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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Multi-objective Optimization Scheme for PID-Controlled DC Motor
Gunawan Dewantoro
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.pp734-742
DC Motor is the most basic electro-mechanical equipment and well-known for its merit and simplicity. The performance of DC motor is assessed based on several qualities that are most-likely contradictory each other, i.e. settling time and overshoot percentage. Most of controllers optimization problems are multi-objective in nature since they normally have several conflicting objectives that must be met simultaneously. In this study, the grey relational analysis (GRA) was combined with Taguchi method to search the optimum PID parameter for multi-objective problem. First, a L9 (33) orthogonal array was used to plan out the processing parameters that would affect the DC motor’s speed. Then GRA was applied to overcome the drawback of single quality characteristics in the Taguchi method, and then the optimized PID parameter combination was obtained for multiple quality characteristics from the response table and the response graph from GRA. Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N ratio) calculation and analysis of variance (ANOVA) would be performed to find out the significant factors. Lastly, the reliability and reproducibility of the experiment was verified by confirming a confidence interval (CI) of 95%.
Leakage Current Paths in PV Transformer-Less Single-Phase Inverter Topology and Its Mitigation through PWM for Switching
M. N. H. Khan;
K. J. Ahmad;
S. Khan;
M. Hasanuzzaman
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.pp148-159
The Photovoltaic (PV) is a part and parcel and well known for cost-effective and easy to operatefeatures when it is used with transformer-less inverter-based grid-tied distribution generation systems. It reduces the leakage current issue that actually occurs making paths from PV penal to ground. In this paper has been addressed this issue as main problem for reducing leakage current. Moreover, here iscompared the proposed topology’s results to AC and DC-based transformer-less topologies. The possibilities of larger number of leakage current paths indicatepower loss, which is the focus of work in this paper for different switching conditions. The results on leakage current paths using PSpice with different parasitic capacitance values from inverters of different topologies are compared with the simulation results of the topology proposed in this paper.
Simulation and Implementation of Quasi-Z-Source Based Single-stage Buck/boost Inverter Fed Induction Motor
P. Shunmugakani;
D. Kirubakaran
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.pp908-914
Renewable power systems as distributed generation units often experience big changes in the inverter input voltage due to fluctuations of energy resources. Z-source inverter (ZSI) is known as a single-stage buck/boost inverter. The ZSI achieves voltage buck/boost in single stage, without additional switches. Triggering on state enables energy to be stored in inductors, which is released when at non-shoot-through state, followed by the voltage boost feature. The voltage-fed Z-source inverter/quasi-Z-source inverter (QZSI) has been presented suitable for photovoltaic (PV) applications mainly because of its single-stage buck and boost capability and the improved reliability.
Open-Switch Fault-Tolerant Control of a Grid-Side Converter in a Wind Power Generation System
Partha Sarati Das;
Kyeong-Hwa Kim
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 6, No 2: June 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v6.i2.pp293-304
A fault-tolerant technique of a grid-side converter (GSC) is a very important task because the unbalanced grid power endangers the overall system. Since the GSC is very sensitive to grid disturbance, the complete system needs to be stopped suddenly once an open-switch fault occurs. To improve the reliability of system, the continuous operation should be guaranteed. In this paper, a redundant topology based fault-tolerant algorithm is proposed for a GSC in a wind power generation system. The proposed scheme consists of the fault detection and fault-tolerant algorithms. The fault detection algorithm employs the durations of positive and negaitive cycles of three-phase grid currents as well as normalized root mean square (RMS) currents. Once a fault is detected, the corresponding faulty phase is identified and isolated to enable the fault-tolerant operation. The faulty phase is replaced by redundant one rapidly to recover the original shape of the grid currents, which ensures the continuity in operation. In contrast with the conventional methods, the proposed fault detection and fault-tolerant algorithms work effectively even in the presence of the open faults in multiple switches in the GSC. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control algorithms.
A Novel Modified Turn-on Angle Control Scheme for Torque-ripple Reduction in Switched Reluctance Motor
Milad Dowlatshahi;
Mehrdad Daryanush
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 7, No 4: December 2016
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v7.i4.pp1110-1124
In recent years, Switched Reluctance Motors (SRM) have been dramatically considered with both researchers and industries. SRMs not only have a simple and reliable structure, but also have low cost production process. However, discrete torque production of SRM along with intensive magnetic saturation in stator and rotor cores are the major drawbacks of utilizing in variety of industrial applications and also causes the inappropriate torque ripples. In this paper, a modified logical-rule-based Torque Sharing Function (TSF) method is proposed considering turn-on angle control. The optimized turn-on angle for conducting each phase is achieved by estimating the inductance curve in the vicinity of unaligned position and based on an analytical solution for each phase voltage equation. Simulation results on a four-phase switched reluctance motor and comparison with the conventional methods validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Influence Of Sensorless Control On The Noise Of Switched Reluctance Motor Drive
Alexander Petrushin;
Maxim Tchavychalov
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 6, No 3: September 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v6.i3.pp433-438
The influence of the switched reluctance motor drive sensorless control on the level of its noise is considered. Theoretically justified the increase of noise level while sensorless SRM control. The results of switched reluctance motor noise measurement with sensorless control and control using the physical position sensor are given.
Concurrent Detection and Classification of Faults in Matrix Converter using Trans-Conductance
Sarah Azimi;
Mehdi Vejdaniamiri
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 5, No 1: 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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This paper presents a fault diagnostic algorithm for detecting and locating open-circuit and short-circiut faults in switching components of matrix converters (MCs) which can be effectively used to drive a permanent magnet synchronous motor for research in critical applications. The proposed method is based on monitoring the voltages and currents of the switches. These measurements are used to evaluate the forward trans-conductance of each transistor for different values of switch voltages. These trans-conductance values are then compared to the nominal values. Under healthy conditions, the values obtained for the fault signal is less than the tolerable value. Under the open/short-circuit conditions, the fault signal exceeds the threshold, hence enables the matrix converter drive to detect and exactly identify the location of the faulty IGBT. The main advantages of this diagnostic method include fast detection and locating of the faulty IGBT, easiness of implementation and independency of the modulation strategy of the converter.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v5i1.6065
Voltage and Frequency Control of Variable Speed Induction Generator using One Cycle Control Technique
T. Elango;
A.Senthil Kumar
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 6, No 4: December 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v6.i4.pp723-729
Induction generators are widely used to extract the energy from renewable sources, particularly as a wind power generator either grid connected or isolated operation. The problem associated with stand-alone mode operation is voltage and frequency control. An electronic load controller is used for frequency / voltage control. It uses PI controller to generate the gating signal for the DC chopper. This method has the fault of bad dynamic response and thedistortion of output voltage at zero-crossing. To overcome the defect of PI controller when steady state error is equal to zero, a one cycle control technique suggested and implemented. Simulation of wind driven self-excited induction generator (SEIG) performance is studied and results are discussed.
Modelling and Simulation of Variable Frequency Synchronous DC-DC Buck Converter
Jeya Selvan Renius;
K. Vinoth Kumar;
Arnold Fredderics;
Raja Guru;
Sree Lakshmi Nair
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 5, No 2: 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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In this paper, novel small-signal averaged models for dc–dc converter operating at variable switching frequency are derived. This is achieved by separately considering the on-time and the off-time of the switching period. The derivation is shown in detail for a synchronous buck converter. The Enhanced Small Signal (ESSA) Model is derived for the synchronous buck converter. The equivalent series inductance (ESL) is also considered in this modelling. The buck converter model is also simulated in MATLAB and the result is also presented.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v5i2.6472
Towards More Reliable Renewable Power Systems - Thermal Performance Evaluation of DC/DC Boost Converters Switching Devices
Canras Batunlu;
Alhussein Albarbar
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 6, No 4: December 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v6.i4.pp876-887
Power electronic converters (PECs) are one of the most important elements within renewable power generation systems. The reliability of switching elements of PECs is still below expectations and is a major contributor to the downtime of renewable power generation systems. Conventional technology based elements such as Silicon Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) operate as switching components in PECs. Recent topological improvements have led to new devices called Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs which, are also being used as switching elements for PECs. This paper presents detailed investigations into the performance of those switching devices with a focus on their reliability and thermal characteristics. Namely, trench gate NPT, FS IGBT topologies and SiC MOSFET are firstly modelled using 3-D multi-physics finite element modelling to gain clear understanding of their thermal behaviour. Subsequently, modelling outcomes are verified by using those devices as switching elements in operational boost converters. The purposely-developed test setups are utilised to critically assess the performances of those switching devices under different loading and environmental conditions. In general, SiC device was found to exhibit about 20 °C less in its operating temperature and therefore expected to offer more reliable switching element.