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Modeling and Nonlinear Control of a Wind Turbine System Based on a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Connected to the Three-phase Network

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp766-774
Yasser Boussairi , Abdelmajid Abouloifa , Ibtissam Lachkar , Abdellatif Hamdoun , Chaouqi Aouadi
This article presents nonlinear control of wind conversion chain connected to the grid based on a permanent magnet synchronous generator. The control objectives are threefold; i) forcing the generator speed to track a varying reference signal in order to extract the maximum power at different wind speed (MPPT); ii) regulating the rectifier output capacitor voltage; iii) reducing the harmonic and reactive currents injected in the grid. This means that the inverter output current must be sinusoidal and in phase with the AC supply voltage (PFC). To this end, a nonlinear state-feedback control is developed, based on the average nonlinear model of the whole controlled system. This control strategy involves backstepping approach, Lyapunov stability and other tools from theory of linear systems. The proposed state-feedback control strategy is tested by numerical simulation which shows that the developed controller reaches its objectives
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 766-774
Publish at: 2018-06-01

An Empirical Comparative Study of Instance-based Schema Matching

10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i3.pp1266-1277
Mogahed Alzeber , Ali A. Alwan , Azlin Nordin , Abedallah Zaid Abualkishik
The main issue concern of schema matching is how to support the merging decision by providing matching between attributes of different schemas. There have been many works in the literature toward utilizing database instances to detect the correspondence between attributes. Most of these previous works aim at improving the match accuracy. We observed that no technique managed to provide an accurate matching for different types of data. In other words, some of the techniques treat numeric values as strings. Similarly, other techniques process textual instance, as numeric, and this negatively influences the process of discovering the match and compromising the matching result. Thus, a practical comparative study between syntactic and semantic techniques is needed. The study emphasizes on analyzing these techniques to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each technique. This paper aims at comparing two different instance-based matching techniques, namely: (i) regular expression and (ii) Google similarity to identify the match between attributes. Several analyses have been conducted on real and synthetic data sets to evaluate the performance of these techniques with respect to Precision (P), Recall (R) and F-Measure.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 1266-1277
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Analysis and Design of Single Phase High Efficiency Transformer less PV Inverter Topology

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp730-737
Jayalakshmi N. S. , Ankit Kumar , Ashish Kumar
An inclination towards renewable energy resources has been increased due to the requirement of clean environment and to satisfy the increasing power demand for the long run. A grid connected system requires the availability of a transformer in its power conversion stages that provides galvanic isolation between the grid and the power system. But inclusion of transformer results in making the system bulky and more expensive. In this paper different transformer-less PV inverter topologies are analyzed by comparing their efficiency, leakage current and THD of load current using MATLAB/Simulink environment. In order to achieve maximum power, maximum power point tracking (P&O algorithm) is used. From the simulation results, modified HB-ZVR is found to have minimum leakage current and constant common mode voltage with higher efficiency. Also, the hardware results are obtained for modified HB-ZVR topology.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 730-737
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Impacts of Photovoltaic Distributed Generation Location and Size on Distribution Power System Network

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp905-913
N. Md. Saad , M. Z. Sujod , Lee Hui Ming , M. F. Abas , M. S. Jadin , M. R. Ishak , N. R. H. Abdullah
As the rapid development of photovoltaic (PV) technology in recent years with the growth of electricity demand, integration of photovoltaic distributed generation (PVDG) to the distribution system is emerging to fulfil the demand. There are benefits and drawbacks to the distribution system due to the penetration of PVDG. This paper discussed and investigated the impacts of PVDG location and size on distribution power systems. The medium voltage distribution network is connected to the grid with the load being supplied by PVDG. Load flow and short circuit calculation are analyzed by using DigSILENT Power Factory Software. Comparisons have been made between the typical distribution system and the distribution system with the penetration of PVDG. Impacts in which PVDG location and size integrates with distribution system are investigated with the results given from the load flow and short circuit analysis. The results indicate positive impacts on the system interconnected with PVDG such as improving voltage profile, reducing power losses, releasing transmission and distribution grid capacity. It also shows that optimal locations and sizes of DGs are needed to minimize the system’s power losses. On the other hand, it shows that PVDG interconnection to the system can cause reverse power flow at improper DG size and location and increases short circuit level.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 905-913
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Uncertain DC-DC Zeta Converter Control in Convex Polytope Model Based on LMI Approach

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp829-838
Hafez Sarkawi , Yoshito Ohta
A dc-dc zeta converter is a switch mode dc-dc converter that can either step-up or step-down dc input voltage. In order to regulate the dc output voltage, a control subsystem needs to be deployed for the dc-dc zeta converter. This paper presents the dc-dc zeta converter control. Unlike conventional dc-dc zeta converter control which produces a controller based on the nominal value model, we propose a convex polytope model of the dc-dc zeta converter which takes into account parameter uncertainty. A linear matrix inequality (LMI) is formulated based on the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem to find the state-feedback controller for the convex polytope model. Simulation results are presented to compare the control performance between the conventional LQR and the proposed LMI based controller on the dc-dc zeta converter. Furthermore, the reduction technique of the convex polytope is proposed and its effect is investigated.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 829-838
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Predictive Approach for Power Quality Improvement Based Direct Power Control

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp668-678
Houssam Eddine Medouce , Hocine Benalla
The extensive use of non-linear loads in industry becomes increasingly a serious problem that affects the quality of energy delivered to customers. Therefore, the shunt active power filter (SAPF) has emerged as an important industrial tool to eliminate induced harmonic currents   and compensating of reactive power. This paper proposes an improved control configuration for SAPF based on a modern technique called predictive direct power control (Predictive-DPC). The principle of this control is based on the direct regulation of the instantaneous active and reactive powers to guarantee a good energy quality on the grid side. For this purpose the appropriate average voltage vector which cancels power tracking errors is calculated by a simple predictive model at the bigining of each control period. This type of control includes various features such as the lack of look up table (LUTs) and closed current loops and the constant switching frequency is achieved through the use of PWM modulation.  The results of the simulation process show a high performance in the steady and transient state function for predictive-DPC control that might be a reasonable alternative to conventional DPC in the field of active power filtering.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 668-678
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Design of an Interdigital Structure Planar Bandpass Filter for UWB Frequency

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1654-1658
S. M. A. Motakabber , M. N. Haidari
A new topology of miniaturized interdigital structuremicrostrip planar bandpass filter for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) frequency has been discussed in this paper. The proposed design and its simulation have been carried out by using an electromagnetic simulation software named CST microwave studio. The Taconic TLX-8 microwave substrate has been used in this research. The experimental result and analysis have been performed by using the microwave vector network analyzer. The experimental result showed that the -10dB bandwidth of the filter is 7.5GHz. The lower and upper corner frequencies of the filter have been achieved at 3.1GHz and 10.6GHz respectively. At the center frequency of 6.85GHz, the -1dB insertion loss and the -7dB return losshave been observed. The simulated and experimental results are well agreed with a compact size filter of 19×21×0.5mm3.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1654-1658
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Ultra Thin Flexible Octagonal Metamaterials Absorber

10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i3.pp833-839
H. Hassan , M. Abu
An ultra thin flexible octagonal metamaterial absorber on 0.13 mm fastFilm D27 material has been presented in this paper. CST microwave studio was used in designing and simulating the octagonal metamaterial absorber. The flexible octagonal metamaterial absorber was resonated at 10 GHz with highly perfect absorbance of 99.98%. However, Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) of the absorbance was relatively small 135 MHz affected from the ultra thin substrate used. By using triangular lattice arrangement of the unit cell, the FWHM could be increased to 171 MHz. Besides that, combination of resonating frequencies technique also had increased the FWHM more than 74% increment from basic unit cell with one resonance frequency. The flexibleness of the metamaterial absorber could increase the functionality of the metamaterial absorber to be used in any application especially in reducing radar cross section for stealth application.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 833-839
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Optimization of Digital Histopathology Image Quality

10.11591/ijai.v7.i2.pp71-77
Furat N Tawfeeq , Nada A.S. Alwan , Basim M. Khashman
One of the biomedical image problems is the appearance of the bubbles in the slide that could occur when air passes through the slide during the preparation process. These bubbles may complicate the process of analysing the histopathological images. The objective of this study is to remove the bubble noise from the histopathology images, and then predict the tissues that underlie it using the fuzzy controller in cases of remote pathological diagnosis. Fuzzy logic uses the linguistic definition to recognize the relationship between the input and the activity, rather than using difficult numerical equation. Mainly there are five parts, starting with accepting the image, passing through removing the bubbles, and ending with predict the tissues. These were implemented by defining membership functions between colours range using MATLAB. Results: 50 histopathological images were tested on four types of membership functions (MF); the results show that (nine-triangular) MF get 75.4% correctly predicted pixels versus 69.1, 72.31 and 72% for (five- triangular), (five-Gaussian) and (nine-Gaussian) respectively. Conclusions: In line with the era of digitally driven e-pathology, this process is essentially recommended to ensure quality interpretation and analyses of the processed slides; thus overcoming relevant limitations.
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Page: 71-77
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Pulse Density Modulation Based Series Resonant Inverter Fed Induction Heater System

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp690-697
S. Jaanaa Rubavathy , P. Murugesan
This paper deals with implementation of a multi-output Series Resonant Inverter(SRI) for induction heating applications, which uses pulse density modulation(PDM) control for full bridge Series resonant inverters for output voltage and power control. It ensures better efficiency performances than conventional control strategies. The proposed converter can be considered as a two output extension of a full bridge inverter. This full bridge inverter can control the two outputs, simultaneously and independently, up to their rated powers, which reduces the usage of number of components as compared with conventional method. It also ensures higher utilization of switches used for its operation. A two output full bridge series resonant inverter is simulated and implemented. The Experimental results are compared with the simulation results.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 690-697
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Implementation of NN controlled DVR for Enhancing The Power Quality By Mitigating Harmonics

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp738-743
Abirami Periaswamy , Merin Lizbeth George
Now a days there is a widespread use of  semiconductor devices, which are mostly implemented as the power switches for converters and inverters. These converters and inverters play a vital role in power systems both in transmission and distribution systems. This provides a way for the introduction of harmonics in the power system which leads to poor power quality. To overcome this many solutions have been suggested by the research community but each solution holds its own merits and demerits. Of all these suggested solutions, the Dynamic Voltage Restorer is one of the most cost effective systems for various power quality issues. In this paper the DVR is considered for enhancing the power quality by reducing the harmonics generated because of sensitive loads. Here the power quality is enhanced by controlling the DVR using Neural Network Controller which is trained by Levenberg Marquardt algorithm. In this paper the THD analysis of the voltage quantity is analysed by introducing an unbalanced three phase fault in the system. The simulation is done by using MATLAB/Simulink. From the results, it is verified that the harmonics are reduced by the NN controlled DVR unit. Also the simulation results are verified with the hardware results. 
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 738-743
Publish at: 2018-06-01

A Preliminary Study on Optimizing the In-Lab Reclamation Process Parameters of Used Transformer Oils Using the Taguchi Method

10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i3.pp1090-1097
Sharin Ab Ghani , Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden , Nor Asiah Muhamad , Imran Sutan Chairul , Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Khalid
In this study, the Taguchi method is used to optimize the in-lab reclamation process parameters of used transformer oils. The main benefit of this method is that one can determine the optimum parameters of the reclamation process in a simple, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The L4 (23) Taguchi design is used to optimize the following process parameters: (1) weight of the Fuller’s Earth adsorbent, (2) stirring speed, and (3) oil temperature. These parameters are optimized in order to minimize the AC breakdown voltage, total acid number, and dynamic viscosity of the reclaimed transformer oil samples. The signal-to-noise ratios are determined for each process parameter in order to identify the significance of each factor on the three output responses. Based on the results, the oil temperature has the most significant effect on the AC breakdown voltage whereas the weight of the Fuller’s Earth adsorbent has the most significant effect on the total acid number and dynamic viscosity of the reclaimed transformer oils. Tests are carried out to verify the results using the optimum reclamation process parameters and indeed, it is found that there is significant improvement in the mean AC breakdown voltage, total acid number, and dynamic viscosity for the reclaimed transformer oil compared with those for the used transformer oil. It is believed that this method can be an indispendable tool to determine the optimum parameters for the reclamation process without going through the hassle of trial and error associated with conventional experimentation.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 1090-1097
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Brushless DC Motor Speed Controller for Electric Motorbike

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp859-864
Mohd Syakir Adli , Noor Hazrin Hany Mohamad Hanif , Siti Fauziah Toha Tohara
This paper presents a control scheme for speed control system in brushless dc (BLDC) motor to be utilized for electric motorbike. While conventional motorbikes require engine and fuel, electric motorbikes require DC motor and battery pack in order to be powered up. The limitation with battery pack is that it will need to be recharged after a certain period and distance. As the recharging process is time consuming, a PID controller is designed to maintain the speed of the motor at its optimum state, thus ensuring a longer lasting battery time (until the next charge). The controller is designed to track variations of speed references and stabilizes the output speed accordingly. The simulation results conducted in MATLAB/SIMULINK® shows that the motor, equipped with the PID controller was able to track the reference speed in 7.8x10-2 milliseconds with no overshoot.  The result shows optimistic possibility that the proposed controller can be used to maintain the speed of the motor at its optimum speed.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 859-864
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Level Shifted Discontinuous PWM Algorithms to Minimize Common Mode Voltage for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp504-518
M. Nayeemuddin , T. Bramhananda Reddy , M. Vijaya Kumar
This paper presents combinations of level shifted pulse-width modulation algorithm with conventional discontinuous pulse-width modulation methods for cascaded multilevel inverters. In the proposed DPWM a zero sequence signal is injected in sinusoidal reference signal to generate various modulators with easier implementation. The analysis four various control strategies namely Common Carrier (CC), Inverted Carrier (IC), Phase Shifted (PS) and Inverted Phase Shift (IPS) for cascaded multilevel inverter fed induction motor drive has been illustrated. To validate the proposed work experimental tests has been carried out using dSPACE controller. Experimental study proves that using proposed algorithms reduction in common-mode voltage with fewer harmonics along with reduced switching loss for a cascaded multilevel inverter fed motor drive has been achieved.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 504-518
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Experimental Verification of Single Phase Z Source Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp698-703
Saravanan Vasudevan , M. Aravindan , V. Balaji , M. Arumugam
A single phase Z source inverter is developed for better voltage boosting and inversion ability suited for photovoltaic power generation systems. The operation of the Z source inverter is described with relevant equations. Simple boost scheme is used for switching actions of the inverter. The performance of the inverter used for photovoltaic applications can be checked with simulation and experimental results, which prove that it has single-stage buck and boost capability and improved reliability.
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page: 698-703
Publish at: 2018-06-01
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