Browsing by Author "Alan, İrfan"

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Cloud Induced PV Impact on Voltage Profiles for Real Microgrids
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Kocer, Mustafa Cagatay; Yoldaş, Yeliz; Gören, Selçuk; Onen, Ahmet; Alan, İrfan; Al-Agtash, Salem Y.; Tzovaras, Dimitrios K.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) into power systems has been a popular topic for a long time. Due to government policies and incentives, it will be more popular in the future since it is a free and environment-friendly nature. Besides its advantages, photovoltaic (PV) generation causes some serious problems to the grid. Since PV generation directly depends on the solar irradiance, cloud movements can cause sudden changes on the output of PV power and this results in some power issues in the system such as voltage violations, reverse power flow, voltage fluctuations. These types of issues complicate to maintain voltage within compulsory levels at customer sides. Thus, cloud-induced transients in PV power are seen as a potential handicap for the future expansion of renewable energy resources. This study investigates effects of instantaneous changes in PV power on the customer side voltage levels. Daily PV power output and voltage profiles were simulated using a real-world microgrid design that will be implemented in the Malta College of Arts Science and Technology (MCAST) Campus. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Design and Control of a Single Phase DC/Rectified AC/AC Inverter for Low THD Applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Tekgun, Burak; Tekgun, Didem; Alan, İrfan; Badawy, Mohamed O.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a single phase DC/Rectified AC/AC (DC/RAC/AC) inverter is analyzed and compared to classical single phase PWM inverters. A traditional AC power supply (PS) system consists of a DC/DC converter, a cascaded H-bridge inverter, and a passive filter to generate the sinusoidal output voltage. The presented DC/RAC/AC inverter has a similar structure; however, the control of the cascaded units differ. The presented method generates rectified sine wave at the output of the DC/DC converter unit and the H-bridge inverter alternates the rectified sine wave to generate the full sine wave without having an additional output filter; hence, the switching losses at the H-bridge inverter is limited to the line frequency (50-60 Hz). Moreover, the bulk DC bus capacity at the output of the DC/DC converter is reduced significantly. Therefore, the power consumed by the passive elements are minimized. The circuit modes of operation are analyzed and the system is simulated in Matlab/Simulink environment for both traditional and proposed topologies. Results show that the proposed system is superior to the traditional one in terms of efficiency, generated THD with a simplified control structure, and it offers a reduced system size and cost. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Distribution Automation Effects on Reliability During Major Contingencies
(IEEE Computer Society help@computer.org, 2018) Yoldaş, Yeliz; Onen, Ahmet; Alan, İrfan; Broadwater, Robert P.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Distribution automation affects reliability by providing faster restoration ability. In this study, the effect of distribution automation on radial distribution circuits during substation failures at peak load is investigated. The ultimate goal is to compare circuit automation to manual operation, where the comparison evaluates planning criteria reliability for customer interruption hours. The results show that distribution automation can improve reliability measurements such as SAIDI, SAIFI and CAIDI. © 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Mikro Şebeke Dizaynı, Geliştirilmesi Ve Gösterilmesi
(TUBİTAK, 2020) Önen, Ahmet; Alan, İrfan; Alboyacı, Bora; 0000-0001-7086-5112; 0000-0001-7995-0540; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Önen, Ahmet; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Bu projede Malta da bulunan MCAST (ve daha sonra eklenen Yunanistan da bulunan_x000D_ CERTH araştırma merkezi kampüsünün) üniversitesinin elektrik şebekesini mikro şebeke_x000D_ olarak çalıştırılması konusunda yapılan simülasyonlar ve bu simülasyonların şebekede ki_x000D_ sonuçları gösterilmektedir. Proje de sekonder ve tersiyer kontrol metotları geliştirilerek mikro_x000D_ şebeke optimum işletilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu metotlar şebeke bağlantı modundan ada moda_x000D_ geçişlerin başarılı bir şekilde yapılmasından, işletme maliyetini minimuma indirilmesine ve yan_x000D_ hizmetlere sunulan faydaları içermektedir. Bu metodlar geliştirilirken mikro şebekenin_x000D_ davranışı analiz edilmiş ve kesikli ve belirsiz PV entegrasyonuna göre adepte edilerek_x000D_ güncellenmiştir. Pv lerin kesikli ve belirsiz davranışı depolama sistemlerinin durumu, dizel_x000D_ jeneretörlerin varlığı, yüklerin kontrol edilibilir/edilemez olması gibi birçok değişken de dikkate_x000D_ alınarak reel zamanda cevap veren kontrolcülerin geliştirildiği bir çalışma olmuştur. Reel_x000D_ zaman da çalışabilen kontrolcü tasarımında hem MATLAB araçları geliştirilmiş hemde GAMS_x000D_ ortamında da optimizasyon sonuçları ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Bu projenin gerek ülkemiz için_x000D_ gerekse tüm mikro şebeke geliştiricilere örnek olacağı düşünülmektedir. Proje kapsamında bir_x000D_ yüksek lisans tezi, bir tam ve bir de kısmi doktora öğrencisi destklemesi ve birde post-doc_x000D_ araştırmacı için ise temel teşkil etmesi açısından da akademik boyutta istenilen hedeflere_x000D_ ulaşılmıştır.
Su Altı Dalgıç Pompa Uygulamaları için Doğrudan Yol Vermeli Relüktans Motorunun Sistematik Olarak Tasarım Optimizasyonu ve Gerçeklemesi
(Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2022) Tekgün, Didem; Alan, İrfan; AGÜ, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Elektrik ve Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Ana Bilim Dalı; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Considering the electric drive systems constitute roughly 40% of global energy production, improving electric machine efficiencies provides important nationwide and global scale advantages. Among the electric motors used in the industry, a major portion of them are pump motors used for pumping underground waters and petroleum products. Especially the motors for submersible pump applications run at very low-efficiency levels because of the motor design issues and wrong selection of motor-pump configurations. Due to the features like robustness, low cost, and line start capability, induction machines (IM) are generally the first choice for pump applications. However, IMs work with low efficiency, especially at low and medium power levels. Line start synchronous reluctance machines (LS-SynRM) come to the scene as a reasonable alternative by having the line start capability and not having rare earth permanent magnets as well. The working principle of these machines is a combination of a reluctance machine and an IM. In LS-SynRM, a rotor cage is inserted in the rotor for the machine to start with the line voltage, but the rotor copper losses become zero when the machine operates at synchronous speed. Moreover, SynRMs have higher power and torque density. In this thesis study, it is aimed to reduce the overall cost of the submersible water pump system by designing and optimizing a LS-SynRM as a submersible pump motor with higher efficiency compared to conventional IMs. Increasing the efficiency of the pump motor used in industry will improve the overall system performance. Accordingly, it lowers energy and maintenance costs, and easy process control will be achieved. This way, while reducing energy consumption nationwide significantly, not only the natural resources will be protected, but also huge amounts of money will be saved.