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Currently, the topical trend in the development of energy complexes in a number of countries is the expansion of the solid fuel use, which is largely provided by the use of various types of local renewable fuels. The latter often have high thermal properties (heat of combustion, ash content, etc.), but have low or poorly predicted physical and mechanical characteristics (strength, granulometric composition, etc.). These circumstances practically make stable and efficient operation of automation systems, mechanization of transportation of pellets, and technological processes of boilers impossible. The formation of a composite fuel with specified physical and mechanical properties provides a solution to this problem. The structure of the composite fuel based on peat, sawdust, cellulose and modifier was established at the previous stages of our work. However, in case of a given composition, the physical and mechanical characteristics depend on the operating and technological conditions for obtaining granules. In this paper, a statistical and experimental study was carried out aimed at finding rational technological conditions for granulating and drying composite fuel particles with a given mass ratio of components. To prepare fuel pellets of a given size from the initial fine-fraction components, a laboratory installation was used, the main elements of which were a Z-shaped mixer, a screw granulator, and a fixed bed dryer. The influence of independent variables on the strength and final moisture content of finished pellets of composite fuel was determined within the framework of a full factor experiment. The paper presents graphical images of response surfaces characterizing the specified influence of variable factors. The obtained regression dependences describing the influence of factors on the target properties of granules are linear in nature. The latter limits the possibility of using gradient optimization methods and creates the need to search for rational conditions, taking into account the limitations caused by the technical and economic parameters of obtaining finished fuel pellets.

Modern development of society and the economy is generally accompanied by abandonment of non-renewable fuels in the system of existing attitudes toward environmental issues and resource conservation. The paper presents the results of complex operational tests of КВм-2.0 water boilers with automatic stoker and КВр-0.4K at heat supply facilities of the Arkhangelsk region under the typical operating conditions on coal, fuel mixtures, and also peat briquettes and sod peat. Experimental work was carried out using modern methods and advanced technical means. Within the framework of the research on the conversion of boilers to peat fuel, balance experiments were carried out; technical, economic and environmental performance indicators were obtained; the selection and analysis of focal residues were carried out, fine solid and soot particles polluted into the environment were studied in detail. The paper presents graphs of changes in gross efficiency, heat loss with exhaust gas, heat loss with incomplete combustion, and concentrations of sulfur and nitrogen oxides during the cycle between loading peat briquettes into the КВр-0.4K boiler, as well as graphs of changes in the heat balance components and gross efficiency all boiler units under investigation. The conversion of heat generating plants to peat fuel combustion makes it possible to achieve a significant reduction in emissions of solid and soot particles without upgrading ash-collecting plants. Complex experimental studies conducted of existing hot water boilers with a nominal heating capacity of 0.4 and 2.0 MW have shown the possibility, as well as the energy-environmental efficiency of burning briquetted and sod peat in the combustion chambers of these heat generating plants.

As in the whole world, there are regions in Russia that experience heat supply difficulties, mainly due to the high cost of fossil fuel as well as to growth of energy resources cost and polluting emissions. In this regard, search for solutions which would provide energy saving with an increase of energy, commercial and ecological efficiency of modern heat supply systems is becoming vitally important today. One of them is the development and use of special types of energy including renewable energy sources, wind energy in particular. Accordingly, the paper presents one of the possible solutions to the heat supply problem which are directed at meeting the whole region’s heat demand through the joint use of wind power plants with a boiler room operating on fuel oil. The study assessed the efficiency of constructing of wind power plants with a total capacity of 1.7 MW for the heat supply needs of a settlement, which is located on the Barents Sea coast in Russia. The selected area is characterized by an average annual wind speed of 7.0 m/s and a long heating period (9–10 months a year). The assessment showed that the wind power plant construction is financially reasonable, as additional profit can be generated by the end of the wind power plants scheduled service life that make up the half of primary investments. The results obtained in the paper are expected to make up for the lack of information on the feasibility of wind power plants construction for the heat supply needs, which is very useful for other countries that have similar areas experiencing various heat supply difficulties.

The paper considers the suppression of chaotic oscillations in small energy systems that occur in emergency modes and lead to the phenomenon of voltage collapse, which corresponds to the process of voltage drop in the network, which can be accompanied by a complete shutdown of the affected area. The paper also presents a method that has been developed and that allows changing the spectrum of Lyapunov’s characteristic indicators and converting chaotic oscillations in a small power system to regular dynamic modes. The method of synthesis of control actions is based on the theorem of topological equivalence of hyperbolic nonlinear systems and their linearized models as well as on and the use of numerical integration of nonlinear differential equations describing the behavior of power systems in order to construct a phase portrait and calculate Lyapunov’s characteristic exponents. The results of the work consist in the synthesis of feedback, which ensures the formation of a spectrum of Lyapunov’s characteristic indicators with negative values. The suppression of chaotic regimes occurs by forming a spectrum of negative Lyapunov’s characteristic indicators in a closed system. The parameters of the regulator in the feedback circuit are determined using the modal control method based on the solution of the matrix algebraic Sylvester equation. The solution of the problem of transition from a chaotic regime to a regular movement in a small power system is considered. To test the operability of the proposed method of chaos suppression, the spectrum of Lyapunov’s characteristic indicators is calculated and trajectories in the phase space of the initial nonlinear system and the system with control action are constructed. For energy systems with chaotic dynamics, synthesized feedback makes it possible to suppress chaotic fluctuations and switch to regular modes, thereby preventing the occurrence of emergency modes.

The paper presents studies on saving energy resources by creating conditions and introducing modern energy-efficient technologies and equipment into production activities that allow to develop the production and use of local fuels, including the use of briquetting of combustible municipal and industrial waste. The purpose and objectives of the work are to study trends and analyze the problems associated with the processing and use of various types of combustible waste generated and accumulated in industrial and agricultural enterprises, as well as in the field of housing and communal services. The main directions of national sustainable development strategy concerning energy and resource saving and rational use of natural and secondary resources are considered in the paper. Methods for briquetting multicomponent compositions of combustible wastes with the possibility of obtaining solid fuels have been studied. An innovative production technology developed by the authors is described that makes it possible to process waste products by briquetting with the use of various binders. The results are presented and the analysis of the conducted experimental studies is carried out in accordance with the theory of experiment planning for multicomponent systems, taking into account phase equilibria. A qualitative assessment of the component composition of the briquetted fuel, which ensures the highest density of the briquette and effective performance, is carried out taking into account of the moisture content of the multicomponent mixture. Qualitative indicators of the produced two- and three-component fuels have been determined using differential thermal analysis on the MOM-1500 derivatograph, which make it possible to identify phase transformations and chemical reactions occurring during heating. Comparative analysis of qualitative indicators has permitted to draw conclusions about the possibility of using the developed fuel compositions in operated fuel combustion plants.

The paper deals with the problem of improving the reliability of DC-DC power supplies with pulse-width modulation. The topicality of the work is related to the importance of power supply issues in modern electronics, since the quality of operation of consumer electrical appliances, including critical ones, directly depends on the serviceability of sources. The object of the study is feedback circuits aimed at stabilization of the parameters of power supply of consumers. Failures of the mentioned feedback circuits most often occurs due to the electronic components degradation under harsh operating conditions as well as under severe mechanical overloads. Such failures are dangerous for uncontrolled increase of power supply output voltage and output current. To avoid this, a new method of reserving voltage feedback signals is presented in the paper which is implemented on the basis of flyback supply topology. Feedback signals are formed from the optocoupler located on the load side and from the auxiliary winding of the power transformer, together forming two independent output voltage control circuits. Only one circuit performs stabilization at any given moment of time. If one of these circuits fails, the second one can simply replace it in its operation. The proposed method does not require any digital signal processing algorithms or microprocessor control modules and can be implemented on the basis of cheap, widely available analog chips that perform pulse-width control of the output voltage. As a result, the problem of sudden feedback loop failure is solved and the reliability of electrical equipment is increased. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed by the results of computer simulation with the use of MatLab-Simulink environment. The obtained results can be used in design of fault-tolerant secondary power supplies that operate in harsh operating conditions.

The paper deals with the problem of increasing the efficiency of the functioning of electric networks up to 1 kV, namely, the possibility of increasing the sensitivity of protections in networks up to 1 kV, which helps to reduce the protection response currents and, accordingly, reduce the cross-section of cable and wire products. The topicality of this problem is shown and the research tasks are defined. Much attention is paid to the concept of selectivity; attention is also paid to the concepts of full and partial selectivity. “Which protective devices can be considered selective?” is a question that is considered and worked out in sufficient depth in the paper. The negative phenomena that occur when ensuring the selectivity of protections in networks up to 1 kV are systematized and described in detail. Based on a comparative analysis of the parameters of circuit breakers with release tripping devices of various types, a solution to this problem is proposed by using circuit breakers with microprocessor and semiconductor release tripping devices. Additional advantages of microprocessor-based circuit breakers are considered and indicated, as well as their disadvantages are indicated, too. The main expected positive effects from the use of circuit breakers with microprocessor release tripping devices are listed, taking into account the fact that this type of circuit breakers is considered as a complex of devices replaced by it. The article can be recommended to employees of electric power specialties working with networks up to 1 kV.

Having proven its effectiveness in finding the best options for energy supply and energy consumption the exergetic method of thermodynamic analysis of complex heat and power systems has been widely recognized in recent years. However, its application is hindered by the lack of appropriate scientific and methodological heat technology support, especially if their application involves not only transformation of energy, but also transformation of substances. Heat treatment of concrete and reinforced concrete products belongs to such technologies. This article presents new scientific results related to the development of exergetic balances of the processes of preparation of concrete mixture in a mixer and heat treatment of a concrete product in a heat-technological installation. For each of these cases, the analysis of exergetic flows was carried out, the structure of the exergy of the concrete mixture and the hardening concrete was determined. Based on the analysis of the literature data on the chemical composition of cement clinkers, cements, and hydration products, new dependences have been proposed for calculating the exergy of the concrete mixture flow and the exergy of concrete under its heat treatment, including all their components, viz. thermomechanical, reaction, and concentration constituents. Absolute energy indicators have been developed. The calculation of the mentioned values was performed on a specific example with the use of the developed scientific and methodological support. In the second part of this paper, the results of the study related to the determination of relative exergetic indicators that allow evaluating the energy efficiency of the processes of heat treatment of concrete products in heat technology installations will be published. The results obtained in this paper can be used for the selection of energy-saving modes of heat-technological equipment intended for industrial heat treatment of concrete products.

The mixed problem for the telegraph equation well-known in electrical engineering and electronics, provided that the line is free from distortions, is reduced to a similar problem for one-dimensional inhomogeneous wave equation. An effective way to solve this problem is based on the use of special functions – polylogarithms, which are complex power series with power coefficients, converging in the unit circle. The exact solution of the problem is expressed in integral form in terms of the imaginary part of the first-order polylogarithm on the unit circle, and the approximate one – in the form of a finite sum in terms of the real part of the dilogarithm and the imaginary part of the third-order polylogarithm. All the indicated parts of the polylogarithms are periodic functions that have polynomial expressions of the corresponding degrees on an interval of length in the period, which makes it possible to obtain a solution to the problem in elementary functions. In the paper, we study a mixed problem for the telegrapher’s equation which is well-known in applications. This problem of linear substitution of the desired function witha time-exponential coefficient is reduced to a similar problem for the Klein – Gordon equation. The solution of the latter can be found by dividing the variables in the form of a series of trigonometric functions of a line point with time-dependent coefficients. Such a solution is of little use for practical application, since it requires the calculation of a large number of coefficients-integrals and it is difficult to estimate the error of calculations. In the present paper, we propose another way to solve this problem, based on the use of special He-functions, which are complex power series of a certain type that converge in the unit circle. The exact solution of the problem is presented in integral form in terms of second-order He-functions on the unit circle. The approximate solution is expressed in the final form in terms of third-order He-functions. The paper also proposes a simple and effective estimate of the error of the approximate solution of the problem. It is linear in relation to the line splitting step with a time-exponential coefficient. An example of solving the problem for the Klein – Gordon equation in the way that has been developed is given, and the graphs of exact and approximate solutions are constructed.

Incompliance of the settings of the system to control actual values of the parameters of a variable frequency induction electric drive may sometimes result in complete non-operability of a variable frequency electric drive as well as in the considerable reduction of the dynamic quality parameters. Such parameters as active rotor resistance, rotor inductance, and inductance of the magnetization circuit are available for the immediate measuring. They are not identified in terms of the acceptance tests, and the values presented in catalogues and reference books are calculated ones that may differ considerably from the real values of a certain machine. Despite constant studies by the researchers, a task to identify electromagnetic parameters of the equivalent circuit of an induction motor is still important and topical. The objective of the paper is to develop a method of online-identification of the electromagnetic parameters of an induction motor making it possible to implement accurate regulator adjustment of the frequency control system in terms of operational changes in the driving motor parameters. For the first time, the paper analyzes a steady mode of induction motor operation which does not apply T-network of the equivalent circuit of an induction motor. An approach has been proposed relying on the equation of an induction motor in three-phase fixed coordinate system obtained on the basis of the theory of generalized electromechanical converter.

In this article, the authors consider the possibility of using a hybrid energy storage system to even out the load profile of the enterprise. Solving the problem of rational use of energy storage taking into account the initial variable load schedule will significantly reduce not only the cost of electricity consumption by the enterprise, but also the costs of its production. Detailed characteristics of batteries with various types of electrolytes and supercapacitors are given. A model of the active scheme of a hybrid electric energy storage system consisting of a lithium-ion battery and a supercapacitor unit with the corresponding characteristics is presented. The model was carried out by using the SimPowerSystems software in MatLab. During the simulation, the temperature and the aging effects and of the batteries were not taken into account. The selfdischarge parameter of the battery was also not presented. As a result of the simulation, discharge characteristics of supercapacitors and batteries were obtained based upon which the expediency of their combined use for leveling load profiles of various types was substantiated. The paper presents the results of the simulation of operating modes of a hybrid energy storage device, combining the advantages of two types of energy storage devices, as well as a diagram of delivered power to the network, corresponding to the specified parameters. The paper provides a mathematical description of the increasing power by hybrid storage system resulting from the combined use of supercapacitors and batteries. The paper presents the dependence of the power increase ratio on the frequency and the pulse current duty ratio, which proves that the maximum possible output power of the hybrid storage system can be several times greater than the power of a single battery having the same parameters.

In the first part of the paper the theory of infrared radiation and the use of nondestructive measurement of electrical devices by means of thermovision are under analysis. In the second part of paper basic principles and application of non-contact temperature measurement are examined. In the third part of paper thermal processes in distribution oil transformer – temperature in dependence on height of oil transformer and temperature distribution in sectional plan of oil transformer – are considered. In the fourth part of paper, by means of the experimental measurements and subsequent analysis, practical thermal imaging and contact thermal measurements by optical detectors for the diagnosis of distribution oil transformers in the field of mechanical strength of windings are shown. In this paper, we wanted to show out the possibility of using thermal measurements in this field of analysis and detection of quality of winding for distribution oil transformer. It is possible to use these methods to localize places of faults, and they are also applicable for the diagnosis and detection of disorders of the quality of materials and other anomalies during operation of the equipment. By means of the experimental measurements followed by diagnostic analysis the practical use of thermovision and optical sensors for diagnostics of power oil transformers in field mechanical strength and quality of winding is demonstrated.

The paper presents a fragment of on-going investigations directed on creation of optimal information environment that ensures an access to the R&D publications from the known scientific journals and other scientific serials which are necessary for qualitative execution of scientific and technological activities on priority areas in highway engineering. A citation analysis has been applied while using data of Journal Citation Reports for selection of world scientific publications which are necessary for execution of investigations on heat and mass transfer in road dressings. Their deformations occur under various climatic conditions due to heat and mass transfer processes, interaction of transport flows and road surface that leads to crack formation in depth and on the surface of road dressings. Structure of constructive layers especially which are created with the help of technogenic wastes (asphalt-, reinforced concrete, concrete, brick scrap and products of their recycling, various wastes of production etc.) exerts an influence on heat and mass transfer. The paper presents results of investigations on heat flows, boundary layers according to viscosity, air velocity, geometric characteristics, permeability, capillary pressures in materials. It has been shown that calculations based on principles of complex number usage have specific features in engineering practice: it is required to observe their accuracy in approaches, calculation reduction due to some accuracy degradation as a consequence of transition from complex numbers to their modules with exclusion of phase shift account and related with propagation of thermal waves. In this respect calculations of heat resistance without phase shifts are considered as rather important if they are in agreement with principles based on the fact that a complexity is characterized by thermal absorptivity of the material in a great number of calculations. The investigations have been supported by Henan Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Grant Number GZS 2018006 (People’s Republic of China, Henan Province).

The paper presents a fragment of on-going investigations directed on creation of optimum data environment that ensures an access to world scientific journals and other publications which are necessary for qualitative implementation of works on priority directions of R&D in the field of road-construction industry in the period of 2016–2020. A citation analysis has been applied while using data of Journal Citation Reports for selection of world scientific serial publiccations which are necessary for execution of investigations on heat and mass transfer in road dressings. The road dressings are considered as open heterogeneous thermodynamic systems. Their deformations occur under various climatic conditions due to heat and mass transfer processes and interaction of transport flows and road surface. Crack formation takes place in depth of the road dressings and on road surfaces as a result of temperature, mass transfer processes. As it is known material structure of constructive layers especially which are created with the help of technogenic wastes (asphalt-concrete, concrete, reinforced concrete scrap and products of its recycling, brick rubble, various wastes of production etc.) influence on heat and mass transfer. The paper presents results of investigations on heat flows, boundary layers according to air viscosity, velocity of geometric permeability characteristics, capillary pressures in road pavements.

The paper considers modern approaches to usage of hydrocarbon-containing waste as energy resources and presents description of investigations, statistic materials, analysis results on formation of hydrocarbon-containing waste in the Republic of Belarus. Main problems pertaining to usage of waste as a fuel and technologies for their application have been given in the paper. The paper describes main results of the investigations and a method for efficient application of viscous hydrocarbon-containing waste as an energy-packed component and a binding material while producing a solid fuel. A technological scheme, a prototype industrial unit which are necessary to realize a method for obtaining multi-component solid fuel are represented in the paper. A paper also provides a model of technological process with efficient sequence of technological operations and parameters of optimum component composition. Main factors exerting significant structure-formation influence in creation of structural composition of multi-component solid fuel have been presented in the paper. The paper gives a graphical representation of the principle for selection of mixture particles of various coarseness to form a solid fuel while using a briquetting method and comprising viscous hydrocarbon-containing waste. A dependence of dimensionless concentration g of emissions into atmosphere during burning of two-component solid fuel has been described in the paper. The paper analyzes an influence of the developed methodology for emission calculation of multi-component solid fuels and reveals a possibility to optimize the component composition in accordance with ecological function and individual peculiar features of fuel-burning equipment. Special features concerning storage and transportation, advantages and disadvantages, comparative characteristics, practical applicability of the developed multi-component solid fuel have been considered and presented in the paper. The paper cites practical results pertaining to usage of hydrocarboncontaining waste for the equipment applied for production of multi-component solid fuel. Data on economic expediency for usage of the multi-component solid fuel with high thermo-technical characteristics in the boiler-houses operating on local solid fuel have been analyzed in the paper. The paper shows a perspective evaluation, applicability and practical significance of the solution of the problem on efficient usage of hydrocarbon-containing waste while producing the multi-component solid fuel.

The article considers experimental and analytical determination of the asynchronous machine equivalent-circuit parameters with application of the reference data. Transient processes investigation of the asynchronous machines necessitates the equivalent circuit parameters (resistance impedance, inductances and coefficient of the stator-rotor contours mutual inductance) that help form the transitory-process mathematical simulation model. The reference books do not provide those parameters; they instead give the rated ones (active power, voltage, slide, coefficient of performance and capacity coefficient) as well as the ratio of starting and nominal currents and torques. The noted studies on the asynchronous machine equivalent-circuits parametrization fail to solve the problems ad finem or solve them with admissions. The paper presents experimental and analytical determinations of the asynchronous machine equivalent-circuit parameters: the experimental one based on the results of two measurements and the analytical one where the problem boils down to solving a system of nonlineal algebraic equations. The authors investigate the equivalent asynchronous machine input-resistance properties and adduce the dependence curvatures of the input-resistances on the slide. They present a symbolic model for analytical parameterization of the asynchronous machine equivalent-circuit that represents a system of nonlineal equations and requires one of the rotor-parameters arbitrary assignment. The article demonstrates that for the asynchronous machine equivalent-circuit experimental parameterization the measures are to be conducted of the stator-circuit voltage, current and active power with two different slides and arbitrary assignment of one of the rotor parameters. The paper substantiates the fact that additional measurement does not discard the rotor-parameter choice arbitrariness. The authors establish that in motoring mode there is a critical slide by which the stator current value turns out to be the minimum.

Increasing the solid lighting facilities operational energy-efficiency in the national economy of the Republic of Belarus is of current concern. The modern problems of energy-saving lighting are multifaceted and broad-ranging. It is particularly burning amidst the energy crisis and the world commercial slump. Thus, the lighting demands 10–13 % of the total electric energy consumption in Belarus. That is to say, there is a significant potential of energy saving in transition to energy-efficient lighting. The paper considers the issues of reliability and service period of the solid-state lighting devices created on the basis of lines of light-emitting-diodes (LED) produced by Paragon Semiconductor Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. The optoelectronic apparatuses reliability assessment is based on investigation of the development principles and deterioration mechanisms leading to failures of one kind or another. The deterioration causes ascertainment is indispensable for acting upon them later on and thus reducing the degradation speed and extent. One of the LED-devices deterioration main sources is the temperature overheat of the LED-chip active area. Therefore, techniques for evaluating the heat characteristics of solid lighting devices become the issue of the day. The article investigates thermal properties of high-capacity blue LED-lines by method of electrical transient processes. The authors calculate temperatures in the LED-lines active areas at various heat-dissipation conditions and injection currents values. They realize computer generated simulation of the heated lines thermal fields applying the ANSYS packet. The study concludes that out of the degree of temperature-distribution heterogeneity along the line impossibility of the line chip structural units thermal characteristics extraction arises based on all LEDs homogenized over the line temperature-time dependences. The paper indicates that one can with reasonable accuracy obtain the LED-lines thermal parameters employing the line representation with two equivalent RC-strings corresponding the thermal ways ‘LED active area – aluminium base’ and ‘aluminium base – environment’. For these areas thermal time constants, thermal resistances and thermal capacities are determined.

Employing dolomite in the capacity of a sorbent for generator gas purification is of considerable interest nowadays, as it is the impurity of generator gas that causes the major problem for creating cheep and effective co-generator plants. Designing gas purification systems employs simple but physically adequate macrokinetic models of dolomite thermal decomposition. The paper analyzes peculiarities of several contemporaneous models of dolomite and calcite thermal decomposition and infers on reasonable practicality for creating compact engineering dolomite-decomposition macrokinetic models and universal techniques of these models parameter reconstruction for specific dolomite samples. Such technics can be founded on thermogravimetric data and standard approximation error minimizing algorithms.The author assumes that CO2 evacuation from the reaction zone within the particle may proceed by diffusion mechanism and/or by the Darcy filtration and indicates that functional dependence of the thermal-decomposition rate from the particle sizes and the temperature differs for the specified mechanisms. The paper formulates four macrokinetic models whose correspondence verification is grounded on the experimental data. The author concludes that further work in this direction should proceed with the dolomite samples investigation and selecting the best approximation model describing experimental data in wide range of temperatures, warming up rates and the particle sizes.

The paper considers the issue of one of the widespread types of vector control realization for the asynchronous motors with a short-circuited rotor. Of all more than 20 vector control types known presently, the following are applied most frequently: direct vector control with velocity pickup (VP), direct vector control without VP, indirect vector control with VP and indirect vector control without VP. Despite the fact that the asynchronous-motor indirect vector control without VP is the easiest and most spread, the absence of VP does not allow controlling the motor electromagnetic torque at zero velocity. This is the reason why for electric motor drives of such requirements they utilize the vector control with a velocity transducer. The systems of widest dissemination became the direct and indirect vector control systems with X-axis alignment of the synchronously rotating x–y-coordinate frame along the rotor flux-linkage vector inasmuch as this provides the simplest correlations for controlling variables. Although these two types of vector control are well presented in literature, a number of issues concerning their realization and practical application require further elaboration. These include: the block schemes adequate representation as consisted with the modern realization of vector control and clarification of the analytical expressions for evaluating the regulator parameters.The authors present a technique for evaluating the dynamics of an asynchronous electric motor drive with direct vector control and x-axis alignment along the vector of rotor flux linkage. The article offers a generalized structure of this vector control type with detailed description of its principal blocks: controlling system, frequency converter, and the asynchronous motor.The paper presents a direct vector control simulating model developed in the MatLab environment on the grounds of this structure. The authors illustrate the described technique with the results of the computer based simulation of a specific electric drive on the basis of an asynchronous motor 4А132S4У3 (7,5 kW) with direct vector control at the rated loading. The results confirm validity of the presented technique to investigation of the

The paper considers one of the ways for improving power quality videlicet employment of the power active filtering-balancing devices capable of contemporaneous exercising compensation of the reactive power consumed from the mains, distortion power, and symmetrizing the phase currents with high precision and operating speed. In forming the current of the power active filtering-balancing device a few power theories gained ground, distinguishing among others the Frieze theory and the p–q theory. These presentations differ from the methods laid as theoretical grounds of the electric energy accounting systems.The article presents an analysis in the compliant system of the effect of the current projections on the power components formation character. The authors formulate the advantages and defective features of the noted theories being applied in case of the power active filteringbalancing device operating with unsymmetrical parameters of the mains. The paper considers the vectors asymmetrical system presentation by means of the symmetrical components 1–2–0 (Fortescue transformation) and in via α–β–0 re-expression (Clarke transformation). For practical evaluation of the currents correlation in α–β–0 and 1–2–0 measuring systems, the authors stage and perform a series of experiments where oneand two-phase amplitude asymmetries, one-phase phasic dissymmetry as well as asymmetries with occurrence of higher harmonic components are realized. The currents effective values summary from the series of experiments being presented graphically as function of the unsymmetry current amplitude educe incongruity of the results. Visually however, a similarity of the form and the character is observed, which allows performing correlation coefficient estimation of the mean square values of the currents in α–β–0 and 1–2–0 systems. That allows making conclusion of a high degree of the obtained results correlation.

The author represents the method of creating composite 3D-models employing technology of geographical information systems for environmental impact assessment of projected, constructed and operating energy facilities. The paper describes the techniques of applying bundled software ArcView with add-on modules ImageWarp and RASTRProfi for alignment of multiscale bit-mapped and direct-beam three-dimensional models with the object of evaluating ecological risks for diverse territories.The article evaluates the environmental impact of a thermal power plant near the city of Rasht (industrial area Saravan) and demonstrates analysis of the territorial distribution of the soil contamination with varied pollutants at different wind structures. The paper demonstrates the method of building composite 3D-models applied for assessment of presumable incidents with radioactivity discharge at the nuclear power plant in Halileh, 20 km from the city of Bushehr. By analyzing the wind diagram in the territory being explored and determining the predominant wind directions in different periods, it is possible by way of employing this method to distinguish the territories and the objects with most unfavorable prognosis. This enables rendering a prompt decision on the measures minimizing unfavorable impact on the population and environment.Altering the point of topographical survey while synchronizing the scales, the researcher can place the designed project within any territory and analyze the necessary parameters for each variant.The author considers the presented in such a manner technique worth productive implementing while analyzing environmental impact of both operating and projected industrial facilities (industrial and agricultural enterprises, thermal and nuclear electric-power plants etc.).

The paper demonstrates the fact that in valuating the actual heat efficiency from utilizing the vortical heat-release intensification it is necessary to account for the increase of heatreleasing area of the tube with the corresponding lacunae (hollows, lunules). It may vary from 4 to 280 % as a function of their geometrical parameters which causes heat-release increasing with its simultaneous growth from vortex formation in the boundary-layer flow by the swirls generated by lunule turbulizers. For the tube of axial flow-around with hollows applied on the outer surface the vortex intensification enhances the thermal effectiveness up to 1,39 times, and in the case of the transversal flow-around tube banks with lunuled tube outer surface it does not exceed 29 % at Re = 5000. With Re number growing to 14000 the energy effect tangibly declines to 6 %.The thermal effectiveness of the vortex intensification with spherical lunules on the tube inside surface and the air moving inside does not exceed 13 % in the interval Re = (1−2) ⋅ 104 , which is distinctive for air the preheaters of steam-boilers. However, a greater energy effect (up to 33 %) for the axial flowing is attained from emerging saliences on the tube inside surface beneath the spherical lacunae on the outside. The authors establish that employing discrete roughness in the form of transverse circular saliences (diaphragms) allows attaining much greater heat-emission intensification (up to 70 %) in the interval of Re = (10−100) ⋅ 103 as compared to the smooth tube. The paper shows that physical principles of the heat-emission vortex intensification by way of lunuling the round tubular surfaces differentiate from those applying artificial limited roughness in the form of pyramid frusta on the tube outside surfaces flowed around by the transverse flow.

The article describes the implementation of the principle of overcurrent protection from interphase short-circuits on the power lines with unilateral feed. The expression of the detection of the fault location by the relative value of the distance from the installation of pro- tection to the point of damage with the help of the results of operational control of the short- circuit current damaged phases has been suggested in the article. Also the expression for determining the time delay response for such protection has been presented, taking into account fault location that had been detected.The paper proposes and describes the functional diagram of the overcurrent protection in detail, provides realization of the implementation of the principles set out in the article. Paper content includes the description of the elements of the considered overcurrent protection, such as input current transducers connected to the measuring current transformers of the protected line, maxiselector, miniselector, block of the determination of the mode type, the measuring unit with the setting unit, detecting fault location unit with the setting unit, calculation unit and control unit with time delay parameter setting, an OR gate, the actuating element, that opens circuit breaker of the protected line. The operation of the proposed scheme is reviewed in the article. All units and elements of functional circuit overcurrent protection can be implemented with the help of analog and digital technology. Modern microprocessors can be used for these purposes.The efficiency of provided implementation of the principles of overcurrent protection from phase-to-phase short circuits on the power lines with unilateral feed was studied by computational experiments. These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed solutions and also trip of short-circuit within the main zone line protection is provided without delay, and in the end zone redundancy – with time delay that is not exceeding 2Δt in all areas, including the head portion of the network.

This paper describes an estimation method of decreasing losses of active power in power transformers with voltage 10(6)/0,4 kV after installation of devices of reactive power compensation on output side depending on voltage level, connected to capacity devices, taking into account dielectric loss in capacitors. Analysis of functional dependences was carried out. Investigation of function with a help of derivations was carried out. Points of function extremum and also its intervals of rise and fall rates were founded. This paper describes graphic investigation of obtained functional dependence, which is introduced by quartic polynominal. It is established that decreasing of losses of active power depends on technical parameters and load factor of transformer, coefficient of loading power of electricity consumers, voltage value connected to capacitor unit.Using obtained functional dependences, calculations for the main size-types of power transformers with voltage 10(6)/0,4 kV serie ТМГ 11 and ТМГ12 were done. It is established that depending on technical characteristics of certain transformer, coefficient of its loading and power, there is a definite value of deviation of real voltage value from working voltage of capacitor installation when it will be observed positive technical and economical effect from installed capacitor battery unit. For taken value of loading coefficient and transformer’s power the maximum decrease of losses of active power takes place under voltage directed to capacitor unit, which is lower then nominal value. For all taken size-types of power transformers the argument of investigating function for its maximal value is out of standard permissible of voltage deviations from nominal value.These functional dependents can be used for preliminary calculations, which are needed for making decision on compensation of reactive power in electric power supply systems of industrial objects. Their consideration allows more accurately evaluate technical and economical effect from installation of capacitor’s batteries in electrical networks with voltage up to 1 kV.

The paper describes new algorithm of detecting the fault location for the power lines 6–35 kV with unilateral feed. The results of operational control of the short-circuit current for the faulted phases are the only initial data needed for the fault location algorithm. Analysis of the impact of the type of short circuit, transition resistance at the damaged point, errors of current transformers, load of the line, power and resistance of supply system, calculation errors of short-circuit currents at the beginning and at the end of the line on the performance of this algorithm is also performed. Estimated parameters of the algorithm of detecting the fault location based on identified influencing factors were established by method of computational experiment. Analysis of the simulation results performed shows that the variation of the relative error in the fault location determination for different types of faults is about the same. Moreover levels of these relative errors from the effects of all influencing factors can be less than just from one of them. This is due to the mutual compensation of the various factors’ influence on values of relative errors. This fact must be taken into consideration when performing the corresponding estimates for the worst case scenario.This paper presents the dynamic characteristics of this algorithm for detecting the fault location that allows estimating the time of detecting the fault location in different modes. Their analysis shows that there is almost no difference in quantitative and qualitative dependencies for different loads and types of faults. As the evaluation of results performed it should be noted that by means of the control only one parameter in short current mode, i.e. the short-circuit current, it is possibly with acceptable accuracy to detect the fault location.

The paper presents an analysis of several variants of energy-efficient solutions for hot water supply systems in Minsk buildings that ensure significant reduction of energy for hot water supply in comparison with the existing level. The different systems have been considered as technical facilities for usage of solar energy and secondary heat sources and which are based on heat recovery of “grey” waste water, solar collector, photoelectric transducer, heat pump.Comparative analysis of the considered variants shows economic efficiency of waste water heat utilizers. An advantage of such system is in its all-year round usage in comparison with a solar collector. The second variant that is a combination of waste water heat utilizer and a solar collector that increases energy saving but it requires the increase of capital expenses. The third variant completely covers expenses of heat energy which is necessary for hot water supply. It is neces-sary to attract attention to the fact that expenses in the first two variants are close to the required ones but values of the third variant may significantly exceed the reliable level.The paper contains analytical material of Belarusian and Vietnamese researchers who were actively involved in implementation of the joint Belarusian-Vietnamese project “Usage of Renewable Power Sources in Physical-Mathematical Model of Heat Regime of Energy-Efficient House” (Project code: VAST. HTQT. Belarus. 03/2012–2013).

The heat dissipation on the lateral surface of the cyclone chamber working volume with asymmetrical input and output of gases is considered in the present paper in contrast to the previously executed [1–10]. The relative values of input gas flow and the relative diameters of the outlet are different in each of the halves of the working volume. The heat dissipation by convection to the swirling airflow was studied by the method of variation of the aggregate state of the heating agent – water vapor slightly superheated (at 2–3 °С) condensation. Collecting the condensate produced from the work site through a water lock, providing maintaining of constant pressure in the calorimeter. The quantity of heat transmitted during the experiment was determined by the amount of collected condensate.In the experiments on the camera with two-sided asymmetric output relative gas outlet diameter on one side of the camera varied Relative diameter of the outlet on the other hand remained constant. In the experiences on the camera with the bilateral asymmetrical conditions for the introduction of gases the asymmetry of the introduction of flow was created due to a change in the relative entrance area whoo remained constant. Local heat transfer coefficient was determined for different values dimensionless longitudinal coordinate coinciding with the axis of the chamber, directed toward the outlet, measured from the middle section of the working volume. Еquations for calculation of heat transfer coefficients on the lateral surface of the howling cyclone chambers with unbalanced input and output gases, оbtained in this paper, give the satisfactory agreement of the calculated and experimental data that allows to recommend to their practical application.

The paper proposes a method for optimizing the layout of offshore wind farms to increase their efficiency by reducing the effect of aerodynamic shading, minimizing electrical losses in cable lines of the system for receiving and transmitting electrical energy generated by wind turbines to the electrical grid of the power system. The task is reduced to determining several parameters that define the geometric dimensions and shape of the layout grid with pre-installed tur-bine locations. This approach, in contrast to the coordinate-wise search method, makes it possible to build symmetrical grid layouts of wind power plants, which in practice are more convenient in terms of maintenance and operation. Together with the optimization of the layout, the search for the optimal location of the offshore transformer substation and the synthesis of the scheme of cable joints between wind power plants has been carried out. To solve this problem, a heuristic algorithm was used to search for a minimum spanning tree with a restriction on the conductivity of connections, which made it possible to build realistic schemes and more adequately assess their technical and economic characteristics. As the results of testing the proposed methodology on the example of optimizing the layout of the Horns Rev 1 wind farm have shown, the use of this approach has reduced the cost of the electrical system by 10–12 %. This is 7–11 % higher than the result obtained by using the MST algorithm, which performs the construction of a circuit of cable joints of a simplified topology. The change in the size and shape of the boundaries of the wind farm site resulted in an increase in the estimated electricity generation by 2.3 % and a decrease in its cost by 4 %. When optimizing the layout of wind turbines within the fixed boundaries of the site, these indicators are improved by only 1 and 2 % as compared to the original scheme.

A number of requirements are imposed on installations associated with regulated DC sources, including low voltage and current ripple in the load, as well as a wide range of output current variation. Such installations are traditionally made on controlled rectifiers or pulse-width converters in which voltage ripples are always present. The paper considers a method for reducing the voltage ripple of powerful rectifiers for powering magnetic systems based on the insertion of a compensating voltage equal in magnitude and opposite in phase to the ripple voltage into the load circuit. The possibility of using ripple compensators connected in parallel and in series with the load, as well as methods of obtaining a compensating voltage is shown. Methods for obtaining compensating voltage are given. In order to exclude the magnetization of the ripple compensator transformer, it is proposed to use several versions of the compensating transformer and the inclusion of ripple compensators. Practical schemes of passive compensators (with a demagnetizing circuit and a bifilar winding) are analyzed. The problem of developing ripple compensators for multiphase rectifiers, as well as ways to solve it, is considered. Practical recommendations for choosing a core material and calculating a transformer are given. On the basis of the presented theoretical and practical considerations for the design of the ripple compensators, simulation models have been developed in the Simulink pack-age of the MATLAB program. A technique for studying ripple compensators using the simulation models of a symmetrical 12-pulse rectifier that has been developed is presented. The results of simulation of passive ripple compensators, performed in two versions, showed their effectiveness, while the scheme was relatively simple and economic costs were relatively low. Also, the time of setting the set current in the system in the presence of a ripple compensator increases by no more than 3 %, and the accuracy and stability of operation do not change.

The article deals with the district heating systems transition to intelligent systems by developing a united information system and obtaining a high level of controllability of the entire system. During the implementation of automated control systems of district heating, a number of information tasks of the lower level are being introduced, including the data collection for thermal and hydraulic modes of operation for monitoring, operational management and analysis of the effectiveness. One of the problems of intelligent systems is data collection and its further storage and processing. Methods for data collection for real energy facilities are considered and the usage of multi-level system with the allocation of the upper level in the cloud storage has been proposed. In addition to the currently implemented data collection scheme in automated control systems, a generalized method of data acquisition with the introduction of duplicate streams has been proposed to ensure their integrity. The paper presents the approaches to identifying the collected data, ensuring the stability of the collection process, reliability of data storage and their integrity. Role-based security model with a dedicated single certification authority helps to protect data. Approaches to further processing of the collected data are shown, differing in the way of parallel data processing. The next stage of development is global monitoring systems that will be aimed to prompt response at all levels. The accumulated data will allow bringing the operating systems to a new level through the use of tools such as forecasting and simulation modeling, which will allow creating digital twins of heat supply systems. The proposed data collection system will perform forecasting and modeling at a higher level, and, as a result, help in the formation of more balanced management decisions.

The paper considers basic concepts in the design of modern wind energy conversion systems (WECS). The analysis of control methods and systems which are capable to realize operational mode with maximum output power has been presented in the paper. Functional diagrams of systems for different electric generators, mechanical gears and various combinations of electric power supply and control systems have been have been given in the paper. WECS structures that meet the operational requirements in Belarus have been determined in the paper.

The paper proposes methodology for evaluation of storage system influence on energy losses. The methodology makes it possible to investigate influence of some operational modes of devices on energy losses for a wide range of variants pertaining to reset conditions. The paper provides mathematical dependences that determine criteria for maximization of energy loss reduction.

The paper considers a possibility to use a thermal pump and heat-exchange device in the ventilation system for heat utilization of exhaust air. An influence of air characteristics on energy efficiency of heat-utilizing installations has been shown in the paper. Specific feature of the thermal pump application is the fact hat a source of secondary heat has higher temperature than a consumer. The paper contains results of thermal pump and heat exchange device parameters, hat characterize their efficiency while being applied in a ventilation system.

The paper describes a steady pressure and free-flow circulation flow in the pre-screen zone of a well during its hydrodynamic reagent-free flushing. Calculation dependences for description of a filtration flow and creation of a hydrodynamic grid have been obtained in the paper. The paper presents results of experimental investigations on filtration flow. The obtained results agree completely with the calculation dependences that testifies about the possibility to use the obtained formulas for description of the filtration flow originating in the pre-screen zone of a well during its hydrodynamic reagent-free flushing.

The paper considers problems of possible decrease in power consumption for deficient electric power system. A mathematical model for a minimum search of criterion function has been formulated in the paper. Power deficiency is described as a complicated function for an integrated assessment on electricity delivery and consumption. The criterion function is multicriterial and includes main components for determination of the total power deficiency. The system of restrictions takes into account extreme values of adjustable parameters.

A whole class of devices has been developed and tested in the paper. These devices have appeared as a result of fundamental investigations of multi-phase flows in centrifugal power floors, mechanism understanding of processes which are occurring there and their mathematical description for optimization. It is for the first time when the paper proposes an efficient method for reduction of steam pressure and temperature in vortex pressure-reducing and desuperheating stations and steam cooling devices.

The paper considers a dependence of efficiency factor on transformer loadings. Specific features of the dependence are given in the paper.

A modern method for determination of fuel efficiency which is used in high-temperature plants (industrial furnaces) has been considered in the paper. The paper estimates a heat recovery role of flue gases at the furnace outlet with the purpose to save natural gas and replace it with alternative gas fuel. Efficient heat-utilizing installations for high-temperature plants have been presented in the paper, examples of heat recovery unit application in various technological schemes including processes of biomass gasification.

The paper presents a method for complex estimation of balance reliability for a deficit power system. An integral estimation is based on a vector function of the total power shortfall. Its components are presented in the form of active power node capacities of different types and include generating, load nodes, and also nodes which are bound to intersystem transmission lines, including reversing ones.The task takes into account values of available reserve capacities and values of taken-out repair capacities including nodes used for binding to power-intensive industrial enterprises which carry out a consumer-regulator role.The search is carried out in the definition domain pertaining to multi-criteria complicated function which is created by a complex of regime, technical and cost limiting conditions. Conditions and stages of parameter correction for a scheduled mode have been formulated in the paper.

The paper describes experimental investigations of thermal and physical characteristics pertaining to material specimens which has been used for manufacturing the proposed heating device for heat supply system of a field medical hospital. The type of the given material has been determined that is polyvinyl chloride.A warm-up period required for the heating device and estimation of time required for installation of a heating system for successful operation of the field hospital have been determined and executed in the paper.