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Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018). Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607274

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a power converter to be used in an energy storage system for aircrafts that is be able to control the 270V dc bus voltage during large load disturbances and regeneration. A study is conducted in order... Read More about Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts.

State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lukic, M., Hebala, A., Giangrande, P., Klumpner, C., Nuzzo, S., Chen, G., …Galea, M. (2018). State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems. 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.2018.8607786

The aviation industry represents an ever-expanding economy and the aircraft market forecast reveals an optimistic growth for the coming decades. New requirements and guidelines call for a more efficient, reliable, and environment friendly aircraft op... Read More about State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems.

Power Density Optimization of a DC/DC Converter for an Aircraft Supercapacitors Energy Storage (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Fritz, N., Rashed, M., & Klumpner, C. (2018). Power Density Optimization of a DC/DC Converter for an Aircraft Supercapacitors Energy Storage. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-9). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607774

This paper presents a computationally efficient design algorithm for a DC/DC converter, optimized for power density. Interleaving and series-connecting of several converter cells is included in the analysis. The choice of the converter design paramet... Read More about Power Density Optimization of a DC/DC Converter for an Aircraft Supercapacitors Energy Storage.

Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Fares, A., Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018). Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607796

© 2018 IEEE. This paper investigates the design optimization of a supercapacitor-based energy storage system for aerospace applications which may be needed to complement the operation of a high power pulsed load such as electromechanical actuators ha... Read More about Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications.

A comparison of modulation techniques for three-phase quasi Z-source modular multilevel converter able to provide DC-link fault blocking capability (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Khera, F. A., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. W. (2018, September). A comparison of modulation techniques for three-phase quasi Z-source modular multilevel converter able to provide DC-link fault blocking capability. Paper presented at EPE'18 ECCE Europe - 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

Future transmission and distribution grids will use power converters to enable interface with HVDC systems and the Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is a topology that is already employed in commercial systems. The MMC converter inherent the benefit... Read More about A comparison of modulation techniques for three-phase quasi Z-source modular multilevel converter able to provide DC-link fault blocking capability.

Energy harvesting utilizing reciprocating flow-induced torsional vibration on a T-shaped cantilever beam (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, G., Klumpner, C., & Lin, Y. (2018). Energy harvesting utilizing reciprocating flow-induced torsional vibration on a T-shaped cantilever beam. Smart Materials and Structures, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665x/aadb6d

This paper proposes a T-shaped cantilever energy harvester powered by flow-induced torsional vibration. To collect and convert the mechanical (kinetic) energy into electric power, a pair of symmetrical acrylic cylindrical bluff bodies were installed... Read More about Energy harvesting utilizing reciprocating flow-induced torsional vibration on a T-shaped cantilever beam.

New modulation scheme for bidirectional quasi z-source modular multilevel converters (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Khera, F., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2018). New modulation scheme for bidirectional quasi z-source modular multilevel converters.

This paper proposes a dedicated modulation scheme for a bidirectional quasi Z-source modular multilevel converter (BqZS-MMC). The operation principle and a suitable PWM method are proposed. The relation between the modulation index and shoot-through... Read More about New modulation scheme for bidirectional quasi z-source modular multilevel converters.

Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Panagiotou, K., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. (2018). Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application.

Nowadays, the existing hierarchical, centrally controlled power grid faces new challenges due to the increase penetration of renewable sources, the need of implementing demand side management and the 2020 and 2050 environmental targets. A promising c... Read More about Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application.

Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018). Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters.

This paper presents the design and evaluation of an energy storage system (ESS) for helicopters with the aim to recover the kinetic energy in the rotor available after landing and to be able to control the 270V dc bus voltage during load disturbances... Read More about Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters.

Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Fares, A., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. (2018). Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs.

The overall performance of battery packs may be affected by imbalances between the series connected cells which is more likely in packs with high number of cells needed to provide a high voltage as needed for example in electric vehicles. In this cas... Read More about Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs.

Operation principles of quasi Z-source modular multilevel converters (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Khera, F. A., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. W. (2018). Operation principles of quasi Z-source modular multilevel converters. In Proceedings 2017 IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2017.8333617

This paper proposes the integration of a quasi Z-source network with a modular multilevel converter (MMC) to provide voltage boost capability. The proposed quasi-Z-source MMC uses two symmetrical networks of inductors and capacitors connected between... Read More about Operation principles of quasi Z-source modular multilevel converters.