Mohamed Najeh Lakhoua
University of Carthage

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Dependability Evaluation and Supervision in Thermal Power Plants Marwa Ben Hamouda; Mohamed Najeh Lakhoua; Lilia El Amraoui
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 5, No 5: October 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

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In order to improve the productivity and the consistency of its maintenance strategies, the industrial world is based on different techniques and tools developed to ensure safe operation and the supervision of production systems. In fact, dependability evaluation is crucial to controlling the risks associated with system failure, and for this reason, it is one of the fundamental steps in automated system design. In this paper, we present firstly the basic concepts for the study of dependability as well as functional systems analysis. Thus, we present the method SADT (Structured Analysis Design technique). Given the ineffectiveness of methods that are currently exploited are not appropriate because the level of complexity of such industrial systems, we propose in the first the Safe-SADT method which allows the explicit formalization of functional interaction, the identification of the characteristic values affecting complex system dependability, the quantification of RAMS parameters (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) for the system’s operational architecture. Secondly, a methodology for designing supervisory production systems has been presented and has been applied on an example of a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system of a thermal power plant. Finally, a model of operating safety and supervision of a production system is proposed.
System Analysis of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System Mohamed Najeh Lakhoua; Naoueli Walid; Chakroun Atef
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 4, No 3: June 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

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Renewable energies are important components of sustainable development. Indeed, coupled with a rational use of energy, they reduce the use of conventional energy systems based on resources of fossil and fissile origin, and so therefore the pressures environmental and socio-economic use. Renewable energy aims to offer an energy service to our society at an acceptable price. But on the other hand, the cost of this service has an impact on the local economy, the environment and society in general. Compared to conventional solutions, enhancement of renewable energy creates more jobs, strengthens the local economy, reduces the environmental impact and reduces the lust on the stocks of energy and therefore it is a source of peace. In this paper, we are interested in the study of a hybrid renewable energy system: wind – photovoltaic – accumulator. The objective of this paper is to propose a novel approach of system analysis based on the OOPP method (Objective Oriented Project Planning) of a hybrid renewable energy system.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v4i3.5880