CAPES / O desenvolvimento de um conversor CC-CC de três portas é proposto neste trabalho. Através da combinação de um conversor bidirecional Ćuk e um transformador de alta frequência com um circuito retificador em ponte completa, duas portas de energia não isoladas e uma porta de energia isolada são obtidas. Um circuito LC série ressonante é empregado, resultando em comutação suave nos interruptores de potência. O conversor bidirecional Ćuk, controlado por modulação de largura de pulso (PWM) e o circuito tanque ressonante, controlado por modulação de frequência (PFM) acima da frequência de ressonância, permitem duas variáveis de controle para a topologia. Além disso, os interruptores de potência são compartilhados nas etapas de operação, reduzindo o número de componentes ativos. Regulação de suas portas é realizada para aplicações com elementos armazenadores de energia. São apresentados os modos de operação, a análise matemática e a estratégia de controle do conversor proposto. Os resultados experimentais são expostos para discutir a viabilidade da estrutura. / The development of a DC-DC three-port converter is proposed in this work. Through the combination of a bidirectional Ćuk converter and a high frequency transformer with a full-bridge rectifier circuit, two non-isolated energy ports and one isolated energy port are achieved. A LC series resonant circuit is employed, resulting in soft-switching in the power switches. The bidirectional Ćuk converter, controlled by pulse width modulation (PWM), and the tank resonant circuit, controlled by pulse frequency modulation (PFM) above the resonance frequency, allow two control variables for the topology. Furthermore, the power switches are shared for the operation of both circuits, reducing the number of active components. Port regulations are performed for applications with energy storage elements. Operation modes, math analysis and control strategy of the proposed converter are presented. Experimental results are exposed to discuss the feasibility of the structure.

Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um sistema trifásico para a carga rápida de baterias de veículos elétricos, com elevado fator de potência, isolação em alta frequência e reduzidos esforços de corrente. O sistema proposto baseia-se em uma estrutura de estágio único, integrando a etapa retificadora trifásica com um conversor CC–CC isolado em alta frequência. Esta estrutura utiliza dois conjuntos de retificadores bidirecionais trifásicos de dois níveis operando com controle da defasagem entre eles. São inseridos transformadores de alta frequência entre os braços de comutação, no total de três transformadores e um retificador e um indutor de filtro na saída. Esta estrutura permite a utilização da modulação PWM clássica para o controle das correntes de entrada, com elevado fator de potência, além de controlar a tensão do barramento primário. O controle do ângulo de defasagem entre os dois módulos retificadores permite controlar o fluxo de potência entre o barramento primário e o secundário, possibilitando o controle independente da corrente de saída do conversor. A operação integrada dos módulos retificadores e transformadores de alta frequência, permite obter algumas características importantes como redução das ondulações de corrente de entrada e de saída devido a operação multifase dos retificadores, divisão dos esforços de corrente entre os semicondutores, entre os indutores de entrada e divisão da potência nos transformadores de alta frequência (importantes para a operação em alta potência), um único estágio de processamento de energia com controles independentes das correntes de entrada e saída, operação com comutação suave na maioria dos interruptores e possibilidade de operação bidirecional entre a rede e outra fonte CC, tais como painéis fotovoltaicos, permitindo a redução do impacto dos sistemas de carga rápida no sistema elétrico, e também possibilitando a injeção de energia em períodos ociosos. O trabalho apresenta a análise da topologia, projeto e implementação de um protótipo de 10 kW para a carga rápida de baterias. / This work presents the development of a three-phase system for fast charging electric vehicle batteries, with high power factor, insulation at high frequency and low current stresses. The proposed system is based on a single-stage structure, by integrating the three-phase rectifier stage with a DC–DC converter isolated at high frequency. The proposed structure is based on the use of two sets of two levels bidirectional three-phase rectifiers operating with phase shift control between them. High–frequency transformer are inserted between the arms of each switching set, for a total of three transformers and a rectifier and a filter inductor on the output. This structure allows the use of classical PWM to control the input currents, obtaining high power factor, besides controlling the voltage of the primary bus. The phase shift control angle between the two rectifier modules allows to control the flow of power between the primary and the secondary bus, allowing independent control of the output current. The integrated operation of rectifier modules and high frequency transformers, allow to obtain some important operating characteristics such as reducted input current ripple and output by multi-phase operation of the rectifiers, division of the current efforts of the semiconductor between the input inductors and power division in the high-frequency transformers (important for operation with high power), single power processing stage with independent control of input and output currents, soft switching operation on most switches and possibility of bidirectional operation between the power grid and other DC source, such as photovoltaic panels, allowing the reduction of the impact of fast charge systems in the electrical system, and also enabling injection of energy in idle periods. his work presents the analysis of the topology, design and implementation of a 10 kW prototype for the fast charging batteries.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T14:53:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Newton_ Teixeira _do_ Nascimento Junior.pdf: 3217306 bytes, checksum: c4c1a1e0f923de4227056ce0050d06f8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-05 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This paper presents a computational method to monitor the operating state of steady electric power transformers in a real time and perspectives of operation over time trends and their operation. The methodology consists of two main steps. The first step is building composed of a block of fuzzy inference s block that can monitor real-time values of transformer s electrical parameters of the transformer (current, voltage between phases, power, oil temperature, winding temperature), to analyze and map these inputs into a single output that reflects what has been defined as operational status of the transformer. We defined five regions of transformer s operation by which a processor can work: emergency, urgent, warning, stable and great. The second step analyze the trend of increase / decrease of operating state obtained from the fuzzy block in a given period, as one day, a month, one year and / or several years. This trend can be characterized in various ways, such as increasing, decreasing very constant. Statistical methods are employed for this analysis. The methodology was evaluated on a database of a large company of generation and transmission of electric energy from the Brazilian electricity sector. The results were satisfactory in that the development of operation of such equipment was qualitatively mapped and their tendencies well characterized. Conceptually, the analytical model presented can be extended to multiple processing units, electric and other functions for up to a full network of interest, allowing subsidize the operation of this and can indicate the need for any future system reinforcements. / Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia computacional para monitorar o estado operacional em regime permanente de transformadores de potência elétrica ao longo do tempo e suas respectivas tendências de operação. A metodologia é composta de duas etapas principais. Na primeira etapa é construído um bloco de inferência fuzzy capaz de monitorar em tempo real os valores de variáveis elétricas do transformador (corrente, tensão entre fases, potência, temperatura do óleo e temperatura dos enrolamentos), analisar e mapear estas entradas em uma única saída que reflete o que foi definido como estado operacional do transformador. Foram definidas cinco regiões de operação pelas quais um transformador pode trabalhar: emergência, urgência, advertência, estável e ótimo. A segunda etapa trata de analisar a tendência crescimento/decrescimento desse estado operativo obtido do bloco fuzzy em um determinado período, tal como um dia, um mês, um ano e/ou vários anos. Essa tendência pode ser caracterizada de várias formas, tais como crescente, muito decrescente, constante. Métodos estatísticos são empregados para realizar essa análise. A metodologia foi avaliada com uma base de dados de uma grande empresa geradora e transmissora de energia do setor elétrico brasileiro. Os resultados alcançados foram satisfatórios, na medida em que a evolução de operação desses equipamentos foi qualitativamente mapeada e suas tendências bem caracterizadas. Conceitualmente, o modelo de análise apresentado pode ser estendido para várias unidades transformadoras, para outras funções elétricas e até para uma rede de interesse completa, permitindo subsidiar a operação desta e dar indicativos de necessidade de reforços futuros no sistema.

This thesis proposes innovative methods to extract information embedded in the frequency and time domain response of the transformer winding, and utilizes them to suggest solutions to a few tasks that have until now been thought difficult, if not impossible, to resolve. Pursuing this philosophy originated from the basic under- standing that the response of any physical system (behaving largely as a linear time invariant system) has embedded information that characterizes it completely. So, the prerequisite is to evolve ways to extract this information from measured responses. Once that is done, a variety of interesting applications can be envisaged. The two applications considered in this thesis are- •Investigate indirect measurement of the series capacitance of a transformer winding using the measured frequency or time domain response •Explore the possibility of increasing the physical resolution of the ladder network used to model a fully interleaved-disk winding In the former application, since direct measurement of series capacitance is impossible, alternatives based on indirect measurement were also not attempted. Similarly, in the latter application, the upper limit is known to be fixed by the number of distinctly observable peaks in the magnitude frequency response, so the question of increasing this limit was also never explored. Solutions to these tasks are proposed after a systematic analysis of frequency/time domain responses of a winding, initially modeled as a lumped parameter ladder network, to extract correlations that exist between them and winding parameters, and finally examine how these relations can be exploited together with the measured responses. Each of the five chapters is dedicated to describe the solution to one task. In each chapter, analytical formulation is presented first, followed by experimental results. Good agreement with the predicted results demonstrates its practicability. In final summary, indirect measurement of the series capacitance of a winding and en- hancing physical resolution of a ladder network model to represent a fully interleaved- disk winding was successfully demonstrated and they are the main contributions of this thesis.

The overall reliability of a power transformer depends to a great extent on the sound operation of the bushings thereof. In view of its overwhelming advantages, resin impregnated paper (RIP) is acquiring prominence over conventional oil impregnated paper (OIP) in transformer bushings. The main advantages of RIP bushings are low dielectric loss and capability of positioning them at any desired angle over the transformer. The RIP structure, being an all-solid system, is completely free from oil phase. The temperature rise in RIP bushings under normal operating conditions is seen to be a difficult parameter to control in view of the limited options for effective cooling. The degradation of dry-type insulation such as RIP is often due to thermal and electrical stresses. The long time performance thereof, depends strongly, on the maximum operating temperature. In order to be able to predict the regional temperature, it is necessary to consider the thermal and electrical parameters of insulation in question; and to identify and solve the governing equations under the relevant boundary conditions. Electrical failure of insulation is known to be an extremal random process wherein nominally identical specimens of equipment insulation, at constant stress fails at inordinately different times. In order to be able to estimate the life of power equipment like transformer bushing, it is necessary to run long duration ageing experiments under accelerated stresses, to acquire and analyze insulation specific failure data. The present work is an attempt to provide reliability and life estimation of High Voltage RIP bushing insulation. The literature survey carried out in this view indicate that investigation on thermal and electric field distribution and the models for failure under combined stress and analysis of the data so as to be able to estimate the possible life of RIP bushing is scanty. Having these aspects in focus, the scope of the present work is defined as: (i) Mapping of the temperature and electric field distribution in the body of 400kV RIP bushing (ii) Deduction of parameters of the probabilistic models for the failure under electrical and thermal ageing (iii) Estimation of life based on diagnostic testing using PD With this in view, the temperature distribution in the body of a 400kV RIP bushing is studied considering the heat generation both in central conductor and that in the insulation. Presence of multiple materials with non-confirming interfaces makes analytical solution rather difficult and hence numerical approach is adopted. In the present work, vertex-centered Finite Volume Method (FVM) is employed for both thermal and electrical analysis. The electric stress distribution is accurately evaluated considering both the non-zero conductivity of the RIP material and the presence of capacitive grading foils. These analysis has clearly shown that Stress grading foils uniforms the stress across the major portion of the bushing insulation Enhancement of the electric conductivity by the temperature is not found to be affective in changing the electric field distribution The temperature distribution is shown to have a maxima near the flange due to the influence of top oil temperature of the transformer Heat generated in the dielectric due to the prevailing electric stress is shown to be insignificant. This ruled out the possibility of thermal runaway and hence the dielectric temperature is within the safe working limits for the bushing considered. The deduction of physical models governing insulation failure depends on the nature of stress. In this work, the insulation failure at constant accelerated stress has been considered and the estimation of life is computed based on inverse power law coupled with Arrhenius law. A high degree of scatter is generic to the experimental data forming the ingredients to develop the models. In view of this, the concept of a random process is invoked. Probabilistic models for the failure of RIP bushing under synergy are adopted and an attempt is made to estimate the life. The well known Weibull distribution and probability plotting of life data is used in this endeavor. The maximum likelihood estimation is used to determine the scale and shape parameters of the Weibull distribution. In the diagnosis of the extent of degradation of insulation due to PD, under long duration electric stress, a non-conventional voltage application method called the classical stepped stress method is adopted. In this technique, the voltage is applied in pre-determined steps over predetermined duration of time. The magnitude of voltage steps is carefully computed based on Miners law and the end-of-life is computed using inverse power law. In summary, this thesis work has contributed to the thermal and electrical degradation of resin impregnated paper insulation for high voltage transformer bushing. The thermal and electrical field distributions computed in the body of bushing clearly shown that these stresses are well within the limit, thereby ruling out the possibility of a thermal runaway. Comparing the estimates of the most probable life of RIP, based on several methods appears to show that any of the method can be adopted. However, as matter of caution and safety, the lowest among them can be taken as a reasonable estimate.

L’indisponibilité d’un transformateur de puissance a de fortes répercussions financières aussi bien pour les exploitants de réseaux d’énergie électriques que pour les clients qui y sont connectés. Afin de prévenir les pannes et d’optimiser la performance de ces équipements d’importance stratégique, de nombreuses techniques et outils de diagnostic ont été développés. L’huile contient environ 70 % des informations de diagnostic sur l’état des transformateurs. Le défi consiste à y accéder et à les utiliser efficacement. L’atteinte d’un tel objectif passe nécessairement par des techniques de diagnostic fiables. En plus des techniques traditionnellement utilisées, trois nouvelles techniques de diagnostic issues des normes ASTM sont utilisées : (1) le test de stabilité qui permet de simuler le comportement sous champ électrique d’une huile en fournissant des informations sur la qualité de celle-ci ; (2) la spectrophotométrie UV/Visible qui permet de mesurer la quantité relative de produits de décomposition dissous dans l’huile ; et (3) la turbidité qui mesure la pureté d’une huile neuve ou usagée. Une méthode quantitative permettant de déterminer les paramètres affectant la formation du soufre corrosif sur les conducteurs en cuivre dans les transformateurs de puissance est proposée. Il est montré entre autres que la tendance au gazage des esters naturels est plus faible que celle de tous les autres types d’huile (minérales, esters synthétiques, silicone). La turbidité et la spectrophotométrie UV/Visible permettent de quantifier efficacement les contaminants qui résultent de l’action d’une décharge électrique sur l’huile isolante. Un nombre important de cycles de régénération (au moins 15) est nécessaire pour qu’une huile vieillie en service retrouve les aptitudes d’une huile neuve. Une nouvelle technique de régénération est présentée pour réduire le nombre de cycles de régénération ; celle-ci consiste à utiliser la terre à foulon traitée avec de l’azote. Il est montré également que le temps constitue le paramètre le plus nuisible dans la formation de soufre corrosif. L’action combinée du temps et de l’agressivité de l’oxygène dissous l’accélère fortement. / A power transformer outage has a dramatic financial consequence not only for electric power systems utilities but also for interconnected customers. In order to prevent any failure and to optimize their maintenance, various diagnostic techniques and tools have been developed. Insulating oil contains about 70% of diagnostic information on the transformer condition. The challenge is to access and use them efficiently. To meet this objective reliable diagnostic techniques are required. In addition to traditional testing methods, three recently developed ASTM testing techniques were used: (1) oil stability testing that simulates the behaviour of oil under electrical stress by providing information on its quality; (2) the UV/Visspectrophotometry that measures the amount of the relative dissolved decay products in insulating oil; and (3) the turbidity that measures the purity of virgin and aged oil. A quantitative laboratory technique capable of determining the parameters affecting the formation of corrosive sulphur deposition on copper conductors in power transformer is proposed. It is shown among other that the gassing tendency of natural esters is lower than that of the other types of insulating fluids (mineral oil, synthetics esters and silicone oil). The turbidity and UV/Vis spectrophotometry allow quantifying effectively, the relative amount of contaminants resulting from electrical discharge in oils. A large number of reclamation cycles (around 15 passes) are required for in-service aged oil to regenerate to the level of new oil. Anew technique enabling reducing the number of reclamation cycles is proposed; this latter consists in the use of Fuller’s Earth previously treated with dry nitrogen. It is also shown that time is the most influential parameter in the formation of corrosive sulfur. The process is accelerated when time and aggressiveness of oxygen are partnered.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Piezoelectric transformers (PTs) allow the design of promising power supply applications, increasing efficiency, reducing size, facilitating the achievement of high transformation ratio, besides providing high immunity against electromagnetic noise. Due to the electrical equivalent model having resonant characteristics, some resonant topologies are naturally suitable for these power supplies, i.e. the Class- E, Half-Bridge, Full-Bridge and Push-pull. Among these topologies, the Class-E converter has a highlight of having one controlled switch. The static gain of the Class-E is changed through the switching frequency variation, while the duty cycle is adjusted with the purpose of achieving soft switching for different switching frequencies and loads. The analisys of this process becomes complex when the system has a high number of reactive elements. One way to simplify this analisys is applying a normalized methodology. On this regard, the first result of this work is the normalized analisys of the functionally of the Class-E converter, including normalized load and switching frequency variation. This allows choosing one optimum point for the static design, without the necessity of design parameters. The main objective of this analisys is the obtention of the duty cycle behavior in order to have soft switching for all operation points. In a second moment, a small-signal model was derived using the generalized averaging method, through Fourier series aproximation. The model describes the relevant poles and zeros of the system, being accurate enough for different loads and switching frequencies. The behavior of resonant converters changes considerably for different operating points; therefore it is important to have a model that represents the system well. The normalized analisys allowed simplifying the small-signal model derivation, once soft switching is achieved for all the operation points. Experimental measurements validate either the normalized or the small signal derivation methodologies. The measurements were achieved for a 3W step-down converter, with universal 85-265 V AC input and 6 V DC output. / Os Transformadores Piezoelétricos (PTs) permitem o projeto de aplicações promissoras para fontes de alimentação até 100W, melhorando a eficiência, reduzindo o tamanho, facilitando a obtenção de grandes relações de transformação, além de proporcionar alta imunidade contra ruídos eletromagnéticos e interferências. Os PTs apresentam modelo elétrico ressonante, trazendo a necessidade de implementação juntamente com topologias de conversores ressonantes, como por exemplo os conversores: Classe-E, Meia Ponte, Ponte Completa e Push-pull. Dentre estas topologias, o conversor Classe-E se destaca por apresentar somente um interruptor controlado. O ganho estático do conversor Classe-E é obtido através da variação da freqüência de chaveamento, e a razão cíclica muda para atender as condições de comutação suave para diferentes freqüências e cargas. A análise deste processo se torna complexa à medida que o sistema apresenta inúmeros elementos reativos. Uma maneira de simplificar esta análise é utilizar uma metodologia normalizada. Devido a isso, o primeiro resultado deste trabalho é a análise normalizada do funcionamento do conversor piezoelétrico Classe- E, incluindo variação normalizada da frequênciade operação e da carga. Isso permite escolher um ponto ótimo de projeto estático, sem a necessidade de parâmetros de projeto. O objetivo principal desta análise normalizada é a obtenção do comportamento da razão cíclica para obter comutação suave em todos os pontos de operação. Em um segundo momento, um modelo de pequenos sinais foi derivado utilizando a metodologia do modelo médio generalizado, através de aproximação por series de Fourier. O modelo descreve os pólos e zeros relevantes do sistema, sendo suficientemente preciso para diferentes cargas e da frequencias de operação. O comportamento de conversores ressonantes varia consideravelmente para diferentes pontos de operação, pois isso um modelo que permita avaliar estes pontos de maneira precisa se faz importante. A análise normalizada permitiu simplificar a derivação do modelo de pequenos sinais, uma vez que garante a operação em comutação suave. Para validar a metodologia apresentada, são mostrados resultados experimentais para um conversor abaixador de 3W, entrada universal de 85-260 V AC e saída de 6 V DC.

The electromagnetic machines like the dc, induction, synchronous motor/generator and the transformer have an energy flow framework that is similar. All these machines deal with electrical energy in the electrical domain that is interfaced with the magnetic domain. Except for the transformer, the other machines also have one more energy interface i.e. with the mechanical domain. In all these machines, the magnetic domain acts as the silent energy manager. The electrical and the mechanical domain energies will have to pass through the magnetic domain and appropriately get routed. In recognition of the commonality of this pattern of energy flow, this thesis proposes a generalised model of a multiphase electromagnetic device wherein the dc machine, induction machine, synchronous machine and the transformers are special cases of the proposed generalised model. This is derived using bond graphs that is based on the underlining principle of Energy Flow rooted in the concept of Conservation of Energy. A model is a set of mathematical equations representing a physical system. A model is as good as a modeller understanding of the physical system and the underlying approximation he makes while writing down the equations describing the models behaviour to the stimulus. A modelling language tool, which can cut down the approximations made by using the power of identified analogous characteristics across the physical domain, can help make a model more close to real life situation. Bond Graph is such a modelling language which is powerful enough to model the non-linear, multi-disciplinary, hybrid continuous-discrete phenomena encountered in a real life physical system. Bond graphs as a modelling tool was introduced by Professor H.Paynter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959. The Bond Graph methodology is based on consideration of energy flows between the ports of the components of an engineering system. Bond Graph methodology enables one to develop a graphical model that is consistent with the first principle of energy conservation without having the need to start with establishing and reformulating equations. The derivation of a mathematical model from the graphical description is automated by software tools. As a consequence, a modeller using this methodology can focus on modelling of the physical system. In the graphical representation of bond graph the vertices of a bond graph denote subsystems, system components or elements, while the edges, called power bonds, represent energy flows between them. The nodes of a bond graph have power ports where energy can enter or exit. Bond graph models are developed in a hierarchical top-down or bottom-up approach by using component models or elements from model libraries. An electromagnetic machine is a black box having an assemblage of windings in iron resulting in a combination of input/output ports on shaft and electrical terminals. Abstraction of an machine model by a modeller matching the vision of the observer above is an ideal goal. Bond graph methodology is an appropriate tool for trying to reach this goal as it is based on object oriented modelling techniques. There have been few attempts to model electric machine in bond graph earlier. A well established DC motor bond graph has been widely used in all bond graph literature. But AC rotating machine being a higher order nonlinear system poses a tougher challenge. Here too, there have been few attempts in modelling AC machines. It is observed that majority of AC machine bond graph models have been built up from their mathematical models. But as the bond graph modelling technique is based on the unifying theory of energy exchange, better insight into the system is achievable if the model is conceptualised from its physical structure. This thesis starts from the basic theory of energy port to conceptualise the generalised model from physical correspondence. In this thesis a Rotating Electrical Machine is studied as a physical system. The energy ports inside this physical system is identified. When a physical system receives the energy through its energy port in one energy cycle, it processes this energy in one of the three ways. The received energy is converted into useful work or it is dissipated or stored. The storage can further be classified into two ways, either as kinetic energy or as potential energy. For a rotating electric machine the input-output port for energy exchange are either in electrical or mechanical domain depending on the class of the machine. The magnetic domain across all class of electromagnetic device acts as the energy manager. In order to capture the features of the energy jumping across the air gap in a rotating electrical machine, wherein the magnetic fields from spatially distributed windings of the stator and rotor interplay, an Axis Rotator (AR) element -a mathematical commutator, is introduced in this thesis as a new bond graph element. In a multiphase device, the energy from the various phases and spatial axes are transferred through the axis rotator element. The Axis Rotator is a critical element which helps distinguish between the various classes of electromagnetic devices. The defining features of the Axis Rotator helps in deriving the various special electromagnetic devices (such as the dc machine, induction machine, synchronous machine and the transformer) from the generalised model. The Axis Rotator exists in the magnetic domain. It naturally inherits the characteristics of the magnetic domain. The Axis Rotator as a bond graph element is complex. In a specific case of 3φ Induction Motor an alternative bond graph model with all integral elements is developed. By one to one correspondence with the AR bond graph model, the inner component of ’AR’ can be identified. Another advantage of using this model is that saturable and non-saturable magnetic permeance can be separated out, a useful feature in the nonlinear model discussed next. One of the most distinguishing features of the magnetic domain is the existence of Magnetic Hysteresis. Magnetic Hysteresis is a well understood and studied subject. But this physical process is wilfully ignored by the modelling community at large. The main reason for this is the difficulty of modelling a nonlinear phenomena. The bond graph modelling naturally allows the inclusion of such non-idealities within its framework. This thesis proposes the generalised model along with the inclusion of magnetic non-linearities and non-idealities into the model of the system. This inherent strength of bond graph model flows from the fact that the models in bond graph are developed from the first principles of energy conversation and the mathematical equations are derived later from the evolved graph. The tools that are available for bond graph simulation are not adequate for power electronics systems. The existing tools do not address space vectors and frame transformations. As a consequence it is difficult to simulate the electromagnetic device models developed in this thesis. The need for a bond graph tool to address vectors and frame transformations, a common occurrence in electric machines dynamic model study was acutely felt. This necessitated a support for handling complex data class from the underlying mathematical engine of the software. MATLAB/Simulink is the commonly available mathematical tool which has a support for complex variables. Therefore during the course of this research work a new software tool box was developed which meets the need of electromagnetic machines in particular and other engineering domains in general. For developing the new bond graph simulation software, the language extender approach was chosen, as it combines the capabilities of existing popular mathematical engine with its tested graphical frontend and the flexibility of combining different modelling technique like bond graph, block diagram, equations etc. It also ensures portability as they are compiled by interpreted language compiler of the mathematical engine and are thus independent of the computer operating system. C-MEX S-function methodology was used to develop the software as it has access to lower level functions and methods of the underlying mathematical engine. This helps in speeding up the software execution time alongwith the flexibility in defining new complex elements like the Nonlinear Axis Rotator. In conclusion, this thesis makes the following contributions: (i) The Axis rotator concept to handle space vectors and frame transformations, (ii) generalised model of the electromagnetic device, (iii) introduction of the saturation and hysteresis non-linearity in the magnetic domain, (iv) development of the bond graph toolbox to handle vector and frame transformations.