A circuit breaker is widely used to protect electric power system from fault currents or system errors; in particular, the opening mechanism in a circuit breaker is important to protect current overflow in the electric system. In this paper, multibody dynamic model of a circuit breaker including switch mechanism was developed including the electromagnetic actuator system. Since the opening mech...

The modern High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission technology depends on the development of power electronics based on the semiconductor devices. This paper represents a simple model of HVDC transmission system in which the converter and filter have been designed to increase stability of power transmission. The HVDC transmission system has been proposed on the basis of simulation studie...

Nelson, Andrew Lincoln: Characterization of Winding Faults in Axial Flux Reluctance Motors in the Context of Electric Vehicle Propulsion Systems. (Under the direction of Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow.) Since the late 1980’s there has been a major resurgence in electric vehicle propulsion research and development. This trend has been stimulated by various factors, including rising fossil fuel costs, environm...

In the last years we have witnessed a growing interest, by the academic community and the automotive industry, in the multi-motor electric vehicles. The electrical nature of the propulsion is going to stress even more an increasing insertion of electronic devices in the vehicles. Furthermore, carmakers are performing research and already presented some vehicles based on the concept of X-By-Wire...

This thesis reviews the developments in commercial aviation resulting from More Electric Aircraft initiatives. The present level of electromechanical actuation is considered with discussion of the factors affecting more widespread use. Two rather different electromechanical actuators are presented for commercial aircraft; DEAWS electrical flap actuation and ELGEAR nose wheel steering. Both proj...

High impedance faults (HIF) on electric power distribution feeders are of a great concern to electric power utilities. These faults often occur when a bare conductor breaks and falls to ground through a high impedance current path [1]. Some HIFs draw sufficient current to be cleared by overcurrent protection, however, many HIFs draw only small amount of current, which makes them difficult to de...

In the past few years there has been a significant rise in the short-circuit current levels in transmission and distribution networks, it due to the increasing demands on power and the addition of sources of distributed generations. It leads to the need of integration of novel protection systems such as the superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs), as the installation of these devices int...

An electric drive consists of an electric machine, which converts electrical power to mechanical power, power electronics to operate the machine and a unit to control the motion of the drive. These are the components of the drive. Parts of each of these components could fail and give rise to specific failure scenarios. The drive types investigated in this chapter are limited to asynchronous ind...