On stability of voltage source inverters in weak grids

A Adib, B Mirafzal, X Wang, F Blaabjerg - Ieee Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the number of inverters increases in the power grid, the stability of grid-tied inverters
becomes an important concern for the power industry. In particular, a weak grid can lead to …

Open-circuit IGBT fault detection and location isolation for cascaded multilevel converters

J Lamb, B Mirafzal - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An open-circuit insulated-gate bipolar transistor fault detection technique for cascaded H-
bridge (CHB) multilevel converters is presented in this paper. This technique, designed to be …

PWM common mode reference generation for maximizing the linear modulation region of CHB converters in islanded microgrids

J Lamb, B Mirafzal, F Blaabjerg - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microgrid-interactive converters are increasingly expected to provide auxiliary services,
particularly during islanded microgrid operation. Unbalanced, non-sinusoidal pulse width …

An adaptive SPWM technique for cascaded multilevel converters with time-variant DC sources

J Lamb, B Mirafzal - IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An adaptive sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) technique for cascaded H-bridge
(CHB) multilevel converters is presented in this paper. The proposed technique enables the …

[HTML][HTML] A flexible power electronic converter system with rapid control prototy** for research and teaching

T Caldognetto, A Petucco, A Lauri, P Mattavelli - HardwareX, 2023 - Elsevier
A flexible power electronic converter embedding a rapid control prototy** platform suitable
to be applied in research test setups and teaching laboratories is proposed and described in …

An open-source protection IED for research and education in multiterminal HVDC grids

I Jahn, F Hohn, G Chaffey… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of large amounts of renewable energy will require multiterminal high-voltage
direct-current (MTDC) grids to reliably transport the energy over long distances. However …

Academic Use of Rapid Prototy** in Digitally Controlled Power Factor Correctors

P Lamo, FJ Azcondo, A Pigazo - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing use of power converters connected to the grid motivates their study in power
electronics courses and the prototype development in the degree final project (DFP) …

Active and reactive power operational region for grid-interactive cascaded h-bridge multilevel converters

J Lamb, B Mirafzal - 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cascaded h-bridge (CHB) multilevel converters are being considered as a promising option
for interfacing renewable energy resources with the grid, due to their modularity, scalability …

Atypical PWM for maximizing 2L-VSI DC-bus utilization in inverter-based microgrids with ancillary services

A Adib, J Lamb, B Mirafzal - 2018 IEEE Applied Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-phase microgrid-interactive inverters are expected to provide a range of ancillary
services, with negative-sequence current compensation being particularly prominent …

Reconfigurable rapid prototy** platform for power electronic circuits and systems for research and educational purposes

H Mahmoudi, M Aleenejad, R Ahmadi - IET Power Electronics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a power electronics rapid prototy** platform that can be used to
implement a wide range of power conversion circuits and systems quickly and …