TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Motivation
1.3 Objective
1.4 Organization of dissertation
LITERATURE REVIEW
ANATOMY OF BRAIN
3.1 Basis for Cognitive Science
3.2 Brain Type
3.2.1 The cerebellum
3.2.2 The brain stem
3.2.3 The cerebrum
3.2.3.1 Frontal Lobes
3.3 Executive Function
3.3.1 Executive Function: Main Steps
VIRTUAL REALITY
4.1 Introduction
4.2 VR History
4.3 Importance of Virtual Reality
4.4 Types of VR System

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4.4.1 Desktop Virtual Reality

4.4.2 Semi-Immersive Projection System
4.4.3 Fully Immersive HMD Systems
4.5 Application of VR
4.5.1 In the military
4.5.2 In medicine
4.5.3 Psychological therapy
4.5.4 In car companies
4.5.5 Gaming
REQUIREMENTS AND PROJECT PROTOCOL
5.1 Hardware Requirements
5.2 Software Requirements

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LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure Name

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Figure 1.1

Workflow of dissertation

Figure 2.1

Rectification circuit

Figure 2.2

Classifications of rectifiers

Figure 2.3

Single phase half-wave rectifier

Figure 2.4

Input and resulting output voltage waveforms of single phase

half-wave rectifier

Figure 2.5

The full wave bridge rectifier

Figure 2.6

Center-tapped transformer rectifier

Figure 2.7

A basic half-wave controlled rectifier

Figure 2.8

Output voltage waveforms of single phase half-wave rectifier

with gate pulse

Figure 2.9

Control curve of single phase half-wave controlled rectifier

Figure 2.10

A basic full-wave controlled bridge rectifier

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Figure 2.11

Three phase full-bridge uncontrolled rectifier

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Figure 2.12

Source and output voltage

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Figure 2.13

Three phase full-bridge controlled rectifier

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Figure 2.14

Power factor triangle (lagging)

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Figure 2.15

SMPS input without PFC

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Figure 2.16

Voltage and current waveform of full wave rectifier

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Figure 2.17

Schematic diagram of a single phase diode rectifier with

capacitor filter circuit

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Figure 2.18

Typical line current and voltage waveforms

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LIST OF TABLES
Table No.

Table Name

Table 2.1

Specification of Components

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Table 2.2

Values of parameters for conventional single phase diode

rectifier

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Table 2.3

Values of parameters for conventional single phase diode

rectifier with filter capacitor

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Table 2.4

Values of parameters for conventional single phase diode

rectifier with LC filter

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Table 2.5

Values of parameters for single phase diode rectifier with

parallel input resonant filter

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Table 2.6

Values of parameters for single phase diode rectifier with series

input resonant filter

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Table 2.7

Values of parameters for Single phase diode rectifier with

improved parallel input resonant filter

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Table 3.1

Comparison between DC and AC drives

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Table 5.1

Effects of independent P, I and D tuning

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Table 5.2

Different closed loop oscillation based tuning methods

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Table 5.3

Linguistic variables in fuzzy inference system

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Table 5.4

IF-THEN rules for fuzzy inference system

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Table 5.5

Parameters values of controller without PFC

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Table 5.6

Parameters values of controller with PFC

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Table 6.1

Values of compared parameters with their respective topologies

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Table 6.2

Comparison of PF and %THD for different drives

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Table 6.3

Linear operating range of Load torque for different converter

drives and firing angles

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