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An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Riveros, J. A., & Toledo, S. (2018). An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)

A new ground power unit configuration is introduced in this paper. The architecture comprises a six-pulse rectifier with active current injection in the input stage to achieve high-performance conversion with low polluted ac spectrum, whereas the out... Read More about An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications.

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.

Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Chen, L., Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Wheeler, P., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (5954-5960). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558301

In this paper a Model Predictive Control, suitable for isolated DC/DC power converters and featuring optimization on converter operations, is proposed. The control is designed based on a specific a current-fed DC/DC converter topology, named Active-B... Read More about Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving.

Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
O'Donnell, S., Wheeler, P., & Castellazzi, A. (2018). Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec.2018.8607615

This paper presents a reliability study on a Microsemi 5 kVA Integrated Power Solutions (IPS) module designed to drive an electrical motor in a More Electric Aircraft actuation system. The measures taken in the design of the product and the reliabili... Read More about Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications.

Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Adhikari, J., Yang, T., Zhang, J., Rashed, M., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607314

This paper explores different possible topologies of a high-power high-voltage bidirectional DC solid state power controller (SSPC) for aerospace applications. The most suitable topology is then selected for design and implementation of the SSPC. A d... Read More about Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft.

An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lang, X., Yang, T., Enalou, H. B., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec.2018.8607688

© 2018 IEEE. The more-electric aircraft (MEA) concept has become a major trend due to its multiple advantages. Many functions which are conventionally driven by pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical power systems are replaced by electrical ones onboard... Read More about An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications.

Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Sarbanzadeh, M., Salgueiro, Y., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach

—Multilevel inverters are worked on medium-voltage and high-power applications due to their ability to supply high power quality output voltage. Hence, a low switching frequency strategy is applied in high power applications since it generates lower... Read More about Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach.

Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Munoz, C., Rivera, M., Villalon, A., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607529

Predictive control has risen as a plausible option in the control of power converters for photovoltaic utilisation. In this work, a predictive control scheme is proposed to obtain the maximum power point in a photovoltaic array coupled directly to a... Read More about Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System.

New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Sarbanzadeh, M., Sarbanzadeh, E., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2018). New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607383

Multi-level converters have been used in several industrial applications. The following work seeks to present a novel power inverter structure featuring a low amount of devices for a multi-level converter with an asymmetric cascaded connection. The s... Read More about New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components.

3L-NPC AC-DC power converter using virtual space vector PWM with optimal switching sequence based on G-h coordinate (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Guo, F., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). 3L-NPC AC-DC power converter using virtual space vector PWM with optimal switching sequence based on G-h coordinate. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)

Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, M., Castro, G., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIII Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA) - Proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609839

Power converters play a fundamental role in grid interconnection systems. In this article we present the design, assembly and start-up of a multimodular converter. The different stages and design components of the system are detailed. The main idea o... Read More about Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection.

A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., & Wheeler, P. (2018). A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609736

Nowadays, electrical energy is the alternative to supply aircraft systems. In this paper a new converter for ground power units supply in aircraft applications is proposed. The topology consists in a rectifier with an active current injection circuit... Read More about A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications.

Neutral Point Voltage Control Method for Three-Level Diode-Clamped Converter Based on Fourth Harmonic Current Injection (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Li, C., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Neutral Point Voltage Control Method for Three-Level Diode-Clamped Converter Based on Fourth Harmonic Current Injection. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (6996-7002). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557537

DC-link neutral point voltage balancing for three level neutral point clamped converters has been extensively investigated. Many effective methods have been reported with desirable performances under high power factor conditions. However, most of the... Read More about Neutral Point Voltage Control Method for Three-Level Diode-Clamped Converter Based on Fourth Harmonic Current Injection.

A novel immense configurations of boost converter for renewable energy application (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Maroti, P. K., Padmanaban, S., Blaabjerg, F., Ionel, D., & Wheeler, P. (2018). A novel immense configurations of boost converter for renewable energy application

A three immense configurations of boost converter for renewable energy application is presented in the paper. The Voltage Lift Switched Inductor (VLSI) structure is pledge to extra high voltage conversion. The proposed work represent the modified hig... Read More about A novel immense configurations of boost converter for renewable energy application.

Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Trentin, A., Hind, D., Degano, M., Tighe, C., Arevalo, S. L., Yang, L., …Packwood, M. (2018). Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (1829-1836). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557415

The majority of commercial Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET based power modules available on the market today also include SiC Schottky diodes placed in anti-parallel with the MOSFETs. Using an accurate electrical and thermal simulation model this paper... Read More about Study of a Silicon Carbide MOSFET Power Module to Establish the Benefits of Adding Anti-parallel Schottky Diodes.

Optimized control design for power converters in power electronics embedded networks integrating grid model identification (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Li, K., Dewar, D., Formentini, A., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Optimized control design for power converters in power electronics embedded networks integrating grid model identification. In 2018 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2018.8544592

© 2018 IEEE The proliferation of power electronics systems and distributed generation in modern power networks has raised important issues regarding the effects that interconnected converters systems can have on the performance and stability of the w... Read More about Optimized control design for power converters in power electronics embedded networks integrating grid model identification.

Performance Analysis of H- 2 Optimally Controlled Three-Phase Grids (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Dewar, D., Li, K., Formentini, A., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Performance Analysis of H- 2 Optimally Controlled Three-Phase Grids. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (2258-2264). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558087

Embedded electrical grids are comprised of multiple interconnected power converters, and have been recently adopted widely into applications such as micro-grids, electrical ships and More Electric Aircraft (MEA). Key aims of MEA research include redu... Read More about Performance Analysis of H- 2 Optimally Controlled Three-Phase Grids.

New inverting modified CUK converter configurations with switched inductor (MCCSI) for high-voltage/low-current renewable applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Maroti, P. K., Padmanaban, S., Bhaskar, M. S., Blaabjerg, F., & Wheeler, P. (2018). New inverting modified CUK converter configurations with switched inductor (MCCSI) for high-voltage/low-current renewable applications.

Inverting Modified CUK Converter with Switched Inductor (MCCSI) configurations are articulated in the paper for high-voltage and low-current renewable energy applications. Based on the Switched Inductor (SI) position in MCC converter, four new modifi... Read More about New inverting modified CUK converter configurations with switched inductor (MCCSI) for high-voltage/low-current renewable applications.

Device-package interaction and gate driver layout analysis in SiC MOSFET power modules for more electric aircraft motor drive applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
O'Donnell, S., Egan, L., Walsh, V., Wheeler, P., & Castellazzi, A. (2018). Device-package interaction and gate driver layout analysis in SiC MOSFET power modules for more electric aircraft motor drive applications. In EPE'18 ECCE Europe - 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

This paper presents measurements and comparison analysis of 1200 V SiC MOSFET gate drive signals in two different integrated power solutions designed for More Electric Aircraft motor drive applications. The modules are designed to accommodate a 540 V... Read More about Device-package interaction and gate driver layout analysis in SiC MOSFET power modules for more electric aircraft motor drive applications.

An Improved Multistage Switched Inductor Boost Converter (Improved M-SIBC) for Renewable Energy Applications: A key to Enhance Conversion Ratio (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bhaskar, M. S., Padmanaban, S., Blaabjerg, F., & Wheeler, P. W. (2018). An Improved Multistage Switched Inductor Boost Converter (Improved M-SIBC) for Renewable Energy Applications: A key to Enhance Conversion Ratio. In 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459958

In this article, an improved Multistage Switched Inductor (M-SI) based power converter or Improved Multistage Switched Inductor Boost Converter (Improved M-SIBC) is proposed for renewable applications which provides a key to enhancing the voltage con... Read More about An Improved Multistage Switched Inductor Boost Converter (Improved M-SIBC) for Renewable Energy Applications: A key to Enhance Conversion Ratio.