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Solar energy in the agrifood industry (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Solar energy in the agrifood industry. . https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9702972

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.

Basic principles of solar energy (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Basic principles of solar energy. . https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9703066

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.

General view of solar energy (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). General view of solar energy. In 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, CHILECON 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9702964

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.

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). Critical scenarios identification in power system simulations using graph measures and machine learning. . https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9703001

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). A comparative study of predictive control techniques in a voltage source inverter. . https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9703047

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). Solar Energy in the Mining Industry. . https://doi.org/10.1109/INGELECTRA54297.2021.9748073

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 Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter. In 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ingelectra54297.2021.9748072

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.

Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters. In 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/INGELECTRA54297.2021.9748074

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.

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., …Wheeler, P. (2021). Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter. In IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589702

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.

The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Rojas, D., & Wheeler, P. (2021). The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications. In 2021 21st International Symposium on Power Electronics (Ee). https://doi.org/10.1109/Ee53374.2021.9628336

In model predictive control strategies, the cost function selection is the most relevant aspects to obtain a good performance of the full system. In this paper a study of the most common cost functions used for the control of two level voltage source... Read More about The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications.

Model Predictive Control and the Selection of Cost Functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Rojas, D., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Model Predictive Control and the Selection of Cost Functions. In 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe). https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE21ECCEEurope50061.2021.9570571

In model predictive control strategy implementations, the cost function selection is very important in ensuring good performance. In this paper a study of the most common cost functions used for the control of two level voltage source inverters is pr... Read More about Model Predictive Control and the Selection of Cost Functions.

Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murillo-Yarce, D., Rivera, M., Restrepo, C., Rodríguez, R., Wheeler, P. W., Zanchetta, P., & Mirzaeva, G. (2020). Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction. In The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020) (651-656). https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1196

The voltage source inverter (VSI) is a classic topology widely used for ac conversion. In this paper sequential predictive control (SPC) is applied to a VSI converter that supplies a RL load. The objective is to demonstrate the potential of this new... Read More about Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction.