This research attempts to quantify the complex interactions between HVDC transmission schemes in a multi-infeed configuration, particularly with regard to the voltage interactions and the commutation failure phenomena. The in-depth analysis of multi-infeed HVDC systems discussed in this research shows the application of several indices such as the MIIF, MIESCR, and CFII, that can provide researchers and planning engineers in the area of HVDC transmission with the necessary tools for their system studies. It shows that these indices are applicable in a multi-infeed system comprising HVDC schemes with different ratings. The Multi-Infeed Interaction Factor (MIIF) quantifies the level of voltage interactions between converter ac buses. The Multi-Infeed Effective Short Circuit Ratio (MIESCR) index is an indicator of ac system strengths with regard to the assessment of the transient overvoltage (TOV) and the power-voltage stability of multi-infeed HVDC systems. The Commutation Failure Immunity Index (CFII) utilizes electromagnetic transient simulation programs to evaluate the immunity of an HVDC converter to commutation failures. The CFII takes into account the ac system strength and the HVDC controls and evaluates their impact on the commutation process. The immunity of both single-infeed and multi-infeed systems to commutation failure phenomena are accurately evaluated and quantified by the CFII. Using the CFII, it is shown that the current commutation in multi-infeed HVDC schemes could fail under circumstances in which the probability of failure had been perceived to be low. The causes of, the effects of, and the remedial actions needed to deal with such anomalous commutation failures are discussed in this thesis. The capability of the new indices to provide an insight into the interactions phenomena in multi-infeed systems are clearly demonstrated by examples that show their application in the analysis of an actual multi-infeed HVDC system that is in the planning phase in the province of Alberta in Canada.

This research attempts to quantify the complex interactions between HVDC transmission schemes in a multi-infeed configuration, particularly with regard to the voltage interactions and the commutation failure phenomena. The in-depth analysis of multi-infeed HVDC systems discussed in this research shows the application of several indices such as the MIIF, MIESCR, and CFII, that can provide researchers and planning engineers in the area of HVDC transmission with the necessary tools for their system studies. It shows that these indices are applicable in a multi-infeed system comprising HVDC schemes with different ratings. The Multi-Infeed Interaction Factor (MIIF) quantifies the level of voltage interactions between converter ac buses. The Multi-Infeed Effective Short Circuit Ratio (MIESCR) index is an indicator of ac system strengths with regard to the assessment of the transient overvoltage (TOV) and the power-voltage stability of multi-infeed HVDC systems. The Commutation Failure Immunity Index (CFII) utilizes electromagnetic transient simulation programs to evaluate the immunity of an HVDC converter to commutation failures. The CFII takes into account the ac system strength and the HVDC controls and evaluates their impact on the commutation process. The immunity of both single-infeed and multi-infeed systems to commutation failure phenomena are accurately evaluated and quantified by the CFII. Using the CFII, it is shown that the current commutation in multi-infeed HVDC schemes could fail under circumstances in which the probability of failure had been perceived to be low. The causes of, the effects of, and the remedial actions needed to deal with such anomalous commutation failures are discussed in this thesis. The capability of the new indices to provide an insight into the interactions phenomena in multi-infeed systems are clearly demonstrated by examples that show their application in the analysis of an actual multi-infeed HVDC system that is in the planning phase in the province of Alberta in Canada.

Thèses (M.Sc.)--Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), 1998. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2006). Publié aussi en version papier.

Th. doct.-ing.--Électrotech.--Toulouse--I.N.P., 1978. N°: 34.

Les machines triphasés tant en mode générateur que moteur n’ont aucune capacité de continuité d’opération lors de l’ouverture d’une phase. En effet, avec un onduleur à point neutre isolé, les deux phases restantes sont dépendantes et forcent l’arrêt de la machine. A contrario, les machines multiphasées ont plus de trois phases et peuvent fonctionner lors de la perte de l’une d’entre elles sans trop de perte de capacité. Cependant, la puissance extraite est alors polluée par des harmoniques comme les variables du contrôle.L’objectif de cette thèse est de concevoir le contrôle d’un générateur hexaphasé asynchrone tant en mode sain qu’en défaut. L’idée de base tient en dix sous-systèmes de contrôle représentant l’ensemble des coupures de phases possibles jusqu’à trois. Ces systèmes sont conçus pour éliminer les oscillations sur la puissance. Ensuite, un algorithme de détection est introduit pour commuter entre les contrôleurs et s’adapter à la nouvelle situation en ligne. Cependant, une commutation brutale s’accompagne toujours d’un transitoire. Un système d’initialisation du nouveau contrôleur est proposé pour adoucir la transition. La stratégie globale est mise en œuvre et prouve les performances de la méthode sur une SC6PIG de 90W / Three-phase induction machines are limited to operate in open-phase conditions in both motor and generator operating modes. Indeed, after losing one of the machine’s phases with an isolated neutral point, the two remaining phases cannot be controlled independently and the machine has to be stopped. Contrary to three-phase machines, the multiphase ones use more than three phase in the stator and thus they can operate even in phase missing conditions with a minimum de-rating. Nevertheless, for a multiphase generator, the extracted power from the machine is associated with oscillations due to the open-phase creation. In addition, the used variables in control system oscillate in these conditions as well. The goal of this thesis is therefore to design a general control system for a squirrel cage six-phase induction generator (SC6PIG) in both healthy and faulty operations. The general control system consists of ten sub control systems which are designed for all possible open-phase faults of the SC6PIG up to three-opened phases. They have been designed regarding the faulty model of the SC6PIG to eliminate the power oscillations in faulted mode. An open-phase detection and operating decider system have been introduced to switch a control system to a new one during the motion. It has been shown that the switching between two different control systems creates a transient voltage in switching instant. In order to minimize the transient voltages, on-line initial condition setting has been proposed for the ten control systems. The proposed strategy has been checked by simulation and experimentation tests on a SC6PIG rated at 90 W. They have confirmed the capacities of the proposed strategy

[pt] Uma rede de comutação de pacotes deve garantir um mesmo grau de serviço a todos os seus usuários. Como a rede é um serviço compartilhado no tempo, não existe um consenso sobre o que é um tratamento equânime dos usuários. Com o objetivo de estudar a eqüidade entre os usuários é feita uma análise dos métodos existentes. Após ser feita uma classificação destes métodos segundo o seu enfoque, duas novas técnicas são desenvolvidas. A primeira é conceitualmente mais precisa e se baseia na proporcionalidade entre a medida de penalidade e a de congestionamento por canal atravessado. A segunda é mais eficaz e se baseia apenas nas medidas de penalidade. Ambas as técnicas atuam na janela dos circuitos virtuais e consideram igualmente a vazão e o tempo de retardo. Além disso, elas permitem que o usuário pondere de maneira diferente estes parâmetros de desempenho, de acordo com as suas necessidades. Para avaliar o desempenho das técnicas, são apresentados exemplos de suas aplicações. / [en] Packet switching networks are an attractive way of transmitting bursty data traffic, due to the extensive resource sharing they allow. This sharing, however, has to be done in an orderly way, securing a fair access to the network resources by all users. In this work, a detailed analysis of all existing fairness definitions is first made and then two new techniques to evaluate fairness are proposed. One scheme is conceptually more rigorous and assumes that the ratio between a penalty measure and a congestion measure should be constant for all network users. The second method employs only the penalty measure but it requires much less computing time. Both techniques assume that the network operates with window flow control. One important feature of the two schemes proposed is that they allow the users to select which parameter, delay or throughput, is more important for them. Several examples illustrating the behavior of the two methods are also presented.

The goal of this thesis was to evaluate sensors and motor speed control methods for BLDC/PMSM motors in Aerospace applications. The sensors and methods were evaluated by considering accuracy, robustness, cost, development gain and parameter sensitivity. The sensors and methods chosen to simulate were digital Hall sensors and sensorless control of BLDC motors. Using Matlab Simulink/Simscape some motor speed control methods and motor speed estimation methods were simulated using the Hall sensors and sensorless control as a basis. It was found that the sensorless control methods for BLDC motors couldn't estimate the speed accurately during dynamic loads and that the most robust and accurate solution based on the simulations was using the digital Hall sensors for both speed estimation and commutation and this was tested on a hardware setup.

<p> Triples and the categories of triple algebras are relativized by a full faithful functors. The Tripleability Theorem in [1] is correspondingly relativized. The concept of the rank of a triple becomes intrinsic in this setting. Preservation of non-existing limits is interpreted in terms of limit-colimit commutation property. This is used to account for the usual description of the category of algebras as the cateeory of all product preserving setvalued functors on the opposite category of free algebras. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Dans le contexte de la prédétermination des pertes ,par commutation et des perforrnanc CEM (Comptabilité ElectroMagnétique) des convertisseurs statiques d'Electronique de Puissance lors de la phase de conception technologique, cette thèse est consacrée à l'élaboration d'un modèle précis de la cellule de commutation MOSFET-Diode pin. Dans ce~e étude trois aspects ayant d'importantes influences sur les formes d'ondes temporelles des commutations aussi biencle la partie puissance que celle de cornritande sont traitées: 1 i) Les interconnexions et des éléments parasites li~es à rimplantation géométrique et au choix de la technologie de réalisation des convertisseurs statiques ii) La dynamique des charges dans la base large des composants bipolaires semiconducteurs (ici la diode pin) qui est de nature distribuée Hi) Les capacités non-linéaires parasites de MOSFET et en particulier la capacité d'entrée et Miller intervenant lors de commutation Le modèle de cellule de commutation est validé en comparant les simulations effectuées avec les mesures sur le prototype réalisé à cette fin. Il a été montré que le domaine de validité du modèle est beaucoup plus large par rapport aux modèles existants:. le modèle est relativement robuste devant les changements des conditions de circuit environnant des composants semiconducteurs et les variations du point de fonctionnement. Des applications réelles présentées au dernier chapitre ont pour but de montrer d'une part l'importance de l'environnement parasite des semiconducteurs dans la modélisation, fme des convertisseurs statiques et d'autre part la possibilité de rendre compatible le modèle aux cas plus complexes (plusieurs interrupteurs en parallèle).

L'électronique de puissance d'aujourd'hui est de plus en plus exigeante vis à vis des dispositifs semi-conducteurs. Es doivent être performants tant en statique qu'en dynamique: faibles pertes en conduction et en commutation, vitesses élevées, grandes capacités en surcharge... . Grâce à sa structure, associant le thyristor avec le MOS, le MCT offre une faible tension directe et une grande facilité de commande. H est l'un des nouveaux dispositifs pouvant éventuellement répondre aux exigences actuelles. Ce mémoire est composé de deux parties. Dans la première nous présentons une étude du comportement individuel du MCT dans les différents modes de commutation (commutation dure, commutations douce ZVS, ZCS) et en cas de surcharge (pouvoir de coupure et aire de sécurité). Cette étude comportementale est réalisée par deux voies distinctes et complémentaires: la voie expérimentale en utilisant le Simulateur Analogique de l'Electronique de Puissance et la voie physique interne basée sur une modélisation simplifiée et qualitative. Dans la deuxième partie nous intéressons à l'association du MCT dans la mise en série et dans la mise en parallèle. Cette étude fait le point sur l'ensemble des problèmes et présente les solutions envisageables pour la réalisation des commutateurs haute tension et forts courants avec le MCT.