Brushless permanent magnet (PM) drive systems offer a high efficiency over a wide power/torque-speed operating envelope, however, there are a number of problems that may limit, or complicate, their operation particularly in automotive and aerospace vehicular applications, i.e. the loss of control of the power silicon gate drive circuitry during fluxweakening operation, control of high-speed low-inductance machines and the presence of large electrolytic capacitors on the inverter DC link. Current Source Inverters (CSIs) could potentially address some or all of the above issues. However, they have found little application to date due to the wide use of the Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) circuit topology.This thesis investigates feasibility of utilising Current Source Inverters (CSIs) to control permanent magnet synchronous machines in automotive and aerospace actuation systems. CSIs, switching at the fundamental frequency, were used in some of the first semiconductor based, electronic variable speed drive systems that utilised the simple, low maintenance AC induction motor. However, the rapid progress of semiconductors and discovery of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques soon resulted in the Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) replacing the CSI in all but the highest power applications. Modern power electronics and (micro-processor based) control systems mean that the advantages of VSI systems may no longer be significant and combined with the unique environmental conditions that automotive and aerospace applications present, could allow the CSI to offer advantages over VSIs in these applications.The thesis presents the switching and control logic for CSIs and mapping to the more conventional VSI logic. Analysis is made of the various loss mechanisms in VSI and CSI power circuitary. Simulation models of the VSI and CSI structures are presented and representative drive systems designed, built and tested to validate the model developed. Comparisons are made of the two inverter topologies based on power conversions and loss audits of the test validation hardware.

Acousto-electric (AE) effect comes from an interaction between electrical current and acoustic pressure generated when acoustic waves travel through a conducting material. It currently has two main application areas, ultrasound current source density imaging (UCSDI) and AE hydrophone. UCSDI can detect the current direction by modulating the dipole field with ultrasound pulse, and it is now used to form 3D imaging of dipole changing in one period of treatment, such as arrhythmia in the heart and epilepsy in the brain. As ultrasound pulse passes through electrical field, it convolutes or correlates with the inner product of the electric fields formed by the dipole and detector. The polarity of UCSDI is not determined by Doppler effect that exists in pulse echo (PE) signal, but the gradient of lead field potentials created by dipole and recording electrode, making the base-banded AE voltage positive at the anode and negative at cathode. As convolution shifts spectrum lower, the base band frequency for polarity is different from the center frequency of AE signal. The simulation uses the principles of UCSDI, and helps to understand the phenomena in the experiment. 3-D Fast Fourier Transform accelerates the computing velocity to resolve the correlation in the simulation of AE signal. Most single element hydrophones depend on a piezoelectric material that converts pressure changes to electricity. These devices, however, can be expensive, susceptible to damage at high pressure, and/or have limited bandwidth and sensitivity. An AE hydrophone requires only a conductive material and can be constructed out of common laboratory supplies to generate images of an ultrasound beam pattern consistent with more expensive hydrophones. Its sensitivity is controlled by the injected bias current, hydrophone shape, thickness and width of sensitivity zone. The design of this device needs to be the tradeoff of these parameters. Simulations were made to optimize the design with experimental validation using specifically fabricated devices composed of a resistive element of indium tin oxide (ITO).

The FDTD method is a numerical method that uses the second-order central-difference method to discrete the Maxwell¡¦s equations in differential form, and positioning electromagnetic field in space grids and time grids. It is applied to analyze many electromagnetic problems in time domain. In the thesis, we applied FDTD methods to solve EMC/EMI problems like the interference to a mixer from an antenna, and the packaging effects to a small signal microwave amplifier and so on. Therefore, we applied equivalent current source approach to simulate each microwave elements at first. And, we extend the approach to field of EMC/EMI. researching the advantages of FDTD methods in Full-Wave analysis.

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This thesis describes a design of a driver for a specific type of laser VCSEL. Models for simulation in PSpice OrCAD have been developed for this type of laser. The qualities of the designed driver aim to be equal to the integrated drivers that are available and to remove some of their drawbacks. It consists of the following components: input LVPECL receiver/driver, differential amplifier, fixed source of a modulation current, circuit of automatic power control. Regulation of the modulation current is dealt with atypically using an aptly selected input LVPECL receiver/driver which enables to control the voltage amplitude on its output by means of voltage. The thesis also describes different types of coupling between laser and driver. The most appropriate alternative is selected taking into consideration the unconventional design of the driver. The connection of the driver is supplemented by a microcontroller which secures control of output optical power by means of a serial bus RS232.

This thesis describes the design of semiconductor source for laboratory measurements of switchgears. The proposed source is able to use 16-250Hz frequency, fulfilling the standard value of voltage and current distortion. There are explained the theoretical knowledge of various types of inverters without transformer in the thesis. Furthermore, a circumferential proposal of source is made, which includes calculating the desired properties of individual components, their choice from offers from various manufacturers, and subsequently is constructed the total design solution. It is described the control and management of designed source and it is evaluated for the function finally.

The supercapacitor is a perspective electrical component reaching very large capacity. Currently is beeing worked on improving its parameters. These parameters are needed to test. Charging and discharging of the supercapacitor is theoretically fully reversible process. However, real supercapacitor accompanies ageing of the electrolyte and electrodes, lead to reduction of the capacity. The aim of this work is to design a device that expose supercapacitor to accelerated ageing, which will facilitate the assessment of ageing commercial and laboratory made supercapacitors.

Este trabalho aborda os sistemas multiterminais para transmissão em corrente contínua baseados em conversores do tipo fonte de corrente (CSC - current source converters). São apresentados resultados de estudo em um sistema multiterminal em corrente contínua (MTDC) de quatro terminais em três estações inserido no sistema norte-nordeste brasileiro, tendo como enfoque principal a sua modelagem, simulação e desempenho em relação à estabilidade durante transitórios eletromecânicos. O sistema é modelado nos programas PSCAD/EMTDC e EMTP-RV, com detalhe para a topologia, os controles e requisitos do MTDC. São também descritos e modelados os conversores a tiristores, as linhas em corrente contínua, bancos capacitivos para compensação de fator de potência, bem como os geradores síncronos e seus reguladores. O desempenho do sistema é avaliado por meio de simulações de inicialização, de regime permanente e transitória diante de contingências. Com isso, esta pesquisa contribui para a compreensão do desempenho de sistemas MTDC e para a criação de modelos para inserção nos programas de transitórios eletromecânicos. / This work addresses the CSC-based, multiterminal solution for DC transmission. The focus of the study was to analyze a four-terminal three-station MTDC scheme inserted in the Brazilian north-northeast power system through modeling, simulation and evaluation of performance regarding stability during electromechanical transients. The system is modeled in PSCAD/EMTDC and EMTP-RV programs, with special detail in the MTDC topology, controls and technical/operative requirements. It is also described the thyristor-based converters, the DC lines, capacitor banks for power factor compensation, as well as the synchronous generators and their regulators. The system performance is evaluated through simulation of converter initialization, steady state response and transient response after contingencies. Thus, this research not only contributes to the understanding of the performance and operation of MTDC systems, but it also assists the development of MTDC models for electromechanical transient programs.

Este trabalho aborda os sistemas multiterminais para transmissão em corrente contínua baseados em conversores do tipo fonte de corrente (CSC - current source converters). São apresentados resultados de estudo em um sistema multiterminal em corrente contínua (MTDC) de quatro terminais em três estações inserido no sistema norte-nordeste brasileiro, tendo como enfoque principal a sua modelagem, simulação e desempenho em relação à estabilidade durante transitórios eletromecânicos. O sistema é modelado nos programas PSCAD/EMTDC e EMTP-RV, com detalhe para a topologia, os controles e requisitos do MTDC. São também descritos e modelados os conversores a tiristores, as linhas em corrente contínua, bancos capacitivos para compensação de fator de potência, bem como os geradores síncronos e seus reguladores. O desempenho do sistema é avaliado por meio de simulações de inicialização, de regime permanente e transitória diante de contingências. Com isso, esta pesquisa contribui para a compreensão do desempenho de sistemas MTDC e para a criação de modelos para inserção nos programas de transitórios eletromecânicos. / This work addresses the CSC-based, multiterminal solution for DC transmission. The focus of the study was to analyze a four-terminal three-station MTDC scheme inserted in the Brazilian north-northeast power system through modeling, simulation and evaluation of performance regarding stability during electromechanical transients. The system is modeled in PSCAD/EMTDC and EMTP-RV programs, with special detail in the MTDC topology, controls and technical/operative requirements. It is also described the thyristor-based converters, the DC lines, capacitor banks for power factor compensation, as well as the synchronous generators and their regulators. The system performance is evaluated through simulation of converter initialization, steady state response and transient response after contingencies. Thus, this research not only contributes to the understanding of the performance and operation of MTDC systems, but it also assists the development of MTDC models for electromechanical transient programs.

OFFSHORE wind farms need to develop technologies that fulfill three main objectives:Efficiency, power density and reliability. The purpose of this thesisis to study an HVDC transmission system based on series connection of the turbineswhich theoretically meet these three objectives. A new topology of matrixconverter operated at high frequency is proposed. This converter is studied usingdifferent modulation algorithms. Simulation and experimental results demonstratedthat the converter can be operated as a current source converter with highefficiency. An optimal control based on a linear quadratic regulator is proposedto control the matrix converter as well as the converter placed on shore. Resultsdemonstrated the high performance of this type of control and its simplicity forimplementation. An stationary state study based on non-linear programming andMontecarlo simulation was carried out to determine the performance of the conceptfor long-term operation. Series connection is an efficient technology if and only ifthe differences in the effective wind velocity are small. This aspect limits the numberof wind turbines that can be connected in series, since a numerous number ofturbines will lead to high covariances in the distribution of the wind. A complementarystudy about active filter and reactive power compensation was carried outusing an optimization-based algorithm.