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  • Grid forming control for power converters based on an Inertial Phase Locked Loop (IPLL) 

    Tarraso Martínez, Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Miletic, Zoran (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023-07-21)
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    Inertia emulation is claimed to play a decisive role in the regulation and management of frequency in modern electrical systems. The support offered by renewable energy power plants and distributed generators is key to ...
  • 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 ...
  • Control of energy storage system integrating electrochemical batteries and supercapacitors for grid-connected applications 

    Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Capo Misut, Ruben; Muñoz Aguilar, Raúl Santiago; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018-10-09)
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    The implementation of ancillary services in renewable energy based generation systems requires controlling bidirectional power flow. For such applications, integrated energy storage systems (ESSs) in such generation platforms ...
  • Análisis comparativo de propiedades termo estructurales y eléctricas entre polietileno de alta densidad (HD-PE), y el HD-DE reforzado con neumáticos al final de su vida útil. Estudio de aplicación como dieléctrico 

    Marín Genescà, Marc; Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Garcia Amoros, Jordi; Massagués Vidal, Lluís; Pou Ibar, Josep Oriol; Colom Fajula, Xavier (2022-01-01)
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    El propósito del presente trabajo pasa por analizar la permitividad y el factor de pérdidas tanto del polietile-no de alta densidad (HD-PE), como del compuesto de matriz polimérica (HD-PE)reforzado con neumáticos fuera de ...
  • 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 ...
  • Modelling and simulation of bifacial pv production using monofacial electrical models 

    Bouchakour, Salim; Valencia Caballero, Daniel; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Román Medina, Eduardo; Boudjelthia, El Amin Kouadri; Rodríguez, Pedro (2021-07-02)
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    In this paper, we investigate the use of monofacial PV models to simulate the production of bifacial PV systems over different albedos. Analytical and empirical models were evaluated using measured data obtained from three ...
  • 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 ...
  • Influence of tire rubber particles addition in different branching degrees polyethylene matrix composites on physical and structural behavior 

    Marín Genescà, Marc; Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Garcia Amoros, Jordi; Massagués Vidal, Lluís; Colom Fajula, Xavier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-09-21)
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    Waste from pneumatic wheels is one of the major environmental problems, and the scientific community is looking for methods to recycle this type of waste. In this paper, ground tire rubber particles (GTR) from disused tires ...
  • 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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