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Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery (2012)
Conference Proceeding

Newly developed electrochemical energy storage devices are typically produced as single/small quantity and small size devices. This makes their evaluation very difficult in high power applications that would require production of much larger size dev... Read More about Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery.

Achieving the desired transformer leakage inductance necessary in DC-DC converters for energy storage applications (2012)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a cost effective winding design and evaluation of a medium frequency isolation transformer typically used in bidirectional isolated DC/DC converters. Since leakage inductance and winding resistance of a high frequency transformer... Read More about Achieving the desired transformer leakage inductance necessary in DC-DC converters for energy storage applications.

Assessing the benefits of hybrid cycloconverters (2011)
Journal Article

Power converters consisting of naturally commutated thyristors such as cycloconverters and current source inverters were the first to be used in driving electrical motors with variable speed, but now, due to their inferior performance compared to for... Read More about Assessing the benefits of hybrid cycloconverters.

Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications (2010)
Conference Proceeding

In this paper, a few known characterization techniques for supercapacitors have been evaluated with the purpose of being able to predict the roundtrip efficiency of an energy storage system under constant power application. It is found that the user... Read More about Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications.

High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids (2010)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge (HB) Multilevel Converter (MLC) with integrated Series Active Power Filter SAPF for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Isolated DC sources comprised of modular... Read More about High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids.

Hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter for interfacing energy storage system to medium voltage grid (2010)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a new control strategy for a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge HB multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter Stage APFS. Unequal DC voltage sources are used to energise the converter's HBs. This offers... Read More about Hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter for interfacing energy storage system to medium voltage grid.

Wind turbine-energy storage control system for delivering constant demand power shared by DFIGs through droop characteristics (2009)
Conference Proceeding

This paper investigates embedding Energy Storage (ES) with multiple wind turbines in order to deliver to the grid a smooth and constant power as demanded by the system operator. The demand power is shared by DFIGs proportional to their ratings utiliz... Read More about Wind turbine-energy storage control system for delivering constant demand power shared by DFIGs through droop characteristics.

A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique (2009)
Conference Proceeding

Multilevel inverters are traditionally seen as a step forward in DC/AC conversion, providing more output voltage levels, better quality of the generated waveform and lower switching losses than the two-level and can process higher voltages with a giv... Read More about A cost-effective solution to power the gate drivers of multilevel inverters using the bootstrap power supply technique.

Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters (2009)
Conference Proceeding

Power converters consisting of naturally commutated thyristors such as cycloconverters and current source inverters were the first used in driving electrical motors with variable speed but now due to their inferior performance compared to forced comm... Read More about Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters.

Implementation of a hybrid AC-AC direct power converter with unity voltage transfer (2008)
Journal Article

This paper presents a novel hybrid direct power converter (HDPC) which overcomes the two main disadvantages of matrix converters: limited voltage transfer ratio and low immunity to grid disturbance. The proposed converter is formed by integrating a r... Read More about Implementation of a hybrid AC-AC direct power converter with unity voltage transfer.

Hybrid matrix converter topologies: an exploration of benefits (2008)
Conference Proceeding

Matrix converters are direct AC/AC power converters that can operate with sinusoidal output/input voltage/currents without the need of passive components to store energy, which means that they are grid friendly and have a great weight/volume reductio... Read More about Hybrid matrix converter topologies: an exploration of benefits.

A new three-level sparse indirect matrix converter (2006)
Conference Proceeding

Matrix converters are forced commutated single stage AC/AC direct frequency changers able to achieve sine wave in and out operation by being able to connect any input phase to any output phase via a 3x3 matrix of bi-directional switches. Indirect two... Read More about A new three-level sparse indirect matrix converter.

Artificial loading of the induction motors using a matrix converter (2000)
Conference Proceeding

The paper discuses the use of a frequency converter for artificial loading of an induction motor. The characteristic of the artificial loading requires a cyclic circulation of energy between the converter and motor in order to increase the motor curr... Read More about Artificial loading of the induction motors using a matrix converter.

A new two-stage voltage source inverter with modulated DC-link voltage and reduced switching losses
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a new DC/AC power converter topology that is obtained by merging a buck type DC/DC converter and a DC/AC three-phase PWM Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) without the need of the passive components (smoothing inductor and capacitance)... Read More about A new two-stage voltage source inverter with modulated DC-link voltage and reduced switching losses.

A new hybrid cycloconverter with smooth output voltage generation capability and accurate control of the circulating current
Conference Proceeding

Nowadays, power electronic converters based exclusively on IGBTs deliver excellent load side performance up to megawatt powers in the low voltage range (200-690V) and are steadily gaining performance in the medium voltage range as well. However, the... Read More about A new hybrid cycloconverter with smooth output voltage generation capability and accurate control of the circulating current.

A new three-level indirect matrix converter with reduced number of switches
Conference Proceeding

Matrix converters are sine wave in/out forced commutated single-stage AC/AC direct frequency changers using a single bi-directional switch to connect any input to any output. Indirect two-stage matrix converters provide similar input and output perfo... Read More about A new three-level indirect matrix converter with reduced number of switches.

A new single-stage current source inverter for photovoltaic and fuel cell applications using reverse blocking IGBTs
Conference Proceeding

Renewable energy sources such as photovoltaics (PVs) or fuel cells (FCs) are not fitted for direct power grid connection because they deliver DC voltage and current. This is why a power electronic interface is needed, consisting usually of a current-... Read More about A new single-stage current source inverter for photovoltaic and fuel cell applications using reverse blocking IGBTs.

Hybrid power converters: an exploration of benefits
Conference Proceeding

A two-stage power converter for welding applications with increased efficiency and reduced filtering
Conference Proceeding

The power supply technology used in welding applications changed dramatically from manually tap-controlled 50Hz bulky transformers which had large leakage inductance to provide stable arc burn to switch-mode fast controlled highfrequency power electr... Read More about A two-stage power converter for welding applications with increased efficiency and reduced filtering.

A more efficient current source inverter with series connected AC capacitors for photovoltaic and fuel cell applications
Conference Proceeding

Renewable energy sources such as photovoltaics (PVs) or fuel cells (FCs) are not fitted for direct power grid connection because they deliver DC voltage and current. In addition, they also have a high internal resistance/nonlinear V/I dependence, whi... Read More about A more efficient current source inverter with series connected AC capacitors for photovoltaic and fuel cell applications.