ICREPQ'10 2010 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND POWER QUALITY (ICREPQ 2010)

The intention of the organisers is to give an opportunity to academics, scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users from all over the world to come together in a pleasant location to discuss recent development in the areas of Renewable Energies and Power Quality.

TOPICS
RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Topics included, but are not limited to:
-Wind Energy, Small Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Photovoltaic Energy, Ocean Energy, Geothermal, Biomass,…
-Classical and special electrical generators: Theory, design, analysis, losses, efficiency, heating and cooling, vibration and noise, modelling and simulation, control strategies, protection systems, maintenance, mechanical behaviour, new methods of testing, parallel operation, stability,...
-Power plants. Distributed generation. Fuel cells. Co-generation. Hybrid Systems. Original solutions,...
- Energy conversion, conservation and energy efficiency.
- Energy saving policy. Energy storage. Batteries,...
-Energy and the environment. Ecological balance. Ecosystem,...
- Application of the renewable energy. Best practice projects.
- Legislation in the area of renewable energies.
-Biomass combustion techniques. The energy use of agricultural and forest residues. Production and the energy exploitation of bio-gas. Environment. Social importance…
- Interconnection and transport problems.
- Planning and control of the power system take into account the renewable energy. Stability. Protection…
- Economic analysis of the power system take into account the renewable energy.
- Regulation/des-regulation of the power market. Influence of the renewable energy.
-Models and simulation of the power systems. Models and estimation of loads. Software tools.
-Application of the telecommunications, internet, artificial intelligence for the renewable energy.
- Security assessment and risk analysis in renewable energy
- Technical and economic issues of the large-scale integration of renewable energies
- Recent advances in transmission technologies (AC and DC)
- Electric vehicles.
- Power electronics. Control strategies.
- Sensors and actuators.
- Renewable Energies Teaching

POWER QUALITY

Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Power Quality in Transport and Distribution.
- Economic Studies of the Power Quality
-Low-frequency conducted disturbances: Voltage deviations, voltage fluctuations/flicker, voltage dips and short interruptions, harmonics and inter-harmonics, transient over-voltages, voltage unbalance (imbalance), temporary power-frequency variations.
-Sources, effects and mitigation methods of the disturbances.
-Measurements of the power quality in networks, industrial installations and Laboratories. Equipment, procedures and measurement methods. Standards.
- Modelling and simulation of the power quality. Software tools.
- Transmission of the disturbances
- Filtering techniques
- Power factor compensation. Capacitor switching techniques
- Optimization techniques
-Telecommunication, internet and artificial intelligence.
- Permanent monitoring techniques and online diagnosis
- Intelligent energy delivery systems. Uninterrupted power supplies
- Expert systems applications
- Devices, equipment and power systems. Control centres
- Specific problems and studies cases
- Power quality influence in deregulated markets
- High frequency disturbances (radiated)
- Data security and electromagnetic pulses.
- Protection against natural and intentional EMI