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Robust Control Of A Multi-Phase Interleaved Boost Converter For Photovoltaic Application Using Μ-Synthesis Approach, Badur Mueedh Alharbi Dec 2020

Robust Control Of A Multi-Phase Interleaved Boost Converter For Photovoltaic Application Using Μ-Synthesis Approach, Badur Mueedh Alharbi

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The high demand of energy efficiency has led to the development power converter topologies and control system designs within the field of power electronics. Recent advances of interleaved boost converters have showed improved features between the power conversion topologies in several aspects, including power quality, efficiency, sustainability and reliability.

Interleaved boost converter with multi-phase technique for PV system is an attractive area for distributed power generation. During load variation or power supply changes due to the weather changes the output voltage requires a robust control to maintain stable and perform robustness.

Connecting converters in series and parallel have the advantages …


Fractional Order Identification Method And Control: Development Of Control For Non-Minimum Phase Fractional Order System, Majid Abdullah Alhomim Dec 2020

Fractional Order Identification Method And Control: Development Of Control For Non-Minimum Phase Fractional Order System, Majid Abdullah Alhomim

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The increasing use of renewable energy has resulted in the need for improved a dc-dc converters. This type of electronic-based equipment is needed to interface the dc voltages normally encountered with solar arrays and battery systems to voltage levels suitable for connecting three phase inverters to distribution level networks. As grid-connected solar power levels continue to increase, there is a corresponding need for improved modeling and control of power electronic converters. In particular, higher levels of boost ratios are needed to connect low voltage circuits (less than 1000 V) to medium voltage levels in the range of 13 kV to …


Design Of Control System With Feedback Loop For A Pulsatile Pump, Ian Scott Sanders Jul 2020

Design Of Control System With Feedback Loop For A Pulsatile Pump, Ian Scott Sanders

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper describes the design and implementation of a closed-loop proportional, integral, differential (PID) control system for a custom in-house pulsatile pump apparatus for the University of Arkansas Biomedical Department. The control system is designed to control a MOONS’ PL34HD0L8500 hybrid stepper motor using a dual H-bridge motor driver network with four pulse-width modulated (PWM) inputs to drive a pulsatile pump apparatus at motor stepping frequencies up to 2kHz. The speed of the motor is controlled from a pressure profile transmitted from an external source over RS-232 communication that specifies the motor speed, number of datapoints, and an array of …


Towards High Efficiency And High Power Density Converter: System Level Design, Modulation, And Active Emi Filters, Hongwu Peng Jul 2020

Towards High Efficiency And High Power Density Converter: System Level Design, Modulation, And Active Emi Filters, Hongwu Peng

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Power converter exposes strong challenges to its efficiency, power density and reliability. For the grid-connected inverter application, three-level (3-L) T-type neutral-point-clamped (TNPC) inverters has higher efficiency and lower total harmonic distortion (THD) compared to two-level inverter. Hybrid switch concept combines the benefit of both silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET and Si IGBT. By applying hybrid switch structure in 3-L T-type inverter, the total power density of 3-L TNPC inverter will be higher while the cost will be lower than that of all-SiC 3-L T-type inverter. The hybrid switch based 3-L TNPC inverter also imposes challenge to its modulation and control, a …


Reducing Emi In Sic Direct Torque Controlled Motor Drive, Michael Sykes May 2020

Reducing Emi In Sic Direct Torque Controlled Motor Drive, Michael Sykes

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper covers the comparison between Silicon (Si) vs Silicon Carbide (SiC) for Motor Drive systems and a possible control algorithm to limit the increased Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) caused by using SiC transistors for the inverter. Motor Drive systems need constant improvements if the world is going to move on from machines that emit CO2 and other harmful gases into the Earth’s atmosphere. One reason these electric machines are not commonplace today is because of their efficiency and other problems they may cause. Silicon transistors are the most commonplace transistor around the world today, but advances over the past …