Beginning the study with a regional network map with an intent to perform a detailed harmonic study for a certain location, the first question that comes up is how far out in the system should detailed modeling of individual devices (transmission lines, loads, transformers, capacitor banks, etc) be done. The reason why this is extremely important is because system components that will affect the frequency response characteristics in the specific location should not be missed or poorly modeled. Frequency scan is the simplest and most commonly used simulation technique used to characterize the response of a power system network as a function of frequency. Unfortunately, there are two major problems using frequency scan techniques when real harmonic studies are considered: 1) the size of the admittance matrices (this calculation is repeated using discrete frequency steps throughout the range of interest) may be so large that an exact mathematical model of the system is not realistic and 2) the complexity of a rigorous and complete mathematical model of the system does not necessarily explain the extent to which system components affect the frequency response characteristics in a specified location. It is seldom clear how much of the system must be represented in order to get accurate results in a harmonic study. Realistic procedures to identify whether to include a particular element in a detailed model or to lump the element into a simplifying equivalent are yet to be developed in the industry. It is safe to say that practicing engineers are using tools and techniques of questionable validity. Two new computer-oriented methods that use eigen analysis techniques to identify easily and accurately the boundary between system areas to be modeled in detail and those represented by equivalents are proposed in this dissertation. The key here is to recognize that not all elements present in the ?external? system will participate in the resonant harmonic modes and could therefore be lumped into a simplified short-circuit equivalent. Achieving these objectives from either one of the two methods can be economically attractive. In short, the work described in this dissertation is a fundamentally sound alternative for the purposes of network equivalencing and model reduction.

Cílem diplomové práce je navrhnout konstrukční řešení držáků vzorků pro vysokofrekvenční elektron paramagnetickou resonanci. Předmětem návrhu je vytvořit jednoduchý zamykací systém pro spojování mikrovlnného vlnovodu a držáku vzorku. Dále navrhnout systém s řešením držáku pro více vzorků. Toto unikátní provedení držáku povede k několikanásobné úspoře celkového času měření vzorků. Poslední návrh spočívá v optimalizaci držáku vzorku s možností naklápění osy, kterou lze díky přímému napojení na piezoelektrický rotátor pootáčet s přesností na miliradiány. Oba typy držáku vzorku jsou navrženy s ohledem na automatizaci měření.