Specialized power-electronic apparatus for harnessing electrical power from kinetic hydropower plants
| dc.contributor.author | Mosallat, Farid | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Filizadeh, Shaahin (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Bibeau, Eric (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering); Mohan, Ned (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Gole, Ani (Electrical and Computer Engineering) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-20T20:34:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-20T20:34:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-09-20 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Electrical and Computer Engineering | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis introduces a power electronic interface for a kinetic hydropower generation platform that enables extraction of electric power from a free-flowing water source such as a river or a stream. The implemented system transfers power from a high-frequency permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) to a 60-Hz load. Special configurations and control techniques were developed to cater for the long distance between the generator and the power interface; and also to address the wide range of the PMSG frequency and voltage variations. The proposed power-electronic interface was constructed and tested in the laboratory as well as in the field. The thesis also introduces two feasible methods for controlling a hydrokinetic plant to supply islanded loads or to deliver the maximum power available from the turbine-generator to the utility network. Application of multiple turbines in a kinetic farm was also investigated, and different approaches to controlling hydrokinetic turbines were developed. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8901 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | hydrokinetic | en_US |
| dc.subject | free-flow | en_US |
| dc.subject | power electronic | en_US |
| dc.subject | voltage sourced converter | en_US |
| dc.subject | distributed generation | en_US |
| dc.title | Specialized power-electronic apparatus for harnessing electrical power from kinetic hydropower plants | en_US |
| dc.type | doctoral thesis | en_US |