A smart voltage and current monitoring system for three phase inverters using an android smartphone application

In this paper, a new smart voltage and current monitoring system (SVCMS) technique is proposed. It monitors a three phase electrical system using an Arduino platform as a microcontroller to read the voltage and current from sensors and then wirelessly send the measured data to monitor the results using a new Android application. The integrated SVCMS design uses an Arduino Nano V3.0 as the microcontroller to measure the results from three voltage and three current sensors and then send this data, after calculation, to the Android smartphone device of an end user using Bluetooth HC-05. The Arduino Nano V3.0 controller and Bluetooth HC-05 are a cheap microcontroller and wireless device, respectively. The new Android smartphone application that monitors the voltage and current measurements uses the open source MIT App Inventor 2 software. It allows for monitoring some elementary fundamental voltage power quality properties. An effort has been made to investigate what is possible using available off-the-shelf components and open source software

A new synchronization technique of a three-phase grid tied inverter for photovoltaic applications

Three-phase grid synchronization is one of the main techniques of the three-phase grid connected power inverters used in photovoltaic systems. This technique was used to reach the fast and accurate three-phase grid tied inverter synchronization. In this paper a new synchronization method is presented on the basis of integrating the grid voltage two times (line-to-line or phase voltage). This method can be called “double integral synchronization method” (DISM) as it integrates the grid voltage signals two times to generate the reference signals of three-phase photovoltaic inverter currents. DISM is designed and simulated in this paper to operate in both analog and digital circuits of three-phase photovoltaic inverter system with the same topology. The digital circuit design and dsPIC33FJ256GP710A as a microcontroller (the dsPIC33FJ256GP710A with the Explorer 16 Development Board from microchip) was used practically in this paper to generate and control the sine pulse width modulation (SPWM) technique according to DISM for three-phase photovoltaic inverter system. The main advantage for this method (DISM) is learning how to eliminate the integration constant to generate the reference signals without needing any reference signals or truth table, just the line-to-line or phase voltage of grid

Monitoring and controlling the speed and direction of a DC motor through FPGA and comparison of FPGA for speed and performance optimization

We are living in the 21st century, an era of acquiring necessity in one click. As we, all know that technology is continuously reviving to stay ahead of advancements taking place in this world of making things easier for mankind. Technology has been putting his part in introducing different projects as we have used the field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) development board of low cost and programmable logic done by the new evolvable cyclone software is optimized for specific energy based on Altera Cyclone II (EP2C5T144) through which we can control the speed of any electronic device or any Motor Control IP product targeted for the fan and pump. Altera Cyclone FPGAs’ is a board through which we can monitor the speed and direction of the DC motor. As we know how to make understand, dynamic analog input using an A-to-D convertor and we know how to create pulse width modulation (PWM) output with FPGA. Therefore, by combining these two functions we can create an FPGA DC motor controller. Our paper is divided into three parts: First, all of us will attempt to imitate the issue and can try to look for its answer. Secondly, we will try to verify the solution for real-time. In addition, in the last step, we will verify the solution on the real-time measurements

Position and speed optimization of servo motor control through FPGA

We have put our model in this paper in which we will be controlling the speed and direction of the servomotor through FPGA. So, as to guarantee the precision from the check control procedure, we have made a project in which the document provides the control plane associated with servo motor depending on Altera DE1 board gentle primary processor as program controller. The system utilizes FPGA since the primary gadget, as well as within Quartus II 10.0 program atmosphere. The associated control components aremade to type a good executable control program in which speed and direction will be controlled the servo motor performance. The particular handle signs from your handle method are usually separated and amplified which results in the push to appreciate the particular handle with the servo motor. Based on the features associated with Altera, it is expounded through 2 facets of equipment’s hardware as well as a software program that supplies an answer for that style associated with the servo control system. This particular document utilizes the actual PID control formula to manage the actual common screening device to attain versatile as well as precise control reasons. The actual equipment execution from the PID control formula is put in place through FPGA; precise as well as effective control program is built to enhance the speed and performance of the servomotor through FPGA

New pulse width modulation technique to reduce losses for three-phase photovoltaic inverters

Nowadays, most three-phase, “of the shelf” inverters use electrolytic capacitors at the DC bus to provide short term energy storage. However, this has a direct impact on inverter lifetime and the total cost of the photovoltaic system. Tis article proposes a novel control strategy called a 120∘ bus clamped PWM (120BCM). Te 120BCM modulates the DC bus and uses a smaller DC bus capacitor value, which is typical for flm capacitors. Hence, the inverter lifetime can be increased up to the operational lifetime of the photovoltaic panels. Tus, the total cost of ownership of the PV system will decrease signifcantly. Furthermore, the proposed 120BCM control strategy modulates only one phase current at a time by using only one leg to perform the modulation. As a result, switching losses are signifcantly reduced. Te full system setup is designed and presented in this paper with some practical result

An Android smart application for an Arduino based local meteorological data recording

The Meteorological conditions could be with high importance for many applications. Even this information is available in many media resources, but they are not measured for a certain position. In this paper, authors present design for a private weather station that can be established in any place. The design mainly based on a group of sensors used for supplying the information of temperature, humidity, and air speed. An Arduino Uno microcontroller is utilized to process the incoming sensing data and send them via wireless Bluetooth module to mobile phones. The mobile phones are equipped with an Android smart application to display this data. This low-cost design offers an online weather information for any local projects that need such data

A smart distance power electronic measurement using smartphone applications

The objectives of this article were to design a low-cost three-phase AC voltage measurement circuit and new Android smartphone application to monitor the measuring voltage from a safe distance. The smart distance power electronic measurement (SDPEM) system was designed based on an Arduino UNO R3 board used as a microcontroller to read and calculate the RMS values from a three-phase AC voltage measurement circuit (line-to-line or phase voltage of grid). Following this, the microcontroller sends the measuring data by Bluetooth to an Android smartphone application. The Bluetooth shield V2.0 was used as a wireless communication instrument between the SDPEM and the smartphone or tablet application. The smartphone monitoring application was a new application designed by the open-source developed program (MIT App Inventor 2) to monitor the three-phase AC voltage results from a safe distance. The safe distance depends on the type of Bluetooth device used. The main advantages of the SDPEM system are low cost and safety

Smart monitoring system for pressure regulator based on IOT

In the last years, the interconnection of everyday instruments with internet using internet of thinks (IOT), is widely used as a monitoring and controlling in engineering as in smart cities, environmental, others. In this paper, a remote monitoring system of a pressure regulator is developed through an internet of thinks (IOT) communication tool, using MATLAB® programming platforms. The development of monitoring system for acquisition and communication corresponds to the NodeMCU as a microcontroller with ESP8266 for Wi-Fi connected. This system allows to monitor the reference of the pressure regulator and monitor the information of the transducers machine of the plant. Among the advantages of this type of development is that the server is free, and the development system is low cost, also with this type of projects can strengthen the infrastructure of laboratory equipment in engineering to be controlling in a way remote

Battery storage integration in voltage unbalance and overvoltage mitigation control strategies and its impact on the power quality

The increased utilisation of distributed renewable energy sources in low voltage grids leads to power quality problems such as overvoltages and voltage unbalance. This imposes challenges to the distribution system operators to maintain the power quality in their grids. To overcome these issues, energy storage systems could be integrated together with the distributed energy resources and the stored energy could be used when needed to better improve power quality and achieve better grid performance. However, integrating an energy storage system introduces additional cost, therefore, determining the right capacity is essential. In this article, an energy storage system is combined with the classical positive-sequence control strategy and the three-phase damping control strategy. The three-phase damping control strategy is able to mitigate the voltage unbalance by emulating a resistive behaviour towards the zero- and negative-sequence voltage components. This resistive behaviour can be set on different values such that the desired voltage unbalance mitigation is achieved. Hence, the three-phase damping control strategy, equipped with the energy storage system is investigated under different values of the resistive behaviour. Both control strategies are investigated under the same conditions and the impact of the different capacities of the energy storage systems is investigated