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Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converter with High Step-down Capabilities for More Electric Aircraft Applications (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Zhu, Y., Yan, X., Wang, Z., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converter with High Step-down Capabilities for More Electric Aircraft Applications. In IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon49645.2022.9968331

A Half-bridge-active-clamp (HBAC) converter is used as an alternative to replace Dual active bridge (DAB) converter for 540V/28V on-board grid in more electric aircraft applications. The HBAC converter provides an opportunity to reduce the turn-ratio... Read More about Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converter with High Step-down Capabilities for More Electric Aircraft Applications.

Design Considerations for High-Voltage High-Current Bi-Directional DC Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB) for Aerospace Applications (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Fayyaz, A., Wang, Z., Ortiz, M. U., Yang, T., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Design Considerations for High-Voltage High-Current Bi-Directional DC Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB) for Aerospace Applications. In 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe). https://doi.org/10.23919/epe21ecceeurope50061.2021.9570659

Design of a high-voltage and high-current solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) for aerospace applications is highly challenging, as the overall system should comply with the most stringent operating environment. In addition, the implemented power semic... Read More about Design Considerations for High-Voltage High-Current Bi-Directional DC Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB) for Aerospace Applications.

Stability Improvement of Onboard HVdc Grid and Engine Using an Advanced Power Generation Center for the More-Electric Aircraft (2021)
Journal Article
Lang, X., Yang, T., Huang, Z., Wang, C., Wang, Z., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Stability Improvement of Onboard HVdc Grid and Engine Using an Advanced Power Generation Center for the More-Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 660-674. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3095256

In the high-power settings of engine, such as maximum take-off, more power should be extracted from the high-pressure spool of engine (HPS) than the low-pressure spool of engine (LPS) to avoid the overspeed and potential instability of the HPS. Howev... Read More about Stability Improvement of Onboard HVdc Grid and Engine Using an Advanced Power Generation Center for the More-Electric Aircraft.

Fault Tolerant Control of Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Lang, X., Yang, T., Wang, Z., Wang, C., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Fault Tolerant Control of Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3093506

This paper presents a control scheme for a recently reported aircraft advanced power generation center (APGC) during postfault operation conditions. Within the APGC, two electrical generators extract power from two separate engine shafts and supply e... Read More about Fault Tolerant Control of Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Suppression of First Side-Band Switching Harmonics Using DC-DC converters with an Advanced Modulation Scheme (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Yang, T., Wang, Z., & Bozhko, S. (2022). Suppression of First Side-Band Switching Harmonics Using DC-DC converters with an Advanced Modulation Scheme. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 778-787. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3090530

The common dc-bus concept has become an attractive solution for future aircraft electrical power systems. This article considers the case where a battery connected dc-dc converter and a permanent magnet generator connected ac-dc converter are supplyi... Read More about Suppression of First Side-Band Switching Harmonics Using DC-DC converters with an Advanced Modulation Scheme.

Design and Implementation of GaN-based Dual-Active-Bridge DC/DC Converters (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Guan, Q., Rubino, L., Wang, Z., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Design and Implementation of GaN-based Dual-Active-Bridge DC/DC Converters. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254710

This paper presents the design and implementation of multicellular isolated bidirectional dual-active-bridge (DAB) DC/DC converters which are the core equipment of the European CleanSkyII Project ASPIRE. Both the primary and the secondary H-bridge ci... Read More about Design and Implementation of GaN-based Dual-Active-Bridge DC/DC Converters.

“(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, C. X., Pino, G., Zhang, C., & Wang, Z. (2020). “(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 91, Article 102650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102650

The hospitality industry is witnessing continuous growth in the number of female travellers and female hosts available to accommodate travellers in their properties using peer-to-peer (P2P) service platforms. Cues that convey information about the ho... Read More about “(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services.

Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Gao, F., Shen, K., Wang, Z., Tarisciotti, L., Wheeler, P., & Dragicevic, T. (2020). Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(10), 8944-8956. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2020.2965460

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.

SiC-based Triple Active Bridge Converter for Shipboard Micro-grid Applications with Efficient Energy Storage (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, Z., & Castellazzi, A. (2018). SiC-based Triple Active Bridge Converter for Shipboard Micro-grid Applications with Efficient Energy Storage. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGWCP.2018.8634456

Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET power module has became commercially available in the past few years, and it is attractive in dual/triple active bridge converters to replace conventional Si-IGBTs. The capability to connect with the energy storage system... Read More about SiC-based Triple Active Bridge Converter for Shipboard Micro-grid Applications with Efficient Energy Storage.

Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Chen, L., Wang, Z., Shao, S., Tarisciotti, L., Dragicevic, T., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads

Dedicated Energy Storage System (ESS) has been an integral part of the shipboard micro-grids in naval vessels. Dual-Active-Bridge (DAB) converters are often chosen to be the interface between the ESS and the medium voltage DC bus due to isolation cap... Read More about Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads.