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Design and development of advanced control techniques for an unmanned ground vehicle
(2018-11-01)
Recent years have seen considerable progress towards the goal of autonomous and unmanned ground vehicles which became essential for conducting military operations. These autonomous vehicles have the capability to operate ...
Modeling, analysis, simulation and real-time hardware in-the-loop implementation of hybrid/electric vehicles’ powertrain
(2019-03-01)
This thesis investigates modeling, analysis and simulation of propulsion system in HEVs/EVs with particular emphasis on transient modeling. To achieve that, a novel complete simulation model on PSIM platform has been ...
Design and development of exclusive modulation techniques for effective power regulation in dual two-level-inverter-fed open-ended winding traction motors
(2019-04-01)
An integral part of an EV propulsion system is the traction drive. The existing two-level inverter drives reportedly has several drawbacks. Multilevel inverter has been proposed as an improvement over the conventional ...
Effective modeling of advanced filters and multiplexing networks
(2019-06-01)
Microwave filters and multiplexers are widely used in all types of electronic systems. This research focuses on advanced filters and multiplexers for applications in communication satellites with stringent requirements and ...
Toward enhancement of evolutionary multi- and many-objective optimization: algorithms, performance metrics, and visualization techniques
(2017-12-01)
In the last three decades, the focus of multi-criteria optimization has been solving problems containing two or three objectives. However, real-world problems generally involve multiple stakeholders and functionalities ...
Risk-modeling tools for designing resilient micro energy grids
(2019-03-01)
Micro energy grid (MEG) is widely used to meet the combined electricity, heating, cooling and natural gas demands for numerous customers’ types. Design of MEGs were extensively introduced in numerous articles, however ...
Investigation of a novel high temperature solid oxide electrolyzer for solar hydrogen production
(2017-04-01)
This thesis proposes and investigates a new generation of photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production based on high temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Therefore, a set of experiments are designed to ...
Intelligent integration of prosumers with battery energy storage in smart distribution systems using optimal design and a transactive energy framework
(2018-06-01)
A legacy electric power distribution system is characterized by a unidirectional power flow from centralized power plants to customers. The role of these customers has been known for many years as power consumers and not ...
Experimental investigation of an integrated solar driven wastewater treatment system for trigeneration applications
(2018-08-01)
Hydrogen is a promising alternative as an energy carrier (and carbon-free fuel) to meet the global power demand. Hydrogen production systems can efficiently harvest energy from renewable sources. Even though photo-electrochemical ...
Development and investigation of integrated solar systems for hydrogen and methanol production
(2018-04-01)
Implications of climate change, in particular the negative effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from fossil fuel combustion, as well as the finite nature of fossil fuels necessitate the implementation of ...