Orientador: Cláudio Kitano / Resumo: Os transformadores de potencial baseados em tecnologia óptica têm sido desenvolvidos com a finalidade de melhorar o desempenho na proteção e medição nos sistemas elétricos de potência. Estes transformadores de potencial podem ser projetados em torno dos moduladores eletro-ópticos de amplitude que, por sua vez, são baseados no efeito Pockels em cristal como o Niobato de Lítio. A expressão geral da transmissão (razão entre o retardo de fase e a tensão aplicada) de um modulador eletro-óptico de intensidades é idêntica à expressão do sinal de saída de um interferômetro de dois feixes. Através de processamento eletrônico de dois sinais interferométricos de saída, com fase relativa de 90o entre si, consegue-se demodular o sinal, independentemente das derivas ambientais. Esses interferômetros, chamados de interferômetros de quadratura, são amplamente utilizados em laboratórios de metrologia. Assim, em 2014, um método de detecção interferométrica de fase óptica foi desenvolvido no Laboratório de Optoeletrônica (LOE) da FEIS-UNESP, constituindo uma versão melhorada da técnica de phase-unwrapping. Este método é imune ao fenômeno de desvanecimento, consegue medir o tempo de atraso entre o estímulo e a resposta, tem ampla faixa dinâmica, reconstrói a forma de onda do sinal de modulação sem a necessidade de aplicação de filtros à saída interferométrica, possuindo, ainda, a capacidade de demodular sinais com formas de ondas não periódicas. Beneficiando-se dessas informações, promoveu-se a ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Optical technology-based potential transformers have been developed to improve performance in protection and measurement in electrical power systems. These potential transformers can be designed around amplitude electro-optical modulators which, in turn, are based on the crystal Pockels effect such as Lithium Niobate. The general expression of the transmission (ratio between phase delay and applied voltage) of an electro-optical modulator of intensities is identical to the expression of the output signal of a two-beam interferometer. By electronic processing of two interferometric output signals, with relative phase of 90o between each other, the signal can be demodulated, irrespective of the environmental drift. These interferometers, called quadrature interferometers, are widely used in metrology laboratories. Thus, in 2014, an optical phase interferometric detection method was developed at the FEIS-UNESP’s Optoelectronic Laboratory (LOE), constituting an improved version of the phase-unwrapping technique. This method is immune to the phenomenon of fading, can measure the delay time between the stimulus and the response, has a wide dynamic range, reconstructs the waveform of the modulation signal without the need of applying filters to the interferometric output, also possessing the ability to demodulate signals with non-periodic waveforms. Taking advantage of this information, the adaptation of the method to a high voltage optical sensor in a quadrature configuration was p... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

In India, the natural energy resources (thermal and hydro) are unevenly distributed and are mostly present in the remote areas and the load centers are distributed across various regions of the country. Therefore high voltage lines have become necessary for the devel-opment of large interconnected power networks and for the reliable and economic transfer of power. The increase in electric power demand due to the electric load growth has lead to the expansion of the transmission systems to ultra high voltage levels. Presently, Ultra High Voltage (UHV) power transmission lines are being built to transfer large electric power to distant load centers from the generating stations. Increasing the line voltage increases the surge impedance loading, stability and the thermal capacity of the line. Lightning is one of the major causes for the line outages and interruptions of UHV power lines. A lightning strike generates a very large voltage leading to insulator puncture, melting, burning and pitting of conductors and the supporting hardware. Lightning can lead to transient over-voltages thus leading to ash-over in the power transmission lines which are dangerous for the power equipments as well as for the human beings working in the vicinity. Ground wires are used for the protection of overhead power transmission lines against a lightning stroke. The overhead ground wires are installed such that the lightning attaches to it and shunts the lightning current to the ground through the tower, thus protecting the phase conductors. Shielding failure happens when the lightning strikes the phase conductor instead of the ground wires. Lightning shielding failure is a major con-cern in UHV lines due to their large height, very high operating voltage and wide exposure area of the phase conductors. The lightning over-voltages injected on the phase conductor (shielding failure) nally reaches the substation causing serious threat to the substation components and can lead to temporary or permanent outage of the power transmission system. There have been cases of very high shielding failure ash-overs of UHV lines and thus lightning attachment to power transmission lines need to be studied in detail to reduce the power system line outages. Several models such as electro-geometric model (EGM) and leader progression model (LPM) have been developed to study the shielding failure of power transmission lines. EGM has been extensively used to obtain lightning attachment to power transmission lines but in recent years it is seen that EGM is unable to accurately predict the lightning attach-ment to UHVAC lines. The shielding failure rates obtained by EGM does not match with the observed shielding failure rate for UHV lines. For this reason LPM is considered to obtain lightning attachment to UHV lines but LPM in its initial stage do not deal with the detailed physics of the upward leader inception, i.e., corona inception and unstable as well as stable upward leader inception from the object on the ground. In this thesis a model for the lightning attachment has been developed based on the present knowledge of the lightning physics. The thesis mainly focuses on the modelling of upward leader inception and propagation for lightning attachment to UHV power trans-mission lines. Upward leader inception is modeled based on the corona charge present near the conductor region and the upward leader propagation model is based on the correlation between the lightning induced voltage on the conductor and the voltage drop along the upward leader channel. The present model considers corona inception and modelling of unstable and stable upward leader inception from the ground object for the analysis of the lightning attachment process. The upward leader inception model developed is compared with the previous inception models and the results obtained using the present and previous models are found to be comparable. Lightning striking distances ( nal jump) for various lightning return stroke current were computed for di erent conductor heights using present lightning attachment model. It is seen that the striking distance increases with the increase in lightning re-turn stroke current and increases with increase in conductor heights. The striking distance computed using the present model matches with the value calculated using the equation proposed by the IEEE working group for the applicable conductor heights of up to 8 m. The in uence of the conductor operating voltage, cloud electric eld, lightning down-ward leader lateral distance, conductor length, transmission line tower and conductor sag on the upward lightning leader inception are analysed and reported in the thesis. It is found that the lightning attraction to power transmission line increases with increase in conductor positive operating voltage and decreases with increase in conductor negative op-erating voltage. The presence of transmission line tower reduces the lightning attachment to the conductor lines and the probability of lightning strike decreases with the increase in downward leader lateral distance from the conductor lines. The present lightning attachment model is applied to study the shielding failure of UHV power transmission lines rated for 1200 kV ac (delta and horizontal con guration) and for 800 kV dc (with and without a dedicated metallic return conductor) and thereby the lightning shielding failure ash-over rate is computed for the UHV power transmission lines. It is seen that the lightning shielding rate for UHV power transmission lines depend on the lateral distance of the downward leader channel, instantaneous 50 Hz voltage on the transmission line conductor, height of the transmission line conductor, induced voltages on the conductor and the lightning return stroke current.

Recently high temperature vulcanized (HTV) silicone rubber (SIR) / polymeric/composite insulators are gaining wider acceptance as overhead transmission line insulators for extra high voltage (EHV) and ultra-high voltage (UHV) systems due to some promising features like hydrophobicity recovery, light weight, ease of handling and installation, better pollution ashover performance, admirable resistance against vandalism etc. Since polymeric insula-tors are of recent origin, their long-term eld performance is yet to be understood. Owing to their organic nature, and exposure to environmental stresses like pollution, temperature, UV radiation, humidity, fog, rain etc., the insulator performance degrades over a period. The sheds/petticoats of the insulators become wettable leading to frequent ashover in humid and contaminated environment. Hence, long term reliability of the composite insulators is of foremost concern to the power utilities. The available literature on the long term eld performance of these insulators for di erent climatic conditions and under multiple environ-mental stresses for both the HTV SIR and Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) is scant. Also there is no reference standard for evaluation of these insulators for pollution/contamination test methods in the laboratory. However currently, CIGRE Work Group is working towards the standardization of the test methods for arti cial pollution tests for polymeric insulators. The thesis addresses some of the issues in detail. In the first part of the thesis, a new and simple pre-treatment methodology to achieve uniform contamination layer on inherently hydrophobic HTV SIR Insulator samples is presented for laboratory pollution performance evaluation. The surface water level di usion in the dipping period is found to make the insulator surface temporarily hydrophilic. Then the uniform contamination layer is applied by dipping the sample immediately in the pollution slurry. Exhaustive experiments were conducted on full scale SIR insulators as well as SIR slabs to investigate the hydrophilicity appearance on the SIR surface. A specially fabricated arrangement for assessment of Wettability Class (WC) is made as per IEC stds. The results of WC measurement and wet ashover studies support the temporary reduction in hydrophobicity of SIR due to dipping phase in the proposed pre-treatment methodology. The next part of the thesis presents the results for the effeect of long term thermal aging experimentation conducted on HTV SIR with difffeerent degrees of pollution (medium, heavy), the effeect of arid desert climate on polymeric insulators is studied. The experimental set-up consists of controlled HVAC source, temperature controlled furnace with a provision for high voltage (HV) and Leakage Current (LC) monitoring, a Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO), compact DAQ-9201 of National Instruments operated in LabVIEW platform etc. Two types of HTV SIR Insulators are considered for the study. Flat slabs as well as full-scale insulator samples of creepage length 725 mm are stressed simultaneously to simulate the in-service condition. The experimentation is conducted for about 575 hours with application of 21.0 kVrms at 60oC. The results of the hydrophobicity recovery for thermally aged contaminated polymeric insulators are reported. Besides, monitoring electrical and mechanical proper-ties, changes in material properties of SIR are also analyzed using Physiochemical analysis techniques like Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Some of the key findings of the study are increased surface oxidation, surface roughness and mechanical stress due to thermal aging of polymeric insulators. Experimental investigations show that the characteristics of power frequency component of leakage current can be linked with thermal aging of SIR. Further, a unique climatic aging experimental facility is established to evaluate the long-term reliability of SIR under environmental stresses like UV, Humidity, temperature and applied electric stress. The investigations are conducted on two different types of HTV SIR and LSR at samples as well as full-scale insulator samples. The experimentation is conducted for 500 hours with 10.0 kVrms at 50oC, with 85% humidity and 1 W/m2 UV ir-radiation which is in accordance with the aging cycle specified in IEC standard. The results of the comparative studies conducted for the electrical, mechanical and material properties indicate leakage current pulses, brittleness, Salt deposition for multistress aged samples. In summary, an attempt has been made to contribute a pollution methodology with sim-ple pre-treatment technique for inherently hydrophobic HTV SIR surface to achieve better uniformity of contamination layer. Also, electro-thermal and multiple stresses investigations were conducted for long term performance on polymeric insulators.

La thèse porte sur les propriétés thermodynamiques, de transport, de diffusion de rayonnement, et diélectriques des mélanges CO2-N2 contaminés par du cuivre, pour des températures de 300 - 30,000 K et des pressions 0.1 - 16 bar. Les motivations de ce travail ainsi qu'un état de l'art sur le remplacement du SF6 et l'influence des vapeurs métalliques dans de tels dispositifs sont présentés dans le chapitre 1. Le chapitre 2 étudie les compositions à l'équilibre calculées à partir de la méthode de minimisation de l'énergie libre de Gibbs, en considérant la présence de phases condensées dans le plasma. A partir de ces compositions, nous présentons les propriétés thermodynamiques comme la densité de masse, l'enthalpie et la chaleur spécifiques à pressions constante. Les corrections de Virial et Debye-Hückel sont prises en compte pour tenir compte de l'effet des ions et des hautes pressions. Dans le chapitre 3, les coefficients de transport (conductivité électrique, viscosité, et conductivité thermique) et les coefficients de diffusion combinés (coefficients de diffusion ordinaires combinés, ceux liés au champ électrique, aux gradients de pression et de température) sont calculés selon la théorie de Chapman-Enskog. Les intégrales de collision nécessaires au calcul de ces coefficients sont obtenues pour les interactions neutre-neutre et neutre-ion à partir d'un potentiel de Lennard-Jones modifié. Dans le chapitre 4, les coefficients d'émission nette (CEN) sont calculés en considérant le rayonnement des raies atomiques, du continuum atomique, des raies moléculaires et du continuum moléculaire. Les élargissements en pression des raies (élargissements de Van der Waals et de résonance), les élargissements Stark, et l'élargissement sont pris en compte dans la détermination d'un facteur de fuite qui permet de simplifier le calcul du coefficient d'émission des raies. Le rayonnement du continuum atomique tient compte de l'attachement radiatif, de la recombinaison radiative et du Bremsstrahlung. Dans le chapitre 5, les propriétés diélectriques de claquage (incluant la fonction de distribution d'énergie des EEDF), le coefficient réduit d'ionisation réduit, le coefficient réduit d'attachement électronique, le coefficient effectif réduit d'ionisation, et le champ critique réduit) du gaz chaud ont été calculés sur la base de l'approximation à deux termes de l'équation de Boltzmann. Les interactions, incluant les collisions élastiques, excitation, ionisation et attachement entre électrons et espèces neutres sont pris en compte dans la résolution de l'équation de Boltzmann. Les sections efficaces d'ionisation de Cu2 et CuO non disponibles dans la littérature ont été calcules selon la méthode DM. La conclusion des travaux et leurs perspectives sont présentés dans le chapitre. / Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a greenhouse gas designated by the Kyoto Protocol because of its extremely high global warming potential (GWP). CO2, N2, and their mixtures have the potential to replace SF6 in certain applications, such as circuit breakers. In these electric apparatus, copper vapour resulting from the heating of electrodes can modify the characteristics of arc plasmas, which must be taken into account when setting up physical models. This dissertation, therefore, investigates the thermodynamic, transport, diffusion, radiation, and dielectric breakdown properties of CO2-N2 mixtures contaminated by copper at temperatures of 300 - 30,000 K and pressures of 0.1 - 16 bar. The equilibrium compositions are calculated using the minimization of Gibbs free energy with consideration of condensed species. Copper vapour is found to condense at temperatures below 3000 K. Based on the compositions, the thermodynamic properties, including mass density, specific enthalpy, and specific heat at constant enthalpy, are determined according to their definitions. The Debye-Hückel corrections are also considered in the calculation of compositions and thermodynamic properties. The transport coefficients (including electrical conductivity, viscosity, thermal conductivity) and combined diffusion coefficients (including the combined ordinary diffusion coefficient, combined electric field diffusion coefficient, combined temperature diffusion coefficient and combined pressure diffusion coefficient) are calculated based on the Chapman-Enskog theory. The newly developed Lennard-Jones like phenomenological model potential is adopted to describe the neutral-neutral and neutral-ion interactions in determining collision integrals. The net emission coefficients (NEC) of gas mixtures are calculated with considering atomic lines and continuum and molecular bands and continuum. The pressure broadening (Van der Waals broadening and the resonance broadening), Stark broadening, and Doppler broadening are taken into account in the determination of escape factors. The continuum radiation of atoms is described by radiative attachment, radiative recombination, and Bremsstrahlung. The dielectric breakdown properties (including EEDF, reduced ionization coefficient, reduced electron attachment coefficient, reduced effective ionization coefficient, and reduced critical electric field strength) of hot gas mixtures are calculated based on the two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation. The interactions, including elastic, excitation, ionization and attachment collisions, between electrons and neutral species are taken into account in solving the Boltzmann equation. The ionization cross sections of Cu2 and CuO which are unavailable in literatures are calculated using the DM method. Compared with SF6-Cu mixtures, CO2-N2-Cu mixtures present much different thermophysical, radiation, and dielectric breakdown properties. As an arc quenching gas, CO2-N2-Cu mixtures have lower ??Cp and thermal conductivity at low temperatures but present higher ??Cp, thermal conductivity, and NEC in the medium temperature range. As an insulating medium, the hot CO2-N2-Cu mixtures have much poorer dielectric strength below 2000 K, whereas above 2000 K, they present better dielectric breakdown performance than SF6-Cu mixtures.

En permettant la transmission de fortes puissances sur de grandes distances, les réseaux en haute tension à courant continu (HTCC) représentent l'avenir du transport de l'énergie électrique. Des équipements tels que les postes sous enveloppe métallique (PSEM) seront indispensables dans ces réseaux pour répartir le flux d'énergie, interrompre ou isoler certaines branches. Leur conception nécessite la prise en compte, pour les parties isolantes, de phénomènes spécifiques liés à l’application de champs électriques continus, comme la dépendance de la résistivité avec le champ et la température, mais également l’accumulation de la charge d'espace qui contribue à augmenter sensiblement les risques de claquage. Dans le composite étudié (résine époxyde chargée d’alumine), ce phénomène commence à se manifester dès que les valeurs de champ excèdent quelques kV/mm, correspondant à l’ordre de grandeur des contraintes envisagées dans les futurs PSEM HTCC.Bien que des techniques existent pour déterminer la répartition de ces charges dans les isolants solides, aucune n’est à ce jour directement applicable aux structures isolantes installées dans les PSEM HTCC.L’objectif de ce travail est ainsi de concevoir et de mettre en place une technique de mesure des charges d’espace et du champ électrique interne qui soit à résolution spatiale, non destructive et adaptée à une géométrie d’isolateur cylindrique, de type support isolant de jeu de barres.En utilisant le dispositif expérimental mis en place, le comportement du composite vis-à-vis de la charge d’espace est par la suite étudié, notamment en fonction de différentes contraintes électrothermiques représentatives du fonctionnement des PSEM. Le but final est d'aider à l'optimisation de la conception de ce type d’isolateur, en se basant sur l’analyse des résultats issus de mesures de charges d’espace. / The trend today is to develop high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for the future electric network because it offers some advantages for the transmission on long distances. The development of HVDC networks leads to an increasing need of gas insulated substations (GIS). A problem to be dealt with when an insulator is subjected to a continuous electric field is the variation of the resistivity with the electric field and the temperature and the accumulation of space charges that can lead to dielectric breakdown. In alumina-filled epoxy resin, used as insulating material for GIS spacer, the influence of space charge start to come out when the electric fields exceed several kV/mm, corresponding to values envisaged for the future HVDC GIS.Despite that non-destructive methods exist to determine the space charge distribution in solid insulators, none of them are directly applicable to insulation structures installed in the HVDC GIS.So, the main objective of this work is to design and set up a measurement technique to observe the internal electric field and the accumulated charges. The developed method must be non-destructive and adapted for a cylindrical geometry of an insulator used as a busbar insulation support.By using the experimental bench set up, the behavior of the composite material regarding the space charge will be studied, in particular according to different thermoelectric stresses. The final aim is to contribute to the optimization of the design of this type of insulator, based on the results from space charge measurements.

Les dispositifs DBD se répandent dans un grand nombre d’applications industrielles. Utilisés depuis plus de 150 ans pour la production d’ozone afin de décontaminer l’eau à grande échelle, ils ont depuis la fin du XXème siècle investi les domaines du traitement de surface polymère, du dépôt de couche mince sur substrat et de l’émission lumineuse pour la décontamination ainsi que la médecine. Ces dispositifs sont mis en oeuvre avec un générateur électrique dont les caractéristiques impactent fortement la qualité de la décharge. Ce travail s’inscrit en partie dans le cadre du développement d’une application de traitement de surface à pression atmosphérique. Il aborde la problématique de l’augmentation de la vitesse de dépôt de couche mince au travers des paramètres de l’alimentation électrique. Plus précisément, ce travail s’intéresse aux apports d’une alimentation en courant rectangulaire et aborde également les problématiques liées à la conception et à la fabrication de ce convertisseur. En particulier, une grande attention est portée sur l’étude du transformateur élévateur, car au travers de ses éléments parasites capacitifs, ce dernier peut limiter le transfert de puissance entre la source électrique et le dispositif DBD. Un deuxième aspect de cette étude consiste à entrevoir l’intérêt que revêtent deux convertisseurs statiques dédiés à l’alimentation de dispositifs DBD. Le premier consiste en une alimentation résonante en régime de conduction discontinue dont la particularité est de posséder trois degrés de liberté (fréquence, tension d’entrée et largeur d’impulsion), ce qui lui confère un intérêt exploratoire. Le second convertisseur consiste en une alimentation résonante haute tension et haute fréquence permettant l’éviction du transformateur élévateur, et mettant en oeuvre des interrupteurs au nitrure de gallium (GaN) afin d’atteindre une fréquence de fonctionnement supérieure au mega-Hertz avec un faible niveau de pertes. / DBD devices are widely used in industrial applications. 150 years ago, they were only employed in ozoners for water decontamination. In recent decades, the progress of knowledge and technology allowed to use them in many other applications like surface treatment, medical applications and light emission. Actually, these devices are supplied with an electrical source which parameters can strongly impact the discharge behaviour. An important part of this work comes within the framework of the development of an atmospheric pressure surface treatment involving DBDs. The issue of the influence of the generator's electrical parameters on the treatment speed is discussed. In particular, this work focuses on the merits of a rectangular shaped current source concerning the behavior of an atmospheric pressure discharge in nitrogen ; the problems related to the design and the fabrication of such a converter are highlighted. The design of the high voltage transformer is then described in detail since its lumped elements play an important role as they can strongly limit the power transfer between the electrical source and the DBD device. A second aspect of this work is to establish the interests of two particular power converters. The first one is a resonant converter operating in a discontinuous conduction mode ; its merits is to exhibit three degrees of freedom (input voltage, frequency, current pulse width) instead of two, which is a tremendous asset for exploring purposes. The second one is a high-frequency resonant converter where a resonant inductance and the DBD device structural capacitances are used instead of a high voltage transformer to perform the voltage amplification, which circumvents the issue related to the transformer parasitic elements. This converter is based on GaN HEMT switches in order to reach a low semiconductor losses level and a fairly high operating frequency (above the mega-Hertz).

Cette thèse porte sur le développement d'une structure d'alimentation sans transformateur pour des décharges à barrière diélectrique (DBD). Une DBD est une charge permettant d'obtenir des plasmas froids à la pression atmosphérique. Ce dispositif est fortement capacitif et son alimentation doit délivrer plusieurs kilovolts pour allumer et entretenir la décharge. Cette haute tension est classiquement obtenue à l'aide d'un transformateur élévateur. Dans une première partie, nous montrons que les éléments parasites du transformateur impactent fortement le transfert d'énergie vers la décharge. C'est pourquoi dans une seconde partie, nous proposons une nouvelle topologie d'alimentation sans transformateur élévateur. Les caractéristiques fondamentales et le dimensionnement de notre alimentation sont obtenus par une analyse théorique. Dans cette topologie, les interrupteurs sont directement connectés à la DBD ; ils doivent donc supporter des tensions de plusieurs kilovolts. Il y a encore quelques années, il n'existait pas de semi-conducteur capable de supporter ce niveau de tension, à moins d'utiliser des interrupteurs fonctionnant à très basse fréquence. De récents progrès sur les matériaux semi-conducteurs ont permis d'élaborer des transistors et des diodes à base de carbure de silicium (SiC) capables de supporter des tensions allant jusqu'à 10 kV. Ce niveau de tension est tout à fait compatible avec la topologie d'alimentation proposée ici.Nous consacrerons la troisième partie du manuscrit à la mise en œuvre de notre convertisseur. Ce dernier, conçu à base de semi-conducteurs SiC, est fonctionnel et permet d'allumer une décharge. Cependant le fonctionnement initialement prévu est fortement affecté par la présence des capacités parasites notamment celles des interrupteurs. Nous détaillerons le rôle de chacune d'entre elles. Nous proposerons enfin des solutions permettant d'améliorer le transfert de puissance : mise en série de semi-conducteurs basses tensions, utilisation sur DBD de forte puissance... / This thesis focuses on the development of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) transformerless power supply. A DBD can produce cold plasma at atmospheric pressure. This device is a capacitive load, which must be supplied by a high voltage alternative source. This high voltage is classically obtained by amplifying a low level voltage with a step up transformer. In the first part, we show that the parasitic elements of the transformer limit the power transfer to the DBD load. This is why, in a second part, we propose a new topology without step-up transformer. A theoretical study of the converter allows to size our power supply and to deduce the fundamental characteristics of the latter. In our topology, the power switches are directly connected to the high voltage. A few years ago, it was inconceivable to connect directly a transistor to a high level of voltage (5kV), unless using very low frequency switches. Recent progress on semiconductor devices led to the development of transistors and diodes based on silicon carbide (SiC), which are able to hold up to 10kV. This voltage level is compatible with our topology.In the third part, we focus on the realization of our transformerless power supply and its operation. Our power supply based on 10 kV SiC semiconductors can ignite the discharge; however the parasitic capacitance and particularly those of the switches affect the power transfer. The role of each one of them is analyzed in detail.In the last part we propose solutions to improve the power delivered by this supply: series connection of lower voltage switches, supplying a high power DBD...

Les travaux de cette thèse portent sur l'intégration dans le réseau électrique du limiteur supraconducteur de courant (SCFCL). Un modèle du ruban supraconducteur ont été développé et validé grâce à une comparaison avec des tests expérimentaux. Premièrement, ce modèle a permis le dimensionnement du SCFCL du projet Eoccoflow (projet européen). Dans un deuxième temps, le modèle de SCFCL est intégré dans différents types de réseau. D'une part, l'intégration du SCFCL dans les réseaux haute tension continu maillés rend vraisemblable la protection de tels réseaux. D'autre part, grâce au SCFCL de nouvelles architectures du réseau de distribution sont proposées permettant l'intégration massive de génération distribuée. Cette thèse se clot sur le dimensionnement et les tests d'un SCFCL pour un réseau à taille réduite. / This PhD deals with superconducting fault current limiter (SCFCL) network integration. A model of a superconducting tape had been developed and validated in comparison with experimental quench tests. This SCFCL model allowed us to design the SCFCL of the european project Eccoflow. Using this SCFCL model, SCFCLs are integrated in various types of networks. On one hand, SCFCL benefits are first studied in case of meshed HVDC networks. Indeed, the SCFCL makes realistic the protection of such networks. On the other hand, thanks to the SCFCL some new distribution network topologies are suggested in order to increase the distributed generation integration capacity. This PhD ends with the design and the test of a SCFCL in a downsize scale network.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T17:38:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Toshiyuki Matsumi.pdf: 2530177 bytes, checksum: d45251b727305a9062002cf939cb57eb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-07-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Electropermeabilization is the process of transient increase in the permeability of biological membranes of cells subjected to intense electric fields. This technique is currently still in development and has important clinical and technological applications such as electrochemotherapy and gene transfer. Electroporator is the equipment used in the generation and application of such intense fields. This dissertation presents the design, construction and testing of an electroporator for use in biomedical research. The proposed equipment presents versatility and performance appropriate to allow for different types of experiments with biological tissues or cell suspensions. It consists of a voltage generator with programmable wave form, a high voltage amplifier with high output current capability and a system for transduction of voltage and current in the sample. Both the generation of signal as the measured values in the load are monitored by a program built in LabVIEW® environment that triggers a data acquisition card with 16 bits of resolution. The performance of the electronic system developed fully meets the requirements of project. The amplifier can deliver up to 500V and 5A to the load during a time interval enough for the testing of electropermeabilization. The bandwidth, slightly higher than 100kHz and the step response time of the order of 1μs are suitable for performing experiments with different waveforms and different sizes of cells. An important application of the equipment built is demonstrated with an experiment of electropermeabilization in suspension of red cells of rats. This result demonstrated the occurrence of increased conductivity of the sample during stimulation with high-intensity electric field. / Eletropermeabilização é o processo de aumento transitório da permeabilidade das membranas de células biológicas submetidas a campos elétricos intensos. Esta é uma técnica atualmente ainda em desenvolvimento e que possui importantes aplicações clínicas e tecnológicas tais como a eletro quimioterapia e a transferência genética. Os eletropermeabilizadores são equipamentos usados na geração e aplicação desses campos intensos. Esta dissertação apresenta o projeto, construção e teste de um eletropermeabilizador para uso em pesquisa biomédica. O equipamento proposto apresenta versatilidade e desempenho adequados para permitir a realização de diferentes tipos de ensaios com tecidos biológicos ou suspensões de células. É constituído de um gerador de tensão com forma de onda programável, um amplificador de alta tensão e alta corrente de saída e um sistema de transdução de tensão e corrente na amostra analisada. Tanto a geração de sinal quanto os valores medidos na carga são monitorados por um programa construído em ambiente LabVIEW® que aciona uma placa de aquisição de dados com 16 bits de resolução. O desempenho do sistema eletrônico desenvolvido atende completamente os requisitos de projeto. O amplificador pode fornecer até 500V de amplitude de tensão com 5A de corrente de carga durante intervalos de tempo suficientes para os ensaios de eletropermeabilização. A banda passante pouco maior que 100KHz e os tempos de resposta ao degrau da ordem de 1μs são adequados para a realização de experimentos com diferentes formas de onda e diferentes tamanhos de células. Uma importante aplicação do equipamento construído é exemplificada com um experimento de eletropermeabilização em suspensão de hemácias de rato, sendo demonstrada a ocorrência de aumento da condutividade da amostra durante a estimulação com campo elétrico de alta intensidade.

Submitted by FERNANDO DA CRUZ PEREIRA (fernandocp.eng@gmail.com) on 2018-04-24T17:28:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese - Fernando da Cruz Pereira.pdf: 6132578 bytes, checksum: 5b74ffd75609af94d4d9dea04e13c167 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Cristina Alexandra de Godoy null (cristina@adm.feis.unesp.br) on 2018-04-24T17:59:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pereira_fc_dr_ilha.pdf: 6132578 bytes, checksum: 5b74ffd75609af94d4d9dea04e13c167 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-24T17:59:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pereira_fc_dr_ilha.pdf: 6132578 bytes, checksum: 5b74ffd75609af94d4d9dea04e13c167 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Os transformadores de potencial baseados em tecnologia óptica têm sido desenvolvidos com a finalidade de melhorar o desempenho na proteção e medição nos sistemas elétricos de potência. Estes transformadores de potencial podem ser projetados em torno dos moduladores eletro-ópticos de amplitude que, por sua vez, são baseados no efeito Pockels em cristal como o Niobato de Lítio. A expressão geral da transmissão (razão entre o retardo de fase e a tensão aplicada) de um modulador eletro-óptico de intensidades é idêntica à expressão do sinal de saída de um interferômetro de dois feixes. Através de processamento eletrônico de dois sinais interferométricos de saída, com fase relativa de 90o entre si, consegue-se demodular o sinal, independentemente das derivas ambientais. Esses interferômetros, chamados de interferômetros de quadratura, são amplamente utilizados em laboratórios de metrologia. Assim, em 2014, um método de detecção interferométrica de fase óptica foi desenvolvido no Laboratório de Optoeletrônica (LOE) da FEIS-UNESP, constituindo uma versão melhorada da técnica de phase-unwrapping. Este método é imune ao fenômeno de desvanecimento, consegue medir o tempo de atraso entre o estímulo e a resposta, tem ampla faixa dinâmica, reconstrói a forma de onda do sinal de modulação sem a necessidade de aplicação de filtros à saída interferométrica, possuindo, ainda, a capacidade de demodular sinais com formas de ondas não periódicas. Beneficiando-se dessas informações, promoveu-se a adaptação do método a um sensor óptico de altas tensões em configuração de quadratura de sinais. Desta forma, a presente pesquisa aborda o estudo e o desenvolvimento de um sensor óptico de alta tensão com chaveamento de quadratura, baseado em célula Pockels, dando continuidade às pesquisas em desenvolvimento no LOE, de um sistema de sensoriamento eletro-óptico de alta tensão. O sensor de alta tensão com chaveamento de quadratura e realimentado por controle de fase, foi implementado e submetido a testes com aplicação de tensões entre 200 V e 8,4 kV (de pico) em 60 Hz, apresentado excelente linearidade na faixa de interesse e boa precisão na medição do conteúdo harmônico dos sinais. Tais resultados evidenciam o potencial do sistema para operar na análise da qualidade de energia elétrica em sistemas da classe de 13,8 kV. / Optical technology-based potential transformers have been developed to improve performance in protection and measurement in electrical power systems. These potential transformers can be designed around amplitude electro-optical modulators which, in turn, are based on the crystal Pockels effect such as Lithium Niobate. The general expression of the transmission (ratio between phase delay and applied voltage) of an electro-optical modulator of intensities is identical to the expression of the output signal of a two-beam interferometer. By electronic processing of two interferometric output signals, with relative phase of 90o between each other, the signal can be demodulated, irrespective of the environmental drift. These interferometers, called quadrature interferometers, are widely used in metrology laboratories. Thus, in 2014, an optical phase interferometric detection method was developed at the FEIS-UNESP’s Optoelectronic Laboratory (LOE), constituting an improved version of the phase-unwrapping technique. This method is immune to the phenomenon of fading, can measure the delay time between the stimulus and the response, has a wide dynamic range, reconstructs the waveform of the modulation signal without the need of applying filters to the interferometric output, also possessing the ability to demodulate signals with non-periodic waveforms. Taking advantage of this information, the adaptation of the method to a high voltage optical sensor in a quadrature configuration was promoted. In this way, the present research deals with the study and development of a high voltage optical sensor with quadrature switching, based on Pockels cell, giving continuity to researches in the LOE of a high voltage electro-optical sensing system. The high voltage sensor with quadrature switching and phase controlled feedback was implemented and submitted to tests with voltage between 200 V and 8.4 kV (peak) at 60 Hz, with excellent linearity in the range of interest and good accuracy in measuring the harmonic content of the signals. These results show the potential of the system to operate in the analysis of electric power quality in systems of the class of 13.8 kV.