Kouzou Abdellah

Ziane Achour University of Djelfa · Faculty of Science and Technology

The main purpose of this paper is the study of the series active power filter (APF) compensation capability for different unbalance perturbations of three-phase three wire AC power systems such as voltage unbalance, phase-shift unbalance,sags and swells. Indeed SAPF has been proved to be an effective solution to compensate for different voltage dis...

In the present work, the Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse width Modulation SHE-PWM is used to improve the output voltage quality of the AC/AC choppers. To achieve the requirement of the SHE-PWM such as a desired fundamental magnitude and the elimination of the low order harmonics contained in the output voltage, two heuristic and evolutionary a...

The main purpose of this paper is the study of the shunt active power filter (APF) compensations capability for different perturbations in three wire AC power system such as current unbalance, phase shift current and undesired harmonics generated by non linear load under balanced power system voltages. Indeed Shunt APF has been proved to be an effe...

This paper deals with the improvement of the voltage quality of the AC/AC choppers delivered to the loads in a way to minimize the harmonics continents and to increase the power factor of the voltage source. Indeed a lot of works were done in this field using several algorithms to fulfill the objective mentioned. In the present work the Swarm Parti...

This paper proposes a new multifunctional control technique for a grid-connected hybrid distributed generation system composed of a photovoltaic system and a wind power system based on a voltage source converter (VSC). Indeed, aside from the generation and the injection of energy into the grid, the proposed system deals with power quality issues ca...

Autonomous mobile robot navigation is a very important task in mobile robotic field. The navigation process is defined by the task to define the values of motion permitting the robot to displace from the start situation to the final destination without human actions and safely. If the mobile robot environment is free of obstacles, the problem is ea...

Open-end winding five-phase induction motor (OeW-5PIM) configuration is used in industrial applications, where minimization in the total harmonic currents and high reliability are needed. The majority of the literature on OeW-5PIM topology discusses field-oriented control and direct torque control in addition to other robust control techniques such...

Nowadays, research on electric drive control has become popular because hybrid methods to collect the advantages of individual controllers. Moreover, these methods aim to reach better performance and robust control even in the presence of uncertainties and disturbances which are typically evident in high-speed dynamics where the influence of extern...

Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged wirelessly using inductive charging technology. This process has a number of advantages in terms of automation, safety in harsh environments, reliability in the event of natural disasters and adaptability. On the other hand, the inductive charger has many issues, including a complex design, sensitivity to misa...

In recent years, the renewable energy resources have seen a strong growth in demand compared to the classical sources.The most emerging of these sources is solar energy. Especially the photovoltaic sources which have been integrated into the main grid in several countries. Therefore, much research has been orientated to the development of improved...

A hybrid Renewable energy system (HRES) is integrated into a Nano Grid system (NG), and it's a Suitable solution to provide power to off-grid and rural areas in developing countries. This research paper focuses on the optimization of an HRES connected to a stand-alone Nano Grid system consisting of photovoltaics (PV), wind turbines (WT), batteries...

In photovoltaic (PV) applications, multilevel inverters are becoming increasingly attractive for researchers and industry in grid-connected installations due to their outstanding advantages compared to conventional inverters. This paper presents a three-phase grid-connected photovoltaic system that implements a Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (NPC)....

Electrical grids have encountered a wide spread of non-linear loads that are using power converters based on semiconductors. This leads to power quality deterioration due to the harmonic currents generated by this type of load. Therefore, many researchers promoted the use of active power filters to reduce the effect of these harmonics. This paper p...

Optimizing the magnetic coupling of two coils of a dynamic wireless charging power supply for electric vehicles (EVs) is a challenging and crucial task. This article examines three situations of the magnetic coupling between two identical rectangular spiral coils with the same number of turns as a function of both the horizontal (X axis) and vertic...

Currently, the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) makes them one of the fastest-growing sectors in the electricity market. Given that the most important selection criteria for the choice of EVs electric motor drive are mainly related to the reliability, the energy efficiency, and the robustness, five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor...

In the last years, the increasing interest in substituting the conventional huge, centralized power generation systems with the distributed renewable energy sources has gained more attention; especially the photovoltaic (PV) distributed energy sources due to their various advantages and benefits. Besides, it becomes quite possible to produce a near...

Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, Electrical energy presents the keystone of all kinds of development all over the globe, and we cannot imagine our society and life without this kind of energy. Indeed, electrical energy can reach everywhere thanks to the existing power systems, which are spread all over the globe to ensure the transportat...

In this paper, a new Visual Object Tracking (VOT) approach is proposed to overcome the main problem the existing approaches encounter, i.e. the significant appearance changes which are mainly caused by heavy occlusion and illumination variation. The proposed approach is based on a combination of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs), Histogram...

Nowadays, power quality is considered as a major concern that is faced by electrical energy producer, consumers, industries and researchers. Whereas one among the main issues in such concern is the current and voltage harmonics detection, mitigation and compensation. Indeed, the proliferation of harmonics in power system can create serious problems...

Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources (HRES) integrated into a microgrid (MG) are a cost-effective and convenient solution to supply energy to off-grid and rural areas in developing countries. This research paper focuses on the optimization of an HRES connected to a stand-alone microgrid system consisting of photovoltaics (PV), wind turbines (WT), batter...

In this article, ultrascaled junctionless (JL) field-effect phototransistors based on carbon nanotube/nanoribbons with sub-10 nm photogate lengths were computationally assessed using a rigorous quantum simulation. This latter self-consistently solves the Poisson equation with the mode space (MS) non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) formalism in...

An N-1 contingency can negatively affect the reliability and security of electrical power systems. A single transmission line outage can cause overload on the local healthy transmission systems, and actions are required to alleviate the overload. Traditionally the system operator uses two actions depending on the operating local area power balance:...

In this paper, a new improvement technique based on an upward gate work function is computationally suggested to boost the current ratio of junctionless carbon nanotube field-effect transistors. The simulation method is based on the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. It has been found that the dilation in the band-to-band tunneling (BTBT)...

The need for Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is rising as renewable energy sources become more prevalent in power networks since the rate of change of frequency is being deteriorated. Appropriate and accurate network measurements are a requirement for the precise monitoring and control of the system. This paper presents a low-cost PMU development,...

In this paper, the three-phase induction machine (IM) fed by a three-level indirect matrix converter (IMC3) is proposed and investigated. Indeed, the IMC3 converter consists of a current rectifier connected to a three-level neutral-point-clamped voltage source inverter (NPC-VSI) without a bulky DC link capacitor interface. The rectifier ensures the...

In this paper, a new visual object tracking (VOT) approach is proposed to overcome the main challenging problem encountered within the existing approaches known as the significant appearance changes which is due mainly to the heavy occlusion and illumination variations. Indeed, the proposed approach is based on combining the deep convolutional neur...

The Energy Management Strategy (EMS) in Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FCHEVs) is the key part to enhance optimal power distribution. Indeed, the most recent works are focusing on optimizing hydrogen consumption, without taking into consideration the degradation of embedded energy sources. In order to overcome this lack of knowledge, this pape...

Responding to the needs of quality and robustness of analysis and management of degradation of equipment, to increase their life cycle and to expand these facilities to become more and more sophisticated and agronomic. This work proposes a contribution to increase the survival of a gas turbine, installed in a gas-compression plant, with a comparati...

Energy efficiency and ratio performance are two key parameters for the analysis of the performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules. The present paper focusses on the assessment of the efficiency of four different photovoltaic module technologies based on energy efficiency and ratio performance. These PV modules were installed at the Applied Research U...

The low on-current and direct source-to-drain tunneling (DSDT) issues are the main drawbacks in the ultrascaled tunneling field-effect transistors based on carbon nanotube and ribbons. In this article, the performance of nanoscale junctionless carbon nanotube tunneling field-effect transistors (JL CNTTFETs) is greatly improved by using the synergy...

This paper presents the analysis of an energy management system (EMS) implemented to fulfill the requirements of a microgrid (MG) power supply owned by a small industrial company and connected to the rural power system. The main goal of this system is to ensure connection with the existing rural power system in terms of energy exchange, as well as...

The present paper deals with a comparative study of the Sliding Mode Control (SMC) technique application on three-phase Dual Star Induction Motor (DSIM) topology and the Dual Open-End Winding Induction Motor (DOEWIM). Where, in these two topologies the Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) has been used for the control of the two two-level in...

The present paper deals with an active fault-tolerant speed tracking of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor with currents and speed sensor failures. The active fault tolerant control scheme, integrating a sliding mode observer and backstepping controllers, is proposed to provide a continuous drive operation of the five-phase permanent m...

This work present a sliding mode control (SMC) applied on Permanent Magnet ‎Synchronous Machine(PMSM) .PMSM's model has some problems such as nonlinearity , disturbances and parameters variations .This problems can give to certain uncertainty within the used control due to the lack of their robustness. To overcome this problems a sliding mode contr...

The present paper deals with a comparative study of the Sliding Mode Control (SMC) technique application on three-phase Dual Star Induction Motor (DSIM) topology and the Dual Open-End Winding Induction Motor (DOEWIM). Where, in these two topologies the Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) has been used for the control of the two two-level in...

Open-End Winding Five-Phase Induction Motors (OEW-FPIM) are employed in high power applications where the reduction in the total power per phase and the highest level of overall system reliability is required. This paper deals with the stability problem of adaptive full-order observer (AFO) for speed-sensorless direct torque control (DTC) of an ope...

Call for Papers Outline of the Session: Currently, the use of renewable energy systems (wind, photovoltaic, wave, etc.) in power generation systems has been remarkably increased worldwide. Therefore, new control techniques for renewable energy systems are highly desirable. Those control techniques shall improve the dynamic and steady-state performa...

This paper presents a comparison study between the measured solar radiations on site and the calculated solar radiation based on the most theoretical models presented in the literature up to date. Indeed, for such purposes, this paper focusses on the analysis of the data of the measured solar radiation collected on two sites in Algeria such as Tlem...

Extensive researches are being interested on electric vehicle technologies due to its numerous advantages over conventional vehicles such as no emissions and low maintenance, etc. The development of charging technologies for electric vehicles is crucial for the advancement of electric vehicles and their dominant role in the future smart grids. Vari...

This paper proposes a decision making approach based on the development of a fuzzy prognostic system to ensure the vibrations monitoring of a gas turbine based on real time information obtained from different installed sensors. In this approach the case of incomplete obtained data which may occur frequently is taken into account by using an approac...

Crack orientation is a vital factor in the behavioral study of fractures, especially the study of crack propagation in structures that are under dynamic or fatigue loading. Indeed, many non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques have been developed recently for the detection of cracks such as the eddy current testing (ECT). However, the crack orienta...

Ship collisions cause major losses in terms of property, equipment, and human lives. Therefore, more investigations should be focused on this problem, which mainly results from human error during ship control. Indeed, to reduce human error and considerably improve the safe traffic of ships, an intelligent tool based on fuzzy set theory is proposed...

Several methods have been used to predict daily solar radiation in recent years, such as artificial intelligence and hybrid models. In this paper, a Wavelet coupled Gaussian Process Regression (W-GPR) model was proposed to predict the daily solar radiation received on a horizontal surface in Ghardaia (Algeria). A statistical period of four years (2...

In this paper, the problem of asynchronous sliding mode control (SMC) is addressed for discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems (DSMJSs) with external disturbances and randomly occurring nonlinearities. Moreover, the states of DSMJSs are unavailable for measurement, and the synchroni-sation between the controller and the system modes is not su...

This paper focuses on the application of the direct torque control based on space vector modulation (DTC-SVM), combined with the input–output feedback linearization (IOFL) technique on a three-phase dual open-end windings induction motor (DOEWIM) fed by two dual indirect matrix converters. The main aim of integrating the non-linear technique is to...

The present paper deals with the design and the implementation of a low cost and effective earth resistivity meter. A new earth resistivity meter is proposed as an affordable solution for almost anyone dealing with geophysics, archaeology, hydrogeology, and electricity earth resistance measurement. It is based on the use of a special H bridge confi...

Photovoltaic and wind energy are the most promising as a future energy technology and can be classified as a clean sources of electric energy in the world. Size optimization of the hybrid renewable energy system play an important role in minimizing the total cost of the system (TCS) and suitable load supply. The main focus of this research is to de...

In light of the increase in demand for energy in recent years, the goal of researchers has become to find new solutions to close the gap between demand and supply. One of the solutions is the use of renewable energies, specifically photovoltaic systems due to easy accessibility and its abundance availability, But using the latter and due to its low...

The system of wind turbine has some subsystems are kinetic , mechanical ,electromechanical and electrical .In this work, we present the application of the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control on wind mechanical subsystem. It is a multi-input multi- output (MIMO) and nonlinear system to three inputs and four outputs, due to a nonlinearity and co...

The transmission of energy in the electrical grid over long distances between two points via the HVDC link is an excellent economic and environmental option and also improves the performance and efficiency of the network, and the technology allows the connection of separate power systems with different characteristics unlike traditional alternating...

This thesis deals with new control techniques applied to five-phase induction motor under open-end stator winding (FPIM-OESW) topology. The main objective is to improve the dynamics of this kind of machine, which is intended to be used in high power industrial application, where the maintenance is difficult and the fault tolerant is needed to ensur...

This paper deals with the problem of passivity-based asynchronous fault-tolerant control for a class of non-linear discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems (DSMJSs) subjected to matched uncertainties, external disturbance, and actuator faulty signals. The system’s states are generally unavailable for measurement, and the asynchronous phenomeno...