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Charles Raja, S.
- A Paradigm Shift from BCN to DCN Strategy for Effective Knowledge Transfer in Foundation Courses
Authors
1 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai – 625019, IN
Source
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 0, No SP 1 (2018), Pagination:Abstract
Outcome Based Education (OBE) came into practice in India in 2014. Earlier the priority of most of the faculty is just to complete the syllabus and for students to score better grade. One of the biggest challenges for faculty members in implementing OBE is to change the focus of students from scoring marks to learning the content particularly at the beginning of the programme while teaching fundamental courses. In this paper, the authors made an attempt to compare two strategies of teaching and learning; the Broiler Chicken Nourishing (BCN) verses the Desi Chicken Nourishing (DCN) in an Indian perspective. The BCN strategy shows only a short term and narrow goal though productive, it was in DCN strategy there is effective knowledge transfer which promotes more of self learning and self realization. A case study was done on Electric Circuit Analysis for second semester Electrical Engineering students. The analysis shows that DCN is more learner centered and yields fruitful results when compared to BCN. The DCN approach promotes original thinking of the students and develops good interpersonal skill.Keywords
Outcome Based Education, Millenials, Chicken Feeding, Team Building, Mentoring.
- ATC enhancement by incorporating FACTS devices for deregulating scenario in present power market
Authors
1 Research scholar, EEE Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai - 625015, IN
2 PG Scholar, EEE Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai - 625015, IN
3 Assistant Professor, EEE Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai - 625015, IN
4 Associate Professor, EEE Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai – 625015, IN
Source
Power Research, Vol 12, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 1-12Abstract
The cost based monopolistic power market rules are new fangled by the word deregulation. Trepidations in its conceptualisation and integrated operation in the impending scenario are transmission pricing, congestion management and Available Transfer Capability (ATC). Of this intriguing technical challenge, ATC is the one that needs to be interrogated and dogged to make open access a feasible obsession for private entity participation which is deregulation’s intention.
This research work aims at calculating ATC using non iterative, simple, Power Transfer Distribution Factors (PTDF) based methodology, enhancing them using Flexible AC Transmission system (FACTS) devices like Static compensator (STATCOM) and Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). A proven alternative to overcome extravagance by erecting new transmission facility is incorporation of FACTS devices in the existing structure that indulge in reactive power compensation. These FACTS devices are modelled using the power flow equations and is placed optimally based on the slope of sensitivity factors.
The optimal settings of FACTS devices is obtained by a soft computing technique labelled as Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) to enhance the ATC for the assumed bilateral and multilateral power contracts. The voltage and angle of shunt and series FACTS devices are randomly generated as the population of PSO on sample 6 bus and standard IEEE 30 bus systems.