Variable speed constant frequency generating systems are used in wind power, hydro power, aerospace and naval power generations to enhance efficiency and reduce friction. In these applications, an attractive candidate is the slip power recovery system comprising of doubly-excited induction machine or doubly-excited brushless reluctance machine and PWM inverters with dc link. In this paper, a fl...

The combined cycle power plant is made up of three major systems, the gas turbine engine, the heat recovery steam generator and the steam turbine. Of the major systems the gas turbine engine is a fixed design offered by a manufacturer, and the steam turbine is also a fairly standard design available from a manufacturer, but it may be somewhat customized for the project. In contrast, the heat re...

The Optimizer proposed in this paper addresses the problem of running a gas turbine optimally to maximize the operational profit of a power utility subject to fluctuating energy prices and changing operating conditions. The proposed optimization scheme determines the optimal load profile of a gas turbine that maximizes the operational profit generated from sale of electricity subject to fuel co...

In this study, a standalone hybrid wind turbine (WT)/photovoltaic (PV)/biomass/pump-hydro-storage energy system was designed and optimized based on technical, economic, environmental parameters to provide the load demand with an objective function of minimum cost (COE). The constraints proposed approach are loss power supply probability, excess fraction. allows combination different sources bes...

Abstract In Nepal and the regions along with Andes, sediment erosion is one of major causes failure hydro turbines. Every year lots components turbines exposed to sediment-laden water got eroded resulting unexpected shutdown power plants. The cheapest method repairing these runners other are welding which may induce residual stress, embrittlement, increase carbide content. Therefore, post heat ...

Abstract—This paper investigates the thermal issue of permanent magnet synchronous generator which is frequently used in direct drive gearless small-scale wind turbine applications. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) is designed with 2.5 kW continuous and 6 kW peak power. Then considering generator geometry, mechanical design of wind turbine is performed. Thermal analysis and optimiz...

ABSRACT Sliding mode control has received much attention due to its major advantages such as guaranteed stability, robustness against parameter variations, fast dynamic response and simplicity in the implementation and therefore has been widely applied to control nonlinear systems. This paper discus the sliding mode control technic for controlling hydropower system and generalized a model which...