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  • Review of multiport power converters for distribution network applications 

    Harrison, Sam; Soltoswski, Bartosz; Pepiciello, Antonio; Henao Muñoz, Andrés Camilo; Y. Farag, Ahmed; Beza, Mebtu; Xu, Lie; Egea Àlvarez, Agustí; Cheah Mañé, Marc; Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol (2024-10-01)
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    Multiport power converters integrate three or more energy devices into a single (potentially highly controllable and efficient) hub. These characteristics suggest that multiport power converters may be valuable for the ...
  • Detection of abnormal photovoltaic systems’ operation with minimum data requirements based on Recursive Least Squares algorithms 

    Laguna Benet, Gerard; Moreno Kübel, Pablo Alexander; Cipriano Lindez, Jordi; Mor Martínez, Gerard; Gabaldon Ponsa, Eloi; Luna Alloza, Álvaro (2024-05)
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    In the last years, the massive deployment of new photovoltaic (PV) power plants has launched the connection of PV inverters to the electrical network. A single medium-sized ground-mounted PV plant may have thousands of ...
  • Detection of abnormal operation of PV inverters based on regressive prediction models with recursive least squares training 

    Moreno Kübel, Pablo Alexander; Laguna Benet, Gerard; Cipriano Lindez, Jordi; Luna Alloza, Álvaro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024-01-01)
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    The large scale integration of photovoltaic (PV) power plants has launched the massive deployment of PV inverters. In fact, just a single multi-MW PV plant may have thousands of them, which can be also found isolated in ...
  • Control of a three-phase active transformer integrating energy storage 

    Vidal León Romay, José David; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2023-06-12)
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    The high penetration of distributed energy sources is changing the paradigm of electrical networks control and management. Nowadays, power conversion systems associated to green energy plants are not only required to deliver ...
  • Grid-forming controller based on virtual admittance for power converters working in weak grids 

    Vidal León Romay, José David; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023-07)
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    The high penetration of distributed energy resources, based on power electronics, is giving rise to stability issues in the electrical network, as initially those plants were not required to provide either voltage or ...
  • External inertia emulation controller for grid-following power converter 

    Lai, Ngoc Bao; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Gregory Baltas, Nicholas; Marín Arévalo, Leonardo Vidal; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2021)
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    The advent of renewable energy has posed difficulties in the operation of power systems whose net inertia is becoming critically low. To face such challenges, grid-forming power has been one of the potential solutions ...
  • Multi-rotor virtual machine for grid-forming converter to damp sub-synchronous resonances 

    Lai, Ngoc Bao; Gregory Baltas, Nicholas; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
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    Grid-forming power converters (GFMC) have been widely adopted in power systems as an attractive solution against the challenges imposed by the ever-increasing penetration of renewables. Despite its versatility, GFMC is ...
  • Enhanced performance controller for high power wind converters connected to weak grids 

    Shahparasti, Mahdi; Catalan, Pedro; García Quintanilla, José Ignacio; Candela García, José Ignacio; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Luna Alloza, Álvaro (2020-04-02)
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    This study proposes a control scheme for high power grid-connected wind power converters, which is oriented to enhance their performance when connected to weak grids with low short circuit ratio. The proposed controller ...
  • Design of controller for virtual synchronous power plant 

    Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Lai, Ngoc Bao; Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodriguez, Pedro (2021-01-01)
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    The increasing participation of renewables in power systems has forced system operators to strengthen grid codes requiring renewable power plants (RPPs) to provide fast frequency support such as inertia response and power ...
  • Quadrature voltage compensation in the isolated multi-modular converter 

    Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2021-02-01)
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    Series connections of modules in cascaded multilevel converters are prone to power imbalances due to voltage differences on their DC side. When modules are connected to direct current (DC) sources, such as photovoltaic ...
  • Control and validation of a reinforced power conversion system for upcoming bioelectrochemical power to gas stations 

    Shahparasti, Mahdi; Rajaei, Amirhossein; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Vidal León Romay, José David; Luna, Alvaro (2021-06-18)
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    This paper presents a proposal for potential bioelectrochemical power to gas stations. It consists of a two-level voltage source converter interfacing the electrical grid on the AC side and an electromethanogenesis based ...
  • AI-based damping of electromechanical oscillations by using grid-connected converter 

    Gregory Baltas, Nicholas; Lai, Ngoc Bao; Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Marín Arévalo, Leonardo Vidal; Blaabjerg, Frede; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2021-03-05)
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    The proliferation of grid-connected converter interfaced energy sources in Smart Grids, enhance sustainability and efficiency as well as minimizing power losses and costs. However, concerns arise regarding the stability ...

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