Dynamic replica placement and selection strategies in data grids— A comprehensive survey

Data replication techniques are used in data grid to reduce makespan, storage consumption, access latency and network bandwidth. Data replication enhances data availability and thereby increases the system reliability. There are two steps involved in data replication, namely, replica placement and replica selection. Replica placement involves identifying the best possible node to duplicate data based on network latency and user request. Replica selection involves selecting the best replica location to access the data for job execution in the data grid. Various replica placement and selection algorithms are available in the literature. These algorithms measure and analyze different parameters such as bandwidth consumption, access cost, scalability, execution time, storage consumption and makespan. In this paper, various replica placement and selection strategies along with their merits and demerits are discussed. This paper also analyses the performance of various strategies with respect to the parameters mentioned above. In particular, this paper focuses on the dynamic replica placement and selection strategies in the data grid environment.     

Smart pricing scheme: A multi-layered scoring rule application

Defining appropriate pricing strategy for smart environment is important and complex task at the same time. It holds the primal fraction in Demand Response (DR) program. In our work, we devise an incentive based smart dynamic pricing scheme for consumers facilitating a multi-layered scoring rule. The proposed strategy characterizes both incentive based DR and price based DR programs facilities. This mechanism is applied between consumer agents (CA) to electricity provider agent (EP) and EP to Generation Company (GENCO). Based on the Continuous Ranked Probability Score (CRPS), a hierarchical scoring system is formed among these entities, CA–EP–GENCO. As CA receives the dynamic day-ahead pricing signal from EP, it will schedule the household appliances to lower price period and report the prediction in a form of a probability distribution function to EP. EP, in similar way reports the aggregated demand prediction to GENCO. Finally, GENCO computes the base discount after running a cost-optimization problem. GENCO will reward EP with a fraction of discount based on their prediction accuracy. EP will do the same to CA based on how truthful they were reporting their intentions on device scheduling. The method is tested on real data provided by Ontario Power Company and we show that this scheme is capable to reduce energy consumption and consumers’ payment.     

一种电网综合展现可视化系统的设计与应用

笔者在分析一种电网信息综合展现可视化系统建设目标和设计思路的基础上,详细阐述该系统的总体架构、业务架构、数据架构、技术架构、部署架构设计。该系统由智能信息集成模块、视频监控模块和综合展现可视化模块三部分组成,基于先进的多层架构体系和SOA构架模型,以ETL、数据挖掘、视频、GIS、图形图像技术为依托,实现电网信息视频、温湿度、风速、雨量气象环境、负荷、潮流等电网运行信息以及安防消防等各类辅助决策信息有逻辑的、互联互通的、交互的和实时的可视化展现,满足业务运行和对外展示的可视化需求,建成电网公司“汇集信息、全面监控、专业联动、统一展现”的电网信息综合展现可视化系统。该系统支持视频、GIS专题图和图形图表等多种展现方式,适用于不同的需求场景,在海南电网公司的实际应用结果证明了其可行性。     

智能电网隐私保护技术的分析研究

融合各种新兴的技术,智能电网的出现给电力系统带来了很大的变革。但和所有新兴事物一样,智能电网也将面临新的风险,尤其是用户侧的风险。面对智能电网用户侧风险,如何保护用户隐私权,是亟待解决的问题,也是文中研究的重点。首先分析了智能电网带来的风险,尤其是用户侧面临的风险;接着,介绍了智能电网隐私保护,对智能电网隐私保护特点进行了详细的解读;最后,结合电力系统,对我国智能电网隐私保护进行了思考,对未来的工作给出了建议。     

Study of a downward gas jet in a two–dimensional fluidized bed

The study of a downward gas jet was performed in a two–dimensional (2–D) fluidized bed of sand particles under conditions of minimum fluidization and at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The jet shifted through a cyclic sequence of left–central–right–central–left positions. The probability of the left and right jets was 40% each, while the less stable central jet occurred only 20% of the time. Discrete probability distributions of jet presence for each of the three jet configurations and an overall distribution are presented. They show that jets are dominant along the external walls of the nozzle. The depth of the downward jet increased with air flowrate in agreement with the correlation from Massimilla and Russo (1973).     

大开口高承载网格加筋壳的设计与工艺

本文采用有限元法计算了承受高轴压和外压作用下的大开口复合材料纵横密加筋壳的稳定性，得出不同铺层角度、不同受力工况下的大开口圆柱壳的临界载荷，并采用1：1试验件进行试验验证，将计算值与实验值进行了比较；对大开口复合材料纵横密加筋壳的缠绕工艺进行了研究，解决了大开口网格加筋壳开口补强的一次成型技术和密筋及开口部分的多丝嘴、无增量、非线性机械化缠绕成型工艺技术。     

Designing multilayered wire‐grid polarizers using a monochromatic recursive convolution finite‐difference time‐domain algorithm

Multilayered wire‐grid polarizers (WGP) find application as low‐reflection polarizers in projection‐type liquid crystal display devices. A multilayered WGP is formed by adding thin layers on top of the metal ridges of an ordinary WGP. The ordinary WGP consists of a periodic array of parallel metal ridges, where the period of the array and the width of any individual metal ridge are typically less than the wavelength of the incident light. Such WGPs are often used as efficient polarizers. However, in certain applications, it is important to reduce the reflection from the WGP while preserving the polarization efficiency. One of the ways to achieve this goal is to add thin layers on top of the metal ridges of the ordinary WGP. The reduction in reflection from the multilayered WGP depends on the number and material of these additional layers. In this paper, we describe a design method for multilayered WGPs based on an effective medium theory, thin‐film computation method and a monochromatic recursive convolution finite‐difference time‐domain algorithm. The goal of design process is to identify suitable materials and thicknesses for the additional thin layers needed to lower the reflection appreciably. The design method is explained with the help of bilayered WGPs.     

受端电网区域无功自动控制调控策略研究

要确保受端电压的稳定性,就要保证有足够的无功补偿。静态无功补偿可以有效降低网损,并提供稳定的无功功率。但在电网系统变得越来越复杂的情况下,静态无功补偿已经很难满足需求,这时,动态无功补偿作为一种更为有效的无功补偿方式应运而生了。     

浅析加快300 MW机组启动速度的方法及措施

随着电网的装机容量日益增大,机组的启动次数也在逐日增多。从保证机组安全经济运行的角度出发,结合笔者直接或间接参与制定的技术措施,简要分析了影响机组启动速度的因素和改善措施,以期为其他发电厂在机组启动方面提供一些参考和建议。     

离网型太阳能光伏发电系统设计研究

离网型太阳能光伏发电系统是太阳能光伏发电系统的重要组成。它具有灵活度高、分布广、项目成本低等优点。本文主要对现有离网光伏发电系统设计过程进行分析。