This paper studies two important questions related with switched reluctance machines: 1. In what conditions we can consider to use the SRM linear model but with sufficient accuracy to predict its steady-state characteristics? 2. To take or not to take into account the mutual inductances in the 6/4 SR non-linear model? Are there any significant errors when we neglect the phase mutual inductances...

A critical element to the success of new propulsion technologies that enable reductions in fuel use is the integration of component thermal management technologies within a viable vehicle package. Vehicle operation requires vehicle thermal management systems capable of balancing the needs of multiple vehicle systems that may require heat for operation, require cooling to reject heat, or require...

for electric machine, servo drive, object positioning, intelligent control, two-mass load. Abstract— It is known that existing algorithms for control position of precision electric drive of systems with nonliarities: elasticity and friction do not provide damping of autooscillations at infralow tracking speed. Therefore control algorithms, which ensure smooth motion of the load at acceptable tr...

The design and implementation of the instructional electric machine laboratory is described in this paper. The objectives of this project are to upgrade 50-year old laboratory equipment and to provide students with hands-on experience on up-to-date electric machines, drives and instruments, as well as to improve their understanding of the theory learned from lectures. Instead of the systems esp...

For machine drive applications, multiphase induction motor could potentially meet the demand for high power electric drive systems which are both rugged and energy efficient. High phase number drives possess several advantages over conventional three phase drives such as high torque, higher reliability and increased power. Multiphase induction motors have found many applications such as electri...

Electric discharge machining (EDM) is a ‘newer technology utilized to machine hard metals, alloys, composites and ceramics. This paper reports the experimental investigation carried out on EDM to study the effects of machining parameters such as pulsed current on material removal rate, depth of cut, overcut, tool wear (net weight lost) and hardness on En-31 tool steel The work material was elec...

Abstmct The paper preknts a novel AI-ANN neural network global on-line fault detection, pa& tern classification, and relaying detection acheme for synchronous generators in interconnected electric utility networks. The input discriminant vector comprises the dominant FFT frequency spectra of eighteen input variables forming the discriminant diagnostic hyperplane. The on-line ANN based relaying ...

Accurate forecasting of electric load has always been the most important issues in the electricity industry, particularly for developing countries. Due to the various influences, electric load forecasting reveals highly nonlinear characteristics. This paper creates a system for power load forecasting using support vector machine and ant colony optimization. The method of colony optimization is ...

Kinetic energy storage systems (flywheels) offer a good solution to increase the stability of electric grid. The joint operation of these systems with renewable energy sources (e.g. photovoltaic (PV) panels, wind generators) can help spreading of these environmental friendly solutions. An investigation is being pursued at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electric P...

In this paper we investigate the capability of harvesting the electric energy from mechanical vibrations in a dynamic environment through a unimorph piezoelectric membrane transducer. Due to the impedance matrices connecting the efforts and flows of the membrane, we have established the dynamic electric equivalent circuit of the transducer. In a first study and in order to validate theoretical ...