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This work targets modular nanogrids for remote locations, where photovoltaic modules can be gradually introduced to grow the renewable energy capacity at minimal capital cost, while reducing diesel fuel consumption. Today's grid-tied micro-inverters provide a modular solution for ac power generation in nanogrids but battery storage remains centralized, requiring an additional ac-dc converter. The...
In this paper, an autonomous photovoltaic (PV) power generation/storage system connected to an AC nonlinear load is investigated. Depending on the load demand, the PV output power and the battery condition, five modes of operation are feasible with the changing load power. The steady-state analysis of the system for the entire operating modes is presented. Based on the concept of controllability sensitivity,...
The developmental process and the battery charging strategy of 100W battery charging circuits using a three-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator are presented. It is assumed that a typical male can comfortably generate over 100W using cranking motions with two feet. Using a portable and manual generator, human cranking motions are converted to three-phase ac electric power, and the electric...
This paper proposes a new technique for enhancement of energy extraction capabilities in wind energy conversion systems with low cut-in speed. The dc-link voltage is maintained by the grid-side converter in wind energy systems equipped with back-to-back three-phase inverters. This voltage is required to be higher than a certain value to ensure proper operation of the grid-side converter. On the other...
In order to overcome the excitation problem of three-stage synchronous machine(TSM) used as starter for the engine cranking, this paper presented a novel three-phase open-winding structure of the exciter for the proposed machine with the dual-inverter for supplying the integrated AC and DC excitation power. The operation principle of the dual-inverter and the control method of the three-phase AC excitation...
Conventional three-phase rectifiers are controlled to achieve good power factor and low THD in the input. In the case of pulsating power loads, the fast dynamic response implies that the load pulses are reflected in the generator. These pulsating loads affect the life time operation of the generator, especially when it is not oversized (that is the case in aircraft applications). In order to smooth...
This paper proposes a novel machine parameter independent control algorithm that enables wind turbines to quickly and effectively extract maximum power from the wind turbine under changing atmospheric conditions. The energy captured by a wind turbine varies due to variations in wind velocity, air density (influenced by temperature and humidity), turbine aerodynamics, and generator dynamics. Without...
DC-link voltage control plays a key role for two-stage micro-inverter application. Modeling &analysis of dc-link voltage is investigated in this paper. The first-stage circuit employs transient maximum power point tracking method to realize fast MPP tracking without causing output distortion and dc-link variation. In order to keep dc-link voltage constant, injecting current to grid varies with...
A real-time reconfigurable hardware test-bed is being constructed to emulate a transmission network of a power system by modular regenerative converters. This test-bed enables flexible research scenarios without the necessities of using the actual power system equipment. This paper presents the emulation of a full-converter wind turbine using a single converter in order to investigate the impact of...
This paper presents an innovative biomechanical energy harvesting system based on the regenerative braking concept applied to the human natural motion. To determine optimal braking profile previous studies used an off-line procedure based on constant external load to determine the optimal braking profile. The new concept of this study continuously optimizes the maximum amount of energy that can be...
Energy harvesting applications based on Dielectric ElectroActive Polymer (DEAP) generators have been in the spotlight in recent years after the latter ones' documented advantages against competing electromagnetic and field-activated technologies. Yet, the need for bidirectional energy flow under high step-up and high step-down voltage conversion ratios, accompanied by low-average but relatively high-peak...
This paper presents operation and control of a Squirrel Cage Induction Generator (SCIG) to generate power from an oscillating point absorber based wave energy conversion (WEC) system. The oscillating point absorber buoy is assumed to be connected with the SCIG through a rack and pinion gear arrangement, thus converting the linear motion of the buoy to rotary motion of the generator. Proper gear ratio...
In this paper, the analysis and design of the high frequency corona generator with LCC resonant topology applied in film treatment is proposed. The designed converter works with a specified output voltage, which makes the film treatment efficient and stable. By making the converter operate in a critical mode, the analysis and design is simplified and the resonant parameters can be described by time...
The increase in the number of power electronic applications has led to harmonic pollution of the power grid. Harmonic resonance that can result in severe voltage distortion is a well documented problem. Several suppression techniques have been proposed to solve this problem. This paper proposes a technique to cooperatively operate multiple Active Power Line Conditioner (APLC) installed in the same...
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