The Integration of Electric Vehicle Chargers Into a Trolleygrid Network

Battery electric vehicles have gained a substantial market share in the last few years. The call for good charging infrastructure is urgent with the rapid shift from carbon-based cars toward battery electric vehicles. However, the present electrical distribution networks are not designed for large additional loads. Many cities have traction...

Distribution of the electricitygrid of a tiny house community: Powerline communication

This thesis will discuss the design, simulations and measurements of a powerline communication system that utilizes FSK modulation in order to transfer information from a transmitter to a receiver at a baud rate of 1kbps, in order to reach the requirement of having an effective data rate of at least 6bps. This system is designed specifically to...

Decentralized Optimal Power Flow for Bipolar DC Grids: An algorithm for online optimization using grid measurements and droop control

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem is a classic and widely-studied topic in the field of power systems.Its purpose is to minimize the running costs of a power system by determining the optimal operating points,while respecting a set of physical constraints. While most power systems are currently controlled by a centralcoordinator, there is...

Interconnecting Solar Home Systems in Developing Nations

Rural area electrification is one of the challenging issues to be solved by the engineer as it is often constrained by several issues such as geographical condition and underdeveloped infrastructures. As a result, off-grid DC system is expected to answer the need of electricity in these areas.<br/><br/>Solar Home System (SHS) as one of the...

Modeling, simulation and control of the alternate arm converter

In this study a new hybrid voltage source converter based topology is modeled, simulated and controlled. This new topology is usually known as alternate arm converter. For the simulation developing MATLAB/Simulink software is used. With the MATLAB/Simulink software the model of alternate arm converter is developed from the scratch. Firstly the...

Control Network of Bi-Directional Flyback DC/DC Converters

In this paper, the possibilities of a network of DC/DC flyback converters are explored. The implementation is as follows:<br/>Multiple microcontroller units are connected to a single board computer (ODROID C1+) via the I2C bus. Data collected by the MCU's is logged to an external server, where it is accessable via the internet. Users are able to...

First steps in DC homegrid power management

A demonstration setup of the Tesla Powerwall has been installed by Eneco at the department of DCE&S at the TU Delft. This setup is used to investigate the functionalities of the Tesla Powerwall. As research is being done about transforming AC homegrids towards DC homegrids, it would be interesting to investigate how the Tesla Powerwall would...