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Finite state machine control for aircraft electrical distribution system (2019)
Journal Article
Spagnolo, C., Sumsurooah, S., Hill, C. I., & Bozhko, S. (2019). Finite state machine control for aircraft electrical distribution system. Journal of Engineering, 2018(13), 506-511. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.0039

This study deals with the development of new control logic for more electric aircraft (MEA) electrical power systems (EPSs). A key aspect of the MEA concept is that traditional pneumatic and hydraulic loads are replaced by electrical equivalents. The... Read More about Finite state machine control for aircraft electrical distribution system.

Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology (2018)
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Bozhko, S., Yang, T., Le Peuvedic, J., Arumugam, P., Degano, M., La Rocca, A., …Wheeler, P. (2018). Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 4(4), 985-996. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2018.2863031

More-electric aircraft (MEA) has become a dominant trend for modern aircraft. On-board MEA, many functions, which are conventionally driven by pneumatic and hydraulic power, are replaced with electrical subsystems. Starting aircraft engines with an e... Read More about Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology.

Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads (2017)
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Areerak, K., Sopapirm, T., Bozhko, S., Hill, C. I., Suyapan, A., & Areerak, K. (2018). Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(10), 8927-8935. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2779541

© 2017 IEEE. It is known that, when tightly regulated, actively controlled power converters behave as constant power loads (CPLs). These loads can significantly degrade the stability of their feeder system. The loop-cancelation technique has been est... Read More about Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads.

Permanent magnet machine based starter-generator system with modulated model predictive control (2017)
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Yeoh, S. S., Yang, T., Tariscotti, L., Hill, C. I., Bozhko, S., & Zanchetta, P. (in press). Permanent magnet machine based starter-generator system with modulated model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2017.2731626

The paper describes a hybrid control scheme for a permanent magnet machine based starter-generator (S/G) system. There has been increased usage of electric drive systems in the transportation sector for increased efficiency and reduced emissions. One... Read More about Permanent magnet machine based starter-generator system with modulated model predictive control.

Flux weakening control of electric starter-generator based on permanent-magnet machine (2017)
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Bozhko, S., Rashed, M., Hill, C. I., Yeoh, S. S., & Yang, T. (2017). Flux weakening control of electric starter-generator based on permanent-magnet machine. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 3(4), 864-877. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2017.2718221

The paper presents control analysis and design for a Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operated in Flux-Weakening (FW) mode for an aircraft electric starter-generator application. Previous literature has focused on FW control of PMMs in motoring (starti... Read More about Flux weakening control of electric starter-generator based on permanent-magnet machine.

DC-Link Capacitor Second Carrier Band Switching Harmonic Current Reduction in Two-Level Back-to-Back Converters (2017)
Journal Article
Shen, L., Bozhko, S., Hill, C. I., & Wheeler, P. (2018). DC-Link Capacitor Second Carrier Band Switching Harmonic Current Reduction in Two-Level Back-to-Back Converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(4), 3567-3574. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2706972

© 1986-2012 IEEE. This paper proposes an active switching harmonic current reduction method within the dc-link capacitor of two-level, three-phase, back-to-back converters. This method is based on the derived analytical solution for switching harmoni... Read More about DC-Link Capacitor Second Carrier Band Switching Harmonic Current Reduction in Two-Level Back-to-Back Converters.

Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids (2016)
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Gao, F., Bozhko, S., Costabeber, A., Patel, C., Wheeler, P., Hill, C. I., & Asher, G. (in press). Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2016.2567780

Droop control has been widely applied in DC microgrids (MGs) due to its inherent modularity and ease of implementation. Among the different droop control methods that can be adopted in DC MGs, two options have been considered in this paper; I-V and V... Read More about Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids.

Dynamic phasor modelling of multi-generator variable frequency electrical power systems (2015)
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Yang, T., Bozhko, S., Le-Peuvedic, J., Asher, G., & Hill, C. I. (2016). Dynamic phasor modelling of multi-generator variable frequency electrical power systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 31(1), 563-571. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2015.2399371

The Dynamic Phasor (DP) concept has been widely used in modelling electrical power systems. So far, the DP concept has been restricted to modelling systems with one single electrical source at a fixed fundamental frequency; either one generator or an... Read More about Dynamic phasor modelling of multi-generator variable frequency electrical power systems.

Modal analysis of a PMSG-based DC electrical power system in the more electric aircraft using eigenvalues sensitivity
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Gao, F., Zheng, X., Bozhko, S., Hill, C. I., & Asher, G. (in press). Modal analysis of a PMSG-based DC electrical power system in the more electric aircraft using eigenvalues sensitivity. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2015.2427312

This paper deals with the modeling and small signal stability analysis of a DC-distribution electrical power system (EPS) sourced by a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). The topology employed here is one of the main candidates for future... Read More about Modal analysis of a PMSG-based DC electrical power system in the more electric aircraft using eigenvalues sensitivity.