Dynamic Voltage Restorer can provide the most cost effective solution to mitigate voltage sags and swells by establishing the proper voltage quality level that is required by customer. This device is connected in series with the distribution feeder at medium voltage. The PI controller is very common in the control of DVRs. However, one disadvantage of this conventional controller is the fact th...

This paper describes a new design for direct sliding mode method with a high switching frequency using the PD-PI type sliding surface applied to a negative output Luo converter worked in continuous current mode for applications required constant power source such as aerospace applications, medical equipment and etc. Because of the output power and line changes, the converter model is also nonli...

Non-linear controller is preferred to linear controller due to non-linear operation of DSTATCOM. System dynamic can be improved by regulating and fixing the capacitor DC voltage in DSTATCOM. The nonlinear control is based on exact linearization via feedback. There is a PI controller in this system to regulate DC voltage. In conventional scheme, the trial and error method is used to determine PI...

A model for a chaotic micro-oscillator is developed by adding a new control system to an electrostatic actuator consisting of two electrodes: the substrate and a cantilever beam on top. The electrostatic actuator itself has a single stable equilibrium over a range of voltage, whereas adding the controller, which has a quadratic function, creates a voltage range for bistability. The bi-stability...

A simple neuro-controlle r for a synchronous generator is presented in this paper. The controller performs the function of the terminal voltage control. By representing the proposed neuro-controller in s-domain, its parameters to ensure system stability can be obtained analytically. Results of simulation studies on a non-linear seventh order generator model with the neuro-controller using calcu...

A novel design a fuzzy proportional integral derivative (PID) controller is using Matlab and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for a set point voltage control problem in the automatic voltage regulator (AVR) system. The controller objective is to maintain the terminal voltage all the time under any loads and operational conditions by attaining to the desired range via the regulation of the ...

It is often assumed that the input voltage source of a switch-mode power supply is constant or shows negligible small variations. However, the last assumption is no longer valid when a fuel-cell stack is used as input source. A fuel-cell stack is characterised by low and unregulated DC output voltage, in addition, this voltage decreases in a non-linear fashion when the demanded current increase...

This paper presents a method to control both the dc boost and the ac output voltage of Z-source inverter using neural network controllers. The capacitor voltage of Z-source network has been controlled linearly in order to improve the transient response of the dc boost control of the Z-source inverter. The peak value of the line to line ac output voltage is used to control and keep the ac output...

OBJECTIVE Electrophysiological recordings of single neurons in brain tissues are very common in neuroscience. Glass microelectrodes filled with an electrolyte are used to impale the cell membrane in order to record the membrane potential or to inject current. Their high resistance induces a high voltage drop when passing current and it is essential to correct the voltage measurements. In partic...

This paper presents an investigation of a voltage and frequency controller for an isolated asynchronous generator (IAG) driven by a wind turbine and supplying 3-phase 4-wire loads to the isolated areas where a grid is not accessible. The control strategy is based on the indirect current control of the VSC (voltage source converter) using the frequency PI controller. The proposed controller cons...