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Parasitic Inductance Impact of a High-Turn-Ratio Half Bridge Active Clamped Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2024)
Conference Proceeding

Within a More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) dc power distribution system, Half-Bridge-Active-Clamped (HBAC) converters can be used to control the power transfer between different dc buses, for example, between +/-270V to 28V dc buses. However, due to the r... Read More about Parasitic Inductance Impact of a High-Turn-Ratio Half Bridge Active Clamped Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Power-Converter-Enabled Microbrewery (2023)
Conference Proceeding

The climate crisis has made cleaner industry processes a necessity. The beer industry relies almost exclusively on fossil fuels to handle their most energy-intensive processes: mashing and boiling. Moreover, most micro breweries use manual or hystere... Read More about Power-Converter-Enabled Microbrewery.

Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft (2023)
Conference Proceeding

The more-electric aircraft (MEA) has been seen as the most major trend in the aerospace industry. With the increase in electrified loads, there is the need to generate more electrical power on-board aircraft. Considering regional jet sized aircraft,... Read More about Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft.

T-Type Based Cascaded H-bridge Converter Operating as a Split AC Battery and Modified State-of-Charging Hierarchical Balancing Method (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This work focuses on the so-called split batteries and proposes the T-type cascaded H-bridge circuit, as a suitable candidate for this application. Furthermore, state-of-charge (SoC) balancing between the battery modules is done by a hierarchical alg... Read More about T-Type Based Cascaded H-bridge Converter Operating as a Split AC Battery and Modified State-of-Charging Hierarchical Balancing Method.

Lyapunov-Function Based Control Approach for Single-Phase Split Source Inverter (2023)
Conference Proceeding

The single-phase split source inverter (SSI), operating as an inverter while boosting the input dc voltage, is a single-stage topology. This paper introduces a novel control strategy utilizing a Lyapunov-function controller for a SSI. The proposed Ly... Read More about Lyapunov-Function Based Control Approach for Single-Phase Split Source Inverter.

A Combination of a Feed-Forward and Selective Harmonic Elimination Method for Mitigation of Voltage Distortions in Single-Phase Stand-Alone Inverters Operating with Non-Linear Loads (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a new method for voltage distortion elimination in single-phase stand-alone inverters. In fact, the cooperation of a selective harmonic elimination approach with a feed-forward method eliminates the harmonics more effectively. In... Read More about A Combination of a Feed-Forward and Selective Harmonic Elimination Method for Mitigation of Voltage Distortions in Single-Phase Stand-Alone Inverters Operating with Non-Linear Loads.

Speed-Sensorless Predictive Direct Speed Control for PMSM Drives (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Predictive direct speed control (PDSC) of electric motors makes the control of both electrical and mechanical systems possible over a single control law by eliminating the cascade control structure. Speed-sensorless control also reduces the cost of e... Read More about Speed-Sensorless Predictive Direct Speed Control for PMSM Drives.

Predictive Direct Speed Control of PMSM without Weighting Factors (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Predictive direct speed control (PDSC) of electric drives eliminates the cascade control structure and provides faster speed and current/torque response, but suffers from the selection of weighting factors (WFs). This paper proposes a PDSC strategy w... Read More about Predictive Direct Speed Control of PMSM without Weighting Factors.

Encoderless Predictive Speed and Torque Control of an Induction Motor (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Recently, model predictive control (MPC) has gained popularity in the control of power converters and electric drives. In this paper, the advantages of two MPC strategies are combined, and a cascaded encoderless predictive speed and torque control (P... Read More about Encoderless Predictive Speed and Torque Control of an Induction Motor.

Experimental analysis of mismatch in electro-thermal device parameter within parallel connected SiC MOSFETs: Considerations for multi-chip power module design (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This paper aims to investigate the current imbalance within parallel connected common-source configuration of SiC Power MOSFET switches using double pulse transient operation. Mismatches in electro-thermal parameters e.g., threshold voltage (Vth and... Read More about Experimental analysis of mismatch in electro-thermal device parameter within parallel connected SiC MOSFETs: Considerations for multi-chip power module design.

Estimation of Leakage Inductance in High-frequency Three-Winding Transformers for Electric Vehicle On-board Chargers (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This paper reviews several methods to estimate the equivalent circuit model parameters of high-frequency three-winding transformers, considering measurement accuracy and tolerance to measurement errors. First, several equivalent circuit models of the... Read More about Estimation of Leakage Inductance in High-frequency Three-Winding Transformers for Electric Vehicle On-board Chargers.

Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with High Number of Submodules (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a Level Model Predictive Control strategy combined with a pre-processing sorting algorithm to address the processing time issue of predictive control for Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) with hundreds of submodules. Five contr... Read More about Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converter with High Number of Submodules.

Dual Phase Shift Modulation Investigation of Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converter for Future Electrified Aircraft Applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Half bridge active clamp (HBAC) converter is designed for the achievement of a wider voltage conversion range, and it is employed to interface the power transfer between the high voltage and low voltage DC buses in future electrified aircraft applica... Read More about Dual Phase Shift Modulation Investigation of Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converter for Future Electrified Aircraft Applications.

Control Strategy of Advanced Power Generation Architecture for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding

To meet the increasing electrical power demand on More Electrical Aircraft (MEA), an advanced power generation architecture (APGA) is proposed. Within the APGA, both two generators produce electrical power and feed loads to the main DC bus through th... Read More about Control Strategy of Advanced Power Generation Architecture for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Alternating Sequential Model Predictive Control of Matrix Converter (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Weighting factor design is one of the challenges faced by model predictive control (MPC) when multiple control objectives are to be achieved simultaneously. This paper proposes an alternating sequential MPC (ASMPC) in which the cost functions are eva... Read More about Alternating Sequential Model Predictive Control of Matrix Converter.

An Adaptive and Multifunctional DC-DC Converter for Onshore Ship Charging (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Maritime electrification is a critical upgrade to enable sustainable and environmentally friendly shipping. Therefore, in recent years, there has been a significant interest in the development of battery-based boats and ferries. A key element for the... Read More about An Adaptive and Multifunctional DC-DC Converter for Onshore Ship Charging.

Smith Predictor-based Cross-Coupling Correction for Voltage Source Converters under Mixed Reference Frames (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Voltage Source Converters (VSC) have been under the spotlight of scientific research due to the development of the distributed generation system. Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF)-based controllers are readily used for the voltage and current control... Read More about Smith Predictor-based Cross-Coupling Correction for Voltage Source Converters under Mixed Reference Frames.

Work in Progress: Output Impedance Specification of A Three-Phase Current-Source Inverter for Modular Photovoltaic Applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Impedance-based stability assessment has been an important part of renewable integration. Modeling and measurement of impedance under Synchronized Reference Frame (SRF) is a common way for a portrait of the frequency-dependent impedance. In this pape... Read More about Work in Progress: Output Impedance Specification of A Three-Phase Current-Source Inverter for Modular Photovoltaic Applications.

An Advanced Power Generation Architecture for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding

The trend towards development of More Electric Aircraft (MEA) has been driven by increased fuel fossil prices and stricter environmental policies. With breakthroughs in power electronic systems and electrical machines, the targets of MEA to reduce th... Read More about An Advanced Power Generation Architecture for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

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.