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Control Strategy and Communication Architecture for Power Sharing in Microgrids (2020)
Conference Proceeding

The increasing needs of control, security and generation capacity of microgrids, has raised the complexity of the network and have allowed the evolution of architecture as a cluster. This increase in complexity demands control strategies in real-time... Read More about Control Strategy and Communication Architecture for Power Sharing in Microgrids.

Recent Advances of Predictive Control in Power Converters (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Model-based predictive control (MPC) is an attractive solution for controlling power converters and drives. This research shows the most recent alternatives of predictive control techniques proposed in the literature to solve control problems in powe... Read More about Recent Advances of Predictive Control in Power Converters.

Architectures for Microgrids Interconnection (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Progress requires greater global energy interconnection. This paper presents an overview of the topologies and control techniques applied to microgrids, by means of an updated bibliographic research and the most relevant articles on the use of power... Read More about Architectures for Microgrids Interconnection.

Present and Future of the Chilean Electrical Grid (2020)
Conference Proceeding

The technological development of Chile has lead to a major energy demand. This paper presents a description of the current reality of the Chilean electricity sector and its future. The vision and its advancements in Chile are matter of observation to... Read More about Present and Future of the Chilean Electrical Grid.

Predictive Torque Control with Fixed Switching Frequency for Induction Motor Drives (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Predictive torque control is one of the most considered high-performance methods for variable-speed applications. This scheme is characterised by a flexible architecture that provides a fast torque/flux response, while its operation reports variable... Read More about Predictive Torque Control with Fixed Switching Frequency for Induction Motor Drives.

Active and Reactive Power Control based on Predictive Voltage Control in a Six-Phase Generation System using Modular Matrix Converters (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Renewable energy generation systems under distributed generation frame emerges as a plausible solution for nowadays growing world energy demands. In this context multiphase wind generation systems are a feasible option that consist of renewable AC so... Read More about Active and Reactive Power Control based on Predictive Voltage Control in a Six-Phase Generation System using Modular Matrix Converters.

Model Predictive Control Applied to the Three-Phase Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Model-based predictive control is one of the most used strategies for power converters. Its popularity is due to the simple inclusion of several regulation objectives in the control law, which is a desired feature for multilevel voltage source invert... Read More about Model Predictive Control Applied to the Three-Phase Neutral Point Clamped Inverter.

Model-based Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters (2020)
Conference Proceeding

In the last year model predictive control strategy has emerged as a good alternative for the control of power converters. This research proposes a new model-based predictive control strategy for a voltage source inverter, operating at variable and fi... Read More about Model-based Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters.

High-Speed Electric Drives: A Step Towards System Design (2020)
Journal Article

Electric drives applications have been worldwide adopted for the transportation electrification. An electric drive system is constituted by two main components: the power electronics converter and the electrical machine. Traditionally the design work... Read More about High-Speed Electric Drives: A Step Towards System Design.

Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter (2020)
Journal Article

Dual-active-bridge (DAB) enabled dc microgrids stabilization is investigated in this article. DAB has two control objectives: load current regulation and the dc-bus voltage stabilization. In multiobjective control applications, the conventional propo... Read More about Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter.

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.

Modulated Model Predictive Current Control for PMSM Operating With Three-level NPC Inverter (2019)
Conference Proceeding

In finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) strategy only one basic voltage vector is to be selected in per periodic time, which causes big current ripple as well as the torque ripple of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). To solv... Read More about Modulated Model Predictive Current Control for PMSM Operating With Three-level NPC Inverter.

Multi-modular scalable DC-AC power converter for current injection to the grid based on predictive voltage control (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Increasing world electrical energy demand make necessary to develop new efficient and reliable schemes for power injection to the existing grid under distributed generation frames. In this work a novel DC-AC control scheme is proposed, which is based... Read More about Multi-modular scalable DC-AC power converter for current injection to the grid based on predictive voltage control.

Predictive Voltage Control Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency of a Neutral-Point Clamped Converter (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Uninterruptible power supply units are system formed by power electronics converters to supply sinusoidal voltages to feed critical loads. In this paper, a fixed switching frequency model predictive control strategy is presented for the control of th... Read More about Predictive Voltage Control Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency of a Neutral-Point Clamped Converter.

Reliability Analysis of aircraft starter generator drive converter (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Under the more electric aircraft (MEA) theme, many aircraft systems are being electrified. In a previous research work, an electric starter generator system for aircrafts was implemented. This paper presents the reliability of the drive converter-a 3... Read More about Reliability Analysis of aircraft starter generator drive converter.

Model Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Model-based predictive control is a recent alternative to improve the quality of the output in power converters. In this research, predictive current control is implemented in a voltage source inverter, operating at a variable switching frequency and... Read More about Model Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters.

Wind Energy Development and Technology in the World: A Brief Overview (2019)
Conference Proceeding

A brief overview of wind energy 2018 market status with short- and long-term projections will be presented, as well as the wind turbine technologies and market share. Furthermore, clean energy goals from the governments of Denmark, Mexico and Chile w... Read More about Wind Energy Development and Technology in the World: A Brief Overview.

Present and Future of the Chilean Electrical Grid (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a description of the current reality of the Chilean electricity sector and its future. The vision and its advancements in Chile are matter of observation to develop a clearer picture for maintaining and increasing the penetration... Read More about Present and Future of the Chilean Electrical Grid.

The Voltage Source Inverter (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents the Voltage Source Inverter. On this paper it will be discussed its topology, mathematical model, switching states and the characteristic curves of the inverter. Moreover, the authors will analyze the concept of “dead time”, aimin... Read More about The Voltage Source Inverter.

Implementation of Predictive Control in a Three-Phase Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (2019)
Conference Proceeding

In recent years, multilevel converters have established themselves as an efficient technology for the conversion of medium and high power. This research presents a NPC multilevel inverter topology, using two new control strategies: classical predicti... Read More about Implementation of Predictive Control in a Three-Phase Neutral Point Clamped Inverter.