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Predictive Voltage Control at Fixed Switching Frequency with Reduced Reactive Power in a Direct Matrix Converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Toledo, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, March). Predictive Voltage Control at Fixed Switching Frequency with Reduced Reactive Power in a Direct Matrix Converter. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIV Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA 2021), Valparaíso, Chile

Classical predictive control implementations generate variable switching frequency which could produce input filter resonances in matrix converters topologies, affecting system performance. This paper considers the application of predictive control t... Read More about Predictive Voltage Control at Fixed Switching Frequency with Reduced Reactive Power in a Direct Matrix Converter.

Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives (2021)
Journal Article
Guo, F., Yang, T., Li, C., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(3), 2276-2287. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2021.3065605

In this article, the equivalent relationship between the nearest-three-virtual space vector and carrier-based pulsewidth-modulation scheme is established based on space vector coordinate for a three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) converter. Mor... Read More about Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives.

Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Muñoz, C., Rivera, M., Villalón, A., Baier, C. R., Muñoz, J., Ramirez, R. O., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications. Sustainability, 13(6), 3037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063037

The high increase of renewable energy sources and the increment of distributed generation in the electrical grid has made them complex and of variable parameters, causing potential stability problems to the PI controllers. In this document, a control... Read More about Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications.

A Primary Side CCS-MPC Controller for Constant Current/Voltage Charging Operation of Series-Series Compensated Wireless Power Transfer Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alkasir, A., Ehsan Abdollahi, S., Reza Abdollahi, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, February). A Primary Side CCS-MPC Controller for Constant Current/Voltage Charging Operation of Series-Series Compensated Wireless Power Transfer Systems. Presented at 2021 12th Power Electronics, Drive Systems, and Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Tabriz, Iran

Due to the climate change, electrification of the transport fleet must be done much faster. Dynamic wireless charging (DWC), eliminates waiting time for charging electric vehicles (EV), increases the range of motion, reduces the size of li-ion batter... Read More about A Primary Side CCS-MPC Controller for Constant Current/Voltage Charging Operation of Series-Series Compensated Wireless Power Transfer Systems.

Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids (2021)
Journal Article
Dewar, D., Formentini, A., Li, K., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids. IET Power Electronics, 14(3), 690-705. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12056

In modern power systems, the proliferation of power electronics converters, and distributed generation raises important issues concerning inter-connected switching units in terms of performance, stability and robustness. Such phenomenon are more prom... Read More about Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids.