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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Fault tolerance of asymmetrical six-phase induction machine during single open circuit fault to three open circuit faults using GUI
Ungku Mohamed Ismail Adrian Ungku Abdul Rahman;
Wan Noraishah Wan Abdul Munim;
Hang Seng Che;
Mahdi Tousizadeh;
Khairul Safuan Muhammad
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.pp611-617
The fault tolerance of multiphase drive is favourable in the industry for its reliability and safety reasons. However, from the educational point of view, the post-fault capability of six-phase machine is still unclear. This paper presents the fault tolerance of asymmetrical six-phase induction machine (A6-IM) under one to three open-circuit faults using Graphical User Interface (GUI). In this study, the capability of A6-IM has been interpreted through a simple and user-friendly GUI helping students to have a better understanding on the current limits of A6-IM. The optimization of post-fault current references is based on maximum torque (MT) and minimum loss (ML). This work provides GUI highlighting the post-fault derating of A6-IM with single isolated neutral (1N) in two different modes namely MT and ML for educational purposes.
Contribution of DGs in the stability and voltage drop reduction for future MV network in desert regions
Bouafia Abdelkader;
Labed Djamel
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i2.pp977-987
Day by day, the integration of decentralized generation in medium voltage networks becomes more important during the last years and even in the near future. This increase causes, at the same time, several negative effects and rarely positive impacts on the stability of the network. Therefore, this work aims at analyzing the impact of ambient temperature on radial distribution network parameters’ e.g.: voltage drop and stability voltage level (index). Based on MATLAB program, different analyses of distributed generation (DG) insertion influence’s on voltage drop in the radial distribution feeder, as well as the influence of climatic conditions such as ambient temperature on network parameters. The Integration of Photovoltaic DGs in MV networks can play an important role in reducing the global warming effect (in voltage drop, and voltage stability index) especially in radial distribution feeder. Furthermore, it protects network’s parameters if its location and power are well selected.
Ultra fast frequency independent instantaneous power factor detector
Omran, Safaa S.;
Al-Khalid, Ali. Sh.;
Yaseen, Amer Atta
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.pp1961-1968
Many schemes were attempted to lessenthe time taken for measuring the power factor of a linear load. This paper suggests taking advantage of a previous paper where only two samples of the voltage and current were adequate to have a very fast calculation method of the power factor. That scheme used a phase locked loop (PLL) as a frequency multiplier scheme to acquire two progressive samples of the voltage and current which are concurrent. The time elapsed for measurement was the reciprocal of the PLL sampling frequency; no further scheme was reported after that to claim a faster method. This paper gets use of that work to get two progressive samples of voltage and current separated by a short time. The scheme is frequency independent with an indication for lead lag. All the operations are executed by a PIC microcontroller rather than a computer with few support circuits. The output will be shown either in digital or analogue (DC) form. The percentage of error depends mainly on the resolution (number of bits) for both the ADC and DAC used.
An ELM-based single input rule module and its application in power generation
Chong Tak Yaw;
Shen Young Wong;
Keem Sian Yap
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 1: March 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i1.pp359-366
Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) is widely known as an effective learning algorithm than the conventional learning methods from the point of learning speed as well as generalization. In traditional fuzzy inference method which was the "if-then" rules, all the input and output objects were assigned to antecedent and consequent component respectively. However, a major dilemma was that the fuzzy rules' number kept increasing until the system and arrangement of the rules became complicated. Therefore, the single input rule modules connected type fuzzy inference (SIRM) method where consociated the output of the fuzzy rules modules significantly. In this paper, we put forward a novel single input rule modules based on extreme learning machine (denoted as SIRM-ELM) for solving data regression problems. In this hybrid model, the concept of SIRM is applied as hidden neurons of ELM and each of them represents a single input fuzzy rules. Hence, the number of fuzzy rule and the number of hidden neuron of ELM are the same. The effectiveness of proposed SIRM-ELM model is verified using sigmoid activation functions based on several benchmark datasets and a NOx emission of power generation plant. Experimental results illustrate that our proposed SIRM-ELM model is capable of achieving small root mean square error, i.e., 0.027448 for prediction of NOx emission.
Comparative study of new MPPT control approaches for a photovoltaic system
Haddou, Ahmed;
Tariba, Nour-Eddine;
Ikken, Naima;
Bouknadel, Abdelhadi;
EL Omari, Hafsa;
El Omari, Hamid
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 1: March 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i1.pp251-262
The output characteristics of the photovoltaic (PV) installation normally depend on solar radiation and ambient temperature, the charge impedance, its maximum power point (MPP) is not constant. In each state of the PV module has a point where it can produce its MPP. Therefore, MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) methods can be used to keep the photovoltaic panel running on its MPP. In this article, the objective was to determine how the different maximum point power monitoring (MPPT) techniques applied to PV systems work. Therefore, two MPPT algorithms are presented and compared under different temperature and radiation conditions: MRAC methods and sliding mode controller combined with the Incremental Conductivity (IC) algorithm. These algorithms are widely used in PV systems because of their easy implementation and low cost. These techniques were analyzed and their performance evaluated using the PSIM software under different types of solar radiation and temperature.
The enhancement of power quality for the distribution system via dynamic voltage restorer
Ali Basim Mohammed;
Mohd Aifaa Mohd Ariff
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 3: September 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i3.pp1588-1595
This paper represents a new configuration of the dynamic voltage restorer consists of approximate classical sliding mode differentiator (ACSMD) with the terminal sliding mode controller (TSMC) as the nonlinear sliding variable. In this study, the proposed structure of the DVR is utilized to maintain the magnitude of the load voltage at a constant value, maintain the system total harmonic distortion (THD), boost the robustness property and minimize the steady-state error. The power quality has received more interest due to the implementation of various industrial devices and critical loads at the distribution side. Nowadays, the main challenges in power quality in the system are voltage sags/swells, harmonics and voltage imbalance. Various devices are utilized to address these challenges. The dynamic voltage restorer is one of these devices. It is connected in series with the distribution system and injects a proper voltage magnitude to maintain the voltage load at the constant value. In this paper, the DVR model with the ASMF and TSMC is implemented in using MATLAB/Simulink. The proposed controller is evaluated using the standard voltage sag indices.
A review of available hybrid renewable energy systems in Malaysia
Nur Huda. M Tambi;
Hadi Nabipour Afrouzi;
Kamyar Mehranzamir;
Jubaer Ahmed
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 1: March 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i1.pp433-441
The utilization of conventional sources of energy releases harmful pollutants to the environment causing global warming and acid rain. For that reason, it becomes necessary to use a non-depletable, sustainable and eco-friendly renewable energy as a mean of producing electricity. Malaysia is tropical country rich in resources beneficial in electricity generation as it is in equatorial region therefore it has an abundance of solar irradiance of average annually. In addition, Malaysia’s demand in electricity is increasing to 124,677 GWh by 2020. Therefore, the electricity generation from renewable sources in Malaysia is anticipated to grow in the future alongside the government endorsement due to its clean, eco-friendly and free source of energy which can highly reduce the dependency on oil and gas that emits harmful pollutants to the environment. This paper gives a comprehensive review on the renewable projects and researches in Malaysia, challenges that affect popularity of renewable energy in Malaysia and available and successful renewable energy system in Malaysia.
Sensorless dual axis solar tracker using improved sun position algorithm
Chan Men Loon;
Muhamad Zalani Daud
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 3: September 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i3.pp1305-1312
This paper presents development of a prototype sensorless dual axis solar tracker for maximum extraction of solar energy. To prove the concept and evaluate the proposed algorithm, a low cost widely availabe materials were used which was programmed based on Arduino microcontroller. The porposed algorithm works based on two search methods namely the global search that approximates the best point location in a region, and local search that further determines the actual sun’s position. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm gives better performance compared to the existing sun position algorithm (SPA) - based method as well as the fixed panel system. In terms of total output power, the proposed algorithm gives 17.96% more efficient than the fixed system and 6.38% better than the SPA-based system. Furthermore, the percentage error of the experimental measured angle to the actual sun azimuth angle was relatively minimal (less than 3%) during clear day operation. The system was proven to be effective in tracking the sun for improved energy production of solar PV panels and the proposed algorithm also can be used for designing the tracker with larger size of solar PV systems.
Structural correction of nonlinear dynamics of frequency-controlled induction motor drives
Vladimir L. Kodkin;
Aleksandr Sergeevich Anikin;
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Baldenkov
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 1: March 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i1.pp220-227
Frequency analysis of processes in the frequency-controlled induction motor drive s, as in automatic control systems with dynamic non-linearities, are presented in this paper. For the first time, dynamic formulas of transfer functions of a torque driver in an induction motor with frequency control, taking into account the slip and frequency of the stator voltage, are proposed. Methods for constructing families of frequency characteristics of such electromechanical systems with “frozen” but different values of the frequency of the stator voltage and slip are described. The frequency characteristics corresponding to these transfer functions are constructed in the Simulink application of the MatLab software. Based on results of the analysis the structural correction methods that improve the dynamics of such nonlinear systems are proposed. The nonlinear transfer functions obtained in this work made it possible to substantiate structural solutions that linearize frequency-controlled electric drives and significantly increase their efficiency. This paper is an example of how the initial complicated (but more accurate) interpretation of nonlinearity allowed us to find a new best solution to the problem of controlling a complex dynamic object.
Life-cycle assessment of residential-scale grid-connected photovoltaic system in Malaysia based on monocrystalline silicon modules
Atiqah Hamizah Mohd Nordin;
Shahril Irwan Sulaiman;
Sulaiman Shaari;
Rijalul Fahmi Mustapa
International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol 11, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijpeds.v11.i2.pp677-684
Even though PV systems have been promoted as a green form of electrification, such systems are still contributing to environmental impacts after considering life-cycle impact during material extraction, manufacturing processes of its components, installation, operation, and maintenance. This paper presents a life-cycle assessment to quantify the environmental impact of residential-scale grid-connected PV systems in Malaysia using monocrystalline silicon PV module. LCA had been carried out by using OpenLCA 1.8 software, Ecoinvent 3.5 database, and impact assessment method of IMPACT2002+ and CED. The influence of varying system capacity from 3 to 12 kWp, system lifetime of 21, 25 and 30 years, and solar irradiation of 1560.8, 1651.8, & 1935.5 kWh/m2/yr, were investigated. The results revealed that the greenhouse gas emissions rate, cumulative energy demand, and energy payback time of residential-scale grid-connected PV systems in Malaysia ranged from 37.97 to 67.26 g CO2-eq/kWh, 4387.10 to 4699.99 MJ/m2, and 6.37 to 7.90 years, respectively. This study also evaluated indicators of energy return on investment. The overall finding implies that the installation of residential-scale grid-connected PV systems in Malaysia offers significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the country.