Computerless optimal control of Ward Leonard drive system

The optimal control of a Ward Leonard drive system has been studied in this paper from the stand-point of a control engineer rather than that of the theoretical control scientist. The outcome of the Pontryagin principle was the design of an optimizing controller which may be a collection of commonly available electronic components. The equation of the optimizing controller of a Ward Leonard drive has been derived. No computer is required in the scheme.     

Microprocessor based simulation and digital logic model of gate turn-off thyristor

A digital logic model of a gate turn-off thyristor is developed considering the turn-on and turn-off mechanisms of the device. A commonly used R-C-D snubber circuit is also included in the proposed model. Relations between different delay times, e.g. storage time, Tall time, turn-off time and tail time, become apparent from the model. The model is simulated with the help of a microprocessor to establish the validity of the proposal.     

A Static Variable-Frequency Three-Phase Source Using the Cycloconverter Principle for the Speed Control of an Induction Motor

This paper describes a variable-frequency source employing the cycloconverter principle. SCR's have been used as the principal switching and voltage-regulating devices. The logic of the firing circuit has been discussed. The factor affecting output frequency stability has also been presented. A three-phase variable low-frequency oscillator has been used as the reference to achieve the variation of frequency. Voltage variation has been affected by phase delaying of the firing pulses in a manner similar to that in a phase-controlled rectifier. Provision has been made for changing the phase sequence at the output in order to facilitate reversal of the direction of rotation of the motor. Experimental results include output waveforms of various frequencies (0-30 Hz), and speed variations of the experimental motor (1 hp, 100 V, 1700 r/min) in either direction of rotation thereby providing the practical feasibility of the SCR cycloconverter for speed control of induction motors.     

Phase Transitions in LiAl5O8

LiAl₅O₈ exists in many forms. The equilibrium high-temperature form (I) has a spinel structure. It undergoes a first-order reconstructive transformation at 1295°× 5°C to an equilibrium low-temperature form (II) with primitive cubic symmetry, the unit edge changing from a ₀= 7.921 A (I) to a ₀= 7.907 A (II). In addition, a whole series of phases (II-metastable) exist with the same symmetry as II but with a disorder different from I → II disorder.     

Polymorphism of LiGa5O8 and of LiGa5O8-MgGa2O4Solid Solutions

High-temperature X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analyses showed that LiGa₅O₈ exists in two polymorphs related by the first-order transition at 1138°±3°C of the low-temperature simple-cubic form, space group (probably) O⁷, to the high-temperature spinel (fcc) form, space group O _h ⁷. The transition is rapid, and the high-temperature form in pure LiGa₅O₈ could not be quenched to room temperature under the conditions used. However, the high-temperature polymorph can be quenched under equilibrium conditions when 40 mol% or more MgGa₂O₄ is present. The subsolidus equilibrium relations in the system MgGa₂O₄-LiGa₅O₈ are discussed.     

A graph theoretic approach for state assignment of asynchronous sequential machines

This paper considers the applicability of a special type of graph, the boolean graph, for the state assignment problem of asynchronous sequential machines. It also utilizes the properties of a layer representation of a boolean graph for developing a method for deriving a connected row set assignment of an asynchronous sequential machine. This method provides, for quite a large number of flow tables, an assignment with minimal memory requirements or requiring one or two additional state variables.     

Stability of pulse-width-modulated feedback systems†

Sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability in the sense of Lagrange or ultimate bonncloclness of pulse-width-modulated control systems are developed in this paper using the Second Method of Liapunov. This method is not limited to higher-order systems and is applicable to plants having transfer functions with real or complex poles. The conditions have been obtained by constraining the first difference of the quadratic form of a Liapunov function to be negative definite by expanding it in a Taylor series.     

Heat Transfer and Thermal Characteristics Effects on Moving Plate Impinging from Cu-Water Nanofluid Jet

The present article is focused on modelling of flow and heat transfer behaviour of Cu-water nanofluid in a confined slot jet impingement on hot moving plate. Different parameters such as various moving plate velocities, nanoparticles at various concentrations, variation in turbulent Reynolds number and jet nozzle to plate distance have been considered to study the flow field and convective heat transfer performance of the system. Results of distribution of local and average Nusselt number and sk...     

Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Structure–Property Relationship

Recent demand for thermoelectric materials for power harvesting from automobile and industrial waste heat requires oxide materials because of their potential advantages over intermetallic alloys in terms of chemical and thermal stability at high temperatures. Achievement of thermoelectric figure of merit equivalent to unity (ZT ≈ 1) for transition-metal oxides necessitates a second look at the fundamental theory on the basis of the structure–property relationship giving rise to electron correlation accompanied by spin fluctuation. Promising transition-metal oxides based on wide-bandgap semiconductors, perovskite and layered oxides have been studied as potential candidate n- and p-type materials. This paper reviews the correlation between the crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of transition-metal oxides. The crystal-site-dependent electronic configuration and spin degeneracy to control the thermopower and electron–phonon interaction leading to polaron hopping to control electrical conductivity is discussed. Crystal structure tailoring leading to phonon scattering at interfaces and nanograin domains to achieve low thermal conductivity is also highlighted.