P. Bauer
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The study presents Electric Vehicle (EV) Point-of-View (POV) Vehicle to Grid (V2G) optimisation, where the system knows the trips and energy demand of the EV. This allows it to be less conservative in the departure State of Charge (SoC) of the EV battery. The peak and cost reduct
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Accurate battery capacity estimation is essential for the effective and reliable operation of lithium-ion battery management systems. Battery impedance is a key parameter that encapsulates electrochemical information, closely correlating with the internal states of batteries. Thi
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The energy transition encourages using heat pumps at the residential level, which results in a multi-carrier energy system when combined with PV and battery storage. Optimally controlling such systems has proven challenging. The numerous constraints required, different response t
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This article presents an extended hybrid modulation (EHM) technique to achieve multistage constant-current (MSCC) charging of electric vehicles using wireless power transfer (WPT) technology. Although most research focuses on constant-current constant-voltage charging, MSCC charg
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The growth of suburbs is a challenge for public transport, and new tools are needed to electrify suburban and intercity bus lines sustainably. In-motion-charging (IMC) buses combine the advantages of both trolleybuses and electric buses. This paper analyses a case of using IMC bu
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Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) offer significant advantages in the medium to high-voltage settings. The modular architecture of MMCs allows for redundant submodules (SMs) to improve overall reliability. These redundant SMs can be deployed using various redundancy strategies
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This article presents a dual-side capacitor tuning and cooperative control strategy for wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging. To improve the efficiency of wireless EV charging across broad output voltages and wide-range load variations, this article introduces a reconfigurable
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Low-carbon technologies (LCTs) such as Electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps (HPs), and PV systems increase phase unbalance due to uneven phase distribution. Phase unbalance can lead to overheating, suboptimal capacity utilization, and power losses. This work analyzes the unbalance
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Analysing the impact of the different pricing policies on PV-battery systems
A Dutch case study of a residential microgrid
This study investigates the techno-economic impacts of various pricing policies on a photovoltaic (PV) system combined with battery energy storage (BES) as a single integrated system within a Dutch residential building. With the increasing adoption of PV systems, managing reverse
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Distributed generation, such as photovoltaics (PVs), and electrification of heating and transportation with heat pumps (HPs) and electric vehicles (EVs) will play a major role in the energy transition. However, these low-carbon technologies (LCTs) do not come without side effects
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High-power flexible dc links employ modular multilevel converters (MMC) for compact active power redirection in medium and high voltage grids. During contingencies, such converters may need to provide an enhanced active power capacity to avoid overload in vulnerable grid location
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To tackle the potential grid overloading issue induced by excessive Electric Vehicles (EV) charging demand, a Low Voltage (LV) grid congestion management algorithm with three centralised EV charging management schemes is proposed in this study. The developed algorithm integrates
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This article implements a real-time digital twin (RTDT) of a 10 kW Dual Active Bridge (DAB)-electrolyzer system. The electrical model of a 10 kW alkaline electrolyzer is presented to understand its I–V characteristics. A sensitivity analysis is performed to assess the impact of v
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Three-Mode Variable-Frequency Modulation for the Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converter
A QR-BCM Versus TCM Case Study and Implementation
Quasi-resonant boundary-conduction mode (QR-BCM) and triangular current mode (TCM) have found widespread use in the literature and industry due to their good performance at relatively low complexity. However, additional control challenges occur when these modulations are applied
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A fast and efficient charging infrastructure has become indispensable in the evolving energy landscape and thriving electric vehicle (EV) market. Irrespective of the charging stations’ internal alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) bus configurations, the main concern i
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Consensus algorithm-based secondary control, such as virtual impedance, is typically used to achieve power-sharing and ensure stable operation in microgrids. The introduction of communication, however, increases the system's vulnerability. Communication failure, e.g., under cyber
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Targeting a climate-neutral maritime sector drives the adoption of the all-electric ship (AES). While AESs can utilize both ac and dc shipboard power systems (SPS), a dc system offers advantages in efficiency, power density, and source synchronization. However, the enhanced netwo
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Power control of flexible loads will play a significant role in energy transition. This work has developed a mixed-integer linear power control (MILP) model that manages electric vehicle (EV) chargers, heat pumps (HPs), and PV rooftops. The power control was tested with and witho
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In the production of green hydrogen, electrolyzers draw power from renewable energy sources. In this paper, the design of Solid State Transformer (SST) for large-scale H
2 electrolyzers is benchmarked. The three most promising topologies are chosen for de
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In DC shipboard power systems (DC-SPS), the enhanced network complexity and high penetration of power electronic devices make the system level reliability a critical design aspect. This paper proposes a stochastic framework for the reliability assessment of DC-SPSs based on a thr
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