Adjustable-speed drives (ASDs) are often used in commercial and industrial facilities to improve process control and save energy. However, ASDs are the sensitive load equipment as regards to voltage sag. During the sag, the dc-bus capacitor of a typical ASD will discharge depending on the loading condition. The voltage of the dc bus decreases and could lead to a trip of the device. In order to understand the voltage sag tolerance capability of ASDs. Based on IEC 61800-3 and IEC 61000-4-11, this research presents the test results of ASD subjected to voltage sags under different operating conditions. The tests focus on different types of voltage sags, operating situations and designs of ASDs.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Este trabalho aborda os efeitos de afundamentos de tensÃo em Acionamentos de Velocidade VariÃvel â AVVs para mÃquinas de corrente alternada, conversores estÃticos de dois estÃgios (retificador-inversor) amplamente utilizados no controle de velocidade e traÃÃo. O estudo tem como objetivo analisar o comportamento dos AVVs diante de afundamentos de tensÃo simÃtricos e assimÃtricos e tÃcnicas de aumento de suportabilidade para estes equipamentos, destacando-se o uso de conversores boost. SÃo apresentados resultados de simulaÃÃes computacionais e de ensaios laboratoriais de um conversor boost desenvolvido para aumentar a tolerÃncia de AVV a afundamentos de tensÃo. Nos ensaios de laboratÃrio foram levantadas as curvas de tolerÃncia do AVV para afundamentos de tensÃo dos tipos A, B e E e comparadas aos limites estabelecidos pela curva SEMI F47 0706 do instituto EPRI. O AVV mostrou-se sensÃvel aos afundamentos tipo A e E com imunidade de tensÃo remanescente de atà 0,7pu na barra CC do AVV. Foram ainda feitos ensaios experimentais com o conversor boost conectado ao AVV sob condiÃÃes de afundamentos de tensÃo severos dos tipos A e E. A anÃlise do conjunto AVV-MIT sob os demais tipos de afundamentos de tensÃo (B, C, D, F e G) foi feita por simulaÃÃo computacional usando um modelo previamente validado pela comparaÃÃo com os resultados experimentais. Os afundamentos dos tipos A, E, F e G, que podem provocar o desligamento do AVV, foram tambÃm analisados por simulaÃÃes computacionais com a conexÃo do conversor boost ao barramento CC do AVV. Para a avaliaÃÃo do comportamento do AVV com e sem o conversor boost foram obtidas as curvas de tensÃo do barramento CC, tensÃo de saÃda do AVV, tensÃo de entrada do conversor boost, e de correntes de entrada do AVV, do conversor boost e de saÃda da fonte. Conforme os resultados de simulaÃÃes e experimentais o conversor boost pode mitigar afundamentos do tipo A para atà 0,5pu e todos os outros tipos de afundamentos atà nÃveis de interrupÃÃo, isto Ã, 0pu. Comparados os resultados com as simulaÃÃes de outras soluÃÃes abordadas no trabalho, o conversor boost se mostrou como a melhor alternativa do ponto de vista tÃcnico. / This work investigates the effects of voltage sags on Adjustable Speed Drives â ASDs of AC machines, static converters of two stages (rectifier-inverter) widely used on speed and torque control. The goal is to analyse the behavior of the ASDs under symmetrical and asymmetrical voltage sags and the approaches to improve the ASD low voltage ride-through capability with emphasis to the boost converter technique. Computational simulations and experimental results of a boost converter designed to operate when the ASD is under voltage sags are presented. The tolerance curves of the ASD were obtained in laboratory for voltage sags types A, B and E and compared to the SEMI F47 0706 curve of the EPRI institute. The ASD was shown sensitive for voltage sags types A and E with immunity for remaining voltages up to 0.7pu on the DC link. Experimental tests were performed to evaluate the response of the boost converter operation when the ASD is under severe voltage sag conditions of types A and E. The set ASD-induction motor was modelled for the simulation tests and the model validation was performed by comparison with experimental results. The analysis of the ASD and the three-phase induction motor under voltage sags B, C, D, F e G were carried out by computational simulations. The voltage sag types A, E, F and G which can turn off the ASD were also analyzed by computational simulation with the boost converter connected to ASD DC bus. The curves of DC link voltage, the ASD output voltage, the boost input voltage and the input currents of the ASD, the boost converter and the source were plotted for evaluation of the ASD behavior with and without the boost converter. The simulation and experimental results have shown that the boost converter can mitigate voltage sags type A up to 0.5pu and all other types of voltage sags up to 0pu. The boost converter has proved a suitable solution to improve the ASD voltage sag ride through capability.

As power electronic based controllers and loads become more prevalent in power systems, there is a growing concern about how the harmonics generated by these controllers and loads affect the power quality of the system. One widely used power electronic based load is the Variable Frequency Drive (VFDs) used to vary the speed of an induction motor; whereas a common example of a power electronic based controller used in power systems is the Static VAR Compensator (SVC) for improving a system’s power factor. In this thesis, the harmonic content and overall performance of a system including both a VFD and a SVC will be studied and analyzed. Specifically, the cases of no compensation, static capacitor compensation, and power electronic based static VAR compensation are examined. A small-scale model of a system for study was constructed in lab. Several cases were then performed and tested to simulate a system which contained both fixed and power electronic based harmonic generating loads. The performance of each case was determined by total harmonic current and voltage distortions, true power factor, and RMS current levels at different points in the system.

[pt] Os sistemas de potência são projetados para operar com rígidos requisitos de qualidade, de modo que, as usinas hidrelétricas devem gerar energia, mantendo tensão e freqüência elétrica constantes. No método clássico de geração, a freqüência é controlada pelo sistema regulador de velocidade de turbina, que tende a manter a rotação da turbina fixa na velocidade síncrona. Como durante a operação da usina, as condições físicas como, por exemplo, altura de queda e vazão, não reproduzem as de projeto durante todo o tempo, o ponto de operação da turbina pode afastar-se da região de máxima eficiência por longos períodos, reduzindo seu rendimento total. Este trabalho aborda a utilização da máquina de dupla alimentação com conversor estático em seu rotórico para geração hidrelétrica em regime de velocidade ajustável, com desacoplamento entre a velocidade da turbina e a freqüência do sistema, apresentando os benefícios obtidos através do uso desta tecnologia. / [en] Power systems are designed to operate under strong quality requirements, so that hydroelectric plants have to produce energy with constant voltage and frequency. According to classical generation schemes, frequency is controlled by the speed governors, which tend to maintain the turbine rotating speed fixed at a synchronous speed. During the plant life the basic variables, such as water head and flow, are not the same as those assumed for the design, the turbine s operating point can go out of the region for maximal efficiency for long periods of time, decreasing than the plant total efficiency. This dissertation brings up the use of a double-fed machine with a static converter connected to the rotor s circuit for adjustable speed generation, with the decoupling of the turbine speed and the system frequency. This work does also show the improvements of the use of this technology.

Harmonic distortions are inevitably caused by a rectifier and an inverter due to their inherent nonlinearities. An AC-DC-AC converter, configured by the series connection of a rectifier, DC link, and an inverter, induces harmonic distortions at both AC sides and at the DC link. These harmonics can nonlinearly interact or modulate the fundamental frequencies at the AC sides to cause interharmonic distortions. Harmonic and interharmonic distortions can seriously hamper the normal operation of the power system by means of side effects such as excitation of undesirable electrical and/or mechanical resonances, misoperation of control devices, and so forth. This dissertation presents effective methodologies to mitigate harmonic and interharmonic distortions by applying dithered pulse-width modulated (PWM) signals to a voltage-sourced inverter (VSI) type adjustable speed drive (ASD). The proposed methods are also efficient because the dithering applications are performed on control signals without the need for additional devices. By the help of dithering, the rejection bandwidth of a harmonic filter can be relaxed, which enables a lower-order configuration of harmonic filters. First, this dissertation provides a dithering application on gating signals of a sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) inverter in the simulated VSI-ASD model. The dithering is implemented by adding intentional noise into the SPWM process to randomize rising and falling edges of each pulse in a PWM waveform. As a result of the randomized edges, the periodicity of each pulse is varied, which result in mitigated harmonic tones. This mitigation of PWM harmonics also reduces associated interharmonic distortions at the source side of the ASD. The spectral densities at harmonic and interharmonic frequencies are quanti fied by Fourier analysis. It demonstrates approximately up to 10 dB mitigation of harmonic and interharmonic distortions. The nonlinear relationship between the mitigated interharmonics and harmonics is confirmed by cross bicoherence analysis of source- and DC-side current signals. Second, this dissertation proposes a dithered sigma-delta modulation (SDM) technique as an alternative to the PWM method. The dithering method spreads harmonic tones of the SD M bitstream into the noise level. The noise-shaping property of SDM induces lower noise density near the fundamental frequency. The SDM bitstream is then converted into SDM waveform after zero-order interpolation by which the noise-shaping property repeats at every sampling frequency of the bitstream. The advantages of SDM are assessed by comparing harmonic densities and the number of switching events with those of SPWMs. The dithered SD M waveform bounds harmonic and noise densities below approximately -30 dB with respect to the fundamental spectral density without increasing the number of switching events. Third, this dissertation provides additional validity of the proposed method via hardware experiments. For harmonic assessment, a commercial three-phase inverter module is supplied by a DC voltage source. Simulated PWM signals are converted into voltage waveforms to control the inverter. To evaluate interharmonic distortions, the experimental configuration is extended to a VSI-ASD model by connecting a three-phase rectifier to the inverter module via a DC link. The measured voltage and current waveforms are analyzed to demonstrate coincident properties with the simulation results in mitigating harmonics and interharmonics. The experimental results also provide the efficacy of the proposed methods; the dithered SPWM method effectively mitigates the fundamental frequency harmonics and associated interharmonics, and the dithered SDM reduces harmonics with the desired noise-shaping property. / text

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-04-18T15:37:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 15632691 bytes, checksum: 70a89dc2e4e38eb468aa2013be66ab1f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-04-19T11:31:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 15632691 bytes, checksum: 70a89dc2e4e38eb468aa2013be66ab1f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-19T11:31:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 15632691 bytes, checksum: 70a89dc2e4e38eb468aa2013be66ab1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-02 / Esta tese apresenta as etapas de projeto e de implementação de um controlador digital preditivo para regular as correntes de um motor CC de ímãs permanentes sem escovas (do inglês, Permanent Magnets Brushless DC motor) (BLDC) de baixa indutância, trifásico a três fios. Estes tipos de motores são usualmente acionados por conversores eletrônicos de potência com múltiplos estágios, comutados em altas frequências, ou usam filtros adicionais para limitar as ondulações de corrente. As formas de onda da força contra eletromotriz induzida e das correntes retangulares dificulta o projeto e sintonia de controladores lineares. A complexidade desta tarefa aumenta quando se considera a ampla faixa de velocidade de operação do motor. Controladores digitais preditivos são facilmente implementados em processadores digitais de sinais, tendo sido usados com sucesso para regular correntes de diferentes tipos de conversores eletrônicos de potência. Três estratégias de comutação (bipolar, unipolar síncrona e unipolar) são usadas para obter três controladores PWM preditivos para regular as correntes retangulares do motor BLDC, sem a necessidade de filtros ou conversores adicionais. O fato das correntes fluírem por apenas duas das fases do motor em cada intervalo de π/3 rad permite operar o inversor fonte de tensão trifásico (Voltage Source Inverter) (VSI) como um conversor CC-CC em ponte completa. Esta característica simplifica o algoritmo de controle sendo necessário apenas um controlador para as correntes trifásicas. Parcelas para compensar o erro em regime permanente devido ao tempo morto, queda de tensão nos interruptores e atrasos de amostragem e de disparo dos interruptores são incorporadas à lei de controle modificada. Resultados experimentais e de simulação para um motor BLDC trifásico de 5 kW/48 V são apresentados para demonstrar a viabilidade da proposta. O algoritmo de controle do sistema de acionamento do motor BLDC foi implementado usando o controlador digital de sinais TMS320F28335. / This thesis presents the design and implementation steps of a digital predictive controller to regulate a low–inductance, three–phase, three–wire permanent magnet brushless DC (BLDC) motor currents. These types of motors are usually driven by multi-stage converters, switched at high frequencies, or use additional inductances to limit the current ripple. The motor’s trapezoidal back electromotive force and rectangular currents waveforms make the design and the tuning process of linear controllers difficult. This task complexity increases when a wide speed range is considered. Digital predictive controllers are easily implemented using digital signal processors (DSP), as successfully used for different types of power electronic converters currents regulation. Three switching strategies (bipolar, synchronous unipolar e unipolar) are used to obtain three PWM predictive controllers to regulate the rectangular currents of a brushless DC motor, without the need for any additional filters or converter. Due the fact that the currents flow only between two phases of the motor at every π/3 rad period makes possible to operate the three-phase voltage source inverter as a full-bridge DC–DC converter. This feature simplify the control algorithm which requires only one controller to synthesize the three-phase currents. A methodology to eliminate the steady-state error due to blanking time, switches voltage drop, sampling delay and pulse driver delay were incorporated in the modified predictive control law. Experimental and simulation results using a 5 kW/48 V three–phase BLDC motor are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this proposal. The control algorithm was implemented in a digital signal controller TMS320F28335.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-04-24T18:25:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 17326163 bytes, checksum: b5bfc03806c064bdf98c9890ed322936 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-04-25T12:14:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 17326163 bytes, checksum: b5bfc03806c064bdf98c9890ed322936 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-25T12:14:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rodolfolacerdavalle.pdf: 17326163 bytes, checksum: b5bfc03806c064bdf98c9890ed322936 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-07 / Esta dissertação apresenta as etapas de desenvolvimento de um sistema de acionamento de um motor CC de ímãs permanentes sem escovas para aplicação em veículos elétricos de pequeno porte. O motor é acionado por um inversor fonte de tensão trifásico (VSI, Voltage Source Inverter) baseado em interruptores IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor). Os sinais de comutação dos interruptores são gerados por uma estratégia de modulação vetorial. Sinais gerados por três sensores de efeito Hall são usados para detectar a posição angular do rotor. O motor é controlado a partir de duas malhas. Uma malha externa controla a velocidade enquanto a malha interna controla as correntes de fase do motor. O desempenho de dois tipos de controladores foram investigados para o controle das correntes sintetizadas pelo VSI: (i) controlador proporcional– integral no sistema de coordenadas síncrono e (ii) controlador proporcional–integral com integradores em múltiplos sistemas de coordenadas rotativas. Além das malhas de controle, o sistema de acionamento foi projetado com uma estratégia de desacoplamento das correntes de controle e uma ação preditiva para compensar o efeito das tensões contra–eletromotriz trapezoidais geradas por fase pelo motor. Um protótipo experimental do sistema de 5 kW foi montado em laboratório. Os algoritmos de controle do motor e do VSI, juntamente com o algoritmo de deteção de posição do rotor foi implementado em um controlador digital de sinais TMS320F28335. Resultados experimentais são apresentados, discutidos e utilizados para validar as estratégias de controle. / This dissertation presents the development of a permanent magnet brushless DC motor drive (PMBLDC) for small electric vehicles applications. A three–phase voltage source inverter (VSI) based on IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) is used to drive the electric motor. The semiconductor switches are controlled by space vector modulation (SVM). Signals from three Hall effect sensors are used to detect the rotor angular position. Two closed–loops are used to control the PMBLDC motor. The outer loop controls the rotor velocity while the inner loop controls the motor phase currents. Two types of controllers were investigated to synthesize the currents: (i) proportional– integral controller in synchronous reference frame and (ii) proportional–integral controller with multiple rotating synchronous reference frame integrators. Besides the current control loops, the drive system was designed considering the decoupling of the synthesized phase currents and a feed-forward electromotive force waveform compensation. An experimental prototype of 5 kW was built in laboratory. The motor and VSI control algorithms and the algorithm used to detect the rotor position were implemented in a TMS320F28335, digital signal controller. Experimental results are presented, discussed along with the validation of the control strategy.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-05-25T12:16:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-06-14T11:52:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-14T11:52:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / Sistemas eletromecânicos são de grande importância atualmente, e a procura por maior eficiência e desempenho aliados a um menor custo justificam a busca por alternativas tanto em topologia quanto no controle e acionamento de tais sistemas. A máquina de relutância chaveada é capaz de cumprir estes requisitos e tem despertado o interesse de pesquisadores e empresas nos últimos anos, emergindo como uma alternativa viável em diversas aplicações. Porém, esta máquina possui características singulares. Por conta de sua estrutura duplamente saliente, seu funcionamento correto depende da aplicação de pulsos de corrente por determinados intervalos de tempo, e na sequência correta, seus parâmetros são variáveis no tempo, apresentando um comportamento com características não-lineares. Tais particularidades fazem com que seja difícil controlar o torque destas máquinas, as quais possuem a tendência de apresentar altas oscilações durante a mudança da excitação de cada fase. Este trabalho tem por objetivo contribuir com o estudo da modelagem e do acionamento de uma máquina de relutância chaveada. É apresentada sua modelagem matemática e um modelo de simulação que leva em consideração as não linearidades existentes. Em seguida são apresentadas técnicas de controle de corrente que incluem um regulador de histerese, um controlador PI e um controlador por modos deslizantes. Também é utilizado um método capaz de determinar o momento em que cada fase deve ser acionada, baseado no ângulo do rotor, e uma técnica de variação dos ângulos de acionamento de maneira dinâmica, usados em conjunto com os controladores propostos. O trabalho também caracteriza e apresenta as funções de divisão de torque como uma maneira de reduzir drasticamente as oscilações de torque. São apresentadas as operações como motor e como gerador, bem como um exemplo de aplicação de modo a ilustrar ambos os modos de operação. / Electromechanical systems have a huge relevance nowadays, and seeking for improvements in efficiency and performance at the lowest cost make valid to identify topological and control alternatives of these systems. The switched reluctance machine is capable to fulfill such requirements and emerges as an interesting field of research. Academics and industrial works shows that it is a promising alternative in several applications. However, this machine presents unique characteristics, like the doubly salient structure, the necessity to apply phase currents in a sequence determined by the stator/rotor pole ratio, its time variantparameters,andthestrongnonlinearcharacteristics. Suchsingularitiesmaketorque control hard, as it tends to present high ripples and makes a lot of noise. This thesis aims to contribute on switched reluctance machine modeling and drive system. A mathematical model is presented, and also a simulation model that accounts for nonlinearities, making possible to simulate the machine accurately in a computational environment. A hysteresis regulator, a PI controller and a sliding mode controller are designed and simulated. An algorithm to determine when each phase should be excited based on rotor angle is used, and a technique to change such firing angles dynamically is developed that can be used along with current control methods presented. The work also defines and presents torque sharing functions as a way to greatly reduce torque ripple. Motor and generator operation are contemplated, and both modes are illustrated in an application example.