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Hybrid inverter arrangements to facilitate reduced switching losses of the main inverter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., & Zargar, T. Hybrid inverter arrangements to facilitate reduced switching losses of the main inverter. Presented at 42nd Annual IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IEEE IECON2016)

This paper investigates two hybrid inverter topologies consisting of a slow switching DC/AC main voltage source inverter and output series connected low-voltage rated, fast switching auxiliary inverters that may be suitable for medium and high voltag... Read More about Hybrid inverter arrangements to facilitate reduced switching losses of the main inverter.

A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Feldman, R., Watson, A. J., & Wheeler, P. (2016, September). A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents the steady-state analysis of a high power step-up DC-DC converter based three-phase dual active bridge (3DAB) for use as a medium voltage (MV) DC-DC collector of offshore wind farms. An optimization procedure for a high-power medi... Read More about A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms.

A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, C., Watson, A. J., Clare, J. C., & Johnson, C. M. (2016, September). A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents a novel resonant based, high power density power electronics converter solution for mid-feeder voltage regulation of a low voltage (LV) distribution network. Owing to the use of high switching frequency operation and a full soft-s... Read More about A novel full soft-switching resonant power converter for mid-feeder voltage regulation of low voltage distribution network.

A low capacitance single-phase AC-DC converter with inherent power ripple decoupling (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gottardo, D., De Lillo, L., Empringham, L., & Costabeber, A. A low capacitance single-phase AC-DC converter with inherent power ripple decoupling. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016)

This paper proposes a new single-phase AC-DC conversion topology with inherent power ripple decoupling, based on the combination of a PWM H-bridge inverter, an AC side LC filter and a ZVS line commutated H-bridge. A capacitor on the AC side is used a... Read More about A low capacitance single-phase AC-DC converter with inherent power ripple decoupling.

Development of a battery energy loss observer based on improved equivalent circuit modelling (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fares, A., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. (2016, September). Development of a battery energy loss observer based on improved equivalent circuit modelling. Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

This paper proposes a new energy loss observer for batteries that has a good accuracy and low complexity. This observer can provide a support for battery management systems (BMS) in terms of predicting battery energy loss and/or battery internal temp... Read More about Development of a battery energy loss observer based on improved equivalent circuit modelling.

The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amankwah, E. K., Costabeber, A., Watson, A., Trainer, D., Jasim, O., Chivite-Zabalza, J., & Clare, J. (2016, September). The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents a novel hybrid modular multilevel voltage source converter suitable for HVDC applications. It has the advantages of other modular multilevel topologies and can be made more compact making it attractive for offshore stations and ci... Read More about The Series Bridge Converter (SBC): A hybrid modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications.

The application of the modular multilevel matrix converter in high-power wind turbines (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Diaz, M., Espinoza, M., Mora, A., Cardenas, R., & Wheeler, P. (2016, September). The application of the modular multilevel matrix converter in high-power wind turbines. Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Karlsruhe, Germany

The trend in wind turbines has shown an ongoing power rating growth, reaching sizes up to 10 MW. Multilevel converters have therefore become a favourable solution for Multi-MW Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECSs), due to high efficiency, reliabilit... Read More about The application of the modular multilevel matrix converter in high-power wind turbines.

Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abodhir, N., Watson, A. J., Ji, C., & Clare, J. C. (2019, September). Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

The paper presents a novel resonant based high performance power converter solution for industrial magnetron systems. Based the characteristics of the magnetron, an emulator prototype is also proposed to represent the magnetron load behaviour in a la... Read More about Design and implementation of magnetron power supply and emulator.

Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Wheeler, P., & Patel, C. (2016, October). Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives. Presented at IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy

This paper presents novel integration options for passive inductor which include: motor-shaped rotational and motor-shaped rotor-less inductor for high speed motor drive system. The novel options have been designed and their performance is compared w... Read More about Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives.

Modelling and control of the modular multilevel matrix converter and its application to wind energy conversion systems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Diaz, M., Cardenas, R., Espinoza, M., Mora, A., & Wheeler, P. Modelling and control of the modular multilevel matrix converter and its application to wind energy conversion systems. Presented at 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016)

In the last past years, some countries are enforcing stringent grid codes to regulate the connection of Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECSs) to the electrical network, mainly because of the high penetration of electric power from this renewable sou... Read More about Modelling and control of the modular multilevel matrix converter and its application to wind energy conversion systems.