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Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

This paper considers some of the aspects of applying predictive control to a single phase Matrix Converter. Among all the proposed control techniques for Matrix Converters, predictive control has become a plausible and versatile option due to its abi... Read More about Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter.

Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Predictive control for power converters has been gaining interest as well as popularity in recent years. This paper presents a cascade predictive control for a voltage source inverter which is evaluated with different control objectives to meet a ran... Read More about Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions.

Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Toledo, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

In recent years, Model Based Predictive Control (MPC), applied to power converters, has been successfully presented as an alternative to traditional control techniques due to its fast dynamic response, ability to incorporate various requirements of c... Read More about Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Effect of model parameter errors in model predictive control applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., Wheeler, P., Zanchetta, P., & Mirzaeva, G. (2021, December). Effect of model parameter errors in model predictive control applications. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

When implementing predictive control strategies for power electronic converters a good model of the system is needed because this model determines the quality of the resulting controller. In this paper a study of the model parameter error effects in... Read More about Effect of model parameter errors in model predictive control applications.

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 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.

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.

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.

Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control (2021)
Journal Article
Alkasir, A., Abdollahi, S. E., Abdollahi, S. R., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control. IET Power Electronics, 15(1), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12213

Wireless power transfer (WPT) system based on a dynamic wireless charging (DWC) scheme, eliminates waiting time for charging electric vehicles (EVs), increases the range of motion, reduces the size of Li-ion battery, and automates the charging proces... Read More about Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control.

Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Wheeler, P., Zhang, H., & Gerada, C. (2021). Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft. Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 38(5), 737-746. https://doi.org/10.16356/j.1005-1120.2021.05.003

Electrifying the on-board subsystems of aircraft becomes an inevitable process as being faced with the environmental pollution, along with the proposed concept called more electric aircraft (MEA). With the increasing number of on-board power electron... Read More about Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft.

The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Rojas, D., & Wheeler, P. (2021, October). The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications. Presented at 2021 21st International Symposium on Power Electronics, Ee 2021, Novo Sad, Serbia (online)

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.

An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives (2021)
Journal Article
Li, C., Yang, T., Huang, Z., Yeoh, S. S., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives. IEEE Access, 9, 144805-144819. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3122922

This paper introduces an advanced space vector modulation technique for three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) converters. The studied 3L-NPC converters within aircraft electric starter generator (ESG) systems normally operate at high modulation... Read More about An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives.

Unified Cost Function Model Predictive Control for a three-stage Smart Transformer (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tarisciotti, L., Buticchi, G., De Carne, G., Yang, J., Gu, C., & Wheeler, P. (2021, October). Unified Cost Function Model Predictive Control for a three-stage Smart Transformer. Presented at 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Vancouver, Canada (Virtual)

The massive integration of power electronics-based renewable energy sources has profoundly changed the electrical grid. In this scenario, the smart transformer, which is a solid-state transformer with advanced control and communication features, has... Read More about Unified Cost Function Model Predictive Control for a three-stage Smart Transformer.

Active Rectifier Control for Selective Fuse Tripping in a DC Microgrid (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, J., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Wheeler, P., & Bruske, S. (2021, October). Active Rectifier Control for Selective Fuse Tripping in a DC Microgrid. Presented at IECON 2021 - 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, ON, Canada

Distributed energy resources and new loads such as fast charging stations for electric vehicles are often dc-based. By using low-voltage dc microgrids to connect such systems to the grid, conversion stages can be omitted and higher efficiencies can b... Read More about Active Rectifier Control for Selective Fuse Tripping in a DC Microgrid.