Power
Proposed New Conceptual and Economic-Based Flexibility Index in Real-Time Operation Incorporating Wind Farms

H. Berahmandpour; S. M. Kouhsari; H. Rastegar

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 35-45

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2019.5392.215

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Uncertainty and variability are two main specifications of wind generation and the ability of the power system to overcome these challenges is called flexibility. The flexibility index is a measure to evaluate the flexibility level of the power system mainly to achieve the ...  Read More

Control
Experimental Performance of Adaptive Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control on a Suspended Cable Robot

M. I. Hosseini; M.R. Jafari Harandi; S. A. Khalilpour Seyedi; H. Taghirad

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 59-67

https://doi.org/10.22061/JECEI.2019.5669.244

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Fast-tracking of reference trajectory and performance improvement in the presence of dynamic and kinematic uncertainties is of paramount importance in all robotic applications. This matter is even more important in the case of cable-driven parallel robots due to the flexibility ...  Read More