This paper presents a method of fault prognostics and reliability estimation for DC motor using time series modeling procedure based on DC motor performance degradation data. DC motor performance degradation data are treated as a time series data and stochastic process are utilized to describe the degradation process for predicting long-term trend. A degradation test is processed for DC motor u...

The high efficiency power management IC (PMIC) with switching device is presented in this paper. PMIC is controlled with PFM control method in order to have high power efficiency at high current level. Dynamic Threshold voltage CMOS (DT-CMOS) with low on-resistance is designed to decrease conduction loss. The threshold voltage of DT-CMOS drops as the gate voltage increase, resulting in a much h...

In this paper, a high performance of fuzzy logic controller for DC servo motor is developed. The system design and implementation procedure of DC servo motor drive using digital signal processing chip TMS320C14 are described. Some experimental results are shown to verify the proposed controller. Key-Words: Fuzzy logic controller, Digital signal processing, DC servo motor

In this paper, analyzing the operation of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) based stand alone wind power system with Sensorless Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) and a system for storing energy during wind speed and load variations. In standalone system, power, balance and power quality require the energy storage system. In conventional systems, MPPT depends on wind turbine para...

This paper presents a small-scale prototype of a wind-photovoltaic hybrid system, having batteries as energy storage components. All devices are connected to a common dc-bus using appropriate power converters. The photovoltaic modules are connected through a dc-dc buck converter using Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking control. The permanent magnet synchronous generator (wind gene...

A simple step and search control strategy for extracting maximum output power from grid connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System (VSWECS) is implemented in this work. This system consists of a variable speed wind turbine coupled to a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) through a gear box, a DC-DC boost converter and a hysteresis current controlled Voltage Source Converte...

This paper presents a refined stochastic model of the delay-chain based true random number generator (DCTRNG) and its application. DC-TRNG is a true random number generator for FPGAs that utilizes time-to-digital conversion (TDC) to accurately determine the position of the ring-oscillator jittery signal edge. Our stochastic model employs precise time characterization of the carry-chains that ar...

This paper investigates the preliminary sizing of generator set to design electrical system at the early phase of a project, dynamic behavior of generator-unit, as well as induction motors, during start-up of the induction motor drives fed from emergency generator unit. The information in this paper simplifies generator set selection and eliminates common errors in selection. It covers load est...

The current integrated circuit technologies are approaching their physical limits in terms of scaling and power consumption, during this context, the electronic design automation trade is pushed towards finding more challenging issues in terms of performance, scalability, adaptability, and reduced development time. The combination of an intuitive graphical modeling language, in conjugation with...

This paper deals with the problem of interfacing a wind turbine generator with an electrical three phase grid in the presence of nonlinear loads. Wind systems are generally connected to the grid through an AC/DC inverter in the generator side, followed by a DC/AC converter in the grid side. In this work, the considered DC/AC converter is based on multilevel neutral point clamped topology, and w...