Browsing School of Electrical Systems Engineering (Theses) by Title
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Application of D-STATCOM to mitigate high inrush current during start-up of three-phase induction motor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)This thesis presents the application of Distribution Static Compensator (D-STATCOM) to mitigate inrush current during start up three phase induction motor. Three phase induction motor draws high current during starting ... -
Cascaded push-pull and cascaded h-bridge inverter for total harmonic distortion reduction in stand-alone photovoltaic system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2013)This thesis presents the cascaded Push-Pull and cascaded H-Bridge inverter for total harmonic distortion (THD) reduction in stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system. This study involves the development of the proposed cascaded ... -
Characterization of nature Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on Nanocrystalline Titanum Dioxide
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2015)Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) or ‘Gratzel cell’ is a low-cost solar cell from the thin film family which consists of TiO2 electrode coating, sensitizer from dye molecules soaked in the TiO2 film, a mediator electrolyte ... -
Compact ingestible planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) for biotelemetry systems
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)Bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a common medical problem. The GI tract starts at the mouth, going to the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and end at the rectum and anus. The traditional wired ... -
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 ... -
Control system and design and transient analysis of a grid integrated wind turbine
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2014)Wind power is one of the most reliable and developed renewable energy source. The share of wind power with respect to total installed power capacity is increasing worldwide. It is now more significant that the researchers ... -
Controlled switching of high voltage shunt reactor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)This thesis characterized models and investigations into switching transient phenomena related to the shunt reactors and for reactive power control in the transmission system. Reactor banks play an important role in ... -
Design and Development of DC to AC Inverter
(Multimedia UniversityFaculty of Engineering and Technology, 2012-07)This thesis describes the design and construction of a Single Phase Full Bridge Inverter with Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulated (SPWM) switching scheme. The design of inverter consists of four parts which are control circuit, ... -
Design and development of single phase AC induction motor using copper rotor bars
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2011)In this thesis, the single phase AC induction motor have been investigated and analyzed in terms of the induction motor parameter, efficiency, power factor and loss segregation of different rotor bar material. A copper ... -
Design and measurement of losses in AC induction motor with different rotor bar material
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2009)In this thesis, the three phase AC induction motor have been thoroughly investigated and analyzed in terms of the induction motor parameter, efficiency, power factor and loss segregation. Through out this project, a ... -
Design and optimization of PV / wind hybrid power system for remote telecommunication station
(Curtin University of TechnologyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009-06-18)The objective of this research is to design and optimization of the hybrid power system for powering remote telecommunication station. The base transceiver station (BTS) made by VNL of India has a lower power rating and ... -
Design and optimization of remote telecommunication station power system using solar/wind energy
(Curtin University of Technology, 2009-05)People in remote areas at present are beyond the coverage of conventional telecommunication networks. Telecommunication mobile markets have reached its saturation period and hunted for a new market. The conventional ... -
Design of controller for boost converter to regulate voltage output
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2015)Capacitor can be used as an energy storage element to supply small power in replacing a battery. The advantage of using capacitor is the charging time is much faster than charging a battery. But the disadvantage is that ... -
Design of DC-AC inverter using microcontroller PIC control
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2015)This project aims to design single-phase sine wave DC-AC power inverter integrated with a microcontroller (PIC16F877A), simulated by using proteus software and implementation inverter circuit and discuss the result to ... -
Design of DC-DC buck-boost non-inverting converter using PIC microcontroller
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2015)Switching MOSFET of DC-DC converters were widely used in different types of portable and non-portable electronic devices. The main aim of this research is the input voltage, which comes from a varaible sources. It is ... -
Development of a microcontroller-based inverter for photovoltaic application
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2011)Presented in this thesis is the development of a microcontroller-based inverter for photovoltaic systems. A single 8-bit microcontroller generated switching pulses for both stages of the inverter’s dc-dc converter and ... -
Development of an active cooling mechanism to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic module
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2012)In this thesis, the influence of the temperature of photovoltaic (PV) module on the energy conversion efficiency have been thoroughly investigated and analysed. The objectives of this research are to study the suitability ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Development of savonius and darrieus vertical axis hybrid wind turbine to increase effectiveness in wind energy conversion system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical System Engineering, 2013)This thesis presents the investigation of the potential of wind energy in Perlis and the development of Savonius and Darreius Vertical Axis Hybrid Wind Turbine for the low wind speed application (below 2 m/s). The objectives ...