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Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives (2021)
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Guo, F., Yang, T., Li, C., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(3), 2276-2287. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2021.3065605

In this article, the equivalent relationship between the nearest-three-virtual space vector and carrier-based pulsewidth-modulation scheme is established based on space vector coordinate for a three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) converter. Mor... Read More about Active Modulation Strategy for Capacitor Voltage Balancing of Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives.

Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications (2021)
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Muñoz, C., Rivera, M., Villalón, A., Baier, C. R., Muñoz, J., Ramirez, R. O., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications. Sustainability, 13(6), 3037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063037

The high increase of renewable energy sources and the increment of distributed generation in the electrical grid has made them complex and of variable parameters, causing potential stability problems to the PI controllers. In this document, a control... Read More about Predictive Control with Current-Based Maximum Power Point-Tracking for On-Grid Photovoltaic Applications.

A Cascade PI-SMC Method for Matrix Converter-Fed BDFIM Drives (2021)
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Wheeler, P., Wang, H., Chen, X., Zhao, X., Dan, H., Su, M., Sun, Y., Zhang, F., & Rivera, M. (2021). A Cascade PI-SMC Method for Matrix Converter-Fed BDFIM Drives. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(4), 2541-2550. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3061742

This article proposes a cascade proportional-integral second-order sliding mode control (PI-SMC) method for matrix converter-fed brushless doubly fed induction machine (BDFIM). The PI-SMC method consists of a PI speed controller with an inner-loop se... Read More about A Cascade PI-SMC Method for Matrix Converter-Fed BDFIM Drives.

Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids (2021)
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Dewar, D., Formentini, A., Li, K., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids. IET Power Electronics, 14(3), 690-705. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12056

In modern power systems, the proliferation of power electronics converters, and distributed generation raises important issues concerning inter-connected switching units in terms of performance, stability and robustness. Such phenomenon are more prom... Read More about Optimal and automated decentralised converter control design in more electrical aircraft power electronics embedded grids.

Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters (2020)
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Harikumaran, J., Migliazza, G., Buticchi, G., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Costabeber, A., Wheeler, P., & Galea, M. (2021). Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2020.3047201

Aircraft electrification has been a major trend in aviation industry for past 20 years. Given the increasing electrical power requirement for future more electric aircraft and hybrid electric aircraft, research efforts has been ongoing in high power... Read More about Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters.

Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation (2020)
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Trentin, A., Sala, G., Tarisciotti, L., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Connor, P. H., Golovanov, D., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., La Rocca, A., Eastwick, C. N., Pickering, S. J., Wheeler, P., Clare, J. C., & Gerada, C. (2021). Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 68(12), 11684-11695. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2020.3040692

In this article, we describe the research and development of a 3 kV active rectifier for a 4 MW aerospace generator drive system demonstrator. The converter is fed by a multiphase high-speed/high-frequency permanent magnet generator. The main aim of... Read More about Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation.

A Review of Control Techniques in Photovoltaic Systems (2020)
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Murillo-Yarce, D., Alarcón-Alarcón, J., Rivera, M., Restrepo, C., Muñoz, J., Baier, C., & Wheeler, P. (2020). A Review of Control Techniques in Photovoltaic Systems. Sustainability, 12(24), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410598

Complex control structures are required for the operation of photovoltaic electrical energy systems. In this paper, a general review of the controllers used for photovoltaic systems is presented. This review is based on the most recent papers present... Read More about A Review of Control Techniques in Photovoltaic Systems.

Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter (2020)
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Rivera, M., Rojas, S., Restrepo, C., Muñoz, J., Baier, C., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter. Energies, 13(23), Article 6337. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13236337

The single-phase matrix converter is an AC-AC power topology which consists of six bidirectional switches and it is considered the key unit in cascade or multilevel configurations. In this paper, a comparison between two control techniques is present... Read More about Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter.

Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications (2020)
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Huang, Z., Yang, T., Giangrande, P., Chowdhury, S., Galea, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(6), 6903-6916. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2020.3040029

This article studies a dual inverter supplied by a dc-link and a floating capacitor (FC), emerged as a promising inverter topology for motor drive applications. For this type of inverter, the voltage ratio between the dc-link and the FC can be active... Read More about Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications.

Model-Based Predictive Rotor Current Control Strategy for Indirect Power Control of a DFIM Driven by an Indirect Matrix Converter (2020)
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Olloqui, A., Elizondo, J. L., Rivera, M., Macias, M., Micheloud-Vernackt, O. M., Pena, R., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Model-Based Predictive Rotor Current Control Strategy for Indirect Power Control of a DFIM Driven by an Indirect Matrix Converter. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(2), 1510-1516. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2020.3038471

This paper presents a new control strategy using model-based predictive current control (MB-PCC) for a doubly fed induction machine (DFIM) driven by an indirect matrix converter (IMC). This strategy proposes the control of rotor currents, whose refer... Read More about Model-Based Predictive Rotor Current Control Strategy for Indirect Power Control of a DFIM Driven by an Indirect Matrix Converter.

Guest Editorial: Resilient and Compact Powertrains for On-the-Move Electrical Energy Technologies (2020)
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Serra, G., Wheeler, P., & Mirafzal, B. (2021). Guest Editorial: Resilient and Compact Powertrains for On-the-Move Electrical Energy Technologies. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 68(2), 1724-1727. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2020.3028435

The articles in this special section focus on resilient and compact power trains for on-the-move electrical energy techniques. On-the-move electrical energy technologies typically operate off the grid with no or minimal interaction with the utility n... Read More about Guest Editorial: Resilient and Compact Powertrains for On-the-Move Electrical Energy Technologies.

The Analysis Performance of a Grid-Connected 8.2 kWp Photovoltaic System in the Patagonia Region (2020)
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Vidal, H., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., & Vicencio, N. (2020). The Analysis Performance of a Grid-Connected 8.2 kWp Photovoltaic System in the Patagonia Region. Sustainability, 12(21), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219227

Solar PV structures for locations at high latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are increasingly in the spotlight. The work reported in this paper analyses the behaviour of a grid-connected 8.2 kWp photovoltaic system to either feed on-s... Read More about The Analysis Performance of a Grid-Connected 8.2 kWp Photovoltaic System in the Patagonia Region.

Computation of time probability distributions for the occurrence of uncertain future events (2020)
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Acuña-Ureta, D. E., Orchard, M. E., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Computation of time probability distributions for the occurrence of uncertain future events. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 150, Article 107332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107332

The determination of the time at which an event may take place in the future is a well-studied problem in a number of science and engineering disciplines. Indeed, for more than fifty years, researchers have tried to establish adequate methods to char... Read More about Computation of time probability distributions for the occurrence of uncertain future events.

An Overview of Applications of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter (2020)
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Diaz, M., Cárdenas Dobson, R., Ibaceta, E., Mora, A., Urrutia, M., Espinoza, M., Rojas, F., & Wheeler, P. (2020). An Overview of Applications of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter. Energies, 13(21), Article 5546. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215546

The modular multilevel matrix converter is a relatively new power converter topology suitable for high-power alternating current (AC)-to-AC applications. Several publications in the literature have highlighted the converter capabilities, such as full... Read More about An Overview of Applications of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter.

Indirect Matrix Converter-Based Grid-Tied Photovoltaics System for Smart Grids (2020)
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Geury, T., Pinto, S. F., Gyselinck, J., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Indirect Matrix Converter-Based Grid-Tied Photovoltaics System for Smart Grids. Energies, 13(20), Article 5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205405

This paper proposes an Indirect Matrix Converter (IMC)-based grid-tied Photovoltaic (PV) system for Smart Grids (SGs). The PV array injects current in the ‘dc link’ of the IMC through an inductive link, and is connected to the SG with shunt and serie... Read More about Indirect Matrix Converter-Based Grid-Tied Photovoltaics System for Smart Grids.

Overmodulation Methods for Modulated Model Predictive Control and Space Vector Modulation (2020)
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Sarajian, A., Garcia, C. F., Guan, Q., Wheeler, P., Khaburi, D. A., Kennel, R., Rodriguez, J., & Abdelrahem, M. (2021). Overmodulation Methods for Modulated Model Predictive Control and Space Vector Modulation. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(4), 4549-4559. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2020.3023927

A two-level voltage source inverter (2L-VSI) when working under overmodulation regulation potentially has low performance, especially during large reference or load changes. To address this problem, a new calculation method is proposed in this articl... Read More about Overmodulation Methods for Modulated Model Predictive Control and Space Vector Modulation.

Filter Design and Optimization of Electromechanical Actuation Systems Using Search and Surrogate Algorithms for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2020)
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Gao, Y., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., & Dragicevic, T. (2020). Filter Design and Optimization of Electromechanical Actuation Systems Using Search and Surrogate Algorithms for More-Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 6(4), 1434-1447. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2020.3019729

In this paper, a dc filter design and optimization problem is studied for dc electrical power distribution systems onboard more-electric aircraft. Component sizing models are built to serve as the basis of the optimization whose objectives are mass a... Read More about Filter Design and Optimization of Electromechanical Actuation Systems Using Search and Surrogate Algorithms for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Optimal filter design for power converters regulated by FCS-MPC in the MEA (2020)
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Gao, Y., Yang, T., Dragicevic, T., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., & Zheng, C. (2021). Optimal filter design for power converters regulated by FCS-MPC in the MEA. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(3), 3258-3268. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2020.3017862

For the DC electrical power distribution system onboard more electric aircraft, the voltage quality of DC bus is of a great concern since there could be significant harmonics distortions when feeding different power electronics loads. This problem ca... Read More about Optimal filter design for power converters regulated by FCS-MPC in the MEA.

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization of a System-Level Motor Drive Design (2020)
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Cheong, B., Giangrande, P., Zhang, X., Galea, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization of a System-Level Motor Drive Design. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56(6), 6904-6913. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2020.3016630

The use of optimization algorithms to design motor drive components is increasingly common. To account for component interactions, complex system-level models with many input parameters and constraints are needed, along with advanced optimization tec... Read More about Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization of a System-Level Motor Drive Design.