DC system and DC microgrids are gaining popularity in recent times. This thesis suggests a method to state the workability of a DC based PV system using the softwares Simulink, PVsyst and HOMER. The aims of this project include suggesting a DC based architecture, finding out the performance ratio and a cost analysis. The advantages of the DC based system, the cost benefits associated with it and its performance will determine its feasibility.   Not many softwares have the functionality to simulate DC based PV systems. PVsyst is considered as one of the most sought-out softwares for the simulation of PV systems. It can simulate a DC based PV system but has a lot of limitations when it comes to the architecture and voltage levels. Due to these factors, the results from softwares Simulink, Homer and PVsyst are used to calculate the performance ratio of the suggested DC system.    The simulation of the DC system involves modelling of a DC-DC converter. DC-DC converters are used in HVDC transmission and are being considered for small scale and medium scale microgrids. The DC-DC boost converter is coupled with a MPPT model in Simulink. P and O algorithm is chosen as the MPPT algorithm as it is simple and widely used. The Simulink model of PV array and MPPT based boost converter provides the power output at the needed voltage level of 350V. The input for the Simulink model is obtained from the results of HOMER. The inputs include solar irradiation data and cell temperature. The same input data is used for the simulations in HOMER and PVsyst. The performance ratio is obtained by combining the power output from Simulink with the other aspects of the system from PVsyst. The performance ratio is done only for the month of January due to the limitations in Simulink. The performance ratio is found out to be 65.5 %.   The cost estimation is done for the distribution and power electronics aspects of the system. It is found out that the cost associated with the conductors will have an impact on the total cost only if the conductors used for distribution is more in length. The cost associated with the power converters will make a difference in total cost only if the system is within the range of 100kW. The study shows the workability of the PV based DC system based on the above mentioned aspects

In the present day, owing to the increasing number of electronic loads such as computer power supplies, Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and the increasing number of sources such as solar photovoltaics, fuel cells (DC sources), DC Micro-grids provide a more efficient solution compared to the AC counterpart in terms of the number of stages involved in conversion. Also, the ability to be readily buffered to storage elements is an advantage in a DC system. Apart from this, there are no issues of frequency stability, reactive power transfer and ac power losses. A DC micro-grid is effectively a multi-port dc-dc converter. The ports refer to the various sources and loads that are part of the micro-grid. Sources could be unidirectional (as in the case of PV, load) or bidirectional (as in the case of batteries). Interfacing a variety of ports and controlling power flow between these ports presents an interesting challenge. Commonly used topologies interface the various ports at the DC bus capacitor thereby making the DC bus capacitor bulky. Apart from this, the DC bus coupled topologies route power from one port to another via the central capacitor. This increases the number of stages in transferring power from one port to another. An alternative topology is to use the active bridge type converters where dynamic power flow equations are required to control inter-port power flow. But, as the number of stages increase, the computations get tedious.In this thesis, a novel topology is proposed that uses a UU type transformer core to interface all the power ports. This alleviates the problems faced in the DC bus coupled topologies. A PWM scheme to control simultaneous power flow from each of the ports is also proposed in this thesis. The PWM scheme enables the usage of simple constant frequency average current mode control to dynamically control power sharing ratio between the various ports delivering to loads. By means of the proposed PWM scheme and the control scheme, the drawbacks of the active bridge topologies are alleviated. Using the proposed topology and the PWM scheme, a prototype micro-grid system is developed for a system comprising of the utility grid, batteries, solar PVs and resistive loads. Yet another aspect of the thesis explores the concept of connecting multiple micro-grids in order to create a 'local power network'. A potential application for this could be in interconnecting residential buildings and routing power from one house to another in order to balance demand and supply among these houses. This is against the growing trend of using the utility grid to also sink power and subsequently route it to other houses connected to the grid. Unfortunately not all areas have access to the utility grid. Additionally, turning the grid bidirectional requires that a number of standards be met and policies be created. But, the standard for using a local network that only involves a unidirectional grid is fixed by the community that owns such a network. In a crude sense, this scenario can be compared to the existence of a local area network to transfer information among users of the network. In this thesis, a prototype local power network interconnecting two micro-grids has been implemented.

Orientadores: José Antenor Pomilio, Helmo Kelis Morales Paredes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T15:42:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bonaldo_JaksonPaulo_D.pdf: 17560251 bytes, checksum: 58f533494814fb77a6b0736b27fa4d61 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Esta tese apresenta contribuições para a utilização multifuncional de conversores eletrônicos de potência aplicados à geração distribuída de energia. Através das técnicas propostas, o conversor, que convencionalmente atua como interface entre fontes alternativas de energia e a rede elétrica, agrega funcionalidades relacionadas ao tratamento de problemas de qualidade da energia elétrica, passando a operar, também, como um filtro ativo de potência. As estratégias desenvolvidas para viabilizar o uso multifuncional do conversor têm como base a corrente que flui por uma carga local conectada ao ponto de acoplamento do conversor. Através da decomposição da corrente da carga em parcelas ortogonais relacionadas aos distúrbios de qualidade de energia, podem ser escolhidos os distúrbios a serem compensados, bem como o grau de compensação a ser aplicado. Entretanto, devido ao comportamento intermitente e imprevisível das cargas e das fontes alternativas de energia, a capacidade de potência ou corrente do conversor pode ser insuficiente para realizar sua função primária, isto é, a injeção da energia produzida pela fonte local, simultaneamente à compensação de distúrbios de qualidade de energia. Por isso, são desenvolvidas estratégias para limitar a potência ou corrente processadas pelo conversor, priorizando a injeção da potência gerada pela fonte local. Também é apresentado um breve estudo sobre a operação coordenada entre conversores multifuncionais em microrredes inteligentes de energia. Através de uma rede de dados os conversores são conectados a uma central de monitoramento e supervisão que ajusta de forma "on-line" as funções auxiliares que devem ser executadas por cada um dos conversores. As análises e testes realizados ao decorrer do trabalho consideram um cenário comumente encontrado em redes de distribuição de energia em baixa tensão, cujas impedâncias são elevadas e a distorção harmônica presente na tensão é considerável. As estratégias multifuncionais propostas neste trabalho foram validadas por resultados experimentais obtidos através da implementação de protótipos de conversores multifuncionais / Abstract: This thesis presents the development of strategies to operate grid-tied power electronic converters, which are conventionally used as power interface between renewable power sources and the grid, as a multifunctional device. Through the application of the proposed control techniques, the grid-tied converter is able to aggregate additional features intended to perform ancillary services related to power quality improvement. Therefore, the original function of the grid-tied converter is combined with features of an active power filter. The strategies developed to allow the multifunctional operation are based on the current throughout a local load which is connected at the point of coupling of the converter. By means of the decomposition of the load current into orthogonal components it is possible to choose the kind of disturbance to be compensated, as well as, the level of compensation. However, due to the unpredictable behavior of renewable energy sources and loads, the power or current capacity available in grid-tied converter may be insufficient to perform its primary function, i.e. the injection of the active power generated by the energy source, along with the power quality improvement. Therefore, strategies to limit the power or current processed by the converter are developed giving priority to the active power injection. It is also presented a brief study about the coordinated operation of multifunctional power converters used in smart microgrids. A communication network is used to connect the power converters to a remote central of supervision that adjusts the ancillary services each converter should perform. Analysis, tests and discussions performed in this thesis consider a scenario commonly observed in low voltage energy networks, where the grid is weak and, in general, non-sinusoidal. The strategies and techniques proposed were validated through experimental results obtained by the implementation of multifunctional power converters prototypes / Doutorado / Energia Eletrica / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

La diode Schottky SiC est un composant qui peut potentiellement remplacer la diode PiN Si dans les applications de puissance. Effectivement, la tenue en tension élevée, la faible résistivité, ainsi que l’indépendance de la température du courant de recouvrement rendent cette diode idéale pour les convertis- seurs de puissance DC/DC. Cependant, face à l’abondance des composants Si sur le marché, la diode Schottky rencontre une certaine réticence. Malgré les nombreuses démonstrations de systèmes électroniques de puissance réalisés, la fiabilité de cette technologie n’arrive pas à convaincre. Cette étude porte sur la caractérisation en régime statique sur une large gamme de températures et l’évaluation de la fiabilité en surcharge des diodes Schottky et JBS SiC-4H. La caractérisation en température a permis de proposer des modèles de la carac- téristique directe et inverse sur une gamme étendue de températures. Les tests en surcharge ont permis de comparer la fiabilité de diodes expérimentales et commerciales à fin de montrer la maturité de cette technologie. / The SiC Schottky diode can potentially replace the PiN diode in power appli- cations. As a matter of fact, high blocking voltage, low resistivity as well as temperature independence of the reverse recovery current make this diode ideal for DC/DC power converters. Nevertheless, Schottky diodes meet some reluc- tance before the abundance of PiN Si diodes. Despite the numerous demons- trations of power electronics systems, there are still some reliability aspects to improve. This study focuses on static characteristic in a large temperature range and reliability assessment of repetitive surge test of Schottky and JBS diodes. The measurements of forward and reverse characteristics yielded new models in a wide temperature range. Repetitive surge tests enabled us to com- pare the reliability of experimental and commercial diodes in order to prove the maturity of this technology.

On-load tap changers and static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) are the main components for voltage regulation and power quality optimization in the power system. STATCOMs are used in both industrial applications and utility to stabilize the grid and reduce downtime. STATCOM is based on power electronics that is put together as a voltage source converter. However, as STATCOMs are connected in shunt, they provide voltage regulation indirect, by the injection of reactive power. Which might be insufficient for emerging grid codes and power systems with less inertia. This thesis’s purpose is to investigate a series voltage source converter (SVSC), which is connected in series with the grid. Series connected devices may provide better voltage regulating capabilities than shunt devices with the same amount of reactive power compensation, as it can regulate the voltage directly. The SVSC can also be used for power system compensation and power flow control. The SVSC consists of a Chain-Link Modular Multilevel Converter that is connected directly in series with the power system without a coupling transformer. The SVSC injects a voltage in quadrature with the current through the SVSC, this gives the SVSC the ability to emulate a reactance, along with increasing the voltage. The maximum injected voltage from the SVSC is 30% of the system voltage. As the voltage is injected in quadrature with the current, the SVSC can change to voltage more if the power factor is low. The SVSC is able to keep the voltage on the load side constant in several different load and grid scenarios. Furthermore, the SVSC was able to emulate both a capacitance and an inductance, and control the active power flow. However, the SVSC was not able to regulate the voltage as desired when the power factor is close to 1. / Lindningsomkopplare och static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) är de huvudsakliga komponenterna för spänningsreglering och elkvalité optimering i elnätet. STATCOMs används i både industrin och av elnätsägare för att stabilisera elnätet och minska driftstopp. STATCOM är baserat på kraftelektronik som är byggt till en voltage source converter. I alla fall, eftersom STATCOMs är anslutna i shunt med elnätet, kan de endast spänningsreglera indirekt, genom att tillföra reaktiv effekt. Vilket kan vara otillräckligt med nya elnätsregler och elnät med lägre tröghet. Den här avhandlingens syfte är att undersöka en series voltage source converter (SVSC), som är ansluten i serie med elnätet. Enheter som är anslutna i serie med elnätet kan leverera bättre spänningsreglering än enheter som är anslutna i shunt med samma mängd reaktiv effekt kompensering. SVSC:n kan också användas för lednings kompensering och effektflödes kontroll. SVSC:n består av en Chain-Link Modular Multilevel Converter som är ansluten i serie med elnätet utan en kopplingstransformator. SVSC genererar en spännings som är i kvadratur med strömmen genom SVSC:n, det gör att SVSC kan emulera en reaktans, men även öka spänningen. Den maximala spänningen från SVSC:n är 30% av systemspänningen. Eftersom spänningen är i kvadratur med strömmen, så kan SVSC ändra spänningen mer om effektfaktorn är låg. SVSC:n kan hålla spänningen konstant på last sidan under flera olika last- och elnäts scenarier. Dessutom kunde SVSC:n emulera både en induktans och kapacitans, och kontrollera det aktive effektflödet. Men, SVSC:n kunde inte reglera spänningen som önskat när effektfaktorn var nära 1.

The electrification of the automotive industry and artificial intelligence are both growing rapidly and can be greatly beneficial for a more sustainable future when combined. Induction machines exhibit many complex relationships between physical and electromagnetic properties that must be calculated in order to produce the correct quantities of torque and speed commanded by the driver. This is why calculations that depend on sensory information are often cross-monitored and supervised to prevent unsafe conditions or damage to the equipment. Safe torque estimation has a substantial role in safety which requires the fulfillment of ASIL C defined by ISO 26262. The calculation of safe torque is based on rotor temperature among other safety parameters. Traditional methods of obtaining rotor temperature include thermal models, state observers, and active parameter estimation. These methods rely on complex mathematical equations that have the risk of being incorrect and can sometimes be unfeasible in a practical environment. Naturally, we investigate whether we can embed Artificial Neural Networks in the software since we know that they can solve complex non-linear problems exceptionally well when combined with supervised machine learning. To supervise and train the network, we must first acquire the rotor temperature in an experimental setting with a temperature sensor. Then we embed the model into the software of an electrical inverter produced by Inmotion using a microcontroller framework. This way, predictions of rotor temperature can be made in a live environment without the sensor. Using the mean squared error of the output and k-fold cross-validation we can apply a corrected t-test to make a comparison and statistical evaluation of the models. The results in this research prove that a machine learning model can in fact be used to replace the current traditional state observer model that is based on stator temperature. We find that when stator and rotor temperatures are uncorrelated and different, the machine learning model is able to generalize much more accurately passing the t-test with an alpha threshold of  α  = 0.05. Results also reveal that the obtained rotor temperature can be used as reliable input for estimating safe torque by evaluating the measurements from a live motor with a realistic safety requirement. / Elektrifieringen av fordonsindustrin och artificiell intelligens växer i snabb takt där de båda har stor potential att vara välgörande för en mer hållbar framtid när de kombineras. Induktionsmotorer grundar sig på många komplicerade förhållanden mellan fysiska och elektromagnetiska egenskaper som måste beräknas för att förse rätt vridmoment och hastighet som föraren begär. Därför är ofta beräkningar som beror på sensorisk information ofta korsövervakad för att förhindra osäkra tillstånd eller skada på utrustningen. Säker vridmoment estimering spelar en stor roll i säkerhet vilket kräver ett uppfyllande av ASIL C definerad av ISO 26262. Beräkningen av denna estimering baseras bland annat på rotor temperatur och andra säkra parametrar. Traditionella metoder för att ta fram rotor temperatur inkluderar termala metoder, tillståndsobserverare och aktiv parameter estimering. Dessa metoder grundar sig på komplexa matematiska ekvationer som har en risk att vara inkorrekta och är ibland ogenomförbara i en praktisk miljö. Naturligt sett så vill vi istället undersöka om vi kan bädda in artificiella neuronnät i mjukvaran eftersom vi vet att de är exceptionellt bra på att lösa komplexa icke-linjära problem i kombination med övervakad maskininlärning. För att övervaka och träna nätverket så måste vi först erhålla rotor temperaturen i en experimentiell miljö med en temperatur sensor. Sedan så kan vi bädda in modellen i mjukvaran för en elektrisk inverterare skapad av Inmotion med ett mikrokontroller ramverk. På så vis så kan vi göra förutsägelser av rotor temperaturen utan behovet av en sensor. Genom att använda medelkvadratfelet och en form av flerstegs validering så kan vi applicera ett korrigerat t-test för att jämföra och göra en statistisk evaluering av modellerna. Resultaten i denna studie visar på att en maskininlärning modell kan användas för att ersätta den nuvarande traditionella modellen som baserar sig på stator temperatur. Vi finner att när stator och rotor temperatur och okorrolerade och olika så generaliserar maskininlärningsmodellen mycket mer exakt och klarar t-testet med en alpha gräns på α = 0.05. Resultaten visar också på att den erhållna rotor temperaturen kan användas som en pålitlig inmatning för att estimera säkert vridmoment genom att evaluera mätningar från en riktig motor med ett realistiskt säkerhetskrav.

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The demand for more power and performance from electronic equipment has constantly been growing resulting in an increased amount of heat dissipation from these devices. Thermal management of high-density power control units for hybrid electric vehicles is one such application. Over the last few years, the performance of this power control unit has been improved and size has been reduced to attain higher efficiency and performance causing the heat dissipation as well as heat density to increase significantly. However, the overall cooling system has remained unchanged and only the heat exchanger corresponding to the power control unit (PCU) has been improved. This has allowed the manufacturing costs to go down. Efforts are constantly being made to reduce the PCU size even further and also to reduce manufacturing costs. As a consequence, heat density will go up (~ 200 – 250 W/cm2) and thus, a better high performance cooler/heat exchanger is required that can operate under the existing cooling system design and at the same time, maintain active devices temperature within optimum range (<120 – 125 °C) for higher reliability. The aim of this dissertation was to study the various cooling options based on jet impingement, mini-channel, ribbed mini-channel, phase change material and double sided cooling configurations for application in hybrid electric vehicle and other similar consumer products and perform parametric and optimization study on selected designs. Detailed experimental and computational analysis was performed on different cooling designs to evaluate overall performance. Severe constraints such as choice of coolant, coolant flow-rate, pressure drop, minimum geometrical size and operating temperature were required for the overall design. High performance jet impingement based cooler design with incorporated fin-like structures induced swirl and provided enhanced local heat transfer compared to traditional cooling designs. However, the cooling scheme could manage only 97.4% of the target effectiveness. Tapered/nozzle-shaped jets based designs showed promising results (~40% reduction in overall pressure drop) but were not sufficient to meet the overall operating temperature requirement. Various schemes of mini-channel arrangement, which were based on utilizing conduction and convection heat transfer in a conjugate mode, demonstrated improved performance over that of impingement cooling schemes. Impingement and mini-channel based designs were combined to show high heat transfer rates but at the expense of higher pressure drops (~5 times). As an alternate, mini-channel based coolers with ~1.5 mm size channels having trip strips or ribs were studied to accommodate the design constraints and to enhance local as well as overall heat transfer rates and achieve the target operating temperature. A step by step approach to the development of the heat exchanger is provided with an emphasis on system level design. The computational based optimization methodology is confirmed by a fabricated test bed to evaluate overall performance and compare the predicted results with actual performance. Additionally, one of the impingement based configuration (Swirl-Impingement-Fin) developed during the course of this work was applied to the internal cooling of a turbine blade trailing edge and was shown to enhance the thermal performance by at least a factor of 2 in comparison to the existing pin-fin technology for the conditions studied in this work. / Ph. D.

A utilização de conversores multiníveis tem sido uma importante alternativa para aplicações de alta potência e média tensão, graças aos altos níveis de potência alcançáveis por estas estruturas. Recentemente, esta topologia de conversores foi aplicada em sistemas com fontes alternativas para alimentar um sistema de geração distribuída, nos quais diferentes fontes de energia eram utilizadas. Com base nas características dos conversores multinível e sua potencial aplicabilidade em sistemas de geração distribuída, este trabalho tem como objetivo construir um sistema multinível conectado a rede de distribuição para utilização de fontes alternativas de energia como fontes primárias. Considerando que a energia fornecida pelas fontes alternativas pode sofrer variações, propõe-se a integração de sistemas armazenadores de energia, como capacitores, ao sistema multinível. Por isso, este trabalho desenvolve uma estratégia de controle para máxima transferência de potência ativa entregue à rede a fim de obter um fluxo ótimo. A topologia multinível deste trabalho possui em sua configuração dois módulos inversores conectados em série. Neste caso, é possível que pelo menos um desses inversores funcione com uma modulação em baixa frequência processando a maior parcela de potência. Assim, duas estratégias de controle modulação de fase e modulação de amplitude para a transferência de potência realizada pelo inversor de baixa frequência são analisadas. As vantagens e desvantagens de cada um dos métodos são expostas e então a estratégia mais adequada, no caso a modulação de amplitude, é utilizada na operação do conversor multinível. Além disso, são apresentados a modelagem das plantas e o projeto dos controladores de cada um dos módulos inversores. Por fim, a validação da proposta é feita através dos resultados de simulações e experimentais que mostram a capacidade do sistema de geração em transferir potência constante para a rede de distribuição e manter a corrente quase sem distorções em fase com a tensão. / The utilization of multilevel converters has been an important alternative for medium voltage applications with high power and power quality demand, thanks to the high power levels achievable for this kind of structure. Recently, this converter topology was proposed as a new possibility in renewable energy source applications, mainly in system delivering power to the grid, where different renewable energy resources may be used. Based on the characteristics of multilevel converters, and their potential applicability in distributed generation systems, this study aims to build a multilevel system that could be powered by renewable energy sources as primary sources and then connect them to a distribution grid. However, considering the energy produced by alternative sources can vary, it is analyzed the integration of a storage energy system in this multilevel topology. Taking into account this ends, the main concern of this study is related to the development of a control strategy to maximize the active power transferred to the grid. The multilevel topology employed in this study has two H-bridge inverter modules connected in series forming a cascaded configuration. Therefore, it is possible that at least one of these inverters, operating with a low frequency of modulation, process the majority of power with lower amount of losses. On this way, two control strategies for power transfer are analyzed. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are presented, and the most appropriated strategy is used in the operation of the multilevel converter system. In addition, it has been presented the design criteria for each controller and finally the validation of the proposed approach is done by mains of simulations and experimental results which show the ability of the converter to transfer constant active power to the grid and keep the grid current in phase with the grid voltage.

Actuellement la nécessité des systèmes d’alimentation d’énergie, capables d’assurer un fonctionnement stable dans des domaines de fonctionnement assez larges avec des bonnes performances dynamiques (rapidité du système, variations limitées de la tension de sortie en réponse aux perturbations de charge ou de tension d’alimentation), devient de plus en plus importante. De ce fait, cette thèse est orientée sur la commande des convertisseurs de puissance DC-DC représentés par des modèles hybrides.En tenant compte de la structure variable de ces systèmes à commutation, un modèle hybride permet de décrire plus précisément le comportement dynamique d’un convertisseur dans son domaine de fonctionnement. Dans cette optique, l’approximation PWA est utilisée afin de modéliser les convertisseurs DC-DC. A partir des modèles hybrides développés, on s’est intéressé à la stabilisation des convertisseurs au moyen des correcteurs à gains commutés élaborés sur la base de fonctions de Lyapunov PWQ, et à l’implantation d’une commande prédictive explicite, en considérant des contraintes sur l’entrée de commande. La méthode de modélisation et les stratégies de commande proposées ont été appliquées sur deux topologies : un convertisseur buck, afin de mieux maîtriser le réglage des correcteurs et un convertisseur flyback avec filtre d’entrée. Cette dernière topologie nous a permis de répondre aux difficultés du point de vue de la commande (comportement à déphasage non-minimal) rencontrées dans la majorité des convertisseurs DC-DC. Les performances des commandes élaborées ont été validées en simulation sur les topologies considérées et expérimentalement sur une maquette du convertisseur buck. / Lately, power supply systems, guaranteeing the global stability for large enough operation ranges with good dynamic performances (small settling time, bounded overshoot of the output voltage in the presence of load or supply voltage variations), are strongly needed. Therefore, this thesis deals with control problems of DC-DC power converters represented by hybrid models.Considering the variable structure of these switched systems, a hybrid model describes more precisely the converter’s dynamics in its operating domain. From this perspective, a PWA (piecewise affine) approximation is used in order to model the DC-DC converters. Based on the developed hybrid models, first we have designed a stable piecewise linear state-feedback controller using piecewise quadratic (PWQ) Lyapunov functions, and secondly, we have implemented an explicit predictive control law taking into account constraints on the control input. The hybrid modeling technique and the proposed control strategies were applied on two different topologies of converters: a buck converter, in order to have a thorough knowledge of the controllers’ tuning, and a flyback converter with an input filter. This last topology, allowed us to manage different control problems (non-minimum phase behavior) encountered in the majority of topologies of DC-DC power converters. The controllers’ performances were validated in simulation on both considered topologies and also experimentally on buck converter.