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Ganeshpure, D.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago Batista (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Kulkarni, Nitish Milind (author), Bauer, P. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)This article proposes a new configuration of a modular multilevel converter (MMC) and a Marx generator to generate fast-rising impulse waveforms. This new configuration improves the capabilities of the MMC-based high voltage arbitrary wave shape generator to generate fast-rising impulse since the MMC topology faces many inherent limitations....journal article 2024
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Lyu, D. (author), Soeiro, Thiago Batista (author), Bauer, P. (author)This article presents an analysis, multiobjective design, and benchmark of three modified 3 phase shift full-bridge (PSFB) converters that are well-suited for electric vehicle (EV) battery charging applications, covering both typical battery voltage classes (400 and 800 V). These three modified PSFB converters, denoted as the t-PSFB, r-PSFB,...journal article 2024
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Abdelhakim, Ahmed (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Stecca, M. (author), Canales, Francisco (author)Compact and efficient power converter solutions are seen to be the backbone of future transportation systems in order to cope with the ongoing transition toward greener systems. Such systems usually comprise a main load section, in which one or more propulsion or traction motors are connected, in addition to an auxiliary load, which might...journal article 2023
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Stecca, M. (author), Abdelhakim, Ahmed (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Canales, Francisco (author), Bauer, P. (author), Palensky, P. (author)This work proposes a hybrid space vector modulation (HSVM) scheme for multiport hybrid converters (MHCs). Moreover, the impact of shifting the auxiliary currents from the main ones is proposed and investigated in order to enhance the converter efficiency. The proposed operational schemes have been implemented in a three-phase 5 kW MHC...journal article 2023
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Grazian, F. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) typically have a rated voltage of either 400 or 800 V. Especially when considering public parking infrastructures or owners with multiple EVs, e.g., car rental companies, EV wireless chargers must efficiently deliver electric power to both battery options. For this purpose, this article proposes an advanced...journal article 2023
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Zhou, Xiaochuan (author), Ganeshpure, D.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)In order to damp the resonance in the MMC-based Arbitrary Wave shape Generator (AWG) used for high voltage testing, an active damping control methodology is proposed in this paper instead of the passive damping with an arm resistor. It is vital to ensure the system’s stability when such an active damping closed loop control is implemented....conference paper 2023
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Latorre, Alejandro (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Geertsma, R.D. (author), Coraddu, A. (author), Polinder, H. (author)This article gives an overview of challenges in primary distribution, protections, and power scalability for shipboard dc systems. Given that dc technology is in development, several aspects of shipboard systems have not yet been sufficiently devised to ensure the protection and efficiency demanded. Several issues in dc systems arise from the...journal article 2023
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Ganeshpure, D.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)A Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC)-based Arbitrary Wave shape Generator (AWG) for High Voltage (HV) testing faces challenges in the control hardware to generate kHz-range high-frequency waveforms. Real Time Simulators (RTS) provide a simple way to implement the control of the MMC-based AWG in the FPGA. One of the commercially available RTS...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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Lyu, D. (author), Straathof, C.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper proposes two modulation schemes for Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converters, with the aim of maximizing Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) operation over a wide operational range. The first is a ZVS-optimized constant frequency modulation scheme, constructed based on the boundary conditions of ZVS operation. This scheme maximizes the number...journal article 2023
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Ganeshpure, D.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Gagic, Mladen (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)To test high-voltage (HV) equipment with increasingly complex transients obtained from various power system studies, this article demonstrates a hardware implementation of a medium-voltage (MV) submodule (SM) to be used in a modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based HV arbitrary wave shape generator (AWG). The MV SM is scalable with its own...journal article 2023
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Aarninkhof, Bram Oude (author), Lyu, Dingsihao (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In this article, a reconfigurable two-stage dc/dc resonant topology with a wide output voltage range of 150-1000 V is proposed for electric vehicle (EV) charging with high efficiency over the entire load range. The proposed topology consists of an LLC resonant converter with dual secondary sides; two interleaved triangular current mode (TCM)...journal article 2023
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Lyu, D. (author), Straathof, C.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)A variable switching frequency modulation for the Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter is proposed in this paper. With this variable switching frequency modulation, the DAB converter can be operated in the ZVS-beneficial operational modes without the necessity to transition to others, thus a larger ZVS range for the DAB converter can be...conference paper 2023
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Wu, Y. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The sinusoidal Triangular-Current-Mode (S-TCM) method has been proposed in the AC/DC power-factor-correction (PFC) converter to achieve the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) which can lead to both, high efficiency operation and a high power density design. Nevertheless, the necessary wide range variation of the sinusoidal switching frequency...conference paper 2023
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Yu, G. (author), Ye, P. (author), Grazian, F. (author), Dong, J. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The pursuit of battery charging technology for electric vehicle (EV) has led to extensive research on the inductive-based wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. In this paper, the compensation component (including coils) stresses will be studied in two commonly adopted compensation topologies, namely S-S and LCC-S compensations. Due to the peak...conference paper 2023
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Grazian, F. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The lithium-ion battery of an electric vehicle (EV) is typically rated at either 400 or 800 V. When considering public parking infrastructures, EV wireless chargers must efficiently deliver electric power to both battery options. This can be normally achieved by regulating the output voltage through a dc-dc converter at the cost of higher...journal article 2023
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Lyu, D. (author), Soeiro, Thiago Batista (author), Bauer, P. (author)This article analyzes, designs, and tests a reconfigurable phase shift full-bridge (r-PSFB) isolated dc/dc converter well suited for a wide voltage operating range. By controlling the auxiliary switches, a series or parallel connection can be realized on the secondary side of the converter. As a result, the r-PSFB converter can operate in an...journal article 2023
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Shi, W. (author), Dong, J. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Riekerk, C. (author), Grazian, F. (author), Yu, G. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Due to the urgent desire for a fast, convenient, and efficient battery charging technology for electric vehicle (EV) users, extensive research has been conducted into the design of high-power inductive power transfer (IPT) systems. However, there are few studies that formulate the design as a multiobjective optimization (MOO) research...journal article 2022
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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