An electrical submersible pump (ESP) motor is preferably fed from a low voltage variable-frequency drive (VFD) followed by a step-up transformer. The motor and drive connection through a long feeder usually causes over ...

Conventionally, tapping-off a small amount of power from an HVDC transmission line to a three-phase local network can be achieved using a DC-to-AC voltage source converter (VSC) followed by a step down transformer. In order ...

Flywheels as energy storage systems are good candidates for numerous power system applications such as voltage support, serving fluctuating loads, frequency regulation and renewable energy utilization. Most of these ...

In this paper, the problem of distributed event-based control of large scale power systems is addressed. Towards this end, a Direct Current (DC) microgrid that is composed of multiple interconnected Distributed Generation ...

The high penetrations of distributed energy resources of renewable energy sources, battery energy storage systems, and electric vehicles introduced several challenges to power networks. It can lead to high voltage variation, ...

Magnetic gearbox (MGB) is a contactless magnet-based transmission system that transmits mechanical power between two shafts. MGBs offer significant advantages over mechanical gears such as contactless power transfer, high ...

The sensitivity of various solar photovoltaic technologies towards dust, temperature and relative humidity is investigated for Qatar�s environment. Results obtained show that dust accumulation has the great effect on ...

In traction applications based on long primary and short secondary type, contactless electrical energy transmission can offer distinct advantages over the conventional energy transmission based on catenary system to provide ...

Adoption of distributed submodule (SM) capacitors in a modular multilevel converter (MMC) necessitates complex controllers to ensure the stability of its internal dynamics. This paper presents comprehensive analysis and ...

Ambienttemperatures used as inputs for transformer prediction, monitoring, or aging algorithms are normally obtained from the atmospheric data available from local and international meteorological agencies. While easy to ...