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Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents a novel unbalanced capacitor voltage (UCV) soft switching boost converter under full loads range with a simple control scheme. The topology consists of a half bridge switching-leg, filter inductor, and an auxiliary circuit contain... Read More about Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage.

An Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage Buck Converter With Wide Soft Switching Range (2023)
Journal Article

DC–DC converters using soft switching technology have gained popularity in several industrial applications. Nevertheless, a wider soft switching range and a simpler structure are the holy grail for these converters. In this article, an innovative unb... Read More about An Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage Buck Converter With Wide Soft Switching Range.

An Optimisation Tool for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems (2023)
Conference Proceeding

The requirement for reductions in CO 2 , NO X and noise emissions from aviation have come under great assiduity. The use of electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems within aircraft offer potential performance and efficiency improvements, throu... Read More about An Optimisation Tool for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems.

Sliding Mode Input Current Control of the Synchronous DC-DC Buck Converter for Electro-Mechanical Actuator Emulation in More Electric Aircrafts (2022)
Journal Article

The main challenges of the input current control in synchronous DC-DC buck converters are the nonlinear model of the system, changes of the operating point in a wide range, and the need to use an input LC filter for current smoothing, which may resul... Read More about Sliding Mode Input Current Control of the Synchronous DC-DC Buck Converter for Electro-Mechanical Actuator Emulation in More Electric Aircrafts.

Minimizing the Energy Storage Size in a Full Solar EV Charging Station by Optimising the Size and Orientation of PV Panel Group Sets (2022)
Conference Proceeding

Analysis of Using a Thermoelectric Module for Power Electronics Cooling (2022)
Conference Proceeding

This paper aims to develop a PLECS equivalent circuit of a thermoelectric module to be used in power electronics cooling applications. The proposed model is built using elements from the PLECS thermal model block-set. To test this, a resistive c dev... Read More about Analysis of Using a Thermoelectric Module for Power Electronics Cooling.

A Novel Multiport DC-DC Converter for Enhancing the Design and Performance of Battery–Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2022)
Journal Article

This paper proposes an integrated multiport non-isolated DC–DC converter system for integrating battery–supercapacitor hybrid energy storage with photovoltaics for solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles applications. Compared to the traditional topol... Read More about A Novel Multiport DC-DC Converter for Enhancing the Design and Performance of Battery–Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Development of a smart supercapacitor energy storage system for aircraft electric power systems (2021)
Journal Article

This paper presents the development of a supercapacitor energy storage system (ESS) aimed to minimize weight, which is very important for aerospace applications, whilst integrating smart functionalities like voltage monitoring, equalization, and over... Read More about Development of a smart supercapacitor energy storage system for aircraft electric power systems.

Modeling and experimental evaluation of z-source modular multilevel converter using reduced inserted cells technique (2021)
Journal Article

The integration of a Z-source network with a modular multilevel converter (MMC) to provide voltage step-up function is proposed in this paper. The proposed Z-source modular multilevel converter (ZS-MMC) uses a Z-source network connected between the D... Read More about Modeling and experimental evaluation of z-source modular multilevel converter using reduced inserted cells technique.

Comparison of Frequency Transform Methods for Condition Monitoring of a DC-Link Capacitor (2021)
Conference Proceeding

Electrolytic capacitors continue to be used for the DC-link in motor drive systems due to their high specific capacitance. The degradation of electrolytic capacitors can lead to increased equivalent series resistances (ESR) and reduction in capacitan... Read More about Comparison of Frequency Transform Methods for Condition Monitoring of a DC-Link Capacitor.

Trade-off Analysis of Energy Storage Systems for Helicopter Landing Gear Electromechanical Actuator (2021)
Conference Proceeding

The aerospace industry is rapidly changing towards more electric aircraft initiative, trying to alleviate pollution problems and obey the authority bodies' strict rules. Not only should aircraft comply with this initiative but also helicopters (i.e.,... Read More about Trade-off Analysis of Energy Storage Systems for Helicopter Landing Gear Electromechanical Actuator.

Experimental evaluation of an energy storage system for medium voltage distribution grids enabling solid?state substation functionality (2021)
Journal Article

"Smart grids" is a new concept of managing the power transfer in modern grids that will rely not only on the on-line processing of a variety of consumption and generation power data but will also need new hardware to facilitate a flexible and efficie... Read More about Experimental evaluation of an energy storage system for medium voltage distribution grids enabling solid?state substation functionality.

Evaluation of inverter topologies for high power medium voltage aircraft applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference

Future generation more electric aircrafts will require significantly larger power do be generated on board and for this reason, being able to identify which high power/medium voltage AC/DC power converter topologies would suit the best,is important.... Read More about Evaluation of inverter topologies for high power medium voltage aircraft applications.

Analysing the converter requirements for a dual-fed induction machine based flywheel energy storage system (2020)
Presentation / Conference

The Dual-fed Induction Machine was used very successfully in wind generators as it allowed full control of the power captured from the wind within a wide relevant rotational speed range around the synchronous speed needing only a low power rated roto... Read More about Analysing the converter requirements for a dual-fed induction machine based flywheel energy storage system.

Quasi Z-Source Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Controlled By Reduced Inserted Cells Modulation Technique For Medium Voltage Applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference

This paper presents a novel quasi Z-source Hybrid modular multilevel converter (qZS-HMMC) for medium voltage applications where the “hybrid” concept refers to the implementation of the MMC strings that consist of a mixture of half bridge sub-modules... Read More about Quasi Z-Source Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Controlled By Reduced Inserted Cells Modulation Technique For Medium Voltage Applications.

Novel Parameter Identification Method for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Curve Fitting (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper describes a new curve-fitting lithium-ion battery parameter identification method for equivalent circuit models. The current pulse/relaxation test is carried out and the corresponding terminal voltage is used for extracting the battery mod... Read More about Novel Parameter Identification Method for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Curve Fitting.

Energy Storage System Selection for Optimal Fuel Consumption of Aircraft Hybrid Electric Taxiing Systems (2020)
Journal Article

IEEE Aircraft taxiing is conventionally performed using the main engines’ inefficient idle thrust. Therefore, in line with greener aviation, the electrification of taxiing is the most viable option to reduce emissions, noise, and fossil fuel consumpt... Read More about Energy Storage System Selection for Optimal Fuel Consumption of Aircraft Hybrid Electric Taxiing Systems.

Integrating a Single Z-Source Network with a Modular Multilevel Converter for Voltage Boosting (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes the integration of a Z-source network with the modular multilevel converter (MMC) to add voltage boosting capability to a voltage step down converter. To limit the increase in complexity, the proposed Z-source modular multilevel c... Read More about Integrating a Single Z-Source Network with a Modular Multilevel Converter for Voltage Boosting.

Experimental Validation of a quasi Z-Source Modular Multilevel Converter with DC Fault Blocking Capability (2019)
Journal Article

This paper considers the design methodology and the modulation of the quasi Z-source modular multilevel converter (qZS-MMC) with half bridge sub-modules and evaluates its performance in voltage boosting mode for medium voltage applications. The qZS-M... Read More about Experimental Validation of a quasi Z-Source Modular Multilevel Converter with DC Fault Blocking Capability.

An Exploration of Design Options for Integrated Residential PV-ESS (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The behind-the-meter integration of the distributed energy sources and the energy storage systems (ESSs) presents one of the key solutions for the 21st century energy and power challenges. A comprehensive design and development procedure, which integ... Read More about An Exploration of Design Options for Integrated Residential PV-ESS.