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EPSRC-supported research in power engineering

EPSRC-supported research in power engineering

COPERITE-computer-aided tool for power engineering research, instruction, training and education

A graphics-oriented, primarily PC-based tool for education, research, and training in power engineering is introduced. The tool, called COPERITE, has all user interfaces resident on an IBM-386 microcomputer. Menus and windows are used for the interface, and attractive graphical representations and displays are included. Application programs that are interfaced are power flow, contingency analysis, economic dispatch, security-constrained dispatch, system stability, and fault analysis. These programs are executed on a VAX 8800 computer mainly for speed of execution. Information exchange between the PC and the VAX is made through an Ethernet connection which is transparent to the user. Results of execution show on the graphical front-end accessible to the user. COPERITE has a powerful network editor with the capabilities of adding, deleting, moving, and finding symbols with a graphics cursor. Provisions are present for building and using artificial intelligence techniques for system operation enhancement. >

Collaborative materials research in power engineering: An overview of the COST initiative

The devolved, bottom-up, style of management organization of COST is described together with the close-knit, integrated type of research and development that is conducted in the materials programmes by international groups of collaborators representing industry, research institutes and universities. The closely targeted research programme of COST 501, Advanced Materials for Power Engineering, is described in greater detail to illustrate the approach that is followed. Examples of industrial developments are given.

Research experience for undergraduates at Iowa State University

Undergraduate students' involvement in a research project at Iowa State University is reported. The undergraduate project dealt with the application of the transient energy function (TEF) method to a large power pool in the Midwest. The project aimed at involving some advanced undergraduate students in realistic and meaningful electrical power engineering research and to give them a sample of the challenging problems available in the area of computer-aided power system analysis. >

CJ88-45. The variation of fracture toughness with temperature in the range of intermediate temperature : By Li Yude (Xi'an Thermal Power Engineering Research Institute, Xi'an, China) et al. Chinese J. Mech. Engng24, No. 4 (Dec. 1988), pp. 76–83

CJ88-45. The variation of fracture toughness with temperature in the range of intermediate temperature : By Li Yude (Xi'an Thermal Power Engineering Research Institute, Xi'an, China) et al. Chinese J. Mech. Engng24, No. 4 (Dec. 1988), pp. 76–83

Power-engineering research in the USA

The changing availability and price of fuel sources; the partnership between R&D organisations, public utilities and private companies; and the policies of the new US Administration are all factors which, as this review illustrates, affect the direction and progress of power-engineering research in the USA

Graduate Teaching and Research in Power Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan

This paper describes the program of teaching and research which has been developed by the Power Systems Research Group at the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon, Canada. The program was developed at a time when the Electrical Engineering Colleges in Canada and the United States had de-emphasized the training of electric power engineers. A need for such training was recognized and a program was developed to help satisfy these needs. Since its inception in the early 60's, forty-two M.Sc.s and seventeen Ph.D.s have graduated from the program in the power area. The University of Saskatchewan is located in an area of the country which is not highly industrialized and therefore most of the contacts with industry have been made with the electric power utilities rather than with the manufacturing industries. In its initial stages the program emphasized analytical and simulation types of activity; more recently laboratories have been developed to supplement the analytical work with practical hardware experience in the areas of synchronous machines, HVDC, protection and computer-control. This paper briefly describes the courses and the research projects which have been developed in this program.