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Zero and low-speed sensorless control of induction machines using only fundamental pulse width modulation waveform excitation (2018)
Book Chapter
Gao, Q., Asher, G., & Sumner, M. (2018). Zero and low-speed sensorless control of induction machines using only fundamental pulse width modulation waveform excitation. In A. G. Aissaoui (Ed.), Optimization and control of electrical machines (57-71). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75892

This chapter presents a position sensorless method for induction machines that only relies on the fundamental pulse width modulation (PWM) waveforms to excite saliency. Position signals can be synthesized through the measurement of the derivatives of... Read More about Zero and low-speed sensorless control of induction machines using only fundamental pulse width modulation waveform excitation.

Performance Improvement of Bearingless Multisector PMSM With Optimal Robust Position Control (2018)
Journal Article
Valente, G., Formentini, A., Papini, L., Gerada, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). Performance Improvement of Bearingless Multisector PMSM With Optimal Robust Position Control. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(4), 3575-3585. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2853038

© 2018 IEEE. Bearingless machines are relatively new devices that consent to suspend and spin the rotor at the same time. They commonly rely on two independent sets of three-phase windings to achieve a decoupled torque and suspension force control. I... Read More about Performance Improvement of Bearingless Multisector PMSM With Optimal Robust Position Control.

Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guo, J., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2018, June). Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft. Presented at IEEE 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2018 ), Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Power devices manufacturers know that electronic devices are susceptible to radiation events. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) coming from space can interact with the earth atmosphere, generating secondary particles (electrons, neutrons, protons) that can... Read More about Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft.

Sensorless Control of a Fault Tolerant Multi-level Inverter PMSM Drives in Case of an Open Circuit Fault (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saleh, K., & Sumner, M. (2018, June). Sensorless Control of a Fault Tolerant Multi-level Inverter PMSM Drives in Case of an Open Circuit Fault. Presented at 2018 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), Almafi Coast, Italy

© 2018 IEEE. This paper introduces a fault tolerant multi-level inverter PMSM Drive that is capable to work in case of a single phase open circuit fault without degrading the system performance. Moreover, it can work in sensorless mode in case of an... Read More about Sensorless Control of a Fault Tolerant Multi-level Inverter PMSM Drives in Case of an Open Circuit Fault.

A New Voltage Doubler Based DC-DC 2LCm-Y Power Converter Topologies for High-Voltage/Low-Current Renewable Energy Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bhaskar, M. S., Padmanaban, S., Wheeler, P., Blaabjerg, F., & Siano, P. (2018, June). A New Voltage Doubler Based DC-DC 2LCm-Y Power Converter Topologies for High-Voltage/Low-Current Renewable Energy Applications. Presented at 2018 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC 2018), Long Beach, California

In this treatise, a new voltage doubler based DCDC 2LCm-Y power converter topologies are uttered for the high voltage/low-current renewable energy applications. L-Y, 2L-Y, 2LC-Y and 2LCm-Y power converter categories are recently proposed in the exist... Read More about A New Voltage Doubler Based DC-DC 2LCm-Y Power Converter Topologies for High-Voltage/Low-Current Renewable Energy Applications.

Hybrid switched-capacitor/switched-quasi-Z-source bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide-voltage-gain range for hybrid energy sources EVs (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., Gao, Y., Li, J., & Sumner, M. (2019). Hybrid switched-capacitor/switched-quasi-Z-source bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide-voltage-gain range for hybrid energy sources EVs. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(4), 2680-2690. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2018.2850020

In this paper, a hybrid switched-capacitor/ switched-quasi-Z-source bidirectional dc-dc converter is proposed for electric vehicles (EVs) with hybrid energy sources, which has a wide voltage gain range in the bidirectional energy flows. Compared with... Read More about Hybrid switched-capacitor/switched-quasi-Z-source bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide-voltage-gain range for hybrid energy sources EVs.

An accurate self-commissioning technique for matrix converters applied to sensorless control of synchronous reluctance motor drives (2018)
Journal Article
Stella, F., Yousefi-Talouki, A., Odhano, S., Pellegrino, G., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). An accurate self-commissioning technique for matrix converters applied to sensorless control of synchronous reluctance motor drives. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2018.2851142

The compensation of converters’ nonlinear voltage error is crucial in encoder-less control of ac motor drives. In this paper, a new self-commissioning and compensation method is proposed for matrix converters (MC). Similar to what done in the past fo... Read More about An accurate self-commissioning technique for matrix converters applied to sensorless control of synchronous reluctance motor drives.

P-gate GaN HEMT gate-driver design for joint optimization of switching performance, freewheeling conduction and short-circuit robustness (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, H., Fayyaz, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2018, May). P-gate GaN HEMT gate-driver design for joint optimization of switching performance, freewheeling conduction and short-circuit robustness. Presented at 2018 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), Chicago, IL, USA

This paper proposes the design and prototype development and testing of a gate-driver which enables to jointly optimize the performance in application of gate-injection type high electron mobility transistors, taking into account a number of diverse... Read More about P-gate GaN HEMT gate-driver design for joint optimization of switching performance, freewheeling conduction and short-circuit robustness.

Current fed multipulse rectifier approach for unidirectional HVDC and MVDC applications (2018)
Journal Article
Lambert, G., Vieira Soares, M., Wheeler, P., Lobo Heldwein, M., & Romulo de Novaes, Y. (in press). Current fed multipulse rectifier approach for unidirectional HVDC and MVDC applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2849927

Even though multipulse rectifiers are a long established and well-known technology, still their behavior is not fully described in the literature when they are fed by three-phase balanced sinusoidal currents sources. To address the aforementioned gap... Read More about Current fed multipulse rectifier approach for unidirectional HVDC and MVDC applications.

Individual device active cooling for enhanced system-level power density and more uniform temperature distribution (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zeng, Y., Hussein, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2018, May). Individual device active cooling for enhanced system-level power density and more uniform temperature distribution. Presented at 2018 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), Chicago, IL, USA

This paper provides a method of individual device active cooling system to balance the temperature distribution of system-level power density. 3L-ANPC GaN inverter was used to test and prove the feasibility of it in using multi-level systems.