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Diab, I. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)A typical approach to harvesting the excess braking energy of a railway car has been to use a storage system. However, research momentum has been growing in the direction of integrating smart loads like EV chargers into traction networks, and this can offer a more efficient and economical solution to the harvesting of braking energy. This paper...conference paper 2023
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Diab, I. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)When the braking energy in electric transportation grids is not met by another vehicle's demand, it is either harvested by storage systems or wasted in braking resistors. This paper looks at three methods for increasing the amount of harvested braking energy without the use of expensive storage systems: decreasing the substation voltage,...conference paper 2023
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van der Sande, Robin (author), Deshmukh, R.S. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)When operating a modular multilevel converter (MMC), a margin appears between the arm voltage and sum capacitor voltage corresponding to the power dependent ripple. This margin can be used to enhance the DC link voltage and increase the transfer capacity of an MMC-based distribution link while keeping the submodule (SM) stresses fixed....conference paper 2023
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Kardan Halvaei, F. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The load profile of the power converter in EV Fast charging applications involves a short high-current pulse for rapid charging of the EV battery leading to thermal cycles on the power electronic devices. These thermal cycles can cause thermo-mechanical fatigues, which consume the power devices’ lifetime. Also, different timescales and magnitude...conference paper 2023
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Wu, Y. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)With the great emphasis from the international standard-setting community on the so-called supra-harmonics emissions (2-150 kHz), there are increasing research efforts in this noise level identification, measurement, standard setting and mitigation. The periodic variable switching frequency PWM method, which is known as VSFPWM, can reshape the...conference paper 2023
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Yu, G. (author), Dong, J. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper introduces variable-frequency zero voltage switching (ZVS) modulation strategy for the four-switch buck+boost converter with one operating pattern for the inductor current, i.e., three-segment inductor current modulation control. The proposed modulation scheme guarantees a smooth transition from step-up to step-down or from step-down...conference paper 2023
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Bondarenko, A.V. (author), Kounalakis, M. (author), Kusminskiy, Silvia Viola (author), Bauer, G.E. (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author)Optical photons are ideal carriers for long-distance transmission, while state-of-the-art quantum processors, such as supercon-ducting qubits, operate at microwave frequencies. An important requirement for networked quantum computation is therefore the ability to coherently convert the quantum information from microwave to optical frequencies...conference paper 2023
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Shekhar, A. (author), Rituraj, G. (author), van der Sande, Robin (author), Ahmadi, M. (author), Deshmukh, R.S. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Nougain, V. (author), Lekić, A. (author), Palensky, P. (author)Reliable Power Electronic Systems (PES) are vital for enabling energy transition technologies of the future. Power hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) test bed can be used to validate such systems cost-effectively and time-efficiently. In general, the Real Time Digital Twin (RTDT) is a virtual representation of the PES and its operating environment that...conference paper 2023
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Damianakis, Nikolaos (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)An important aspect of the energy transition is the expected grid impact due to the abrupt increase of distributed electric generation and electric load demand. A part of this impact is going to be inflicted by the electrification of heating with heat pumps (HPs). Therefore, it is essential that the future power consumption of electric...conference paper 2023
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Ahmadi, M. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Power electronics converters are crucial for power generation, transmission, and distribution. The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is highly valued for its ability to handle high power levels, versatility in reconfiguration, high efficiency through small-capacity submodules (SMs), and robust control capabilities. A failure of a power...conference paper 2023
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Yu, Haoyuan (author), Zhang, Hanwen (author), Wang, Yanbo (author), Qin, Z. (author), Chen, Zhe (author), Bauer, P. (author)This article investigates the stability of triple active bridge (TAB) converter with different types of loads. In this paper, port2 of TAB converter adopts voltage control to supply a constant power load (CPL), and port3 uses voltage control to supply a resistor or uses current control to supply a battery. Then, an extra element theorem-based ...conference paper 2023
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Guan, H. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The electric vehicle (EV) market is expanding rapidly. However, the main barriers to EV adoption are high vehicle costs, range issues, and charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, energy storage systems (ESS) appear as a promising solution to preventing grid overload during charging and reducing infrastructure costs. In this paper, the integration of...conference paper 2023
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Kardan Halvaei, F. (author), Ahmadi, M. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)EV Fast chargers are crucial to alleviate the driving range anxiety for E-mobility applications. A typical converter load profile consists of a short high-current pulse to rapidly refill the EV battery followed by a cooling-off period once the charging is completed. Power electronic components experience thermal cycles as a result, which can...conference paper 2023
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Molenaar, M. (author), Kardan Halvaei, F. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The reliability of semiconductor power devices can be studied by performing a thermal and power cycling test. In order to create the desired temperature cycles, there are four free variables to select during the power cycling test, namely the heating current, heating time, cooling time, and heatsink temperature. In this paper, the relation...conference paper 2023
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Slaifstein, D.A. (author), Alpizar Castillo, J.J. (author), Menendez Agudin, A. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In the context of building electrification the operation of distributed energy resources integrating multiple energy carriers poses a significant challenge. Such an operation calls for an energy management system that decides the set-points of the primary control layer in the best way possible. This is done by fulfilling user requirements,...conference paper 2023
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Deshmukh, R.S. (author), Rituraj, G. (author), Lock, Niels (author), Vahedi, H (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Power electronics converters (PEC) play a crucial role in interfacing renewable energy systems and electrolyzers to ensure a high production yield of green hydrogen. The design of such PEC is not straightforward due to the safety hazards of using multiple electrolyzer stacks and converter modules at industrial levels. Therefore, real-time...conference paper 2023
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Zhu, G. (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)It is ideal for the wireless power transfer (WPT) systems to operate at the resonance state for better transmission performance. In practice, however, the parameters of the resonant circuits often deviate because of the capacitance drift and coil misalignment. To this end, this paper proposes a new parameter estimation method for the WPT systems...conference paper 2023
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Kardan Halvaei, F. (author), Shekhar, A. (author), Bauer, P. (author)EV fast chargers are essential in addressing the concern of limited driving range for E-mobility applications. However, the load profile of a converter for fast charging involves a high-current pulse that can last for a few minutes to efficiently replenish the EV battery, which is followed by a cooldown period after the charging process is...conference paper 2023
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Mirzadarani, R. (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Van Lieshout, Lou (author)Green hydrogen production uses renewable energies to energise the electrolysers for hydrogen production. The present paper compares possible solutions and configurations of a medium-frequency transformer (MFT) as part of a solid-state transformer (SST) in green hydrogen production applications. The single-phase and three-phase MFTs are compared...conference paper 2023
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Damianakis, Nikolaos (author), Yu, Y. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Smart-Charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is able to provide frequency regulation capacity services to the System Operator (SO) upon an automation generation control (AGC) signal. While the amount of available regulation capacity is of-fered in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM), there is high uncertainty on the actual amount of reserves that will be...conference paper 2023