No description available.

Orientador: Flávio Alessandro Serrão Gonçalves / Banca: Moacyr Aureliano Gomes de Brito / Banca: Paulo Amaral Serni / Resumo: Essa dissertação tem por objetivo investigar o comportamento dos parâmetros do motor de indução trifásico (MIT) com rotor tipo gaiola de esquilo, potência mecânica nominal de 3 HP, 220 V, 4 pólos, 60 Hz através das variáveis propostas pela Teoria de Potência Conservativa (CPT), operando sob condições de distúrbios de qualidade de energia. Inicialmente foram determinadas algumas condições de distúrbios, baseadas no Módulo 8 do PRODIST da ANEEL, envolvendo distorções harmônicas de tensão (harmônicas de 3º, 5º e 7º ordem com aplitudes de 6,5%, 7,5% e 6,5% da fundamental respectividade), desequilíbrio de tensão (fator de desequilíbrio de 2% na amplitude, assimetria e ambos), afundamento de tensão (50% da amplitude nas três fases para 5 e 30 ciclos da frequencia da rede) e elevação de tensão (incremento de 50% na amplitude das tensões para 5 e 30 ciclos). Esses distúrbios foram aplicados na alimentação de um motor de indução trifásico em condição de regime permanente com conjugado nominal de carga. O modelo do MTI é representado através da transformação das variáveis de estator e rotor para os eixos d-q num plano de referência síncrono, sendo possível assim verificar o comportamento dinâmico dessa máquina nessas condições. Toda estrutura de simulação e aquisição de dados foi desenvolvida no software PSIM. Através das simulações foi possível avaliar o comportamento dos índices da CPT e a relação existente entre alguns índices e os parâmetros do motor / Abstract: This dissertation aims to investigate the behavior of three-phase induction motor parameters (MIT) with squirrel cage rotor, mechanical nominal power of 3 HP, 220 V, 4poles, 60 Hz using the variables proposed by the Conservative Power Theory (CPT), operating under conditions of power quality disturbances. initially some disturbance conditions were determined, based in Module 8 of PRODIST ANEEL, involving voltage harmonic distortion (harmonic 3rd, 5th and 7 th order with amplitudes of 6,5% 7.5% and 6.5% of the fundamental respectively), voltage imbalance (2% amplitude imbalance factor, asymmetry, and both), sag (50% of the amplitude in the three phases for 5 and 30 cycles of the mains frequency), and voltage increase (increment 50% in the amplitude of the voltages for 5 and 30 cycles). These disorders were applied to a three-phase induction motor in steady condition with rated torque lead. The MIT model is represented by the transformation of the stator and rotor variables for the dq axes in an synchronous reference frame, permiting the check of the dynamic behavior of this machine in these conditions. Every simulation structure and data aquisition was developed in PSIM software. Through simulations it was possible to evaluate the behavior of the indices of CPT and relationship between some indices and machine parameters / Mestre

Hybrid rockets motors provide distinct safety advantages when compared to traditional liquid or solid propellant systems, due to the inherent stability and relative inertness of the propellants prior to established combustion. As a result of this inherent propellant stability, hybrid motors have historically proven dicult to ignite. State of the art hybrid igniter designs continue to require solid or liquid reactants distinct from the main propellants. These ignition methods however, reintroduce to the hybrid propulsion system the safety and complexity disadvantages associated with traditional liquid or solid propellants. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of a novel direct electrostatic arc ignition method for hybrid motors. A series of small prototype stand-alone thrusters demonstrating this technology were successfully designed and tested using Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic and Gaseous Oxygen (GOX) as propellants. Measurements of input voltage and current demonstrated that arc-ignition will occur using as little as 10 watts peak power and less than 5 joules total energy. The motor developed for the stand-alone small thruster was adapted as a gas generator to ignite a medium-scale hybrid rocket motor using nitrous oxide /and HTPB as propellants. Multiple consecutive ignitions were performed. A large data set as well as a collection of development 'lessons learned' were compiled to guide future development and research. Since the completion of this original groundwork research, the concept has been developed into a reliable, operational igniter system for a 75mm hybrid motor using both gaseous oxygen and liquid nitrous oxide as oxidizers. A development map of the direct spark ignition concept is presented showing the ow of key lessons learned between this original work and later follow on development.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 14, 2006). Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

A state of the art motor testing facility has been built at Oregon State University. This is the largest independent testing laboratory of its type in the western United States. The construction was funded by a consortium of industrial sponsors, with a goal of becoming financially self-sufficient by charging the users for the services provided. An operating philosophy has been developed which attempts to meet the diverse needs of all parties involved including the University, the industrial sponsors and the customers desiring either research or standardized testing services. To meet these needs a business plan was developed along with an efficient, yet flexible, process for safely testing equipment. Safe operation of the laboratory is a prime consideration and has been addressed through system design and procedural safeguards. Unlike installations of similar equipment in industrial applications, this facility must accommodate a wide variety of motors and drives in temporary configurations without unduly hindering the testing process. Also, unlike many university based research projects this laboratory has the capability of delivering high power levels which can result in potentially dangerous situations if adequate safety precautions are not taken. All of these objectives have been met and the laboratory is now in operation. As the volume of testing increases, further issues will be raised and addressed within the flexible operating structure which has been established. / Graduation date: 1997

The continuing desire of industry to further improve process efficiency, through tighter control and energy conservation, has prompted users to pay closer attention to Adjustable Speed Drives (ASDs). The conventional ASDs consist of induction or synchronous motors controlled by power electronic controllers through the adjustment of supply frequency and line voltage. The drawback of these conventional ASDs lies in the high cost of the power electronic controllers which have the same rating as that of the machine itself. The Brush less Doubly-Fed Machine (BDFM) ASD has proven, both analytically and experimentally, to provide a cost effective and a wide range of precise speed control. The experimental BDFM prototypes built to date were designed and constructed individually based on designers' experience with self-cascaded machines. The success with these prototypes has promoted the idea of standardizing the design procedure for all future BDFMs. This thesis offers a general design procedure for the BDFM, which can serve as a first step in standardizing the manufacturing process of this machine. The procedure is presented in the form of a demonstration, by applying it to the design of a 60-hp, 600 to 900 r/min, 460-volts BDFM pump drive to replace the currently utilized conventional 60-hp wound rotor induction motor ASD. An ideal design, which determines machine details such as physical dimensions, slot specifics and conductor details based on conservative magnetic and electric loading assumptions, is one form of the design procedure. The other form, the practical design, involves utilizing a specified physical dimensions and slot details to determine the associated conductors' details and to insure the compliance of machine loadings with up-to-date industrial standards. In both procedures, the design will be made to satisfy, if not to exceed, the existing conventional drive performance. / Graduation date: 1994

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (February 26, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

A brushless doubly-fed machine (BDFM) is a single-frame, self-cascaded induction machine capable of operating in both the induction and the synchronous modes. This thesis presents some important advances concerning dynamic modeling, simulation and analysis of the BDFM. Initially, a two-axis model and its associated parameters are developed and calculated. The development of the model is not subject to the commonly made assumption that the BDFM is electromagnetically equivalent to two wound rotor induction motors in cascade connection. Instead, the model is derived from a rigorous mathematical transformation of a detailed machine design model. This novel approach emphasizes not only the analysis of the machine performance in both dynamic and steady state conditions, but also the design aspects of the machine by correlating the machine performance with the actual machine parameters computed from machine geometry. Using the two-axis model, simulation of the machine dynamic performance in all conceivable modes of operation is carried out and the results are compared with test data available with good correlation. Steady state models, under certain assumptions, are derived based on the two-axis model. For the synchronous mode, motoring operation, a solution technique is developed and utilized to perform steady state performance analysis of the BDFM. Finally, stability analysis of the machine is examined using the linearized version of the two-axis model. Since the linearized two-axis model of the BDFM is time-varying, commonly used eigenvalue analysis techniques cannot be employed directly to investigate the stability characteristics of the machine. However, since the system matrix is a periodic function of time, the theory of Floquet is introduced so that the original linear time-varying system of equations are transformed into a set of equivalent system of equations with a constant system matrix. Eigenvalue analysis is then applied to analyze the stability of the BDFM system over a wide speed range. Predictions by the eigenvalue analysis are correlated with test data. The study concludes that the proposed two-axis model is a good representation of the BDFM for dynamics, steady state, stability investigations of the machine and further development of control strategies for the proposed BDFM system for adjustable speed drive and variable speed generation applications. / Graduation date: 1991

The inside of a eukaryotic cell is a highly organized microscale factory that shuttles components that are created or obtained in one place for use or further modification in another. Diffusion cannot accomplish the feat of translocating an object in the cytoplasm to a particular location that is a micron or more away in a timely fashion, so cells rely instead on processive motor proteins. Microtubule motor proteins are enzymes that harness the chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis to produce force and carry vesicles, membrane-bound organelles, and other cargos along paths in the cell's microtubule filament network to their destinations in the cytoplasm. These proteins recognize the polarity of the microtubule, and different classes of motors walk in different directions with respect to this polarity, giving the cell control over the direction in which a cargo is carried. It has been observed experimentally that many cargos are carried by more than one motor simultaneously, and that these multiple-motor systems can consist both of motors of the same type and of varying numbers of motors of different types. Multiple-motor systems present the possibilities of both enhanced transport performance and of tunable behavior, where the number, type, and arrangement of motors on a group of cargos can be modulated by the cell like an analog-style control to induce those cargos to arrive at a particular distribution of locations in the cytoplasm. In order to resolve the mechanisms by which these things might occur, the combination of experimental and theoretical studies in this thesis focus on the relationship between the basic biophysical properties of the constituent motors in small multiple-motor systems and the degree and nature of the cooperation observed, from the standpoint of several relevant metrics. The results highlight the importance of both the mechanochemistry of the motors and the geometry of the system itself, and offer substantial new insights into why different classes of motors cooperate to different extents, with broad implications.

Neuerliche Fortschritte im Verständnis biomolekularer Motoren rücken ihre Anwendung als Nanomaschinen in den Bereich des Möglichen. So könnten sie zum Beispiel als Nanoroboter arbeiten, um in molekularen Fabriken kleine – aber dennoch komplizierte – Strukturen auf winzigen Förderbändern herzustellen, um Netzwerke molekularer Nanodrähte und Transistoren für elektronische Anwendungen zu assemblieren oder sie könnten in adaptiven Materialien patrouillieren und diese, wenn nötig, reparieren. In diesem Sinne besitzen biomolekulare Motoren das Potenzial, die Basis für die Konstruktion, Strukturierung und Wartung nanoskaliger Materialien zu bilden. / Recent advances in understanding how biomolecular motors work have raised the possibility that they might find applications as nanomachines. For example, they could be used as molecule- sized robots that work in molecular factories where small, but intricate structures are made on tiny assembly lines, that construct networks of molecular conductors and transistors for use as electrical circuits, or that continually patrol inside “adaptive” materials and repair them when necessary. Thus biomolecular motors could form the basis of bottom-up approaches for constructing, active structuring and maintenance at the nanometer scale.