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Haitham Abu-Rub

Texas A&M University at Qatar

Energy Curriculum

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Introduction,

Mission,

Undergraduate courses and labs,

Research activities and setups,

Types of research for undergraduate students,

Conclusion.

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RESEARCH INTEREST

• Very Low and Very High speed sensorlessoperation of AC machines

• Adaptive control of electrical machines and power electronic converters

• Pulse Width Modulation techniques for power electronic converters

• Predictive control of power electronic converter and electric drives

• Fault diagnostics of electrical Machines• Renewable Energy Technology

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• The same carriculum as in the main campus,

• Excellent teaching facilities,

• Cooperation with colleagues from CS,

• Integrating our students in research.

Introduction

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Program Mission

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• To provide quality education, well grounded in the fundamental principles of engineering, that prepares students for positions in industry, government, and academia.

• To serve the industries and the governmental agencies in the state of Qatar through continuing education, outreach activities, consulting, and research.

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We learn our students to:

• Design,

• Innovate,

• Solve problems,

• Serve society.

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Undergraduate Power Courses

• Teching courses,

• Labs support,

• Design and development,

• Investigation and analysis,

• Research.

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Currentmeasurement

Thermistor

Voltage measurement IGBT Drivers

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Control circuit

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Research setups

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Adaptive observer system

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SH65L type DSP and FPGA

control board

I/O bus

Digitaloutputs

I/O systemFPGA

A/D converter

INVERTER

Fiber opticlink

Hall effectsensors

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-Udc }

DC linkvoltage sensor

RECTIFIER

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INVERTERwith control

system

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AC

SU

PP

LY

Commandedload

torque

TTorquesensor

Encoder

I/O busI/O busI/O busI/O busI/O bus

RECTIFIER

DC link

Encoder

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0 100 200 300-8

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[A] 0

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[A] 0

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Pliku C:\USER\EKSPERYM\REG_PRAD\EXP2.WNK

czas w [ms]

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[V] 0

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czas w [ms]

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Plik C:\USER\EKSPERYM\REG_PRAD\EXP9.WNK

Time [ms]

Time [ms]

isa

isb

isa isb

usset

Current control

with one

switching

period delay

Current control

in modified

system

Current controller with output voltage prediction - experiment

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Fuzzy logic control

Undergraduate research funded by Qatar Foundation

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d/dt

Reference

Model

Adaptation

mechanism

Knowledge

Base Modifier

Fuzzy Logic

Controller

d/dt

Process/Plant kTy

kTr kTym

kTu

kTe

kTye

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FMRLC-SIMULATION RESULTS

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0.4

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1.2

time [ms]

commanded speed

actual speed with fuzzy controller

actual speed with PI controller

500 1000 1500 2000 25000.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

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1.1

time [ms]

commanded speed

actual speed with fuzzy controller

actual speed with PI controller

3500 4000 4500 5000-1.1

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-0.8

-0.7

-0.6

-0.5

-0.4

time [ms]

commanded speed

actual speed with fuzzy controller

actual speed with PI controller

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Published papers with

undergraduate students• Abu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., Amin, S., Abdelkader, G., Salem, N., Mansoor, S.,

Mirza T, Ahmed, S. "Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photo-voltaic Array

Cladding On Commercial Towers in Doha, Qatar-A Case Study” Int. Journal of

Sustainable Energy, Taylor & Francis vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 76-86, June 2010.

• Maha Khamis Al-Sulaiti, Haitham Abu-Rub, Hazem Nounou, Aeysha Al-

Khuleifi, Amna Al-Motawa, Atif Iqbali “Induction motor drive system with

Adaptive Fuzzy logic controller”, IEEE 14th Int. Conf. On Methods and Models

in Automation and Robotics 19-21 Aug. 2009, at Miedzyzdroje, Poland, CD-

ROM paper.

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Thank You

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