Design and Hardware Implementation of Laboratory-scale Hybrid DC Power System for Educational Purposes

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. His current research interests include design, control and protection of dc power system, simulation models, power electronics and energy management in distribution systems with hybrid energy storage. Dr. Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University Dr. Mohammed is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and is the Director of the Energy SystemsResearch Laboratory at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. He received his Master and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1981 and 1983, respectively. He has performed research on various topics in power and energy systems in addition to computational electromagnetics and design optimization in electric machines, electric drive systems and other low frequency environments. He performed multiple research projects for several Federal agencies since 1990's dealing with; power system analysis, physics based modeling, electromagnetic signature, sensorless control, electric machinery, high frequency switching, electromagnetic Interference and ship power systems modeling and analysis. Professor Mohammed has currently active research programs in a number of these areas funded by DoD, the US Department of Energy and several industries. Professor Mohammed is a world renowned leader in electrical energy systems and computational electromagnetics. He has published more than 400 articles in refereed journals and other IEEE refereed International conference records. He also authored a book and several book chapters. Professor Mohammed is an elected Fellow of IEEE and is an elected Design and Hardware Implementation of Laboratory-Scale Hybrid DC Power System for Electrical Engineering Education Purposes AbstractThe DC microgrid is an effective architecture that is utilized to achieve reliable power with high efficiency through the implementation of power electronics converters and energy storage devices. Many systems are currently using DC power. For instance, DC architecture is employed in data centers to provide efficient and reliable power distribution across large numbers of electrical loads. The proper utilization of the DC power system involves with many new challenges and requires development of new techniques for power flow control, energy management and protection. In this paper, we present the development of our educational DC microgrid platform which includes popular renewable energy sources and hybrid storage systems. This lab-scale platform provided an educational environment for senior students and graduate students to take part in laboratory experiments and to understand and develop new ideas for DC power system applications.

Power System Hands-on Skill Enhancement through Senior Design Project

“…[4][5][6][7] ; nevertheless, few have been devoted to enhance hands-on skills. Recently Farhadi and Mohammed designed a Laboratory-Scale Hybrid DC power System to address that issue 8 .…”