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    • Design, control and testing of a modular multilevel converter with a single cell per arm in grid-forming and grid-following operations for scaled-down experimental platforms 

      Girona Badia, Jaume; Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol; Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Capó Lliteras, Macià; Cutululis, Nicolaos Antonio; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel; Heredero Peris, Daniel; Prieto Araujo, Eduardo (2022-03-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Modular multilevel converters (MMC) can be used in several applications, especially (but not only) in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and STATCOM. In order to develop experimental scaled-down test benches for lab ...
    • Development and implementation of a dynamic PV emulator with HMI interface for high power inverters 

      Heredero Peris, Daniel; Capó Lliteras, Macià; Miguel Espinar, Carlos; Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel (2014)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      In this paper a 10 kVA photovoltaic emulator is presented. The system implemented generates photovoltaic V-I characteristic curves to analyse and test maximum power point tracking algorithms of real photovoltaic inverters ...
    • Disseny i construcció d'un carregador per a les bateries del vehicle elèctric de l'ETSEIB Motorsport 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-07)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      En els darrers anys la demanda per part de la societat d'energies renovables i sistemes de mobilitat m es sostenibles ha augmentat substancialment i cada cop amb unes exig encies superiors. Aquest projecte centra el seu ...
    • Effect of current distortion and unbalanced loads on semiconductors reliability 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Bahman, Amir Sajjad; Lannuzzo, Francesco; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel; Galceran Arellano, Samuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-01-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      This article presents a reliability analysis of a 4-wire grid-tied inverter under different loading conditions, considering unbalanced loads and harmonic distortion in the current consumed. The proposed power converter is ...
    • Modular platform for research in microgrids 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-15)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      The present Ph.D. thesis has been developed following an Industrial Ph.D. program and verses on developing a commercial piece of equipment for teknoCEA, a spin-off company from CITCEA-UPC. The thesis is centered on developing ...
    • Multipurpose emulation platform for research in microgrids 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel; Galceran Arellano, Samuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      This paper proposes the outline design of a platform that can be used to implement multiple emulators to replicate the behaviour of different energetic resources, storage systems, loads or electric grids. This platform can ...
    • Resonant load emulator for distributed energy resources to test anti-islanding algorithms 

      Heredero Peris, Daniel; Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel; Jorge Ques, Fernando (2016)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      A resonant load emulator for distributed energy resource inverters to test anti-islanding algo- rithms is presented. This emulator allows to change the operation conditions that can be applied during development, test and ...
    • Semiconductores de banda de prohibición ancha 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel (Grupo Tecnipublicaciones, 2015-06-01)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      En los últimos años han aparecido nuevos materiales semiconductores que mejoran las propiedades de los empleados hasta la actualidad. Este artículo reflexiona sobre las ventajas e inconvenientes que estos nuevos materiales ...
    • Thermal modeling of large electrolytic capacitors using FEM and considering the internal geometry 

      Lledó Ponsati, Tomàs; Bahman, Amir Sajjad; Iannuzzo, Francesco; Montesinos Miracle, Daniel; Galceran Arellano, Samuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-06-16)
      Article
      Open Access
      This article focuses on developing a finite-element method (FEM) model for large capacitors’ thermal modeling and reliability analysis. Thermal modeling for capacitors is critical since the capacitor’s lifetime depends on ...