Dr Peter Matthews' Outputs (26)

Transactive Energy and Flexibility Provision in Multi-microgrids using Stackelberg Game (2022)
Journal Article
Hua, W., Xiao, H., Pei, W., Chiu, W.-Y., Jiang, J., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2023). Transactive Energy and Flexibility Provision in Multi-microgrids using Stackelberg Game. CSEE journal of power and energy systems, 9(2), 505-515. https://doi.org/10.17775/cseejpes.2021.04370

Aggregating the demand side flexibility is essential to complementing the inflexible and variable renewable energy supply in achieving low carbon energy systems. Sources of demand side flexibility, e.g., dispatchable generators, storages, and flexibl... Read More about Transactive Energy and Flexibility Provision in Multi-microgrids using Stackelberg Game.

Implementation and Analyses of Yaw Based Coordinated Control of Wind Farms (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmad, T., Basit, A., Ahsan, M., Coupiac, O., Girard, N., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Matthews, P. (2019). Implementation and Analyses of Yaw Based Coordinated Control of Wind Farms. Energies, 12(7), Article 1266. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12071266

This paper presents, with a live field experiment, the potential of increasing wind farm power generation by optimally yawing upstream wind turbine for reducing wake effects as a part of the SmartEOLE project. Two 2MW turbines from the Le Sole de Moul... Read More about Implementation and Analyses of Yaw Based Coordinated Control of Wind Farms.

Fast Processing Intelligent Wind Farm Controller for Production Maximisation (2019)
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Ahmad, T., Basit, A., Anwar, J., Coupiac, O., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Matthews, P. (2019). Fast Processing Intelligent Wind Farm Controller for Production Maximisation. Energies, 12(3), Article 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12030544

A practical wind farm controller for production maximisation based on coordinated control is presented. The farm controller emphasises computational efficiency without compromising accuracy. The controller combines particle swarm optimisation (PSO) w... Read More about Fast Processing Intelligent Wind Farm Controller for Production Maximisation.

Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets (2018)
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Hua, W., Li, D., Sun, H., Matthews, P., & Meng, F. (2018). Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets. International journal of smart grid and clean energy, 7(4), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.12720/sgce.7.4.231-239

In order to alleviate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the environmental and economic dispatch (EED) is formulated as multiobjective optimization problem (MOP) solved by multiobjective immune algorithm (MOIA). Building on this model, the virt... Read More about Stochastic environmental and economic dispatch of power systems with virtual power plant in energy and reserve markets.

Field Implementation and Trial of Coordinated Control of Wind Farms (2017)
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Ahmad, T., Coupliac, O., Petit, A., Guignard, S., Girard, N., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Matthews, P. (2018). Field Implementation and Trial of Coordinated Control of Wind Farms. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 9(3), 1169-1176. https://doi.org/10.1109/tste.2017.2774508

This paper demonstrates, with live field experiment, the potential of increasing wind farm production through minimising wake effects by curtailing upstream wind turbines. Two 2MW turbines from the SMV (Le Sole de Moulin Vieux) wind farm are used for... Read More about Field Implementation and Trial of Coordinated Control of Wind Farms.

Method for Designing a High Capacity Factor Wide Area Virtual Wind Farm (2017)
Journal Article
Trenkel-Lopez, M., & Matthews, P. (2018). Method for Designing a High Capacity Factor Wide Area Virtual Wind Farm. IET Renewable Power Generation, 12(3), 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2017.0396

Moving towards a future power system dominated by renewable energy, it is vital that the siting of spatial-dependent technologies such as wind maximises the power generation while minimising the variability associated with wind power. This study deve... Read More about Method for Designing a High Capacity Factor Wide Area Virtual Wind Farm.

Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converters (2017)
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Smith, C., Crabtree, C., & Matthews, P. (2017). Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converters. IET Power Electronics, 10(11), 1268-1278. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0802

Power converter reliability is critical for permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) wind turbines. Converter failures are linked to power module thermal loading but studies often neglect turbine dynamics, control and the impact of wind speed sa... Read More about Impact of wind conditions on thermal loading of PMSG wind turbine power converters.

Automated on-line fault prognosis for wind turbine pitch systems using supervisory control and data acquisition (2015)
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Chen, B., Matthews, P., & Tavner, P. (2015). Automated on-line fault prognosis for wind turbine pitch systems using supervisory control and data acquisition. IET Renewable Power Generation, 9(5), 503-513. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2014.0181

Current wind turbine (WT) studies focus on improving their reliability and reducing the cost of energy, particularly when WTs are operated offshore. A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is a standard installation on larger WTs, m... Read More about Automated on-line fault prognosis for wind turbine pitch systems using supervisory control and data acquisition.

Structural optimisation based on the boundary element and level set methods (2014)
Journal Article
Ullah, B., Trevelyan, J., & Matthews, P. (2014). Structural optimisation based on the boundary element and level set methods. Computers and Structures, 137, 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.01.004

A new method of structural topology optimisation is proposed in which an evolutionary approach is used with boundary element and level set methods. During the optimisation iterations, the proposed method automatically introduces internal cavities and... Read More about Structural optimisation based on the boundary element and level set methods.

Wind turbine pitch faults prognosis using a-priori knowledge-based ANFIS (2013)
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Chen, B., Matthews, P., & Tavner, P. (2013). Wind turbine pitch faults prognosis using a-priori knowledge-based ANFIS. Expert Systems with Applications, 40(17), 6863-6876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2013.06.018

The fast growing wind industry has shown a need for more sophisticated fault prognosis analysis in the critical and high value components of a wind turbine (WT). Current WT studies focus on improving their reliability and reducing the cost of energy,... Read More about Wind turbine pitch faults prognosis using a-priori knowledge-based ANFIS.

Through-Life Systems Engineering Design & Support with SysML (2013)
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Chandler, S., & Matthews, P. (2013). Through-Life Systems Engineering Design & Support with SysML. Procedia CIRP, 11, 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2013.07.002

New system capability needs have been evaluated based primarily on the product design characteristics. This process neglects the other areas of the system design such as operational availability. The proposed solution takes a more holistic view of sy... Read More about Through-Life Systems Engineering Design & Support with SysML.

Classification and Detection of Electrical Control System Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Godwin, J., Matthews, P., & Watson, C. (2013). Classification and Detection of Electrical Control System Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis. Chemical engineering transactions, 1, 985-990. https://doi.org/10.3303/cet1333165

The development of electrical control system faults leads to increased mechanical component degradation, severe reduction of asset performance, and a direct increase in annual maintenance costs. This paper presents a highly accurate data driven class... Read More about Classification and Detection of Electrical Control System Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis.

Classification and Detection of Wind Turbine Pitch Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Godwin, J., & Matthews, P. (2013). Classification and Detection of Wind Turbine Pitch Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis. International journal of prognostics and health management, 4, Article 016

The development of wind turbine pitch faults leads to increased mechanical component degradation, severe reduction of asset performance, and a direct increase in annual maintenance costs for the operator. This paper presents a highly accurate data dr... Read More about Classification and Detection of Wind Turbine Pitch Faults Through SCADA Data Analysis.

Bayesian project diagnosis for the construction design process (2012)
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Matthews, P., & Philip, A. (2012). Bayesian project diagnosis for the construction design process. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 26(4), 375-391. https://doi.org/10.1017/s089006041200025x

This study demonstrates how subtle signals taken from the early stages within a construction process can be used to diagnose potential problems within that process. For this study, the construction process is modeled as a quasi-Markov chain. A set of... Read More about Bayesian project diagnosis for the construction design process.

Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence (2011)
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Matthews, P. (2011). Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence. Research in Engineering Design, 22(1), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-010-0094-1

A novel Bayesian design support tool is empirically investigated for its potential to support the early design stages. The design support tool provides dynamic guidance with the use of morphological design matrices during the conceptual or preliminar... Read More about Challenges to Bayesian decision support using morphological matrices for design: empirical evidence.

A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices (2010)
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Matthews, P. C., & Lomas, C. D. (2010). A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices. Journal of Engineering Design, 21(4), 413-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544820802310909

Modern design projects are typically undertaken concurrently in a virtual enterprise network of expert design and manufacture agents. The general need for agile response in turbulent environments is well documented and has been analysed at the manufa... Read More about A methodology for quantitative estimates for the work and disturbance transformation matrices.

Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies (2010)
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Cheung, W., Maropoulos, P., & Matthews, P. (2010). Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 37(3/4), 182-197. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges such as reducing time-to-market and cutting costs. In order to meet these increasing demands, effective methods are need to support the early product development stages by bridging the gap of communica... Read More about Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies.

Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks (2008)
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Cheung, W., Matthews, P., Gao, J., & Maropoulos, P. (2008). Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks. International Journal of Production Research, 46(12), 3185-3206. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540601039767

This paper presents novel collaboration methods implemented using a centralised client/server product development integration architecture, and a decentralised peer-to-peer network for smaller and larger companies using open source solutions. The pro... Read More about Advanced product development integration architecture: An out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks.

A Bayesian support tool for morphological design (2008)
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Matthews, P. (2008). A Bayesian support tool for morphological design. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 22(2), 236-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2007.05.001

Dynamic computer based support tools for the conceptual design phase have provided a long-standing challenge to develop. This is largely due to the 'fluid' nature of the conceptual design phase. Design evaluation methods, which form the basis of most... Read More about A Bayesian support tool for morphological design.

Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling (2008)
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Armoutis, N., Maropoulos, P., Matthews, P., & Lomas, C. (2008). Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 21(2), 166-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/09511920701607683

Concurrent engineering has been seen as the main means to respond to the increased complexity of engineering systems in sectors such as automotive, aerospace and defence. However, concurrent methods fail to respond to unpredicted events such as late... Read More about Establishing agile supply networks through competence profiling.