Electrical Engineering: Recent submissions
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A Comparative Study of High-gain Cascaded DC-DC Converter Topologies
( IEEE , 2022 , Conference Paper)DC-DC boost converters are utilized to step-up the voltage level to match a certain application requirement. Although Conventional boost converter is simple and easy to be implemented, it has a low boosting capability and ... -
High-Gain Non-isolated Single-Switch DC-DC Converters in Power Factor Correction Rectifiers: A Performance Assessment
( IEEE , 2022 , Conference Paper)Conventional single-stage Power Factor Correction (PFC) rectifiers struggle with extreme duty ratio operation for low-voltage applications, like Low-speed Electric Vehicles (LSEV). This worsens the performance of the ... -
A weighted real-time predictive controller for a grid connected flying capacitors inverter
( Elsevier , 2013 , Article)This paper proposes a new controller for a grid connected power conditioning unit (PCU). The PCU consists of a flying capacitors inverter (FCI) connected to the grid through an inductor and a step-up transformer. A hybrid ... -
Modeling, impedance design, and efficiency analysis of quasi-Z source module in cascaded multilevel photovoltaic power system
( IEEE , 2014 , Article)The quasi-Z source (qZS) cascaded multilevel inverter (CMI) (qZS-CMI) presents attractive advantages in application to photovoltaic (PV) power system. Each PV panel connects to an H-bridge qZS inverter (qZSI) to form a ... -
Dual Mechanical Port Machine Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Reduced Switch Converters
( IEEE , 2019 , Article)Due to the increased environmental pollution, hybrid vehicles have attracted enormous attention in today's society. The two most important factors in designing these vehicles are size and weight. For this purpose, some ... -
A novel control scheme for three-phase seven-level packed U-Cell based DSTATCOM
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)With the advent of SiC devices, the packed U-Cell converter has become a promising topology among the multilevel converters for medium voltage DSTATCOM application. It utilizes fewer components while achieving the maximum ... -
A battery health monitoring method using machine learning: A data-driven approach
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Batteries are combinations of electrochemical cells that generate electricity to power electrical devices. Batteries are continuously converting chemical energy to electrical energy, and require appropriate maintenance to ... -
Differential Flatness-Based Performance Enhancement of a Vector Controlled VSC with an LCL-Filter for Weak Grids
( IEEE , 2021 , Article)In this paper, a novel single-loop flatness-based controller (FBC) is proposed to control the grid-side current in a shunt converter connected to a weak grid through an LCL-filter. After its mathematical description, the ... -
Reinforcement Learning Based EV Charging Management Systems-A Review
( IEEE , 2021 , Article)To mitigate global warming and energy shortage, integration of renewable energy generation sources, energy storage systems, and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have been introduced in recent years. The application of ... -
A novel model predictive control with an integrated SOC and floating DC-link voltage balancing for 3-phase 7-level PUC converter-based MV BESS
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Compared to conventional multilevel topologies, the Packed U-Cell multilevel topology utilizes the minimum number of components and provides both maximum voltage levels and high reliability. When used in a battery energy ... -
Enhanced Deadbeat Control Approach for Grid-Tied Multilevel Flying Capacitors Inverter
( IEEE , 2022 , Article)This paper proposes an enhanced Deadbeat Controller (DBC) for a grid-tied Flying Capacitors Inverter (FCI). The proposed DBC guarantees the balancing of the capacitors' voltages while injecting current to the grid with ... -
A New Non-Isolated High-Gain Single-Switch DC–DC Converter Topology with a Continuous Input Current
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)An ultra-high step-up, non-isolated DC–DC converter with a continuous input current was developed as a result of this research. This converter’s architecture consists of a voltage multiplier cell (VMC), a positive output ... -
Wind-hydrogen storage in distribution network expansion planning considering investment deferral and uncertainty
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)With respect to the recent developments of hydrogen storage system (HSS), it is relevant to model these storage units in the network expansion planning. Also, most of the available expansion planning tools consider constant ... -
Zero Energy Building by Multicarrier Energy Systems including Hydro, Wind, Solar, and Hydrogen
( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Article)This article proposes a unified solution to address the energy issues in net-zero energy building (ZEB), as a new contribution to earlier studies. The multicarrier energy system, including hydro-wind-solar-hydrogen-methane-carbon ... -
Tri-objective optimization of a synergistic wind-photovoltaic plant for water desalination addressing sustainable development goals
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2022 , Article)The sixth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) announced by the United Nations addresses water and sanitation; its first target is providing safe and affordable drinking water. Water desalination is introduced ... -
Wind power smoothing using demand response of electric vehicles
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Large penetrations of wind power is prevented in most power systems, mainly because it is highly stochastic. One important aspect of this uncertainty is the large power gradients that wind farms may impose to the grid. To ... -
Voltage and congestion control in active distribution networks using fast sensitivity analysis
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)Active distribution networks will meet new challenges in voltage and congestion control due to the high penetration levels of distributed generations (DG). Optimal voltage control techniques are mainly based on the relation ... -
Stochastic linear programming for optimal planning of battery storage systems under unbalanced-uncertain conditions
( State Grid Electric Power Research Institute , 2020 , Article)Battery energy storage system (BESS) has already been studied to deal with uncertain parameters of the electrical systems such as loads and renewable energies. However, the BESS have not been properly studied under unbalanced ... -
Sensitivity Analysis for Voltage Stability Considering Voltage Dependent Characteristics of Loads and DGs
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)The sensitivity analysis becomes particularly critical for voltage stability analysis due to the fluctuation in power outputs of renewable energy resources. Besides, impacts of different load modeling and the operation ... -
Sustainable and reliable hybrid AC/DC microgrid planning considering technology choice of equipment
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Today, the microgrid is not a new concept, and its diverse benefits for the grid and also consumers have been proven. One of the effective ways to enhance penetration level of the microgrids is to improve economic ...