A series connected power semiconductor array, with digital control capability could be used for developing single phase AC regulators or other applications such as AC electronic loads. This technique together with an ...A series connected power semiconductor array, with digital control capability could be used for developing single phase AC regulators or other applications such as AC electronic loads. This technique together with an ordinary gapless transformer could be used to develop a low cost AC voltage regulator (AVR) to provide better or comparable specifications with bulky ferro-resonant AVR types. One primary advantage of the technique is that digital control can be used to minimize harmonics. Commencing with a review of AC voltage regulator techniques for single phase power conditioning systems, an analysis and design aspects of this technique is presented with experimental results for AVRs. Guidelines on how to utilize the technique in a generalized basis is also summarized together with a summary of a technique for achieving harmonic control.展开更多
In this work, the effects of boundaries conditions and truncation errors in the distribution of minority carriers in the semiconductor are studied. It is a one-dimensional digital study of a polycrystalline silicon so...In this work, the effects of boundaries conditions and truncation errors in the distribution of minority carriers in the semiconductor are studied. It is a one-dimensional digital study of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell under polychromatic illumination in a dynamic state. Starting from the Boltzmann equation of semiconductors, the author establishes the general equation of particle transport. Assumptions made on the latter allow it to give the equation of distribution of minority carriers in a general way in its case to be studied. This dimensioned distribution equation reveals the parameters of influences on the distribution of carriers. It obtains a partial derivative equation for the carrier distribution function. The boundary conditions are then discretized to order one and then to order two. By considering boundary conditions and the nature of the carriers, the author numerically resolves the discretized general equation by assessing the influence of the nature of the boundary conditions and truncation errors and the influence of the discretization step on the density of the charge carriers by setting certain parameters and varying others. The work ends with a conclusion and logical follow-up to this work.展开更多
文摘A series connected power semiconductor array, with digital control capability could be used for developing single phase AC regulators or other applications such as AC electronic loads. This technique together with an ordinary gapless transformer could be used to develop a low cost AC voltage regulator (AVR) to provide better or comparable specifications with bulky ferro-resonant AVR types. One primary advantage of the technique is that digital control can be used to minimize harmonics. Commencing with a review of AC voltage regulator techniques for single phase power conditioning systems, an analysis and design aspects of this technique is presented with experimental results for AVRs. Guidelines on how to utilize the technique in a generalized basis is also summarized together with a summary of a technique for achieving harmonic control.
文摘In this work, the effects of boundaries conditions and truncation errors in the distribution of minority carriers in the semiconductor are studied. It is a one-dimensional digital study of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell under polychromatic illumination in a dynamic state. Starting from the Boltzmann equation of semiconductors, the author establishes the general equation of particle transport. Assumptions made on the latter allow it to give the equation of distribution of minority carriers in a general way in its case to be studied. This dimensioned distribution equation reveals the parameters of influences on the distribution of carriers. It obtains a partial derivative equation for the carrier distribution function. The boundary conditions are then discretized to order one and then to order two. By considering boundary conditions and the nature of the carriers, the author numerically resolves the discretized general equation by assessing the influence of the nature of the boundary conditions and truncation errors and the influence of the discretization step on the density of the charge carriers by setting certain parameters and varying others. The work ends with a conclusion and logical follow-up to this work.