[Communications in Computer and Information Science] Smart Cities Volume 1152 (Second Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2019, Soria, Spain, October 7–9, 2019, Revised Selected Papers) ||

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2019, held in Soria, Spain, in October 2019. The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers focus on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability; Infrastructures, Energy and the Environment; Mobility and Internet of Things; and Governance and Citizenship. -- Provided by publisher Preface Organization Contents Segmentation of Thermography Image of Solar Cells and Panels 1 Introduction 2 Benchmark 3 Method 4 Results 5 Conclusions References Assessing the Environmental Impact of Car Restrictions Policies: Madrid Central Case 1 Introduction 2 Madrid Central: Purpose, Description and Controversia 3 Materials and Methods 3.1 Air Quality Evaluation 3.2 Outdoor Noise Evaluation 3.3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 Air Quality 4.2 Noise Polution 4.3 Global Discussion 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Over-Voltage Protection for Pico-Hydro Generation Using PV Microinverters 1 Introduction 2 Over-Voltage Protection 2.1 Integration Between Generator and PV Inverter 2.2 Over-Voltage Protection Circuit 3 Experimental Results 3.1 Results Obtained with an Emulation Platform 3.2 Results Obtained with a Work Bench 4 Discussion 5 Conclusion References Bibliography Detecting Hot Spots in Photovoltaic Panels Using Low-Cost Thermal Cameras 1 Introduction 2 Thermal Cameras 2.1 Cameras Used in Thermography Studies 2.2 Low-Cost Thermal Cameras 3 Thermography with Low-Cost Cameras 3.1 Thermal Image Analysis and Temperature Tables 3.2 Static Image Analysis 3.3 I-V/P-V Curves Analysis 3.4 UAV and Low-Cost Camera Tests 3.5 Technical Advantages of Low-Cost Thermal Cameras 3.6 Results Comparison 4 Conclusions References Household Energy Disaggregation Based on Pattern Consumption Similarities 1 Introduction 2 The Energy Consumption Dissagregation Problem 3 Related Works 4 The Proposed Algorithm 4.1 Algorithm Description 4.2 Implementation 5 Experimental Analysis 5.1 Problem Instances and Datasets 5.2 Software and Hardware Platform 5.3 Baseline Algorithms for Comparison 5.4 Metrics for Results Evaluation 5.5 Results 6 Conclusions and Future Work References A Hybrid Energy Storage System for Renewable-Based Power Plants 1 Introduction 2 Services from Energy Storage in Renewable-Based Power Plants 3 The Hybrid Energy Storage Solution 4 Study Case: Experimental Characterization of Supercapacitors 5 Conclusions References LoRa-Based IoT Data Monitoring and Collecting Platform 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 IoT Platform Components 4 LoRa-Based IoT Data Platform Development 4.1 LoRa-Based IoT Monitoring and Collecting System Development 5 Experimental Results 6 Concluding Remarks References Sustainable Mobility in the Public Transportation of Montevideo, Uruguay 1 Introduction 2 Sustainable Mobility 3 Related Work 4 Analysis of Sustainable Mobility Initiatives in Montevideo 4.1 Sustainable Mobility Initiatives 4.2 Indicators to Assess Sustainable Mobility 4.3 Analysis and Results 4.4 Qualitative Indicators 5 Suggestions and Recommendations for Sustainable Mobility in Montevideo 6 Conclusions and Future Work References IPN Sustainability Program: Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Generation and Consumption Reduction 1 Introduction 2 Baseline of Electricity Consumption and Replacement of Infrastructure 2.1 Activation of the SEEDS Technology Platform 2.2 Installation of the Electrical Energy Consumption Monitoring Network 2.3 Replacement of Infrastructure and Equipment 2.4 Baseline of Electricity Consumption 3 Installation of Solar PV Electricity Generation Systems 4 Quantification of Savings 5 Conclusions References Implementation of a Smart Microgrid in a Small Museum: The Silk House 1 Introduction 2 Silk House 3 Previous Microgrids Developed 4 Microgrid Implemented 4.1 Silk House Microgrid 4.2 Photovoltaic System 4.3 Pico-Hydro System 4.4 Microgrid Power Management 5 Analysis of Operation 6 Conclusions References General Purpose I-V Tester Developed to Measure a Wide Range of Photovoltaic Systems 1 Introduction 2 Methodology and Resources 2.1 Commercial I-V Tester 2.2 Commercial I-V Tester. Specifications 2.3 Commercial I-V Tester. Limitations 2.4 General Purpose I-V Tester 2.5 General Purpose I-V Tester. Specifications 2.6 General Purpose I-V Tester. Software and Hardware Configuration 3 Results 4 Conclusions References Short Term Load Forecasting of Industrial Electricity Using Machine Learning 1 Introduction 2 Load Forecasting 2.1 General Considerations 2.2 Problem Formulation and Strategies 2.3 Related Works 3 The Proposed Approach for Day Ahead Industrial Load Forecasting 3.1 General Approach 3.2 Implementation 3.3 Implementation of the Complete Model 4 Experimental Analysis 4.1 Recursive Feature Elimination 4.2 Experimental Results on Preliminary Models 4.3 Parameter Tuning 4.4 Experimental Results After Parameter Tuning 4.5 Experimental Results of the Complete Model 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Potential for Thermal Water Desalination Using Microgrid and Solar Thermal Field Energy Surpluses in an Isolated Community 1 Introduction 2 Renewable Energy Systems Installed in the Community 2.1 Operation in Winter Season 2.2 System for the Use of Energy Surpluses and Seawater Desalination 3 Methodology 4 Results 5 Conclusions References Electric Microgrid in Smart Cities: CEDER-CIEMAT a Case Study 1 Introduction 2 Test Scenario: CEDER-CIEMAT 2.1 Elements of Distributed Generation 2.2 Distributed Electrical Storage Elements 2.3 Existing Demand 3 Monitoring of Microgrid 4 Objectives of the CEDER-CIEMAT Electric Microrgrid 5 Conclusions and Future Jobs References Monthly Characterization of the Generation of Photovoltaic Arrays. Microgrid Case CEDER, Soria, Spain 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Case of Study 2.2 Radiation Modeling 2.3 Photovoltaic Systems 3 Results 3.1 Radiation 3.2 Photovoltaic Generation 4 Conclusions References Urban Data Analysis for the Public Transportation System of Montevideo, Uruguay 1 Introduction 2 Data Analysis in Smart Cities 2.1 Smart Cities and ITS 2.2 Urban Data Analysis 2.3 Related Work 3 The Public Transportation System in Montevideo 3.1 Overview of the City and Transportation System 3.2 Data Collection and Cleansing 3.3 Characterizing Public Transport Utilization 4 Case Studies: Unexpected Events and Safety 4.1 Anomaly Detection in the Spatial Dimension 4.2 Anomaly Detection in the Time Dimension 4.3 Driving Behavior and Safety 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Bus Stops as a Tool for Increasing Social Inclusiveness in Smart Cities 1 Introduction 2 Related Work and Background 2.1 Transportation and Social Inclusion 2.2 Smart Bus Stops to Decrease the Risk of Social Exclusion 3 MUSA Smart Stop Architecture 3.1 Sensorization of Buses 3.2 Smart Stop Services 4 Conclusions References Designing a Backbone Trunk for the Public Transportation Network in Montevideo, Uruguay 1 Introduction 2 Problem Formulation and Case Study in Montevideo 2.1 General Considerations and Related Works 2.2 Case Study: Public Transportation Network in Montevideo 2.3 Problem Formulation 3 The Proposed Resolution Approach 4 Experimental Analysis 4.1 Problem Instance 4.2 Maximum Resilience Problem 4.3 Maximum Travel Time Problem 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Energy Storage Systems for Power Supply of Ultrahigh Speed Hyperloop Trains 1 Introduction, Historical Reference and Concept 2 Analysis of the Options for the Power Supply of the Capsules 2.1 Power Supply Options for the Acceleration Linear Motor 3 Development of a 1/3 Reduced Scale Prototype of Linear Motor and Power Supply 3.1 Preliminary Design of an Energy Storage System for the Power Supply 3.2 Scheme of the Power Supply for the Reduced Scale System 4 Conclusions and Next Steps References Noise and Ozone Continuous Monitoring in an Industrial Urban Area of Northeastern Portugal 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Industrial Park of Mirandela - Brief Description 2.2 Monitoring and Analyses 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Daily Profile of Ozone Levels and Its Precursors 3.2 Relation Between Air Quality and Meteorological Variables 3.3 Local and Regional Contributions to Ozone Formation 3.4 Noise Monitoring 4 Conclusions References Multiobjective Household Energy Planning Using Evolutionary Algorithms 1 Introduction 2 The Household Energy Planning Problem 2.1 General Considerations 2.2 Problem Formulation 2.3 Related Works 3 The Proposed EA for Household Energy Planning 3.1 Evolutionary Algorithms 3.2 The Proposed EA for Household Appliances Planning 3.3 Development and Execution Platform 4 Experimental Analysis 4.1 Problem Instances 4.2 Baseline Algorithms for Results Comparison 4.3 Linear Aggregation Fitness Function 4.4 Parametric Configuration Analysis 4.5 Experimental Results 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Control of a Bidirectional Single-Phase Grid Interface for Electric Vehicles 1 Introduction 2 System Structure 2.1 Power Topology 2.2 BDC Control Structure 2.3 BADC Control Structure 2.4 Grid-Isolated Mode (V2H) 2.5 Grid Re-synchronization 3 Computational System Model 4 Computational Results 4.1 Operation in Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) Mode 4.2 Operation in Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Mode 4.3 Grid-Tied Operation Mode Transitions 4.4 Seamless Transition - From Stand-Alone to Grid-Connected 5 Conclusions References Author Index