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A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System

This paper proposed a simple electronic load controller (ELCr) for a pico hydropower system. The electronic load controller is used to regulate the output power of hydropower generators, thereby maintaining the output voltage and frequency at desired values. Conventionally, the diode bridge rectifie...

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Main Authors: Ndukwe, S.C., Kannan, R., Wei, H.T.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2023
Online Access:http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37592/
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:375922023-10-13T13:00:54Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37592/ A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System Ndukwe, S.C. Kannan, R. Wei, H.T. This paper proposed a simple electronic load controller (ELCr) for a pico hydropower system. The electronic load controller is used to regulate the output power of hydropower generators, thereby maintaining the output voltage and frequency at desired values. Conventionally, the diode bridge rectifier with IGBT ELCr is used in pico hydropower. However, it injects harmonics into the system. The phase regulation technique also suffers from harmonics and is limited by the timing accuracy of the trigger pulse. Hence a single-switch bidirectional AC chopper (SSBAC) - based ELCr is proposed. This SSBAC ELCr uses a single IGBT per phase to switch voltage and current bi-directionally to the dump load. From the simulation studies, the SSBAC ELCr produced excellent voltage regulation with low order harmonics at a value of 3.21. The SSBAC ELCr maintained the generator's torque constant and provided a balanced distribution of power in each phase. © 2023 IEEE. 2023 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Ndukwe, S.C. and Kannan, R. and Wei, H.T. (2023) A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System. In: UNSPECIFIED. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85170071548&doi=10.1109%2fISIEA58478.2023.10212213&partnerID=40&md5=4a8a0bcfd6d06e86ec85b85ff538d271 10.1109/ISIEA58478.2023.10212213 10.1109/ISIEA58478.2023.10212213 10.1109/ISIEA58478.2023.10212213
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description This paper proposed a simple electronic load controller (ELCr) for a pico hydropower system. The electronic load controller is used to regulate the output power of hydropower generators, thereby maintaining the output voltage and frequency at desired values. Conventionally, the diode bridge rectifier with IGBT ELCr is used in pico hydropower. However, it injects harmonics into the system. The phase regulation technique also suffers from harmonics and is limited by the timing accuracy of the trigger pulse. Hence a single-switch bidirectional AC chopper (SSBAC) - based ELCr is proposed. This SSBAC ELCr uses a single IGBT per phase to switch voltage and current bi-directionally to the dump load. From the simulation studies, the SSBAC ELCr produced excellent voltage regulation with low order harmonics at a value of 3.21. The SSBAC ELCr maintained the generator's torque constant and provided a balanced distribution of power in each phase. © 2023 IEEE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ndukwe, S.C.
Kannan, R.
Wei, H.T.
spellingShingle Ndukwe, S.C.
Kannan, R.
Wei, H.T.
A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
author_facet Ndukwe, S.C.
Kannan, R.
Wei, H.T.
author_sort Ndukwe, S.C.
title A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
title_short A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
title_full A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
title_fullStr A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
title_full_unstemmed A Single-Switch Bidirectional AC Chopper-Based Electronic Load Controller for Pico Hydropower System
title_sort single-switch bidirectional ac chopper-based electronic load controller for pico hydropower system
publishDate 2023
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37592/
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