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

Solar energy is considered clean, renewable and seemingly inexhaustible source of energy. Solar Energy has been used since ancient times for light and as heat, but in the 20th century, thanks to technological advances, different devices have been dev... Read More about General view of solar energy.

Technologies and MPPT algorithms for solar energy applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Technologies and MPPT algorithms for solar energy applications. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Due to environmental policies and the advancement of solar technology, the generation of electrical energy based on photovoltaic cells has become an important contributor to the renewable energy resource mix. In recent years, the development of photo... Read More about Technologies and MPPT algorithms for solar energy applications.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Solar Energy in the Mining Industry (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, November). Solar Energy in the Mining Industry. Presented at 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA), Valparaíso, Chile

Solar energy has become very important in recent years, mainly because it is a clean and inexhaustible source. This paper presents a review of the use of solar energy in the mining industry. A global approach will be made, indicating the uses that ar... Read More about Solar Energy in the Mining Industry.

Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, November). Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters. Presented at 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA), Valparaíso, Chile

This paper analyses predictive current control techniques for grid-connected neutral-point clamped voltage source converters. Two schemes are considered, the classical finite-set model-based predictive current control (FS-MPC) along with a new strate... Read More about Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters.

Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, November). Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter. Presented at 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA), Valparaíso, Chile

In recent years, predictive control has emerged as an alternative for the control of power electronic converters. In this paper, a comparison is presented between the implementation of a predictive current control strategy operating at variable switc... Read More about Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter.

Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toledo, S., Caballero, D., Maqueda, E., Arrua, S., Gomez-Redondo, M., Gregor, R., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, October). Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter. Presented at 2021 IECON – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, Canada (online)

Multi-phase wind generation systems are emerging as a promising technology for distributed generation systems. These systems can present unbalanced voltages or phase faults for several reasons. In this paper a modular three-phase direct matrix conver... Read More about Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter.