Guest editorial: Selected papers from the 26th ITS World Congress, Singapore 2019

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Radiation characteristics of skewed loaded dipole arrays

In this work we present a study to determine the parameters affecting the power radiated in specific directions by antenna arrays with tilted elements. We developed an efficient Method of Moments for the analysis of linear arrays with arbitrarily tilted dipole elements, in free space or in the presence of a backing reflector. By using this...

Blueprint for the combinatorial strategy in transactive energy-based control mechanism by using energy flexibility platform and interface

The strategic importance of transactive energy (TE) in the world is steadily increasing, and therefore transactive control and coordination mechanism require effective strategy to achieve sustainable competitive advantages. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis is one of the most effective approaches used for analysing...

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Integrating demand flexibility with distributed generation - Renewable energy sources (DG-RES) at the residential household and commercial customer level in electricity grids

Commercial and operational use of residential and commercial user demand-side flexibility in energy grids will play an important but, as yet, not disclosed role in realising the required increase in the penetration of DG-RES. An increased embedding potential is needed to satisfy ambitious energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emission targets....

A heterarchic hybrid coordination strategy for congestion management and market optimization using the DREAM framework

Software agent-based strategies using micro-economic theory like PowerMatcher[1] have been utilized to coordinate demand and supply matching for electricity. Virtual power plants (VPPs) using these strategies have been tested in living lab environments on a scale of up to hundreds of households. So far, the coordination configuration of a VPP is...

60 GHz 5-bit digital controlled phase shifter in a digital 40 nm CMOS technology without ultra-thick metals

A 5-bit digital controlled switch-type passive phase shifter realised in a 40 nm digital CMOS technology without ultra-thick metals for the 60 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band is presented. A patterned shielding with electromagnetic bandgap structure and a stacked metals method to increase the on-chip inductor quality factor are...

Towards new forms of news gathering through crowdsourced live mobile streaming systems

Facilitating DER energy services for grid management via OS4ES: Aggregated flexibility, class model and matching algorithms

Risk assessment of aggregated flexibility usage for optimal multi-market trade

With the supply mix evolving to incorporate more and more uncontrollable renewable energy sources there is a need for more storage and demand response solutions. Aggregated demand response flexibility has been investigated in the past years as one of the potential solution this problem. This paper will investigate the potential impact on risks...

Amitran methodology framework for evaluating the impact of information and communication technology-based measures on CO2 emissions in the transport field

Transport is an important source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Although the applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for transport, also known as intelligent transport systems, are seen as having great potential to help reduce emissions from road transport, their exact impact on CO<inf>2</inf> emissions...

Impact of ITS on CO2 emissions - The contribution of a standardised assessment framework

Intelligent transport systems are accepted as an integral part of the transport system. They have high potential in reducing the carbon footprint of traffic while improving efficient and safe transport. The calculation of CO<inf>2</inf> emissions arising from the transport sector incorporating the impact of ITS is a challenging task. A...