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Analysis of conducted EMI for dual active bridge DC-DC converter in an electric traction application (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adhena, H. H., Watson, A. J., Greedy, S., Moonen, N., & Leferink, F. (2024, June). Analysis of conducted EMI for dual active bridge DC-DC converter in an electric traction application. Presented at 13th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2024), Nottingham, UK

Dual active bridge (DAB) converters are commonly used in power conversion applications with switching devices that operate at high frequencies and high switching speeds. There can be current ringing (oscillation) both in the collector of the switchin... Read More about Analysis of conducted EMI for dual active bridge DC-DC converter in an electric traction application.

Optimized model predictive control with reduced switching states for neutral point clamped converters (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kadhum, H. T., Khera, F., Xie, J., Marco, R., Watson, A. J., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2024, June). Optimized model predictive control with reduced switching states for neutral point clamped converters. Presented at 13th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2024), Nottingham, England

The implementation of multilevel converters, particularly the Neutral-Point Clamped (NPC) converter, has risen in modern power electronics owing to its ability to enhance power quality and voltage levels. Model Predictive Control (MPC) has emerged as... Read More about Optimized model predictive control with reduced switching states for neutral point clamped converters.

Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden (2024)
Journal Article
Kadhum, H., Watson, A. J., Rivera, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2024). Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden. Energies, 17(11), Article 2519. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112519

Recent advances in high-power applications employing voltage source converters have been primarily fuelled by the emergence of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) and its derivatives. Model predictive control (MPC) has emerged as an effective way... Read More about Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden.

Low-Order Harmonic Mitigation for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Using a Three-Phase Meander Coil Topology (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Briceño, P., Watson, A., Clare, J., Wheeler, P., Venugopal, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2024, May). Low-Order Harmonic Mitigation for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Using a Three-Phase Meander Coil Topology. Presented at 2024 IEEE Wireless Power Technology Conference and Expo (WPTCE), Kyoto, Japan

An improvement in the polyphase system for Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is presented in this article to reduce the impact of the low-order harmonics in the air gap and on the induced voltage at the receiver pad. The proposed solution is studied usin... Read More about Low-Order Harmonic Mitigation for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Using a Three-Phase Meander Coil Topology.

Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range (2024)
Journal Article
Qazi, S., Venugopal, P., Watson, A. J., Wheeler, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2024). Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(5), 5750-5763. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2024.3365391

In this article, a reconfigurable isolated dc/dc converter is proposed suitable for a wide output voltage range of 180–1500 V for efficient onshore charging in maritime applications. The proposed circuit concept can also fulfill the requirements of o... Read More about Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Resonant Converter with Ultra Wide Output Voltage Range.

T-Type Based Cascaded H-bridge Converter Operating as a Split AC Battery and Modified State-of-Charging Hierarchical Balancing Method (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eskandari, R., Venugopal, P., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2023, November). T-Type Based Cascaded H-bridge Converter Operating as a Split AC Battery and Modified State-of-Charging Hierarchical Balancing Method. Presented at COBEP 2023 - 17th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference and SPEC 2023 - 8th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, Proceedings, Florianopolis, Brazil

This work focuses on the so-called split batteries and proposes the T-type cascaded H-bridge circuit, as a suitable candidate for this application. Furthermore, state-of-charge (SoC) balancing between the battery modules is done by a hierarchical alg... Read More about T-Type Based Cascaded H-bridge Converter Operating as a Split AC Battery and Modified State-of-Charging Hierarchical Balancing Method.

Optimizing Wireless Power Transfer Efficiency in Cascaded H-Bridge Converter Through an Auxiliary Resonant Circuit Pole (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Briceño, P., Watson, A., Clare, J., Wheeler, P., Venugopal, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2023, October). Optimizing Wireless Power Transfer Efficiency in Cascaded H-Bridge Converter Through an Auxiliary Resonant Circuit Pole. Presented at IECON 2023-49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore

The usage of an Auxiliary Resonant Commutated Pole (ARCP) circuit with an 11-level Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) converter as an option for feeding high-power Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) track-pads in traction applications is proposed in this research. B... Read More about Optimizing Wireless Power Transfer Efficiency in Cascaded H-Bridge Converter Through an Auxiliary Resonant Circuit Pole.

Experimental analysis of mismatch in electro-thermal device parameter within parallel connected SiC MOSFETs: Considerations for multi-chip power module design (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fayyaz, A., Li, Y., Evans, P., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., & Gerada, C. (2023, August). Experimental analysis of mismatch in electro-thermal device parameter within parallel connected SiC MOSFETs: Considerations for multi-chip power module design. Presented at WiPDA Asia 2023 - IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia, Hsinchu, Taiwan

This paper aims to investigate the current imbalance within parallel connected common-source configuration of SiC Power MOSFET switches using double pulse transient operation. Mismatches in electro-thermal parameters e.g., threshold voltage (Vth and... Read More about Experimental analysis of mismatch in electro-thermal device parameter within parallel connected SiC MOSFETs: Considerations for multi-chip power module design.

Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with High Number of Submodules (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kadhum, H., Alan, W., Saleh, B. M., Marco, R., Pericle, Z., & Patrick, W. (2023, September). Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with High Number of Submodules. Presented at 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2023 ECCE Europe, Aalborg, Denmark

This paper proposes a Level Model Predictive Control strategy combined with a pre-processing sorting algorithm to address the processing time issue of predictive control for Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) with hundreds of submodules. Five contr... Read More about Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with High Number of Submodules.

A modified Control Strategy of Neutral-Point Clamped Converter-Fed PMSM Drives with Engergy Storage Systems (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xie, J., Suberski, M., Henneberg, D., Petzoldt, J., Li, Y., Watson, A., & De Novaes, Y. R. (2023, September). A modified Control Strategy of Neutral-Point Clamped Converter-Fed PMSM Drives with Engergy Storage Systems. Presented at 2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe), Aalborg, Denmark

This paper proposes a modified control strategy for three-phase three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) converter-fed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drive in the application of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) using single-carrier modulation.... Read More about A modified Control Strategy of Neutral-Point Clamped Converter-Fed PMSM Drives with Engergy Storage Systems.