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Xiao, J. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Communication-based distributed secondary control is deemed necessary to restore the state of islanding AC microgrids to set points. As its limited global information, the microgrids become vulnerable to cyber-attacks, which by falsifying the communicating singles, like the angular frequency, can disturb the power dispatch in the microgrids...journal article 2024
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Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Extracting an electric vehicle (EV) charger's input impedance with the analytical model (white-box approach) or the frequency sweep (black-box approach) is limited by the parameter confidentiality or the measurement noise, respectively. To overcome these challenges, a gradient-descent (GD) optimization-based gray-box modeling approach is...journal article 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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Liao, Jianquan (author), Zhou, Niancheng (author), Qin, Z. (author), Wang, Qianggang (author), Bauer, P. (author)The unbalanced power between positive and negative poles in a bipolar DC distribution network (DC-DN) generates an unbalanced current at the neutral line, which enlarges the power losses of the system and the voltage deviation of DC loads. An unbalanced power suppression strategy based on a series-parallel power flow controller (SP-PFC) is...journal article 2023
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Xiao, J. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In multi-inverter parallel connected islanded micro-grids, reactive power sharing is challenged by the differences in feeder impedance and various controller parameters. In order to address this issue, a virtual impedance reshaping strategy based on the consensus algorithm is proposed in this paper. The proposed method facilitates adaptive...conference paper 2023
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Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Reinforcement of the legacy grid infrastructure will be very costly and thereby unrealistic. Consequently, weak grid connection of electric vehicle (EV) chargers will sooner or later be the case. It may however bring instability issues since the EV chargers that can work well in strong grid conditions usually do not fit the weak grid...conference paper 2023
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Xiao, J. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper proposes a virtual impedance reshaping strategy to share active and harmonic power while promoting the PCC voltage quality. Moreover, the suggested method is resilient to cyber-attacks and immune to communication interruption and delay. Furthermore, it significantly reduces the communication burden. Experiments verify the...conference paper 2023
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Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Xiao, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The critical short circuit ratio (CSCR), as an important metric for grid stability evaluation, is not clearly defined in the literature. Aimed at clarifying the misunderstandings, the paper compares the different CSCR definitions. Moreover, CSCR reduction-oriented design is studied for electric vehicle chargers. Simulations verify the analysis.conference paper 2023
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Wang, Yi (author), Yang, Zhongping (author), Lin, Fei (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Compensation capacitors are naturally susceptible to manufacturing defects and aging effects, leading to the degraded performance of a wireless power transfer (WPT) system. This article focuses on the compensation parameters optimization during the design stage and control strategy during the operation phase to improve the inherent capacitor...journal article 2023
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Xu, J. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Wang, Yong (author), Gao, Fei (author), Tang, Houjun (author), Bauer, P. (author)Two-stage AC-DC converters are considered as a prominent solution for DC-type electric vehicle (EV) chargers. However, this kind of architecture suffers from high switching losses with large heatsink and DC-link capacitor volume. To relieve this issue, this paper presents a new hybrid modulation for DC-type EV chargers, where a two-phase...journal article 2022
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Xu, J. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Gao, Fei (author), Wang, Y. (author), Tang, Houjun (author), Bauer, P. (author)A three-phase buck-type rectifier features a step-down ac-dc conversion function, which is considered as a prominent solution for electric vehicle chargers and telecommunication systems integrated to the grid above 380 V line to line. However, traditional solutions for those applications employ cascaded architectures with an ac-dc boost-type...journal article 2022
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Sun, S.Z. (author), Wang, Zhenpo (author), Liu, Peng (author), Qin, Z. (author), Chen, Yong (author), Han, Yang (author), Wang, Peng (author), Bauer, P. (author)Battery fault diagnosis is crucial for stable, reliable, and safe operation of electric vehicles, especially the thermal runaway early warning. Developing methods for early failure detection and reducing safety risks from failing high energy lithium-ion batteries has become a major challenge for industry. In this article, a real-time early...journal article 2022
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Xiao, J. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Smart grid steady control relies heavily on the communication infrastructure among sensors, actuators, and control systems, which makes it vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Accurate acquisition of dynamic state information is deemed vital for efficient detection of these cyber-attacks on a smart grid. However, several popular state estimation...conference paper 2022
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Qin, Z. (author), Wang, L. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Electric vehicles (EVs) are playing a crucial role in achieving the carbon neutral goal. To make the charging experience comparable with the refueling of the gasoline cars, more and more chargers are installed and connected to the grid. Meanwhile, the charging power is going up. As a result, more and more power quality issues associated with EV...conference paper 2022
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Xiao, J. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Distributed secondary control is deemed necessary to restore the state of AC micro-grids to set points. However, for its limited global information, the power electronic system is vulnerable to cyber-attacks that aim to desynchronize converters or even cause a shutdown of micro-grids by unnecessarily triggering the protection schemes. To this...conference paper 2022
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Liang, Y. (author), Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In emerging fast-charging stations, DC fast chargers (DCFCs) are employed which rely on power electronics and control to achieve the required performance. Harmonic emission induced by the complex system behavior is of great concern in the DCFC system. This paper proposes a harmonic emission model for the typical electric vehicle charger...conference paper 2022
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Beloqui Larumbe, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Wang, L. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This article presents a small-signal model for power-electronics converters that use a typical control structure in wind energy applications: the double synchronous reference frame current control. The article considers the presence of unbalanced currents and voltages, and analyzes their impact on the frequency couplings of the converter. In...journal article 2021
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Liao, Jianquan (author), Zhou, Niancheng (author), Qin, Z. (author), Purgat, P. (author), Wang, Qianggang (author), Bauer, P. (author)The two main challenges of medium voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution network are the flexible control of power flow (PF) and fault protection. In this paper, the power flow controller (PFC) is introduced to regulate the PF and inhibit the fault current during the DC fault. The coordination strategy of series-parallel PFC (SP-PFC) and...journal article 2021
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Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Beloqui Larumbe, L. (author), Bauer, P. (author)To accurately simulate electric vehicle DC fast chargers' (DCFCs') harmonic emission, a small time step, i.e., typically smaller than 10 μs, is required owing to switching dynamics. However, in practice, harmonics should be continuously assessed with a long duration, e.g., a day. A trade-off between accuracy and time efficiency thus exists. To...journal article 2021
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Wang, L. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Slangen, T (author), Bauer, P. (author), van Wijk, T (author)With growing concern on climate change, widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is important. One of the main barriers to EV acceptance is range anxiety, which can be alleviated by fast charging (FC). The main technology constraints for enabling FC consist of high-charging-rate batteries, high-power-charging infrastructure, and grid...journal article 2021
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