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Development of solar energy in Chile and the world (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., Wheeler, P., & Rohten, J. (2021, December). Development of solar energy in Chile and the world. Presented at IEEE CHILECON 2021: 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile and online

Chile is undoubtedly a country with potential when it comes to solar energy, but to understand this potential it is necessary to review the worldwide situation. This paper presents an analysis of the global situation and the geographic value that all... Read More about Development of solar energy in Chile and the world.

Control strategies of photovoltaic systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Control strategies of photovoltaic systems. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

The control in an inverter system for photovoltaic applications is important as it can impact on the efficiency of the system. In this paper a review of the main control strategies used in photovoltaic systems is presented. The study is divided into... Read More about Control strategies of photovoltaic systems.

Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Toledo, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

In recent years, Model Based Predictive Control (MPC), applied to power converters, has been successfully presented as an alternative to traditional control techniques due to its fast dynamic response, ability to incorporate various requirements of c... Read More about Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI.

Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Predictive control for power converters has been gaining interest as well as popularity in recent years. This paper presents a cascade predictive control for a voltage source inverter which is evaluated with different control objectives to meet a ran... Read More about Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions.

Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frias, G., Catuogno, G., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., & Garcia, G. (2021, December). Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Model predictive control is a very attractive solution for electric drives and converter control, but while classic model predictive controls give good results, the choice of weighting factors is often somewhat complex and even more so when the syste... Read More about Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM.

Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

This paper considers some of the aspects of applying predictive control to a single phase Matrix Converter. Among all the proposed control techniques for Matrix Converters, predictive control has become a plausible and versatile option due to its abi... Read More about Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter.

Basic principles of solar energy (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Basic principles of solar energy. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

The sun provides the earth with its main source of energy. In terms of renewable energy, solar energy is the most promising direction for producing electrical energy. For the efficient use of solar energy it is necessary to understand how electrical... Read More about Basic principles of solar energy.

A comparative study of predictive control techniques in a voltage source inverter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). A comparative study of predictive control techniques in a voltage source inverter. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Predictive control has emerged as an alternative to conventional modulation and control of power converters. This article presents a comparison between a classical predictive control technique and a technique operating at a fixed switching frequency,... Read More about A comparative study of predictive control techniques in a voltage source inverter.

Critical scenarios identification in power system simulations using graph measures and machine learning (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reyes, A., Salgueiro, Y., Rivera, M., Camargo, J., Hernandez, A., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Critical scenarios identification in power system simulations using graph measures and machine learning. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

It is essential that electrical power systems are constructed with a reliable and resilient infrastructure. The evaluation of convergence scenarios of the load flow is a technique widely used to study the reliability of energy systems. This paper con... Read More about Critical scenarios identification in power system simulations using graph measures and machine learning.

Solar energy in the agrifood industry (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Solar energy in the agrifood industry. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

The agriculture and food industry is very important for human society development and is constantly growing with the world's population. Agriculture is also among the activities that generate a lot of greenhouse gases, therefore there is a need to op... Read More about Solar energy in the agrifood industry.