Different stress factors impact power transformers during service. In most cases, the effects of additional direct current (DC) components are not taken into consideration. Nevertheless, this contribution considers DC or quasi-DC components which occur in the German transmission grid (400 kV level). Current measurements are therefore performed at several grounded star points of grid coupling po...

We report on the performance of structures for lossless ion manipulation (SLIM) as a means for transmitting ions and performing ion mobility separations (IMS). Ions were successfully transferred from an electrospray ionization (ESI) source to the TOF MS analyzer by means of a linear SLIM, demonstrating lossless ion transmission and an alternative arrangement including a 90° turn. First, the lin...

The distributed energy sources are commonly used small energy generating sources. Combination of these small energy sources will form microgrid in an interrelated manner to provide a required amount of demand power management. A grid connected PV system consist of solar panels, batteries with back up in case of emergencies, DC-DC converters, Maximum power point tracker (MPPT) and Demand power m...

One of the fundamental tenets in deregulation of the power system is to provide fair and open access to transmission facilities. This requires that market participants, both power brokers and generation companies, have complete and timely information as to the transmission availability. The present system of posting available transmission capacities (ATC) is useful but limited because there is ...

This paper presents a new concept of a mobile robot speed control by using two degree of freedom gear transmission. The developed intelligent speed controller utilizes a gear box which comprises of epicyclic gear train with two inputs, one coupled with the engine shaft and another with the shaft of a variable speed dc motor. The net output speed is a combination of the two input speeds and is g...

A DC-DC step-up micro power converter for solar energy harvesting applications is presented. The circuit is based on a switchedcapacitor voltage tripler architecture with MOSFET capacitors, which results in an area approximately eight times smaller than using MiM capacitors for the 0.13μm CMOS technology. In order to compensate for the loss of efficiency, due to the larger parasitic capacitance...

This paper reports continuing work on an evolutionary revenue-generating approach to Space Solar Power. The 220 GHz atmospheric transmission window is chosen, leaving open the option of using millimeter wave or laser wavelengths. The progression from frequency to system business case is laid out, seeking the performance figures needed for a self-sustaining system and to open up Space Solar Powe...

The power distribution of nearly all major countries have accepted 3phase distribution as a standard. With increasing power requirements of instrumentation today even a small physics laboratory requires 3-phase supply. While physics students are given an introduction of this in passing, no experiment work is done with 3-phase supply due to the sheer possibility of accidents while working with s...

The challenge for distributed power supply engineers is to design a fast switching DC-DC converter with improved transient response, while still maintaining or increasing efficiency. This has to be achieved in the tight thermal envelope required for reliable system operation and at minimal cost. This paper discusses the use of 20V MOSFETs or the economical design of high efficiency DC-DC conver...