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Experimental and Modeling Dynamic Study of the Indirect Solar Water Heater: Application to Rabat Morocco

10.11591/ijaas.v7.i1.pp86-96
Ouhammou Badr , Azeddine Frimane , Aggour Mohammed , Brahim Daouchi , Abdellah Bah , Halima Kazdaba
The Indirect Solar Water Heater System (SWHS) with Forced Circulation is modeled by proposing a theoretical dynamic multi-node model. The SWHS, which works with a 1,91 m2 PFC and 300 L storage tank, and it is equipped with available forced circulation scale system fitted with an automated sub-system that controlled hot water, is what the experimental setup consisted of. The system, which 100% heated water by only using solar energy. The experimental weather conditions are measured every one minute. The experiments validation steps were performed for two periods, the first one concern the cloudy days in December, the second for the sunny days in May; the average deviations between the predicted and the experimental values is 2 %, 5 % for the water temperature output and for the useful energy  are 4 %, 9 % respectively for the both typical days, which is very satisfied. The thermal efficiency was determined experimentally and theoretically and shown to agree well with the EN12975 standard for the flow rate between 0,02 kg/s and 0,2kg/s.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 86-96
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Real Time Validation of EKF Estimator for Low Speed Estimation in DTC IMD

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i1.pp433-442
Mini R , Binoj P.V. , B. Hariram Satheesh , Dinesh M.N.
Low speed estimation in DTC IMD is not accurate due to the presence of transient offset, drift and domination of ohmic voltage drop in the measured stator voltages and currents used for estimating the stator flux required for accurate estimation of speed. EKF is a nonlinear, recursive adaptive algorithm capable of estimating speed ranging from very low speed to rated speed using equation of motion from noisy measured currents and voltages based on state space technique. In the previous work a new state space model of IM was developed for estimation in EKF by feeding load torque profile as an input variable instead of estimating it by considering load torque as constant, validated using MATLAB-Simulink software. In this paper real time validation of the EKF controller with load profile fed as input for speed estimation in DTC IMD is carried out using OPAL-RT simulator and real time results validates the simulation results and proves the effectives of the new EKF for low speed estimation in DTC IMD
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page: 433-442
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Testing of a Solar-PV/Wind operated AC-DC Microgrid with LabVIEW Controller

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i1.pp406-413
Vinu Thomas , Sivaprasad Athikkal , Kumaravel Sundaramoorthy , Ashok Sankar
This paper discusses about a LabVIEW based controller for the hybrid renewable energy system operated AC-DC microgrid with the major objectives of: i) predicting the power generation potential of the solar–PV and wind generators  ii) effective power management  iii) load scheduling based on the available power with the renewable sources and iv) grid/islanding mode of operation of the microgrid. In order topredict the output power of wind generator and Solar-PV system, an artificial neural network is developed.The laboratory-scale model of three phase, 400 V, 10 kVA microgrid structure is developed at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India. The developed LabVIEW based controller has been tested successfully for a real-time load and source in the laboratory environment. Test results show that the designed controller is effectively managing the output powerof the primary energy sources under different scenarios.
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page: 406-413
Publish at: 2018-03-01

FPGA Based Selective Harmonic Elimination Technique for Multilevel Inverter

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i1.pp166-173
T. Porselvi , K. Deepa , R. Muthu
Harmonic elimination at the fundamental frequency is very much appropriate for high and medium range of power generation and applications. This paper considers a new technique for selective harmonic elimination (SHE), in which the total harmonic distortion (THD) is minimized when compared with that of the conventional one. With this technique, the harmonics at lower order are eliminated, which are more predominant than the higher ones.Cascaded H-Bridge inverter fed by a single DC is considered which is simulated with the switching angles generated by both the conventional method of SHE and the new method of SHE. The simulated results of the load voltage and the waveforms of the harmonic analysis are shown. The THD values are compared for the two techniques.  The experimental results are also shown for the new technique. The switching angles are generated with the help of field programmable gated array (FPGA) in the hardware. The value of experimental THD of voltage is compared with that of simulated THD and the comparison prove that the results are satisfactory.
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page: 166-173
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Performance of Brushless DC Drive with Single Current Sensor Fed from PV with High Voltage-Gain DC-DC Converter

10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i1.pp33-45
G. G RajaSekhar , Basavaraja Banakara
This paper presents the performance of Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor drive with only one positioning sensor instead of three conventional sensors. The three sensor units are replaced with a single stator current sensor unit in DC bus which further reduces the cost increasing the reliability of the drive system. Using a single sensor in stator requires minimum electronic equipment for the purpose of measurement process. This paper evolves the BLDC motor drive fed from PV system. A high voltage-gain DC-DC converter is presented in this paper to step-up the voltage from PV system. The appropriateness of PV fed BLDC motor drive is verified for variable increamental speed with fixed torque and variable decremental speed with fixed torque operating conditions. BLDC motor drive performance is also performed for variable torque with fixed peed working condition. The proposed system and results are developed using MATLAB/SIMULINK software.
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page: 33-45
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Effort of NGO in Promoting Comprehensive Sexuality Education to Improve Quality of Life among Local and Refugee Communities

10.11591/ijere.v7i1.11237
Yeo Kee Jiar , Shih Hui Lee , Lina Handayani
Federation of Reproductive Health Association, Malaysia (FRHAM) is a pioneer Non-governmental Organization (NGO) in disseminating the knowledge and services of sexual reproductive health in Malaysia. A qualitative case study research design was employed to explore the roles of FRHAM in promoting Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for the well-being of locals and refugees’ communities. In-depth interviews were conducted with the staffs of FRHAM to inquire about their effort in delivering their services. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, coded and emergent themes were identified. FRHAM had played a part as educator, service provider, advocate and actively involved in improving the quality of life among the refugee community. The organization had developed modules for CSE and conducted programs for dissemination of knowledge. They also collaborated with local governmental agencies and other NGOs to promote awareness and utilization of services among the communities. Nevertheless, promoting CSE had experienced many challenges in Malaysia. The perceptions of Malaysian viewing sexuality education as taboos, cultural factors, the reluctance of educators in delivering, and the low visibility of FRHAM are the barriers encountered by FRHAM in promoting CSE. FRHAM recommended including parents, teachers and other stakeholders in the promotion of CSE and acknowledging CSE as an official subject to be implemented in schools.  The information from this study may encourage more partnerships between the stakeholders, policy makers and NGOs for providing high quality CSE and sexual reproductive health services.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 17-24
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Path Optimization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network with Obstacle

10.11591/ijeecs.v9.i3.pp599-601
J. S. Praveen , Mr. Mayilvahanan
Clustering is used for prolonging the network lifetime in WSN. It groups sensor nodes into different groups and selects a single node as a cluster head (CH) for all the groups. CHS collect the data from consonant clusters and forward the data to base station. In this paper, we proposed path optimization algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network with an obstacle (POAWSNO) that periodically selects the cluster heads according to quality factor. The quality factor is estimated by three criteria including quality of the link, remaining energy and degree of the node. Path optimization technique determines the shortest path during obstacle present in the WSN. POT is used to reduce the hop count and packet delay. The simulation results demonstrate that this approach improves the throughput and reduce the loss of packets and energy consumption in the network using network simulator.
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Page: 599-601
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Cassava Quality Classification for Tapioca Flour Ingredients by Using ID3 Algorithm

10.11591/ijeecs.v9.i3.pp799-805
Yohanssen Pratama , Hadi Sutanto Saragi
Cassava is one of the main foods consumed by Indonesian people and main ingredients to make tapioca flour. In North Sumatera there is factory that produced tapioca flour to fulfill consumer demand.  To be able to meet the needs of consumers and seize market share, the product must have a good quality. Product specifications are a reference for product quality and measured with 7 parameters. The seven parameters include whiteness, moisture content, spotness, ash content, thinness, residual screen, pH flour, which meets the Indonesian National Standard. In this research we use two parameters (whiteness and spotness) to determine the quality of cassava and help the factory to maintain their product quality. In here we use blob and edge detection method in image processing to detect spot and after that classified the cassava by using an ID3 algorithm. 
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Page: 799-805
Publish at: 2018-03-01

An Intelligent Controller Design Approach for MIMO Coupled Tank System

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp8-17
Mohd Hafiz Jali , Ahmad Firdaus Azhar , Rozaimi Ghazali , Chong Chee Soon
Nowadays, versatilities of controllers have been developed to control the Coupled Tank System (CTS) such as proportional, integral, derivative (PID), fuzzy, fuzzy PID and neuro network. This paper focused on the control of the pump flow rate, in and out of the tank against the cross-sectional area of the CTS’s tank. The main objective of this paper is to design a CTS by using MATLAB since the Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) is widely utilized in the control of engineering applications in the industrial. Therefore, the FLC will be utilized to control and improve the performance of the CTS. The conventional PID controller will be applied, which reacts as a benchmark in the performance of the FLC. Parameters such as steady state error, settling time, and maximum overshoot will be part of the simulation results. As a result of the dynamic response executed in the closed-loop environment, it can be concluded that the FLC is capable of performing better than the conventional PID controller.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 8-17
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Harmonic Analysis of Three-phase Fixed Capacitor–thyristor Controlled Reactor under Balanced and Unbalanced Conditions

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp67-76
Jayababu Badugu , Y. P.Obulesu , Ch. Saibabu
Three-phase Fixed Capacitor Thyristor Controlled Reactor is widely used for reactive power compensation in power systems because of reduced cost and high reliability.  The problem with FC-TCR is that to generate current harmonics when it is partially conducting. When this harmonic current is interacted with system impedance, voltage waveform will distorted. This harmonic pollution is undesirable in power systems. Therefore, it is important to know the harmonic behaviour of three-phase FC-TCR before they can be used in a power system network. This paper presents the harmonic analysis of three-phase FC-TCR operating under balanced and unbalanced conditions. This analysis is useful to design the harmonic filter to reduce the harmonic pollution in power systems.The proposed work is implemented in MATLAB environment.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 67-76
Publish at: 2018-03-01

An Actor-critic Algorithm Using Cross Evaluation of Value Functions

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp39-47
Hui Wang , Peng Zhang , Quan Liu
In order to overcome the difficulty of learning a global optimal policy caused by maximization bias in a continuous space, an actor-critic algorithm for cross evaluation of double value function is proposed. Two independent value functions make the critique closer to the real value function. And the actor is guided by a crossover function to choose its optimal actions. Cross evaluation of value functions avoids the policy jitter phenomenon behaved by greedy optimization methods in continuous spaces. The algorithm is more robust than CACLA learning algorithm, and the experimental results show that our algorithm is smoother and the stability of policy is improved obviously under the condition that the computation remains almost unchanged.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 39-47
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Exploration Strategies of Coordinated Multi-Robot System: A Comparative Study

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp48-58
Ayman. El shenawy , Khalil. Mohamed , Hany. M. Harb
Environment Exploration is the basic process that most of Multi Robot Systems applications depend on it. The exploration process performance depends on the coordination strategy between the robots participating in the team.  In this paper the coordination of Multi Robot Systems in the exploration process is surveyed, and the performance of different Multi Robot Systems exploration strategies is contrasted and analyzed for different environments and different team sizes.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 48-58
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno Method in Microcontroller Based Water Tank System

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp1-7
Nur Maisarah Mohd Sobran , Munirah Mohd Salmi , Mohd Bazli Bahar , Md Nazri Othman , Siti Halma Johari
This paper present the performance of Fuzzy logic controller in maintain level of water in water tank system. The mathematical modelling was developed to get the initial idea of the system performance. Later, the prototype of water tank system were constructed and tested to get the real time results. The Takagi-Sugeno “on” and “off” interference technique method was implemented due to the control limitation of the pump motor that being used in the experimental setup. The fuzzy logic controller was realized by embedded the algorithm in microcontroller of the water tank system. The experimental results show acceptable level of water within the range of 18cm to 20.5cm and settling time 59 seconds with 20 cm set point.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 1-7
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Maximum Wind Energy Extraction by Using Neural Network Estimation and Predictive Control of Boost Converter

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp59-66
Mahdi Heidari
This paper proposes a new method to extract maximum energy from wind turbine systems. The artificial neural network (ANN) is used to estimate the wind speed based on the rotor speed and the output power. In addition to ANN, a predictive controller is used to maximize the efficiency of the boost converter. The method has been developed and analyzed by utilizing a turbine directly driven permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). The simulation results verify the performance of the proposed method. Results show that this method maximizes wind energy extraction with more accuracy and fastness.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 59-66
Publish at: 2018-03-01

Investigation of Formation Control Approaches Considering the Ability of a Mobile Robot

10.11591/ijra.v7i1.pp18-38
Hannes Wind , Oliver Sawodny , Thomas Br•aunl
This work investigates and compares various formation control approaches for mobile robots. A comprehensive literature review was conducted, with particular focus on the approaches' applicability to be implemented on real mobile robots with limited hard and software capabilities. A realistic model of mobile robots is introduced and its parameters are identi ed with measurements from actual mo-bile robots. Later on, the model is extended and used within simulation studies of the various investigated approaches. A collision avoidance controller based on a formation controller is proposed and simulations are carried out. Experiments on real mobile robots are conducted for two formation controllers and for the pro-posed collision avoidance controller. It is shown that if the requirements resulting from the simulation studies are satis ed, an implementation on the real robots is possible.
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page: 18-38
Publish at: 2018-03-01
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