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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Novel approach for SVPWM of two-level inverter fed induction motor drive
Olwi A. Elkholi;
Mohamed A. Enany;
Ahmed F. Abdo;
Mahmoud Eid
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 4: December 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i4.pp1750-1758
Due to their better DC bus utilization and easier digital realization, Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) scheme is the most widely used PWM scheme. Also two level inverter is the traditional frequency converter because it has fewer components and is lower complex to control, but on the other hand it generates higher harmonic distortion. This paper presents the realization of novel SVPWM approaches applied to the three phase induction motor drives. Specifically various schemes are based on using more combinations of step operation in each cycle to approximate the reference vector, such as 24 and 48 step operations in each cycle. The basic principle of conventional SVPWM with different modulation index M is presented. The switching sequences of new approaches are described. The modulation signals waveforms, DC bus voltage utilization, De-rated motor torque, standard error of average torque, voltage and current harmonic of new approaches are analyzed by the MATLAB/SIMULINK software. The results confirms that 48 step SVPWM approach is the best compared to other approaches.
Single-Switch Soft-Switched Boost Power Factor Corrector for Modular Applications
Tomas A. Gonzalez;
Daniel O. Mercuri;
Hernan E. Tacca;
Maximo E. Pupareli
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 7, No 2: June 2016
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v7.i2.pp279-293
Modern dc power supplies provide power factor correction but the classical two-stage approach, using hard-switched preregulators, has detrimental effects on efficiency and reliability, particularly for high power applications. With some circuit modifications and the addition of a few magnetic components, diodes and capacitors, we have turned a classical boost power factor corrector into a high efficiency soft-switched version. The proposed converter turns on its single switch with zero current and turns it off with zero voltage. In this paper we explain the proposed changes, we study the waveforms and equations and we verify them with an experimental prototype. We also show how the converter can be used for modular single- and three-phase high power applications.
Backstepping Control for a Five-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive
Anissa Hosseynia;
Ramzi Trabelsi;
Atif Iqbal;
Med Faouzi Mimounia
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.pp842-852
This paper deals with the synthesis of a speed control strategy for a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive based on backstepping controller. The proposed control strategy considers the nonlinearities of the system in the control law. The stability of the backstepping control strategy is proved by the Lyapunov theory. Simulated results are provided to verify the feasibility of the backstepping control strategy.
Modelling and Parameters Identification of a Quadrotor Using a Custom Test Rig
Mohammad Shafiq Mohammad Ashraf;
Mohamad Shukri Zainal Abidin;
Mohd Saiful Azimi Mahmud;
Muhammad Khairie Idham Abd Rahman;
Zakarya Mohammed Nasser Saleh Motea
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 9, No 2: June 2018
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i2.pp865-872
Quadrotor by nature is a very unstable system and flying it without any feedback control algorithm is deemed impossible. However, before designing the control system, system identification need to be conducted as the accuracy of the control system depends highly on the accuracy of the model. Therefore, this paper explained the design of the quadrotor model with an “X” configuration using the Euler-Newton model. Two types of test rig were designed to measure the thrust coefficient, torque coefficient and throttle command relation parameter needed in the model. Other parameter such as moment of inertia was also being measured by separating the quad rotor model into several sections: Motors, Electronics Speed Controllers (ESC) and Central Hub. All parameters needed in the designed quad rotor model has been successfully identified by measuring the parameters using the custom-built quad rotor and test rigs. The parameters found in this paper will be used in designing the control system for the quadrotor.
Design and implementation of an automatically aligned solar tracking system
Abu Sneineh, Anees;
Salah, Wael A.
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 10, No 4: December 2019
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v10.i4.pp2055-2064
This paper presents the design and implementation of a closed-loop solar tracker system. The demand for clean energy sources has increased along with the rising demand for electrical energy and the increasing amount of environment pollution triggered by fuel consumption. Among these sources, solar energy is considered the most feasible given its wide availability and easy operation in different environments. The main purpose of this study is to maximize the generated photovoltaic power and reduce CO2 emissions by designing an efficient and low-cost solar tracking system. An aligned closed-loop solar tracker is designed and constructed to achieve the best accuracy. The proposed system shows more freedom in its movement to overcome the problems associated with the tilt of the frame-holder. A PIC microcontroller based on the Flowcode programming language is used, the position feedback is detected by using a photo-sensor, and the H-Bridge driver is used to control two DC motors. According to the experimental results, the proposed system shows significant improvements in efficiency compared with stationary solar tracking systems.
Generalized SVPWM Algorithm for Two Legged Three Phase Multilevel Inverter
Devisree Sasi;
Jisha Kuruvilla P;
Anish Gopinath
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2013
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This paper establishes the inherent fractal structure in the space vector representation of two legged three phase multilevel inverters. The established fractal structure is utilized to propose a generalized algorithm for space vector PWM generation for two legged multilevel inverters. The voltage space vectors of higher level inverters can be generated from the voltage space vectors of equivalent 2-level inverter. The proposed algorithm can be easily extended to n-level inverters without any computational complexity and it doesn’t use any look up table for sector identification. The paper explains the proposed method for 5-level inverter and simulation results are presented for 2-level, 3-level and 5-level configurations in MATLAB/SIMULINK.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v3i3.4099
An Efficient Control Implementation for Inverter Based Harmony Search Algorithm
Mushtaq Najeeb;
Hamdan Daniyal;
Ramdan Razali;
Muhamad Mansor
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 8, No 1: March 2017
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v8.i1.pp279-289
This research implements a PI controller based on harmony search (HS) optimization algorithm for voltage source inverter to improve the output performance under step load change conditions. The HS algorithm aims to handle the trial and error procedure used in finding the PI parameters and then apply the proposed control algorithm via the eZdsp TMS320F28355 board to link the inverter prototype with the Matlab Simulink. The mean absolute error (MAE) is used as an optimization problem to minimize the output voltage error for the developed controller (PI-HS) as compared to the PI controller based particale swarm optimization algorithm (PI-PSO). Based on the experimental results obtained, it is noted that the proposed controller (PI-HS) provides a good dynamic performance, robustness, constant voltage amplitude, and fast response in terms of overshoot, transient, and steady-state.
Modeling and Simulation of 127 Level Optimal Multilevel Inverter with Lower Number of Switches and Minimum THD
Bolla Madhusudana Reddy;
Y. V. Siva Reddy;
M. Vijaya Kumar
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 9, No 4: December 2018
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v9.i4.pp1765-1773
This paper proposes a new optimal high level multilevel inverter with minimum number of components. This multi level inverter (MLI) is designed with series combination of basic units which can generate positive levels at output. DC source values applied for each basic unit is different with another. An H bridge is connected across proposed MLI for generating negative levels along with positive levels at output and that inverter considered as proposed high level optimal multilevel inverter. Single unit is responsible producing 21 levels. Therefore six units are connected in cascaded form to increase number of levels as 127 at output. Decrease in the number of power switches, driver circuits, and dc voltage sources are the improvement of the proposed MLI. Sinusoidal multiple pulse width modulation (SPWM) technique is implemented to produce pulses for turning ON switches according requirement. Low total harmonic distortion at output voltage or current production is major advantage of proposed module. The validations of proposed MLI results are verified through MATLAB/SIMULINK.
Fault detection and location of power transmission lines using intelligent distance relay
Sa’ad Ahmed S. Al Kazzaz;
Ibrahim Ismaeel;
Karam Khairullah Mohammed
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 2: June 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i2.pp726-734
The aim of this paper is to design a three-phase distance relay using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system algorithm (ANFIS). The proposed relay is used to protect the power transmission lines where they are subjected to faults continuously. These faults may produce a high electric current which leads to high damage in power system equipment. The relay is used to detect the transmission line faults by measuring the voltage and current values for each phase. The line impedance is then calculated to detect the faults and issue instantaneous trip signal to circuit breaker, to separate the fault zone of the transmission line without affecting the work of other relays. To isolate the faulty line without affecting the other lines within the network the relays were trained using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The obtained results through this work show that the designated distance relay with (ANFIS) algorithm has the ability to detect the faults occurrence, recognize it from the cases of the disturbance and to isolate only the fault zone without affecting the work of other relays in system.
Design of Hollow-Rotor Brushless DC Motor
Raja Nor Firdaus Raja Othman;
Farina Sulaiman;
Suhairi Rizuan;
Kasrul Abdul Karim;
Auzani Jidin;
Tole Sutikno;
Norhisam Misron
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 7, No 2: June 2016
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v7.i2.pp387-396
This paper discusses about design of hollow-rotor Brushless DC (BLDC) motor. A conventional BLDC motor has more leakage flux circling at the end of the permanent magnet that will limit torque. To overcome this problem, a new BLDC model known as hollow-rotor is proposed. The objective of this research is to design a hollow-rotor motor that will have higher torque density compared to conventional BLDC motor using Finite Element Method (FEM). In addition, performance analysis of the proposed hollow-rotor has also been carried out. For validation, the result of FEM is compared with the measurement result. It shows that, the simulation result has good agreement with the measurement result. For comparison, hollow-rotor shows higher torque density compared to conventional BLDC motor. As a conclusion, this paper provides guidelines and analysis in designing high torque hollow-rotor motor.