Publications related to Synchronization (alternating current)

Dc-Link Ripple Suppression of Cascaded H-Bridge Based MV Grid Emulator Apparatus for Analysis and Testing of Grid-Tied Converters in Distribution System

Drazen Dujic, Chengmin Li, Jing Sheng, Xin Xiang

The medium-voltage grid emulator is gaining popularity for testing grid-code compliance of large-capacity converters for renewable energy resources. The cascaded H-bridge converter based on active-front-ends is a promising candidate for high-power grid emu ...

2023

Linear Parameter-Varying Control of A Power-Synchronized Grid-Following Inverter

Alireza Karimi, Behrooz Bahrani

This paper proposes a Linear Parameter-Varying loop-shaping controller for a power-synchronized grid-following inverter (PSGFLI). This control strategy regulates the inverter output active and reactive power at the terminal instead of the point of connecti ...

2022

Nonlinear electro-mechanical coupling and thermally stimulated currents in relaxor ferroelectrics

Lukas Riemer

In this work, the emergence of polarization and electro-mechanical coupling in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 and Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 â PbTiO3 was investigated by means of thermally stimulated current, and nonlinear dielectric and electro-mechanical measurements. The pre ...

EPFL2022

An Effective EMTR-Based High-Impedance Fault Location Method for Transmission Lines

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Rong Zeng

This article summarizes the electromagnetic time-reversal (EMTR) technique for fault location, and further numerically validates its effectiveness when the fault impedance is negligible. In addition, a specific EMTR model considering the fault impedance is ...

2021

Deexcitation Characterization for Power Supply Protection in DC Shipboard Power Systems

Drazen Dujic, Seongil Kim

The deexcitation of a synchronous machine has been used for the protection of the power supply based on a diode rectifier in marine dc power distribution networks. The fault current from the generator can be eliminated with the protection method utilizing ...

IEEE2020

Supply Grid Synchronization and Operation of a Filterless Cascaded H-Bridge based Grid Emulator

Drazen Dujic, Nicolai Hildebrandt

Steadily increasing requirements for grid connected converters, their growing unit power and output voltage call for flexible high-power medium-voltage grid emulators. Four-quadrant Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) topology features high output voltage resolution a ...

IEEE2019

High Force Density Textile Electrostatic Clutch

Herbert Shea, Ronan Julien Hinchet

Clutches are key elements for blocking or coupling motion in wearable systems such as soft exoskeletons, haptic clothing, and rehabilitation equipment. Electrostatic clutches (ESclutches) are compact and light, making them particularly well-suited for wear ...

Wiley2019

Power-System State Estimation based on PMUs : Static and Dynamic Approaches - from Theory to Real Implementation

Lorenzo Zanni

An increasing number of phasor measurement units (PMUs) are being deployed in power systems in order to enhance the situational awareness and, in the near future, we expect that many networks will be extensively equipped with PMUs. These devices provide ac ...

EPFL2017

Locating Faults on Untransposed, Meshed Transmission Networks Using a Limited Number of Synchrophasor Measurements

Mario Paolone, Sadegh Azizi

The method of symmetrical components is not effective for fault location in the case of untransposed lines, due to potential couplings between the sequence circuits. This paper proposes a non-iterative algorithm in the phase-coordinates for wide-area fault ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Wireless GPS-based phase-locked synchronization system for outdoor environment

Alexander Bahr, Frédéric Meyer, Thomas Lochmatter

Synchronization of data coming from different sources is of high importance in biomechanics to ensure reliable analyses. This synchronization can either be performed through hardware to obtain perfect matching of data, or post-processed digitally. Hardware ...

2012

Modeling of Inductive Contactless Energy Transfer Systems

Pascal Meyer

In the domain of electronic devices and especially desktop peripherals, there is an industrial trend which consists in removing the cables that pollute our domestic and professional environments. In this sense, wireless communication protocols are already ...

EPFL2012

A fully on-chip LDO voltage regulator with 37 dB PSRR at 1 MHz for remotely powered biomedical implants

Alexandre Schmid, Catherine Dehollain, Yusuf Leblebici, Vahid Majidzadeh Bafar, Kanber Mithat Silay

This article presents a fully on-chip low-power LDO voltage regulator dedicated to remotely powered wireless cortical implants. This regulator is stable over the full range of alternating load current and provides fast load regulation achieved by applying ...

Springer US2011

Frequency synchronization in a random oscillator network

Martin Hasler

In this paper we study the transition from incoherence to coherence in large network of arbitrary coupled, heterogeneous, continuous-time dynamical systems (phase oscillators). We analytically study a generalized Kuramoto model by the instrumentality of or ...

2009

STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF “DROOP CONTROL” METHODS FOR INTERFACING VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTERS TO MINIGRID

Philippe Barrade

This contribution presents control methods for the regulation of the voltage and the frequency on AC minigrids, fed by voltage source inverters (VSI). In order to avoid a complex communication network for the synchronization of the various VSI on a minigri ...

2008

Robust checkers for self-calibrating designs

Frédéric Worm

So far, performance and reliability of circuits have been determined by worst-case characterisation of silicon and of environmental conditions such as noise and temperature. As nanometer technologies exacerbate process variations and reduce noise margins, ...

EPFL2006

Comment on AC frequency characteristics of coplanar impedance sensors as design parameters by Jongin Hong, Dae Sung Yoon, Sung Kwan Kim, Tae Song Kim, Sanghyo Kim, Eugene Y. Pak and Kwangsoo No, Lab Chip, 2005, 5, 270

Philippe Renaud, Olof Pontus Linderholm

In their article, ‘‘AC frequency characteristics of coplanar impedance sensors as design parameters’’, Hong et al.1 present an analytical model for the calculation of the resistance between two electrodes in a microchannel. However, their measurements fit ...

2005