The main goal of this paper is to detect the opencircuit fault of the electrolytic capacitors usually used in the dcbus of a three phase/level NPC active rectifier. This phenomenon causes unavoidable overvoltage across the dc-bus leading therefore to the destruction of the converter’s power semiconductors. The real-time detection of this fault is therefore vital to avoid severe damage as well a...

In this article, a novel and accurate scheme for fault detection, classification and fault distance estimation for a fixed series compensated transmission line is proposed. The proposed scheme is based on artificial neural network (ANN) and metal oxide varistor (MOV) energy, employing Levenberg-Marquardt training algorithm. The novelty of this scheme is the use of MOV energy signals of fixed se...

Abstract. In this paper we describe two differential fault attack techniques against Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). We propose two models for fault occurrence; we could find all 128 bits of key using one of them and only 6 faulty ciphertexts. We need approximately 1500 faulty ciphertexts to discover the key with the other fault model. Union of these models covers all faults that can occur ...

This paper presents a complete scheme for protection of transmission lines, including fault detection, fault classification as well as fault location. The fault location module utilizes the modeling of transmission lines through their differential equations. The differential equation for the line is solved having its resistence and inductance as parameters. In this approach there is no need for...

The objective of this paper is to propose a fault diagnostic model using case based reasoning technique in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for Wildlife Preservation application. In the case based reasoning, semantic tracking is applied to detect the various faults in the hardware and software modules utilized in the sensors over different zones, network and service levels. The health, location ...

Asynchronous events and complex system state distributed across independent nodes make exposure and diagnosis of flaws in distributed systems a challenge. The difficulties are exacerbated when the goal is to validate fault tolerance mechanisms that are activated only by the occurrence of errors, which are, by nature, rare. Validation of fault tolerance mechanisms is often done by injecting faul...

With the advances in power electronic technology, doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) have increasingly drawn the interest of the wind turbine industry. To ensure the reliable operation and power quality of wind power systems, the fault-tolerant control for DFIG is studied in this paper. The faulttolerant controller is designed to maintain an acceptable level of performance during bearing fa...

In this paper, we address the problem of evaluating the effectiveness of test sets to detect crosstalk defects in interconnects of deep sub-micron circuits. The fast and accurate estimation technique will enable: (a) the evaluation whether legacy functional, delay, and boundary scan tests can be used for effective interconnect crosstalk defect coverage, (b) development of crosstalk tests if the...