe Accidents with Total Loss of Power Supply at NPPs

Alexey A. Bessonov, Sergey A. Kulyukhin, Natalya A. Konovalova, Lubov V. Mizina, Igor A. Rumer

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34005  2,964 Downloads  3,291 Views   Citations

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Tele-Protection Implementation Using IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol in Colombian High Power Substations

Hermes Eslava, Luis Alejandro Rojas, Danny Pineda

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34004  3,566 Downloads  3,910 Views   Citations

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An Algorithm for Optimal Firewall Placement in IEC61850 Substations

Hermes Eslava, Luis Alejandro Rojas, Danny Pineda

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34003  3,796 Downloads  4,087 Views   Citations

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Obstacles Facing Developing Countries in Power System Planning

Abdullah M. Al-Shaalan

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34002  3,337 Downloads  3,806 Views   Citations

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Simulation and Analysis on Winding Deformation of a Power Transformer in Current Transformer Connecting Manner

Lanqin Geng, Ning Zhang

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.34001  3,410 Downloads  3,956 Views   Citations

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