Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2007.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Haddad, Wassim; Committee Member: Feron, Eric; Committee Member: JVR, Prasad; Committee Member: Taylor, David; Committee Member: Tsiotras, Panagiotis

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-108). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-210). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-210). Also available on the Internet.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία παρουσιάζει τα Ευφυή Συστήματα ελέγχου και τις εφαρμογές τους στον έλεγχο συστημάτων ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας. Τα διάφορα είδη Σταθεροποιητών Συστημάτων Ισχύος (ΣΣΙ) παρουσιάζονται επίσης. Τα ηλεκτρικά συστήματα είναι δυναμικά συστήματα και υποβάλλονται συνεχώς σε διαταραχές. Είναι σημαντικό οι διαταραχές αυτές να μην οδηγούν το σύστημα σε αστάθεια. Για αυτόν το λόγο, πρόσθετα σήματα που προέρχονται από την απόκλιση ταχύτητας, την απόκλιση διέγερσης και την ροπή επιτάχυνσης εισάγονται στους ρυθμιστές τάσης. Η συσκευή που παρέχει αυτά τα σήματα αναφέρεται ως Σταθεροποιητής Συστημάτων Ισχύος. Η χρήση των Σταθεροποιητών Συστημάτων Ισχύος είναι πολύ συχνή στη λειτουργία των μεγάλων συστημάτων ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας. Οι συμβατικοί Σταθεροποιητές Συστημάτων Ισχύος που χρησιμοποιούν την αντιστάθμιση προήγησης-καθυστέρησης φάσης, όπου οι ρυθμίσεις κέρδους σχεδιάζονται για τις συγκεκριμένες συνθήκες λειτουργίας, δίνουν φτωχές επίδοσεις υπό τις διαφορετικές συνθήκες φόρτισης. Επομένως, είναι πολύ δύσκολο να σχεδιαστεί ένας σταθεροποιητής που θα μπορούσε να επιτύχει καλές επιδόσεις σε διάφορες συνθήκες λειτουργίας των συστημάτων ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας. Σε μία προσπάθεια να καλυφθεί ένα ευρύ φάσμα των συνθηκών λειτουργίας,τα Ευφυή Συστήματα ελέγχου έχουν προταθεί ως πιθανή λύση για να υπερνικηθεί αυτό το πρόβλημα. Σε αυτήν την εργασία, μια συστηματική προσέγγιση στο σχέδιο ελέγχου Ασαφούς λογικής προτείνεται. Παρουσιάζεται η μελέτη του Σταθεροποιητή Συστημάτων Ισχύος Ασαφούς λογικής για την αύξηση της ευστάθειας ενός συστήματος μιας μηχανής συνδεδεμένης σε άπειρο ζυγό. Προκειμένου να ολοκληρωθεί η αύξηση της ευστάθειας, η απόκλιση ταχύτητας και η επιτάχυνση του ρότορα της σύγχρονης γεννήτριας λαμβάνονται ως είσοδοι στον ελεγκτή ασαφούς λογικής. Αυτές οι μεταβλητές έχουν σημαντική επίδραση στην απόσβεση των μηχανικών ταλαντώσεων των αξόνων των γεννητριών. Τα σήματα ευστάθειας υπολογίστηκαν χρησιμοποιώντας την ασαφή συνάρτηση συμμετοχής ανάλογα με αυτές τις μεταβλητές. Το Simulink/Μatlab χρησιμοποιήθηκε στην εφαρμογή της μελέτης. Η απόδοση του συστήματος με το Σταθεροποιητή Συστημάτων Ισχύος Ασαφούς λογικής συγκρίνεται με το σύστημα με το συμβατικό Σταθεροποιητή Συστημάτων Ισχύος καθώς και με το σύστημα χωρίς Σταθεροποιητή Συστημάτων Ισχύος. / In this thesis the different types of intelligent control systems and the various techniques used in power system stabilizers are considered. The power system is a dynamic system and it is constantly being subjected to disturbances. It is important that these disturbances do not drive the system to unstable conditions. For this purpose, additional signals derived from speed deviation, excitation deviation and accelerating power are injected into voltage regulators. The device to provide these signals is referred as power system stabilizer. The use of power system stabilizers has become very common in operation of large electric power systems. The conventional PSS which uses lead-lag compensation, where gain settings designed for specific operating conditions, is giving poor performance under different loading conditions. Therefore, it is very difficult to design a stabilizer that could present good performance in all operating points of electric power systems. In an attempt to cover a wide range of operating conditions, intelligent control systems have been suggested as a possible solution to overcome this problem. Inittialy in this thesis, an introduction of power system control and the different types of stabilizers is briefly described. Afterwards, the system modeling and power system stabilizer model is presented. Finally, a systematic approach to fuzzy logic control design is proposed. The study of fuzzy logic power system stabilizer for stability enhancement of a single machine infinite bus system is presented. In order to accomplish the stability enhancement, speed deviation and acceleration of the rotor synchronous generator are taken as the inputs to the fuzzy logic controller. These variables take significant effects on damping the generator shaft mechanical oscillations. The stabilizing signals were computed using the fuzzy membership function depending on these variables. Simulink Block Design and Matlab is utilized in implementing the study. The performance of the system with fuzzy logic based power system stabilizer is compared with the system having conventional power system stabilizer and system without power system stabilizer.

This thesis is concerned with the formulation of a suitable notion of monotonicity of discrete and continuous-time dynamical systems on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces. In a linear space, monotonicity refers to the property of a system that preserves an ordering of the elements of the space. Monotone systems have been studied in detail and are of great interest for their numerous applications, as well as their close connections to many physical and biological systems. In a linear space, a powerful local characterisation of monotonicity is provided by differential positivity with respect to a constant cone field, which combines positivity theory with a local analysis of nonlinear systems. Since many dynamical systems are naturally defined on nonlinear spaces, it is important to seek a suitable adaptation of monotonicity on such spaces. However, the question of how one can develop a suitable notion of monotonicity on a nonlinear manifold is complicated by the general absence of a clear and well-defined notion of order on such a space. Fortunately, for Lie groups and important examples of homogeneous spaces that are ubiquitous in many problems of engineering and applied mathematics, symmetry provides a way forward. Specifically, the existence of a notion of geometric invariance on such spaces allows for the generation of invariant cone fields, which in turn induce notions of conal orders. We propose differential positivity with respect to invariant cone fields as a natural and powerful generalisation of monotonicity to nonlinear spaces and develop the theory in this thesis. We illustrate the ideas with numerous examples and apply the theory to a number of areas, including the theory of consensus on Lie groups and order theory on the set of positive definite matrices.

M.Ing. / The increase in awareness of the environmental problems resulting from emissions released from vehicles have forced governments and car manufactures to invest more time in to the designing a vehicle that is an alternative to petrol driven vehicles. This dissertation aims to introduce a control strategy to manage the flow of energy of different power sources that may be found on a vehicle. Hybrid vehicles are a possible solution to reducing carbon emissions that play a part in global warming. In this dissertation, di erent hybrid vehicles are de ned and their components discussed in detail. The possibility of more than one energy source to power the vehicle introduces more exibility in terms of the drivetrain but this increases the complexity of the energy control management. The goal is to optimize the energy control management to reduce fuel consumption and therefore reduce emissions. Operating procedures for the various hybrid con gurations are discussed. Simulations of the Energy Management System of the hybrid electric vehicle are used to develop the control optimization algorithm. Various control optimization procedures are discussed. Satisfactory results from the simulations allow the implementation of the hybrid onto a platform entered into the South African Solar Challenge 2010, which covered a distance of 4000 km. The Energy Management system selected for the parallel hybrid electric vehicle demonstrated fuel savings, which meant a reduction in emissions, which is the goal of any hybrid vehicle. Further investigations include more intelligent controllers to adjust the parameters of the energy management controller to allow for adaptation to various driving conditions, e.g. urban and motorway driving.

With rapid depletion of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concerns, the trend to capture renewable energy, especially through wind energy resources, is increasing. The doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is the most widely used generator for wind energy conversion because of its various advantages over other types of generators. In a DFIG, the rotor is fed through back to back converters via slip rings. The converters enable the generation control. This control property can be used to support reliable operation of a grid network system. Interarea oscillation has been a major factor in limiting power transfers in interconnected power systems. Poorly damped modes can trigger oscillatory instability, potentially leading to cascading blackouts in such systems. We consider a two-area system where DFIG based wind generation is integrated with conventional synchronous generators. A simple controller is proposed for the DFIG to improve damping of interarca oscillations. To support the proposition, case studies are conducted in Matlab/Simulink. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is then analyzed by eigenvalue analysis and verified with time domain simulation results. The results show that a properly tuned controller can increase the damping of dominant oscillatory mode by nearly 5% while improving the area transfer by about 200 MW of wind power. The results further show that with the proposed control strategy, damping of dominant oscillatory mode increased by more than 10%. / North Dakota State University. Graduate School / North Dakota State University. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

This contribution presents an operating strategy for a novel valve structure for mobile machines’ working hydraulics which combines the flexibility and energetic benefits of individual metering with the functionality of common primary pressure compensation (IPC). The aim is to set up a system that uses a minimal amount of sensors and simple control algorithms. A control strategy theoretically described in /1/ is modified to facilitate the practical implementation on a mini excavator implement as a test rig. This test rig consists only of components that are currently available off-the-shelf to show that it is possible to develop an individual metering system under these economic restrictions. The novel is more energy efficient than common flow sharing systems but provides the same functionality. The control algorithm is experimentally evaluated in terms of functionality and energy consumption. Simulations show potential for further improvements.