Outputs (49)

Matrix converter open circuit behavior analysis (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, J., Brunson, C., Bowden, J., Wheeler, P., & De Lillo, L. (2016, October). Matrix converter open circuit behavior analysis. Presented at The 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

The matrix converter current recirculating path during an open circuit condition is given in detail with the aim of contributing more expert knowledge to a fault detection system for matrix converter. Simulation results were obtained demonstrating ho... Read More about Matrix converter open circuit behavior analysis.

Active Magnetic Bearing system design featuring a predictive current control (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papini, L., Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2016, October). Active Magnetic Bearing system design featuring a predictive current control. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy

Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) technology is becoming attractive for several reasons such as high speed operations, high reliability and vibrations exemption. Moreover, AMB can behave as active vibration dampers and provide a real-time control of the... Read More about Active Magnetic Bearing system design featuring a predictive current control.

A Venturini based modulation technique for a new isolated AC/AC power converter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nasir, U., Rivera, M., Costabeber, A., & Wheeler, P. A Venturini based modulation technique for a new isolated AC/AC power converter. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

The Future Global Electricity Network is expected to have large integration of renewable generators, and to be widely interconnected. As a consequence, the multi-modular bidirectional AC/AC power conversion architectures will play a major role in imp... Read More about A Venturini based modulation technique for a new isolated AC/AC power converter.

A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fan, B., Wang, K., Gu, C., Wheeler, P., & Li, Y. (2016, October). A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016), Florence, Italy

The Modular multilevel matrix converter (M3C) is a promising topology for medium-voltage, high-power applications. Due to the modular structure, it is scalable, produces high quality output waveforms and can be fault tolerant. However, the M3C suffer... Read More about A branch current reallocation based energy balancing strategy for the modular multilevel matrix converter operating around equal frequency.

X-Y converter family: A new breed of buck boost converter for high step-up renewable energy applications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahajan, S., Sanjeevikumar, P., Wheeler, P., Blaabjerg, F., Rivera, M., & Kulkarni, R. X-Y converter family: A new breed of buck boost converter for high step-up renewable energy applications. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Automatica (ICA-ACCA 2016)

A new breed of a buck boost converter, named as the XY converter family is proposed in this article. In the XY family, 16 topologies are presented which are highly suitable for renewable energy applications which require a high ratio of DC-DC convert... Read More about X-Y converter family: A new breed of buck boost converter for high step-up renewable energy applications.

Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muller, N., Kouro, S., Renaudineau, H., & Wheeler, P. Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants. Presented at IEEE Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC 16)

Central inverters are the most common configuration for large-scale photovoltaic systems. Under partial shading or any non¬uniform conditions on the photovoltaic plant, several power maxima may arise. Conventional perturb and observe and other classi... Read More about Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants.

Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussein, A., Castellazzi, A., Wheeler, P., & Klumpner, C. Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems. Presented at 17th International Conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control

Modern power electronics devices based on SiC power MOSFETs technology become more demanding in the last few years. They show better performance over Si-IGBTs on renewable energy power conversion systems due to their higher switching frequency, highe... Read More about Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems.

A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanjeevikumar, P., Blaabjerg, F., Wheeler, P., Fedak, V., Duran, M., & Siano, P. (2016, September). A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive. Presented at 17th International Conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control, Varna, Bulgaria

A novel single carrier pulse-width modulation (PWM) for a new quad-inverter configuration for multilevel six-phase asymmetrical open-winding ac converter is proposed in this article. Modularity of the circuit consist of four standard two-level voltag... Read More about A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive.

Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Feldman, R., Goodman, A., & Wheeler, P. Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids. Presented at 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016)

High-power DC-DC converter will be one of the essential technologies for the future DC grids. Especially, a three-phase dual-active bridge DC-DC (3DAB) Converter is highly suitable for high-power DC systems. Key component within this converter is the... Read More about Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids.

New configurations of power converters for grid interconnection systems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Toleda, S., Nasir, U., Costabeber, A., & Wheeler, P. New configurations of power converters for grid interconnection systems. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Automatica (IEEE ICA ACCA 2016)

The increased penetration of renewable energy sources and other distributed energy sources has been seen nowadays. In this scenario power converters play a crucial role by providing the interconnection of these energy sources. This paper presents new... Read More about New configurations of power converters for grid interconnection systems.