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Effects of Optimal DG Operation Point on Loss Reduction due to Network Reconfiguration
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Abbaspur Tehrani Fard, Ali
(Supervisor)
Abstract
During the last few years, utilization of distributed generation (DG) in power systems has been widely increased. This trend has magnified studying the effects and impacts of DG on such systems. One of the benefits of DGs in a power system is loss reduction. If determining DG size and place is done properly, the loss of the network can be minimized. Another way of reducing loss in distribution network is by reconfiguring the network. During the reconfiguration, constraints like being radial, avoiding load isolation as well as voltage/current limitations must be taken into consideration. Taking these constraints into account makes reconfiguration an optimization problem. In this project, the...
Combination and Depositing of NanoComposite of Barium Titanate-Strontium Hegzaferrite on Silicon Substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition and Investigation of Multiferroic properties
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nemati, Ali (Supervisor) ; Mahdavi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
Electrical and magnetic thin films have attracted many researchers’ attentions in random access memories, sensors, actuators and Nano electronic systems industries in recent years. Recent tendencies on decreasing the dimensions of the electronic equipment generate important investigations on coupling the electrical and magnetic properties. In this way multiferroic material as it has these two properties and has a significant between other similar materials, attracted much attention of researchers. So in this research at the first step, it has proceeded to make a multiferroc composite with depositing of barium titanate and strontium hegzaferrite by pulsed laser depositions and for decreasing...
Investigation on Electrical Properties and Band Structure of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nemati, Ali (Supervisor) ; Mahdavi, Mohammad (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
In this research the microstructural, electrical and optical properties of Strontium Titanate and Barium Strontium Titante thin films, fabricated through Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), were investigated. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction study showed that the stoichiometry of the target material was highly preserved by using PLD method. Scanning Electon Microscopy as well as Atomic Force Microscopy depicted that the using of pressed and sintered target is a suitable metod for improving the surface quality of the thin films. Using the pressed target decreased the quality of the thin films and the average roughness of the films increased. The main reason for this...
Investigation On Microstructure And Properties Of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films Grown By Pulsed Laser Deposition
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nemati, Ali (Supervisor) ; Mahdavi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) thin films are a promising candidate for dielectric capacitors due to their excellent ferroelectric properties. It is well known that BST has a high dielectric constant, low loss tangent, low leakage current and low Curie temperature. Pulse laser deposition (PLD) has been used extensively as it can maintain the stoichiometry of the target in the deposited film and also has high coverage ability, which both are important in capacitors. In this paper, Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (BST) thin film has been deposited on the SiO2/Si substrate by pulsed laser deposition technique. The effect of post-annealed temperature, oxygen pressure deposition ambience and number of pulses on...
Design and Fabrication of Polymeric Drug Delivery System and Investigation of its Release Behavior
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Vosoughi, Manoochehr (Supervisor) ; Alizadeh, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
In the present study we examined the fabrication of electrospun polymer drug delivery system for the production of polymeric film containing Rizatriptan drug. Fabricated films were underwent X-ray diffraction and DSC tests to ensure that the drug is not in crystalline and amorphous form. And the results revealed the fact that the drug is fully dispersed in the polymer. pH changes in the aqueous phase is too low so that it enable the polymeric film to be suitable for use in oral administration. In-vitro assay for different combination of sublingual polymeric suggested that Rizatriptan film with 3% weight by volume and 30% by weight by volume of electrospun polymer PVP is the best combination...
Corrosion inhibition of steel rebar in chloride-contaminated concrete pore solution: Ecofriendly glutamic acid inhibitor and its synergy with galvanized coating
, Article Inorganic Chemistry Communications ; Volume 167 , 2024 ; 13877003 (ISSN) ; Pour-Ali, S ; Mahdavi, S ; Tavangar, R ; Khalili, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2024
Abstract
In this study, we explore the effectiveness of glutamic acid as corrosion inhibitor for protecting steel rebars within a concrete pore solution contaminated with chloride (CCCPS) along with its synergy with galvanized coating are investigated. The study is defined in two phases: (a) examining the inhibition efficiency (%IE) of glutamic acid at various concentrations of 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1 g/L using a combination of experimental and theoretical methods, and (b) evaluating its synergistic effect with Zn present in the galvanized coating. In the first phase, various electrochemical tests and theoretical investigations are employed. The electrochemical examinations consistently demonstrated...
Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Electrical Arc Discharge in Liquid Media and Characterization
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Iraji Zad, Azam (Supervisor) ; Mahdavi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this research we focus on synthesis and analysis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity. At the beginning a high current DC power supply and a reactor for the electrical arc discharge process designed and implemented. Several nanoparticles such as tungsten oxide, zinc oxide, silver and gold have synthesized by this method in deionized water, deionized water including surfactants and stabilizers and analyzed. Several characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), BET, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-Vis spectroscopy have...
Numerical study of random lasing in three dimensional amplifying disordered media
, Article Optics Communications ; Volume 285, Issue 6 , 2012 , Pages 1314-1322 ; 00304018 (ISSN) ; Bahrampour, A. R ; Mahdavi, S. M ; Golshani Gharyeh Ali, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
In this paper, the lasing action in three-dimensional active random systems has been numerically investigated. Here, random systems of spherical dielectric particles imbedded in an active medium are considered. The quasi steady state approximation for the population inversion of the active medium is applied to solve three dimensional governing equations. Results show that when the density of particles increases to an upper limit, the intensity of lasing modes is enhanced. Also, the effects of pumping rate and particle size on the number of lasing modes and their intensity are studied. Lasing threshold of laser modes in different disordered systems is calculated and it is shown that by an...
Mode analysis of fiber Bragg grating random lasers in the presence of mode competition
, Article Optics and Laser Technology ; Volume 44, Issue 4 , 2012 , Pages 969-975 ; 00303992 (ISSN) ; Golshani Gharyeh Ali, M ; Mahdavi, S. M ; Bahrampour, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
In the presence of self and cross saturation effects, the laser governing equations are nonlinear. To solve the governing equations of a fiber Bragg grating random laser, on the basis of the transfer matrix method, a simple and fast iterative method is introduced. The method is employed to obtain the frequency, threshold pumping rate and spatial distribution of different laser modes. Numerical calculations show that by increasing the number of fiber Bragg grating, the number of lasing modes increases, while the threshold pumping rate of the first mode decreases. Our theoretical results are in agreement with the experimental observations reported by previous authors
Application Microarray Technology in Infectious Diseases
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Mahdavi-Amiri, Nezameddin (Supervisor) ; Karami, Ali (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
DNA microarrays consist of DNA microscopic points that are attached to a solid surface such as glass, plastic or silicon chip and formed as an array. The fixed pieces of DNA are considered as searchers. In an experiment, we can use thousands of searchers. Therefore, any microarray consists of the same number of genetic tests as the experiment performed on all of them in parallel. Whit this ability, arrays have speeded up the biological investigations. Microarray technology can be seen as a continued development of southern blotting. However, the most important stage in this technology, analysis of data, requires reliable bioinformatics tools achieving high reliabilities. Infectious diseases,...
Light propagation and Localization in Inhomogeneous and Random Optical Waveguide Lattices
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Mahdavi, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Bahrampour, Ali Reza (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Photonic lattices can provide an inexpensive and fine tools to investigate some common phenomena in condensed matter physics, quantum optics, relativistic mechanics,atomic and molecular physics. These phenomena contain Anderson localization,Bloch oscillation, Dynamic localization, coherent and squeezed states, Relativistic Dirac equation, Rabi oscillation, ... .In this thesis, it was investigated three worthy phenomena of them, which at first are introduced in condensed matter physics for electronic systems, in photonic lattices. These phenomena are as follow: Transverse localization of light wave, Bloch oscillation and dynamic localization of light. It was also simulate classically, the...
A modified ant colony system for finding the expected shortest path in networks with variable arc lengths and probabilistic nodes
, Article Applied Soft Computing Journal ; Vol. 21, issue , August , 2014 , p. 491-500 ; Hassanzadeh, R ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi-Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
Abstract
The problem of finding the expected shortest path in stochastic networks, where the presence of each node is probabilistic and the arc lengths are random variables, have numerous applications, especially in communication networks. The problem being NP-hard we use an ant colony system (ACS) to propose a metaheuristic algorithm for finding the expected shortest path. A new local heuristic is formulated for the proposed algorithm to consider the probabilistic nodes. The arc lengths are randomly generated based on the arc length distribution functions. Examples are worked out to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach
A genetic algorithm for optimization problems with fuzzy relation constraints using max-product composition
, Article Applied Soft Computing Journal ; Volume 11, Issue 1 , 2011 , Pages 551-560 ; 15684946 (ISSN) ; Khorram, E ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
Abstract
We consider nonlinear optimization problems constrained by a system of fuzzy relation equations. The solution set of the fuzzy relation equations being nonconvex, in general, conventional nonlinear programming methods are not practical. Here, we propose a genetic algorithm with max-product composition to obtain a near optimal solution for convex or nonconvex solution set. Test problems are constructed to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm showing alternative solutions obtained by our proposed model
A genetic optimization algorithm and perceptron learning rules for a bi-criteria parallel machine scheduling
, Article Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers ; Volume 29, Issue 3 , 2012 , Pages 206-218 ; 10170669 (ISSN) ; Hassanzadeh, R ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
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This work considers scheduling problems minding the setup and removal times of jobs rather than processing times. For some production systems, setup times and removal times are so important to be considered independent of processing times. In general, jobs are performed according to the automatic machine processing in production systems, and the processing times are considered to be constant regardless of the process sequence. As the human factor can influence the setup and removal times, when the setup process is repetitive the setup times decreases. This fact is considered as learning effect in scheduling literature. In this study, a bi-criteria m-identical parallel machines scheduling...
A DEA approach for comparing solution efficiency in U-line balancing problem using goal programming
, Article International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ; Volume 61, Issue 9-12 , August , 2012 , Pages 1161-1172 ; 02683768 (ISSN) ; Hassanzadeh, R ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer
2012
Abstract
Line balancing problem plays an important role in the decision making process to increase efficiency and productivity. Recently, U-shaped layout in many production lines has replaced the traditional straight line layout using just-in-time concept. Here, we propose a model, using multi-objective decision making approach to the U-shaped line balancing problem, to offer enhanced decision maker flexibility, by allowing for conflicting goals. The assembly line operation efficiency is the most significant aim in our study, and this efficiency relates to management of resources and the solution of line balancing problem. First, the U-shaped line balancing problem is solved considering the model's...
A dynamic programming approach for finding shortest chains in a fuzzy network
, Article Applied Soft Computing Journal ; Volume 9, Issue 2 , 2009 , Pages 503-511 ; 15684946 (ISSN) ; Nourifar, R ; Heidarzade, A ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Graph theory has numerous applications to problems in systems analysis, operations research, transportation, and economics. In many cases, however, some aspects of a graph-theoretic problem may be uncertain. For example, the vehicle travel time or vehicle capacity on a road network may not be known exactly. In such cases, it is natural to make use of fuzzy set theory to deal with the uncertainty. Here, we are concerned with finding shortest chains in a graph with fuzzy distance for every edge. We propose a dynamic programming approach to solve the fuzzy shortest chain problem using a suitable ranking method. By using MATLAB, two illustrative examples are worked out to demonstrate the...
A two-phase linear programming methodology for fuzzy multi-objective mixed-model assembly line problem
, Article International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ; Volume 44, Issue 9-10 , 2009 , Pages 1010-1023 ; 02683768 (ISSN) ; Javadi, B ; Sahebjamnia, N ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
We develop a fuzzy multi-objective linear programming (FMOLP) model for solving multi-objective mixed-model assembly line problem. In practice, vagueness and imprecision of the goals in this problem make the fuzzy decision-making complicated. The proposed model considers minimizing total utility work, total production rate variation, and total setup cost, using a two-phase linear programming approach. In the first phase, the problem is solved using a max-min approach. The max-min solution not being efficient, in general, we propose a new model in the second phase to maximize a composite satisfaction degree at least as good as the degrees obtained by phase one. To show the effectiveness of...
Reserve capacity of mixed urban road networks, network configuration and signal settings
, Article Intelligent Transportation and Planning: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice ; February , 2018 , Pages 883-906 ; 9781522552116 (EISBN) ; Hassanzadeh, R ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
IGI Global
2018
Abstract
The authors formulate the transportation mixed network design problem (MNDP) as a mixed-integer bi-level mathematical problem, based on the concept of reserve capacity. The upper level goal is to maximize the reserve capacity by signal settings at intersections, determine street direction and increase street capacities via addition of lanes. The lower level problem is a deterministic user equilibrium traffic assignment problem to minimize the user travel time. The model being non-convex, meta-heuristic methods are used to solve the problem. A hybridization of genetic algorithm with simulated annealing and a bee algorithm are proposed. Numerical examples are illustrated to verify the...
Toward sustainable optimization with stackelberg game between green product family and downstream supply chain
, Article Sustainable Production and Consumption ; Volume 23 , 2020 , Pages 198-211 ; Shirazi, B ; Mahdavi, I ; Mahdavi Amiri, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2020
Abstract
Green products are increasingly considered by companies, owing to the significant attention of government regulations, customers’ requests and competitors. Here, we deal with Green Product Families (GPFs) by selecting green components, modules and products which are produced based on the assembling to order (ATO) approach to cover diverse customer needs. Designing a GPFs is important but not sufficient for sustainable optimization. In fact, we need to simultaneously consider the supply chain of a GPF to control the pollution generated in the downstream supply chain. For a sustainable optimization approach, this joint configuration is usually structured based on economic, environmental and...
Heuristic Hybrid Genetic and Simulated Annealing Algorithms with Neural Networks for Task Assignment in Heterogeneous Computing Systems
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Mahdavi Amiri, Nezamoddin (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this thesis, we want to present methods that are able to solve the assignment tasks problem in a heterogeneous computing system. These methods are two hybrid methods that are constructed by composing Hopefield Neural Networks with Genetic Algorithms and the Simulated Annealing. First, we solve the relaxed problem by applying Genetic Algorithms and the Simulated Annealing and we compare the results of these ways with other traditional methods. Then, we solve the constrained problem with mentioned hybrid methods. The definition of the problem is as following: Consider a distributed computing system which is comprised of set of processors with different speeds but the same structure. We want...