• A simple method for reducing THD and improving the efficiency in CSI topology based on SiC power devices 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Paredes, Alejandro; Sala Caselles, Vicenç; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Sala, Vicent; Paredes, Alejandro (2018-10-17)
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      Silicon carbide (SiC)-based switching devices provide significant performance improvements in many aspects, including lower power dissipation, higher operating temperatures, and faster switching; compared with conventional ...
    • Analysis of power converters with devices of SiC for applications in electric traction systems 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Paredes, Alejandro; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Sala, Vicent (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      This article presents the analysis of two topologies of power converters. Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) and Current Source Inverter (CSI) proposals for traction system applications, these topologies are implemented with ...
    • Control and modulation techniques applied to converters with impedances networks for traction systems 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Sala Caselles, Vicenç; Paredes Camacho, Alejandro (2017-01-20)
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      The development of different topologies of power converters with impedance networks have opened up new lines of research, its application in different areas such as transmission systems, high voltage, photovoltaic ...
    • Control method of impedance network in SiC power converters for HEV/EV 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Paredes, Alejandro; Sala, Vicent; Romeral Martínez, José Luis (Las Palmas : European Association of the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality, 2017)
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      Silicon carbide (SiC) devices provide significant performance improvements in many aspects, including lower power dissipation, higher operating temperatures, and faster switching, compared to ...
    • Impedance networks and its application in power for electric traction systems 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Sala Caselles, Vicenç (2016-04-26)
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      The use of impedance networks in different types of DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC converters, has increased significantly, and many converters topologies and articles VSI and CSI with impedance networks have been presented for ...
    • Implementation of high frequency SVM in a digital system for CS-SiC inverter 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Paredes, Alejandro; Sala, Vicent; Romeral Martínez, José Luis (Las Palmas : European Association of the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality, 2017)
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      The operation of current source inverters at high frequency allows to reduce the size of the input coil and output filters. These advantages allowed to obtain converters with better performance and to reduce the size and ...
    • Method to reduce THD and improve efficiency in SiC power converter. 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Paredes Camacho, Alejandro; Sala Caselles, Vicenç; Romeral Martínez, José Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      This paper presents a method to reduce total harmonic distortion (THD) and improve efficiency of a topology of power converter using SiC devices. The method consists of two parts: the first part finds the optimum offset ...
    • Optimization of a CSI inverter and DC/DC elevator with silicon carbide devices, for applications in electric traction systems 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-03-20)
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      The applications of electric traction systems currently focus on developing technologies with greater energy efficiency and lower environmental impact. Manufacturers of hybrid and electric vehicles are looking for ways to ...
    • Power converters and its application in electric traction systems. Analysis present and future technologies 

      Fernández Palomeque, Efrén Esteban; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Sala Caselles, Vicenç (2016-02-01)
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      the traction systems for electric vehicles have advanced considerably over recent years, with the application of different topologies of power converters for the control of various types of electric induction motors and ...