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A Multi-Inverter Multi-Rectifier Wireless Power Transfer System for Charging Stations With Power Loss Optimized Control (2023)
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Liu, X., Gao, F., Wang, T., Khan, M. M., Zhang, Y., Xia, Y., & Wheeler, P. (2023). A Multi-Inverter Multi-Rectifier Wireless Power Transfer System for Charging Stations With Power Loss Optimized Control. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(8), 9261-9277. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2023.3275284

Electric vehicles with different output power levels can use wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. Different vehicle assemblies (VAs) may be charged by different ground assemblies (GAs) in charging stations. However, the overall efficiency of the WP... Read More about A Multi-Inverter Multi-Rectifier Wireless Power Transfer System for Charging Stations With Power Loss Optimized Control.

An Isolated Multiport DC–DC Converter for Integrated Electric Vehicle On-Board Charger (2023)
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Kougioulis, I., Pal, A., Wheeler, P., & Ahmed, M. R. (2023). An Isolated Multiport DC–DC Converter for Integrated Electric Vehicle On-Board Charger. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 11(4), 4178-4198. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2023.3276048

This paper proposes an integrated on-board charger (IOBC) for Electric Vehicles (EVs) based on an isolated three-port DC-DC converter. The proposed architecture integrates the on-board charger (OBC) and the auxiliary power module (APM) in a single mu... Read More about An Isolated Multiport DC–DC Converter for Integrated Electric Vehicle On-Board Charger.

A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil (2023)
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Liu, H., Wang, Y., Yu, H., Wu, F., & Wheeler, P. (2023). A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(8), 10426-10441. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2023.3272217

Aiming at the problems of large switching loss and large output power fluctuation in the existing omnidirectional wireless power transfer (OWPT) system, a novel OWPT system with zero-switching-loss inverter and cylindrical transmitter coil is propose... Read More about A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil.

On the Impedance and Stability Analysis of Dual-Active-Bridge-Based Input-Series Output-Parallel Converters in DC Systems (2023)
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Yang, J., Guenter, S., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Liserre, M., & Wheeler, P. (2023). On the Impedance and Stability Analysis of Dual-Active-Bridge-Based Input-Series Output-Parallel Converters in DC Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(8), 10344-10358. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2023.3270531

Dual-active-bridge-based (DAB-based) input-series output-parallel (ISOP) converters have become increasingly popular due to their promising features made up of the advantages of the modular power electronics and the DAB converter. The modeling of the... Read More about On the Impedance and Stability Analysis of Dual-Active-Bridge-Based Input-Series Output-Parallel Converters in DC Systems.

High Pulsed Voltage Alkaline Electrolysis for Water Splitting (2023)
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Albornoz, M., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., & Ramírez, R. (2023). High Pulsed Voltage Alkaline Electrolysis for Water Splitting. Sensors, 23(8), Article 3820. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23083820

Pulsed electrolysis has become a promising research topic in recent decades due to advances in solid-state semiconductor devices. These technologies have enabled the design and construction of simpler, more efficient, and less costly high-voltage and... Read More about High Pulsed Voltage Alkaline Electrolysis for Water Splitting.

Moving Microgrid Hierarchical Control to an SDN-Based Kubernetes Cluster: A Framework for Reliable and Flexible Energy Distribution (2023)
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Pérez, R., Rivera, M., Salgueiro, Y., Baier, C. R., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Moving Microgrid Hierarchical Control to an SDN-Based Kubernetes Cluster: A Framework for Reliable and Flexible Energy Distribution. Sensors, 23(7), Article 3395. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073395

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a communication alternative to increase the scalability and resilience of microgrid hierarchical control. The common architecture has a centralized and monolithic topology, where the controller is highly susceptib... Read More about Moving Microgrid Hierarchical Control to an SDN-Based Kubernetes Cluster: A Framework for Reliable and Flexible Energy Distribution.

Auxiliary Power Supply for Input-Series Output-Parallel Medium-Voltage Solid State Transformers (2023)
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Liu, Y., Liu, X., Gao, F., Liu, D., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Auxiliary Power Supply for Input-Series Output-Parallel Medium-Voltage Solid State Transformers. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(6), 7308-7321. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2023.3258083

Auxiliary power supply (APS) is an essential component of medium voltage (MV) solid state transformers (SSTs) feeding the auxiliary units, such as gate drivers, controllers, and sensors. Usually APSs are obtained from the distributed bus, which may c... Read More about Auxiliary Power Supply for Input-Series Output-Parallel Medium-Voltage Solid State Transformers.

A Comprehensive Review of Machine-Integrated Electric Vehicle Chargers (2022)
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Mustafa, U., Ahmed, R., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., Ahmed, N., & Dahele, P. (2023). A Comprehensive Review of Machine-Integrated Electric Vehicle Chargers. Energies, 16(1), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010129

Electric Vehicles are becoming increasingly popular due to their environment friendly operation. As the demand for electric vehicles increases, it has become quite important to explore their charging strategies. Since charging and traction do not nor... Read More about A Comprehensive Review of Machine-Integrated Electric Vehicle Chargers.

Sliding-Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for a Three-Phase Induction Machine Fed by a Direct Matrix Converter (2022)
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Maidana, P., Medina, C., Rodas, J., Maqueda, E., Gregor, R., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Sliding-Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for a Three-Phase Induction Machine Fed by a Direct Matrix Converter. Energies, 15(22), Article 8379. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228379

The direct matrix converter (DMC) is considered to be an exciting power converter topology option for electric motor drives in industrial applications (elevators, hoists and cranes) and applications where size and weight are critical (e.g., the aeros... Read More about Sliding-Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for a Three-Phase Induction Machine Fed by a Direct Matrix Converter.

Matrix Converter Based on Trapezoidal Current Injection (2022)
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Lei, J., Huang, X., Wheeler, P., Xia, Y., Zhao, J., & Chen, W. (2022). Matrix Converter Based on Trapezoidal Current Injection. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2022.3216862

The Matrix Converter (MC) is a direct AC-AC power converter featuring high power density and high efficiency. However, the conventional MC (CMC) topologies require high control complexity and high transistor capacity, hindering the wide applications.... Read More about Matrix Converter Based on Trapezoidal Current Injection.

Microgrid Power Sharing Framework for Software Defined Networking and Cybersecurity Analysis (2022)
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Perez Guzman, R. E., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., Mirzaeva, G., Espinosa, E. E., & Rohten, J. A. (2022). Microgrid Power Sharing Framework for Software Defined Networking and Cybersecurity Analysis. IEEE Access, 10, 111389-111405. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3215434

Hierarchical control is a widely used strategy that can increase resilience and improve the reliability of the electrical network based on microgrid global variables. Large amounts of data required during transitions prompt the use of more reliable a... Read More about Microgrid Power Sharing Framework for Software Defined Networking and Cybersecurity Analysis.

Predictive Control Applied to Matrix Converters: A Systematic Literature Review (2022)
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Toledo, S., Caballero, D., Maqueda, E., Cáceres, J. J., Rivera, M., Gregor, R., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Predictive Control Applied to Matrix Converters: A Systematic Literature Review. Energies, 15(20), Article 7801. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207801

Power electronic devices play an important role in energy conversion. Among the options, matrix converters, in combination with predictive control, represent a good alternative for the power conversion stage. Although several reviews have been undert... Read More about Predictive Control Applied to Matrix Converters: A Systematic Literature Review.

Inverse application of artificial intelligence for the control of power converters (2022)
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Gao, Y., Wang, S., Hussaini, H., Yang, T., Dragicevic, T., Bozhko, S., …Vazquez, S. (2022). Inverse application of artificial intelligence for the control of power converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2022.3209093

This paper proposes a novel application method, Inverse Application of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) for the control of power electronic converter systems. The proposed method can give the desired control coefficients/references in a simple way beca... Read More about Inverse application of artificial intelligence for the control of power converters.

Modeling Techniques and Stability Analysis Tools for Grid-Connected Converters (2022)
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Peng, Q., Buticchi, G., Tan, N. M. L., Guenter, S., Yang, J., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Modeling Techniques and Stability Analysis Tools for Grid-Connected Converters. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 3, 450-467. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2022.3190103

Large-scale integration of renewable generation interfaced to the network through power electronic converters has led to drastic changes in power system dynamics. In islanded microgrids or weak grids, different control concepts for the synchronizatio... Read More about Modeling Techniques and Stability Analysis Tools for Grid-Connected Converters.

An Interleaved Soft Switched High Step-Up Boost Converter With High Power Density for Renewable Energy Applications (2022)
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Khorasani, R. R., Jazi, H. M., Chaudhuri, N. R., Khoshkbar-Sadigh, A., Shaneh, M., Adib, E., & Wheeler, P. (2022). An Interleaved Soft Switched High Step-Up Boost Converter With High Power Density for Renewable Energy Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37(11), 13782-13798. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2022.3181946

In this article, a novel soft switched interleaved boost structure with a simple auxiliary circuit is proposed which is suitable for stand-alone loads or ac grid applications. In this topology, coupled inductors and switched capacitor cells of parall... Read More about An Interleaved Soft Switched High Step-Up Boost Converter With High Power Density for Renewable Energy Applications.

Generalised model predictive controller design for A DC–DC non-inverting buck–boost converter optimised with a novel identification technique (2022)
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Ghamari, S. M., Khavari, F., Molaee, H., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Generalised model predictive controller design for A DC–DC non-inverting buck–boost converter optimised with a novel identification technique. IET Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12309

An on-line generalised model predictive control (GMPC) strategy is designed and optimised with a novel identification procedure in the presence of different disturbances. The principle of MPC is utilising a discrete-time model of a system to reach th... Read More about Generalised model predictive controller design for A DC–DC non-inverting buck–boost converter optimised with a novel identification technique.

Are we on the brink of a post-silicon era in aircraft power electronics? (2022)
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Lophitis, N., Almpanis, I., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Are we on the brink of a post-silicon era in aircraft power electronics?. Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining,

Control-Based Two-Layer Protection for Short-Circuit Fault at an LVDC Feeder Branch (2022)
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Yang, J., Brueske, S., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Guenter, S., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Control-Based Two-Layer Protection for Short-Circuit Fault at an LVDC Feeder Branch. Energies, 15(11), Article 4054. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15114054

Low-voltage dc distribution offers high efficiency for grid integration of dc-based technologies such as photovoltaic and battery storage systems and new loads such as charging stations for electric vehicles due to reduced number of conversion stages... Read More about Control-Based Two-Layer Protection for Short-Circuit Fault at an LVDC Feeder Branch.

Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives (2022)
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Guo, F., Yang, T., Diab, A. M., Huang, Z., Yeoh, S. S., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 70(4), 3449-3460. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2022.3176309

In the aircraft electric starter/generator system, the three-level neutral-point-clamped converters play a crucial role in driving turbofan engines and delivering onboard electrical power. However, the conventional pulsewidth modulation (PWM) strateg... Read More about Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives.

Generalised predictive controller (GPC) design on single‐phase full‐bridge inverter with a novel identification method (2022)
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Memeghani, M. J., Ghamari, S. M., Jouybari, T. Y., Mollaee, H., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Generalised predictive controller (GPC) design on single‐phase full‐bridge inverter with a novel identification method. IET Control Theory and Applications, 17(3), 284-294. https://doi.org/10.1049/cth2.12295

The design of an on-line generalised predictive control (GPC) technique with a novel identification method is presented in this paper for a single-phase full-bridge inverter in the presence of different disturbances. The controller uses system discre... Read More about Generalised predictive controller (GPC) design on single‐phase full‐bridge inverter with a novel identification method.