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The challenges of the Internet of Things (IoT) in an urban environment are driven by smart vehicles which need to be able to efficiently sense and communicate with other nearby vehicles. System-on-chip (SoC) applications in the automotive market have strict circuit performances and reliability requirements for a temperature range of up to 175 0C. This work proposes an analysis of latched-comparators...
Monoculture in a computer network is defined as executing the same protocols and software on all the networking devices. Multiple, correlated failures may be triggered in a monoculture network by attacks that exploit existing vulnerabilities in either protocols, software, or hardware. In this paper, optimal multiculture network design is used to improve the network reliability in the presence of correlated...
The modular multi-level converter is an upcoming topology for drive application in the megawatt power range. This paper presents a comprehensive reliability survey for this kind of converter which can be used for its optimal designing. In this survey, converter total failure rate, is calculated for different number of output levels to find the optimal condition in which converter can provide the best...
This paper proposes a non-symmetrical permanent-magnet linear motor traction system (PMLMTS), in which the primary permanent-magnet linear motor (PMLM) is employed. Four movers are mounted with same phase angles. There are nine legs, including eight independent legs and one common leg. All legs have same normal voltage but different normal currents. The normal current of the common leg is four times...
A boost dc-dc dimmable AC-LED driver is presented in this paper based on Zero Current Switching Quasi-Resonant Converters (ZCS-QRCs). The proposed driver is based on replacing the diode in conventional converter topologies (i.e. buck, boost or buck-boost) by a string of High-Brightness Light-Emitting Diodes (HB-LED). Hence, the HB-LED string will be working as the rectifier of the converter switching...
Differential power processing (DPP) module integrated converters are developed to mitigate the effects of the mismatch losses in series connected photovoltaic (PV) strings. This paper focuses on the configurations used in various DPP converter topologies by categorizing them into two main classifications: 1) Maximum power point tracking configurations and 2) voltage balancing configurations. The implementation...
High-voltage and high-current power converters are essential in numerous applications, including shipboard power systems and industrial motor drives. Most of the existing topologies are based on dc-link converters, and use dc-dc or dc-ac power cells to realize a multilevel power converter. Therefore, they require a large number of capacitors with high capacitances. This paper proposes a new modular...
In this paper, a new class of bidirectional universal power converters is presented. As a universal power converter, the proposed converter can interface any type of source and load without any limitation in their forms (ac or dc) and number of phases. In this converter, which accomplishes power conversion in a single stage, a small inductor placed in series with the input and output switch-bridges...
This paper introduces a 97% efficiency medium voltage (MV) Solid State Transformer (SST) based on two-level single stage (TLSS) topology and 15 kV SiC MOSFETs. Series resonant converter (SRC) is implemented as the main stage and is identified as a current source (CS) SRC for the first time. Equivalent resonant frequency of the proposed CS-SRC is analyzed in both time domain and frequency domain. Resonant...
With the increasing use of medium voltage drive systems in power plant, it is interesting to develop a novel internal electrification scheme based on common DC bus concept. Despite obvious improvement on efficiency increasing, one of the most concerned issues is whether reliability performance would decrease to an unacceptable level led to by introduction of common DC bus layout. To mitigate the concern,...
Bipolar DC system provides flexible connection and decreased line-to-ground voltage level at the expense of potential voltage unbalance between positive pole and negative pole. Voltage balancer works as “Dependent Voltage Source” to eliminate the unbalance voltage. It is a critical grid-forming component for bipolar system. Considering the need of system expansion and “N+1” redundancy design, bipolar...
With the increasing use of medium voltage drive systems in power plant, it is interesting to develop a novel internal electrification scheme based on common DC bus concept. It has been substantiated by the author's prior work that reliability of common DC bus solutions can reach the same or even better level than conventional AC bus ones. In this paper, further study was conducted to take the factors...
Internet connection is essential for daily life, however not all areas are covered by Internet access due to historical reasons. For example, with 3.7 million daily passengers, London underground system has no WiFi or cellular signal provided during travelling due to legacy reasons. Deploy new access infrastructure need to consider the integrating problem with the current environment, also bring a...
Communications within power converters is becoming increasingly important particularly with the evolution of multilevel converters having distributed control structures. In the not so distant past, communications were used primarily for reference point setting and monitoring. Currently however communication is taking on an integral role in the control of the power converters particularly those with...
With reliability and flexibility criteria surging, multi-level converters become of growing interest for high-power medium-voltage renewable energy applications. Specific objectives are met with specialized intelligent controls. The goal of this paper is to present a universal intelligent controller able to manage all degrees of freedom of multi-level power converters and any paradigm. To do so, a...
Prioritization of non-functional requirements (NFRs) is a research field that needs more attention. We demonstrate ARRoW, a novel approach for automatic runtime reappraisal and update of the weights of NFRs given new evidence collected from the environment during the execution of the system. In this paper, we showcase how ARRoW is used in an substantial industrial case study. Our results shows how...
The paper presents the design and implementation of an integrated wireless network that support to the multiparametric geophysical monitoring network of the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. The wireless network is equipped with a tool for real-time monitoring and fault detection. The enhancement of the transmission system with respect to the previously existing one has been realized in view of the increased...
Communication networks in the smart grids play an important role in the reliability of power delivery. When power grid is stressed as a result of failures due to natural disasters and attacks (e.g., High Altitude Electro-Magnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's)), successive interdependent failures may propagate within and across these networks leading to large-scale cascading-failures...
Artificial Lift systems are routinely employed in the petroleum industry in order to provide the energy needed for the fluid to be transferred from the reservoir to the surface. The ESP system is a method of artificial lift widely used in recovery, often applied in mature fields or fields with heavy oil (low API gravity), as well as high flow rate wells. The energy for ESP systems is supplied by a...
Industrial UPS systems in floating offshore oil and gas platforms supply power to critical loads and require extremely high reliability and uptime. UPS configuration can have a major impact on reliability and uptime, and while there are several UPS topologies available on the market, space constraints can limit options. It is important to understand topology, and how the components that make up a...
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