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Journal Papers
1. J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, and G. Deane (2006) “Design of a prototype ocean current turbine - Part I: mathematical modeling and dynamics simulation,” Ocean Engineering, 33 (11-12), 1485-1521
2. J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, and G. Deane (2006) “Design of a prototype ocean current turbine - Part II: flight control system,” Ocean Engineering, 33(11-12), 1522-1551
3. J.H. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, and G.M. Alsenas (2008) “Response characteristics and maneuverability of a small twin screw displacement hull vessel in seas,” Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures, 3 (1), 13-40 (SaOS best paper of 2008)
4. J.H. VanZwieten and F.R. Driscoll (2008) “A comprehensive general simulation of twin screw displacement hull vessels with validation” Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, 14 (4), 269-301
5. J.H. VanZwieten, T.S. VanZwieten, M.J. Balas, and F.R. Driscoll (2010) “Mitigation of vortex-induced disturbances for the rapidly deployable stable platform” Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures, 5 (1), 13-24
6. J.H. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, and T.S. VanZwieten (2010) “Development of an adaptive disturbance rejection system for the rapidly deployable stable platform - Part1: Mathematical modeling and open loop response” Ocean Engineering, 37 (8-9), 833-846
7. T.S. VanZwieten, J.H. VanZwieten, M.J. Balas, and F.R. Driscoll (2010) “Development of an adaptive disturbance rejection system for the Rapidly Deployable Stable Platform - Part 2: Controller design and closed loop response” Ocean Engineering, 37 (14-15), 1367-1379
8. A.E.S. Duerr, M.R. Dhanak, and J.H. Van Zwieten. (2012) “Utilizing the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model Data for Assessment of Florida Current’s Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Resource” Marine Technology Society Journal, September/October, 46 (5), 24-33
9. J.H. VanZwieten, N. Vanrietvelde, and B. Hacker. (2013) “Numerical simulation of an experimental ocean current turbine” Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 38 (1), 131-143
10. D.N. Porak, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., and B. Wiles (2013) “An analysis of Florida’s sea water cooling resource” Marine Technology Society Journal, 47(4), 226-239
11. J.H. VanZwieten, M.G. Seibert, and K. von Ellenrieder, (2014) “Anchor selection study for ocean current turbines” Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology, 13 (1), 59-73
12. J. VanZwieten, W. McAnally, J. Ahmad, T. Davis, J. Martin, M. Bevelhimer, A. Cribbs, R. Lippert, T. Hudon, and M. Trudeau (2015) “In-Stream Hydrokinetic Power – A Review and Appraisal” ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, 141(3), 04014024(1-16)
13. W. Tian, B. Song, J. VanZwieten, P. Pyakurel (2015) “CFD Prediction of a Modified Savonius Wind Turbine With Novel Blade Shapes” Energies, 8(8), 7915-7929
14. J.H. VanZwieten, P. Pyakurel, T. Ngo, C. Sultan, N.I. Xiros (2016) “An assessment of using variable blade pitch for moored ocean current turbine flight control” International Journal of Marine Energy, 13 (2016), 16-26 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijome.2016.01.002
Conference Proceedings
1. J. VanZwieten and F.R. Driscoll (2006) “A general small vessel simulation validated through sea trials” The Sixteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference & Exhibition, San Francisco, California, May 28-June 2
2. T.S. VanZwieten, J.H. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, and M.J. Balas (2008) “Adaptive disturbance rejection for the Rapidly Deployable Stable Platform when transferring cargo in seas” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Kobe, Japan, no. OCEANSKOBE.2008.4530976
3. T.S. VanZwieten, M.J. Balas, and J.H. VanZwieten (2008) “Adaptive Output Tracking and Disturbance Rejection with Saturation Constraints” AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, August 18-21, Honolulu, Hawaii no. AIAA 2008-6284
4. T.S. VanZwieten, J.H. VanZwieten, M.J. Balas, and F.R. Driscoll (2009) “Direct adaptive rejection of vortex-induced disturbances for a powered spar platform” ASME 2009 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 31-June 5, no. OMAE2009-79492
5. A.D. Fisher, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., T.S. VanZwieten (2009) “Adaptive control of small outboard-powered boats for survey applications” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, October 26-29, no. 090529-032
6. A.E. Leland, F.R. Driscoll, J.H. VanZwieten, N.J. Nagurny, and R.J. Howard (2010) “Ocean thermal energy capacity estimation and resource assessment of Southeast Florida” Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, no. OTC-20559-PP
7. A.D. Fisher, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., T.S. VanZwieten (2010) “Station keeping of small outboard-powered boats” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 24-27, no.100115-098
8. A.R. Cribbs and J.H. VanZwieten (2010) “Global numerical analysis of a moored ocean current turbine testing platform” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 20-23, no. 100528-082
9. M.G. Seibert, J.H. VanZwieten, and K. von Ellenrieder (2010) “Determining anchoring systems for ocean energy harvesting devices off the coast of southeast Florida” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 20-23, no. 100514-057
10. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., C.M. Oster, and A.E.S. Duerr (2011) “Design and analysis of a rotor blade optimized for extracting energy from the Florida Current” Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 19-24, no. OMAE2011-49140
11. A. Fisher, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., and N. Xiros (2011) “Station keeping adaptive control of a boat with twin gasoline outboard motors: synthesis, simulation, and sea-trials” Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 19-24, no. OMAE2011-49827
12. L.T. Rauchenstein, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., and H.P. Hanson (2011) “Model-based global assessment of OTEC resources with data validation off Southeast Florida” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Santander, Spain, June 6-9, no. 110115-112
13. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., L.T. Rauchenstein, H.P. Hanson, and M.R. Dhanak (2011) “Assessment of HYCOM as a tool for estimating Florida’s OTEC potential” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Kona, Hawaii, September 19-22, no. 110422-145
14. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., W.E. Laing Jr., and C.R. Slezycki (2011) “Efficiency Assessment of an Experimental Ocean Current Turbine Generator” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Kona, Hawaii, September 19-22, no. 110422-215
15. M. Borghi, F. Kolawole, S. Gangadharan, A. Engblom, J. VanZwieten, G. Alsenas, W. Baxley, and S. Ravenna (2012) “Design, fabrication and installation of a hydrodynamic rotor for a small-scale experimental ocean current turbine” Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon, Orlando, Florida, March 15-18, no. SECon.2012.6196973
16. H.P. Hanson, A.E. Smentek-Duerr, J.H. VanZwieten, Jr. (2012) “Variability in the Florida Current: Implications for power generation” Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Forum, Denver, Colorado, May 13-17
17. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., M.T Young, and K.D. von Ellenrieder (2012) “Design and analysis of an ocean current turbine performance assessment system” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, October 14-19, no. 120530-005
18. D.N. Porak, J.H. VanZwieten Jr., and L.T. Rauchenstein (2012) “Florida’s sea water cooling resource: an updated assessment” Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, October 14-19, no. 120518-150
19. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., A.E.S. Duerr, G.M. Alsenas, and H.P. Hanson (2013) “Global ocean current energy assessment: an initial look” Proceedings of the 1st Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS13) hosted by the 6th annual Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference, April 10-11, Washington D.C. Available: http://www.foroceanenergy.org/mets/2013-peer-reviewed-mets-papers/
20. J.H. VanZwieten Jr., I Meyer, and G.M. Alsenas (2014) “Evaluation of HYCOM as a tool for ocean current energy assessment” Proceedings of the 2nd Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS14) hosted by the 7th annual Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference, April 15-18, Seattle, Washington, Available: http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49220
21. W.E. Laing Jr. and J.H. VanZwieten (2014) “Development of a driving electric dynamometer rotor emulator for MHK in?stream turbines” Proceedings of the 2nd Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS14) hosted by the 7th annual Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference, April 15-18, Seattle, Washington, Available: http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49218
22. J.D. Ramirez, J.H. VanZwieten, and L.L. Gloria (2014) “Adaptive torque control of in-stream hydrokinetic turbines” in Proceedings of the IEEE Oceans Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, September 14-19, no. 140418-081
23. N. I. Xiros, J.H. VanZwieten, C. Sultan, and V. Tzelepis (2014) “Power take-off control of in-stream hydrokinetic turbines” in Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 22-24, San Antonio, Texas, no. DSCC2014-6247
24. J.H. VanZwieten, M.N. Egeland, K.D. von Ellenrieder, J.W. Lovenbury and L. Kilcher (2015) “Experimental evaluation of motion compensated ADV measurements for in-stream hydrokinetic applications” in Proceedings of the IEEE/OES Eleventh Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement Workshop, March 2-6, St. Petersburg, FL, no. 141023-007
25. J.H. VanZwieten, P. Pyakurel, C. Sultan, T. Ngo, N.I. Xiros (2015) “An assessment of using variable blade pitch for ocean current turbine flight control” in Proceedings of the 3rd Marine Energy Technical Symposium, Washington D.C., April 27-29
26. J.H. VanZwieten, W.E. Baxley, G.M. Alsenas, I. Meyer, M. Muglia, C. Lowcher, J. Bane, M. Gabr, R. He, T. Hudon, R. Stevens, and A.E.S. Duerr, (2015) “Ocean Current Turbine Mooring Considerations,” in Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 4-7, no. OTC-25965-MS
27. N.I. Xiros, J.H. VanZwieten Jr, C. Sultan, and V. Tzelepis (2015) “Modeling an ocean current turbine system with induction generator and power electronic control” in Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans15 technical conference, Genova, Italy, May 18-22, #141219-071
28. M.C.P.M. Machado, J.H. VanZwieten, A.P.O. Callou, and I. Pinos (2015) “A measurement based analysis of the hydrokinetic energy in the Gulf Stream” in Proceedings of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers Conference, Kona, Hawaii, June 21-26
29. N.I. Xiros, J.H. VanZwieten, C. Sultan, and V. Tzelepis (2015) “Modeling, system identification and linearization of underwater turbine power plant dynamics” in Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas, USA, no. IMECE2015-53455
30. P. Pyakurel, J.H. VanZwieten, P. Ananthakrishnan, W. Tian (2016) “Simulating turbulence for ocean current turbine” Accepted to the 21st SNAME Offshore Symposium, February 16, Houston, Texas, USA
Technical Reports
1. M. Ascari, H. P. Hanson, L. Rauchenstein, J. VanZwieten, D. Bharathan, D. Heimiller, N. Langle, G.N. Scott, J. Potemra, E. Jansen, J. Nagurny, (2012) “Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization,” Final Report to the U.S. Department of Energy, March 30,
Supervised Theses
1. Nicolas Vanrietvelde (2009) “Numerical Performance Prediction for FAU’s First Generation Ocean Current Turbine” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
2. Aaron D. Fisher (2010) “Development and Implementation of an Adaptive Controller for Station Keeping of Small Outboard-Powered Vessels” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
3. Allison R. Cribbs (2010) “Model Analysis of a Mooring System for an Ocean Current Turbine Testing Platform” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
4. Michael G. Seibert (2011) “Determining Anchoring Systems for Marine renewable Energy Devices Moored in a Western Boundary Current” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
5. Matthew Young (2012) “Design and Analysis of an Ocean Current Turbine Performance Assessment System” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
6. Lynn T. Rauchenstein (2012) “Global Distribution of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Resources and Applicability in U.S. Waters near Florida” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
7. James Lovenbury (2013) “Evaluation and testing of an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter for turbulence measurements in an open ocean environment” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
8. Basil L. Hacker (2013) “Numerical Simulation Tool for Moored Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
9. Matthew N. Egeland (2014) “Spectral evaluation of motion compensated ADV systems for ocean turbulence measurements” M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University
Smart grid systems face significant challenges with power transformer maintenance due to the complex data generated and the critical role transformers play in grid reliability. Current solutions, such as reactive maintenance and scheduled inspections, often fall short of managing this complexity. Reactive maintenance is costly and introduces delays as faults are often only addressed after they've led to system issues. Scheduled inspections, while proactive, are time-intensive and do not capture real-time fault conditions. These drawbacks lead to increased operational costs, extended downtimes, and reduced grid reliability, emphasizing the need for a predictive and real-time fault management solution.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have developed PowerGPT, a pioneering system that leverages advanced deep learning and fault classification technologies specifically for smart grid applications. PowerGPT provides real-time, predictive diagnostics for power transformers, enabling proactive management of grid health and reducing costly downtime associated with reactive maintenance. Unlike traditional methods, PowerGPT integrates a high-accuracy classification model into a user-friendly, conversational interface that can analyze vast datasets quickly and effectively, identifying and categorizing faults with 97% accuracy. Currently, the innovation is at the proof-of-concept stage, with successful demonstrations of its diagnostic capabilities, and development is underway to expand its real-world application potential.
FAU seeks to advance this innovation into the marketplace through licensing or development partnerships.
A ChatGPT-like Solution for Power Transformer Condition Monitoring
