School of Electrical Systems Engineering (Theses)
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Low wind profile energy harvester using rotor and piezoelectric
Recently, efforts in providing alternative energy sources have been widely explored with the consideration of extending their application according to energy source characteristics. However, vibration energy harvesting is ... -
Comparative study of motor high inrush current mitigation by improvisation of soft starter firing angle using PSCAD
Inrush current can be determined as current drawn by an induction motor during start-up period. This starting current will shoot up about 5 to 7 times of rated current. Usually, it was occurred at the starting period of ... -
Partial disharge recognition using artificial neural network
Partial discharge (PD) seriously affects the reliability of the distribution system due to electrical stress and the duration of the installation. Recent technology advance brings the analysis of the PD act as the guideline ... -
Improvement of the photovoltaic output performance using hybrid active and passive cooling system
This thesis presents the improvement of the photovoltaic (PV) output performance using hybrid active and passive cooling system. The PV technology has been used for several years and has proven successful for power generation, ... -
Fault location algotithm based on ann for single line-to-ground fault in MV distribution system
This project was focused to detect and locate the single line-to-ground (SLG) fault which occurs on transmission lines in MV networks. SLG fault is the most common compared to other faults. To detect and locate single-phase ... -
Harmonic elimination pulse width modulation for three-phase cascaded multilevel inverter using particle swarm optimization
This research aims to investigate the performance of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm in computing the harmonic elimination pulse width modulation (HEPWM) switching angles of a five and seven-level three-phase ... -
Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
Photovoltaic (PV) panel suffers in low conversion efficiency in generating the output power. This is because of the accumulated heat generated through PV panel leads the PV panel operates at the high temperature. The high ... -
Parameter extraction of PV modules using particle swarm optimization
Global warming and atmospheric pollution campaign has cause a global demand of clean energy for power generation, therefore needs for electrical energy increase daily, this need has led researcher to continue working on ... -
Improvement of electrical power system dynamic stability using Riccati Matrix method
Low frequency oscillations appear when a small disturbance occurs in an interconnected multi-machine power system and becomes one of the major subjects concerning in power system studies. Due to small disturbances, power ... -
The optimization of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) thickness and organic dye sensitizers to improve dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) performance
Renewable energy especially solar energy has attracted much attention due to its features which provides free energy by converting sunlight into electrical energy without harming the environment. Silicon based solar cell ... -
Performance improvement of optoelectronic devices using Group III Nitride based quantum dot
Quantum dot has become a subject of incredible interest in the field of semiconductor optoelectronic device design for the researchers due to some of their unique properties. Among the wide range of optoelectronic devices ... -
Simulation of single phase fuel cell powered transformerless multilevel inverter using H-Bridge cascade topology
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)In this thesis, a multilevel inverter is constructed using H-Bridge Cascaded circuit to obtain output voltage for three, five, seven and nine level. It is operated without transformer to obtain a nominal voltage of240V. ... -
Simulation of shunt capacitor switching transient
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)Energization of capacitor banks and shunt reactors has been recognized as a possible source of malfunctions due to the known effect of Switching Transient. Switching transient can produce unwanted high currents with ... -
Smart battery charger system based on embedded microcontroller
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)An efficient and embedded battery charger controller is the important part in the electrical charging and protection systems which used to charge the rechargeable batteries. Most of the chargers are not efficient, due to ... -
Comparative study of switching strategies for cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)Multilevel inverters are capable of producing AC staircase output waveform without bulky passive filter. Therefore, among different types of inverters the multilevel inverters are gaining popularity for photovoltaic ... -
Development of automatic power factor correction system by using PIC microcontroller through simulation study
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)This thesis presents the design and analysis of an automatic power factor correction system using PIC microcontroller for single phase low voltage distribution system (230V/50Hz). Power factor plays a great role in an ... -
Optimal power factor correction effects based on energy conservation system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)This thesis present an application of inverter and power factor correction technique on energy conservation system were presented comprehensively. Some methods were introduced to suppress low order harmonics and improve ... -
Performance study of wireless sensor networks in aquaculture environments
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)Multipath fading effect is a common problem of electromagnetic wave or signal propagation. For WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks) system, the effect is able to degrade the system by contributing to the problem of packet ... -
Development of early warning voltage and frequency fluctuation system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)A microcontroller PIC 16F877 – based monitoring circuit was designed, simulated and implemented. The circuit has been intended to monitor main power supply and gives a warning to protect electronic devices against voltage ... -
Modeling and simulation of high frequency micro-transformer using COMSOL multiphysics software for power electronics applications
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2015)This thesis presents the optimization study of parasitic components in micro-transformer based on the analysis of simulation results. Micro-fabricated transformer operates in high range of frequency is one of the main ...