School of Electrical Systems Engineering (Theses): Recent submissions
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Design and development of DC-DC single-ended primary inductor converter (SEPIC) for maximum photovoltaic power extraction
Recently, photovoltaic power generation has been one of the most dependable renewable energy sources which are used in electrical generation system. The performance of the photovoltaic system is the most significant for ... -
Design of micro-wind turbine for stand alone application
This thesis is about the design and development of micro-wind turbine for standalone application. The design will consider the types of generator, rectifier, voltage regulator and energy storage. Several factors including ... -
Design of vibration energy harvester for low voltage power supply using finite element methods (FEM) analysis
The rapid growth of electronic devices miniaturization attract the researchers interest either to save space or for cost reduction. The main purpose of miniaturization is to implement the concept of portable in order to ... -
Comparative study on conventional controller and PID controller of power system dynamic stability
This report presents the comparative study on conventional controller and PID controller in a single machine infinite bus (SMIB). The controller is used to generate the supplementary damping control signals for an excitation ... -
Closed-loop control of buck-boost converter using the PID controller
In the modern world, the most demanding control systems are based on PID controllers because of their reputed performance in nonlinear control systems. Tuning the PID controller is a major part of the feedback PID controller ... -
Modelling and simulation of respiratory effort in energy harvesting using Matlab
Energy harvesting from human power is investigated without being fully dependent to the DC sources. Respiratory effort is chosen as an energy harvester in order to prove the capability of human respiratory effort in producing ... -
Single line to ground fault distance estimation in medium voltage network based on measurement from secondary side of distribution substations
Faults may occur in every power system network in the world. It can be caused by natural phenomenon and also human errors. Faults may cause damage to the system which resulting in system failure. Earth fault is the most ... -
Wireless Rogowski coil sensor based on partial discharge detection signal for on-line condition monitoring in the medium voltage power cables
Partial discharge (PD) measurement provide a valuable information for assessing the insulation health in high voltage (HV) power system. In this research, a novel wireless Rogowski coil (RC) sensor based on PD detection ... -
Partial discharge detection and location technique based on segmented correlation trimmed mean algorithm for power cable
Power cable may suffer from insulation degradation after a certain period of time because of environment, mechanical and electrical factors. Partial discharge (PD) at void or cavity of power cable’s insulation will lead ... -
Design of a hybrid controller for solar and ocean wave energy harvester
This thesis presents an approach of hybrid system implementation between Photovoltaic and ocean waves. These renewable energy sources are abundant, clean and beneficial compared to existing fossil fuel. Common method of ... -
Energy encryption for medium field of wireless power transfer system
Nowadays, the wireless power transfer (WPT) on mobile charging application of power transfer is the process of transferring power using WPT technology are progressing rapidly. The launching of more mobile embedded with WPT ... -
Analytical and experimental analysis of buck-boost DC-DC converter in photovoltaic (PV) maximum power point tracking application
Renewable energy has emerged throughout the world including Malaysia. One of the renewable energy sources is solar energy where the energy from solar (sunlight) is converted into electrical energy. However, the electricity ... -
Development of an improved microgrid-centralize power sharing scheme using fuzzy logic controller
A microgrid is a local energy grid with control capability, which means it can be connected to or disconnected from the traditional grid and operate autonomously. Recently, the droop control techniques are widely used to ... -
Wireless power transfer for low power device using magnetic resonant coil
The power is transferred wirelessly through a magnetic resonant coil as an antenna to transmit and receive the energy. This method no longer need complicated with the cable passing around us, with wireless electricity we ... -
Design of syncronized photovoltaic and wind hybrid power generation system for street lighting application
Fluctuation of wind energy and solar radiation that is inconsistent become a major challenge to build alternative power generation. The uncertainties to two energy sources is a problem in synchronizing. To build a plant, ... -
Modeling of power response of photovoltaic model using pertubation-observation and incremental conductance methods
Since the search of the energy source considered as one of the main problems in this era, then it will be still one of the most important concerns of the countries. The renewable energy became one of the faster-growing ... -
Induction motor drive system performance under influence of voltage sags and interruptions
This thesis presents performance of induction motor drive system under influence of voltage sags and interruptions. The drive system consists of an induction motor and adjustable speed drive (ASD) that connected in series. ... -
Design of photovoltaic and wind power hybrid system for DC air conditioning application
The achievement of optimum performance for the hybrid system, besides having the efficient design of the system, a lot of study on the behaviour of the weather needs to be made because both of the resources hybrid system ... -
Design of microcontroller based dual braking mechanism for micro-wind turbine
The work proposes dual braking mechanism. It consisted of dynamic braking and yaw control. Both mechanism is used to provide safety to the micro-wind turbine. It protects from over speed and also functioning as speed ... -
Design of 0.5 hp induction motor rotor bars with 0.35 mm and 0.50 mm thickness of steel sheets for rotor fabrication
In this project, the 0.5 Hp three phase induction motor have been thoroughly investigated and analyzed in terms of the induction motor parameter, torque, efficiency, power factor, losses reduction, transfer mechanism and ...