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In this research a special Three-Phase to Single-Phase converter has been proposed to connect a three-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) of a wind turbine to a single-phase network. Common back-to-back converter used for this application employs a bulk capacitor in its DC link to generate the pulsating component of the single-phase side instantaneous power. This capacitor is costly and reduces system overall reliability. This problem is alleviated in this work by providing the single-phase load pulsating power using the PMSG large inductances. The proposed system leaves the PMSG torque ripple-free while providing the single-phase load power. With the help of this method,... 

In this thesis one of the sensorless methods which exploits the existing anisotropies of the rotor is utilized to estimate rotor position. In order to implement this method, first a high frequency voltage is injected in a specific, time-varying direction and then the corresponding current response would be observed in order to estimate the rotor saliency position. The estimation of rotor position would be more precise as the magnetic anisotropy due to rotor saliency increases and as a result the effect of noise and different disturbances in estimation of rotor position would be decresed. The effect of stator resistence is one of these disturbances which is usually neglected as a result of... 

Permanent-magnet synchronous generators have attracted more attention in recent years due to their special advantages which make them a suitable option for variable-speed wind turbines.Low-voltage ride through capability is one of the main concerns in widespread use of wind turbines in electric grids. Nowadays wind turbines are expected to remain connected to the grid during voltage dips and support the voltage recovery process by supplying reactive power.This thesis aims at behavior analysis and performance improvement of permanent-magnet synchronous generator-based wind turbines during grid faults. A simple method is presented to overcome the over current problem of the grid-side converter... 

A Flying Electric Generator (FEG) can be a wind turbine which operates at high altitudes, where there is a continuous fast flow of air and converts wind energy to electrical power.The related field is an interdisciplinary area and is mostly related to the Aerospace Engineering and Energy Conversion. We focused on Iran, as one of the few lands in the northern hemisphere that has a high overall amount of high altitude wind energy for at least half of the year over it, according to the information of atlas of airborne wind energy in this work.So to install the FEGs in Iran, we had to find, places with a safe aerial space overhead which grant us reliable spots over country. These places found by... 

Synchronous machines is one of the most popular machines in industry and in power plants. Because the dynamic of this machine is nonlinear, it can exhibit complex behaviors. In this project we have studied a special case in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines. A case in which speed of rotor, frequency, currents amplitude and voltages amplitude change in an irregular manner. This special case is called chaos. Chaos occurs for some specific values of parameters and inputs. In this study in the first step, we have tried to find the chaotic area of parameters of system (Prediction of chaos). Then in the next step, we have designed some controllers which can eliminate chaos in the system. The... 

The global wind energy capacity has been increased rapidly in the past few years and became the fastest developing renewable energy technology. Small Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators (PMSG’s) are widely used in low power wind turbines because they don’t need a gearbox and complicated control systems. In order to inject the electrical power generated by PMSG to the grid, an AC-DC-AC power electronic converter is required. A novel low cost efficient AC-DC converter is proposed to obtain the maximum power per ampere of PMSG. The new structure for the rectifier stage of the AC/AC converter is based on a DCM operated SEPIC converter and can convert the variable voltage and frequency of... 

The utilization of wind power has been increasing in recent years which lead to enhance the the usage of wind power capacity in the range of MegaWatt. However, due to the limitation ofswitching devices capacity, which exists in power electronic converters, improving the capacity of wind power generation is not accessible. Thus, a feasible solution for this problem is paralleling power electronics converters, which increases both the capacity of power generation and the reliability of wind turbine systems. Nevertheless, paralleling converters may cause a circulating-current which brings current discrepancy, current waveform distortion, power losses, increase in THD of currents, and reduction... 

Elastic joints in 2-mass drive systems, because of their limited stiffness, can decrease the performance of the control system and lead to motor and load speed oscillation. Shaft torque ignoring can also stress both mechanical and electrical drive components. Because of low degree of freedom, conventional controllers, such as the PI controllers, cannot improve the performance of the system and keep the system stable at the same time. In this thesis, the dynamic response and stability of the 2-mass systems is improved using state controller. State estimation of 2-mass system is required for state space controller . In the thesis, different state observer is analyzed and compared with each... 

Direct Torque Control (DTC) is one of the vector methods to control Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSM). In order to achieve an appropriate control in vector control methods, an accurate estimation of flux is indispensable. Flux estimation should be fulfilled in a wide speed range without considerable dependence on motor parameters. Prevalent flux estimation methods are based on integration of stator voltage which is not feasible in low speed, or performed based on assumption of decoupled equations on d and q axis which is not precise for applications with fast dynamic. Different flux estimation methods are investigated in this thesis with the aim of improving the flux estimation in... 

Accurate and fast position controlling is an important issue in today’s industrial needs. Drives used for position control require fast dynamics on speed control. Cascade linear controllers have sluggish response due to bandwidth limitations on speed and current loop. These structures limit the dynamics above all in high power applications where the switching frequency is low. In this thesis, deadbeat direct speed control is proposed, which overcomes limitations by cascade loops resulting in high-speed control dynamics. This approach uses a model of the plant to generate the control signals. According to measured speed and currents, the controller specifies the best voltage vector in order... 

In the presented dissertation an analytical model is developed for the air gap flux density and the cogging torque in the axial flux surface-mounted PM machines. The slotting effect is taken into account in the magnetic flux distribution.The model is derived from solving the 2D Poisson' equation in the slotted air gap. To simplify the solution process, the concept of the uniqueness theorem is used to replace the slotted air gap by a slotless one and some surface current distribution. In addition, the separation of variables method is applied to the analytical solution of the Poisson equation. However, the proposed 2D analytical model is developed for the quasi 3D model by the well-known... 

In this thesis, no-load and full-load performance of Permanent Magnet Vernier Generators (PMVGs) is investigated in fully-aligned condition and under different types of mechanical faults. The studied mechanical faults are Static Eccentricity (SE), Dynamic Eccentricity (DE), Inclined Rotor (IR), and Run-out (RO). Furthermore, an analytical model is also developed to calculate the permeance of the air-gap and the induced voltages in the health machine and under studied mechanical faults. Then, 2-D and 3-D non-linear, time stepping finite element method is utilized for performance evaluation of the generator in no-load and full-load (with resistive, inductive and capacitive loads). In continue,... 

The use of wind energy and wind generators as an inexpensive type of renewable energy sources is increasing. Wind farms and distributed wind generators connected to the power transmission and distribution systems and microgrids, and wind generators in standalone mode of operation affect the stability and power quality of the grid. In this thesis, the performance of a matrix converter in grid connection of variable speed PMSG–driven wind turbine is improved. In this way, by transferring the matrix converter modulation matrix into the synchronous reference frame and decomposing it into the singular values, a new general method is proposed for analysis, modelling and modulation of a matrix... 

Proper operation of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) requires rotor position information. Commonly a rotor position sensor, such as optical encoder or resolver, is used for this purpose. These sensors add cost, weight and degrade reliability of the drive system. Using position and speed sensors for control of PMSM’s in home appliances is not cost effective. In this thesis, a novel method for predicting position of the rotor and winding inductance of the permanent magnet synchronous machine has been presented. In this method, machine anisotropy is utilized for rotor position estimation purposes like what in the high frequency injection techniques. Each leg of the PWM inverter... 

Nowadays electron beams have extensive applications in electon-optic devices such as microwave devices, electron microscopes and flat displays. So shaping and confinment of electron beams is of great importance. In the other hand, scaling of electron emitters to atomic limit causes new chalanges in reliability and beam shaping. Designing electron optic devices for nanoscale emitters needs great knowledge regarding materials properties and electron optic systems behavior in nano scale. In this study, beside providing basic optics of electron beam and effects Of external electronmagnetic fields, properties of electron optical devices
Considering nano scale limitations is considered. In... 

Flying has fascinated mankind for ages. Nowadays, planar actuators are performing the same task as that, once a dream, of a flying magic carpet found in Persian mythology. Magnetically levitated planar actuators (MLPAs) consist of two parts; a moving part, and a stationary part. In most applications the moving part which is an array of permanent magnets (PMs) produces a magnetic flux density in the air-gap, and the stationary part, an array of current carrying coils, produces force and torque when it is exposed to the magnetic flux of the PM array. These actuators have been utilized in industry in applications where precise positioning is important. In recent years however, they have found... 

This thesis aims at developing control system of a full converter wind turbine with modular and parallel back-to-back converters. Modular structures and paralleling of power electronic converters are the state-of-the-art methods for increasing their transferable power to the grid. Technological advances in high power wind turbines, especially for the offshore installations, which contain permanent magnet synchronous generators with back-to-back full converters, promote the use of modular structures.
In addition to developing the regular control systems of wind turbines for modular structures, selection of appropriate structures, power sharing between parallel converters and mitigation of... 

Nowadays, due to gearbox drawbacks, the direct-drive wind turbines have received much more attention. Permanent magnet synchronous machines are commonly used for this purpose. The flux reversal machine with a magnetic gearbox and high power density could be an appropriate alternative. Due to placement of permanent magnets on the stator, the machine has a simple and robust structure and provides more reliability. There is limited study on optimization of the flux reversal machine and the existing papers are not complete and many parameters like PM dimension, working temperature, and winding reactance are not considered in the optimization process.Considering the flux reversal machine... 

In recent decades, renewable energy resources (especially wind power as the fastest-growing energy source) have increasingly been employed for providing electrical energy all over the world given to the rising energy demands, reduction in non-renewable fossil fuels as well as severe restrictions applied to the utilization of these fuels because of their contribution in environmental pollution, generating greenhouse gas emissions, and consequently earth warming. The main factors in the development of wind energy systems to date are the easy access to this energy source in all seasons and its cost-effectiveness compared to other counterparts. One of the key components utilized for converting... 

Permanent magnets play an essential role in the structure of the electric motor, but due to limited resources, many efforts have been made to meet the need for them. One of the most important types of non-permanent electric motors is reluctance motors. Despite their antiquity in design, torque ripples have led to the limited use of reluctance motors, but advances in science have made it possible to control these ripples.As a result of the major advantages such as low manufacturing costs, high efficiency, and uncomplicated structure, these motors have been the subject of many researches. One way to eliminate the problem of torque ripples is to increase the number of teeth, but in the common...