Special Issue on Power and Energy 2008, Annual Conference of Power and Energy Society
On the Special Issue of Annual Conference of Power and Energy Society, IEE of Japan

..............I. Kurihara 1

Meritorious Service Award in IEEJ Power and Energy Society, 2008

.............. 2

IEEJ Power and Energy Society the Outstanding Paper Award

.............. 3

Conference Report: Power and Energy Society Annual Conference

..............N. Yorino & H. Mori 4

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (14) The Development of the World's First 500 kV Overhead Transmission Line with Extra Large 6-conductor Bundle

..............I. Ogi & M. Miyazaki 11

Development of Waveform Reconstruction Method with Current Transformer Saturation

..............S. Urano, T. Yamada, Y.Ooura, Y. Xu, Y. Yamaguchi,
S. Fujiuchi, & T. Makimura 15

A Study of Demand Response Effect of Thermal Storage Air-Conditioning Systems in Consideration of Electricity Market Prices

..............Y. Omagari, H. Sugihara, & K. Tsuji 23

Application of Improved Genetic Algorithm to Service Restoration Problem for Distribution Systems

..............I. Michibata & H. Aoki 32

A New Evaluation Method of Available Transfer Capability of Tie Lines between Control Areas Considering Power Supply Reliability Margins

..............K. Sekita & A. Yokoyama 41

Blade Pitch Angle Control and its Capacity Reduction Effect on Battery for Load Frequency Control in Power System with a Large Capacity of Wind Power Generation

..............Y. Nishizaki, H. Irie, A. Yokoyama, & Y. Tada 50

A Verification Test Result of Isolated Operation of a Microgrid Configured with New Energy Generators and a Study of Improvement of Voltage Control

..............J. Sumita, K. Nishioka, Y. Noro, Y. Ito, M. Yabuki, & N. Kawakami 57

Improved Evolutionary Programming with Various Crossover Techniques for Optimal Power Flow Problem

..............K. Tangpatiphan & A. Yokoyama 67

Method for Improving Imbalance of Voltage on Distribution System by Using Static Capacitors

..............H. Kobayashi, S. Yamada, M. Aoki, & H. Ukai 75

Evaluation of the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Considering Learning Curve on Battery and Power Generation Best Mix

..............Y. Shinoda, H. Tanaka, A. Akisawa, & T. Kashiwagi 84

Influence of Quadrature-Axis Reactance of Large Turbine Generator on Operation

..............D. Hiramatsu, Y. Uemura, S. Uemoto, J. Okumoto, T.Imai,
M. Kakiuchi, K. Nagakura, M. Fujita, & T. Otaka 93

Evaluation Method of Allowable Capacity of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources in a Microgrid with Tie-line Power Control

..............Y. Sasaki, S. Bando, H. Asano, & S. Tagami 102

Forecasting Method of Recession Time Constant of River Flow Rate into a Dam after Rainfall

..............F. Yamada, N. Yamamoto, S. Sugimoto, Y. Hibino, H. Nakano,
K. Mizuno, K. Yukita, Y. Goto, & K. Ichiyanagi 111

Modeling of Voltage Hysteresis and Relaxation for HEV NiMH Battery

..............Y. Ota & Y. Hashimoto 118

An Investigation of Method to Reduce Harmonic Components in Large-Scale Inverter

..............T. Harimoto, H. Hayashi, & K. Murata 125

Control Performance Verification of Power System Stabilizer with an EDLC in Islanded Microgrid

..............T. Tanabe, S. Suzuki, Y. Ueda, T. Ito, S. Numata,
E. Shimoda, T. Funabashi, & R. Yokoyama 139

Development of Multi-Functional Voltage Restore System

..............S. Suzuki, Y. Ueda, T. Koganezawa, Y. Ogihara, K. Mori, & N. Fukazu 149

Evaluation of Lightning Fault Rate of Transmission Line on the Coastal Area of the Sea of Japan in Winter

..............M. Saito, M. Ishii, F. Fujii, M. Matsui, H. Kawamura, & N. Itamoto 157

A Study of Hybrid Insulation Composition Joint using Gas and Solid Insulator for Gas Insulated Power Equipment

..............H. Shinkai, H. Goshima, & M. Yashima 165

A Study of Condition Assessment Method of Gas-insulated Switchgear (Part II) -Influence of Moisture in the SF6, Detection of a Partial Discharge on a Spacer, Repetition Discharge and Overheating by Incomplete Contact-

..............H. Shinkai, H. Goshima, & M. Yashima 174

Introducing of a Phase-advanced Rectifier Circuit for Reduction of Distribution System Reactive Power

..............T. Aizawa 183

Study on Measure to the Reduction of the Surge Voltage on Low Voltage Circuit in Substation

..............M. Yoshida & T. Ueda 191

An Improvement of a Thin Wire Representation for FDTD Electromagnetic and Surge Calculations

..............Y. Taniguchi, Y. Baba, N. Nagaoka, & A. Ametani 198

Evaluation of Amorphous Transformer by Optimum Capacity Selection based on the Load Curve Pattern of Customers

..............M. Takagi, H. Yamamoto, & K. Yamaji 205

Affection of Sensor Information Accuracy for Condition Based Strategy of GIS/GCB Maintenance

..............M. Kamei & O. Takai 215

Influence of Various Compounds on Electrostatic Charging Tendency in Insulating Oil

..............S. Okabe, M. Kotoh, M. Tsuchie, & T. Amimoto 222

Mechanism of Increase of Electrostatic Charging Tendency in Insulating Oil for Oil-immersed Transformer

..............S. Okabe, M. Kotoh, M. Tsuchie, & T. Amimoto 229

Study on Micro Wind Generator System for Automobile

..............K. Fujimoto, S. Washizu, T. Ichikawa, K. Yukita,
Y. Goto, K. Ichiyanagi, T. Oshima, N. Hayashi, & N. Tobi 235

Activitivities of Japanese EMTP Committee (JEC) and EMTP Development Coordination Group Project (EMTP-DCG Project) -Advanced Technologies for Electric Power System Analysis-

..............N. Nagaoka, H. Motoyama, & T. Funabashi 249

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (15)
Great Advances in Power System Stabilizing Technology triggered by the Wide-area Outage

..............M. Egawa 253

Improved Reconfiguration Algorithm by using an Initial Operating Point in Distribution Power System

..............G.-S. Seo & Y.-S. Baek 257

Market Split based Congestion Management for Networks with Loops

..............M. Marmiroli, M. Tanimoto, Y. Tsukamoto, & R. Yokoyama 265

Construction of Simulation Model for OTEC Plant Using Uehara Cycle

..............S. Goto, Y. Motoshima, T. Sugi, T. Yasunaga, Y. Ikegami, & M. Nakamura 272

Investigation of Direct Load Management Scheme While Considering End Users Comfort

..............J. Kondoh, A. Shafiu, N. Jenkins, D. Pudjianto, & G. Strbac 283

Statistical Analyses of Power Quality Mainly on Voltage Distortion

..............K. Yukihira 291

Resistor Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter: Optimum Shunt Resistance Determination to Enhance Power System Transient Stability

..............H. Hooshyar, H. Heydari, M. Savaghebi, & R. Sharifi 299

Breakage of Curved Copper Wires Caused by High Impulse Current of Lightning

..............X. Hu, T. Inaba, & J. Kindersberger 309

Influence of Wind Turbulence on Yaw-control Gears in Wind Turbine

..............K. Suzuki, N. Hoshino, N. Inomata, H. Kimura, & T. Fujiwara 315

Determination Method for Loss Minimum Configuration Considering Reconnection of Distributed Generators

..............H. Takano, T. Tomida, Y. Hayashi, & J. Matsuki 324

Lightning Striking Characteristics to Wind Turbine Blades -Experimental Study of Effects of the Receptor Configuration and Other Parameters-

..............T. Shindo, A. Asakawa, & M. Miki 331

Breakdown Characteristics of Gas Insulated Switchgears for Non-standard Lightning Impulse Waveforms under Non-uniform Electric Field

..............G. Ueta, S. Kaneko, & S. Okabe 340

Effects of Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse on a Nearby Overhead Horizontal Conductor

..............Md. O. Goni, A. Ametani, & E. Kaneko 347

Development of 72/84 kV Dry Air Insulated Dead Tank Type VCB

..............H. Saito, K. Nagatake, H. Komatsu, Y. Takeshita,
Y. Matsui, K. Katsumata, & M. Sakaki 353

Behavior of Boundary Layer in Supersonic Flow with Applied Lorentz Force

..............K. Udagawa, S. Saito, K. Kawaguchi, S. Tomioka, & H. Yamasaki 361

Development of SF6 Gas Insulated Disconnecting Switch with Spiral Electrodes using Motor Operating Mechanism

..............T. Kato, T. Rokunohe, Y. Yamane, & N. Yamamoto 369

Long-term CO2 Reduction Potential by Promoting Electric Technologies

..............K. Nishio 389

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (16)Damage and restoration by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

..............Y. Aoshima 393

Final Results of IEEJ Essay Writing Contest for High School Students, 2008 Reviews of Contest

..............Y. Haraguchi 397

The Grand Prize

..............K. Takeuchi 398

The Prize for Exellence

..............T. Imai 400

The Prize for Exellence

..............Y. Tada 403

Power System Transient Stability Simulation Based on OOP and TEF

..............J.-H. Park & Y.-S. Baek 405

Optimal Design of Wind-PV-Diesel-Battery System using Genetic Algorithm

..............H. Suryoatmojo, T. Hiyama, A. A. Elbaset, & M. Ashari 413

Several Modeling Methods for Representation of AC Magnetic Properties of Electrical Steel Sheets Taking Account of Skin Effect

..............T. Nagano, T. Matsuo, & M. Shimasaki 421

Distribution Line Protection Relaying Scheme Based on Complex Number Operation

..............K. Tsuji 428

Cascade Control Theory for Prevention of a Large-Scale Blackout

..............K. Tsuji 437

AC Phase Controlled Testing Apparatus Superimposed with Double Pulses and its Application

..............M. Kando & T. Inaba 447

Thermal Degradation Characteristics of Oil Filled Cable Joint with Extremely Degraded tan Oil

..............K. Ide, M. Nakade, T. Takahashi, & T. Nakajima 453

Plasma-Quenching Efficiency of Ablated Vapor of Polymer Containing Nitrogen Atoms using Inductively Coupled Thermal Plasma Technique

..............T. Sakuyama, Y. Tanaka, Y. Uesugi, S. Kaneko, & S. Okabe 461

On Theoretical Formulae for the Characteristic Impedance of a Vertical Conductor

..............Y. Baba 469

Trend and Future View of Voltage Control for Distribution Systems with Distributed Generators

..............Y. Hayashi 491

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (17) Development of EMS/SCADA in TEPCO

..............M. Suzuki 495

Isolated Operation at Hachinohe Micro-Grid Project

..............T. Takano, Y. Kojima, K. Temma, & M. Simomura 499

A Study of Centralized Voltage Profile Control of Distribution Network considering Dynamics of Distributed Generator

..............T. Tsuji, K. Tomura, T. Oyama, T. Hashiguchi,
T. Goda, S. Tange, & T. Nomura 507

Identification of Trouble of Transformer by Frequency Response Analysis

..............S. Miyazaki, Y. Mizutani, H. Suzuki, & M. Ichikawa 517

Proposal of Evaluation Test Method for Withstand Performance under Residual DC Charge at GIS Insulator

..............S. Kaneko, S. Okabe, S. Tsukao, T. Kobayashi,
K. Nojima, M. Takei, & T. Miyamoto 526

Quantitative Evaluation Method of Each Generation Margin for Power System Planning

..............S. Su & K. Tanaka 533

A Method for Determining Pseudo-measurement State Values for Topology Observability of State Estimation in Power Systems

..............S. Urano & H. Mori 541

A Study of Current Chopping Characteristics in Metal-Carbide Composite Contact Materials

..............A. Yamamoto, T. Kusano, T. Okutomi, K. Yokokura, & M. Homma 548

Numerical Simulation on Power Generation Characteristics of Disk MHD Generator with High-Temperature Inert Gas Plasma

..............T. Sakai, M. Matsumoto, T. Murakami, & Y. Okuno 553

Preface to Special Issue on Wind Power Generation

..............R. Yokoyama 567

Recent Development of Countermeasures against Impacts of Wind Power on Electricity Grid

..............T. Nanahara 568

Lightning Protection of Wind Turbine Generation System

..............S. Yokoyama & S. Sekioka 572

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (18)
Islanding Operation of the First Japanese-Made Nuclear Power Plant

..............Y. Shibata 576

Smoothing Control of Wind Farm Output by Using Kinetic Energy of Variable Speed Wind Power Generators

..............D. Sato & H. Saitoh 580

Application of Recurrent Neural Network to 3-Hours-Ahead Generating Power Forecasting for Wind Power Generators

..............A. Yona, T. Senjyu, N. Urasaki, & T. Funabashi 591

Any-Place Forecasting Method of Nationwide Time-Series Wind Speed Using Classified Forecast Models based on Wind Conditions

..............S. Oke, S. Higashiyama, Y. Suda, & H. Takikawa 598

A Control Method of Charging Level for Battery Energy Storage System for Smoothing Output Fluctuation of Wind Power Generation -Development of State-of-Charge Feedback Control-

..............K. Yoshimoto, T. Nanahara, & G. Koshimizu 605

Simple Wind Power Prediction System Using Self-Tuning Fuzzy Reasoning and Error Persistent Model

..............N. Fujimura, T. Yasuno, R. Yakushiji, K. Takigawa, & K. Kawasaki 614

Evaluation of Risk of Lightning Hits on Tall Structures in Japan

..............M. Ishii, F. Fujii, M. Saito, & M. Matsui 621

A Study of Transient Magnetic Fields in a Nacelle of a Wind Turbine Generator System due to Lightning

..............K. Yamamoto, T. Chikara, & A. Ametani 628

A New Smooth Scheme for Power Fluctuations using Inverter of Wind Power Generation with Doubly Fed Induction Generator

..............T. Kai & A. Tanaka 637

Capacity Requirement for Battery Installed at a Wind Farm -Evaluation of Energy Capacity Required for Scheduled Output Operation-

..............T. Nanahara 645

Coordinate Control of Wind Turbine and Battery in Wind Turbine Generator System

..............T. Senjyu, Y. Kikunaga, M. Tokudome, A. Uehara, A. Yona, & T. Funabashi 653

A Study on the Wind Power Generation Fluctuation of Multiple Sites

..............Y. Yamagishi, T. Ueda, N. Kanao, & S. Komami 661

Energy Absorption of Distribution Line Arresters due to Lightning Back Flow Current and Ground Potential Rise for Lightning Hit to Wind Turbine Generator System

..............H. Okamoto, S. Sekioka, Y. Ebinuma, K. Yamamoto,
Y. Yasuda, T. Funabashi, & S. Yokoyama 668

A Study on Effective Length of Long Grounding Conductor in Windfarm

..............S. Sekioka & T. Funabashi 675

A Theoretical Analysis of the Electric Power Storage Capacity under Changing Renewable Energy Supplies and Power Demands

..............T. Oda, T. Miyazaki, M. Ito, & T. Kashiwagi 682

Experiments of Wind Turbine Blades with Rocket Triggered Lightning

..............M. Minowa, S. Sumi, M. Minami, & K. Horii 689

Study on Battery Capacity for Grid-connection Power Planning with Forecasts in Clustered Photovoltaic Systems

..............T. Shimada, N. Kawasaki, Y. Ueda, H. Sugihara, & K. Kurokawa 696

Improvement of Coherency-based Power System Reduction Method

..............K. Tanaka, K. Suzuki, & H. Yamagiwa 705

Construction Method of Equivalent Systems for Bulk Power System

..............S. Minami, S. Morii, S. Lian, & S. Kawamoto 715

Power Systems in Spacecraft

..............K. Ogimoto, T. Naemura, T. Mineyama, & D. Fukuyama 725

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (19)
Development and Installation of World's Largest Capacity DC 500 kV Submarine Cable

..............T. Miyazaki 729

Determination Method for Optimal Installation of Active Filters in Distribution Network with Distributed Generation

..............S. Kawasaki, Y. Hayashi, J. Matsuki, H. Kikuya, & M. Hojo 733

A Study of Economical Incentives for Voltage Profile Control Method in Future Distribution Network

..............T. Tsuji, N. Sato, T. Hashiguchi, T. Goda, S. Tange, & T. Nomura 745

Robust Voltage Stabilization in an Isolated Wind-Diesel Power System using PSO based-Fixed Structure H�‡ Loop Shaping Control

..............S. Vachirasricirikul, I. Ngamroo, & S. Kaitwanidvilai 756

Optimal Operation of Cogeneration Systems by Stochastic Programming

..............Y. Tanaka & M. Fukushima 765

A Method for Avoiding Numerical Instability in FDTD-based Surge Simulations and its Application to Representation of Thin Wires

..............A. Tatematsu & T. Noda 776

ANN based Real-Time Estimation of Power Generation of Different PV Module Types

..............Syafaruddin, E. Karatepe, & T. Hiyama 783

Improvement of Convergence Characteristic in Nonlinear Transient Eddy-Current Analyses using the Error Correction of Time Integration based on the Time- Periodic FEM and the EEC Method

..............Y. Takahashi, T. Tokumasu, M. Fujita, S. Wakao, T. Iwashita, & M. Kanazawa 791

Performance Analysis of Intermediate-Temperature Disk Type Seal-less Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using Pure Hydrogen as Fuel

..............T. Tanaka, Y. Inui, N. Chitose, T. Miyazawa, & T. Akbay 799

Relationship between Oscillating Impulse Waveform and the Base-Curve under Lightning Impulse Test

..............S. Matsumoto, N. Nishimura, K. Kasajima, & T. Kawamura 809

Effect of Lightning Protection Devices for Distribution Lines based on a Field Research

..............T. Miyazaki, Y. Sakamoto, S. Okabe, K. Mori, J. Yoshinaga, & J. Motohashi 815

Experimental Study on Fast Ionization Wave in Supersonic Flow

..............K. Udagawa, K. Matsushima, S. Tomioka, & H. Yamasaki 823

Numerical Studies on Behavior of Lorentz-Force-Applied Boundary Layer in Supersonic Flow

..............K. Udagawa, S. Tomioka, & H. Yamasaki 831

R & D on Offshore Wind Power Generation System in Japan

..............K. Oishi & Y. Fukumoto 851

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (20)
Development of Self-commutated Static Var Compensator (STATCOM) and its Practical Application

..............M. Takeda 855

Voltage Reactive Power Control Considering Time Lag of Voltage Control Device

..............Y. Shigemori, A. Ishigame, O. Yatsubo, & T. Kawaguchi 859

A Study on Voltage Compensation Method using Autonomous Decentralized Control of Distributed Generators

..............S. Tanaka & H. Suzuki 869

Smoothing Control of Wind Generator Output Fluctuations by New Pitch Controller

..............T. Yamazaki, R. Takahashi, T. Murata, J. Tamura,
T. Fukushima, E. Sasano, K. Shinya, & T. Matsumoto 880

Evaluation of Mean Life of Power Equipment based on 3-parameter Weibull Distribution

..............Y. Zhou, M. Kato, N. Saitou, & R. Yokoyama 889

Basic Studies on Chaotic Characteristics of Electric Power Market Price

..............Y. Takeuchi, H. Miyauchi, & T. Kita 897

An Experimental Study of a Simulation Method for Calculating a Lightning Outage Rate of Distribution Lines

..............T. Miyazaki, Y. Sakamoto, S. Okabe, K. Mori, J. Yoshinaga, & J. Motohashi 905

A Study on EMTP-Analysis Model for Switch-Board SPD with Gap and Propagation Characteristics of Lightning Surge on Simple Indoor Distribution Line

..............Y. Sakamoto, T. Miyazaki, & S. Okabe 914

Simulation Method of Column Behavior on Long Gap Free Arc in Air

..............S. Tanaka & T. Matsumura 921

Location of Negative Charge Associated with Continuing Current of Upward Lightning Flash in Winter

..............M. Saito, M. Ishii, H. Kawamura, & T. Shindo 929

Simulation of SLF Interrupting Performance for SF6 Gas Circuit Breaker based on Serially Connected 3 Arc Models

..............T. Koshizuka, T. Shinkai, K. Udagawa, & H. Kawano 935

Stability of Step-Response Parameters of Standard Impulse Voltage Divider for Lightning Impulse

..............S. Miyazaki, H. Goshima, H. Shinkai, M. Yashima, T. Wakimoto, & M. Ishii 941

Application of the 3D TLM Method to Analyzing Lightning Electromagnetic Fields and Surges

..............T. Matsuda, Y. Baba, N. Nagaoka, & A. Ametani 948

Characteristics of Palm Fatty Acid Ester (PFAE), a New Vegetable Based Insulating Oil for Transformers

..............T. Suzuki, T. Kanoh, H. Koide, & T. Hikosaka 975

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (21)
Why is the EMTP Developed ?

..............A. Ametani 980

Power Distribution System Planning with GIS Consideration

..............S. Wattanasophon & B. Eua-arporn 984

A Method of Tracing an Operating Point on a Power Angle Curve Using a State Diagram for the Prediction of Loss of Synchronism

..............M. Sato 991

Economic and Reliability Evaluation of Wind-Diesel-Battery System for Isolated Island Considering CO2 Emission

..............H. Suryoatmojo, A. A. Elbaset, & T. Hiyama 1000

The Surplus-Electric-Power Trade of the Cogeneration by PPS -Modeling of Electric Power Dealings, and Analysis of Profits Distribution-

..............T. Oda, A. Akisawa, T. Miyazaki, & T. Kashiwagi 1009

Large-scale Parallel Analysis of 3D Non-linear Magnetostatic Problems Using the A-p Method in the Subdomain Problem

..............H. Kanayama, M. Ogino, S. Sugimoto, & J. Zhao 1018

Capacity Decline and Characteristics Changes of Lithium-ion Cells with Large Capacity during Trickle Charge at High Temperature

..............T. Matsushima 1025

Aspect of Home Electric Appliances Damages due to Lightning and Future Problem

..............T. Hosokawa, S. Yokoyama, & M. Soeda 1033

Multi-agent based Distributed Reactive Power Control Method

..............T. Nagata, D. Kunisa, H. Saiki, & R. Hatano 1039

Electromagnetic Analysis of Ring Earth Electrode for Wind Turbine

..............T. Fujii, Y. Yasuda, & T. Ueda 1047

Preface to Special Issues on Operation and Control Technologies of Distributed Generation

.............. H. Asano 1065

Distributed Generations and Demand and Supply Control Technologies

..............T. Tsuji, R. Hara, & T. Oyama 1066

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (22)
Challenge to Development of Expert System stored Knowledge of Expert Power Network Operators

..............H. Sakaguchi 1070

A Frequency Control Approach by Decentralized Controllable Loads in Small Power Systems

..............T. Senjyu, M. Tokudome, A. Yona, & T. Funabashi 1074

A Fuzzy Based Coordinated Control Method for Isolated Power Utility Connected Multiple PV Systems to Reduce Frequency Deviations

..............M. Datta, T. Senjyu, A. Yona, & T. Funabashi 1081

A Study of Forecasting Precision Enhancement of Short-term Wind Power Generation by use of NN Method

..............S. Kakuta & G. Wu 1091

A Voltage Stability Contingency Ranking Method Including Unstable Contingencies

..............S. Su & K. Tanaka 1098

Effects on CO2 Reduction Potential of the Accelerated Introduction of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in the Market

..............Y. Shinoda, K. Yabe, H. Tanaka, A. Akisawa, & T. Kashiwagi 1107

Analysis of Power Quality Based on Real Data and Quality Improvement at Campus Distribution System

..............S. Kawasaki, J. Matsuki, Y. Hayashi, & A. Ito 1115

Judgement of Replacement Time using Insulation Tests of Aged Gas-Insulated Power Apparatus -Estimation of Cumulative Insulation Fault Probability under Different Levels of Voltage Application-

..............H. Goshima, M. Yashima, T. Shindo, & T. Takuma 1123

Influence of Gap Length between Electrodes and Size of a Closed Chamber on Internal Pressure-rise due to Arc

..............S. Tanaka, T. Tadokoro, T. Miyagi, T. Ohtaka, M. Iwata, & T. Amakawa 1131

Technical Note

Review of Electromagnetic Models of the Lightning Return Stroke

..............Y. Baba 1139

Parallel Power System Simulation on a Multi-Core PC Cluster

..............H. Taoka & Y. Fujita 1152

Low-Concentration Linear-Array Photovoltaic System with Two-axis Sun Tracking

..............S. Oke, N. Ichikawa, H. Takikawa, T. Sakakibara, & K. Araki 1154

Sixth International Workshop on High Voltage Engineering (IWHV 2008)

..............A. Ametani 1161

Field of High Voltage Engineering at Graz University of Technology

..............S. Pack 1162

Recent Developments in High Voltage Research in the United Kingdom

..............A. M. Haddad 1166

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (23)
Completion of Installation of 500 kV Cable along the Large-scale Bridges

..............Y. Maekawa 1170

Investigation of Transformer Model for TRV Calculation by EMTP

..............M. M. Thein, H. Ikeda, K. Harada, S. Ohtsuka,
M. Hikita, E. Haginomori, & T. Koshiduka 1174

FDTD Electromagnetic Analysis of a Wind Turbine Generator Tower Struck by Lightning

..............M. Nagao, N. Nagaoka, Y. Baba, & A. Ametani 1181

Thermodynamic Properties at High Temperatures and Particles Present After Arc Extinction in CO2-CF3I Mixture

..............Y. Yokomizu, R. Ochiai, & T. Matsumura 1187

Zinc Oxide Surge Arresters and HVDC 125 kV- upgrade 500 kV Converter Stations-Power Technology of Japan through the Experience of Developments and Applications of Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arresters-

..............S. Shirakawa, T. Kobayashi, Y. Matsushita,
T. Sakai, H. Suzuki, & Y. Ozaki 1194

Outage Rates of Power Distribution Lines due to Summer and Winter Lightning in Chugoku Region

..............A. Takahashi, A. Asakawa, S. Yokoyama, S. Marumoto, K. Yamamoto, & S. Nakamoto 1201

Experimental Study on Short Circuit Phenomena in Air Switch of Distribution Line due to Sparkover between Different Poles on Which One Surge Arrester of the Three Ones is Omitted

..............T. Sato, S. Uemura, A. Asakawa, S. Yokoyama, H. Honda, & K. Horikoshi 1207

Mechanism of Hydrophobicity Loss of Silicone Rubber in Dynamic Drop Test

..............T. Matsumoto, T. Kurasawa, & K. Hasegawa 1213

Lightning Risk on Wind Turbine Generator Systems

..............T. Shindo & T. Suda 1219

A Simulation Study of Lightning Surge Characteristics of a Distribution Line Using the FDTD Method

..............S. Matsuura, A. Tatematsu, T. Noda, & S. Yokoyama 1225

Evaluation of Characteristics of Lightning Faults on 275 kV Transmission Lines

..............H. Kawamura, N. Itamoto, K. Shinjo, & M. Ishii 1233

Humidity Influence on Corona Discharge Characteristics on Polymer Insulators under Polluted Conditions

..............T. Banno, I. Umeda, T. Kondo, K. Tanaka, & Y. Suzuki 1240

A Study on Induced Voltages on an Aerial Wire due to a Current Flowing through a Grounding Grid

..............A. Tatematsu, K. Yamazaki, K. Miyajima, & H. Motoyama 1245

A Novel Residential Distributed-Generating System with Solar Cells and Fuel Cells and its Cost Estimation

..............Y. Arakane, H. Noguchi, M. Yamamoto, & S. Funabiki 1252

A Study on Hydrogen Generation Reactor Using NaBH4 and Load Following Ability for Fuel Cell Application

..............D. Park & M. Ishida 1259

Next Day Price Forecasting in Deregulated Market by Combination of Artificial Neural Network and ARIMA Time Series Models

..............P. Areekul, T. Senjyu, N. Urasaki, & A. Yona 1267

Voltage Reactive Power Control with Multi Objective Particle Swarm Optimization

..............K. Sugimoto, A. Ishigame, & K. Yasuda 1275

Preface
Preface to Special Issue on Recent Technology of Superconducting in the Fields of Electric Power, Energy and Environment

..............T. Hamajima 1281

Current Status of High Temperature Superconducting Cable Demonstration Project

..............T. Masuda & S. Honjo 1282

Innovation on Energy Power Technology (24)
Development of Composite Fiber-Optic Ground Wire

..............T. Hanada & K. Tamura 1286

Analyzing Small Signal Stability of Power System based on Online Data by Use of SMES

..............H. Ishikawa, Y. Shirai, T. Nitta, & K. Shibata 1290

Fundamental Design based on Current Distribution in Coaxial Multi-Layer Cable-in-Conduit Conductor

..............T. Hamajima, M. Tsuda, T. Yagai, K. Takahata, & S. Imagawa 1299

Study of Structure of Co-axial Multi-layered HTS Power Cable based on Low AC Loss using Efficient 3-D FEM Analysis

..............N. Takata, D. Miyagi, N. Takahashi, & S. Torii 1305

Demonstration Model Development of the Force-Balanced Coil for SMES

..............S. Nomura, K. Kasuya, N. Tanaka, K. Tsuboi, H. Tsutsui,
R. Shimada, A. Ninomiya, & T. Ishigohka 1311

Large Capacity SMES for Voltage Dip Compensation

..............Y. Iwatani, F. Saito, T. Ito, M. Shimada, S. Ishida, & Y. Shimanuki 1319

Coil Development using YBCO Tape Coated Conductor for Power Applications

..............K. Shikimachi, N. Kashima, T. Watanabe, S. Nagaya, M. Yagi,
S. Mukoyama, T. Izumi, K. Nakao, & Y. Shiohara 1326

An Experimental Study on Voltage Compensation Method using Autonomous Decentralized Control of Distributed Generators

..............S. Tanaka & H. Suzuki 1333

Load Frequency Control Method by Charge Control for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles with LFC Signal

..............M. Takagi, H. Yamamoto, K. Yamaji, K. Okano, R. Hiwatari, & T. Ikeya 1342

Development of Power Supply System with Distributed Generators using Parallel Processing Method

..............K. Hirose, T. Takeda, Y. Okui, K. Yukita, Y. Goto,
K. Ichiyanagi, & T. Matsumura 1349

A Study on the Optimal Generation Mix Based on Portfolio Theory with Considering the Basic Condition for Power Supply

..............M. Kato & Y. Zhou 1357

The Application of Parameter Space Design Method for Generator Excitation Control

..............H. Iki, S. Yoshimura, & Y. Uriu 1365

Synchronized Injection Method of Distributed Inter-Harmonic Currents and its Application to Detection of Islanding Operation under Clustering Installation of Distributed Generators

..............S. Nishimura, Y. Hada, M. Orui, F. Yamamoto,
H. Kobayashi, & T. Matsumura 1373

Yearly Change in Residual Life of a Power Equipment Group and its Maintenance Management

..............J. Toyoda, K. Sakamoto, & T. Chida 1383

Optimization of Electric Power Leveling Systems by a Novel Hybrid Algorithm with Simulated Evolution and Genetic Algorithms

..............J. Itoh, M. Yamamoto, & S. Funabiki 1390

Development of a New Environment-conscious Transformer Impregnated with Palm Fatty Acid Ester (PFAE)

..............T. Hikosaka, A. Yamazaki, Y. Hatta, H. Koide,
T. Kanoh, T. Suzuki, J. Yamada, & S. Uemura 1397

Voltage Control of a Self-Excited Induction Generator using a Variable Reactor

..............F. Yamamitsu & T. Sonoda 1403

Mapping Based Technique for Distance Relays Setting in Presence of IPFC

..............I. Ahmadi, A. Y. Varjani, & M. Khederzadeh 1411

Concept and Features of Arrester Operating Duty Test in the Japanese Standard

..............S. Ishibe, Y. Ishizaki, H. Watanabe, M. Kobayashi,
S. Shirakawa, S. Yuasa, & S. Nishimura 1419

On the Special Issue of Annual Conference of Power and Energy Society, IEE of Japan

..............I. Kurihara 1433

Conference Report: 20th Power and Energy Society Annual Conference

..............S. Matsumoto & T. Takao 1434

Development of a Surge Type Fault Locator using the Hybrid Detection Type Fault Recorder

..............S. Urano, T. Yamada, Y. Ooura, Y. Xu, T. Makimura, & Y. Yamaguchi 1441

Participation Weight Estimation in Power Oscillation Mode based on Synchronized Phasor Measurements and Auto-spectrum Analysis

..............C. Li, M. Watanabe, Y. Mitani, & B. Monchusi 1449

Minimization of Interrupted Power by Optimal Power Flow Control with Multiple UPFCs

..............K. Kawabe & A. Yokoyama 1457

Effect of Differences in Control Characteristics on Microgrid Power Balancing

..............T. Shimakage, J. Sumita, T. Kato, & Y. Suzuoki 1469

Study on Daily Electric Load Curve Forecasting Method based on Regression Type Hourly Load Modeling with Yearly Load Trends, Day-types and Insolations

..............T. Haida 1477

Risk Assessment of Investment Strategy in Distributed Energy System under Uncertainty of Fuel and Electricity Prices

..............W. Ariki, H. Asano, E. Koda, & S. Bando 1486

Application of Multi-objective Memetic Algorithm with Solution Diversity to Probabilistic Distribution Network Expansion Planning

..............T. Yoshida & H. Mori 1495

An Investigation of Method to Reduce Harmonic Components using Specific Harmonic Control Method

..............T. Harimoto, H. Hayashi, & K. Murata 1504

A Study on the Scheduling of Large-Scaled PV Power Station Output based on Solar Radiation Forecast

..............S. Takayama, Y. Iwasaka, R. Hara, H. Kita, T. Ito,
Y. Ueda, S. Miwa, N. Matsuno, K. Takitani, & K. Yamaguchi 1514

Investigation of Impact of Renewable Energy Penetration on System Total Transfer Capability at Risk

..............N. Paensuwan, A. Yokoyama, S. C. Verma, & Y. Nakachi 1523

A Study of Autonomous Decentralized Voltage Profile Control Method considering Control Priority in Future Distribution Network

..............T. Tsuji, T. Hashiguchi, T. Goda, T. Shinji, & S. Tsujita 1533

Estimating Load Margin to Saddle Node Point of Voltage Stability with Hybrid Intelligent System

..............N. Ishibashi & H. Mori 1546

Capacity Evaluation of Several Types of DG Systems in Micro-grid using Load Demand Analysis and Frequency Response of DG Systems

..............E. Shimoda, S. Numata, J. Baba, T. Nitta, & E. Masada 1553

High Quality Power Supply Method for Islanding Microgrid by use of Several Types of DG Systems including Rotating Machines

..............T. Kikuchi, J. Baba, S. Kawachi, E. Shimoda, S. Numata,
T. Yamane, E. Masada, & T. Nitta 1561

A New Improved Hybrid Meta-Heuristics Method for Unit Commitment with Nonlinear Fuel Cost Function

..............K. Okawa & H. Mori 1567

Stabilization Control Method of Output of Photovoltaic Generation Systems using Binary Control

..............Y. Hayashi, S. Kawasaki, J. Matsuki, M. Iwasaki,
T. Funabashi, Y. Okuno, & T. Hayashi 1576

Estimation of the Frequency of Instantaneous Voltage Drops Dependent on Arrangement of Line Surge Arresters

..............H. Kawamura, M. Kozuka, N. Itamoto, K. Shinjo, & M. Ishii 1585

Studies on Investigation of a Stripe-shaped Destruction Mechanism of a Zinc Oxide Element

..............T. Sakoda, Y. Miyakawa, S. Miyazaki, M. Otsubo, M. Ikuta, & T. Yarimitsu 1593