Energy Systems Research Laboratory

Integration of Sustainable Energy Sources into DC Zonal Electric Distribution Systems

by Website Admin | Aug 29, 2012 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

Introduction: Applying DC distribution in shipboard power systems has acquired the attention of the U.S Navy as an alternative to conventional AC systems. The vast increase of load demand and the need to a high reliability high quality power supply to feed such loads...

Bi-Directional AC-DC/DC-AC Converter for Power Sharing of Hybrid AC/DC Systems

by Website Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

In this area of research, some of the aspects related to the connectivity of DC microgrids to the main grid are investigated. A prototype system has been designed and implemented to address these aspects. The described system is dependent mainly on sustainable energy...

Software Phase Locked Loop technique for grid-connected wind energy conversion systems

by Website Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

Accurate and fast detection for phase angle of the generated voltage is important in parallel grid- connected wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) utilizing converter-inverter unites. Software Phase Locked Loop (SPLL) technique was studied here in this project for...

Vector Oriented Control of Voltage Source PWM Inverter as a Dynamic VAR Compensator for Wind Energy Conversion System Connected to Utility Grid

by Website Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

This project presents improvement technique for the power quality of the electrical part of a wind generation system with a self-excited induction generator (SEIG) which aims to optimize the utilization of wind power injected into the grid. To realize this goal, an...

DC-Bus Voltage Control of Three-Phase PWM Converters Connected to Wind Powered Induction Generator

by Website Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

This project presents a performance analysis of wind-powered self-excited induction generator (SEIG) and a vector-controlled PWM converter. Three-phase voltage-source converters are the building blocks of a large number of power electronic systems. The origin of...

The Optimum Utilization of Grid-Connected Hybrid Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems

by Website Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Electric Drives and Power Electronics, Research

The sustainable energy is a promising energy source that can give considerable additional energy when connected to the grid. One of the major projects in our energy systems research laboratory is to study how to optimize utilization of sustainable energy conversion...