This thesis aims to develop new control methodologies for the Packed U-Cell (PUC) converter. The main problem lies in the structure of the PUC converter, where it is a hybrid type of multilevel converter (MLC) similar ...

This thesis reviewed the photovoltaic (PV) technology. It also analyzed the potential of the PV plants to solve the problem of power shortages in Iraq. The use of PV power is the most advanced renewable energy application; ...

In this thesis, a genetic algorithm (GA) based optimization is used to improve the voltage stability of a power network using Distributed Generation (DG) Units. GA determines the best places of DG Units in the power network. ...

Robust adaptive beamforming has long been an attractive research topic over several decades due to wide applications in vast fields of signal processing such as, radar, sonar, wireless communications, medical imaging, ...

Adaptive beamforming is a spatial filtering technique for uniform linear array of sensors that has application in numerous fields of signal processing such as wireless communications, radar, sonar, seismology and radio ...

ABSTRACT: AC-DC converters are power electronic systems which are used in a variety of industrial applications. These systems are better and more efficient than the regular AC-line commutated thyristor converters. The ...