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Multi-modular scalable DC-AC power converter for current injection to the grid based on predictive voltage control (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toledo, S., Rivera, M., Maqueda, E., Ayala, M., Pacher, J., Romero, C., Gregor, R., Dragicevic, T., & Wheeler, P. (2019, December). Multi-modular scalable DC-AC power converter for current injection to the grid based on predictive voltage control. Presented at 15th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference and 5th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (COBEP/SPEC 2019), Sao Paolo, Brazil

Increasing world electrical energy demand make necessary to develop new efficient and reliable schemes for power injection to the existing grid under distributed generation frames. In this work a novel DC-AC control scheme is proposed, which is based... Read More about Multi-modular scalable DC-AC power converter for current injection to the grid based on predictive voltage control.

Predictive Voltage Control Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency of a Neutral-Point Clamped Converter (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Herrera, F., Cárdenas, R., Rivera, M., Riveros, J. A., & Wheeler, P. (2019, December). Predictive Voltage Control Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency of a Neutral-Point Clamped Converter. Presented at 2019 IEEE 15th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference and 5th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (COBEP/SPEC), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Uninterruptible power supply units are system formed by power electronics converters to supply sinusoidal voltages to feed critical loads. In this paper, a fixed switching frequency model predictive control strategy is presented for the control of th... Read More about Predictive Voltage Control Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency of a Neutral-Point Clamped Converter.

Reliability Analysis of aircraft starter generator drive converter (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harikumaran, J., Buticchi, G., Galea, M., Costabeber, A., & Wheeler, P. (2019, December). Reliability Analysis of aircraft starter generator drive converter. Presented at 2019 - 15th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference and 5th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (COBEP/SPEC), Sao Paolo, Brazil

Under the more electric aircraft (MEA) theme, many aircraft systems are being electrified. In a previous research work, an electric starter generator system for aircrafts was implemented. This paper presents the reliability of the drive converter-a 3... Read More about Reliability Analysis of aircraft starter generator drive converter.

Predictive Voltage Control of the Direct Matrix Converter applied to Grid Current Injection (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toledo, S., Rivera, M., Dragicevic, T., Caballero, D., Wheeler, P., & Gregor, R. (2019, November). Predictive Voltage Control of the Direct Matrix Converter applied to Grid Current Injection. Presented at IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON 2019)), Valparaiso, Chile

Predictive control applied to direct matrix converter provide a feasible option to control the output voltage of a generation system with good performance. In this work a predictive voltage control strategy is proposed as the inner loop control of an... Read More about Predictive Voltage Control of the Direct Matrix Converter applied to Grid Current Injection.

Trade-off Study of a High Power Density Starter-Generator for Turboprop Aircraft System (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khowja, M. R., Vakil, G., Gerada, C., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2019, October). Trade-off Study of a High Power Density Starter-Generator for Turboprop Aircraft System. Presented at 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2019), Lisbon, Portugal

Mechanically-driven actuators, compressors and pumps are being replaced by the aircraft manufacturers that shift the trend towards 'More Electric Aircraft' and hence reducing the mechanical linkages within the aircraft system. This elevates the depen... Read More about Trade-off Study of a High Power Density Starter-Generator for Turboprop Aircraft System.

Fast and Accurate Multi-Physics Model for Optimization-based Design of VSBBC (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheong, B., Giangrande, P., Zhang, X., Galea, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2019, October). Fast and Accurate Multi-Physics Model for Optimization-based Design of VSBBC. Presented at 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2019), Lisbon, Portugal

The development and validation of an advanced two-level Voltage Source Back-to-Back Converter model, considering its multi-physics operation, is presented in this paper. Based on a set of input parameters, the proposed model evaluates the converter i... Read More about Fast and Accurate Multi-Physics Model for Optimization-based Design of VSBBC.

A Fast Diagnosis Method for Both IGBT Faults and Current Sensor Faults in Grid-Tied Three-Phase Inverters With Two Current Sensors (2019)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Wheeler, P., Watson, A., Costabeber, A., Wang, B., Ren, Y., Bai, Z., & Ma, H. (2020). A Fast Diagnosis Method for Both IGBT Faults and Current Sensor Faults in Grid-Tied Three-Phase Inverters With Two Current Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 35(5), 5267-5278. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2019.2946692

© 1986-2012 IEEE. This article considers fault detection in the case of a three-phase three-wire (3P3W) inverter, when only two current sensors are used to save cost or due to a faulty current sensor. With two current sensors, there is no current met... Read More about A Fast Diagnosis Method for Both IGBT Faults and Current Sensor Faults in Grid-Tied Three-Phase Inverters With Two Current Sensors.

A Novel Virtual Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Three-Level NPC Power Converter with Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing and Common-Mode Voltage Reduction for Electric Starter/Generator System in More-Electric-Aircraft (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guo, F., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2019, September). A Novel Virtual Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Three-Level NPC Power Converter with Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing and Common-Mode Voltage Reduction for Electric Starter/Generator System in More-Electric-Aircraft. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2019), Baltimore, MD, USA

In recent years, More-Electric-Aircraft (MEA) becomes the state-of-the-art. One of the essential issue need to be solved is neutral-point (NP) voltage drift in three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) power converter because of low power factor (PF... Read More about A Novel Virtual Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Three-Level NPC Power Converter with Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing and Common-Mode Voltage Reduction for Electric Starter/Generator System in More-Electric-Aircraft.

A Nonintrusive IGBT Open-Circuit Fault and Current Sensor Fault Diagnosis Method for Grid-Tied Three-phase Three-Wire Inverter with Two Current Sensors (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, Z., Wheeler, P., Watson, A., Costabeber, A., Bai, Z., Zhang, X., Zhao, B., & Ma, H. (2019, September). A Nonintrusive IGBT Open-Circuit Fault and Current Sensor Fault Diagnosis Method for Grid-Tied Three-phase Three-Wire Inverter with Two Current Sensors. Presented at 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA

© 2019 IEEE. In some cases, only two current sensors are available in three-phase three-wire (3P3W) inverters. This occurs when one of three sensors is faulty, or the inverter is equipped with only two sensors to save cost. There has been no method a... Read More about A Nonintrusive IGBT Open-Circuit Fault and Current Sensor Fault Diagnosis Method for Grid-Tied Three-phase Three-Wire Inverter with Two Current Sensors.

Fast and Accurate Model for Optimization-based Design of Fractional-Slot Surface PM Machines (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheong, B., Giangrande, P., Zhang, X., Galea, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2019, August). Fast and Accurate Model for Optimization-based Design of Fractional-Slot Surface PM Machines. Presented at 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Harbin, China

This paper presents the development and validation of a fast, accurate, and high dimensional Multiphysics analytical model for the optimization-based design of fractional-slot surface permanent magnet (PM) machines. The approach is non-iterative and... Read More about Fast and Accurate Model for Optimization-based Design of Fractional-Slot Surface PM Machines.