Ultra low power wireless sensors and sensor systems are of increasing interest in a variety of applications ranging from structural health monitoring to industrial process control. Electrochemical batteries have thus far remained the primary energy sources for such systems despite the finite associated lifetimes imposed due to limitations associated with energy density. However, certain applications (such as implantable biomedical electronic devices and tire pressure sensors) require the operation of sensors and sensor systems over significant periods of time, where battery usage may be impractical and add cost due to the requirement for periodic re-charging and/or replacement. In order to address this challenge and extend the operational lifetime of wireless sensors, there has been an emerging research interest on harvesting ambient vibration energy. Vibration energy harvesting is a technology that generates electrical energy from ambient kinetic energy. Despite numerous research publications in this field over the past decade, low power density and variable ambient conditions remain as the key limitations of vibration energy harvesting. In terms of the piezoelectric transducers, the open-circuit voltage is usually low, which limits its power while extracted by a full-bridge rectifier. In terms of the interface circuits, most reported circuits are limited by the power efficiency, suitability to real-world vibration conditions and system volume due to large off-chip components required. The research reported in this thesis is focused on increasing power output of piezoelectric transducers and power extraction efficiency of interface circuits. There are five main chapters describing two new design topologies of piezoelectric transducers and three novel active interface circuits implemented with CMOS technology. In order to improve the power output of a piezoelectric transducer, a series connection configuration scheme is proposed, which splits the electrode of a harvester into multiple equal regions connected in series to inherently increase the open-circuit voltage generated by the harvester. This topology passively increases the rectified power while using a full-bridge rectifier. While most of piezoelectric transducers are designed with piezoelectric layers fully covered by electrodes, this thesis proposes a new electrode design topology, which maximizes the raw AC output power of a piezoelectric harvester by finding an optimal electrode coverage. In order to extract power from a piezoelectric harvester, three active interface circuits are proposed in this thesis. The first one improves the conventional SSHI (synchronized switch harvesting on inductor) by employing a startup circuitry to enable the system to start operating under much lower vibration excitation levels. The second one dynamically configures the connection of the two regions of a piezoelectric transducer to increase the operational range and output power under a variety of excitation levels. The third one is a novel SSH architecture which employs capacitors instead of inductors to perform synchronous voltage flip. This new architecture is named as SSHC (synchronized switch harvesting on capacitors) to distinguish from SSHI rectifiers and indicate its inductorless architecture.

O problema de projeto de sistemas de medição, para efeito de Estimação de Estado em Sistemas Elétricos de Potência, é um problema de otimização multiobjetivo, combinatório, que exige a investigação de um grande número de possíveis soluções. Dessa forma, metaheurísticas vêm sendo empregadas para sua solução. Entretanto, a maioria delas trata o problema de forma mono-objetivo e as poucas que consideram uma formulação multiobjetivo, não contemplam todos os requisitos de desempenho que devem ser atendidos para obtenção de um Sistema de Medição Confiável (SMC) (observabilidade e ausência de Medidas Críticas, Conjuntos Críticos de Medidas, Unidades Terminais Remotas Críticas e Unidades de Medição Fasoriais Críticas). Propõe-se, nesta tese, uma formulação multiobjetivo para o problema de projeto de sistemas de medição de uma forma mais ampla, considerando todas requisitos de desempenho que devem ser atendidos para obtenção de um SMC. Propõe-se, ainda, o desenvolvimento e implantação, em computador, de um método para tratamento desse problema, considerando o trade-off entre os requisitos de desempenho e o custo, fazendo uso do conceito de Fronteira de Pareto. O método possibilita, em uma única execução, a obtenção de quatro tipos de sistemas de medição, a partir da análise de soluções não dominadas. O método permite o projeto de sistemas de medição novos e o aprimoramento de sistemas de medição já existentes, considerando a existência apenas de medidas convencionais SCADA, apenas de Medidas Fasoriais Sincronizadas ou a existência dos dois tipos de medidas. O método proposto faz uso de um Algoritmo Evolutivo Multiobjetivo e do procedimento de obtenção e análise da matriz HΔ. Esse procedimento permite a realização de uma Busca Local, minimizando o custo para atendimento de cada um dos requisitos de desempenho mencionados acima. Simulações são realizadas utilizando dados dos sistemas de 6, 14, 30, 118 e 300 barras do IEEE, bem como do sistema de 61 barras da Eletropaulo, de forma a ilustrar, testar e validar o método proposto. Alguns dos resultados dessas simulações são comparados com resultados obtidos por outros métodos encontrados na literatura. / Metering system planning for power system state estimation is a multi-objective, combinatorial optimization problem that may require the investigation of many possible solutions. As a consequence, meta-heuristics have been employed to solve the problem. However in the majority of them the multi-objective problem is converted in a mono-objective problem and those few considering a multi-objective formulation do not consider all the performance requirements that must be attended in order to obtain a Reliable Metering System (RMS) (system observability and absence of Critical Measurements, Critical Sets, Critical Remote Terminal Units and Critical Phasor Measurement Units). This thesis proposes a multi-objective formulation for the metering system planning problem in a wide way, that is, considering all the performance requirements that must be attended to obtain a RMS. This thesis also proposes the development and implementation, in computer, of a method to solve the metering system planning problem, considering the trade-off between the two conflicting objectives of the problem (minimizing cost while maximizing the performance requirements) making use of the concept of Pareto Frontier. The method allows, in only one execution, the project of four types of metering systems, from the analysis of non-dominated solutions. The method enable the design of new metering systems as well as the improvement of existing ones, considering the existence of only conventional SCADA measurements, or only synchronized phasor measurements or the existence of both types of measurements. The proposed method combines a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on subpopulation tables with the properties of the so-called HΔ matrix. The subpopulations tables adequately model several metering system performance requirements enabling a better exploration of the solution space. On the other hand, the properties of the HΔ matrix enable a local search that improves the evolutionary process and minimizes the computational effort. Simulations results with IEEE 6, 14, 30, 118 and 300-bus test systems and with a 61-bus system of Eletropaulo illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method. Some of the results of these simulations will be compared with those published in literature.

Esta proposta de pesquisa visa avaliar métodos de projeto de controladores em dois níveis, composto por controladores descentralizados e centralizado, utilizando sinais de medição fasorial sincronizada. Pesquisas iniciais foram realizadas utilizando a abordagem baseada na resolução da equação de Riccati num sistema multimáquinas, considerando aquisição de dados via medição fasorial sincronizada e atrasos de tempo nos canais de comunicação da entrada e da saída do controlador centralizado. Esta pesquisa propõe o projeto e avaliação de controladores centralizados através das abordagens baseadas na resolução da equação de Riccati, Desigualdades Matriciais Lineares e Algoritmos Genéticos. O projeto consiste em obter um controlador centralizado robusto a variações de carga e topologia do sistema, além de possíveis perdas de links de comunicação da entrada e da saída do controlador centralizado com o sistema elétrico. A fim de verificar a eficácia das abordagens de projeto foram utilizados o Sistema Equivalente Sul-Sudeste Brasileiro e o Sistema Simplificado Australiano. Além disso, simulações dinâmicas dos sistemas com aplicação de contingências foram realizadas com o propósito de se avaliar os controladores centralizados obtidos através de um modelo linear. Os resultados alcançados mostram semelhança e eficiência das abordagens quando se consideram múltiplos pontos de operação do sistema. A abordagem baseada em Algoritmos Genéticos se sobressai de acordo com os resultados obtidos para os sistemas-teste mencionados por propiciar um controlador centralizado robusto a múltiplos pontos de operação e possíveis perdas de links de comunicação. / This research proposal aims to compare control design methods on two levels, consisting of centralized and decentralized controllers, using signals synchronized phasor measurement. Initial researches have been conducted using the approach in solving the Riccati equation in a multi-machine system, considering data acquisition via synchronized phasor measurement and time delays in the communication channels of input and output of the centralized controller. This research proposes the design and comparison of centralized controllers through approaches based on resolution of the Riccati equation, Linear Matrix Inequalities and Genetic Algorithms. The project is to achieve a robust centralized controller to load variations and system topology changes and possible loss of communication of the input and output of the centralized controller with the electrical system. In order to verify the effectiveness of design approaches were used the Southern-Southeastern Brazil Equivalent Equivalent and Australian Simplified System. In addition, simulations of the dynamic systems with application of contingency were performed in order to evaluate the centralized controlling obtained by a linear model. The results show similarity and efficiency of the approaches when considering multiple system operating points. The Genetic Algorithms-based approach stands out according to the results obtained for the test systems mentioned, as demonstrated by the results, because it provides a robust centralized controller to multiple points of operation and possible loss of communication links.

Le contrôle des vibrations est devenu un enjeu majeur et a reçu une attention considérable dans de nombreuses applications industrielles. Diverses approches de recherche ont été exploitées pour réduire les vibrations indésirables. Les matériaux intelligents développés peuvent contrôler et supprimer les vibrations d'une manière efficace et intelligente avec un poids ajouté supplémentaire négligeable par rapport au système. La majorité des recherches sur les matériaux intelligents a mis l'accent sur le contrôle d’une structure composite constituée avec des transducteurs piézoélectriques intégrés ou liés à la structure. Les avantages des matériaux piézoélectriques sont une bande passante élevée, une grande compacité, leur légèreté, leur facilité de mise en œuvre et les leurs bonnes caractéristiques de couplage électromécanique, ce qui les rend appropriés en tant que actionneurs et capteurs. Récemment, une technique de contrôle de vibration semi-passif non linéaire, appelé SSD (Synchronized Switch Damping) a été développée. SSD s'appuie sur une élévation cumulative de la tension aux bonnes de l’élément piézoélectrique résultant de la commutation continue de ladite tension. Il a été montré que les performances d’amortissement sont fortement liées à cette amplitude de tension totale disponible. Basé sur les techniques SSD, une nouvelle approche globale pour l'amortissement des vibrations d’une structure “intelligente” est proposée dans cette thèse. Elle est fondée sur une redistribution modale d'énergie par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau d'éléments piézoélectriques. L'objectif de ce travail est d’augmenter la tension piézo-électrique (directement lié à l'énergie opératoire d’amortissement) pour l'amélioration les performances d'amortissement. Dans cette approche semi-active proposée, l'énergie supplémentaire est fournie par un réseau d'éléments piézoélectriques qui recueille cette énergie sur les différents modes de vibration de la structure. Deux topologies de réseau d'origine sont développées pour le transfert d’énergie. L’une s'appelle SSDT "Synchronized Switch Damping by energy Transfer". L’autre est définie comme SSDD "Synchronized Switch Damping with Diode". L’évaluation et la comparaison des performances sont effectuées sur un modèle représentatif d'une plaque encastrée équipée de plusieurs éléments piézoélectriques dans le cas d’une excitation multimodale. Par rapport à la méthode SSDI modale, des résultats de simulation et un modèle global théorique sont enfin proposés pour démontrer la relation entre l'amélioration d’amortissement réalisable et l'énergie transférée par rapport à l'énergie mécanique de la structure. Ces résultats prouvent la capacité d'un réseau d'éléments piézoélectriques dans la gestion et la redistribution d'énergie de la structure pour améliorer l'amortissement de vibrations d’une structure intelligente. / Structural vibration control is an important issue and has received considerable research attention in many industry applications. Researches investigated various approaches to reduce undesirable vibrations. The smart materials can control and suppress vibration in an efficient and “intelligent” way without causing much additional weight. The majority of research in smart damping materials has focused on the control of composite structure using embedded or bonded piezoelectric transducers. The advantages of piezoelectric materials include high achievable bandwidth, compactness, lightness, easy implementation and good electromechanical coupling characteristics, thus making them appropriate for actuators and sensors applications. Recently, a non-linear semi-passive vibration control technique, so-called Synchronized Switch Damping (SSD), has been developed. SSD technique relies on a cumulative build-up of the voltage resulting from the continuous switching of the piezoelectric voltage and it was shown that the performance is strongly related to this total voltage amplitude available. Based on SSD techniques, a new global approach for improved vibration damping of smart structure, based on global energy redistribution by means of a network of piezoelectric elements is proposed in this thesis. The objective of this work is to propose a new approach to increase the piezoelectric voltage (also related to the damping operative energy) in order to improve the damping performance. In the proposed semi-active approach, the extra energy used to improve this voltage is gathered on the various modes of the structure using an interconnected piezoelectric element network. Two original network topologies are developed for transferring energy. One is named SSDT for “Synchronized Switch Damping by energy Transfer”. The second is defined as SSDD for “Synchronized Switch Damping with Diode”. Performance evaluations and comparisons are performed on a model representative of a clamped plate equipped with piezoelectric elements in the case of multimodal motion. Compared to the Modal-SSDI method used as a baseline, simulation results and a global theoretical model are proposed demonstrating the relationship between the achievable damping improvement and the ratio of transferred energy to the structure mechanical energy, thus proving the capability of a network of piezoelectric elements for global energy management and redistribution in order to improve the vibration damping of smart structures.

Este trabalho propõe o desenvolvimento e implantação, em computador, de uma metodologia para tratamento de diversas etapas do processo de estimação de estado em Sistemas de Distribuição (SDs), que possibilite um tratamento adequado para as particularidades dos SDs no contexto atual (com poucas medidas disponíveis) e futuro (contando com mais medidas SCADA, com as Medidas Fasoriais Sincronizadas (MFSs) e com as avançadas infra-estruturas de medição), ou seja, que possibilite: análise de sistemas desbalanceados e desequilibrados, com ramais monofásicos, bifásicos e trifásicos; o tratamento de sistemas radiais e malhados sem perda de precisão; uma modelagem adequada dos componentes dos SDs, considerando as várias possibilidades de conexão dos transformadores e dos reguladores de tensão; o tratamento de diversos tipos de medidas (medidas convencionais obtidas pelo sistema SCADA, medidas virtuais, pseudo-medidas de carga e de dados históricos e MFSs), ponderando-as de acordo com as respectivas precisões. A metodologia proposta baseia-se no método dos mínimos quadrados ponderados, trabalha no nível dos alimentadores e compreende os seguintes quatro estágios: Estágio 1 geração de pseudo-medidas de carga; Estágio 2 - análise e restauração de observabilidade e identificação de medidas críticas; Estágio 3 - estimação de estado propriamente dita; e Estágio 4 - processamento de erros grosseiros. Tendo em vista as respostas coerentes das diversas simulações realizadas com os alimentadores de teste trifásicos de 4 e 34 barras do IEEE, demonstra-se satisfatoriamente a performance da metodologia proposta. / This thesis proposes a multi-phase unbalanced distribution system (DS) state estimation methodology based on the weighted least squares technique, which allows: load pseudo-measurement modeling; observability analysis and restoration by selecting the required pseudo-measurements (load pseudo-measurements and/or historical measurement data); identication of critical measurements; state estimation; and, nally, gross errors processing. The proposed methodology intends to be a practical tool able to be applied to a variety of DSs, considering latest and future realities. Therefore, the proposed methodology has the following features: (i) includes all realistic DS modeling details, such as, various types of transformer and voltage regulator connections, the presence of single, two and three-phase circuits, as well as the possibility of both the mutual coupling between phases and the shunt susceptance; (ii) treat three-phase networks with high resistance/reactance ratios in a unied framework; and (iii) process measurements with very distinct qualities, some of them are real-time measurements provided by Supervisory Control Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), other are virtual measurements (information provided by the buses of zero power injection) and also the pseudo-measurements (load pseudo-measurements, load proles and historical measurement data). Several simulations results (with IEEE 34 and 4 node test feeders) have demonstrated satisfactory performance of the proposed methodology.

Nous proposons une technique de dépliage pour vérifier les systèmes concurrents infinis bien structurés. Certaines propriétés d'intérêt comme la bornitude, la couverture et la terminaison sont décidables grâce à la bonne structure de ces systèmes. D'autre part, le dépliage réduit efficacement l'explosion combinatoire en exploitant l'ordre partiel entre les événements des systèmes concurrents. Nous proposons une modélisation par structure d'événements pour des systèmes bien structurés élémentaires, tels les compteurs et les files de communication. Le dépliage d'un réseau de structures d'événements étant une structure d'événements, nous proposons ensuite une approche hiérarchique à la modélisation et à la vérification des systèmes, qui préserve la bonne structure. Enfin, nous proposons une technique d'élimination des événements redondants. La mise en œuvre de notre approche dans l'outil ESU nous permet de conclure à son efficacité. / We propose an unfolding technique for verifying concurrent infinite-state systems that are well-structured. Some properties of interest such as boundedness, coverability and termination are decidable thanks to the well-structure of these systems. Moreover, the unfolding effectively reduces the combinatorial explosion by exploiting the partial order between events of concurrent systems. We propose a modelization using event structures for basic well-structured systems, such as counters and communication channels. As the unfolding of a synchronized product of event structures is an event structure, we obtain a hierarchical approach to modeling as well as to verifying systems, which preserves the well-structure. Finally, we propose a technique for eliminating redundant events. The implementation of our approach in the ESU tool allows us to conclude on its efficiency.

Esta proposta de pesquisa visa avaliar métodos de projeto de controladores em dois níveis, composto por controladores descentralizados e centralizado, utilizando sinais de medição fasorial sincronizada. Pesquisas iniciais foram realizadas utilizando a abordagem baseada na resolução da equação de Riccati num sistema multimáquinas, considerando aquisição de dados via medição fasorial sincronizada e atrasos de tempo nos canais de comunicação da entrada e da saída do controlador centralizado. Esta pesquisa propõe o projeto e avaliação de controladores centralizados através das abordagens baseadas na resolução da equação de Riccati, Desigualdades Matriciais Lineares e Algoritmos Genéticos. O projeto consiste em obter um controlador centralizado robusto a variações de carga e topologia do sistema, além de possíveis perdas de links de comunicação da entrada e da saída do controlador centralizado com o sistema elétrico. A fim de verificar a eficácia das abordagens de projeto foram utilizados o Sistema Equivalente Sul-Sudeste Brasileiro e o Sistema Simplificado Australiano. Além disso, simulações dinâmicas dos sistemas com aplicação de contingências foram realizadas com o propósito de se avaliar os controladores centralizados obtidos através de um modelo linear. Os resultados alcançados mostram semelhança e eficiência das abordagens quando se consideram múltiplos pontos de operação do sistema. A abordagem baseada em Algoritmos Genéticos se sobressai de acordo com os resultados obtidos para os sistemas-teste mencionados por propiciar um controlador centralizado robusto a múltiplos pontos de operação e possíveis perdas de links de comunicação. / This research proposal aims to compare control design methods on two levels, consisting of centralized and decentralized controllers, using signals synchronized phasor measurement. Initial researches have been conducted using the approach in solving the Riccati equation in a multi-machine system, considering data acquisition via synchronized phasor measurement and time delays in the communication channels of input and output of the centralized controller. This research proposes the design and comparison of centralized controllers through approaches based on resolution of the Riccati equation, Linear Matrix Inequalities and Genetic Algorithms. The project is to achieve a robust centralized controller to load variations and system topology changes and possible loss of communication of the input and output of the centralized controller with the electrical system. In order to verify the effectiveness of design approaches were used the Southern-Southeastern Brazil Equivalent Equivalent and Australian Simplified System. In addition, simulations of the dynamic systems with application of contingency were performed in order to evaluate the centralized controlling obtained by a linear model. The results show similarity and efficiency of the approaches when considering multiple system operating points. The Genetic Algorithms-based approach stands out according to the results obtained for the test systems mentioned, as demonstrated by the results, because it provides a robust centralized controller to multiple points of operation and possible loss of communication links.

O problema de projeto de sistemas de medição, para efeito de Estimação de Estado em Sistemas Elétricos de Potência, é um problema de otimização multiobjetivo, combinatório, que exige a investigação de um grande número de possíveis soluções. Dessa forma, metaheurísticas vêm sendo empregadas para sua solução. Entretanto, a maioria delas trata o problema de forma mono-objetivo e as poucas que consideram uma formulação multiobjetivo, não contemplam todos os requisitos de desempenho que devem ser atendidos para obtenção de um Sistema de Medição Confiável (SMC) (observabilidade e ausência de Medidas Críticas, Conjuntos Críticos de Medidas, Unidades Terminais Remotas Críticas e Unidades de Medição Fasoriais Críticas). Propõe-se, nesta tese, uma formulação multiobjetivo para o problema de projeto de sistemas de medição de uma forma mais ampla, considerando todas requisitos de desempenho que devem ser atendidos para obtenção de um SMC. Propõe-se, ainda, o desenvolvimento e implantação, em computador, de um método para tratamento desse problema, considerando o trade-off entre os requisitos de desempenho e o custo, fazendo uso do conceito de Fronteira de Pareto. O método possibilita, em uma única execução, a obtenção de quatro tipos de sistemas de medição, a partir da análise de soluções não dominadas. O método permite o projeto de sistemas de medição novos e o aprimoramento de sistemas de medição já existentes, considerando a existência apenas de medidas convencionais SCADA, apenas de Medidas Fasoriais Sincronizadas ou a existência dos dois tipos de medidas. O método proposto faz uso de um Algoritmo Evolutivo Multiobjetivo e do procedimento de obtenção e análise da matriz HΔ. Esse procedimento permite a realização de uma Busca Local, minimizando o custo para atendimento de cada um dos requisitos de desempenho mencionados acima. Simulações são realizadas utilizando dados dos sistemas de 6, 14, 30, 118 e 300 barras do IEEE, bem como do sistema de 61 barras da Eletropaulo, de forma a ilustrar, testar e validar o método proposto. Alguns dos resultados dessas simulações são comparados com resultados obtidos por outros métodos encontrados na literatura. / Metering system planning for power system state estimation is a multi-objective, combinatorial optimization problem that may require the investigation of many possible solutions. As a consequence, meta-heuristics have been employed to solve the problem. However in the majority of them the multi-objective problem is converted in a mono-objective problem and those few considering a multi-objective formulation do not consider all the performance requirements that must be attended in order to obtain a Reliable Metering System (RMS) (system observability and absence of Critical Measurements, Critical Sets, Critical Remote Terminal Units and Critical Phasor Measurement Units). This thesis proposes a multi-objective formulation for the metering system planning problem in a wide way, that is, considering all the performance requirements that must be attended to obtain a RMS. This thesis also proposes the development and implementation, in computer, of a method to solve the metering system planning problem, considering the trade-off between the two conflicting objectives of the problem (minimizing cost while maximizing the performance requirements) making use of the concept of Pareto Frontier. The method allows, in only one execution, the project of four types of metering systems, from the analysis of non-dominated solutions. The method enable the design of new metering systems as well as the improvement of existing ones, considering the existence of only conventional SCADA measurements, or only synchronized phasor measurements or the existence of both types of measurements. The proposed method combines a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on subpopulation tables with the properties of the so-called HΔ matrix. The subpopulations tables adequately model several metering system performance requirements enabling a better exploration of the solution space. On the other hand, the properties of the HΔ matrix enable a local search that improves the evolutionary process and minimizes the computational effort. Simulations results with IEEE 6, 14, 30, 118 and 300-bus test systems and with a 61-bus system of Eletropaulo illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method. Some of the results of these simulations will be compared with those published in literature.

Este trabalho propõe o desenvolvimento e implantação, em computador, de uma metodologia para tratamento de diversas etapas do processo de estimação de estado em Sistemas de Distribuição (SDs), que possibilite um tratamento adequado para as particularidades dos SDs no contexto atual (com poucas medidas disponíveis) e futuro (contando com mais medidas SCADA, com as Medidas Fasoriais Sincronizadas (MFSs) e com as avançadas infra-estruturas de medição), ou seja, que possibilite: análise de sistemas desbalanceados e desequilibrados, com ramais monofásicos, bifásicos e trifásicos; o tratamento de sistemas radiais e malhados sem perda de precisão; uma modelagem adequada dos componentes dos SDs, considerando as várias possibilidades de conexão dos transformadores e dos reguladores de tensão; o tratamento de diversos tipos de medidas (medidas convencionais obtidas pelo sistema SCADA, medidas virtuais, pseudo-medidas de carga e de dados históricos e MFSs), ponderando-as de acordo com as respectivas precisões. A metodologia proposta baseia-se no método dos mínimos quadrados ponderados, trabalha no nível dos alimentadores e compreende os seguintes quatro estágios: Estágio 1 geração de pseudo-medidas de carga; Estágio 2 - análise e restauração de observabilidade e identificação de medidas críticas; Estágio 3 - estimação de estado propriamente dita; e Estágio 4 - processamento de erros grosseiros. Tendo em vista as respostas coerentes das diversas simulações realizadas com os alimentadores de teste trifásicos de 4 e 34 barras do IEEE, demonstra-se satisfatoriamente a performance da metodologia proposta. / This thesis proposes a multi-phase unbalanced distribution system (DS) state estimation methodology based on the weighted least squares technique, which allows: load pseudo-measurement modeling; observability analysis and restoration by selecting the required pseudo-measurements (load pseudo-measurements and/or historical measurement data); identication of critical measurements; state estimation; and, nally, gross errors processing. The proposed methodology intends to be a practical tool able to be applied to a variety of DSs, considering latest and future realities. Therefore, the proposed methodology has the following features: (i) includes all realistic DS modeling details, such as, various types of transformer and voltage regulator connections, the presence of single, two and three-phase circuits, as well as the possibility of both the mutual coupling between phases and the shunt susceptance; (ii) treat three-phase networks with high resistance/reactance ratios in a unied framework; and (iii) process measurements with very distinct qualities, some of them are real-time measurements provided by Supervisory Control Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), other are virtual measurements (information provided by the buses of zero power injection) and also the pseudo-measurements (load pseudo-measurements, load proles and historical measurement data). Several simulations results (with IEEE 34 and 4 node test feeders) have demonstrated satisfactory performance of the proposed methodology.

Στόχος της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η εργαστηριακή εξομοίωση της μηχανικής ροπής που εμφανίζεται στο δρομέα μιας πραγματικής ανεμογεννήτριας με τη μέθοδο της ταχείας προτυποποίησης. Η μέθοδος αυτή παρέχει τη δυνατότητα εξομοίωσης του προς μελέτη αντικειμένου, στην προκειμένη περίπτωση της ανεμογεννήτριας, χωρίς να είναι απαραίτητες οι δοκιμές σε πραγματικό εξοπλισμό, διευκολύνει τη μελέτη της ανεμογεννήτριας σε διάφορες συνθήκες και με διαφορετικές κάθε φορά παραμέτρους, χωρίς να είναι απαραίτητη η αναμονή προκειμένου ο άνεμος να είναι κατάλληλος ώστε να κάνουμε δοκιμές στο πραγματικό σύστημα και τέλος δίνει το πλεονέκτημα της αποφυγής βλαβών του πραγματικού εξοπλισμού. Απαραίτητα στοιχεία για να επιτευχθεί ο στόχος της εργασίας είναι μια πειραματική διάταξη, στην οποία θα πραγματοποιηθούν οι δοκιμές και οι μετρήσεις, καθώς επίσης κάποια ανεμολογικά δεδομένα σε συνδυασμό με τα χαρακτηριστικά της πραγματικής ανεμογεννήτριας της οποίας τη ροπή θα εξομοιώσουμε υπό κλίμακα. Η πειραματική διάταξη μπορεί να περιγραφεί συνοπτικά από το σχήμα της Εικ.1. Χρησιμοποιώντας τα ανεμολογικά δεδομένα υπολογίστηκε η ροπή στον δρομέα της πραγματικής ανεμογεννήτριας συναρτήσει της ταχύτητας του ανέμου. Αυτή την ροπή την παρήγαμε υπό κλίμακα στο εργαστήριο, στον άξονα ενός ασύγχρονου τριφασικού κινητήρα, εφαρμόζοντας έλεγχο ροπής. Η πειραματική διάταξη που χρησιμοποιήθηκε περιλαμβάνει μια ασύγχρονη μηχανή, μια μηχανή συνεχούς ρεύματος, ένα μονοφασικό ωμικό φορτίο, έναν τριφασικό αντιστροφέα πηγής τάσης και έναν μικροεπεξεργαστή με τον οποίο υλοποιείται η διαδικασία του ελέγχου. Ο έλεγχος της ασύγχρονης μηχανής γίνεται ρυθμίζοντας την τάση εξόδου του αντιστροφέα κατά πλάτος και συχνότητα, παλμοδοτώντας κατάλληλα τα διακοπτικά στοιχεία του. Το κύκλωμα παλμοδότησης υλοποιείται μέσω του μικροεπεξεργαστή, χρησιμοποιώντας τη μέθοδο ημιτονοειδούς διαμόρφωσης εύρους παλμών (Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation, SPWM). Ανάλογα με την τιμή του σφάλματος της ροπής ρυθμίζονται κατάλληλα οι παράμετροι της παλμοδότησης χρησιμοποιώντας τη μέθοδο του ασαφούς ελέγχου (Fuzzy Control). Για τη μέτρηση της ροπής στον άξονα του ασύγχρονου κινητήρα, που αποτελεί το σήμα ανάδρασης του ελέγχου, χρησιμοποιήθηκε ένα ροπόμετρο. Ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέρουσα είναι η παραγωγή του κώδικα με τον οποίο γίνεται η εξομοίωση και ο έλεγχος. Αρχικά γίνεται μοντελοποίηση του κυκλώματος στο περιβάλλον Simulink και στη συνέχεια, χρησιμοποιώντας τα κατάλληλα εργαλεία, ακολουθείται μια αυτόματη διαδικασία παραγωγής του κώδικα και εκτέλεσή του από τον μικροεπεξεργαστή (DSP). Η χρήση του μικροεπεξεργαστή προσέφερε επίσης αρκετά πλεονεκτήματα και διευκόλυνε την πειραματική διαδικασία. Χρησιμοποιώντας τον μικροεπεξεργαστή για τη διεξαγωγή του ελέγχου, αποφεύχθηκε η χρήση επιπλέον διατάξεων ελέγχου. Επίσης, οι περιφερειακές μονάδες του ήταν ιδιαίτερα χρήσιμες κατά τη δειγματοληψία των μεταβλητών ανάδρασης, κατά την παραγωγή των παλμών της SPWM αλλά και κατά την καταγραφή των δεδομένων. / The main objective of this thesis is the implementation of the mechanical torque that appears on the rotor of a real wind turbine, using the method of rapid prototyping. That method has many advantages. The main advantage is that the use of a real wind turbine was avoided and that minimized the cost of research. A second advantage is that it was not necessary to wait for convenient weather conditions in order to carry out the experiments. In addition, damages of equipment were avoided using the method of rapid prototyping In order to accomplice this objective it is necessary to have an experimental construction, which will be used for tests and measurements, as well as the use of wind speed data and the characteristics of a real wind turbine, which will be used to calculate in scale the real torque that appears on the rotor. The experimental construction is shown in Pic.2. The torque on the rotor of the real wind turbine was calculated as a function of wind speed. That torque was implemented in scale using torque control of an induction motor in the laboratory. The experimental construction includes an induction machine, a constant current machine, a single-phase resistive load, a three-phase voltage source inverter and a digital signal processor, which is used to accomplice the control procedure. The torque control of the induction machine is achieved by regulating the amplitude and the frequency of the output voltage of the inverter, using the appropriate pulses to drive the IGBTs. The microprocessor produces the pulses using the method of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM). The parameters of the pulses are proportional to the torque error and are appropriately calculated using the method of Fuzzy Control. A torque meter was used in order to measure the torque on the shaft of the induction motor, which was the feedback signal for the control procedure. The code generation is achieved using a microprocessor (DSP). Initially, a simulation model is made using the program Simulink and then, using the right tools, the code is generated and run using the microprocessor. Using the microprocessor had many advantages and made the experiment procedure easier. Initially, additional control devices were not necessary during the experiments. Also, the microprocessor peripherals were useful during the sampling of feedback signals, during the calculation of SPWM pulses and during data recording.