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GENOFUND OF NATIVE FRUIT IN THE UNA - SANA CANTON
Azra Skender1, Dinko Bećirspahić1, Aida Mujagić-Pašić1, Senad Joldić1, Berin Kulelija2,
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Biotechnical faculty, University of Bihać
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Sarajevo
E-mail: skenderharun@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT
A high-quality genofund of fruit species and varieties, which are the result of centuries-long
adaptation and selection, characterises the Una – Sana Canton. Therefore, this work has
included research on the thirty-one sites in eight municipalities (Bihać, Bosanska Krupa,
Bosanski Petrovac, Bužim, Cazin, Sanski Most, Velika Kladuša) of the Una- Sana Canton.
The aim is primarily to protect and preserve endangered fruit trees and genofund, whereby the
first step in meeting these goals is the inventory of native species and varieties. The total of
275 native fruit accessions has been found at these sites, apples and pears being dominant.
Most native fruit accessions are not commercially significant varieties. However, local
inhabitants mainly use them in the processing and preparation of traditional products. Also, a
high degree of tolerance of these accessions for particular diseases and pests was recorded,
whereby these accessions represent an exceptional source of starting material for future
breeding steps.
Key words: Native fruit, genofund, Una-Sana Canton, inventory, accession

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INTRODUCTION
Preserving biodiversity is one of the key concerns of the world community, one of the most
important issues for the protection of the environment. The conservation of plant genofund is
essential for each country. While the genofund of agricultural species plays an important role
in agricultural production of a country, genofund of wild species plays an important role in
preserving the environment and preserving biodiversity. Domestic varieties are all those
varieties which originate from our country or which are grown for a long time here and are of
unknown origin, but according to their economic characteristics are very important, and have
a national significance. Domestic varieties are often similar in some basic features, because
they originate from the same environmental conditions. They usually have more important
agricultural and biological, as well as pomological characteristics, which make them suitable
as starting material for selection (Šoškić, 1994). According to Kowarik &amp; Seitz (2003),
indigenous varieties are those natural populations spontaneously formed in a certain area, and
varieties that have directly or indirectly come to a particular area thanks to a man, and it is not
known from which area.
The history of our indigenous fruits varieties is very long. Balkan Peninsula is one of the most
important and richest centres of genetic diversity of fruit species in Europe. Many fruit
species during domestication came in contact with their wild relatives, and the crossing of
genetic material and adaptation to environmental conditions resulted in enriching the
biodiversity of the area (Vukojević et al., 2012).
As it is pointed out by Milenković and Lukić (2008), indigenous varieties are donors of genes
that are responsible for specific traits: resistance to the causes of diseases and pests, colouring,
flavour, resistance to abiotic factors of the environment, storage properties. Specialisation in
terms of choice of breeding of certain species and varieties towards which a modern fruit
production strives, the choice of intensive breeding systems, market demands, and striving for
the realization of greater financial gain, are the reasons of genetic uniformity, i. e. permanent
reduction of genetic variability of cultivated fruit trees, which may have disastrous
consequences. These effects generally manifest as outbreaks of plant diseases, a significant
reduction in yield or total absence of production of certain species or varieties (Jarebica &amp;
Kurtović, 1997). As stated by Fischer (2002), an intensive production of new highly
productive varieties makes agrobiodiversity susceptible to diseases, pests and weeds, which in
turn demands the use of pesticides. The solution to this problem in the fruit growing can be
found in the genetic variability of indigenous varieties, therefore the conservation and use of
genetic resources of indigenous species and varieties.
Indigenous varieties of fruit, although very present and widespread in the Balkans, were rarely
studied. However , today more and more authors conduct research of indigenous fruit species
and varieties, which indicates ever increasing importance of conservation of fruit trees genetic
resources (Milenković &amp; Lukić, 2008; Skender, Jahić, Hadžiabulić &amp; Kurtović, 2008;
Ognjanov 2005; Begić-Akagić et al., 2011; Gaši et al., 2010, 2011, 2013 etc.). According to
Begić - Akagić et al. (2011), indigenous varieties in Bosnia and Herzegovina are valuable
sources of desirable genetic material for important pomological, nutritional and technological
properties of fruit. As Klještanović stated (2012), clonal selection of native apple varieties and
their application in hybrid combinations yielded visible results in Serbia.
The north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, i. e. the Una-Sana Canton, is
characterized by high quality resources fruit species and varieties, which are the result of
centuries-long adaptation and selection. Given that these are very old high trees (indigenous
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varieties) in the system of extensive planting, the survival of these resources is questionable.
As in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, commercial fruit varieties were dominant in the
20th century. This resulted in neglecting of old genotypes which, apart from representing our
natural and cultural heritage, are species and varieties highly resistant to diseases and pests. In
north-western Bosnia and Herzegovina, the presence of a large number of very old trees of
different varieties of apple, pear, plum, cherry, walnut and chestnut is evident. These
genotypes represent a reservoir of genes which should serve as the basis for the breeding of
these fruit species in the future. Therefore, the survival and preservation of these varieties is
the issue of the overall biodiversity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The existing genetic diversity
can be preserved by establishing in situ, on farm and ex situ collection plantations.
METHOD
Research, i. e. inventory of native species and varieties of fruit was carried out over the period
July – December 2012, in north-western Bosnia and Herzegovina, i. e. the Una - Sana Canton.
The study included thirty–one sites in eight municipalities (Bihać, Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski
Petrovac, Bužim, Cazin, Sanski Most and Velika Kladuša). During the inventory, standard
research methodology and data collection of a large number of data from the field was used.
A survey was conducted on the field, regarding the data on the variety and age of a tree, basic
pomological characteristics, use value, resistance to disease and frost. The exact address has
been recorded for each tree. Every tree has been photographed, and very rare varieties have
been especially noted. Collection of fruits was done at the time of their full maturity, whereby
basic characterization and description of fruit have been conducted, and photographs taken.
Some of the identified varieties have not yielded fruit in the studied vegetation season. It is
assumed that the reason for this is low temperatures in the spring months, which damaged
flowers and led to their sterility and lack of birth. It was also observed that some of the
varieties have a characteristic of alternative birth (bear fruit every other year), so this is one of
the reasons why the fruits of all varieties found have not been collected. All collected data are
summarized in a working manual.
RESULTS
It is known that the inventory represents the first step in determining and rescuing rare plant
species and genotypes. Based on the inventarisation of indigenous fruit species and varieties
in the Una - Sana Canton, we established the actual condition and position which they take on
these sites. During the war period, but in the post-war years as well, many individual trees
have been cut down in order to build residential buildings, and old trees were dying out. The
specialization in terms of choice of individual species and cultivated varieties, then intensive
cultivation system, as well as market requirements and striving for greater financial gain led
to the gradual disappearance of autochthonous assortment. The results showed that the studied
area of the Una-Sana Canton today has an enviable genofond of native species and varieties,
but we also noted the disconcerting regression in breeding them. It was noted that almost
every municipality has a large number of varieties of apple trees Petrovka and Tuskača
(which possesses various synonyms in different areas, and is referred to as Čupa and Rapava).
Also, many varieties of apple trees Gavranuša (Garvanuša), Senabija, Zvečac (Zvečarka),
varieties of pear Kolatuša, Barliman, and Black Pear were found. In some locales, there are
many fruits of Požegača plum, which is still trying to resist its greatest disease, Plum pox
virus, in some parts of the Una-Sana Canton.

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DISCUSSION
The greatest attention should be focused on the assortment that has the smallest number of
trees on our sites, which is the most vulnerable and which we might lose in the near future.
Those are apple varieties Đulabija, Delbašinka, Muškinja, Šarenika, Stambolka, Zukva,
Prutulja, the varieties of pear Karupnjača, Medika, Vodenjača (Jeribasma), and plum
Zambelija. Currently, this assortment listed has the smallest number of individual trees and
represents the most endangered varieties in the area of the Una-Sana Canton, and especially
those with trees older than 100 years. The age of catalogued trees usually ranges between 50
and 70 years, although there are trees older than 100 years. The encouraging fact is that there
are trees between the ages of 15 and 30, which means certain indigenous varieties will be kept
in this area for some time.
Inventoried trees are mainly grown in extensive conditions, without the use of any
agrotechnics, and no significant attack of pests and diseases was noticed, which suggests that
these varieties are resistant to pests and diseases in poor growing conditions. Because of that,
the preserved indigenous genofund of these endangered varieties can be used in breeding
purposes, because they have characteristics which new varieties mainly lack. Those are
resistance to frost, disease and pests, late blossoming, and some have good organoleptic
properties.
Skender, Jahić, Hadžiabulić, and Kurtović (2008) have conducted tests of pomological
characteristics of some of these indigenous varieties of apples from the area of the Una-Sana
Canton, and the results showed that certain indigenous varieties in this region have highquality varieties regarding their pomological traits, where the variety of Kisela apple is
particularly prominent and still enough represented. Drkenda et al. (2007) have conducted
similar research when it comes to technological properties of some indigenous apple
genotypes in the area of Goražde, and came to the conclusion that the tested genotypes have
satisfactory values of important technological parameters, and the fruits of these genotypes
can be recommended for direct consumption and for processing.
In the municipalities of Velika Kladuša, Cazin and Bužim, there are large natural populations
of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.), which are the largest natural habitats of European edible
chestnut in our country. These populations can be used to select suitable material for genetic
selection and conservation of natural populations of chestnut in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During this study, a chestnut tree estimated to be about 300 years old was found in Rošići
near Pećigrad.
In the end, it can be concluded that 275 indigenous varieties of fruit trees have been found and
photographed in 31 investigated sites in the eight municipalities of the Una - Sana Canton.
Many of the varieties found are similar in phenotype, but they may have different synonyms
at different locations. Indigenous varieties are similar in some of its properties, as they
occurred in the same environmental conditions. To draw attention to preserving our native
varieties, both through counselling of small farmers and raising awareness of all our country's
citizens to protect and preserve our agrobiodiversity is of utmost importance.

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CONCLUSION
Based on the inventory of indigenous varieties of fruit in the Una-Sana Canton, the following
conclusions can be drawn:
 Despite large regression of indigenous varieties in the last twenty years, the area of the
Una - Sana Canton still has a considerable number of indigenous varieties of fruit.
 The most common indigenous varieties of apple in this area are Petrovka, Tuskača,
Čupa, Gavranuša, Senabija , Zvečac, pears Kolatuša, Barliman, and Black Pear, while
the most common plum variety is Požegača.
 The most vulnerable indigenous varieties which could be extinct soon are varieties of
apple Đulabija, Delbašinka, Muškinja, Šarenika, Stambolka, Zukva, Prutulja, and
pears Karupnjača, Medika, and Jeribasma, while the most vulnerable plum variety is
Zambelija.
 When it comes to the age of trees of the indigenous varieties, it usually ranges between
50 and 70 years, although there are trees that are older than 100 years, and those
younger than 30 years.
Since inventory is the first, but very important step in preservation of indigenous fruit
varieties, it is necessary to intensify research in the field of indigenous varieties of fruits and
preserving them in the near future, because they represent a valuable natural and cultural
heritage of the area, as well as the genetic material for breeding purposes. One of the ways to
preserve and protect indigenous species and varieties in the Una - Sana Canton is the raising
of the first ex situ collection planting of those indigenous varieties which have been found to
be most vulnerable. This planting would, apart from conservation of these species and
varieties, provide an opportunity for detailed studies of their properties, and would serve to
obtain starting material for further propagation and breeding. Also, raising the ex situ
plantations would enable us to find native species and varieties of this region in one place,
which would raise the awareness of local people about the importance of preserving
indigenous genofund and values that these varieties have.

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Skender, A., Jahić, S., Hadžiabulić, S., &amp; Kurtović, M. (2008). Evaluacija pomoloških karakteristika autohtonih
sorti jabuke Cazinske krajine. Savremena poljoprivreda 1 – 2, 124 – 129.
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Azra Skender PhD., assistant proffesor. Theme of doctoral dissertation: Genetic and
Pomological Variability of Chestnut Population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Research inerests:
plant breeding an genetics in agriculture.
Dinko Bećirspahić MSc., assistant. Research interests: Modern technology of growing fruit,
Pomotechnics in fruit growing, Fruit breeding.
Aida Mujagić-Pašić MSc, assistant. Research interests: Biosystematics of plants,
Biodiversity and variability of plants.
Bsc. Senad Joldić. Young researcher in the field of Modern technology of growing fruit.
Msc. Berin Kulelija. Research interests: agro-food trading sector with emphasis on
agroeconomy.
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CONNECTION OF NEW GENERATORS IN THE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
OF KOSOVO
Rexhep Shaqiri1, Bogdanov Dimitar2
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Technical University - Sofia,
E-mail: rexhep_shaqiri@hotmail.com).
2
Technical University - Sofia, 8 st. Kliment Ohridski Blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: dbogdanov@tu-sofia.bg

Abstract
The power system of Kosovo is a compact and integrated structure in hierarchical aspect. It
plays an important role in the process of transmission and distribution energy to the
consumers. Based on this importance analysis is necessary in order to estimate the medium
and long term plans of production of electric energy and development of the power generation
plants. Object of study in this article is the project for connection of generators to the
substation in Decani. This article describes the simulations of the power system of Kosovo
(on date 21.01.2014 at 19.00h when the load in the system is 996.978 MW) in order to
emphasize the importance of the connections of generators in Decani substation. Decani
substation is an important node point with specifics of the power flow distribution. The
analysis of the Kosovo electric power system by means of ETAP software and using as a
reference the standards applied in Kosovo, the created models aim to justify if the plans for
improvement of Kosovo grid are appropriate and what kind of changes in the voltage levels
and short circuits values can be expected.
Keywords: Connection, Hydro Power Plant, Voltage profile, Synchronous generator,
Improvement, Power System, Operation

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1. Introduction
The task of the electric power system is to supply the customers with qualitative electric
power, with a high degree of reliability, but economically accepted. The generation,
transmission and distribution are three main components of the electric power system. Kosovo
power system consists of power plants, the main grid, regional networks, distribution
networks, and consumers of electricity. The main grid serves power producers and consumers,
enabling electricity trade throughout Kosovo and also across Kosovo borders. Electrical
power system of Kosovo mainly operates power plants using coal resources for electricity
production, thus has lack of energy of renewable resources. In result of this there is increased
interest of investment in the field of the alternative resource, such as hydro power plants. The
impact of the connection of generators to the distribution system, respectively in the
substation Decani, substation will be studied in details.
In the distribution system different cases may appear when new generators are connected,
because the system in this particular case was not designed as transmission structure, but
aimed for energy distribution to consumers. The connection of the new generators can affect
the stability of the system, quality of the energy and the reliability of the system.

2. Effects of new generators connected to the existing network
The connection of a generation to an electricity network has impact on the operation and
performance of that network. The connection of a generator to the system will result in some
changes to the characteristics of the network. There are some cases when generators can
enhance the performance of the network. New and existing generators connected to the
network have to fulfil the requirements: frequency stability, voltage deviation, voltage
waveform, voltage symmetry, power factor, operational and earthing and insulation level of
detail defined in Kosovo network (www.kostt.com).
The Kosovo companies (Transmission system and market operator) are responsible for the
operational planning and supervision of the main grid, for grid maintenance and grid
development. The main grid in Kosovo includes approximately 188,49 km of 400kV
transmission lines, 231,88 km of 220kV transmission lines, 803 km of 110kV
transmission/distribution lines, 400/220 kV -1 substation, 400/110 kV –2 substations, 220/110
kV – 3 substations, and 110/35 kV, 110/10 kV - 29 substations. The Kosovo system is
connected to the Macedonia, Serbia and Albania transmission systems on 400kV, 220 kV and
110 kV by overhead power lines.
In the electric power system of Kosovo the generation units are: Thermo power plant in
Kosovo A (A3-150 MW, A4-150 MW, and A5- 150 MW) is in total 450 MW and Kosovo B
(B1-300 MW and B2- 300 MW) is in total 600 MW, generator A1 and A2 are not in operation.
While hydro power plants in electric power system are: Ujman (U1, U2) is 32 MW,
Lumbardh (B1 and B2) is 8 MW.
There are also several sources of small hydro power plants with capacities such as: Burim (G1
and G2) 0.47 MW, Dikance (G1 and G2) -1, 32 MW, Radavc (G1 and G2) - 0.28 MW. In
electrical power system of Kosovo, substation Kosovo B 400/220 kV has three transformers
with tap changers, where the tap changers are in middle position and they do not change
position with load, so are static, in other substations, the transformers have tap changers that
working on the load.
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Presented below is a part of electrical power system when load in system is 996.978.MW
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Figure 1. Voltage profile at some busbars in electrical power system of Kosovo when load is
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Figure 2.Voltage profile at some busbars in electrical power system of Kosovo.
According to code of the electrical equipment in Kosovo system voltage limits are permitted
according to the table shown below (Transmission , system and market of operator of Kosovo)
(www.kostt.com).

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420 kV
209 kV
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Table1. Voltage tolerances in Kosovo system.
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In the electrical power system of Kosovo there are some important substations which do not
fulfil criteria N-1 such as Peja 3-400/110 kV and Ferizaji 2-400/110 kV, these two substations
have a transformer with power 300 MVA. In the development plan for electrical power
system of Kosovo for these two substations shall be provided with additional transformers
with power 300 MVA. Greater impact in Decani substation has any change in Peja 3
substation, because is close to Decani substation.
In the current situation, when the line 164/1 is out of operation, busbar voltage profile of the
system is presented (Figure 3).

Figure 3. Voltage profile in electrical power system of Kosovo when the line 164/1 is out of
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Profile voltage in electrical power system of Kosovo when the line 164/1 is out
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The chart shows that the profile of voltage in every substation is in the permissible range for
the value of 110kV except substation Gjakova 1, which is considered according to the grid
network of Kosovo, as substation that not allowed being in operation, except in extreme
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Figure 5. Voltage profile at electrical power system of Kosovo when the transformer is out
of operation.
In the current situation, when the transformer is out of operation in Peja 3 substation, busbar
voltage profile of the system is presented (Figure 5).
Profile voltage in electrical power system of Kosovo when the transformer is out
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The chart shows that the profile of voltage in every substation is in the permissible range for
the value of 110kV except substations as: Peja 1, which is considered according to the grid
network of Kosovo, as substations that are not allowed to be in operation.

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2.1. New energy sources
The connection of new generation sources in the power system changes the power flow,
customer’s voltage conditions and the requirements of the utility equipment. In a fault
situation, distributed generators modify the current contribution to fault, and therefore it
influences the behaviour of network protection. The influence will depend on the number,
type, location and size of generators. The distributed generators are mainly designed to be
connected directly to the distribution network near load centers.
Regarding the utilization of alternative renewable energy sources, Kosovo is not in the
appropriate levels. Approximately only 3% of the electricity produced in Kosovo is from
renewable energy sources. As Kosovo has signed the treaty for electricity and according to
Directive 2009/28/EC1 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (the
"Renewable Energy Directive") established mandatory targets to be achieved by 2020 for a
20% overall share of renewable energy in the EU and a 10% share for renewable energy in the
transport sector.
Based on this, as well as the duty of fulfilment the standards of EU for the renewable energy,
hydro power plants are under construction, such as the Decani river cascade with installed
power about 35 MW. Other small HPP along Decani river are: HPP Lumbardhi (8.3 MW,
22 GWh annual production), HPP Decani (14.3 MW annual productions 41.9 GWh), HPP
Belaja (8.1 MW annual productions 24.8 GWh), HPP Lumbardhi 2 (4.8 MW annual 17 GWh).
Presented below is the configuration of the connection of these generators in the power
system of Kosovo (Decani substation) (Figure 7).

Figure 7. Connection of new generators in electrical power system of Kosovo (Substation
Decani).
It is known that connection of the generators affects the voltage profile, the power flow and
the losses in power system, the stability of the system and the short circuit currents.

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2.2. Voltage profile of electrical power system of Kosovo
Profile of the load in 24 h profile in Decani substation is present the following chart (Figure 8).
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Graphically are presented the bus bar voltage changes that occur when generators are
connected to the power system. In this case, when the generators are connected, the voltage
level is increased at the nodes which are part of the analysis. The expected values of voltage
approach the nominal value.

Figure 9. Voltage profile at some busbars when are connected generators (35 MW) in Decani
substation.
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Figure 10. Variation of the voltage at busbars in the substations in Kosovo
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Therefore, when the generators are connected the voltage level is increased at all bus bar
system in Kosovo. In case, when transformer in Peja 3 substation is out of operation, the
voltage profile at the substation buses of the electrical power system of Kosovo is presented
(Figure 11).

Figure 11. Transformer while out of operation in Peja 3 substation, but generators are
connected (35 MW) in Decani substation.

Profile voltage in some busbars when transformer is out of operation in Peja 3
substation, but generators are connected (35 MW) in Decani substation.

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substation, but generators are connected (35 MW) in Decani substation.

The chart shows that the profile of voltage in every substation is in the permissible range for
the value of 110kV according to the grid network of Kosovo.
In case when line 164/1 is out of operation, profile voltage at the substation buses of the
electrical power system of Kosovo is presented (Figure 13).

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Figure 13. Voltage profile at some busbars when line 110 kV - 164/1 is out of operation.

Profile voltage at some busbars when line 110 kV - 164/1 is out operation

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Figure 14. Profile of voltage at electrical power system of Kosovo when the line 164/1 is out
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Presented below is the case when line 126/5 is out of operation (Figure 15).

Figure 15. Profile of voltage at some busbars when line 110 kV- 126/5 is out of operation.

Profile voltage at some busbars when line 110 kV - 126/5 is out operation

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Figure 17. Profile of voltage at some busbars when lines 126/5 and 164/1 are out of operation.
Profile voltage at some busbars when lines 110 kV - 164/1 and 126-5 are out operation

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In this case substation Decani, Peja 2 and Gjakova 1 are not allowed to be in operation. The
chart shows that the profile of voltage in every substation is in the permissible range for the
value of 110kV except substations as: Peja 1, Peja 2, Decani and Gjakova 1, which are
considered according to the grid network of Kosovo, as substations that are allowed to be in
operation just for short time.

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3. Conclusions
In this paper the impact of the distributed generators connected to the electrical network
system of Kosovo was analysed.
From the presented simulation results a conclusion can be made that the distributed generators
can greatly influence the node voltages. The results show that new generators to be connected
to substation Decani will have a great impact on network voltages. Voltage profile problem in
the presence of distributed generation is much prominent than in the case without them.
Based on the current energy situation in Kosovo, the installation of hydro generators plays a
significant role in increased security besides the supply of customers, as well as to meet the
criteria for the share of alternative (renewable) energy in the energy mix of Kosovo.
Connection of new generators in Decani substation has impact on the voltage profile of the
electrical power system of Kosovo, especially in substations Decani, Gjakova 1, Peja 1 and
Peja 2.
Also, if any of the elements of the electrical power system such as lines 126/5,164/1, 1805,
164/2 or transformer in Peja 3 substation are out of operation, connection of new generators in
Decani substation has impact that the profile of voltage in every substation is in the
permissible range for the value of 110kV according to the grid network of Kosovo.
The construction of the particular new plants with hydro generators will play a significant role,
including security of the power system, the quality of voltage, increase generating capacity, as
well as more secure in the supplying of customers.
Also, the connection of generators is important as an option as grid reserve and grid
restoration generation in cases of commutations, outage of grid components and as well as in
case of planned outages of other generation facilities in the power system.

4. References
Government of Kosovo. (2014). Transmission system and market operator of Kosovo Power Network Analysis
for Wind. Power Integration Publication, April 2014, (page 17).
Li, Kam W.&amp; A. Paul Priddey. 1985. Power Plant System Design. New York.
Lausterer, G. K., H. Weber, and E. Welfonder. 1993. Control of Power Plants and Power Systems. New York
and London.
Wood, Allen J.&amp; Bruce Wollenberg. 1996. Power Generation, Operation and Control. New York.
P.M. Anderson &amp; A.A. Fouad, 2003 Power System Control and Stability.

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Rexhep Shaqiri was born in Gjilan, Kosovo. He received the engineer electrical from the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer, Prishtina, and received Master degree from
the same university in 2009. His field of interest includes electrical networks, planning,
renewable energy sources of energy to grid, evaluation of grid short circuit levels. He has
excellent experience on coordination engineering feasibility studies, developing alternatives
for proposed capital projects, developing and updating facilities and system master plans.
Rexhep Shaqiri is PhD Student in the Technical University - Sofia, also assistant in the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer, Prishtina (rexhep_shaqiri@hotmail.com).

Dimitar Bogdanov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated from the Technical University
- Sofia, and received Master degree from the same university in 1998. He has received a PhD
degree from Technical University - Sofia in 2009 in Electrical Power Engineering. His field
of interest includes electrical relay protections and automation, electrical networks, nuclear
power plants (electrical systems, control and safety aspects), renewable energy sources.
Currently he is associate professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Technical
University – Sofia, dpt. head of chair “Electrical power engineering”. He works on studies
related to improvement of the protection schemes for connection of renewable sources of
energy to the grid, evaluation of grid short circuit levels and grid control. Dimitar Bogdanov
is with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Sofia, 8, st. Kliment
Ohridski Blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria (e-mail: dbogdanov@tu-sofia.bg).

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REAL-TIME FACE RECOGNITION WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
TRAINED BY PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION
Musa Peker1, Huseyin Guruler2*
1

Department of Information Technologies, Samandira Vocational and Technical High School,
Istanbul, Turkey
2
Department of Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Mugla Sitki
Kocaman University, Mugla, Turkey
*Corresponding Author
pekermusa@gmail.com, hguruler@mu.edu.tr

ABSTRACT
Face recognition is one of the widely used biometric method. Verification and recognition of
individuals is possible via the features obtained from desired face image and compared with
the facial image by various methods. Automatic face recognition which is a fundamental
research area in the scope of pattern recognition, is applied in many civil, military and
commercial areas for the purpose of authentication and identification. In this study a real-time
face recognition system was developed. It is aimed that identification of individuals who
entering any field observed with a camera. After detecting the important facial points, they are
presented as input data to feed-forward neural network. Particle swarm optimization was used
as learning algorithm in the network. As a result, a novel real-time face detection method,
which provide high accuracy has been developed.
Keywords: Real time face detection, pattern recognition, neural network, particle swarm
optimization.

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INTRODUCTION
Face detection and face recognition on images is one of the important subjects in computer
vision applications. Previously saved images of each person are used in face recognition of
persons. Faces to be recognized can be obtained from the images obtained in controlled
conditions (images on passport, credit cards, ID, etc.), may also be obtained from real time
video recordings (Peker &amp; Zengin, 2010). Face recognition problem contains finding the faces
in images, determining of limits, finding of attributes and classification of faces using
attributes (Peker &amp; Zengin, 2011).
In recent years, the issue of face recognition systems has been investigated from many aspects.
Variety of techniques for different aspects and details of the subject and efficient algorithms
and methods have been proposed (Turk &amp; Pentland, 1991; Swets &amp; Weng, 1996; Chen et al.,
2000, Yu &amp; Yang, 2001).
Face recognition is a difficult process. Although numerous applications related to facial
recognition has been developed, studies are ongoing. The reason for this, factors such as 3D
exposure differences, different facial expressions, lighting differences, makeup, hair style,
background differences and noise make face recognition quite difficult.
The purpose of this study is to accurately perform face detection and face recognition process
as real time. A new approach is presented in this context. After face recognition, important
attributes of face on images are determined automatically by Gabor wavelet transform. These
attributes are presented as an input to the neural network trained with particle swarm
algorithm. As a result of the operation of neural network, the owner of the face is determined.
The most important feature of the study is the ability to find and recognize multiple faces
simultaneously. The results were obtained are promising.
METHODS
a. Skin color identification algorithm
In this study, skin color based two algorithms were used in order to ideally detect human face
region. These algorithms are
and
code techniques. Because red and green color
tones are more in skin color according to RGB code technique, the following equations are
used.
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(1)

With using RGB code technique, different skin colors were examined and the most
appropriate value range was attempted to be determined in order algorithm to detect skin
color region ideally. Accordingly, (
) and (
) ranges were determined
as the optimum value ranges to detect skin color regions.
According to
code technique, in
color space
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information,
and
represent color information. Thus, the brightness information is easily
obtained. RGB color space can be converted into
color space by equation (2).

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and values are used in skin color region finding process. By calculating the maximum
and minimum values of
and components, the pixels between these values are marked as
skin color. Minimum and maximum values of
and components are calculated as shown
in equation (3) (Kurt et al., 2007).
(3)
Minimum and maximum values of
and
components are determined according to the
average value and standard deviation of these components (Kurt et al., 2007).
b. Gabor Wavelet Transform (GWT)
Wavelet transform with Gabor main function is expressed as Gabor Wavelet Transform.
Gabor wavelets show great similarities with the human visual system according to the
frequency and orientation characteristics. These wavelets are used in computer vision
applications, face recognition, fingerprint recognition and classification algorithms (Acar &amp;
Özerdem, 2012). Gabor wavelets constitute an excellent filter for both spatial localization and
orientation. A complex Gabor wavelet (filter) is defined as multiplication of a complex
sinusoid with Gaussian kernel. A two-dimensional Gabor wavelet transform is expressed by
convolution of the image of I(x,y) (Acar &amp; Özerdem, 2012; Buciu &amp; Gacsadi, 2009):
(4)
function represents Gabor filter:
(5)
(6)
(7)
The above-described parameters and , represent the wavelength factor of the cosine (scale)
and the direction of Gabor function (angular orientation), respectively. indicates offset
value of phase, and indicates spatial visual angle.
Parameters calculated from GWT (Acar &amp; Özerdem, 2012):
Assume that the matrix obtained from each GWT matrix regarding gray tone images is an
-dimensional
matrix. Accordingly:

Mean :

(8)

Standard deviation :

(9)

Entropy :

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c. Artificial Neural Network
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are mathematical systems consisting of many processing
units weighted and connected to each other (Sen &amp; Peker, 2013). This processing unit
receives signals from other neurons; combines them, transforms, and reveals a numerical
result. In general, the processing units roughly correspond to the actual neurons and
interconnected in a network; this structure constitutes neural networks. In this study, feed
forward neural network of the neural network models was used. There are basically three
different layers in feed forward neural networks. These layers, respectively; the input layer
that holds data going into artificial neural network, hidden layer or layers on which processes
are done and train itself according to desired result, and finally output layer which shows
output values.
d. Particle Swarm Optimization
In particle swarm optimization, each solution is called as particle in the search space. All the
particles have relevancy value evaluated by the relevancy function to be optimized and
particle velocity information directing their movements. Particles follow the existing optimum
particles in the problem space (Bakbak &amp; Peker, 2013).
PSO is initialized with random particle swarm and the optimum value is searched with update.
In each iteration, each particle is updated according to the best two values. One of them is the
best relevancy value found by the particle so far called pbest. This value is kept in memory
for later use. Second best value is the best relevancy value found by any particle in swarm so
far called gbest. It is the best global value in the swarm (Yalcin et al., 2013).

Figure 1. The velocity and position updating of a particle at kth generation (Yalcin et al.,
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Swarm matrix with D swarn dimension and n particle size is described as follows.

 x11
x
 21
x   x31

 ...
 xn1

x12 ... x1D 
x22 ... x2 D 

x32 ... x3 D 

... ... ... 
xn 2 ... xnD  nxD

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According to the swarm matrix ith particle is described with

xi  xi1 , xi 2 , xi3 , , , , xiD 
and the

(12)

, best relevancy value found by the particle so far, is

pbesti   pi1 , pi 2 , pi3 , , , , piD 
global good within the population
gbest   p1 , p2 , p3 , , , , p D 

(13)

(14)

ith is described as a velocity vector indicating the amount of change in each position of
the particle.

vi  vi1 , vi 2 , vi 3 , , , , viD 

(15)

Particle’s velocity and position is updated according to the following equations, respectively.

vik 1  vik  c1.rand1k .( pbestik  xik )  c2 .rand2k .( gbestik  xik )
xik 1  xik  vik 1

(16)

Where is the number of iterations and is the number of particles. If the particle swarm
matrix consists of rows, it means that . line is being mentioned. and values which are
the learning factors, pull the particle to
and
values.
and usually selected as
equal and in [0,4] range. allows particle to move according to the particle’s own experience,
allows particle to move according to the experience of other particles in the swarm.
APPLICATION AND EVALUATION
e. Face Detection
The biggest problem encountered in face detection is the existence of the areas with a color
close to skin color outside the human face area (Ikizler &amp; Duygulu, 2005). System detects
these areas as a part of the face. After converted to gray level, image is converted to blackand-white picture in order to provide a fast and accurate work on color image. Equation (17)
was used in the conversion of the image to gray level.
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Thresholding method was used to convert the image to black and white picture. According to
this method; pixels of skin area determined by skin color algorithms are transformed into
white color, while other areas are transformed to black. Thus, the image is transformed into
binary level. In binary system, 0 refers to black while 1 refers to the white color. Binary
format of the image is seen on Figure 2.a. After the image is converted to binary format, the
image is filtered and ensured that image is not affected by unnecessary noises. (Figure 2). As
a filter, median filter, which aims to soften the image, was used as a 3x3 matrix. Median filter
is a nonlinear filter that protects the edges and eliminates random noises (Umbaugh, 1998).
As shown in Figure 2.b, although picture was filtered, noise cleaning cannot be fully ensured.
Therefore, the image was passed through a scanning filter which has 3x3 matrix. This filter
determines the area with maximum skin color by scanning the display screen.

Figure 2. (a) Picture with noise (b) Noise-free picture
As stated earlier, in this study
and
code techniques, which are skin color based
algorithms, were used. In this study, results of algorithms using these code techniques were
compared and it was found that the algorithm in which
code technique is used
provided more successful outcome. The reason for this, the algorithm in which
code
technique is used, is less affected from the factors such as ambient brightness, dust, etc. In
Figure 3, the difference between these two algorithms is seen more clearly.

Figure 3. (a) detection of the areas with skin color using
code technique (b)
detection of the areas with skin color using
code technique.
f. Feature Extraction
Gabor based feature vector related to an image was obtained with statistical values of each
of the 8 wavelet matrix (2 scales and 4 orientations) related to an image. These values are
combined in a vector and feature vector is obtained. From each wavelet transform matrix,
standard deviation, mean and entropy values were calculated respectively. As a result,
statistical values of 8 wavelet transform matrix related to each image were calculated and
feature vector with 8x3 = 24 data length in total was obtained by adding these values
consecutively. The resulting attributes were applied to the input of the classifier.

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g. Face Recognition with Neural Networks Trained by PSO
For the realization of learning in artificial neural networks, weight values between the layers
must be appropriately updated. In this study, unlike classical training algorithms, the PSO, a
powerful optimization algorithm was preferred. In figure 4, a flow chart in which testing and
training of ANN with PSO took place is presented. In the learning phase, primarily, the
weights that hold the numerical value of connections between layers, take random values.
These weight values represent particle values for PSO. Number of connections between the
layers denotes the size of particles (Yalcin et al., 2013).
Network is established according to each particle and training examples are respectively sent
to the network. After the example is presented to the network, the difference (error) between
the actual value should be and the value obtained as output is calculated. After all the samples
submitted to the network, total error (MSE) is calculated and the obtained value is regarded as
the particle's relevancy value. In the first step, this relevancy value is assigned as pbest value
of the particle; the best relevancy value among the particles is assigned as the gbest value
(Yalcin et al., 2013). If relevancy value (error) is not in an acceptable level, particles are
updated with pbest and gbest values. Network is re-established according to the new particle
values, examples are given to the network again and the relevancy value calculation is
performed. These processes continue until the best relevancy value obtained so far (gbest)
reaches to the desired value or the maximum iteration (Yalcin et al., 2013).
If the error in an acceptable level, the testing process begins. This time, network is established
according to the gbest particle values. Test samples are sent respectively to the input layer of
the network and the resulting values is given as output of the example. If any threshold is not
applied to the output of the network, last obtained gbest value gives the classification
performance of the network (Yalcin et al., 2013; Yalcin, 2012).

Figure 4. Flowchart for training and testing of PSONN
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24 attribute values obtained in feature extraction step are presented as an input to the neural
network structure. With PSO algorithm, network parameters are updated and training of
network is carried out. Example of test result is presented in Figure 5. When the figure is
considered, it is seen that the amount of error is decreased depending on the increase in the
value of iteration.
Test
0

MSE

10

-1

10

-2

10

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Iteration

Figure 5. Iteration-error graph
The face detection performance of the developed software was investigated under various
conditions. Primarily, the success of the application was evaluated as real-time. There is no
change in the success of face recognition in case of an increase in the number of faces in the
image. System is able to find more than one face within the field of view of the camera with
success. Considering the results of the analyses presented in Table 1, the success of the face
recognition process is increase when the image taken frontally and in adequate light
conditions. This is observed that performance is decreased when viewing angle move away
from the front. Face recognition performance of the system decreases in low light conditions.
In order to solve this problem, using of quality and multiple cameras and providing of
sufficient light conditions are proposed.
Table 1. Performance analysis of face detection under different conditions.
Light Condition
Sufficient
Sufficient
Sufficient
Insufficient
Insufficient
Insufficient

Angle
From the front line
From the front line
30 degrees
From the front line
30 degrees
90 degrees

Distance
1,5 m
2m
1,5 m
1,5 m
1,5 m
1,5 m

Success Level
High
High
High
Medium
Medium
Medium

Face recognition experiments were conducted in two stages. In the first stage, experiments
were performed real-timely. In the second stage, experiments were performed on ORL
database (The Database of Faces, 2014).
Experiment 1: Experiments have been tried on 150 people. In experiments conducted by one
person, number of faces recognized as incorrect was two. In this case, success rate was found
as % 98.6. In multi-person applications, depending on the number of different person (2, 3, 4
and 5), number of faces recognized as incorrect was six. In this case, success rate was found
as % 96. The results have shown in Table 2.
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Table 2. Performance analysis for 150 people with the recommended method (real time
application).
Number of people
One person
Multi person (2, 3, 4 and 5)

The number of faces
150
150

Wrong number
2
6

Success rate
98.6 %
96 %

Figure 6 presents an example of the real-time implementation of this application.

(a)

(b)

(c)
(d)
Figure 6. Real-time face recognition and detection
a) Three people b) Four people c) Five people d) Six people
Experiment 2: Table 3 shows the analysis of the success of face recognition carried out in
different conditions. ORL database were used in performance analysis. Analyzes of success
were performed by changing the total number of images, size of the images and the number of
images received from each person. An image set consisting of 300 people was created with 10
different pictures (taken from various fronts) of 30 different people. A database was created
with 30 people by taking one picture of each person in the cluster. Using the remaining 270
pictures, face recognition was performed in different image sizes. Then, performance analyses
were carried out by taking 2, 3 and 5, different image of each person, respectively.

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Table 3. Performance analysis for 300 people with the recommended method.
Number of image
270
270
270
240
240
240
210
210
210
150
150
150

Number of images
per person
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
5
5
5

Database image
number
30
30
30
60
60
60
90
90
90
150
150
150

Image size
16x14
27x24
40x30
16x14
27x24
40x30
16x14
27x24
40x30
16x14
27x24
40x30

Accuracy rate
(%)
76.5
77.3
78.4
86
86.7
88.5
90
91
94
97
97.5
98.5

In the obtained analyses, it was observed that as the number of samples taken from the same
individual increased, performance of the system also increased. It was also observed that
when the image size is increased, performance slightly increased but, face recognition process
took a long time.
RESULTS
Face detection and analysis are often used in different fields. Face recognition is used in a
wide range such as defense industry, security systems, robotics industry, for commercial
purposes.
Face recognition problem is one of the up-to-date, important and difficult problems. Many
scientists have been working on this issue for a long time. However, due to the difficulty of
the problem, face recognition systems which have the success for solving real-life problems
have not been developed yet.
In this study, software which performs real time face recognition and face detection has been
developed. After face detection was performed in images, important features of the face were
detected. Gabor wavelet transform was preferred for attribute determination. Obtained
attributes were presented as input to the neural network trained with particle swarm algorithm.
In performance tests carried out with face recognition system, it was observed that the system
performance is in the acceptable quality.

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Musa Peker graduated from Zonguldak Karaelmas University in 2007. Received his master’s
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from Karabuk University in 2014. Currently working in Istanbul Samandira Vocational High
School as IT teacher. His interests are biomedical signal processing, image processing and
artificial intelligence applications.
Huseyin Guruler is academic staff in the Department of Information Systems Engineering in
Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey. His bachelor's degree is in the field of electronics
and computer from Marmara University. MSc is in the field of statistics and computer in
Mugla Sitki Kocman University. PhD is in the field of electronics and computer in Sakarya
University. PhD thesis is about diagnosing sleep apnea using ECG signals. His research
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TURBINE SYSTEM
Abbas Alpaslan KOCER1, Yunus Emre YUKSEL2, Murat OZTURK3
1

Uluborlu Selahattin Karasoy Vocational School, Suleyman Demirel University,
32260, Isparta Turkey, alpaslankocer@sdu.edu.tr
2
Department of Science and Education, Education Faculty, Afyon Kocatepe University,
03200, Afyon, Turkey, yeyuksel@aku.edu.tr
3
Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Suleyman Demirel
University, 32260, Isparta Turkey, muratozturk@sdu.edu.tr
Abstract
The wind turbine system is one of the most competitive sources in the field of renewable
energy technologies. In many possible applications, a small power plant based on a renewable
energy can be a good solution under both the environmental and economic point of view.
Vertical axis wind turbine types have an important role in small-scale power development.
This wind power plant would allow the reduction of electric energy consumption from the
grid and the increase of the amount of renewable energy use. The large wind turbine market is
mature and it is the product of several extensive researches. Wind turbine market is being
developed to improve the efficiency, performance, and cost effectiveness of the turbines. The
end goal of this development is to gain a position for wind power as a competitive alternative
to fossil fuels. Among all renewable energy technology of different kinds, wind energy
technology has many advantages such as extensive distribution, high efficiency, low cost, low
maintenance, environmental friendliness, economic improvement and environmental
characteristic that it stands for the most popularized and potentially applicable type of green
energy. In many applications, wind is already competitive with conventional options for
generating electricity. In this paper, thermodynamic analysis consisting of energy and exergy
terminology and environmental impact factors for wind turbine systems are investigated, and
parametric studies for efficiency of wind turbine system are given for different ambient
conditions such as wind speed and huge tower high. The relationship between the actual
energy generated from the wind turbine and the wind speed characteristics are investigated for
sustainability of wind turbine system. Also, important outputs for wind turbine system, such
as maximum relative output useful energy and optimal rotational speed corresponding to
different wind speeds, are estimated to improve the system performance. By multiplying
normalized power by maximum relative output power for the wind turbine system, the
relative output power is calculated.
Keywords: Renewable energy, wind energy, thermodynamic analysis, environmental analysis,
efficiency.

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1. Introduction
It is expected that by 2050 the world energy demand will be significantly increased. In
addition, due to global problems caused by greenhouse gas emissions, the world also needs
low emission and low-carbon energy suppliers to eliminate air pollution. Therefore, a lot of
countries in the world have expressed their views on alternative energy resources, such as
sustainable solar energy, safe nuclear energy, clean hydrogen economy, ground source heat
pumps and geothermal energy, bio-energy, wind energy, hydro-power and wave energy.
Suitable renewable energy policies need to be developed for effective use of available
alternative sources. Wind energy is a prime example of a sustainable energy resource.
Because it is a non-polluting source of energy during power generation, it has no emissions or
residues to burden society.
The dominant type of modern wind turbine is the upwind, horizontal, 3-blade turbine variety,
where the rotor axis is parallel to the wind direction and the blades are arranged perpendicular
into the wind direction [Manwell et al., 2011]. The wind turbine system consists of a
foundation, a tower, nacelle and three rotors attached to a hub. The three blades are attached
to the hub, which is attached to the shaft, which is eventually connected to the generator. The
blades are shaped like aircraft propellers, but are considerably larger, and hollow; an absolute
premium is placed on the strength to weight ratio and flexing properties of the blades [Veers
et al, 2003]. The type of wind turbine selected for installation at the sites examined should be
designed for moderate wind speeds, have as tall a tower is as practical, and as large a blade
diameter as is possible.
Entropy production based on design and exergy analysis of the wind turbine system is shown
to identify the maximum theoretical capability of system performance in power production
applications. Exergy analysis is very useful for improving a wide range of energy conversion
systems. Exergy analysis also provides a design tool for increased accuracy and more efficient
performance.
However, there are few examples in past literature [Sahin et al., 2006(a); Sahin et al. 2006(b);
Ozturk, 2011] that pertain to wind exergy. Through an energy and exergy analysis of the
characteristics of wind energy, it was found that differences between energy and exergy
efficiencies are approximately 20-24% at low wind speeds and approximately 10 - 15% at
high wind speeds [Sahin et al., 2006(a)]. Sahin et al. [Sahin et al., 2006(b)] have developed a
useful exergetic analysis technique for determining the exergetic efficiency of a wind turbine.
The technique utilizes the wind chill temperature associated with wind velocity to predict the
entropy generation of the process. Better turbine design and location selection can be
achieved with the aid of such exergy analysis. Ozturk [2011] have estimated wind power
potential for Turkey, and provided suitable data for evaluating potential wind power
production by using the wind data collected at 23 different wind-monitoring stations in
Turkey. The author has used the energy and exergy analyses of wind power for estimating of
the wind power potential in these areas. Exergy analysis of wind power has been investigated
according to air temperature and pressure at inlet and outlet of wind turbine; energy generated
and heat loss from wind turbine. Also, energy and exergy analyses of wind power and
capacity factor, energy and exergy efficiencies at 10, 25 and 50 m have been calculated for
these wind-monitoring stations.

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In this paper, some results of the application methods of the thermodynamic analysis based on
the second law of thermodynamics for reducing the exergy losses in the wind turbine system
are investigated for better system design. In addition that, some parametric studies for
produced energy, exergy destruction, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency of the wind
turbine system are investigated for varying wind speeds. The other outputs of this paper
should be given as follows;
 To develop an advanced Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software code and carry
out parametric studies for wind energy system components.
 To calculate the exergy content of the proses including the physical or flow exergy for
the system.
 To determine the exergy destruction rate and exergy efficiency of each system
component.
 To perform a complete parametric study and the performance assessment of the
system.
2. Thermodynamic Analysis
General thermodynamic assessments involving the energy and exergy balance equations, and
energy and exergy efficiencies are given to analyze wind turbine improvement potentials. In
the most general viewpoint, a balance equation for a given quantity in a process should be
written as follows;
(1)
Eq. (1) is supposed to as the quantity balance for the process, and should be given as
quantity accumulated in a process is equal to the difference between the net quantity transfer
through the system boundary plus the quantity generated and the quantity consumed within
the system boundaries.
2.1 Energy Analysis
Wind turbine blades capture a fraction of the kinetic energy from the air passing the turbine
blades and convert this into electric energy [Manwell et al., 2002]. The mass flow of air
moving past the blades should be given as follows;
(2)
where  is density of the air (kg/m3), A is the swept rotor area (m2) and Va is the velocity of
the air flowing past the rotor disk (m/s). The air density changes with both ambient
temperature and altitude, and should be calculated by the specific air gravity viewpoint as
follows;
(3)
where s is the standard air density, and taken as 1.225 kg/m3 for ambient temperature and
pressure at 15 °C and 1 atm, respectively, TR and TS are the absolute reference temperature
(15 °C) and space average air temperature, respectively, PR and PS are the absolute reference
pressure (1 atm) and space average air pressure, respectively. The space average air pressure
varies inversely with height above the sea level, and should be calculated as follows for
altitudes less than 5000m [Manwell et al., 2002];
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The kinetic energy of flowing air can be calculated as;
(5)
The kinetic energy per unit time through the rotor disk is the power of the air flow, and
should be given as;
(6)
Also, it can be calculated as follows using the Eq. (2);
(7)
This is the basic law that applies to extracting power from moving air. Also, Eq. (7)
should be given in terms of the rotor radius (R).
(8)
Air is a compressible fluid. Therefore, all of the kinetic energy cannot be extracted
from the air passing the turbine blades. The maximum quantity of the produced energy which
can be extracted through a wind turbine system from moving air is represented using the Betz
limit, which has a value of 16/27 or nearly 59.26% [Spera, 1994]. But in practical application,
the best that the most blade designs can achieve is nearly 50%, and this performance usually
changes with wind speeds [Walker and Jenkins, 1997]. Also, this performance indicator is
given as the rotor power coefficient (Cp). Eq. (7) can be written as follows by incorporating
Cp ;
(9)
At high wind speeds, the effect of Cp usually is determined by changing the pitch of
the turbine blades. Therefore, the turbine blades become less performance at converting
moving air into rotary motion. When the wind speeds are too high, the turbine rotation is
stopped by adjusting the blade angles to an aerodynamic braking position. Capacity factor
(CF) can also easily be found as the ratio of the annual average power generated and the rated
power of a turbine as follows;
(10)
where Ereal and Erated are total energy generated and maximum annual rated energy by the
wind farm, respectively, and they can be given as follows;
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where Prated is maximum rated power of a turbine, Nturbine is number of turbines in the farm
and ttotal is number of operational hours in a year.
2.2 Exergy Analysis
Exergy analysis based on the second law of the thermodynamics can support to create the
strategies and managements for more economical and effective use of energy sources, and is
utilized to study wind energy system. The sources of the irreversibility and proposed
approaches to increase the whole efficiency of the given system should be considered by
using exergy analysis. Exergy content of matter is generally divided into four parts which are
physical exergy (exph), chemical exergy (exch), kinetic exergy (exk) and potential exergy (exp).
Therefore, general exergy balance equation per unit mass should be given as follows;
(13)
where exke, expe, exph and exch are the kinetic, potential, physical and chemical exergy,
respectively. In this paper, kinetic, potential and chemical exergies are negligible, as the
elevation differences are low, speeds in the process are small and there is no chemical
reaction. In general, physical exergy is represented the maximum effective work available as a
process interacts with the environment. Any substance of which the temperature, pressure or
composition is different from the thermodynamic equilibrium with the surroundings (thermal,
mechanical and chemical) has the possibility to produce a change. The physical exergy or
general flow exergy of the
flow is given as;
(14)
where subscripts i and o show the ith flow rate and reference condition flow rate, respectively,
h is the specific enthalpy and s is the specific entropy, respectively. Enthalpy difference can
be given as follows;
(15)
where Cp,a is the air specific heat in (kJ/kgK), T1 and T2 are the wind chill temperature at the
input and output to the wind turbine blades, respectively. Wind chill temperature for the
turbine can be given as follows [Nelson et al., 2002];
(16)
where Ti,wind-ct is the wind chill temperature °C and V is the wind speed in km/h at 10 m
elevation from the ground level. Output wind speed (V2) should be calculated as follows
[Abed, 1994];
(17)
The entropy changes for the wind turbine system are consisting of the total entropy of
the system and surround entropy difference [Szargut, et al., 1988].
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(18)
or
(19)
Heat losses per unit mass from the rotor blade of the turbine system should be given as
follows;
(20)
From Eq. (15), the total exergy of wind power can be expressed as;
(21)
Total exergy of the wind turbine system should be written as follows;
(22)
Also, exergy destruction rate for the wind turbine system can be given as;
(23)
2.3 Thermodynamic Efficiencies
The thermodynamic efficiencies of the design system should be considered through the first
law of thermodynamics (energy efficiency) and both the first and second laws of
thermodynamics (exergy efficiency). Energy and exergy efficiencies of the system
components and whole system should be given for detailed thermodynamic analysis.
The energy efficiency ( ) of the system should be given as the ratio of useful energy
produced by the system to the total energy input. The useful produced energy represents the
desired results produced by the system components. The energy efficiency for the single
production should be written as follows:
(24)
The exergy efficiency ( ) of the process should be defined as the divided of exergy
output rate (
) that is created by the considered system to the overall exergy inlet
rate (

) that is cross the boundaries of the system, as follows;
(25)

The exergy efficiency for the process should also be given in terms of exergy
destruction rate as the following;
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(26)
Using the derived equations, a model is generated by using Engineering Equation
Solver (EES). With the help of this model, the system performance and emissions are
investigated by varying a series of input conditions.
3. Results and discussion
The main production characteristics of the wind turbine system are given in Table 1. In this
paper, the ambient temperature and pressure are given as 25 °C and 1 atm, respectively. For
the useful energy production from the chosen wind turbine system, wind speeds from 10 m to
50 m above the ground level are from 5 to 12 m/s. Higher wind speeds create axial forces
which are liable to damage the wheel, the transmission and support of the machine. This is
very important to take special protective measures in the design of the wind wheel sub-system.
Table 1. ENERCON E-40/6.44 product specifications
Model
Rated Power
Hub height
Rotor
Diameter
Type
Direction of rotation
Number of blades
Rotor swept areas
Blade materials
Rotor speed
Generator
Generator
Braking system

Cut-in speed
Rated wind speed

Wind Turbine Product Specifications
ENERCON E-40/6.44
600 kW
46 m on tabular steel tower
44 m
Upwind
Clockwise
3
1662 m2
Fiberglass (reinforced epoxy) with light protection
Variable, 18-34 rpm
Gearless-no oil required
3 independent systems with emergency supply
Rotor brake
Rotor lock for service and maintenance
2.5 m/s
13.0 m/s

Thermodynamic analysis and environmental assessment of the wind turbine system are very
important in terms of the view for sustainable developments. To achieve for these aims,
measured and calculated parameters according to the average values of the wind turbine
system are shown in Table 2. These design parameters are measured wind speed (ms-1),
measured time in a year (hyear-1), wind speed percent (%), capacity factor (Cp), mass flow rate
(kgs-1), available power (kW), useful power (kW) and produced power (kWh/year). For this
paper, using the energy analysis which given in this paper, available power and useful power
for the wind turbine system are calculated as 1364 and 1603 kW respectively for 11.5 ms-1
wind speed. But, produced maximum power from the wind turbine system is calculated as
47739 kWh/year at 6.5 ms-1 wind speed. The maximum and minimum capacity factors of the
wind turbine system are obtained as 0.35 for 7.5 ms-1 and 0.18 for 2.5 ms-1 wind speed,
respectively. This indicates that capacity factor is depended on the measured time in a year
and wind speed. Also, high mass flow rate for the wind system produces high available power
and useful power, respectively. The electricity produced is zero below the 2.5 ms-1 cut-in
wind velocity.
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Table 2. Measured and calculated parameters for the wind turbine system
Measured
wind
speed
Vr
(ms-1)
2.5
3.5
4.5
5.5
6.5
7.5
8.5
9.5
10.5
11.5

Measured
time in a
year ttotal
(hyear-1)

Wind
speed
percent
(%)

Capacity
factor
Cp

Mass
flow
rate
(kgs-1)

Available
power Pa
(kW)

Useful
power
Pu
(kW)

Produced
power
Po
(kWh/year)

4028
1202
1674
1023
637
104
72
11
7
2

45.99
13.73
19.10
11.68
7.28
1.18
0.83
0.12
0.07
0.02

0.18
0.21
0.28
0.30
0.32
0.35
0.33
0.30
0.25
0.21

4.486
6.28
8.074
9.868
11.66
13.46
15.25
17.05
18.84
20.63

14.02
38.46
81.75
149.3
246.4
378.5
550.9
769.2
1039
1364

16.24
45.2
99.08
182.4
303.4
471.3
681
939.8
1243
1603

0
9229
36425
43544
47739
13096
12444
2413
1728
544.7

8000

0.35

7000

0.3

6000

0.25

5000

0.2

4000

0.15

Poutput (kW)

3000

hWT (%)

2000
1000
2.5

3.5

4.5

5.5

6.5

7.5

8.5

9.5

10.5

h (%)

Poutput (kW)

The results of the energy and exergy analysis, including the energy and exergy
efficiency, and exergy destruction rate for the wind turbine system are reported. It is shown
that, the inlet and outlet exergy flows of the system are mainly attributed to the wind speeds.
Produced energy (kW) and energy efficiency of the wind turbine system based on the
measured wind speeds are given in Figure 1. It is seen that, produced energy and energy
efficiency for the system changes between 1364 to 7729 kW and 0 to 26.72%, respectively, at
different measured wind speed, and maximum energy efficiency is obtained for 6.5 ms-1 wind
speed, considering inlet and outlet pressure differences for the system.

0.1
0.05
0
11.5

v r (ms -1)
Figure 1. Variations with wind turbine of the produced energy (kW) and energy efficiency for
the wind turbine
Exergy analysis of the system has an important role in evaluating wind energy technology.
Also, the exergy destruction rate is another important matter to be emphasized because the
study of irreversibility can help to identify where the work or energy lost during the operation.
Various factors identified in the design section can influence both the energy and exergy
efficiencies of the wind turbine system.
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Exergy destruction rate (kW) and exergy efficiency of the wind turbine system based on the
measured wind speeds are given in Figure 2. Increasing of the measured wind velocity
decreases the energy and exergy efficiencies because the net energy inlet to the wind turbine
increases. Furthermore, maximum produced energy and exergy destruction rate are produced
as 272.4 and 1331 kW, respectively, at 11.5 ms-1 wind speed. Higher exergy destruction refers
high inefficiencies or irreversibilities occur in this system. Exergy efficiency of the system is
more meaningful than the energy efficiency since it gives right magnitudes for the losses to be
determined. It is suggested that exergy efficiency should be used for wind energy evaluations
and assessments, so as to allow for more realistic modeling. In the general manner, the exergy
efficiency of the wind turbine system is based on the turbine type, such as horizontal or
vertical, rotor radius hub height and local wind speed.
8000

0.3

0.2

y WT (%)

ExD-WT (kW)

6000

4000

ExD-WT (kW)
2000

0
2.5

y

3.5

4.5

5.5

6.5

7.5

8.5

WT

0.1

(%)

9.5

10.5

0
11.5

v r (ms -1)
Figure 2. Variations with wind turbine of the exergy destruction rate (kW) and exergy
efficiency for the wind turbine
4. Conclusions
Wind turbine system can make significant supports for energy production due to their
potential for high efficiency as well as low operating costs and greenhouse gas and pollution
emissions. Environmental problems such as fossil fuel depletion and climate change upgrade
the advantages and significance of wind turbine system performance. In this study, energy and
exergy analyses are carried out for the wind turbine system to evaluate the system
performance and exergy destruction rates. Exergy analysis of a wind turbine system is given
based on the thermodynamic quantities, such as enthalpy and entropy productions. Therefore,
exergy analysis has a significant role in evaluating wind turbine system. The differences
between the energy and exergy efficiency is very important for analyzing of the energy
conversation. It is suggested that, exergy efficiencies can be used for wind energy evaluation
and assessment, so as to allow for more realistic modeling, evaluation and planning for wind
turbine system. Exergetic assessments of wind power system provide more meaningful and
useful data than energetic assessments for engineers and wind energy companies before
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BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS FOR GENE LIST ANALYSIS
Imer Muhović*, Larisa Bešić, Adna Ašić, Serkan Dogan, Osman Doluca
International Burch University, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering
*Corresponding author: imer91@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
The advent of the era of high-throughput sequencing has brought a wealth of biological data
to researchers, but the vastness of the available data has created a demand for tools that could
be used to analyze it. One such type of tools are gene set analysis tools, that take a list of
genes that were found to be up or down regulated during an experiment. For the sake of
simplicity this review focuses solely on freely available web based tools that have been
published or have undergone significant updates in the last 5 years. This review is meant to
assist tool developers to better understand the needs of the end-users, and in it we look at the
currently available gene list analysis tools, their strengths and weaknesses, and offer
suggestions for their improvement.
Key words: microarray, gene set, systems biology, enrichment, gene ontology

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INTRODUCTION
Many modern molecular biology experiments result in the production of a list of important
molecules. These molecules may be up/down regulated genes obtained from microarray or
RNA-seq experiments, or a list of SNP – containing genes. The issue that is created by such
lists is in the length of them. Your average co-expression experiment results in a list of
hundreds or thousands of „interesting“ genes, and determining the biological significance of
such a list is very difficult, as it requires either significant knowledge about the metabolic
process being investigated, or it requires the researcher to conduct an extensive literature
search to answer questions such as „What does this gene do? Where is it expressed? Does it
interact with other genes? Is it linked to a particular disorder?“ Manually performing such a
task would be time consuming and tedious, costing the researcher precious time and resources.
To save the time and sanity of researchers undertaking such experiments various tools for
annotation enrichment (also known as pathway analysis) have been developed. These tools
map genes and proteins to their associated biological annotations (gene Ontology terms, or
pathway membership) and then compare the frequency of such terms in the given gene list,
with a background list to identify the over expressed, or under expressed terms in the list,
following the assumption that such terms are important to the metabolic process that is being
studied. As an example, imagine that in a list obtained by a microarray experiment, 20% of
the genes are tumor suppressor genes, while in a „normal“ tissue only 5% are. By using
standard statistical method we can determine that tumor suppressor genes are enriched in this
list, and therefore play an important role in the biological process we are investigating.
Most review articles in this field divide tools according to the statistical method that they use.
There are three most common ones: Singular Enrichment Analysis (SEA), Gene set
enrichment analysis (GSEA), and modular enrichment analysis (MEA).(Huang, Sherman, &amp;
Lempicki, 2009)
SEA – compares annotation terms one by one with a list of interesting genes for enrichment.
A p-value for enrichment is obtained by comparing the frequency of an annotation term with
the frequency of that term appearing by chance. All terms that are beyond the cut-off value
are said to be enriched. The drawback of this approach is that it ignores the hierarchical
relationship between GO terms, and results in large lists of enriched terms due to the fact that
it treats similar terms as though they were unique.
GSEA – these methods take as an input not only the list of interesting (up or down regulated
genes) but all of the genes obtained by an experiment. It functions best in experiments in
which two tissue types are compared, because it requires a quantitative value (change in
differential expression) for each gene in order to rank them by significant enrichment. A so
called maximum enrichment score (MES) is calculated from the ranked list of genes in an
annotation category, and enrichment p-values are determined by comparing the MES of the
term to a randomly generated MES distribution. To put it in simpler terms, GSEA determines
if genes that share a biological annotation (for example belong to the same pathway) are
randomly distributed in the gene list (and therefore not significantly attributing to a change in
phenotype), or if they are overrepresented in a part of the list (top or bottom, according to fold
change, or differential expression), which would indicate that they play a role in the pathway
that is being studied.(Subramanian et al., 2005)

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MEA – seeks to use the relationships between different annotation terms to remove the
redundancy, or underrepresentation of important terms that may be caused by SEA and GSEA
methods. They seek to improve sensitivity and specificity by using composite annotation
terms. The issue with them may be found if they use only a single information source, usually
GO.
Most current tools seem to have switched to using MEA as opposed to SEA, as the link
between different levels of annotation has become clearer, and the integration of different
databases has become easier.
Molecular interaction network present the easiest, most intuitive way of representing such
large and complex datasets, and several curated databases already exist that link all known
binary protein interactions, as well as enrichment data, whether extracted from literature of
HT experiments.

DATABASES
To better study and keep track of all known pathway data several databases have been
constructed. A key difference between databases lays in their data acquisition methods. We
can separate curated databases from automatic ones; by the way the data are added in the
database, either by trained experts or via automatic methods.
Each has its own advantages, shallow curated databases have larger network coverage, while
curated ones have higher quality of data, but still data capture errors such as false positives in
the data still can't be excluded.
Another difference is the data source, as some databases take their data from peer reviewed
literature, while secondary databases look to integrate primary databases and thus become a
one-stop shop for all your protein interaction needs.
One we have a list of PPI interactions we need methods to visualize this data and extract the
useful data from them. Due to the large number of PPIs in a possible network the results
usually look like a giant ball of yarn that is difficult to interpret so visualization techniques
offered by the tool play an important role.

H-InvDB (http://www.h-invitational.jp/) is a human gene database first published in 2004.It
contains 244,709 human DNA sequences, and provides the user with a broad variety of tools
for genome analysis. According to the authors analysis 19,309 annotated genes were found to
be specific to H-InvDB and not to be found in RefSeq or Ensembl.(Takeda et al., 2012)

PINA (The Protein Interaction Network Analysis) is an integrative resource that combines
data from six manually curated public databases, and offers a set of tools for network
construction, filtering, analysis and visualization. It offers protein-protein interaction (PPI)
network construction, by clustering approaches from an interactome constructed for six
available model organisms. All identified terms are annotated using GO terms, KEGG
pathways, Pfam domains and MsigDB data.(Cowley et al., 2011)

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STRING is a database that seeks to provide biologists with a global perspective on as many
interactions from as many organisms as possible. It scores both known and predicted
interactions, and offers the users tools for statistical analysis and enrichment analysis of
queried terms.(Franceschini et al., 2012)

GeneSigDB (http://www.genesigdb.org or http://compbio.dfci.harvard.edu/genesigdb/) is a
database of gene signatures collected manually from published literature, focusing on cancer
studies, as well as immune cells, stem cells and lung disease. It is an excellent tool for
prognostic analysis of cancer and related diseases, or use as an gene set enrichment tool. The
visualization of enriched terms is performed via heatmap that provides us with publicationquality images, and GeneSigDB allows us to download data in .gmt file format that can be
later used for additional gene set enrichment analysis.(Culhane et al., 2011)

IntAct is an open-source, molecular interaction database that contains data manually curated
from literature or raw depositions. It has two levels of curation, and contains around 275 000
interactions, collected from over 5000 publications. A recent upgrade has brought it a visual
display of data, which are downloadable in multiple formats.(Kerrien et al., 2011)

The MetaCyc database (http://metacyc.org/) is a freely accessible resource that contains data
from metabolic pathways and enzymes from all domains of life. MetaCyc pathway data is
obtained experimental and small-molecule metabolic pathways and are curated from the
primary scientific literature. Currently there are more than 1800 pathways derived from over
30 000 publications, making MetaCyc the largest curated collection of metabolic pathways.
(Caspi et al., 2011)

IPAVS (Integrated Pathway Resources, Analysis and Visualization System) is a manually
curated database of known protein pathways. It combines several publicly available pathway
databases, and provides the tools to filter search and analyze biological pathways. It is freely
available, interactive and integrated pathway database which is designed to address the needs
of bench biologists, computational biologists and physicians. It offers biologists a single point
of access to several manually curated pathway resources, in addition to its own expert-curated
pathways that are in standard format. (Sreenivasaiah, Rani, Cayetano, Arul, &amp; Kim, 2011)

NETWORK CLUSTERING
Proteins are usually represented as nodes, and interactions as vertices, giving us a ball and
stick model of interactions. One of the main aims of pathway analysis strategies is to discover
clusters of proteins that perform a similar function. This is mostly done by network topology
as highly interconnected nodes form clusters, and the basic assumption is that clusters identify
proteins that share a common function. Issues that may arise from analyzing pathways in this
fashion is that large networks tend to resemble balls of yarn, due to having hundreds of nodes
and vertices, thus making the inference of biological data from them very hard, and confusing.

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Annotation of nodes and edges is usually needed to make some sense of the information
found in PPINs. The annotations may include info about the method by which the interaction
was detected, some confidence scores and similar parameters. Gene Ontology project is the
most widely used source of extra information that can be used in network analysis. It's creates
a hierarchical list of terms called Ontologies that covers three independent biological domains:
1 - Cellular Components 2 - Biological Processes 3- Molecular Function.(Ashburner et al.,
2000)
This enables us to highlight the proteins that perform the same function, thus allowing a
functional representation of a network, usually GO is combined with cluster detection to
provide greater interpretation of a network.

GENE LIST ANALYSIS TOOLS
Enrichr: interactive and collaborative HTML5 gene list enrichment analysis tool
Enrichr is a web based tool that takes in as an input a list of differentially expressed genes,
and produces lists of enriched terms. The authors have solved the issues that arise when using
only one source of enrichment data, by using 35 gene set libraries split into six groups, with
each containing different data about different enrichment terms. It uses
1) ChEA (The ChIP-x Enrichment Analysis Database), it’s own resource of putative
transcription factor targets created from publications that report experiments of profiling
mammalian DNA binding transcription factors. ;
2) position weight matrices (PWMs) from TRANSFAC and JASPAR ; that were used to scan
all promoter regions (-2000 to +500 from the start of transcription) of all human genes, they
kept all 100% matches to the consensus sequence between a factor and a target gene.
3) target genes generated from PMWs downloaded from the UCSC genome browser , because
it produces different results compared to the ones mentioned above
4) transcription factor targets extracted from the ENCODE project . In addition, the two other
gene-set libraries in the transcription category are gene sets associated with:
5) histone modifications extracted from the Roadmap Epigenomics Project ; and
6) microRNAs targets computationally predicted by TargetScan .
It provides three different statistical measures of the results, of which one is the Fischer exact
test, the other an in-house variation and last a combination of the two. The authors performed
a quality evaluation of these methods in their original paper. Enrichr provides many different
options for visualizing the data, one of which is a grid of squares, with the most enriched
elements being colored more brightly when compared to the rest. It also allows the
visualization in the form of a list of enriched terms, bar graph, network and table.
An advantage of Enrichr over other programs of the same type is it’s availability and modern
design, it’s available as a mobile application for smartphones and tablets, and the webinterface is clear, and intuitive. The authors tested the software by comparing nine cancer cell
lines and found an upregulation in the PRC2 polycomb group target genes.(Chen et al., 2013)

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Network2Canvas is a network visualization program that makes it easier to visualize large
protein-protein interaction networks, and enrichment terms. The most common issue with
using ball and stick models of PPI networks is that larger networks tend to end up looking like
balls of yarn, making it very difficult to visually analyze the properties of the network.
Network2Canvas works around this issue by placing the nodes on a square toroidal canvas,
the nodes are then clustered on the canvas via simulated annealing in order to have the
maximum number of local connections, and their brightness is set to correspond to the local
fitness of the node.
This software takes as input a list of differentially expressed genes, or a list of drugs and
outputs a set of enriched terms including drug side effects, common pathways etc. The
website is accompanied by a video tutorial on how to use the program, and offers a variety of
possible canvases, for example Kinase Enrichment Analysis or KEGG pathways, and more.
Overall N2C is a very useful and intuitive tool for molecular data analysis, especially for
larger lists of genes or drugs.(Tan, Chen, Dannenfelser, Clark, &amp; Ma’ayan, 2013)
Genes2FAN: Proteins interaction studies are mostly done by analyzing binary protein
interactions, but these are not the only ways two genes, or their protein products can interact.
The authors of this program used knowledge on the shared properties of genes from diverse
sources to create functional association networks (FANs), to allow researchers to identify
additional interactions between groups of genes, which are not immediately obvious from PPI
networks.
G2F uses a database of 14 FANs, and large scale PPI networks to create subnetworks that can
connect lists of human and mouse genes. Lists of genes are taken as an input to produce a
subnetwork, using a ranked list of intermediate genes that connect the genes from the queried
list. This web application offers a powerful new approach to analyzing gene associations, as it
can find the intermediate parts of a pathway, and thus allow us to observe a greater, clearer
picture of a molecular process.(Dannenfelser, Clark, &amp; Ma’ayan, 2012)
Sets2Network is a tool created to allow the creation of interaction networks by analyzing the
co-occurrence of entities in related sets. It gives us a general method for inferring networks by
repeated observation of sets of related terms. It interprets the frequency of the occurrence of
the link as the probability that it is present in the real-world network.
This tool has usages outside the realm of biology, as it can create a network from any file
given in the GMT (Gene Matrix Transpose) format, for example it can be used to create a
network of co-authorship by taking in a GMT file of publications and authors, or predict
direct PPI from HT MS data. (Clark, Dannenfelser, Tan, Komosinski, &amp; Ma’ayan, 2012, p. 2)
S2N can output the data in various formats, so subsequent analysis can be performed on the
data, using additional visualization tools such as yEd.
DAVID (Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery, available at
http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/) is one of the oldest and most well-known web-based
bioinformatics resources for the functional interpretation of gene/protein lists. It has been
cited over 6000 times since its initial publication. It takes inputs in list form and allows the
user to perform gene-term enrichment analysis, visualization of the gene-term relationships,
search for related genes, pathway analysis and much more. They have recently published
DAVID-WS (Web service) an API (application programming interface) which allows for the
programmatic automation of requests to DAVID, and thus the easier automation of tasks,
without the need for human interactions.(Jiao et al., 2012)

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EnrichNet is a web-based tool created in order to address the current limitations of gene set
analysis tools. Most GSA tools use the over-representation-based enrichment analysis method
which uses the overrepresentation of a gene list of interest in a reference list via a statistical
test (usually Fisher’s exact test) as proof of biological significance. The issue with this
approach is that it low power of discrimination, and significant variance with changes in
overlap size, among others. EnrichNet uses an graph-based statistic approach to analyze gene
sets, via exploiting information from molecular network structures of, and offers interactive
visualization of network sub-structures. It offers integrated data sources (molecular interaction
data, pathway and tissue-specific gene expression data) and uses graph-based statistical
analysis and forced – directed layout generation to provide a clearer and more detailed
understanding of the gene set interactions. It uses a minimalist interface, with clear output,
and we refer the reader to the paper for more information.(Glaab, Baudot, Krasnogor,
Schneider, &amp; Valencia, 2012)
GeneCodis is a tool for enrichment analysis, available since 2007, its newest version offers a
more concise output and removes some redundancy, via summarizing of significantly
enriched terms, they also expanded the original application, by adding new sources of
information, such as genetic diseases, gene-drug interactions and PUBMED information.
GeneCodis offers a very customizable input, as it integrates data from several organisms,
which is rather rare as most of the enrichment analysis tools focus only on humans. Its
capable of filtering the output.(Tabas-Madrid, Nogales-Cadenas, &amp; Pascual-Montano, 2012)
GeneMANIA (http://www.genemania.org) is a web-app for gene list analysis. Given a list, it
will extend it with functionally similar genes, obtained from genomics and proteomics
databases. It’s capable of finding genes of similar function, and those that are most likely to
interact with the ones in the list. It supports multiple organisms, and integrates hundreds of
datasets from GEO, BioGRID, IRefIndex and I2D.(Zuberi et al., 2013)
Graphite Web: A new web-app for pathway analysis and visualization, that takes as input
gene lists from microarray or RNA-seq experiments. It combines topological methods with
multivariate pathway analyses and provides a clear network visualization tool, for efficient
interpretation of expression experiment results. It works with three model organisms, and
integrates two pathway databases.(Sales, Calura, Martini, &amp; Romualdi, 2013)

CONCLUSION
While new tools are constantly arriving they individually don’t see too much use or
recognition, this may be due to low popularity, or just being hard to find. This lack of
visibility makes it hard for researchers to test out new tools, as they rarely know that they
even exist, and this leads to a lack of feedback for the tool makers, which in turn leads to a
lack of improvement in the available tools. The usage of targeted internet marketing to
possible users should be considered by future tool makers as a way of reaching out to new
users, and obtaining feedback on their work. The current focus of enrichment analysis should
probably be turned over to better visualization of datasets, as the ball and stick models are
prone to looking like a ball of yarn if the input list is too large. Better visualization of data
will allow for much easier analysis, and comprehension of experimental results.
API support is another issue, as most of the tools listed in this review rely on manual input of
data, DAVID-WS is a nice exception to the rule. APIs could allow for easier testing and
automation of enrichment analysis tools, thus simplifying and speeding up a biologist’s
workflow.
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Standardization is another issue encountered in the use of these tools, as few of them support
multiple formats of output files, while exception do exist, they are few and mostly consist of
older, more established tools. While some tools do offer advantages over others, there exists
no gold standard for enrichment analysis, with labs using whichever tools they prefer, this
makes it hard to gauge the effectiveness of an approach, as only by repeat usage do the
advantages of a tool become clearly apparent.
While we have covered some integrative tools, none of them offers the full package, a modern
enrichment analysis tool should offer a customizable input, output, network visualization,
different scoring systems, multiple output formats, and allow for publication quality images.
The closest we have come to this are the tools from Maya’an Labs (Enrichr, S2N, N2L etc.),
which provide a wide array of functionality, but still aren’t seeing much use.

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Imer Muhović is a MSc student at the International Burch University. His main interests lie
in bioinformatics and systems biology, and he is currently in the process of constructing a
novel bioinformatics tool for sequence analysis, which will form his Master’s thesis.

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INVESTIGATION OF A BIOMASS GASIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON ENERGY
AND EXERGY ANALYSIS
Abbas Alpaslan Kocer1, Yunus Emre Yuksel2, Murat Ozturk3
1

Uluborlu Selahattin Karasoy Vocational School, Suleyman Demirel University,
32260, Isparta Turkey, alpaslankocer@sdu.edu.tr
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Department of Science and Education, Education Faculty, Afyon Kocatepe University,
03200, Afyon, Turkey, yeyuksel@aku.edu.tr
3
Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Suleyman Demirel
University, 32260, Isparta Turkey, muratozturk@sdu.edu.tr

Abstract
Biomass gasification procedure is a very complex process and it is influenced by many
physical and chemical factors such as biomass gasification temperature and gasifier type.
Thermodynamic assessment methodology based on the energy and exergy analysis can be
used to evaluate the system performance and environmental impacts. In this paper,
thermodynamic analysis of the biomass gasification system is given for the whole system and
its components. The parametric studies reveal the effects of design and operating indicators
on the exergy efficiency and exergy destruction rate. The result shows that the gasification
temperatures for the biomass gasification system change significantly with the type of the
gasifying medium.
Keywords: Biomass gasification, energy analysis, exergy analysis, parametric study.

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1. Introduction
Energy is a key indicator for social, cultural and economic development of any country, and
also is evaluated as an important aspect for sustainable development. It has been clearly seen
that the energy production and consumption rate of a country is proportional to its economic
status. By extension, the development of a country can be quantified as a ratio of its energy
consumption per capita. Fossil energy sources, such as crude oil and natural gas, have been
and refined to serve a dramatic growth in world population especially since the 1970s.
Nevertheless, it is usually indicated that fossil energy sources are not sufficient to meet the
constantly expanding needs of humanity. Conventional energy sources are non-renewable;
they draw on finite sources that will finally dwindle, becoming more expensive or
environmentally damaging to retrieve. Actually, at the nowadays consumption rate,
conventional energy sources are reaching a natural discharge limitation with ongoing
depletion [Ozturk et al., 2008]. Moreover, having relied merely on conventional energy
sources has exhibited different significant environmental damages. Renewable energy sources
are one of the most promising solutions for this energy demand. Alternative energy sources
should preferentially be more environmentally and economical than conventional fossil
energy sources in order to present wide scale applications. On the other hand, global warming,
air pollution, acid precipitation, ozone depletion, forest destruction, and emission of
radioactive substances are among the significant environmental problems [Ozturk et al., 2009].
Clean energy conversion and production variations with lower environmental concern should
be obtained by considering all mentioned issues simultaneously [Dincer, 2000]. The usage of
alternative energy sources provides a clean way to reduce the emissions of poisonous gases,
such as CO, CO2, NOx and SOx. As an important example, in Turkey, approximately 25% of
greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by usage of renewable energy sources.
Many developed and developing countries installed intensive search plans in the before 1970s
to install renewable energy technologies and change fossil energy sources [Ozturk et al.,
2011]. The renewable energy technologies are the flat-plate solar panel installation for roofs
of the residential and commercial building for heating and hot water production applications;
photovoltaic (PV) system, wind turbine and ocean system for the electricity production; water
splitting for hydrogen output; and biomass or bio-waste for conversion to gaseous fuel sources
via gasification system for heat, steam or electricity generation.
Biomass is a large potential renewable energy sources, supplied from plants and animal
wastes. It is one of the oldest renewable energy sources and has been used by humankind for
daily needs since centuries [Toonssen et al., 2008]. To produce energy from biomass, the
most preferred method is conventional combustion of biomass. This technique is not only
valid in Turkey but also throughout the World. According to method which produces energy
from biomass, biomass techniques are classified as classic and modern biomass. Classic
biomass is the most popular method until now and this procedure consists of burning biomass
such as wood, plant residues, and animal dung. Modern biomass technologies are new relative
to classic ones and modern biomass is still on the development stages. In modern biomass
technique, biomass is converted into solid, liquid or gas fuels by means of bio-chemical and
thermo-chemical processes.
Investigations of the thermodynamic system are complex processes and involve consideration
of the system components and their characteristic, chemical reaction and thermodynamic loss.
Energy conversion technologies such as biomass gasification system should be investigated
for their performance by using the first and second laws of thermodynamic (or energy and and
exergy analysis). The use of exergy analysis should allow the determination of the processes
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having the greatest irreversibilities, as well as the causes and locations of the irreversibilities.
Exergy analysis also would allow exergy efficiencies to be determined for whole system and
its components. These important indicators should be used in design or retrofit of the process
for increasing system performance. In this paper, energy and exergy analysis of the biomass
gasification system and energy and exergy efficiencies of the system components are
investigated for better system design. The simulations have been performed using
Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software program. The following is a general outline of
the present study;
 To investigate the effects of temperature and pressure of the gasifier, and biomass
concentration variation on the biomass gasification system.
 To develop a theoretical model based on the thermodynamic laws performed in order
to study in greater detail the effect of process flows on gasification system and
investigate its performance.
 To calculate the exergy content for the system components including the chemical
exergies for the biomass gasification plant.
 To investigate the performance assessments of the gasification system.
2. Properties of Biomass
Each biomass fuel has significantly different fuel properties, and the gasification chamber
properties should be designed by using fuel properties. The specific properties of biomass
sources are given in Table 1. Generally, biomass energy sources have less carbon, more
oxygen and moisture contents than coal sources. Because of higher moisture and oxygen
content, the lower heating values (LHV) and higher heating values (HHV) of biomass fuels
are significantly lower than coal sources. The LHV and larger particle size of biomass sources
cause storage difficulties. But, biomass sources have lower nitrogen and sulphur contents than
coal sources, which are clearer, based on greenhouse gas emissions. The HHV of biomass
sources is calculated from the following equation [Loo and J. Koppejan, 2008];
(1)
where subscript B is biomass fuel, C, H, S, N, O and A are the carbon, hydrogen, sulphur,
nitrogen, oxygen and ash content of biomass sample in weight %, respectively. Proximate and
ultimate analysis (wt%) of biomass examples are given in Table 2.
Table 1. Specific properties of biomass sources
Specific properties
Density (kg/m3)
Particle size (mm)
SiO2 Contents (wt% of dry ash)
K2O (wt% of dry ash)
Fe2O3 (wt% of dry ash)
Al2O3 (wt% of dry ash)
Lower Heating Value (kJ/kg)

Values
~480-520
~2.8-3.2
~23-49
~4-48
~1.5-8.5
~2.4-9.5
~14,000-21,000

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Table 2. Proximate and ultimate analyses (wt%) of biomass sources

Beech bark
Oak wood
Sawdust
Switch Grass
Straw
Almond shell

Proximate analysis (received basis)
VM
FC
M
A
67.5
17
8.4
7.1
73
20
6.5
0.3
55.1
9.3
34.9
0.7
70.8
12.8
11.9
4.5
64.3
13.8
12.4
9.5
69.5
20.2
7.2
3.1

Ultimate analysis (dry ash free basis)
C
O
H
N
S
51
41.8
6
0.7
0.11
50
42.9
6.1
0.3
0.10
49
43.4
6.1
0.7
0.11
49
43.4
6.1
0.7
0.11
48
44.5
5.6
1
0.13
50
42.5
6.2
1
0.05

CI
0.11
0.01
0.08
0.54
0.06

3. System Design
Figure 1 shows a schematic of the biomass gasification system, modeled for the theoretical
investigation. Both air and the biomass fuels enter the gasifier at the environment temperature
and pressure. Gasification takes place in the gasification chamber and the flue gases after
exchanging the heat with the feed water exit through the stack at 155 °C. The most of the ash,
which is assumed approximately as 80% fly ash, exits the gasifier with the flue gases by the
chimney. Gasification technology converts biomass fuels into product gases that should be
used in energy conversation technology as an input gas fuel. The product gases are generally
consists of CO, CO2, CH4 and H2, and combusted to generate heat and shaft work. The
produced gasses are also used as feedstock for the production of synthesis gas, liquid fuels
and different chemicals. The lower heating values of the produced gases should be determined
via the gasses composition data. The outputs of the biomass gasification chamber also include
unused materials, such as particulars, tar, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
Produced Gases, T=TR
Biomass fuels
Biomass gasifier (Tbg)
Particular, tar, ammonia and
hydrogen sulfide

T=T0

Air
T=T0

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the biomass gasification system
The biomass gasification reaction for 1 kg dry biomass source should be written as
follows;

(2)
Here, c, h, o and n values are used as kmol/kg, and mass fraction.

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4. Thermodynamic Analysis
Thermodynamic analysis of a biomass gasification system and its components requires special
consideration of multiple aspects, such as fluid dynamics, gasifier design, gas-dynamics and
thermodynamics of expanding flows with non-linear behavior and heat transfer. The proposed
mathematical model for a biomass gasification system includes the conservation of mass,
energy and exergy. To mathematically describe the biomass gasification system, a
comprehensive knowledge of physical and chemical exergy content for processes is required.
Mass, energy, entropy and exergy balance equations should be written for system components
and for the whole system under the assumption of steady state operation. This is done in
regard to a selected working fluid in a given cycle configuration and imposed operating
conditions of source. A general balance equation for any quantity in a system can be written
as [Dincer and Rosen, 2013];
Input + Generation – Output- Consumption = Accumulation
The general mass, energy, entropy and exergy balance equations for system
thermodynamic analysis on control volumes of process components are written as follows,
respectively;
Mass balance equation;
(3)
Energy balance equation;
(4)
Entropy balance equation;
(5)
where T is the temperature at where heat transfer cross the system boundary. Exergy balance
equation;
(6)
where
is the exergy destruction rate. Exergy analysis should be given as the highest
content of work that should be derived by investigating processes that bring the system into
equilibrium [Szargut et al., 1988; Rosen, 1986].
4.1 General efficiency equations
The energy efficiency ( ) of the investigated system should be given as the ratio of useful
energy produced by the process to the total energy input. The useful produced energy
represents the desired results produced by the system components, such as electricity, heating
and cooling, hot water, hydrogen and other chemicals. The energy efficiency for steady-state
processes should be written as follows:

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(7)
Exergy efficiency of the system components and whole system give the main
effectiveness of each process of the system. The exergy efficiency ( ) of the investigated
system can be given as the divided of exergy output rate (
) that is created by the
considered system to the overall exergy inlet rate (
) that is cross the boundaries of
the system. The exergy efficiency for steady-state processes should be written as follows:
(8)
5. Assumptions
The chosen assumptions for this paper are given as follows:
 All the system components and whole system operate at steady state conditions.
 All the proses gases are considered as ideal gases.
 References ambient temperature and pressure are chosen as 25 oC and 1 atm,
respectively.
 Ambient reference air considerations are considered as 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen
on the volume basis.
 Heat loss via radiation and convection from the gasifier to the environment is 1-2% of
fuel energy input [Basu et al., 2000; Fauklker and de Saouza-Santos, 2010].
 Kinetic and potential energy impacts are neglected.
6. System Analysis
The exergy contents of flowing material have two indicators, such as physical exergy part and
chemical exergy part. In the gasification system, both physical and chemical exergy indicators
should be required because chemical reactions take place in the gasifier while only physical
exergy is combined by the steam process elements. The specific exergy for an investigated
state should be written as follows;
(9)
The physical exergy or specific flow exergy should be given as follows;
(10)
The chemical exergy contents of ideal gas should be given as follows;
(11)
where, zi is the mole fractions of the ith components and
is the molar chemical exergy at
the given reference temperature and pressure, and should be given as follows [Kotas, 1980];
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where
,
and T are standard molar chemical exergy of ith chemical composition,
formation enthalpy and gasifier temperature, respectively. The specific values of standard
molar chemical exergies of the various substances given in the theoretical investigation are
given in Table 3 [Cengel and Boles, 2006].
Table 3. Standard enthalpy and chemical exergy of various substances
Substance
O2 (g)
N2 (g)
CO2 (g)
H2O (g)
H2O (l)
SO2 (g)
NO (g)
NO2 (g)

Standard enthalpy
(MJ/mol)
0
0
-393.52
-241.82
-285.83
-297.10
90.59
33.72

Standard chemical exergy
(MJ/mol)
3.97
0.72
19.87
9.5
0.9
313.40
88.90
55.60

The exergy balance equation of the gasification chamber should be given as follows;
(13)
where
,
,
,
and
are exergy rate of biomass fuels, air, heat, hot product
gases and exergy destruction rate of gasifier, respectively.
Biomass fuels and air enter the gasifier at reference temperature and pressure,
therefore their physical exergies equal zero. In this paper, specific chemical exergies of
biomass fuels are calculated using the method which proposed by Szargut [2005], and this
methology should be given as follows;
(14)
where w is weight percent (w%) of moisture in fuel and

is the specific chemical exergy

of water at ambient temperature and pressure. The coefficient f is derived from experimental
results, and should be calculated as follows;
(15)
The chemical exergy of the air should be determined as follows;
(16)
where Aa is air molar flow rate,
nitrogen, respectively.

and

are specific chemical exergy of oxygen and

7. Results and Discussion
In this paper, Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software program utilized to investigate the
modeling biomass gasification system based on the thermodynamic assessment methodology.
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Also, EES contains built in library of thermodynamic data for many chemical substances.
Exergy destruction rate, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency of the biomass gasification
system components are investigated in the present paper, besides the assessment of system
components performance. Heat is lost from the gasifier to the environment during the process
that has been approved in many papers. Heat transfer through the temperature difference
always increases the entropy generation or exergy destruction rate. In order to investigate the
gasifier efficiency, analysis results of exergy destruction rate can help to identify the defect
within the gasification plant, and the system efficiency should be improved via modification
of the biomass gasification plant from considering reduction of heat losses in the further
system design.
Energy contents of matters are the measure of quantity, but exergy contents of matters are
measure of both quantity and quality of energy contents. Exergy values of biomass fuels are
approximately 20% greater than energy values by exergetic indicator (). In addition to that,
exergetic indicators of biomass fuels are higher than coal samples. The system performances
have been investigated in terms of key indicators. Gasifier temperature, ambient temperature
and pressure, work output, exergy destruction rate and main losses are used for efficiency
analysis of the biomass gasification system. It is also observed that moisture contents of
biomass fuels have more important effects on the decrease of gasifier outlet temperatures than
ash contents.
The effects of varying ambient temperature from 10 °C to 30 °C on the exergy destruction rate
and exergy efficiency of the biomass gasification system are given in Figure 2. According to
the Figure 2, the exergy destruction rate of the biomass gasification system decreases with
rising ambient temperature. On the other hand, exergy efficiency of the biomass gasification
system increases with increasing ambient temperature.
0.462

340.5

0.4618

340

0.4616

339.5

0.4614

339

0.4612

y gasifier (%)

ExD,gasifier (MW)

341

Ex D,gasifier
338.5
338
10

0.461

y gasifier
14

18

22

26

0.4608
30

T0 (oC)

Figure 2. Variations with ambient temperature of the exergy destruction rate and exergy
efficiency for the biomass gasification system
Figure 3 shows that, the exergy destruction rate of the gasifier decreases with
increasing gasifer temperature from 625 °C to 850 °C, but its exergy efficiency increases. The
variations of exergy destruction rate and exergy efficiencies of gasifer remain almost linear
depending on the ambient and gasifier temperature. These results are expected since the
exergy destruction rate and exergy efficiency of the process are usually inversely proportional
properties.
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0.502
0.5
0.498
0.496

325
0.494
0.492

324.5

ExD,gasifier
0.49

y gasifier
324
625

y gasifier (%)

ExD,gasifier (MW)

325.5

650

675

700

725

750

775

800

825

0.488
850

o

T gasifier ( C)

Figure 3. Variations with gasifier temperature of the exergy destruction rate and exergy
efficiency for the biomass gasification system

8. Conclusions
The main objective of the present study is to investigate the biomass gasification system
operating characteristics that provide power for various operating conditions by using
parametric analyses. The parametric analyses compare the system components and their
responses to variations in selected operating conditions, such as ambient temperature and
gasifer temperature. In addition to that, exergy efficiency of the biomass gasification is
investigated to indicate how the gasification process reaches the real operating conditions.
The main conclusions of the present paper should be given as follows;
 Mass, energy and exergy balance equations for the system components and whole
system are necessary to investigate the gasification system performance.
 The parametric studies are very useful to investigate the variations of system
efficiency for changing operating indicators.
 Decreasing the exergy destruction rate of biomass gasification system components and
whole system, and increasing the energy and exergy efficiency result in decreased
greenhouse gas emissions, less environmental impacts and increased sustainability.
 Important cause for higher exergy destruction rate or lower exergy efficiency in the
present paper is highly irreversible chemical reaction in the biomass gasifier.
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UNDERGROUND POWER CABLES ON HUMAN HEALTH

Celal Kocatepe, Celal Fadil Kumru, Eyup Taslak
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
kocatepe@yildiz.edu.tr, cfkumru@yildiz.edu.tr, etaslak@yildiz.edu.tr

ABSTRACT
Transmission and distribution lines of electrical energy are generally used to plant far from
residential areas. But today, due to the growing population, the cities considerably expanded
and electrical network have to lie within the living spaces. Especially, uses of medium voltage
underground cables for distribution systems become widespread in such areas. The voltage
levels of these cables are not too high and the electric field caused by the voltage is fairly
shielded by the cable’s screen. However, by the reason of flowing load current through the
cable’s conductor, low frequency magnetic fields occur around the cable. It is known that this
magnetic field strength becomes greater with increasing current. Basically, shielding of low
frequency magnetic fields is quite harder than shielding the electric fields. In case of being
exposed to this kind of magnetic fields by people may lead to crucial health problems.
Therefore, some limit values are introduced by the “International Commission On
Non‐Ionizing Radiation Protection” (ICNIRP) and “The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers” (IEEE). For this reason, it has importance of measuring magnetic fields caused by
high voltage cables (HVC) in urban areas and the required shielding measures should be taken
if needed. In this study, magnetic field strengths at different points above a 12/20 kV, 150
mm2 (Al), single core HVC are measured for different current values. According to the results
obtained, even at low currents, the magnetic field strength values could exceed the limiting
values for certain distances.
Keywords: Magnetic Field, Underground Power Cable, Human Health

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1. INTRODUCTION
Electrical energy is one of the most important sources in our age. The need for electrical
energy is rapidly growing with developing technology and increasing population. Generated
energy is supplied for the end users through transmission and distribution lines to meet this
energy demand. Resulting from expanding of residential areas and increasing energy demand,
especially distribution lines penetrate in living spaces [1]. While energy is distributed with
overhead lines in the beginning, today underground power cables are being used especially
for human safety and clear visual pollution. These cables are widely used for supplying
distribution transformers in thickly populated places [2,3].
Underground power cables used in distribution systems cause electric field because of being
operated at medium voltage. All underground power cables, which operate at medium voltage,
consist a screen layer made of copper or lead [4]. This screen is grounded in practice and can
shield almost all electric field arise from conductor. However, this screen layer cannot totally
shield low frequency magnetic fields arise from load current. Current carrying capacity of
underground power cables, which generally used in residential areas, is quite high. Therefore,
magnetic field exposure risk occurs for humans.
In literature, there several studies about the effects of magnetic field exposure on human
health [5-8]. Thus, analysis of magnetic fields arise from underground power cables has an
importance. Limiting magnetic field values for different frequencies are introduced by
ICNIRP [9].
In this study, magnetic field measurements of an underground power cable are carried out for
different currents at certain distances. The results obtained are analyzed by using ICNIRP
standard. In the following section, for magnetic field calculation for, fundamental formulas of
a current carrying conductor are given and limit values by ICNIRP are presented. In the third
section, measurement setup and results are presented. Consideration of results and suggestions
are given in the last section.
2. BASIC THEORY
In power systems, magnetic fields occur around the conductors which carry currents. When
the current increases, the magnetic field is also strengthen proportionally. Magnetic field
induced a voltage in conductors and dielectric materials placed within the field [10]. This
induced voltage cause to flow current in object which harms the livings. Limiting values are
defined to keep human health in safe. It is important to consider these values while designing
a system which consist current carrying conductors.
At a specified distance, magnetic field value of a current carrying conductor can be calculated
by Bio-Savart equation given in Eq. (1).
H

I
2   r

[A/m]

where,
H = Magnetic Field Strength [A/m]
I = Current [A]
r = Distance [m]

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As it is known that magnetic field strength (H) is a vectorial magnitude. So, a current carrying
conductor at point K causes to occur both horizontal and vertical magnetic field component.
With vectorial sum of these components, resultant magnetic field (H) at point P is acquired as
shown in Fig. 1 [10].

Figure 1 Magnetic field strength of a conductor (K) at point P
According to the Figure 1, horizontal and vertical components of magnetic field strength (H)
at point P can be calculated with formulas given in Eq. (2) and (3) respectively.
Hx 

y j  yi
I

2 
r2

(2)

Hy 

x j  xi
I

2 
r2

(3)

Here, xi and yi are the coordinates of point K and xj and yj are the coordinates of point P. r is
the distance from the current source defined as,

r

x

 xi    y j  y i 
2

j

2

(4)

To calculate resultant magnetic field strength, horizontal and vertical components are
vectorially added. If there are n conductors in a system, resultant magnetic field strength can
be calculated with the Eq. (5).
2

 n
  n

H    H xi     H yi 
 i 1
  i 1


2

(5)

Magnetic flux density (MFD) can be calculated by multiplying the magnetic field strength (H)
and magnetic permeability of vacuum or air (  0  4    10 7 [H/m] ) as given in Eq. (6).

B  0  H

(6)

In Eq. (6), B is the magnetic flux density or magnetic induction in Wb/m2 or Tesla.
Several studies have been published about the effects of magnetic field on human health.
Magnetic field exposure levels depend on many factors such as distance from the magnetic
field source, exposure duration, strength and frequency of the magnetic field. Therefore, limit

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values for magnetic fields at different frequencies are specified by the ICNIRP [9]. These
values are given in Table 1 for occupational and general public exposure.
Table 1 Reference levels for occupational exposure to time varying magnetic fields
(unperturbed rms values).
Exposure

Occupational

General Public

Frequency Range
1 Hz – 8 Hz
8 Hz – 25 Hz
25 Hz – 300 Hz
300 Hz – 3 kHz
3 kHz – 10 Mhz
1 Hz – 8 Hz
8 Hz – 25 Hz
25 Hz – 50 Hz
50 Hz – 400 Hz
400 Hz – 3 kHz
3 kHz – 10 MHz

Magnetic Field Strength
H (A/m)
1.63 x 105/f2
2 x 104/f
8 x 102
2.4 x 105/f
80
3.2 x 104/f2
4 x 103/f
1.6 x 102
1.6 x 102
6.4 x 104/f
21

Magnetic Flux Density
B (T)
0.2/f2
2.5 x 10-2/f
1 x 10-3
0.3/f
1 x 10-4
4 x 10-2/f2
5 x 10-3/f
2 x 10-4
2 x 10-4
8 x 10-2/f
2.7 x 10-5

In this study, 50 Hz power system frequency is considered. Measured MFD values at this
frequency should be under 1 mT for general public exposure and 0.2 mT for occupational
exposure.
3. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND RESULTS
In the measurement, 12/20 kV, 150 mm2, single core high voltage underground cable is used.
The technical specifications of the cable sample are given in Table 2 [11].
Table 2 Technical specifications of the cable sample
Parameter
VDE Code
Nominal voltage (kV)
Nominal cross-section (Al/Cu Tape) (mm2)

Value
NA2XSY
12 / 20
1x150/16

Conductor DC resistance
(at 20°C) (ohm/km)

0.198

Operating inductance (mH/km)
Operating capacitance (µF/km)
Current carrying capacity (in air) (A)
Cable length (m)
Overall diameter (mm)

0.63
0.25
425
12
33.5

The cross-sectional area of the sample cable is given in Fig. 2. The underground power cable
consists of a few layers. The conductor is the main part which transfers energy. The main
insulation material of the cable is cross linked polyethylene (XLPE). There are semiconductor layers around the copper conductor and insulation. Semi-conductor layer is used for
smoothing the field distortion caused by stranded structure of conductor and roughness of the
sheath. The role of the screen is shielding of electric and magnetic fields. For this reason, lead
is generally used as screen material for cables which have high current carrying capacity. The
outer sheath is made of PVC and it protects cable from environmental effects.

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Figure 2 Cross-sectional area of underground power cable
The measurement setup given in Fig. 3 is arranged for flowing current through the cable
conductor. The conductor of the cable is connected to the secondary windings of a 220V/5V
and 5 kVA high current transformer. This transformer is supplied with a 220V/0-220V, 5
kVA variac. So the desired current value is obtained by varying the secondary winding
voltage of the variac. A 1000 A clamp meter with ±1.5% sensitivity is used to measure the
cable current. Additionally, the screen of the cable is grounded as in practice.

Figure 3 The experimental setup
In the measurement, a magnetic field measurement device Spectran NF-5035 is used. The
measurements are realized for certain distances (5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 cm) above the
upper side of cable. The minimum load current for measurement is specified as 50 A. The
measurements are carried out up to 450 A with 50 A steps. The results obtained are given in
Table 3.
Table 3 Measured magnetic flux density values
Distance From
Upper Side
(cm)
5
10
20
40
60
80
100

Magnetic Flux Density [µT]
50 A
135.5
70.27
39.65
18.98
16.54
14.79
12.04

100 A

150 A

200 A

250 A

300 A

350 A

400 A

450 A

262.5
142.5
75.05
40.81
23.45
19.55
19.05

371.3
210.9
113.8
60.37
40.6
27.31
21.1

471.6
267
149.8
78.37
50.51
36.59
27.81

559.1
333.6
182
97
65.9
46.97
33.5

693.7
384.4
215.4
113.9
75.08
54.67
42

794.2
449.9
247.7
131.2
87.94
63.56
50.72

914
504.2
283
151.2
102
75.46
56.27

1010
567.2
312.9
170.3
112.8
83.29
63.89

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As seen in Table 1, MFD is increasing with the increased current. Also, it reaches the highest
values for all current levels when it gets closer to the cable surface. The highest MFD is
obtained as 1010 µT for 450A current and 5 cm distance. The weakest MFD value is acquired
as 12.04 µT for 50 A current and 100 cm distance. Additionally in Table 1, some values,
which exceed the limit values in ICNIRP for general public exposure, are given in bold.
Especially for the currents from 300 A up to 450 A and 20–30 cm distance, it is clearly seen
that the measured MFD values are unsafe for general public.
1100

Magnetic flux density (µT)

1000
900

occupational exposure

800
700
600

100A
200A
300A
400A
450A

500

public exposure

400
300
200
100
0
0

5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100

Distance (cm)

Figure 4 The relation between distance and magnetic flux density
The relation between the distance and MFD for all current levels is given in Fig. 4. It seen
from the Fig. 4 that, MFD is exponentially increasing with decreasing distance from the
source for all current levels. Additionally, the difference between MFDs obtained for certain
current levels show difference according to the distances. When it gets closer to the cable
such as 5 cm distance, the difference is quite high for different current levels. In contrast with
this change, the difference is quite small when it goes far from the cable.
4. CONCLUSION
In this study, magnetic field measurements of a 12/20 kV, 1x150/16 mm2 underground power
cable is realized for particular current and measurement distances. The results showed that
magnetic field is increasing with the increased current and decreased distance. Especially for
450 A current, the MFD value exceed the limit value for general public at 35 cm distance.
In addition, underground power cables are commonly installed 80 cm below the ground
surface. So approximate distance value, that the people can be exposed to magnetic field, is
over 80 cm distances from the cable. Therefore, the MFD values obtained in this study seem
safe for human health. However in practice, there are at least three cables in the cable route
for three phase systems. In this situation, each magnetic field strength value is vectorially
added together as in Eq. (5). Thus, the magnitude of MFD can be reach to considerable high
values which can be unsafe for human health. Additionally, there underground cables whose
sectional area and so the current carrying capacity is higher from the one in this study. So, the
cables which have high current carrying capacities are bigger threads for human health.

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Consequently, magnetic field strength caused by an underground power cable can be at
dangerous levels for human health. To get over this problem, magnetic field measurements
around the underground power cables should be done carefully. In the case of existing high
magnetic field values, the whole cable system could be shielded by a ferromagnetic material
or the cable route could be further from the ground. Thus, generated magnetic field can be
decreased down to required limit values.

5. REFERENCES
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Accurate HV XLPE Cable Modeling, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 1-7.
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TORQUE-FLUX PLANE BASED SWITCHING TABLE IN DIRECT TORQUE
CONTROL
M Ozgur Kizilkaya1, Tarik Veli Mumcu2, Kayhan Gulez2
1

Electronics Engineering, Aeronautics and Space Technologies Instıtute, Turkish Air Force
Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
2
Control and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
mkizilkaya@hho.edu.tr, tmumcu@yildiz.edu.tr, gulez@yildiz.edu.tr

Abstract
Direct Torque Control (DTC) is a preferred method for its fast torque response and easy
implementation in induction motor (IM) applications. However varying switching frequency
and current harmonics are the drawbacks of the method. There are many industrial
applications already using DTC. In this study, a novel switching table is proposed to reduce
current harmonics based on torque-flux plane that can be applied to current motor drives with
software modification, rather than a hardware advancement. The study is illustrated with
Simulink model and motor output results.
Keywords: Direct Torque Control, Torque-Flux Plane, Total Harmonic Distortion, Vector
Selection Table.

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INTRODUCTION
Today Field Oriented Control (FOC) and Direct Torque Control (DTC) are the preferred
vector control method to drive Induction motor (IM) among industrial applications (Farid,
Sebti, Mebarka, &amp; Tayeb 2007; Mumcu, Aliskan, Gülez, &amp; Tuna, 2013). The most wellknown superiority of DTC over FOC is, it has fast torque and flux control property even with
its simplicity. Other advantages of DTC are being precise and free from rotor parameters. The
basic DTC algorithm aims to control both torque and stator flux linkage of motor by selecting
appropriate voltage vector and use stator resistance as motor parameter, voltage and current
measurement as feedback, that’s how it works independent of rotor parameters and without
need for speed or position feedback. (Takahashi, &amp; Noguchi, 1986, Depenbrock, M. 1988).
One disadvantage of this method is high harmonic distortion causing acoustic noise and EMI
interference.
In order to enhance DTC method, there are several methods proposed in the literature. Kenny
&amp; Lorenz (2003) used deadbeat control, Ahammad, Beig &amp; Al-Hosani (2013) preferred
sliding mode control, Kumar, Gupta, Bhangale and Gothwal (2007) studied neural network
based DTC. Hafeez, Uddin, Rahim &amp; Hew (2013) used self-tuned neuro-fuzzy control. While,
all these methods improves side effects of the DTC, they also lead the control technique
become more complicated and cause a longer adaptation time delay to adopt to the current
motor drive systems. Some of the developed control methods can be expressed with switching
tables with the purpose of easy implementation (Casadei, Serra, Tani, &amp; Zarri, 2013; Ludtke,
&amp; Jayne, 1995; Gulez, Adam, &amp; Pastaci, 2007). Switching table based DTC (ST-DTC) is not
complicated to apply which leads less application time delay on motor drive systems.
Regarding the phase of developing new algorithms for DTC, induction motor voltage vectors,
which are in three phase system, is transformed to α, β plane as in Fig. 1, so as to illustrate the
voltage vector selection in a two dimensional plane. In this plane, the stator flux linkage is
defined as a vector and the variation of it is defined as the flux ripple. And, the torque is
visualized with the magnitude of both rotor and stator flux vector and the angle between them.
In order to decrease the torque ripple, it is aimed to move the stator and rotor flux vector more
harmoniously and smoother.

Fig. 1 Voltage vector representation on α-β plane (Buja, &amp; Kazmierkowski. 2004).

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The existing voltage vectors, which are necessary to drive the inverter in DTC algorithm, can
be seen in α-β plane in Fig.1. In this study, the main focus is to define motor operating point
on torque-flux plane, instead of α-β plane, which gives the designer a different perspective in
order to develop/consider different design options for a control concept. In the following
sections, ST-DTC algorithm and our proposed method which is basically a new interpretation
of the switching table will be compared; the simulations and the comparison of the simulation
results will be discussed respectively.

BASIC ST-DTC SCHEME
DTC is a feedback control method where the voltage vectors and phase currents applied to the
induction motor are required as feedback signals. Stator flux linkage and motor torque are
calculated so that they can be applied in the next time interval to the motor in algorithm.
Voltage vector selection as the stator flux linkage is determined by the equation (1). In DTC
algorithm, defining inverter control signals is basically the main core in order to keep the
motor torque and the flux linkage around the control reference points given by the user.
d
 s  Vs  rs I s
(1)
dt
Rotor and stator flux vectors are interrelated in induction motor, that a change in stator flux is
followed with a delay by the rotor flux, both are crucial to control motor torque. Thus, torque
at the induction motor output is determined as a function of both flux magnitudes in equation
(2).
Te 

L
3
P m  s r sin 
2  Ls Lr

(2)

In equation (2) the terms are expressed as:
Te: the induction motor output torque,
ψS: stator flux magnitude, ψr: rotor flux magnitude,
γ: torque angle between stator and rotor flux,
P: Number of poles, Ls: Stator inductance,
Lr: Rotor inductance, Lm: Mutual inductance,
σ: leakage factor.
Conventional ST-DTC scheme is depicted in Fig.2. In this method, the difference between
reference and calculated flux linkage are processed by a two level hysteresis comparator.
Similarly, the difference between reference torque and the calculated torque values are
processed by a three level comparator. The outcomes of these are inputs for voltage vector
selection function. In conventional ST-DTC method, voltage vector selection is determined by
table I on which present stator flux linkage sector (Fig.1), digitized torque and stator flux
linkage error are the inputs. As the vector selection table I denotes, when torque values reach
to hysteresis comparator set values, in order to keep torque and flux around the reference
points and to prevent violation of limits, voltage vectors are changed between V0 and V7.
Thus, all possible voltage vectors regarding DTC algorithm can be seen on Fig. 1.

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Fig. 2 Conventional ST-DTC scheme.

TABLE 1. DTC VOLTAGE VECTOR SELECTION TABLE [12]
dDψ dTe
1

-1

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

1

V2

V3

V4

V5

V6

V1

0

V7

V0

V7

V0

V7

V0

-1

V6

V1

V2

V3

V4

V5

1

V3

V4

V5

V6

V1

V2

0

V0

V7

V0

V7

V0

V7

-1

V5

V6

V1

V2

V3

V4

To understand the conventional ST-DTC algorithm, table I can be explained in detail. S1-S6
determines the sector number of the stator flux linkage. Likely, V0-7 determines the voltage
vector numbers which are needed to bring the motor outputs around the reference point. V0
and V7 are zero voltage vectors. dψ and dTe defines the digitized flux and the torque errors on
controller side. ‘+1’ illustrates that torque or flux parameter need to be increased, ‘-1’
illustrates the parameters which are processed by the controller need to be decreased and ‘0’ is
to define the control parameters are already around the reference point.

NOVEL ST-DTC SCHEME
The proposed method does not use hysteresis controller as depicted in Fig.3. Instead, stator
flux linkage and torque output is traced and compared with the reference magnitudes
continuously instead of using hysteresis controller.
Motor stator flux linkage and torque outputs are defined as an operating point in torque-flux
plane. Voltage vector selection is done in order to move the operating point of motor inside a
hypothetical region in torque-flux plane. In this study, It is aimed to keep the motor operating
point in rectangular shaped region, that size of the rectangular is defined as allowed torque
and stator flux linkage error as in Fig.4. In that manner, torque-flux plane is divided into nine
zones. Selected voltage vector forces the motor operating point to a different direction as in
Fig.4. For instance, if motor torque and flux linkage values are both below the defined error
limit, this express that motor is operating in zone 7. Similarly, if both values are in limits,
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motor is operating in zone 5. When the motor is in zone 7, and if the stator flux linkage sector
number is `k`, then `k+1`th voltage vector needs to be applied so that motor operating point
can be forced towards zone 5.

Fig. 3 Proposed ST-DTC scheme.

Fig. 4 Effect of voltage vectors to operating point in torque flux plane.
THE PROPOSED VECTOR SELECTION TABLE
The basis of this study is to reduce current harmonic distortion without any lack of control for
an induction motor output parameters such as torque and flux linkage errors. For this purpose,
an implementation of a new vector selection table based DTC algorithm is designed based on
torque flux plane to define the selection of the voltage vectors which will be applied to.
After the torque and flux hysteresis band are determined as shown in Fig.4, one has to decide
the related action for the nine zones in the torque-flux plane. After trails among different
choices, the vector selection table in Table II is determined so as to decrease the phase current
harmonics.
TABLE 2. VOLTAGE VECTOR SELECTION TABLE
Zone
Vector

1
k+2

2
0/7

3
0/7

4
k+1

5
NC

6
0/7

7
k+1

8
k+1

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Table II can be explained in detail as, if the motor is operating in zone 1 and the stator flux
linkage is in sector ‘k’ apply ‘k+2th’ voltage vector till motor operating point moves to a
different zone. When the motor comes to zone 5, do not change the voltage vector as NC
states ‘No Change’. For zones 2/3 and 6 apply zero voltage, V0 or V7 in a manner to keep the
switching frequency lower.
In the simulation, while using the texture in Fig.4, one problem with the method is high
frequency swinging of motor operating point between zone 4 and 2, and between zone 8 and
6, Thus, the result is inevitable with high frequency switching while still keeping the torque
and flux linkage in the limit. To overcome this issue, texture is adjusted to avoid swinging
while keeping the motor in zone 5. The texture after adjustment is as shown in Fig.5. Zone 1
is expanded as 0.8 times flux band by experience. Mathematical expressions for torque flux
plane are a future work.

Fig. 5 Modified motor operating zones in torque flux plane.
This adjustment is an example to show how the design can be visualized clearly.
SIMULATION RESULTS
To show the effectiveness of the proposed method, a test scheme is constructed using a
predetermined induction motor model in the Simulink environment using the motor
parameters below.
4kW, 50 Hz, 1430 Rpm, Squirrel Cage IM
Stator Resistance
: 1.405 Ohm
Stator Inductance
: 0.005839 H
Rotor Resistance
: 1.395 Ohm
Rotor Inductance
: 0.005839 H
Mutual Inductance
: 0.1722 H
Pole Pair
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To compare the both method, control parameters and input voltage are assigned same.
Simulation parameters are:
DC link Voltage
Torque error limit
Flux error limit
Torque reference
Flux linkage reference

: 400 Volt
: ±0.5Nm
: ±0.01 Wb
: 10 Nm
: 0.5 Wb.

Then, a model is formed for induction motor drive system with the principle of conventional
ST-DTC scheme by Matlab/Simulink. The conventional ST-DTC algorithm is compared with
the proposed algorithm for new voltage vector selection table. The simulation results shows
lower phase current harmonics, lower total harmonic distortion (THD), better flux trajectory
follow as compared to the conventional ST-DTC scheme.

Fig. 6 Conventional ST-DTC Stator flux linkage variation in time.

Fig. 7 Proposed ST-DTC Stator flux linkage variation in time.
When the two method is compared by means of flux linkage, both method achieves to keep
the flux linkage in the set band at the steady state. However at the start up, the fluxlinkage of
the conventional ST-DTC needed more duration to settle in the band than proposed method as
shown in Fig. 6 and Fig 7. That is because conventinal DTC aims to keep the torque in the
band as a priority, while the proposed method does not assign a priority between torque and
flux linkage determined by the proposed switching table.
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Fig. 8 Conventional ST-DTC phase current and phase current THD.

Fig. 9 Proposed ST-DTC phase current and phase current THD.
The flux linkage of the motor is controlled with lower distortion than conventional ST-DTC
thus leading a better total harmonic distortion in phase current. THD value for the
conventional method is %6.17 as in Fig. 8 while it is %5.31 for the proposed method as in Fig
9.

Fig. 10 Conventional ST-DTC torque variation in time
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Fig. 11 Proposed ST-DTC torque variation in time.
The torque response of the both method are similar. The proposed method achieved a better
flux linkage results while preserving torque response characteristic of the motor as can be
depicted in Fig 10 and Fig 11 respectively.
CONCLUSION
In this study, the switching table based DTC application of Induction motor in torque-flux
plane is explained. The proposed torque-flux plane achieved a visual platform to construct a
switching table which is defined by the operation point of induction motor. Motor fluxlinkage and torque output is traced continuously, instead of using flux and torque controller in
a hysteresis band manner. An improvement in the phase current total harmonic distortion is
achieved without any degradation in the torque and flux band. The proposed method can be
applied to the current motor drives by software upgrade. The study is carried on rectangular
shaped torque and flux band, thus different band approaches can be investigated for improved
THD values and reduced switching frequency as a future work.
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M. Ozgur KIZILKAYA was born in Burdur, Turkey. He received his B.S. degree from Gazi
university in 1998, M.S degree from Middle East Technical Universtiy in 2002. He is
currently PhD candidate in Turkish Air Force Academy, both in electronics engineering. He is
interested in nonlinear control of electrical machines.
Traık V. MUMCU was born in Ankara, Turkey. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Electrical engineering in 2002 and 2005 respectively, Ph.D. in Control and Automation
Engineering in 2013 all from Yıldız Technical University. He is interested in control of
UAVs.
Kayhan GULEZ was born in İstanbul, Turkey. He is an Associate Professor of Control and
Automation Engineering at the Yıldız Technical University. He received his B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees all in Electrical Engineering from Yıldız Technical University. His major
research interests are Electrical Vehicle and Unmanned Air Vehicle Applications, Intelligent
based Control Systems, Sensor Network Control Problems, EMC and EMI Control Methods,
Active, Passive and EMI Filter Design Methods and Applications for EMI Noise and
Harmonic Problems on which he has over 200 scientific papers and technical reports in
various journals and conference proceedings.
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Zeynep Kara1, Serhat Seker2

1

International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2

Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Abstract
In this study, a multi-resolution wavelet analysis technique is applied to simulation data for
fault detection. Data is simulated at the MATLAB environment. For this purpose, a sinusoidal
wave form is generated at around 1 kHz sampling frequency and then a faulty case is
simulated between 250- 500 Hz using a random process under the band-pass filtering. Hence
data and its noisy form are used to show healthy and faulty cases of any physical system
respectively. In order to show the fundamental properties of the data set, power spectral
density variations are shown to indicate the availability of the data. After that Multi–
Resolution Wavelet Analysis (MRWA) is applied to each case. In general, wavelet transform
is a time-scale analysis technique which can be accepted as an alternative method to the
Fourier transform. However, in this study, MRWA approach is considered. MRWA is a kind
of the discrete wavelet transform and it uses filter banks approach. Hence, the time domain
properties are shown in the sense of the statistical parameters. Also, calculating the power
spectral densities, this comparison is done in frequency domain. With this way, a faulty case
and its some properties can be determined at both of the time and frequency domains.
Key Words: Wavelets, Filtering, Sub-band analysis, Fault detection

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Introduction
Anomaly is an unwanted transient case in the system which occurs in very short time in the
signal and can be detected from the signal characteristics. Anomalies in data can be translated
to significant information in a wide variety of application domains for this reason; this
translation method can be named as anomally detection in general. Detection of outliers or
anomalies were started to be studying in the 19th century (Edgeworth, 1887). And its results
can be very important in terms of the system reliability and economical operation of the some
critical systems related with energy production, space applicatons and so on.
Anomalies might be caused because of such a terrorist activity, credit card fraud, cyberterrorism, malicious threats or breakdown of a system, e.g. Noise removal (Teng, Chen and
Lu, 1990) and noise accommodation (Rousseeuw and Leroy, 1987) are deal with unwanted
noise and related with anomaly detection(Chandola, Banerjee and Kumar, 2009). Noisy data
considered is as an obstacle to analysis and that is the reason why it is of interest to analysts,
meaning that they are responsible to clean the data before analysis in order to get useful
information out of them.
Noise reduction is necessary before any data analysis is performed on the data to wipe out the
unwanted objects. Towards anomalous observations, noise accommodation mentions about
self-defense of a new model of estimation (Huber, 1974). Novelty detection (Markou and
Singh, 2003; Saunders and Gero, 2000) whose goal is to detect previously unrealized
(emergent, novel) patterns in the data, is also related with anomaly detection. Not being added
into the initial model after detection is the main difference of novel patterns and anomalies.
Another research on signal and noise separation in time series is studied by Khelifa,
Kahlouche and Belbachir (2012). Two approaches are used to check the noises which are the
wavelet transform in the frequency space and the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) in the
phase space. By this process the main goal is extracting the noise from signals and wavelet
analysis is found as more rapid and direct for the determination of noise.
In this paper we dealed with these problems and it is prepared to provide a structured and
comprehensive overview of the research on anomaly detection with the artificial data
generation in MATLAB environment. There are various methods to detect the anomaly
according to the signal in the data. Under the assumptions to be considered in this paper:
The Linear sytems provide the super-position principle and most simple case of the signals/
sytems can be accepted as linear time-invariant signals. Deterministic signals can be defined
by analytical functions, Random Signals can be defined by means of the probability
distribution functions using the random variable concept. Any anomally case, which will
occur in the system, can be detected from the signal characteristics.For this purpose, there are
so many mathematical approaches. In this area, several methods can be shown by the
following items :
1.
2.
3.
4.

Statistical Calculations
Spectral Analysis methods like FourierTransform
Time-Frequency analysis like Short-Time Fourier Transform
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In this study, we considered linear, deterministic/Random, non-stationary signal types and
we used short-time fourier transform based on time frequency domain and wavelet analysis
as an anomaly detection techniques. Wavelet methods facilitate to zoom into the details and
draw a comprehensive picture of the time series in different scales. It provides to detect and
isolate the anomalies. The failure or fault detection methods are similar with the anomaly
detection methods, and also, they can be described as a transient case which occurs in very
short time in the signal. For this reason, it can be named as anomally detection in general. For
this purpose, we will produce deterministic signal like pure sinosoidal or any signal with
harmonics.
In terms of the simulation of the anomaly case, we used random signal characteristics and we
produced random number in standard normal distribution. After that changing the statistical
parameters or statistical properties of the randomness, we considered the different random
signal characteristics. Also, in terms of the frequency domain properties, we used the bandpass filters to generate the data in a special frequency band.
In this paper, there are two important aproaches. These are as folows:
1.
2.

Detection of the anomally
Isolation of the transient case.

From this view point, for the detection case, we considered the Fourier Transform based
applications like Short-Time Fourier Transform. In this manner, we tried to find the most
suitable technique for the non-stationary signals. Then the anomaly case was isolated from the
data by the Multi-Resolution Wavelet Analysis (MRWA). In this study we used Wavelet
analysis but a thorough presentation of Fourier analysis is provided as well. Because the
Fourier methods are an alternative for the wavelet methods and although there are different
methods of wavelets, all of them are based on Fourier analysis (Mallat, 1999).
Wavelet Transforms and Multi Resolution Analysis
Wavelets are functions are used to represent data or functions and satisfy certain mathematical
requirements. Thus the Wavelet transform can be used to decompose a signal into different
frequency components and then present each component with a resolution matched to its scale.
In the signal analysis framework, the Wavelet transform of the time varying signal depends on
the scale that is related to frequency and time. Hence, the Wavelets provide a tool for timefrequency localization. The main idea behind wavelets is to analyze according to scale.
Therefore, wavelet algorithms can process data at different scales or resolutions. This concept
of signal analysis is termed Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) and it makes the Wavelets
interesting and useful.
Wavelet Transforms
In 1909, Haar first mentioned about the wavelets which had a compact support means that
itvanishes outside of the finite interval, but Haar wavelets are not continuously differentiable.
Later wavelets are considered with an effective algorithm for numerical image processing by
an earlier discovered function that can vary in scale and can conserve energy when computing
the functional energy (Gabor, 1946). Between 1960 and 1980, mathematicians such as
Grossman and Morlet (1985) defined wavelets in the context of quantum physics. Mallat
(1989) gave a boost to digital signal processing by inventing the pyramidal algorithms, and
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orthonormal wavelet bases. Later Daubechies (1990) used Mallat’s work to construct a set of
wavelet orthonormal basic functions that are the cornerstone of wavelet applications today.
The class of functions that present the wavelet transform are those that are square integrable
on the real time. This class is denoted as L2 ( R )
(1)
The mother wavelet is scaled and translated in the wavelet analysis to generate the set of
functions.
The wavelet function ψ (x) ∈ L2 (R) consists of two parameters which vary continuously, they
are known as dilation (a) and translation (b). A wavelet basic functions  a ,b ( x) is given as

 a ,b ( x ) 

1
a

(

x b
)
a

a , b  R; a  0

(2)

Here, the location of the wavelet in time is measured by the translation parameter, “b”. The
“narrow” wavelet can attain high frequency information, while the more widened wavelet can
attain low frequency information. Hence the parameter “a” differs for different frequencies.
The continuous wavelet transform is defined by


Wa ,b ( f )  f , a,b 



f ( x) a ,b ( x)dx.

(3)



The wavelet coefficients are assigned as the inner product of the function that is transformed
with each basis function. Daubechies (1990) conceived one of the most sophisticated families
of wavelets, named Compactly Supported Orthonormal Wavelets, and are used in Discrete
Wavelet Transform (DWT). The scaling function is used to calculate the ψ in this approach. It
is defined by:
N 1

 ( x)   ck (2 x  k )

(4)

k 0

And its corresponding wavelet ψ (x) is defined by:
N 1

 ( x)   (1)k ck (2 x  k  N  1),

(5)

k 0

Here N corresponds to an even number of wavelet coefficients ck,
k = 0 to N-1. Dilation and
translation of signal function  ( x) provides the discrete representation of a wavelet basis of
L2 ( R ) which is orthonormal compactly supported. If we assume that to dilation parameters “a”
and “b” are assigned only discrete values:
where k , j  ,
a0  1, and b0  0.
a  a0 j , b  kb0 a0 j ,
Than the wavelet function could be written as follows:

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And we have the Discrete-Parameter Wavelet Transform (DPWT) to be:


DPWT ( f )  f , j ,k 

f ( x )a0 j / 2 (a0 j x  kb0 )dx



(7)



In order to make the analysis efficient and accurate, the choice between dilations and
translations is made on the basis of the power of two. The frequency axis is divided into band
by using the power of two for the scale parameter ˝a˝ .
Considering samples at the dyadic values, we have b0  1 and a0  2 , so, the discrete wavelet
transform is


DPWT ( f )  f , j ,k 



f ( x) 2 j /2 (2 j x  k ) dx

(8)



and  j ,k ( x ) is defined as
 j , k ( x )  2  j / 2 (2  j x  k ),

j, k 

(9)

Multi-resolution Analysis (MRA)
An efficient algorithm is introduced in1989 by Mallat which perform the DPWT known as the
Multi-Resolution Analysis(MRW).It is well known in signal processing area as the TwoChannel Sub-Band Coder.The MRA of L2 ( R ) consists of successive approximations of the
space V j of L2 ( R ) .A scaling function  ( x)  V0 exists such that  j , k ( x)  2 j / 2  (2 j x  k );
j, k  Z
(10)
For the scaling function  ( x )  V0  V1 , there is a sequence hk  ,

 ( x)  2 hk (2 x  k )

(11)

k

This equation is known as the two-scale difference equation. Furthermore, let us define W j as


a complementary space of V j in V j 1 , such that V j 1  V j  W j and  W j  L2 ( R ). Since the
j 

 ( x) is a wavelet and it is also an element of V0 , a sequence  gk  exists such that

 ( x)  2 g k (2 x  k )

(12)

k

It is concluded that the multiscale representation of a signal f ( x) may be achieved in
different scales of the frequency domain by means of an orthogonal family of functions
 ( x) .Now, let us see how the function in V j is computed.The projection of the signal
f ( x )  V0 on V j defined by Pv f i ( x ) is given by

Pv f i ( x)   c j ,k j , k ( x)

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Here, c j , k  f ,  j , k ( x )  . Similarly, the projection of the function f ( x) on the subspace W j
is also defined by

Pv f i ( x)   d j ,k j ,k ( x)

(14)

k

where d j,k  f , j ,k ( x )  . Because V j  V j 1  W j 1 , the original function f ( x )  V0 can be
rewritten as
J 1

f ( x)   c j ,k j ,k ( x)   d j ,k j ,k ( x) , J  j0
k

j

(15)

k

The coefficients c j 1,k  2  hi  2 k c j , k

(16)

and
d j , k  2  g j 2 k c j ,k

(17)

i

j

The multiresolution representation is linked to Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters. The
scaling function  and the wavelet  are obtained using the filter theory and consequently the
coefficients are also defined by the last two equations. If at x  t / 2, F  ( x) is considered
and
   
(18)
( x)  H     
2 2
As  (0)  0, H (0)  1, this means that H ( ) is a low-pass filter. According to this result
 (t ) is computed by the low-pass fitler .The mother wavelet  (t ) is computed by defining
the function G ( ) so that
H ( )G * ( )  H (   )G * (   )  0 .Here,
MRA solution.
G ( )   exp(  j ) H * (   ).

and G ( ) are quadrature mirror filters for the

(19)

Substituting H (0)  1 and H ( )  0, it yields G (0)  0 and G ( )  1, respectively. This
means that G ( ) is a high-pass filter.As a result, the MRA is a kind of Two-Channel SubBand Coder used in the high-pass and low-pass filters, from which the original signal can be
reconstructed.
Wavelet Application on a Generated Data
In this paper, the artificial data generation in MATLAB environment is considered and
deterministic signal like pure sinosoidal is generated. Here we covered the Fourier Transform
based applications like Short-Time Fourier Transform and the Wavelet analysis in details.
Randomly chosen 10000 numbers (N=10000) are generated according to standard normal
distribution and we used Matlab for this purpose. Randomly selected numbers are used to
simulate the noisy signal. A sinusoid wavelet was generated as an artificial data that is formed
of the harmonics. The main frequency is 50 Hz, second and third frequencies are assigned
respectively as 100 Hz and 150 Hz. The signal, generation of these three frequency compound,
is expressed as the sum of sinus and a, b, c coefficients. The generated signal in this manner is
(5.1)
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where f1 represents main frequency, f 2 and f 3 are respectively second and third harmonics.
A signal generation with noisy is carried out. The noisy signal, represented with randomly
numbers, is added with a known proportion (g coefficient) to the sinusoid signal that is
generated for this purpose. The sinusoid signal containing noise is represented with random
numbers, with a known proportion (g coefficient).
Fourier Transform is used for the spectral analysis of the generated noisy signal. Fourier
Transform is represented at PSD (Power Spectrum). Here the sampling frequency is selected
to be 1000 Hz (1 kHz). Figure 1 illustrates the changes on the PSD.
Using a Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) the same noisy signal is calculated and
illustrated in a Figure 2. The STFT illustrates the signal compounds on the frequency plane.
The time- frequency plane is illustrated in Figure 2; the frequency plane is a normalized plane
and half of the sampling frequency 500Hz is symbolized by unit value. In Figure 2 frequency
components of the signal 50, 100, 150 Hz are illustrated as spread over time plane.
Power SpectralDensity-PSD
90
80
70

Amplitude

60
50
40
30
20
10
0

0

50

100

150

200
250
300
Frequency [Hz]

350

400

450

500

Figure 1: Spectral Analysis using PSD
1400
10
1200
0
1000

Time

-10
800
-20
600
-30

400

-40

200

0

0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Normalized Frequency ( rad/sample)

1

Figure 2 : Spectral Analysis using STFT
After this process, an anomaly signal is generated at random process and added to the noisy
signal that is generated previously. In the application a Butterworth band pass filter. İs used
and the bandwidth is taken between 200 and 250 Hz.. PSD for filter output is illustrated on
figure 3. As shown on the figures the generated anomaly case contains a random signal with
200-250 Hz. The signal at the output of the filter is the anomaly case between 200-250 Hz, on
the time-frequency plane it is illustrated on figure 4.
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1.5

Amplitude

1

0.5

0

0

50

100

150

200
250
300
Frequency [Hz]

350

400

450

500

Figure 3: PSD for filter output
0
1400

-10
-20

1200

-30
1000

Time

-40
800

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After this step the anomaly case generated by the filtration is added on the previously
generated y signal (sinusoidal waveform) in order to generate another new noisy signal. The
difference between new noisy signal and the previous one is the anomaly case which is
generated by first band pass filter is illustrated on figure 5 and anomaly between 200-250 Hz
could be easily recognized.
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In this paper, a Multi-Resolution Wavelet Analysis is used to detect the anomaly inside of the
signal and then to isolate that transient case from the signal. Here we covered the Wavelet
analysis in details as well as we did for the Fourier analysis. Main reason for covering both of
the methods is that Fourier methods are considered as an alternative for the wavelet methods.
For the detection case, we considered the Fourier Transform based applications like ShortTime Fourier Transform. It is a reperesentation of the signals in the time-frequency domain.
Hence the anomally case is shown in the time-frequency plane. In terms of the isolation of the
anomally case, we consiredered the multi-resolution wavelet analysis (MRWA). In this
method, time-scale reperesentations of the signals are used and scales are presented by the
low-pass filters (LPF) and High-Pass Filters (HPF) sequences. By sub-band analysis the
anomaly case is shown in a special sub-band and it is isolated from the other sub-bands. After
this isolation, the power spectral density (PSD) of the isolated sub-band is calculated and all
frequency domain properties are identified as well as its statistical properties.
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EFFECTS OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL FAT ENRICHMENT IN BROILER
FEED ON CONTENT OF FATTY ACIDS IN WHITE AND RED MEAT
Suzana Jahić , Halid Makić, Mirsad Veladžić
Biotehnical Faculty, University of Bihac, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
e-mail: halid_btf@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT
In order to gain a more complete insight into the effects of vegetable and animal fat
enrichment in broiler feed on content of fatty acids in meat, an experimental research has been
conducted on 240 Cobb 500female broilers, divided into four separate treatments of 60
broilers each. The experiment was conducted in the period of 42 days. During that period, the
first group of broilers was fed with 3% pork fat enriched feed – treatment 1, second group was
fed with 3% soy oil enriched feed – treatment 2, third group with 3% bovine tallow –
treatment 3, and fourth group with 3% sunflower oil – treatment 4. The content of fatty acids
in red and white broiler meat was determined by the gas chromatography method. The content
of saturated fatty acids in the red meat was not of statistical significance (p&gt;0.05), the content
of monounsaturated fatty acids was of statistical significance (p&lt;0.05), while the content of
polyunsaturated fatty acids in the red broiler meat was of high statistical significance (p&lt;0.01)
with reference to the applied feeding treatments. The content of saturated fatty acids in the
white meat was not of statistical significance (p&gt;0.05), while the content of monounsaturated
and polyunsaturated fatty acids in white broiler meat was of high statistical significance
(p&lt;0.01) with reference to the applied feeding treatments. The n-6/n-3 fatty acids ratio in red
broiler meat was determined as follows: treatment 1 - 19.3:1; treatment 2 - 16.0:1; treatment 3
- 20.5:1; treatment 4 - 12.9:1. The n-6/n-3 fatty acids ratio in white broiler meat was:
treatment 1 - 20.3:1, treatment 2 –16.1:1, treatment 3 –17.6:1 and treatment 4 –12.2:1.
Keywords: broiler meat, sunflower oil, vegetable fat, animal fat, fatty acids content

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INTRODUCTION
Birds generally have a high capacity for lipid biosynthesis (Klasing, 1998) including modern
broilers or meat of chickens that have a tendency to accumulation of excess fat. This
accumulation of body fat in broiler chickens, which is also an important source of fats in the
human diet, has a significant impact on human health.
Many studies connected the selection of chickens with the tendency of reduction of
accumulation of triacylglycerol as well as the ability to produce changes in the composition in
triacylglycerol due to a modification in the dietary intake of lipids (Leskanich &amp; Noble, 1997).
The aim of the current studies was to improve the intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids
through diet in order to achieve favorable ratio n-6 fatty acids towards n-3 fatty acids.
Nutritional studies on humans have shown that we can manipulate with composition of body
fats with changing of intakes of the polyunsaturated fatty acids towards saturated fatty acids
in the diet, especially with intakes of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the diet (Field
at al. 1990, Pan at al. 1994, Luo at al. 1996, Couet at al. 1997). The enrichment of chicken
meat with the essential linoleic and linolenic acid is possible when as a food additive
sunflower oil and soya oil are used instead of lard (Božić, 1997).
Mehmet et al. (2005) analyzed the effects of different sources of fats such as soybean oil,
chicken fat, tallow on fatty acid content of abdominal fats and content of fatty acids in white
and red meat in broiler chickens. They found low content of total monounsaturated fatty acids
in the white meat in broilers that they were feeding with supplemented soybean oil. Linoleic
acid C18: 2n-6 was concentrated in the red meat, in the abdominal fat and in the white meat
in broilers that they were feeding with supplemented soybean as well as in the red meat in
broilers that they were feeding with supplemented chicken fat. Crespo &amp; Esteve-Garcia (2001)
used in the nutrition of female broilers addition of beef tallow, olive oil, sunflower oil and
flaxseed oil. Broilers, being were fed with diet adding beef tallow, had high values of
saturated acids, mainly of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid as compared to broilers were fed
with the addition of olive oil, sunflower oil or linseed oil. They found higher levels of
arachidonic acid C20: 4n-6 and of the fatty acids of the n-6 series in broilers that were fed
with the addition of sunflower oil, except in abdominal fat. A higher level of eicosapentaenoic
acid C 20:5 n-3 and docosahexaenoic acid C22: 6 n - 3 were found in the red and white meat
of broiler chickens that were fed with an addition of flaxseed oil, whereas in abdominal fat
these fatty acids were not measurable.
Veladžić et al. (2010) determined a statistically significant difference (p &lt;0.01) for the
cholesterol content in blood plasma between the observed treatments, therewith the higher
cholesterol content was determined for the treatments in which were added animal fats in
relation to treatments in which were added vegetable fats.
Kirshgessner at al. (1993) have found the enhancement contents of crude fat in the white meat
of broilers which received in their nutrition higher percent of linoleic acid. Chickens fed with
low-protein food (18% crude protein) supplemented with the oil enriched with 2% or 4%
conjugated linoleic acid had low triglycerides of liver, a relatively high concentration of
saturated fatty acids and relatively low concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids in lipids
of liver and adipose tissue than chickens fed without the addition of conjugated linoleic acid.
Chickens fed with low-protein food without the addition of conjugated linoleic acid had
higher concentrations of triglycerides in the liver than chickens fed with high-protein food
(23% crude protein) without the addition of conjugated linoleic acid (Aletor et al. 2003).
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The experiment was set up and implemented in the facilities for the production of chicken
meat “Koka – Sana” from Sanski Most. Laboratory samples of chicken meat were performed
at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Bihać.
Day-old Cobb 500 broiler hybrid was placed in four separate boxes (treatments), and there
were 60 broilers in each of them. All chickens were held on the floor in facilities fitted for
broiler breeding. During the experiment, which lasted for 42 days, temperature, humidity and
lighting were regularly controlled. Chicken breeding was split in two periods. From day one
to day 15, chickens were bred with the initial mixture containing approximately 23% of
proteins. From day sixteen to 42, they were bred with the final mixture containing
approximately 20% of proteins, so the final mixtures were isoproteinic and isoenergetic. In
chickens’ nutrition, there was increased content of fats by 3% (treatment I – lard, treatment II
– soybean oil, treatment III – tallow, and treatment IV – sunflower oil). The chickens
consumed food and water ad libitum. Having turned 42 days of life, chickens were marked
with rings, for each treatment separately, and after 12 hours of fasting were killed at
slaughterhouse facilities.
After slaughter and meat packing processing of chicken carcasses, the carcasses are chilled to
a temperature of 0-4 ° C and then frozen at -18 °C until the moment of analysis, and on the
day of analysis thawed to room temperature.
We used six broilers per each treatment for the determination of fatty acids in the red and
white meat. Meat samples were analyzed in the laboratory BiotechLab, Sremska Kamenica,
Serbia. Preparation of fatty acid methyl esters was performedby the method EN ISO550:2007,
and determination of fatty acid methyl esters was performed by gas chromatography method:
JUSISO5508:2002.
The results obtained in the experiment were analyzed by ANOVA test and found differences
were analyzed using Tukey’s test.
Table 1. shows the contents of nutrients in the broilers’ feeding.
Table 1. Contents of the mixtures used for feeding broilers
from 0. to 15.days of their lives and from 16. to 42.days of their lives
Nutrients %

Experimental group
I/lard

Corn
Soybean shot
Sunflower shot
Lard
Soybean oil
Tallow
Sunflower oil
Premix/s-starter,
f- finisher

II/soybean oil

III/tallow

IV/sunflower oil

0-15

15-16

0-15

15-16

0-15

15-16

0-15

15-16

53.5
38.0
1.5
3.0
4.0s

58.5
33.0
1.5
3.0
4.0f

53.5
38.0
1.5
3.0
4.0s

58.5
33.0
1.5
3.0

53.5
38.0
1.5
3.0
4.0s

58.5
33.0
1.5
3.0
4.0f

53.5
38.0
1.5
3.0
4.0s

58.5
33.0
1.5
3.0
4.0f

4.0f

Premix of starter: lysine 2.34 %; methionine 4.17%; methionine + cystine 4.17%; robenidine
825 mg/kg, vitamin A 275000.00 IU/kg; vitamin D3 125000.00 IU /kg; Vitamin E 1250.00
IU/kg; Premix of finisher: methionine 3.36%; methionine + cystine 3.36%; Vitamin A
314600.00 IU/kg; vitamin D3 114400.00 IU /kg; Vitamin E 1430.00 IU/kg

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In the Tables 2. and 3. are shown the contents of fatty acids in the red and in the white meat.
Table 2. Contents of fatty acids in the red meat of broilers
C 14:0

X
SD
CV
C 16:0

X
SD
CV
C 16:1

X
SD
CV
C 18:0

X
SD
CV
C:18n9c

X
SD
CV
C18:2 n6c

X
SD
CV
C18:3n3

X
SD
CV
C20:0

X
SD
CV

Treatment 1
0.75B

Contents of fatty acids (%)
Treatment 2
Treatment 3
0.60D
0.77A

F value
Treatment 4
0.67AC

0.05
0.07
Treatment 1
24.83

0.08
0.14
Treatment 2
23.78

0.02
0.03
Treatment 3
25.92

0.08
0.12
Treatment 4
24.91

0.56
0.02
Treatment 1
6.15

8.94
0.38
Treatment 2
4.23

1.17
0.05
Treatment 3
5.67

0.36
0.01
Treatment 4
4.84

1.73
0.28
Treatment 1
6.42

0.86
0.20
Treatment 2
7.16

0.18
0.03
Treatment 3
6.81

0.35
0.07
Treatment 4
6.78

0.74
0.12
Treatment 1
37.98

0.73
0.10
Treatment 2
34.26

0.02
0.003
Treatment 3
38.47

0.29
0.04
Treatment 4
34.82

0.73
0.02
Treatment 1
22.55AB

0.73
0.02
Treatment 2
28.07D

2.81
0.07
Treatment 3
23.21AC

0.72
0.02
Treatment 4
25.82A

1.36
0.06
Treatment 1
1.17DA

1.70
0.06
Treatment 2
1.75BC

1.13
0.05
Treatment 3
1.21CA

0.99
0.04
Treatment 4
1.99ABD

0.07
0.06
Treatment 1
0.23ADC

0.15
0.08
Treatment 2
0.15DB

0.11
0.09
Treatment 3
0.20B

0.19
0.10
Treatment 4
0.16C

0.02
0.11

0.02
0.13

0.05
0.23

0.04
0.25

17.000**

2.680
NS

2.306
NS

0.971
NS

2.640
NS

11.442**

30.750**

28.571**

Treatment 1-addition of 3% lard; Treatment 2-addition of 3% soybean oil; Treatment 3addition of 3% tallow; Treatment 4-addition of 3% sunflower oil
F – values of Fisher test, X - mean value, SD – standard deviation, CV – coefficient of
variation, NS – Inside examined treatments did not establish significant difference (p&gt;0.05)
** Highly significant difference (p&lt;0.01) between treatments, *significant difference (p&lt;0, 05)
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Table 3. Contents of fatty acids in the white meat of broilers
C 14:0

X
SD
CV
C 16:0

X
SD
CV
C 16:1

X
SD
CV
C 18:0

X
SD
CV
C:18n9c

X
SD
CV
C18:2 n6c

X
SD
CV
C18:3n3

X
SD
CV
C20:0

X
SD
CV

Contents of fatty acids (%)
Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Treatment 3
1.04ADC
0.63DB
0.93B

Treatment 4
0.69C

F value

0.10
0.10
Treatment 1
26.19b

0.04
0.07
Treatment 2
25.34c

0.14
0.15
Treatment 3
28.28ad

0.05
0.07
Treatment 4
24.18d

1.62
0.06
Treatment 1
5.71BA

1.30
0.05
Treatment 2
5.10CA

0.83
0.03
Treatment 3
7.74AD

1.33
0.06
Treatment 4
4.92D

0.72
0.13
Treatment 1
6.80

0.44
0.09
Treatment 2
6.83

0.31
0.04
Treatment 3
5.87

0.49
0.10
Treatment 4
6.92

0.81
0.12
Treatment 1
36.53ad

0.18
0.03
Treatment 2
34.36db

0.27
0.05
Treatment 3
36.11b

0.20
0.03
Treatment 4
35.44c

0.16
0.004
Treatment 1
20.52C

0.51
0.01
Treatment 2
25.98AD

0.47
0.01
Treatment 3
17.13DB

1.03
0.03
Treatment 4
25.58B

2.36
0.11
Treatment 1
1.01CBA

0.38
0.01
Treatment 2
1.61BDA

0.63
0.04
Treatment 3
0.97DA

1.83
0.07
Treatment 4
2.09A

0.06
0.06
Treatment 1
2.53BDC

0.09
0.06
Treatment 2
0.16DA

0.07
0.07
Treatment 3
2.96AC

0.15
0.07
Treatment 4
0.17C

0.52
0.21

0.01
0.06

0.19
0.06

0.04
0.25

19.661**

5.366*

18.280**

3.756
NS

7.482*

21.894**

99.651**

96.145**

Treatment 1-addition of 3% lard; Treatment 2-addition of 3% soybean oil; Treatment 3addition of 3% tallow; Treatment 4-addition of 3% sunflower oil
F – values of Fisher test, X - mean value, SD – standard deviation, CV – coefficient of
variation, NS – Inside examined treatments did not establish significant difference (p&gt;0.05)
** Highly significant difference (p&lt;0.01) between treatments, *significant difference (p&lt;0, 05)
between treatments
The content of saturated fatty acids in the red meat was not of statistical significance (p&gt;0.05),
the content of monounsaturated fatty acids was of statistical significance (p&lt;0.05), while the
content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the red broiler meat was of high statistical
significance (p&lt;0.01) with reference to the applied feeding treatments. The content of
saturated fatty acids in the white meat was not of statistical significance (p&gt;0.05), while the
content of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in white broiler meat was of high
statistical significance (p&lt;0.01) with reference to the applied feeding treatments. The n-6/n-3
fatty acids ratio in red broiler meat was determined as follows: treatment 1 - 19.3:1; treatment
2 - 16.0:1; treatment 3 - 20.5:1; treatment 4 - 12.9:1. The n-6/n-3 fatty acids ratio in white
broiler meat was: treatment 1 - 20.3:1, treatment 2 –16.1:1, treatment 3 –17.6:1 and treatment
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4 –12.2:1. Mehmet et al. (2005) added to broilers feeding 6% fats in the period from 21.to
41.days of their lives. They found the levels of 42.14%, 29.66%, 24.15%, saturated,
monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids respectively in the red meat of chickens
feeding with addition of soybean oil and the levels of 48.02%, 24.61%, 22.11% saturated,
monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids respectively in the red meat chickens
feeding with the addition of beef tallow. In the white meat of broilers feeding with addition of
soybean oil, they found 43.58%, 20.03%, 30.58%, saturated, monounsaturated and
polyunsaturated fatty acids respectively and in the white meat of chickens feeding with
addition of beef tallow 48.02%, 24.61%, 30.58% saturated, monounsaturated and
polyunsaturated fatty acids respectively. Popescu and Criste (2003) used addition of soybean
oil in broiler’s feeding and found the content of fatty acids in the red meat of broiler’s at the
end of the fattening period: 26.29% saturated fatty acids, 73.41% monounsaturated and
polyunsaturated fatty acids.

CONCLUSION
The dietary treatments used in feeding broilers can significantly affect the amount of fatty
acids in the red and white meat of broilers. The highest contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids
in the red broiler meat were achieved with the addition of soybean oil in the mixture of food.
The highest contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the white broiler meat was achieved
with the addition of sunflower oil in the mixture of food and it was shown that the addition of
soybean oil and sunflower oil affects the increasing of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the meat
of broilers.Therefore the recommendation would be that in the nutrition of broilers vegetable
supplements should be used, especially sunflower oil, because it considerable reduces the
ratio n-6 fatty acids towards n-3 fatty acids in the meat and thus it has more favorable effect
on the human body.

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