abstract: In the United States, especially in metropolitan areas, transmission infra-structure is congested due to a combination of increasing load demands, declining investment, and aging facilities. It is anticipated that significant investments will be required for new construction and upgrades in order to serve load demands. This thesis explores higher phase order systems, specifically, six-phase, as a means of increasing power transfer capability, and provides a comparison with conventional three-phase double circuit transmission lines. In this thesis, the line parameters, electric and magnetic fields, and right of way are the criteria for comparing six-phase and three-phase double circuit lines. The calculations of the criteria were achieved by a program developed using MATLAB. This thesis also presents fault analysis and recommends suitable pro-tection for six-phase transmission lines. This calculation was performed on 4-bus, 9-bus, and 118-bus systems from Powerworld® sample cases. The simulations were performed using Powerworld® and PSCAD®. Line parameters calculations performed in this thesis show that line imped-ances in six-phase lines have a slight difference, compared to three-phase double circuit line. The shunt capacitance of compacted six phase line is twice of the value in the three-phase double circuit line. As a consequence, the compacted six-phase line provides higher surge impedance loadings. The electric and magnetic fields calculations show that, ground level electric fields of the six-phase lines decline more rapidly as the distance from center of the lines increase. The six-phase lines have a better performance on ground level magnetic field. Based on the electric and magnetic field results, right of way re-quirements for the six-phase lines and three-phase double circuit line were calcu-lated. The calculation results of right of way show that six-phase lines provide higher power transfer capability with a given right of way. Results from transmission line fault analysis, and protection study show that, fault types and protection system in six-phase lines are more complicated, com-pared to three-phase double circuit line. To clarify the concern about six-phase line protection, a six-phase line protection system was designed. Appropriate pro-tection settings were determined for a six-phase line in the 4-bus system. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Electrical Engineering 2012

O presente trabalho tem como principal objetivo construir um conversor CA/CC de baixo custo e elevado fator de potÃncia para o carregamento de baterias. A topologia proposta foi escolhida apÃs uma revisÃo das caracterÃsticas dos retificadores usuais para esse fim. Diferente dos outros, apresenta aspectos de robustez que o tornam apropriado para operar em localidades remotas. O retificador trifÃsico semicontroladoem alta frequÃncia (RTSCAF) à construÃdo com um nÃmero reduzido de chaves semicondutoras. O elevador de tensÃo à alimentado por uma turbina com umgerador sÃncrono a ÃmÃs permanentes (PMSG). Um circuito de controle em malha aberta efetua a comutaÃÃo das chaves para a operaÃÃo no modo de conduÃÃo descontÃnuo (DCM).Esse modo mantÃm as correntes em fase com as tensÃes, resultando em elevado fator de potÃncia e baixa distorÃÃo harmÃnica total (DHT), implicando em eficiente transferÃncia de potÃncia. Foi construÃdo um protÃtipo com potÃncia de saÃda de 250 W, para carregar um banco de baterias de 48 V. Os testes foram realizados com um aerogerador de baixa rotaÃÃo, atà 1 kW, acionado por um motor com variador de tensÃo, emulando as condiÃÃes do vento. Foram obtidos um fator de potÃncia de 0,98 e DHT na corrente de entrada de18%, resultados experimentais que validam a funcionalidade do conversor proposto. / The main objective of this work is to build a low cost CA/CC battery charging with high power factor to small energy wind power supply. The proposed topology has been chosen after a review of rectifiersâ characteristics used for this proposal. Unlike the others proposals, the topology was designed take in a count aspects that make it appropriated to operate in remote areas. A semi controlled three phase rectifier operating in high frequency was built with a reduced numbers of semiconductors. The system is powered by a synchronic generator turbine of permanent magnets A control unit runs in open loop with a control strategy of key switching operating in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) that ensure high power factor and low harmonic distortion total, improving the power transfer efficiency. The prototype output power was 250 W, it was specified to charge a 48 V battery bank. Tests were conducted in low speed and wind power by 1 kW. A motor was drived as variable voltage charge to emulating wind conditions. Goods results were obtained like a power factor of 0.98 and the input current THD 18%, experimental results was carried out to validate the functionality of the proposed converter.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / This dissertation reports applications of artificial neural networks to detect stator winding interturn fault of three phase induction motor drived by frequency inverter. The artificial neural networks, like Simple and Multilayer Perceptron, served as off-line classifiers to short-circuit fault condition or healthy condition. In the training of Multilayer Perceptron, two different algorithms are used: the error back-propagation, which is a classic algorithm, and the extreme learning machine, as a relative new alternative for the classic back-propagation. The new one is more worthwhile because of its implementation easiness and higher speed of computation. The database used on the training and validation of the networks is created from an experimental setting, therefore it is composed by true data. The attributes used as failuresâ indicators are selected from certain frequencies of the spectrum, based on some theories of current signature analysis. In the second instance, the technique of principal components analysis is employed. The results obtained for the designed classifiers are shown, and some considerations are made on their use in real time embedded applications, which is the most important projection for future researches. / Este trabalho deriva da aplicaÃÃo de redes neurais artificiais para a detecÃÃo de curto-circuito entre espiras em motor de induÃÃo trifÃsico, acionado por inversor de frequÃncia. As redes neurais artificiais, do tipo Perceptron Simples e Multicamadas, sÃo usadas para detectar falhas de curto-circuito no bobinamento estatÃrico de motores de induÃÃo trifÃsicos de forma off-line. Para treinamento do Perceptron Multicamadas sÃo usados dois algoritmos distintos: o error back-propagation, que figura como o algoritmo clÃssico na literatura especializada, e o extreme learning machine, que à uma alternativa, relativamente recente, ao algoritmo clÃssico. Este algoritmo à uma opÃÃo atraente para o desenvolvimento rÃpido de classificadores. O banco de dados usado para treinamento e validaÃÃo das redes à obtido a partir de experimentaÃÃo laboratorial, portanto composto de dados reais. Os atributos utilizados para a detecÃÃo da falha sÃo componentes de frequÃncia do espectro harmÃnico da corrente estatÃrica do motor. O critÃrio de escolha destas componentes, a priori, à fundamentado em resultados de investigaÃÃes prÃvias da assinatura de corrente e, em segunda instÃncia, à aplicada a tÃcnica de anÃlise de componentes principais. SÃo apresentados os resultados obtidospelos classificadores projetados, e feitas algumas consideraÃÃes quanto à utilizaÃÃo destes em aplicaÃÃo embarcada e em tempo real, que à a principal projeÃÃo de futuros trabalhos a partir do atual.

Escoamentos gás-líquido assim como escoamento líquido-líquido-gás em duto de geometria anular estão presentes em muitas aplicações industriais, por exemplo, em poços de petróleo direcionais. No entanto, até mesmo características globais de escoamento gás-líquido nessa geometria, como os padrões de escoamento ou gradiente de pressão, não são ainda totalmente compreendidas. E ainda, informações são escassas quando se refere a escoamento trifásico nessa geometria, cuja aplicação está relacionada ao fenômeno de inversão de fase, que é de extrema importância não apenas para ao setor petrolífero, como para a indústria alimentícia. O presente estudo experimental tem como objetivo avaliar o escoamento líquido-gás, apresentar dados inéditos de escoamento gás-líquido para três viscosidades de óleo, além de avaliar o fenômeno de inversão de fase em escoamento ascendente vertical em duto anular de grande diâmetro. Um aparato experimental inclinável com 10,5 m de comprimento foi projetado e construído para este trabalho. As dimensões radiais do duto anular estão em escala real, conforme se verifica em poços de petróleo e gás. A investigação em escoamento gás-líquido foi conduzida utilizando água, óleo e ar comprimido como fluidos de trabalho em escoamento ascendente vertical em duas geometrias: (i) um tubo com diâmetro de 95 mm e (ii) um duto de configuração anular e concêntrico, com diâmetro hidráulico de valor igual ao diâmetro do tubo. A avaliação do fenômeno de inversão de fase em escoamento trifásico foi conduzida em condições equivalentes em três geometrias: (i) tubo vertical menor com diâmetro de 50 mm, (ii) tubo com diâmetro de 95 mm e (iii) um duto anular concêntrico. Padrões de escoamento, queda de pressão e fração volumétrica de fase foram obtidos para ambos os escoamentos gás-líquido e líquido-líquido-gás. Os dados coletados nesse trabalho são de grande importância para o desenvolvimento de novas correlações de fechamento, que são essenciais para o projeto otimizado de poços de petróleo. Dados inéditos de escoamento bifásico óleo-gás são apresentados, bem como um estudo pioneiro em inversão de fase em escoamento trifásico com velocidade superficial de gás e viscosidade do óleo elevadas. / Two-phase flows as well as three-phase flow in annular geometry are present in many industrial applications, for example in oil directional wells. However, even global characteristics of gas-liquid flow in this geometry, such as flow patterns and pressure gradient are not fully understood. Moreover, information is scarce when it refers to three-phase flow in this geometry, which application is related to the phase inversion phenomenon, which is of extreme importance and not only for the oil industry. This experimental study aims to evaluate the liquid-gas flow, present new data from gas-liquid flow for three oil viscosities and evaluate the phase inversion phenomenon in vertical upward flow in large diameter annular duct. An experimental apparatus with 10.5 m length was designed and built for this work. The radial dimensions of the annular duct are similar to full scale, as observed in oil and gas wells. The investigation into gas-liquid flow was conducted using water, oil and compressed air as working fluids in an ascending vertical flow in two geometries: (i) a tube with 95 mm diameter and (ii) a concentric annular duct with hydraulic diameter equivalent to the tube internal diameter. The evaluation of the phase inversion phenomenon in three-phase flow was conducted under equivalent conditions for three geometries: (i) smaller vertical tube with 50 mm of internal diameter, (ii) tube with 95 mm of internal diameter and (iii) concentric annular duct with hydraulic diameter of 95 mm. Flow patterns, pressure drop and volumetric phase fraction were obtained for both gas-liquid and gas-liquid-liquid flows. The data collected in this study are of great importance for the development of new closing correlations, which are essential for the optimized design of oil wells. New two-phase flow data for three oil viscosities, not found in the literature, are presented as well as a pioneer study in three-phase-flow phase inversion with high oil viscosity and high superficial gas velocity.

The motivation of this research is to carry out the control and operation of smart inverters and voltage source converters (VSC) for distributed energy resources (DERs) such as photovoltaic (PV), battery, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The main contribution of the research includes solving a couple of issues for smart grids by controlling and implementing multifunctions of VSC and smart inverter as well as improving the operational scheme of the microgrid. The work is mainly focused on controlling and operating of smart inverter since it promises a new technology for the future microgrid. Two major applications of the smart inverter will be investigated in this work based on the connection modes: microgrid at grid-tied mode and autonomous mode. \indent In grid-tied connection, the smart inverter and VSC are used to integrate DER such as Photovoltaic (PV) and battery to provide suitable power to the system by controlling the supplied real and reactive power. The role of a smart inverter at autonomous mode includes supplying a sufficient voltage and frequency, mitigate abnormal condition of the load as well as equally sharing the total load's power. However, the operational control of the microgrid still has a major issue on the operation of the microgrid. The dissertation is divided into two main sections which are: 1- Low-level control of a single smart Inverter. 2- High-level control of the microgrid. The first part investigates a comprehensive research for a smart inverter and VSC technology at the two major connections of the microgrid. This involves controlling and modeling single smart inverter and VSC to solve specific issues of microgrid as well as improve the operation of the system. The research provides developed features for smart inverter comparing with a conventional voltage sourced converter (VSC). The two main connections for a microgrid have been deeply investigated to analyze a better way to develop and improve the operational procedure of the microgrid as well as solve specific issues of connecting the microgrid to the system. A detailed procedure for controlling VSC and designing an optimal operation of the controller is also covered in the first part of the dissertation. This section provides an optimal operation for controlling motor drive and demonstrates issues when motor load exists at an autonomous microgrid. It also provides a solution for specific issues at operating a microgrid at autonomous mode as well as improving the structural design for the grid-tied microgrid. The solution for autonomous microgrid includes changing the operational state of the switching pattern of the smart inverter to solve the issue of a common mode voltage (CMV) that appears across the motor load. It also solves the issue of power supplying to large loads, such as induction motors. The last section of the low-level section involves an improvement of the performance and operation of the PV charging station for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at grid-tied mode. This section provides a novel structure and smart controller for PV charging station using three-phase hybrid boost converter topology. It also provides a form of applications of a multifunction smart inverter using PV charging station. The second part of the research is focusing on improving the performance of the microgrid by integrating several smart inverters to form a microgrid. It investigates the issue of connecting DER units with the microgrid at real applications. One of the common issues of the microgrid is the circulating current which is caused by poor reactive power sharing accuracy. When more than two DER units are connected in parallel, a microgrid is forming be generating required power for the load. When the microgrid is operated at autonomous mode, all DER units participate in generating voltage and frequency as well as share the load's power. This section provides a smart and novel controlling technique to solve the issue of unequal power sharing. The feature of the smart inverter is realized by the communication link between smart inverters and the main operator. The analysis and derivation of the problem are presented in this section. The dissertation has led to two accepted conference papers, one accepted transaction IEEE manuscript, and one submitted IET transaction manuscript. The future work aims to improve the current work by investigating the performance of the smart inverter at real applications.

AC-DC converters find application in every day life as a front-end to DC-DC and DC-AC converters. Active three-phase converters shape the three-phase input current to be sinusoidal and to be in-phase with the input voltage, as well as to provide a steady DC output voltage. This thesis investigates various active three-phase rectifier and control topologies and identifies a rectifier and control topology most suitable for use in converting a variable voltage variable frequency generator output to a DC voltage. In this dissertation, design relations are derived for determining the plant transfer response (for the suitable topology/controller), design equations are derived for designing/choosing the filter components, and guidelines are derived that will assist in choosing the right semi-conductor components and to give an estimation of expected system efficiency. The dissertation investigates the implementation of both analogue and digital control and provides implementation methodologies for both controllers. Expected results are verified by simulation and a build-up prototype. It was shown that the VIENNA rectifier is able to convert a generator type input, with variable input voltage amplitude and variable frequency, to a constant DC-bus voltage whilst controlling the input current to be sinusoidal and in phase with the input voltage. The rectifier was able to maintain a constant DC voltage at the output for input voltages as low as half the rated input voltage and for an equivalent output power of half the rated output power. This suggests that the VIENNA rectifier, controlled as a dual-boost rectifier, is suitable for applications that require power factor corrections and simultaneously operate from a wide input voltage range. / Dissertation (MEng (Electrical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / MEng / unrestricted

This thesis deals with control of three phase inverter as three phase sinusoidal voltage source for UPS application. Thesis is split to two parts, teoretical and practical. Teoretical part deals with three phase inverter topology analysis according requirement of neutral line wire and possibilities of generating sinusoidal PWM in depend of topology. There are also analysed properties of contorled system and designed 3 regulation methods with simulations. Second part of thesis deals with realisation of sinusoidal power source with inverter borrowed by Elcom company. To inverter control is used digital signal controler TMS320F28335 with implemented control algorithms. There are also presented the measurement results of the prototype of power source. In conclusion, simulation results are compared with measurements and achieved results are summarized.

Afin de réduire les effets nocifs des inclusions d'alumine et d'améliorer la coulabilité de l'acier en fusion, le traitement au calcium est largement utilisé pour transformer les inclusions solides en inclusions liquides. Cependant, le traitement au calcium donne des résultats très irréguliers, difficilement explicables. Même si de nombreux efforts ont été déployés pour comprendre le comportement du calcium dans l’acier liquide, il n’a pas encore été prédit avec précision. Par conséquent, le mécanisme par lequel le calcium se dissout dans la masse fondue et transforme les inclusions solides doit être compris pour optimiser les conditions de traitement tels que la vitesse d'injection, la profondeur d'injection, le diamètre du fil d'injection, le temps d'agitation, etc. Afin de comprendre le mécanisme par lequel le calcium se dissout dans l'acier liquide, des expériences en laboratoire ont été effectuées dans un petit four à induction d'une capacité de 2,5 kg de métal. L'objectif est de confronter les résultats expérimentaux avec les résultats du modèle numérique développé. La remontée des gouttelettes de calcium ou des bulles dans l’acier liquide est un problème à trois phases (gouttelettes ou bulles de calcium/acier liquide/air au sommet). Par conséquent, une plateforme de calcul scientifique interne (ICI-tech) basée sur des méthodes par éléments finis est adaptée pour permettre la modélisation de telles solutions. Les écoulements triphasiques sont validés à l’aide de références classiques issues de la littérature. Le modèle de dissolution a été mis en oeuvre dans notre logiciel et la validation du modèle de dissolution a été réalisée. Les gouttelettes et les bulles de calcium sont étudiées dans l’acier liquide et leur coefficient de transfert de masse moyen est indiqué. Afin d'étudier le changement de phase calcium liquide/gaz, un modèle de nucléation a été implémenté dans le code ICI-tech. Un test typique est effectué où la croissance d'une bulle (vapeur d'eau) dans une eau uniformément surchauffée et la croissance d'une bulle de calcium dans du calcium liquide uniformément surchauffé sont calculées. / In order to diminish the harmful effects of aluminate inclusions and improve the castability of molten steel, calcium treatment is widely used in Aluminum killed steels. However, calcium treatment gives irregular results. Even with many efforts done to understand the behavior of calcium in liquid steel, it is not yet accurately predicted. Therefore, the mechanism by which the calcium dissolves into the liquid steel and transforms the solid inclusions must be understood to optimize the process conditions such as injection speed, injection depth, injection wire diameter, stirring time, etc. In order to understand the mechanism by which the calcium dissolves into the liquid steel, laboratory scale experiments have been performed in a small induction furnace of 2.5 kg metal capacity. The calcium injections are performed at the temperature below and above the boiling point of calcium. Then, the corresponding yields (calcium recovery) are compared. Rise of calcium droplet or bubble in liquid steel is a three-phase problem (calcium droplet or calcium bubble/liquid steel/air at the top). Therefore, an in-house scientific computational platform (ICI-tech) based on finite element methods is adapted to allow the modeling of such three-phase flows, which is validated using the classical benchmark issued from the literature. The dissolution model has been implemented in our software, and their validation has been performed. Thereafter, the rise of Calcium droplets and bubbles are studied in the liquid steel, and their respective average mass transfer coefficient in the liquid steel is reported. In order to study the calcium liquid/gas phase change, the nucleation model has been implemented in the code (ICI-tech). A typical test is performed where the growth of a bubble (water vapor) in uniformly superheated water and growth of a calcium bubble in uniformly superheated Ca liquid is computed.

Orientador: André Luiz Andreoli / Resumo: As fontes renováveis de energia apresentam-se como solução para problemas relacionados ao aumento da demanda por energia elétrica e crescimento dos níveis de emissão de gás carbônico, uma vez que são não poluentes, limpas e abundantes. Aproveitamentos eólicos se mostram como uma das mais promissoras fontes de energia renovável, e por essa razão as pesquisas envolvendo este tipo de aproveitamento têm despertado grande interesse na comunidade científica. Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um emulador de turbina eólica (ETE), uma ferramenta de apoio às investigações experimentais capaz de reproduzir o comportamento mecânico dinâmico de uma turbina eólica através de uma malha de controle digital em configuração de hardware-in-the-loop atuando sobre um acionamento eletrônico de uma máquina de indução Operando como fonte de força motriz, o ETE torna mais fácil a avaliação dinâmica de geradores e seus sistemas de controle associados voltados às aplicações envolvendo energia eólica. A pesquisa apresenta uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o estado da arte, a modelagem e a implementação experimental de um emulador de turbina eólica utilizando um motor de indução trifásico (MIT) acionado por um inversor de frequência. Para isso, é implementado um controle em malha fechada de conjugado e velocidade. Este controle faz com que o acionamento eletromecânico representado pelo MIT e inversor de frequência apresente em seu eixo o comportamento de uma turbina eólica conforme os parâmetros... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Mestre

The diploma thesis deals with three phase linear synchronous electric motors mounted on linear drive, its system of sensors and control. The analysis of working principle and classification of linear motor was done in the beginning part; analysis of the drives sensors system was made in the following chapter. The thesis also deals with the driver from the automation point of view, its tuning and behavior according to high dynamics and precise positioning. The last chapter discusses the issue of controlling two linear drives. Whole thesis was realized on a borrowed linear motor with driver from HIWIN corp.