This master´s thesis deals with the proposal of DC low voltage network at a voltage level of 1000 V DC in Praskolesy u Mrakotina village. Direct distribution will be realized only at the terminal, which will power the village. Next part of this thesis is theoretical and its main focus is description of both DC and AC distribution systems. The proposed DC grid will use existing distribution grid. The thesis further describes the problems of long terminals in low voltage distribution systems and electrical installation in buildings. The result of this work is a comparison of the losses between AC and the proposed DC system. The last part deals with economical evaluation and technical solution for the proposed network variant, including their advantages and disadvantages.

Tato disertační práce se zabývá navržením nízkonapěťových, nízkopříkonových analogových obvodů, které používají nekonvenční techniky CMOS. Lékařská zařízení na bateriové napájení, jako systémy pro dlouhodobý fyziologický monitoring, přenosné systémy, implantovatelné systémy a systémy vhodné na nošení, musí být male a lehké. Kromě toho je nutné, aby byly tyto systémy vybaveny baterií s dlouhou životností. Z tohoto důvodu převládají v biomedicínských aplikacích tohoto typu nízkopříkonové integrované obvody. Nekonvenční techniky jako např. využití transistorů s řízeným substrátem (Bulk-Driven “BD”), s plovoucím hradlem (Floating-Gate “FG”), s kvazi plovoucím hradlem (Quasi-Floating-Gate “QFG”), s řízeným substrátem s plovoucím hradlem (Bulk-Driven Floating-Gate “BD-FG”) a s řízeným substrátem s kvazi plovoucím hradlem (Bulk-Driven Quasi-Floating-Gate “BD-QFG”), se v nedávné době ukázaly jako efektivní prostředek ke zjednodušení obvodového zapojení a ke snížení velikosti napájecího napětí směrem k prahovému napětí u tranzistorů MOS (MOST). V práci jsou podrobně představeny nejdůležitější charakteristiky nekonvenčních technik CMOS. Tyto techniky byly použity pro vytvoření nízko napěťových a nízko výkonových CMOS struktur u některých aktivních prvků, např. Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) založené na BD, FG, QFG, a BD-QFG techniky; Tunable Transconductor založený na BD MOST; Current Conveyor Transconductance Amplifier (CCTA) založený na BD-QFG MOST; Z Copy-Current Controlled-Current Differencing Buffered Amplifier (ZC-CC-CDBA) založený na BD MOST; Winner Take All (WTA) and Loser Take All (LTA) založený na BD MOST; Fully Balanced Four-Terminal Floating Nullor (FBFTFN) založený na BD-QFG technice. Za účelem ověření funkčnosti výše zmíněných struktur, byly tyto struktury použity v několika aplikacích. Výkon navržených aktivních prvků a příkladech aplikací je ověřován prostřednictvím simulačních programů PSpice či Cadence za použití technologie 0.18 m CMOS.

Eine angemessene Qualität der Elektroenergie ist Grundvoraussetzung für den störungsfreien Betrieb aller angeschlossenen Geräte und Anlagen und spielt in den Verteilungsnetzen moderner Industriegesellschaften wie Deutschland eine zentrale Rolle. Die Elektroenergiequalität (EEQ) wird in Strom- und Spannungsqualität unterteilt. Während die Stromqualität maßgeblich im Verantwortungsbereich der Hersteller von Geräten und Anlagen liegt, sind für die Sicherung einer angemessenen Spannungsqualität im Wesentlichen die Netzbetreiber verantwortlich. Durch die technische Weiterentwicklung bspw. neuer Gerätetechnologien und die zunehmende Integration dezentraler Erzeugungsanlagen wie Photovoltaikanlagen ist zu erwarten, dass die EEQ auch künftig weiter an Bedeutung gewinnt. Die EEQ im Niederspannungsverteilungsnetz ist abhängig von Ort und Zeit und wird durch verschiedene Qualitätskenngrößen beschrieben. Die örtliche und zeitliche Abhängigkeit resultieren aus einer Vielzahl verschiedener Einflussfaktoren, welche sich entweder der elektrischen oder der nicht-elektrischen Umgebung des betrachteten Verteilungsnetzes zuordnen lassen. Die elektrische Umgebung wird durch die Art und Anzahl angeschlossener Verbraucher bzw. Erzeuger (Abnehmer- bzw. Erzeugerstruktur) sowie Struktur und technische Parameter des Verteilungsnetzes (Netzstruktur) bestimmt. Die nicht-elektrische Umgebung umfasst u.a. Einflüsse der klimatischen Umgebung wie bspw. Temperatur oder Globalstrahlung. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die systematische Identifikation korrelativer Zusammenhänge zwischen den genannten Umgebungseinflüssen und der EEQ sowie deren Quantifizierung auf Basis geeigneter Indizes und Kenngrößen. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit helfen grundlegende Prinzipien der Ausprägung der Elektroenergiequalität im öffentlichen Verteilungsnetz besser zu verstehen sowie die Verteilungsnetze im Hinblick auf die Elektroenergiequalität zu charakterisieren und zu klassifizieren. Analog zu den Standard-Lastprofilen erfolgt die Definition von Standard-Qualitätsprofilen. / Power quality levels in public low voltage grids are influenced by many factors which can either be assigned to the electrical environment (connected consumers, connected genera-tion, network characteristics) or to the non-electrical environment (e.g. climatic conditions) at the measurement site. Type and amount of connected consumers (consumer topology) are expected to have a very high impact on power quality (PQ) levels. The generation topology is characterized by number and kind of equipment and generating installations like photovoltaic systems which are connected to the LV grid. The electrical parameters of the grid define the network topology. The parameters which are most suitable to describe each of the three topologies and the climatic environment will be identified. Voltage and current quality in public low voltage (LV) grids vary depending on location and time. They are quantified by a set of different parameters which either belong to events (e.g. dips) or to variations (e.g. harmonics). This thesis exclusively addresses continuous parameters describing variations. Continuous phenomena like harmonics are closely linked to an one-day-cycle which implies a more or less periodic behavior of the continuous power quality parameters. Consumer topologies such as office buildings or residential areas differ in their use of equipment. Time series analysis is used to distinguish between different consumer topologies and to identify characteristic weeks. The clustering of one-day time series is applied to identify characteristic days within the weeks of certain topologies. Based on the results, emission profiles for certain current quality parameters of different consumer topologies will be defined. Due to the characteristic harmonic current emission of certain consumer topologies which represents the typical user behaviour a classification system is developed. It is used to automatically classify the emission profiles of harmonic currents for unknown measurements and to estimate a likely consumer topology. A classification measure is introduced in order to identify unusual or false classified emission profiles. The usage behaviour of equipment by customers usually varies over the year. Subsequently, the levels of PQ parameters like harmonics may show seasonal variations which are identified by using newly defined parameters. The introduction of new device technologies on a large scale like the transition from incandescent to LED lamps might result in long-term changes to the levels of PQ parameters (e.g. harmonics). The analysis of the long-term behavior (trend) will be applied in order to quantify global trends (looking on the measurement duration as a whole) and local trends (looking on individual segments of the whole time series).

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / A novel method of power management and sequential monitoring of several sensors is proposed in this work. Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) consisting of analog and digital sub-systems forming a system on chip (SoC) has been designed using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The analog sub-system comprises the sensor-drivers that convert the input voltage variations to output pulse-frequency. The digital sub-system includes the system management unit (SMU), counter, and shift register modules. This performs the power-usagemanagement, sensor-sequence-control, and output-data-frame-generation functions. The SMU is the key unit within the digital sub-system is that enables or disables a sensor. It captures the pulse waves from a sensor for 3 clocks out of a 16-clock cycle, and transmits the signal to the counter modules. As a result, the analog sub-system is at on-state for only 3/16th fraction (18 %) of the time, leading to reduced power consumption. Three cycles is an optimal number selected for the presented design as the system is unstable with less than 3 cycles and higher clock cycles results in increased power consumption. However, the system can achieve both higher sensitivity and better stability with increased on-state clock cycles. A current-starved-ring-oscillator generates pulse waves that depend on the sensor input parameter. By counting the number of pulses of a sensor-driver in one clock cycle, a sensor input parameter is converted to digital. The digital sub-system constructs a 16-bit frame consisting of 8-bit sensor data, start and stop bits, and a parity bit. Ring oscillators that drive capacitance and resistance-based sensors use an arrangement of delay elements with two levels of control voltages. A bias unit which provides these two levels of control voltages consists of CMOS cascade current mirror to maximize voltage swing for control voltage level swings which give the oscillator wider tuning range and lower temperature induced variations. The ring oscillator was simulated separately for 250 nm and 180 nm CMOS technologies. The simulation results show that when the input voltage of the oscillator is changed by 1 V, the output frequency changes linearly by 440 MHz for 180 nm technology and 206 MHz for 250 nm technology. In a separate design, a temperature sensitive ring oscillator with symmetrical load and temperature dependent input voltage was implemented. When the temperature in the simulation model was varied from -50C to 100C the oscillator output frequency reduced by 510 MHz for the 250 nm and by 810 MHz for 180 nm CMOS technologies, respectively. The presented system does not include memory unit, thus, the captured sensor data has to be instantaneously transmitted to a remote station, e.g. end user interface. This may result in a loss of sensor data in an event of loss of communication link with the remote station. In addition, the presented design does not include transmitter and receiver modules, and thus necessitates the use of separate modules for the transfer of the data.

Aktuell finden umfangreiche Neuerungen und Veränderungen im Elektroenergiesystem statt. Dabei stellen die Netzintegration von Energiespeichern, EE-Anlagen und Elektrofahrzeugen sowie die Realisierung von Energiemanagementsystemen wichtige Neuerungen in der Niederspannungsebene dar. Analysen der Ladevorgänge von Elektrofahrzeugen zeigen einen nennenswerten Einfluss auf den Lastbedarf. Als ein Ergebnis wird die maximal zulässige Anzahl an Elektrofahrzeugen ermittelt, bei der kein Netzumbau notwendig wird. Neben der Untersuchung verschiedener Ladevarianten wird die zufällige Ladung als innovative Ladevariante vorgestellt und deren Nutzen simuliert. / Currently, fundamental innovations and changes are occurring in the power system. The grid integration of energy storage systems, renewable energy systems and electric vehicles as well as the implementation of energy management systems are important innovations in the low-voltage grid. Analyses of charging processes for electric vehicles show significant impacts on the load demand. As one result, the maximum number of electric vehicles is determined assuming that no grid expansion is needed. Besides studying various charging options, a random charging method is proposed as an innovative charging option and its benefits are shown by simulations.

In order to reduce emissions and achieve sustainable energy systems, renewable energy is increasingly being integrated into the power grid. However, the integration of renewable energy into the grid poses several challenges, including maintaining a stable power supply under changing and unpredictable conditions. Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) assesses a generator's ability to maintain stable voltage during grid voltage drops, which is crucial for renewables due to their low inertia and vulnerability to voltage disruptions caused by changes in wind or sunlight. LVRT requirements are defined by regional grid codes and regulations, which vary in their diversity. A study was conducted using Matlab Simulink to model and simulate the LVRT phenomenon on Siemens Energy's medium gas turbine generator. The entire power system generation system was simulated to observe the system's response and the generator's behavior during LVRT events. A previous gas turbine power plant project in Romania, delivered by Siemens Energy in Finspång, was simulated for analysis and compared against the grid code requirements. The findings indicated that the Siemens Energy gas turbine model SGT-750 satisfies the Romanian LVRT grid code requirements.

<p>Prior to the mid-20th century, the idea of electric propulsion had been all but a foreign one that manifested itself in the topic of science fiction. It was around this time when companies and agencies like NASA began to take interest in the topic of space propulsion, as most famously seen in the landing of the Apollo 11 mission on the moon. It was not until the early-1960s where the idea of a pulsed plasma thruster was first realized, with its first test being in 1964 aboard the Russian Zond-2 satellite which contained 6 ablative Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, or “Teflon”) pulsed plasma thrusters.</p> <p>In this paper, a new low-voltage, liquid-fed pulsed plasma thruster was developed, tested, and characterized. This project took influence from the previous low-voltage, liquid-fed pulsed plasma thruster in Purdue’s EPPL and desired to transition it from a current gas-fed system to its intended liquid-fed system. The two main objectives for this project included conducting direct studies of the cathode’s erosion rate using a simple weighing method after simulating a lifetime of discharging the thruster, and completing the initial design of the liquid-fed pulsed plasma thruster using AF-M315E as its propellant while gathering data on its required breakdown voltage, exhaust velocity, and specific impulse.</p> <p>Both objectives were successfully completed, with the following parameters being measured or calculated. The required breakdown voltage was seen to be less than 26kV to keep the ignition spark inside the chamber. For the subsequent results measured however, the breakdown voltage was kept between 10-16kV for all successive tests. The peak current measured for all discharges was an average of 11kA, far exceeding similar geometries such as MPD thrusters. The operational voltage was less than 200V, although an operational voltage closer to 100V is expected after further optimization of the system is completed. The erosion rate of the tungsten cathode at this operational setting was found to be 15.4046 +/- 0.592 microgram/Coulomb which is much less than the cathode spot erosion rate reported for tungsten in literature of about 60 microgram/Coulomb and is beneficial for extending system lifetime. The exhaust velocity was calculated to be 30.6 +/- 4.8km/s which is typical of state-of-the-art PPT electric propulsion devices. The specific impulse was also extrapolated from the ion’s exhaust velocity, calculating to be 3,119 +/- 489 seconds. Future work would require optimization of the propellant injection mechanism to minimize propellant loss.</p>

This thesis deals with the steady-state, dynamic and control aspects of new type of brushless configuration of a doubly-fed induction machine in which the slip rings and carbon brushes are replaced by rotating power electronics and a rotating exciter. The aim is to study the stability of this novel configuration of the generator under mechanical and grid disturbances for wind power applications. The derivation, development and analysis of the steady-state model of the brushless doubly-fed induction machine with a rotating excitor and the power electronic converters mounted on the shaft and rotating with it, is studied. The study is performed at rated power of the generator between ±20% slip range. Moreover unity power factor operation between ±20% speed range is also discussed. Furthermore dynamic modeling and control aspects of the generator are also analyzed. The controllers were designed using Internal Model Control principles and vector control methods were used in order to control the generator in a closed-loop system. It is shown that through the use of proper feedback control, the generator behaves in a stable state both at super-synchronous and sub-synchronous speeds. Moreover Low Voltage Ride Through of the generator during symmetrical and unsymmetrical voltage dips is also investigated. Passive Resistive Network strategy is employed for Low Voltage Ride Through of the generator during symmetrical voltage dips. On the other hand, Extended Vector Control is used in order to control the negative sequence currents during unsymmetrical voltage dips. Suppression of negative sequence currents is important as they cause extra heating in the windings and affects the lifetime of the mechanical and electrical components of the generator and system due to oscillations in power and torque. In addition to the above studies a steady-state model of a single-fed induction machine is also developed and investigated where the rotating exciter is removed and the rotor windings are short-circuited through the two rotating power electronic converters. In this way the slip power circulates in the rotor and with the help of the two rotating electronic converters, rotor current is used to magnetize the induction machine thereby improving the power factor. The steady state model is verified through experimental results. / <p>20120914</p> / Brushless Wind Generator with Rotating Power Electronic Converters

The high-frequency and low-voltage operation of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) is a key requirement for the commercial success of flexible electronics. Significant progress has been achieved in this regard by several research groups highlighting the potential of OTFTs to operate at several tens or even above 100 MHz. However, technology maturity, including scalability, integrability, and device reliability, is another crucial point for the semiconductor industry to bring OTFT-based flexible electronics into mass production. These requirements are often not met by high-frequency OTFTs reported in the literature as unconventional processes, such as shadow-mask patterning or alignment with unrealistic tolerances for production, are used. Here, ultra-short channel vertical organic field-effect transistors (VOFETs) with a unity current gain cut-off frequency (fT) up to 43.2 MHz (or 4.4 MHz V−1) operating below 10 V are shown. Using state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques such as photolithography with reliable fabrication procedures, the integration of such devices down to the size of only 12 × 6 μm2 is shown, which is important for the adaption of this technology in high-density circuits (e.g., display driving). The intrinsic channel transconductance is analyzed and demonstrates that the frequencies up to 430 MHz can be reached if the parasitic electrode overlap is minimized.

The present thesis is the result of a research period at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, ISAS/JAXA within Funaki Laboratory of the Department of Space Flight Systems that followed the path of plume plasma diagnostics for space electric propulsion drives. During the experimental studies two high-current hollow cathodes and an innovative prototype of a low-voltage fully external discharge plasma thruster (XPT) had their plasma plumes diagnosed using electrostatic probes and retarding potential analyser (RPA). A Hall thruster and hollow cathode plume is defined as an unmagnetised quasi-neutral plasma which is mainly formed of neutral particles, electrons, singly and doubly charged ions. Plasma diagnostic techniques provide information through practical observations in order to fully understand the dynamics of the aforementioned plume components, the physical processes taking place within the plume and their effects on the spacecraft, for instance. Mastering these aspects of the plasma plume of space electric propulsion drives bolster the design processes, leading to highly efficient devices. Firstly, the introduction provides insights on the fundamental principles of hollow cathodes and Hall thrusters and a brief presentation of the plasma diagnostic techniques used during the research: single and double Langmuir probes, emissive probes and retarding potential analyser. Then, the fundamental plume diagnostics principles are depicted in an exhaustive way, departing from classical plasma kinetic theory, energy distribution functions and ending with an overview on the theory of charge collection by cylindrical probes. Subsequently, peculiarities of various analysis techniques are exposed for the Langmuir probes, emissive probes and RPA, with an emphasis on their strengths and demerits. The experimental setups for the cathodes and XPT plume diagnostic procedures are then outlined. The experimental logic, setup and electrical diagrams as well as a presentation of each probe design and manufacturing details are extensively discussed. The hollow cathodes experimental results are exposed with a discourse that aims of overviewing the difference between the various data analysis methods applied for the raw data. A discussion ensued based on the results in order to effectively identify mechanisms that produced the observed plasma parameters distributions. For the first time, the plume of a fully external discharge plasma thruster was diagnosed utilising double Langmuir probes.  The thesis highlights the main results obtained for the XPT far-field plume plasma diagnostics. The experimental findings for both thruster centreline positions and 2D plume maps for several axial distances away from the anode plate offer a ground basis for future measurements, a comparison term and a database to support ongoing computational codes. The results are discussed and related to the thruster performances data obtained during previous experiments. The thesis includes consistency analyses between the experimental data and the numerical simulation results and the uncertainties in measured plasma parameters associated with each data analysis procedure are evaluated for each data set. Last, the conclusions underline the main aspects of the research and further work on the previously mentioned plasma diagnostic techniques for hollow cathodes and XPT is suggested. / La présente thèse est le résultat d'une période de recherche à l'Institut des Sciences Spatiales et Astronautiques de l'Agence Spatiale Japonaise, ISAS / JAXA qui a suivi la voie des diagnostics du plasma de la plume de propulseurs électriques spatiaux. Au cours des études expérimentales, deux cathodes creuses à fort courant et un prototype innovant d'un propulseur basse tension à décharge externe de plasma (XPT) avaient leurs faisceaux de plasma diagnostiqués en utilisant des sondes électrostatiques et un analyseur à potentiel retardé. La plume d’un propulseur à effet Hall et d’une cathode creuse est définie comme un plasma quasi-neutre non-magnétisé qui est principalement formé de particules neutres, d’électrons, d’ions monovalents et bivalents. Les techniques de diagnostic du plasma fournissent des informations, via des observations pratiques, afin de bien comprendre la dynamique des composants de la plume mentionnés ci-dessus, les processus physiques qui se déroulent dans la plume et leurs effets sur une sonde spatiale, par exemple. La maîtrise de ces aspects du plasma de la plume généré par les propulseurs électriques spatiaux renforce les processus de conception de ce type de propulsion, ce qui conduit à des dispositifs hautement efficaces. Tout d'abord, l'introduction donne un aperçu sur les principes fondamentaux de cathodes creuses et de propulseurs à effet Hall, et une brève présentation des techniques de diagnostic du plasma utilisées lors de la recherche : sondes de Langmuir simples et doubles, des sondes émissives et d’analyseur à potentiel retardé. Ensuite, les principes fondamentaux de diagnostic de la plume sont représentés de manière exhaustive, d’abord la théorie cinétique classique du plasma, les fonctions de distribution en énergie et pour terminer une vue d'ensemble de la théorie de la collecte de charge par des sondes cylindriques. Par la suite, les particularités des diverses techniques d'analyse sont exposées pour les sondes de Langmuir, les sondes émissives et RPA, en mettant l'accent sur leurs avantages et leurs inconvénients. Les montages expérimentaux pour les procédures de diagnostic de la plume-plasma de cathodes et du XPT sont ensuite décrits. La logique expérimentale, les schémas électriques ainsi qu'une présentation de la conception et de la fabrication de chaque sonde sont largement discutés. Les résultats expérimentaux pour les cathodes creuses sont exposés de façon à présenter la différence entre plusieurs méthodes d'analyse de données appliquées aux données brutes. Une discussion s’ensuit, basée sur les résultats afin d'identifier efficacement les mécanismes qui ont produits les propriétés électroniques observées. Pour la première fois, la plume d'un propulseur à décharge externe de plasma a été diagnostiquée en utilisant des sondes de Langmuir doubles. La thèse met en évidence les principaux résultats obtenus pour le diagnostic en champ lointain de la plume-plasma du XPT. Les résultats expérimentaux pour les positions sur l'axe du propulseur et le cartes 2D de la plume pour plusieurs distances axiales loin de l’anode offrent une base pour de futures mesures, un terme de comparaison et une base de données pour appuyer les codes numériques. Les résultats sont discutés et sont rapportés aux données de performances du propulseur obtenus lors des essais précédents. La thèse comprend des analyses de la cohérence entre les données expérimentales et les résultats de simulation numérique, et les incertitudes des paramètres mesurés du plasma associées à chaque procédure d'analyse des données sont évaluées pour chaque ensemble de données. Enfin, les conclusions soulignent les principaux aspects de la recherche et une poursuite des travaux sur les techniques de diagnostic de plasma pour les cathodes creuses et le XPT est suggérée.