Study on Impact of Power Demand and Photovoltaic Power Fluctuation in Standalone Microgrid System

In the standalone operation mode of the microgrid, the system is significantly weakened due to a lack of inertia support from the conventional synchronous generator. Hence, investigation of the impact of photovoltaic (PV) power variation and load transition on the standalone microgrid system both stability and quality are essential. In this paper, a microgrid system…

Numerical Study of Phase Change Material-Water Storage on Photovoltaic Thermal Module Performance

Use of phase change material (PCM) in water storage tank to generate tempera-ture stratification that could enhance performance of photovoltaic thermal (PVT) module was investigated by numerical simulation. A commercial PCM, filled in a set of 40 mm diameter spherical capsules contained in a 200-liter water storage tank was used and the storage was integrated…

Accurate Parameter Identification of UAV by Geometric-Based, CAD Design, and Pendulum Experiment-Based Methods

In control of dynamical system, too high uncertainty of system parameters may cause fault of controller design which leads to instability. To avoid such undesired case, identification of good ap-proximation of dynamical model and its parameters is very important. In this paper, we propose methods for obtaining accurate value of each parameter for Unmanned Aerial…

Design of a Robust Unbalanced Current Control of a Three-phase Grid-tied Inverter

A linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based robust control is discussed in this paper for a three-phase grid-tied inverter with L-filtered output under unbalanced grid situation. The controller of this proposed method consists of two parallel current control for positive and negative sequence signals. Uncertainty models are also considered in this paper to provide wider range of…

Communication Back-up for Natural Disaster by Emergency Amateur Radio Operator and Implemented using APRS as Location Tracker

A natural disaster is happening every year in the world. Countries like Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines are often effected by unexpected climate change. Unexpected natural disasters destroy the landline, internet connection, and mobile communication systems infrastructure surrounding the disaster areas. In this research, the communication backup is proposed for Amateur grounding operators during unexpected…