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Control of a modular multilevel converter with pulsed DC load (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jankovic, M., Watson, A., Costabeber, A., & Clare, J. (2016, September). Control of a modular multilevel converter with pulsed DC load. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper focuses on a Modular Multilevel Converter grid interface for a klystron modulator system that behaves as a pulsed DC load. With such a load, and without mitigating control, the MMC suffers from cell capacitor voltage imbalance between the... Read More about Control of a modular multilevel converter with pulsed DC load.

Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Crescimbini, F., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2016, September). Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper deals with a newly conceived combine control topology. Dead-Beat and Repetitive controllers are proposed to operate jointly in 4-leg VSI for stand-alone applications. In such mode of operation, dedicated controller has to regulate the inve... Read More about Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI.

Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Picas, R., Pou, J., Zaragoza, J., Watson, A., Konstantinou, G., Ceballos, S., & Clare, J. (2016, October). Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016), Florence, Italy

Tolerance and component aging can cause significant differences in the capacitance values of the submodules (SMs) in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Depending on the modulation technique, capacitance mismatches may produce uneven switching tran... Read More about Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter.

Vehicular suspension and propulsion using double sided linear induction machines (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cox, T., Eastham, F., & Dickinson, M. (2016, September). Vehicular suspension and propulsion using double sided linear induction machines. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition, Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper presents a new method of combined electromagnetic levitation and propulsion using a double sided pair of linear induction machines and a simple conductive sheet secondary. If the supply phase angle of one primary is modified with respect t... Read More about Vehicular suspension and propulsion using double sided linear induction machines.

Experimental validation of the solid state substation with embedded energy storage concept (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., Rashed, M., De, D., Patel, C., Kulsangcharoen, P., & Asher, G. (2016, September). Experimental validation of the solid state substation with embedded energy storage concept. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper proposes the concept of integrating the energy storage within a Medium Voltage to Low Voltage solid state substation in order to provide new features compatible with the requirements from future more intelligent grids. The principles for t... Read More about Experimental validation of the solid state substation with embedded energy storage concept.

Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roggia, S., Galea, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2016, September). Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

This paper considers the possibility of adopting a conical shaped motor for Green Taxiing (GT) application. This topology of motor has been selected in order to obviate the presence of external declutching system (i.e. mechanical or electromagnetic c... Read More about Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application.

Ultra-low inductance design for a GaN HEMT based 3L-ANPC inverter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gurpinar, E., Castellazzi, A., Iannuzzo, F., Yang, Y., & Blaabjerg, F. (2016, September). Ultra-low inductance design for a GaN HEMT based 3L-ANPC inverter. Presented at 8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE 2016), Milwaukee, WI, USA

In this paper, an ultra-low inductance power cell design for a 3L-ANPC based on 650 V GaN HEMT devices is presented. The 3L-ANPC topology with GaN HEMT devices and the selected modulation scheme suitable for wide-bandgap (WBG) devices are presented.... Read More about Ultra-low inductance design for a GaN HEMT based 3L-ANPC inverter.

Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Solomon, A. K., & Castellazzi, A. (2016, September). Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter. Presented at 2016 6th Electronic System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC), Grenoble, France

The recent research exercises have targeted the transfer of the sandwich package benefits to application bespoke switch design, including flip-chip and device stacking topology [1]. This work presents the development of a highly integrated power swit... Read More about Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter.

Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lasserre, P., Lambert, D., & Castellazzi, A. Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly. Presented at 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA 2016)

This paper presents an innovative device packaging and system integration approach aimed at optimizing the electro-thermal, electro-magnetic and thermo-mechanical performance of the switches in a power converter. In particular, the focus is on state-... Read More about Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly.

Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests (2016)
Journal Article
Odhano, . S. A., Bojoi, . R., Armando, . E., Homrich, G., Filho, A. F. F., Popescu, M., & Dorrell, . D. G. (2016). Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(3), 1883-1891. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2646345

This work presents a simple method for obtaining the main parameters, such as the torque constant and the d- and q-axis inductances Ld and Lq, for a brushless internal permanent magnet motor by measuring the machine torque during testing. These tests... Read More about Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests.