International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS)
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS, ISSN: 2088-8694, a SCOPUS indexed Journal) is the official publication of the Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). The scope of the journal includes all issues in the field of Power Electronics and drive systems. Included are techniques for advanced power semiconductor devices, control in power electronics, low and high power converters (inverters, converters, controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers), Control algorithms and techniques applied to power electronics, electromagnetic and thermal performance of electronic power converters and inverters, power quality and utility applications, renewable energy, electric machines, modelling, simulation, analysis, design and implementations of the application of power circuit components (power semiconductors, inductors, high frequency transformers, capacitors), EMI/EMC considerations, power devices and components, sensors, integration and packaging, induction motor drives, synchronous motor drives, permanent magnet motor drives, switched reluctance motor and synchronous reluctance motor drives, ASDs (adjustable speed drives), multi-phase machines and converters, applications in motor drives, electric vehicles, wind energy systems, solar, battery chargers, UPS and hybrid systems and other applications.
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Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Drive System Based on Maximum Power Curve Searching using Fuzzy Logic Controller
Abdelhak Dida;
Djilani Benattous
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 5, No 4: 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v5.i4.pp583-594
This paper proposes a novel variable speed control algorithm for a grid connected doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) system. The main objective is to track the maximum power curve characteristic by using an adaptive fuzzy logic controller, and to compare it with the conventional optimal torque control method for large inertia wind turbines. The role of the FLC is to adapt the transfer function of the harvested mechanical power controller according to the operating point in variable wind speed. The control system has two sub-systems for the rotor side and the grid side converters (RSC, GSC). Active and reactive power control of the back-to-back converters has been achieved indirectly by controlling q-axis and d-axis current components. The main function of the RSC controllers is to track the maximum power through controlling the electromagnetic torque of the wind turbine. The GSC controls the DC-link voltage, and guarantees unity power factor between the GSC and the grid. The proposed system is developed and tested in MATLAB/SimPowerSystem (SPS) environment.
Total Harmonic Distortion Analysis of a Four Switch 3-Phase Inverter Fed Speed Sensorless Control of IM Drives
Zakaria M.S. El-Barbary;
H. Z. Azazi;
M. K. Metwally
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 4, No 1: March 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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This paper investigates the performance of a Model reference adaptive system (MRAS) based cost-effective drive system of an induction motor (IM) for low-cost applications - high performance industrial drive systems . In this paper, the MRAS is used as a speed estimator and the motor is fed from a four-switch three-phase (FSTP) inverter instead of a conventional six-switch three-phase (SSTP) inverter. This configuration reduces the cost of the inverter, the switching losses, and the complexity of the control algorithms and interface circuits, the proposed control approach reduces the computation for real-time implementation.. The robustness of the proposed MRAS-based FSTP inverter fed IM drive is verified by Experimental results at different operating conditions using digital signal processor (DSP1103) for a 1.1 Kw motor. A performance comparison of the proposed FSTP inverter fed IM drive with a conventional SSTP inverter system is also made in terms of speed response and total harmonic distortion (THD) of the stator current. The proposed FSTP inverter fed IM drive is found quite acceptable considering its performance, cost reduction and other advantages features.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v4i1.5036
A Constant Switching Frequency DTC for PMSM Using Low Switching Losses SVM–An Experimental Result
K. Chikh;
A. Saad;
M. Khafallah;
D. Yousfi;
F.Z. Tahiri;
M. Hasoun
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 8, No 2: June 2017
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v8.i2.pp558-583
A Constant Switching Frequency Direct Torque Control (CSF-DTC) with low switching losses Space Vector modulation (SVM) for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drive is proposed in this work. The CSF-DTC combines Field Oriented Control (FOC) and basic DTC advantages. Indeed, the proposed control strategy improves the basic DTC performances, which features low flux and torque ripples as well as a fixed switching frequency. The improved DTC ensures also a fast and robust flux and torque responses by using Integral and Proportional (IP) controllers which guaranteed a good disturbance rejection.On the other hand, a symmetrical SVM technique with low switching losses in the PWM inverter is used in order to generate the desired stator voltage vector needed to control the stator flux and the motor torque. Simulation and experimental results are presentedin this paper.These results demonstrate well the performance of the basic and proposed DTC and they show the effectiveness of the constant switching frequency direct torque control.
A Cost Effective sensorless vector control of 4- Switch 3-Phase Inverter Fed IM using MRAS
Haitham Zaki Azazi;
M. K. Metwally;
Z. M. El-Barbary
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 1, No 2: December 2011
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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This paper investigates performance of a Model reference adaptive system (MRAS) based cost-effective drive system of an induction motor (IM) for low-cost applications. In this paper, the MRAS is used as a speed estimator and the motor is fed from a four-switch three-phase (FSTP) inverter instead of a conventional six-switch three-phase (SSTP) inverter. This configuration reduces the cost of the inverter, the switching losses, and the complexity of the control algorithms. The robustness of the proposed MRAS-based FSTP inverter fed IM drive is verified by Experimental results at different operating conditions. A comparison of the proposed FSTP inverter fed IM drive with a conventional SSTP inverter system is also made in terms of the performance analysis. The proposed FSTP inverter fed IM drive is found quite acceptable considering its performance, cost reduction and other advantages.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v1i2.100
BPSK Modulation and Demodulation with Power Line Carrier Communication and GSM Communication for Smart Metering
B V Rajanna;
SVNL Lalitha;
Ganta Joga Rao;
S K Shrivastava
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 7, No 3: September 2016
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v7.i3.pp713-722
GSM/GPRS and PLC communication are used for Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) applications. These AMR systems have made substantial progress over the recent years in terms of functionality, scalability, performance and openness such that they can perform remote metering applications for very demanding and complex systems. By using BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying) modulation with Power Line Carrier Communication, Smart Metering can be done in Rural Smart Micro-grids. The design and Simulation of BPSK Modulation and Demodulation are successfully done by using MATLAB/Simulink software. The advantages of using BPSK modulation over the QPSK modulation and the advantages of PLC Communication over the GSM Communication is identified in this paper.
Solar Photovoltaic Powered Sailing Boat Using Buck Converter
Soumya Das;
Pradip Kumar Sadhu;
Nitai Pal;
Gourav Majumdar;
Saswata Mukherjee
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v6.i1.pp129-136
The main objective of this paper is to establish technical and economical aspects of the application of stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system in sailing boat using a buck converter in order to enhance the power generation and also to minimize the cost. Performance and control of dc-dc converter, suitable for photovoltaic (PV) applications, is presented here. A buck converter is employed here which extracts complete power from the PV source and feeds into the dc load. The power, which is fed into the load, is sufficient to drive a boat . With the help of matlab simulink software PV module and buck model has been designed and simulated and also compared with theoretical predictions.
A Low Cost Single-Switch Bridgeless Boost PFC Converter
Younghoon Cho
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 4, No 2: June 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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This paper proposes the single-switch bridgeless boost power factor correction (PFC) converter to achieve high efficiency in low cost. The proposed converter utilizes only one active switching device for PFC operation as well as expecting higher efficiency than typical boost PFC converters. On the other hand, the implementation cost is less than traditional bridgeless boost PFC converters, in where two active switching deivces are necessary. The operational principle, the modeling, and the control scheme of the proposed converter are discussed in detail. In order to verify the operation of the proposed converter, a 500W switching model is built in PSIM software package. The simulation results show that the proposed converter perfectly achieves PFC operation with only a single active switch.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v4i2.5558
Power Factor Correction with Current Controlled Buck Converter for BLDC Motor Drive
P. Sarala;
S. F. Kodad;
B. Sarvesh
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 8, No 2: June 2017
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v8.i2.pp730-738
Brushless DC motor is a synchronous machine that makes use of electronic commutation instead of mechanical commutator. Brushless DC motors makes use of inverter encompassing static switches for its operation. A simple bridge converter when used for BLDC drive as front end converter makes input source power factor to get reduced which is unacceptable in the power system. To avoid the distortions in the source voltage and source currents, Buck converter which was used as power factor correction (PFC) converter in this paper to improve the power factor. Presence of power electronic converters deteriorates system power factor effecting overall system performance. This paper presents buck converter for power factor correction in brushless DC motor drive system. Buck converter is operated with current control strategy rather to conventional voltage follower control. Simulation model was obtained using MATLAB/SIMULINK software and the brushless DC motor performance characteristics were shown for conditions with different DC link voltages and step variation in DC link voltage. Total harmonic distortion in source current was also presented.
Automatic Generation Control in Multi Area Interconnected Power System by using HVDC Links
Yogendra Arya;
Narendra Kumar;
Hitesh Dutt Mathur
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 2, No 1: March 2012
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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This paper investigates the effects of HVDC link in parallel with HVAC link on automatic generation control (AGC) problem for a multi-area power system taking into consideration system parameter variations. A fuzzy logic controller is proposed for four area power system interconnected via parallel HVAC/HVDC transmission link which is also referred as asynchronous tie-lines. The linear model of HVAC/HVDC link is developed and the system responses to sudden load change are studied. The simulation studies are carried out for a four area interconnected thermal power system. Suitable solution for automatic generation control problem of four area electrical power system is obtained by means of improving the dynamic performance of power system under study. Robustness of controller is also checked by varying parameters. Simulation results indicate that the scheme works well. The dynamic analyses have been done with and without HVDC link using fuzzy logic controller in Matlab-Simulink. Further a comparison between the two is presented and it has been shown that the performance of the proposed scheme is superior in terms of overshoot and settling time.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v2i1.182
Investigation of the Common Mode Voltage for a Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Inverter Drive and its Innovative Elimination through SVPWM Switching-State Redundancy
C. Bharatiraja;
J.L. Munda;
N. Sriramsai;
T Sai Navaneesh
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 7, No 3: September 2016
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v7.i3.pp892-900
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive Investigations and its control on the common mode Voltage (CMV) of the three-phase three-level neutral-point diode-clamped (NPC) multilevel inverter (MLI). A widespread space-vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique to mitigate the perpetual problem of the NPC-MLI, the CMV, proposed. The proposed scheme is an effectual blend of nearest three vector (NTV) and selected three vector (STV) techniques. This scheme is capable to reduce the CMV without compromise the inverter output voltage and Total harmonics distraction (THD). CMV reduction achieved less than +Vdc/6 using the proposed vector selection procedure. The theoretical Investigations, the MATLAB software based computer simulation and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) supported hardware corroboration have shown the superiority of the proposed technique over the conventional SVPWM schemes.