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Line Detection With Adaptive Random Samples, Ali̇ Cafer Gürbüz Jan 2011

Line Detection With Adaptive Random Samples, Ali̇ Cafer Gürbüz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper examines the detection of parameterized shapes in multidimensional noisy grayscale images. A novel shape detection algorithm utilizing random sample theory is presented. Although the method can be generalized, line detection is detailed. Each line in the image corresponds to a point in the line parameter space. The method creates hypothesis lines by randomly selecting parameter space points and tests the surrounding regions for acceptable linear features. The information obtained from each randomly selected line is used to update the parameter distribution, which reducesi the required number of random trials. The selected lines are re-estimated within a smaller search …


New Srco With Explicit Current-Mode Output Using Two Ccs And Grounded Capacitors, D R. Bhaskar, Kasim K. Abdalla, Raj Senani Jan 2011

New Srco With Explicit Current-Mode Output Using Two Ccs And Grounded Capacitors, D R. Bhaskar, Kasim K. Abdalla, Raj Senani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A new Grounded-Capacitor Single Resistance Controlled Sinusoidal Oscillator (SRCO) with explicit current output using two Current Conveyors (CCs) and five passive elements is presented. The proposed circuit offers (i) independent control of condition of oscillation and frequency of oscillation, (ii) low active and passive sensitivities, (iii) use of both the grounded capacitors (suitable for IC implementation) and (iv) reasonably good frequency stability. The workability of the proposed configuration has been confirmed by the PSPICE simulations.


Sequence Alignment From The Perspective Of Stochastic Optimization: A Survey, İhsan Ömür Bucak, Volkan Uslan Jan 2011

Sequence Alignment From The Perspective Of Stochastic Optimization: A Survey, İhsan Ömür Bucak, Volkan Uslan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

DNA and protein are the fundamental biological sequences. DNA is a fundamental molecule that plays a vital role in the processes of life. Proteins synthesized by DNA in a cell are the building blocks of every living organism. There is a variety of reasons behind the alignment of biological sequences. Biological sequence alignment helps to discover functional and structural similarity of sequences. Biologists work with these aligned sequences to construct phylogenetic trees, characterize protein families, and predict protein structure. Sequence alignment is an extremely promising field of research that is characterized by very high computational complexity. Stochastic optimization is needed …


Papr Reduction Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm In Ofdm Systems, Necmi̇ Taşpinar, Dervi̇ş Karaboğa, Mahmut Yildirim, Bahri̇ye Akay Jan 2011

Papr Reduction Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm In Ofdm Systems, Necmi̇ Taşpinar, Dervi̇ş Karaboğa, Mahmut Yildirim, Bahri̇ye Akay

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Partial transmit sequence (PTS) is an attractive scheme for peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, but its high computational complexity to find optimum phase factors is the main drawback. In this paper, we propose PTS based on an artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm (ABC-PTS) for reducing the computational complexity of the PTS in the OFDM system. The ABC-PTS was compared to conventional PTS using a random search strategy (RS-PTS) and optimum PTS. In addition, the bit error rate (BER) performance of the ABC-PTS was shown when a high power amplifier (HPA) was used for …


Obtaining The Secondary Impedance Of Single-Sided Linear Induction Motor With A Double Layer Reaction Rail: A New Approach, Ali̇ Suat Gerçek, Vedat Mehmet Karsli Jan 2011

Obtaining The Secondary Impedance Of Single-Sided Linear Induction Motor With A Double Layer Reaction Rail: A New Approach, Ali̇ Suat Gerçek, Vedat Mehmet Karsli

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In the performance calculations of single-sided linear induction motor (SLIM),the equivalent circuit technique (ECT) is used. In this paper, a new approach is proposed for obtaining the secondary impedance of single-sided linear induction motor (SLIM) with a double layer reaction rail by using the layered secondary model. The proposed method improves the ECT technique by considering the saturation effect and the non-linear complex equivalent relative permeability. This study also examines the contributions of other electromagnetic effects, such as longitudinal end effect and transverse edge effect as well. Our method is applied to the SLIM and computed results of the method …


Model Predictive Controller Design Of Hydrocracker Reactors, Di̇la Gökçe Jan 2011

Model Predictive Controller Design Of Hydrocracker Reactors, Di̇la Gökçe

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study summarizes the design of a Model Predictive Controller (MPC) in Tüpraş, İzmit Refinery Hydrocracker Unit Reactors. Hydrocracking process, in which heavy vacuum gasoil is converted into lighter and valuable products at high temperature and pressure is described briefly. Controller design description, identification and modeling studies are examined and the model variables are presented. WABT (Weighted Average Bed Temperature) equalization and conversion increase are simulated, results are discussed.


Sliding Mode Controller Gain Adaptation And Chattering Reduction Techniques For Dsp-Based Pm Dc Motor Drives, Mehmet Dal, Remus Teodorescu Jan 2011

Sliding Mode Controller Gain Adaptation And Chattering Reduction Techniques For Dsp-Based Pm Dc Motor Drives, Mehmet Dal, Remus Teodorescu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In order to achieve and maintain the prospective benefits of sliding mode control (SMC) methodology, the phenomenon known as ``chattering'', the main obstacle encountered in real-time applications, has to be suppressed. In this study, two promising switching control gain adaptation and chattering reduction techniques are investigated, and the effectiveness of chattering suppression for current regulation of PM DC drives is tested. The sampling rate was also examined to determine how it affects the amplitude of chattering. This paper concentrates on various combinations of observer-based methods in order to find the best solution for chattering reduction. To find a practical solution …


Simulation Of Storage Time Versus Reverse Bias Current For P^+N And Pin Diodes, Mehmet Serhat Keserli̇oğlu, Hasan Hüseyi̇n Erkaya Jan 2011

Simulation Of Storage Time Versus Reverse Bias Current For P^+N And Pin Diodes, Mehmet Serhat Keserli̇oğlu, Hasan Hüseyi̇n Erkaya

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, the reverse-recovery behaviors of pin and p^+n diodes were simulated as a function of the reverse current and carrier lifetime. For this purpose, a 1-D simulation program was written to solve the semiconductor equations. MatLab partial differential equation solver was used. The reverse recovery response of pin and p^+n diodes was obtained for various values of a resistor in series and of carrier lifetime. The transient response for voltage and current was determined.


Stray Magnetic Field Distributed Around A Pmsm, Ali̇ Ahmed Adam, Kayhan Gülez, Seli̇m Köroğlu Jan 2011

Stray Magnetic Field Distributed Around A Pmsm, Ali̇ Ahmed Adam, Kayhan Gülez, Seli̇m Köroğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this work, the low frequency electromagnetic emission from permanent magnet synchronous motors is studied. The main objective is to provide a safety region for humans in the vicinity of these motors, especially as these motors are now being used widely in inhabited areas, where high flux densities are expected. In this study, a new proposed equivalent magnetic circuit is used to estimate the stray fields at the surface of the motor. The analysis showed that the emission of the stray field in the radial direction depends on the permeability of the stator body. Low values of permeability may result …


A New Lvi Assisted Psfb Dc-Dc Converter, Ahmet Faruk Bakan Jan 2011

A New Lvi Assisted Psfb Dc-Dc Converter, Ahmet Faruk Bakan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a new Phase Shifted Full Bridge (PSFB) Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) isolated dc-dc converter is proposed. In the proposed converter, resonant inductor is replaced with Linear Variable Inductor (LVI) that is controlled by output current. The soft switching operation range is increased and the dependency of ZVS operation on the load current is decreased. The required energy for ZVS operation at low current levels is obtained by means of the high value of the LVI. The value of LVI decreases approximately linearly with increasing current. At high current levels parasitic resonance and duty cycle loss are decreased. …


Online Speed Control Of A Brushless Ac Servomotor Based On Artificial Neural Networks, Si̇bel Partal, İbrahi̇m Şenol, Ahmet Faruk Bakan, Kamuran Nur Beki̇roğlu Jan 2011

Online Speed Control Of A Brushless Ac Servomotor Based On Artificial Neural Networks, Si̇bel Partal, İbrahi̇m Şenol, Ahmet Faruk Bakan, Kamuran Nur Beki̇roğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, an alternative approach to speed estimation of brushless AC servomotors is presented. Speed control is realized in the following steps. First, the servomotor was mathematically modelled; the driver system was designed and speed control of the servomotor was accomplished with feedback. Next, a network structure representing the electrical and mechanical properties of the servomotor was built via Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and trained with the results of the first step. The weights obtained from the neural nwork training were inserted into the control algorithm in accordance with the ANN. Finally, speed estimation was achieved based on the …


Electromagnetic Scattering From Layered Strip Geometries: The Method Of Moments Study With The Sinc Basis, Taner Oğuzer, Fadil Kuyucuoğlu, İbrahi̇m Avgin Jan 2011

Electromagnetic Scattering From Layered Strip Geometries: The Method Of Moments Study With The Sinc Basis, Taner Oğuzer, Fadil Kuyucuoğlu, İbrahi̇m Avgin

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Electromagnetic scattering from strips of layers is analyzed using the method of moments (MoM) for both polarizations in spatial domain with the sinc-type orthogonal sets as basis and testing functions. We exploited the sinc function's properties of exponential convergence, the orthogonality, easy convolution and better handling of singular kernels in MoM procedure resulting in fast performance and reasonable accuracy even in ordinary MoM treatment. We transferred the integral of the Hankel function multiplied by sinc functions to Hankel function introducing a slight error with large band width. We proved that this relative error during the generation of the main matrix …


Design And Control Of The Humanoid Robot Suralp, Kemaletti̇n Erbatur, Utku Seven, Evri̇m Taşkiran, Özer Koca, Meti̇n Yilmaz, Mustafa Ünel, Güllü Kiziltaş Şendur, Asif Sabanovic, Ahmet Onat Jan 2011

Design And Control Of The Humanoid Robot Suralp, Kemaletti̇n Erbatur, Utku Seven, Evri̇m Taşkiran, Özer Koca, Meti̇n Yilmaz, Mustafa Ünel, Güllü Kiziltaş Şendur, Asif Sabanovic, Ahmet Onat

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

SURALP is a 29 degrees-of-freedom full-body walking humanoid robot designed and constructed at Sabanci University - Turkey. The human-sized robot is actuated by DC motors, belt and pulley systems and Harmonic Drive reduction gears. The sensory equipment consists of joint encoders, force/torque sensors, inertial measurement systems and cameras. The control hardware is based on a dSpace digital signal processor. This paper reviews the design of this robot and presents experimental walking results. A posture zeroing procedure is followed after manual zeroing of the robot joints. Controllers for landing impact reduction, early landing trajectory modification, foot-ground orientation compliance, body inclination and …


Vibrations Control Of Light Rail Transportation Vehicle Via Pid Type Fuzzy Controller Using Parameters Adaptive Method, Muzaffer Meti̇n, Rahmi̇ Güçlü Jan 2011

Vibrations Control Of Light Rail Transportation Vehicle Via Pid Type Fuzzy Controller Using Parameters Adaptive Method, Muzaffer Meti̇n, Rahmi̇ Güçlü

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a conventional PID type fuzzy controller and parameter adaptive fuzzy controller are designed to control vibrations actively of a light rail transport vehicle which modeled as 6 degree-of-freedom system and compared performances of these two controllers. Rail vehicle model consists of a passenger seat and its suspension system, vehicle body, bogie, primary and secondary suspensions and wheels. The similarity between mathematical model and real system is shown by comparing uncontrolled simulation results and vibration measurements. For carrying a comfortable travel, rail vehicle body and passenger seat vibrations are minimized by adding a controller between rail vehicle body …


A Stationary, Variable Dof Flight Control System For An Unmanned Quadrocopter, Vasfi̇ Emre Ömürlü, Ahmet Kirli, Utku Büyükşahi̇n, Şeref Naci̇ Engi̇n, Sedat Kurtoğlu Jan 2011

A Stationary, Variable Dof Flight Control System For An Unmanned Quadrocopter, Vasfi̇ Emre Ömürlü, Ahmet Kirli, Utku Büyükşahi̇n, Şeref Naci̇ Engi̇n, Sedat Kurtoğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and especially quadrocopters have drawn great attention in recent years because of their maneuverability and nonlinear control problem. Most of the related research concentrate on control; yet, design and communication are also some sub-topics. In this paper, a stationary, four rotor air vehicle with limited/controlled degree of freedom is constructed so that various control algorithms and their changing effects with varying vehicle dynamics can be studied on the ground for safety purposes. Ascending/descending, pitch/yaw/roll motions can be limited by setting the vehicle's degree of freedom mechanically, resulting better net observability of the control algorithms on the …


A Luenberger-Sliding Mode Observer With Rotor Time Constant Parameter Estimation In Induction Motor Drives, Mustafa Gürkan Aydeni̇z, İbrahi̇m Şenol Jan 2011

A Luenberger-Sliding Mode Observer With Rotor Time Constant Parameter Estimation In Induction Motor Drives, Mustafa Gürkan Aydeni̇z, İbrahi̇m Şenol

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The performance and efficiency of an induction motor drive system can be enhanced by online estimation of critical parameters such as rotor time constant. A novel Luenberger-sliding mode observer with a parameter adaptation algorithm is proposed in this paper to compensate for the parameter variation effects. The observer is comparably simple and robust relative to the previously developed observers, and yet suitable for online implementation. Simulation studies for the proposed method were conducted in a MATLAB environment. Observer constants and the control parameters were tuned during the simulation studies and used during the experimental study stage. Experimental verification of the …


Investigation Of Luhn's Claim On Information Retrieval, İlker Kocabaş, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer, Bahar Karaoğlan Jan 2011

Investigation Of Luhn's Claim On Information Retrieval, İlker Kocabaş, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer, Bahar Karaoğlan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, we show how Luhn's claim about the degree of importance of a word in a document can be related to information retrieval. His basic idea is transformed into z-scores as the weights of terms for the purpose of modeling term frequency (tf) within documents. The Luhn-based models represented in this paper are considered as the TF component of proposed TF \times IDF weighing schemes. Moreover, the final term weighting functions appropriate for the TF \times IDF weighting scheme are applied to TREC-6, -7, and -8 databases. The experimental results show relevance to Luhn's claim by having high …


Design And Evaluation Of A Query-Based Jamming Detection Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Murat Çakiroğlu, Ahmet Turan Özceri̇t Jan 2011

Design And Evaluation Of A Query-Based Jamming Detection Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Murat Çakiroğlu, Ahmet Turan Özceri̇t

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Jamming attacks, which are the main cause of data corruption and network blockages in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), are one of the most serious threats for WSNs. This type of attack not only blocks the ongoing communication in the network, but also causes the wireless nodes to exhaust their energy much earlier than expected. A countermeasure must be deployed against jamming attacks, especially in military and medical applications in which security breaches cannot be tolerated. In this paper, we have designed a new query-based jamming detection algorithm (QUJDA) to detect jamming attacks occurring in WSNs. QUJDA is an attack detection …


Design And Implementation Of A Voice-Controlled Prosthetic Hand, Musa Hakan Asyali, Mustafa Yilmaz, Mahmut Tokmakçi, Kanber Sedef, Beki̇r Hakan Aksebzeci̇, Rohin Mittal Jan 2011

Design And Implementation Of A Voice-Controlled Prosthetic Hand, Musa Hakan Asyali, Mustafa Yilmaz, Mahmut Tokmakçi, Kanber Sedef, Beki̇r Hakan Aksebzeci̇, Rohin Mittal

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Current hand prostheses are mostly driven by electromyography (EMG) signal, and existing experiments have proved that multichannel EMG signal controls are not suitable due to early fatigue problems and high effort requirements to perform even simple activities. Therefore, in this study we present a new voice-controlled active hand prosthesis to perform several basic tasks. We first designed a novel multifingered prosthetic hand with the ability of picking up and releasing objects. The prosthetic hand employs 3 DC motors and gears to transfer motion to the linked iparts of the fingers. We used flexible thin-film resistive force sensors at the fingertips …


Automatic Knowledge Extraction For Filling In Biography Forms From Turkish Texts, İlknur Pehli̇van, Zeynep Orhan Jan 2011

Automatic Knowledge Extraction For Filling In Biography Forms From Turkish Texts, İlknur Pehli̇van, Zeynep Orhan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study presents a method for building an automatic knowledge extraction system for filling in biography forms from Turkish texts. Several biographies are analyzed in order to choose the set of biography categories to be studied. The fields of the biography form to be created are also defined based on this analysis. Information extraction techniques are used for implementation. A separate testing platform is designed to evaluate the accuracy of the extracted data. Results of the testing platform have shown this study to be a promising process to be further developed especially for creating forms in the Turkish language.


Neuro-Fuzzy Soft-Switching Hybrid Filter For Impulsive Noisy Environments, Şaban Özer, Hasan Zorlu Jan 2011

Neuro-Fuzzy Soft-Switching Hybrid Filter For Impulsive Noisy Environments, Şaban Özer, Hasan Zorlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a new soft-switching hybrid filter based on a neuro-fuzzy network for impulsive noisy environments is proposed. The hybrid filter was built by combining an adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filter, an adaptive weighted myriad (WMy) filter, and a soft-switching mechanism based on a neuro-fuzzy (NF) network. Performance of the hybrid filter was tested in \alpha-stable noisy situations and compared with adaptive FIR, WMy, and weighted median (WMd) filter performances. According to the simulation results; the proposed hybrid filter has better performance than the adaptive FIR, WMy, and WMd filters, and has the ability of effectively suppressing the …


Co-Occurrence Matrix And Its Statistical Features As A New Approach For Face Recognition, Alaa Eleyan, Hasan Demirel Jan 2011

Co-Occurrence Matrix And Its Statistical Features As A New Approach For Face Recognition, Alaa Eleyan, Hasan Demirel

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a new face recognition technique is introduced based on the gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM). GLCM represents the distributions of the intensities and the information about relative positions of neighboring pixels of an image. We proposed two methods to extract feature vectors using GLCM for face classification. The first method extracts the well-known Haralick features from the GLCM, and the second method directly uses GLCM by converting the matrix into a vector that can be used in the classification process. The results demonstrate that the second method, which uses GLCM directly, is superior to the first method that …


Cooperative Diversity With Continuous Phase Modulation, Ni̇yazi̇ Odabaşioğlu Jan 2011

Cooperative Diversity With Continuous Phase Modulation, Ni̇yazi̇ Odabaşioğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In recent years, there has been a vast amount of research on cooperative diversity due to its potential capacity increase. Almost all of the research has been based on linear modulation formats such as phase-shift keying (PSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). On the other hand, continuous phase modulation (CPM) promises impressive advantages relative to linear modulations for wireless communication systems. In this paper, a cooperative diversity scheme with space-time coded (STC) CPM is introduced. Both amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) modes were considered for cooperation. Simulation results showed that the proposed system is very suitable for wireless fading channels, …


Adaptive Wiener-Turbo Systems With Jpeg & Bit Plane Compressions In Image Transmission, Ersi̇n Göse Jan 2011

Adaptive Wiener-Turbo Systems With Jpeg & Bit Plane Compressions In Image Transmission, Ersi̇n Göse

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In recent years, for transmission of 2D colored images over the fading channels, a new scheme has been denoted as ``adaptive Wiener-turbo systems with JPEG & bit plane compressions'' (AW-TSwJBC). In this paper, the performance of AW-TSwJBC is introduced over Rician and Rayleigh fading channels. We benefited from the neighborhood relation of pixels for each color plane by using a new iterative block, the ``adaptive Wiener-turbo'' scheme, which employs a turbo decoder, JPEG encoder/decoders, and adaptive Wiener filtering. In our approach, we could also alter compression ratios due to the importance of the image to be transferred. Based on the …


A Novel And Efficient Algorithm For Adaptive Filtering: Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm, Nurhan Karaboğa, Mehmet Bahadir Çeti̇nkaya Jan 2011

A Novel And Efficient Algorithm For Adaptive Filtering: Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm, Nurhan Karaboğa, Mehmet Bahadir Çeti̇nkaya

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The uni-modal error surfaces and intrinsic stable behaviors of adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filters make gradient based algorithms very effective in the design of these filters. Gradient based design methods are well developed for the design of adaptive FIR filters and widely applied to the distinct areas such as noise cancellation, system identification and channel equalization. However, the studies on adaptive infinite impulse response (IIR) filters are not as common as adaptive FIR filters since the stability during the adaptation process may not be ensured in some applications, and the convergence to the optimal design is not always guaranteed …


Determining Wave Propagation Characteristics Of Mv Xlpe Power Cable Using Time Domain Reflectometry Technique, Ghulam Murtaza Hashmi, Ruslan Papazyan, Matti Lehtonen Jan 2011

Determining Wave Propagation Characteristics Of Mv Xlpe Power Cable Using Time Domain Reflectometry Technique, Ghulam Murtaza Hashmi, Ruslan Papazyan, Matti Lehtonen

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, the wave propagation characteristics of single-phase medium voltage (MV) cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) power cable are determined using time domain reflectometry (TDR) measurement technique. TDR delivers the complex propagation constant (attenuation and phase constant) of lossy cable transmission line as a function of frequency. The frequency-dependent propagation velocity is also determined from the TDR measurements through the parameters extraction procedure. The calibration of the measuring system (MS) is carried-out to avoid the effect of multiple reflections on the accuracy of measurements. The results obtained from the measurements can be used to localize the discontinuities as well as the …


Imitation Of Basic Hand Preshapes By Fluid Based Method: Fluidics Formation Control, Umut Ti̇lki̇, İsmet Erkmen, Aydan Müşerref Erkmen Jan 2011

Imitation Of Basic Hand Preshapes By Fluid Based Method: Fluidics Formation Control, Umut Ti̇lki̇, İsmet Erkmen, Aydan Müşerref Erkmen

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a new approach is developed, avoiding the correspondence problem caused by the difference in embodiment between imitator and demonstrator in imitation learning. In our work, the imitator is a fluidic system of dynamics totally different than the imitatee, which is a human performing hand gestures. The fluidic system is composed of fluid particles, which are used for the discretization of the problem domain. In this work, we demonstrate the fluidics formation control so as to imitate by observation basic hand preshaping features. Our fluidic formation control is based on setting suitable parameters of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), …


Design And Ground Plane Optimization Of A Cpw-Fed Ultra-Wideband Antenna, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Ali Ramadan, Youssef Tawk, Ali El-Hajj, Karim Y. Kabalan Jan 2011

Design And Ground Plane Optimization Of A Cpw-Fed Ultra-Wideband Antenna, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Ali Ramadan, Youssef Tawk, Ali El-Hajj, Karim Y. Kabalan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, an ultra-wideband antenna based on an egg-shaped conductor and a co-planar waveguide (CPW) feed is presented. The ground plane incorporates an egg-shaped slot with parametrized center and dimensions. By resizing the slot and moving its center, a slotted or a partial ground can be obtained. Based on this configuration, a parametric study that aims at achieving the best ultra-wideband (UWB) response of the antenna is done. The study shows that an excellent UWB response is achieved for a certain ground slot size, beyond which the response starts to degrade. However, as the slot size tends to infinity, …


An Extended Component-Based Reliability Model For Protective Systems To Determine Routine Test Schedule, Amir Abbarin, Mahmoud Fotuhi Firuzabad, Aydoğan Özdemi̇r Jan 2011

An Extended Component-Based Reliability Model For Protective Systems To Determine Routine Test Schedule, Amir Abbarin, Mahmoud Fotuhi Firuzabad, Aydoğan Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a novel approach for evaluating the reliability of protective systems taking into account its components reliability. In this paper, a previously proposed extended model is used for a directional over-current scheme. In the extended model, the impacts of individual protective components are taken into account. An optimum routine test schedule is determined for each protective component as a separate unit. A comparison is made to show that the proposed approach has excellence over conventional routine test inspections. Impacts of factors such as circuit breaker inadvertent opening, required time for performing routine test inspections, human mistakes and self-checking …


A Complete Motor Protection Algorithm Based On Pca And Ann: A Real Time Study, Okan Özgönenel, Turgay Yalçin Jan 2011

A Complete Motor Protection Algorithm Based On Pca And Ann: A Real Time Study, Okan Özgönenel, Turgay Yalçin

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Protection of an induction motor (IM) against possible faults, such as a stator winding fault, due to thermal deterioration, rotor bar and bearing failures, is very important in environments in which it is used intensively, as in industry as an actuator. In this work, a real time digital protection algorithm based on principal component analysis (PCA) and neural network method is presented for induction motors. The proposed protection algorithm covers internal winding faults (also known as stator faults), broken rotor bar faults, and bearing faults. Many laboratory experiments have been performed on a specially designed induction motor to evaluate the …