Renewable energy generation systems, based on photovoltaic sources, currently represent the most suitable solution, for low power levels, to reduce the energy consumption produced by oil and gas. Moreover, they are becoming more and more attractive as the price per watt of the photovoltaic modules is decreasing. However, the conversion efficiency of commercial photovoltaic modules is still rath...

Traditional DC-DC Boost converters are used in high voltage applications, but they are not economical due to limited output voltage, large voltage ripples, current ripples and power losses. A closed loop control scheme for a simple DC-DC Boost converter in designed and the performance characteristics are studied using MATLAB simulink. The performance of the controller is also studied for variou...

The quality of the current waveform generated by a current controlled, voltage source shunt active power filter depends basically on three factors: (i) The reference signal being generated; (ii) the modulation method used and (iii) the switching frequency of the PWM modulator. A new adaptive hysteresis band modulation method is proposed. In this paper, the periodical sampling constant hysteresi...

To overcome the conduction and switching losses generated by earlier converter designs, we propose a new genetic algorithm based Cuk converter design which increases the performance of photovoltaic system. The objective is to produce high-efficiency, voltage and current of a PV system with help of GA Controller. The requirement of continuous and controlled flow of voltage has met with the suppo...

This paper analyzes the way to increase the energy efficiency of three phase converters applied to control AC motor drives, through the reduction of the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the output voltage and the reduction in the switching losses in the PWM inverter. The aim is to develop a system which selects the most adequate modulation technique required to simultaneously optimize the har...

This paper deals with digital simulation of Class D inverter fed induction heater system. This system has an advantage like reduced volume and switching losses. The circuit operates under zero voltage switching. The circuit models are developed for the open and closed loop system and they are used for simulation studies. The simulation results of open and closed loop systems are presented.

In this paper, a high step-down interleaved buck coupled-inductor converter (IBCC) with active-clamp circuits for wind energy conversion has been studied. In high step-down voltage applications, an IBCC can extend duty ratio and reduce voltage stresses on active switches. In order to reduce switching losses of active switches to improve conversion efficiency, a IBCC with soft-switching techniqu...

Department of Electrical Power and Machines Faculty of Engineering Cairo University Giza, Egypt Abstract The quality of the current waveform generated by a current controlled, voltage source shunt active power filter depends basically on three factors: (i) The reference signal being generated; (ii) the modulation method used and (iii) the switching frequency of the PWM modulator. A new adaptiv...

This study addresses the problem of minimizing tool switching instants in automated manufacturing systems. There exist a single machine and group jobs to be processed on it. Each job requires set tools, due limited magazine capacity, because it is not possible load all available tools machine, must switched. The ultimate goal, this framework, minimize total number instants. We provide mathemati...

Individuals with depressive symptoms typically show deficits in decision-making. However, most work has emphasized decision-making under gain-maximization conditions. A gain-maximization framework may undermine decision-making when depressive symptoms are present because depressives are generally more sensitive to losses than gains. The present study examined decision making in a non-clinical s...