Publications related to Grid-tie inverter

Self-Synchronized Grid Impedance Estimation Unit using Interpolated DFT Technique

Drazen Dujic, Andrea Cervone, Jules Christian Georges Macé

Estimating the impedance of a grid-connected device or of a grid at the point of common coupling is important for evaluating the interaction between them. Impedance measurement involves a perturbation injection device, that perturbs the system, and a measu ...

2023

Zn3P2 as an earth-abundant photovoltaic material: from growth to device

Rajrupa Paul

The development of cost-effective and earth-abundant semiconducting materials is imperative for the sustainable deployment of photovoltaic technology. Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is a promising candidate for terawatt-scale electricity generation. It has a near- ...

EPFL2023

Step Change Detection for Improved ROCOF Evaluation of Power System Waveforms

Mario Paolone, Asja Derviskadic, Alexandra Cameron Karpilow, Guglielmo Frigo

In the analysis of power grid waveforms, the presence of amplitude or phase steps can disrupt the estimation of frequency and rate-of-change-of-frequency (ROCOF). Standard methods based on phasor-models fail in the extraction of signal parameters during th ...

IEEE2022

Flexible Operation of Variable Speed Direct-MMC in Hydropower Applications

Drazen Dujic, Philippe Alexandre Bontemps

This paper presents a flexible and grid code complying operation of the matrix modular multilevel converter used in a variable speed drive pumped hydro storage power plants. A hardware-in-the-loop platform, where the control algorithm is deployed on the AB ...

2022

Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter for Pumped Hydro Storage Applications

Miodrag Basic

Energy balance in a power system must be maintained at all times, regardless of the variations in generation and consumption. Large Pumped Hydro Storage Plants (PHSPs) are introduced to the power system to accumulate the excess of energy during the low dem ...

EPFL2022

Linear Recursive State Estimation of Hybrid and Unbalanced AC/DC Micro-Grids using Synchronized Measurements

Mario Paolone, Willem Lambrichts

In this paper, we present an exact (i.e. non-approximated) and linear measurement model for hybrid AC/DC micro-grids for recursive state estimation (SE). More specifically, an exact linear model of a voltage source converter (VSC) is proposed. It relies on ...

2022

Direct Current Transformer Impact on the DC Power Distribution Networks

Drazen Dujic, Renan Pillon Barcelos

The latest developments in dc transformer technology are enabling larger and more complex dc power distribution systems. However, the literature is scarce regarding the investigation and quantification of its impact on the dc grid. Therefore, this paper an ...

2022

Current Limiting in Overload Conditions of an LLC-Converter-Based DC Transformer

Drazen Dujic, Jakub Kucka

The dc transformers based on an LLC converter operated in open loop near resonant frequency have several crucial advantages compared to other topologies. These advantages are the stiff voltage ratio with a natural power flow, the dc grid isolation via medi ...

2021

Parallel PV Configuration with Magnetic-Free Switched Capacitor Module-Level Converters for Partial Shading Conditions

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Georgios Kampitsis

In this paper, a module-level photovoltaic (PV) architecture in parallel configuration is introduced for maximum power extraction, under partial shading (PS) conditions. For the first time, a non-regulated switched capacitor (SC) nX converter is a used at ...

2021

Bistable nanomagnet as programmable phase inverter for spin waves

Dirk Grundler, Korbinian Baumgärtl

To realize spin wave logic gates, programmable phase inverters are essential. We image using phase-resolved Brillouin light scattering microscopy propagating spin waves in a one-dimensional magnonic crystal consisting of dipolarly coupled magnetic nanostri ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2021

Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Design and Control for Variable Speed Pumped Hydro Storage Plants

Drazen Dujic, Milan Utvic, Miodrag Basic

Hybrid modular multilevel converter control and design for pumped hydro storage plants is presented, addressing application-specific shortcoming of conventional back-to-back half-bridge modular multilevel converter: high common-mode-voltage machine stress. ...

2021

Local invertibility and sensitivity of atomic structure-feature mappings

Michele Ceriotti, Sergey Pozdnyakov

Background: The increasingly common applications of machine-learning schemes to atomic-scale simulations have triggered efforts to better understand the mathematical properties of the mapping between the Cartesian coordinates of the atoms and the variety o ...

2021

Data-Driven Distributed Reactive Power Sharing in Microgrids

Alireza Karimi, Seyed Sohail Madani

In this paper, reactive power sharing for Photovoltaic (PV) units in islanded microgrids has been formulated as a robust control design problem and is solved using convex optimization method. In addition to reactive power sharing, the disturbance rejection ...

IEEE2020

Optimal path to a high share of distributed PV in low-voltage distribution grids

Lionel Benjamin Bloch

To limit global warming, the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables is one of the main challenges of this century. This transition will help decrease our CO2 emissions, create jobs, contribute to a broader revenues distribution, improve energy s ...

EPFL2020

An Approach to Increase the Bandwidth of Current Controllers for Grid-tied Converters with LCL Filter

Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernández

This This article discusses the design of a current controller for a converter system connected to the electrical grid through a LCL filter. A form of compensation is proposed and implemented to mitigate the effects of the computational delay in the discre ...

IEEE2019

Resistive random access memory based multiplexers and field programmable gate arrays

Giovanni De Micheli, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Xifan Tang, Gain Kim, Edouard Giacomin

Resistive random access memory (RRAM) based multiplexers and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are provided. The RRAM-based multiplexers and FPGAs include a 4T1R programming structure to program the RRAMs. The programming structure includes two progra ...

2018

High voltage metal oxide thin film transistors to drive arrays of dielectric elastomer actuators

Alexis Pierre Henri Marette

This thesis advances the field of high-voltage thin film transistors (HVTFTs) and dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) by demonstrating a strategy for low-voltage addressing of an array of high voltage soft actuators suspended on a flexible substrate. Fi ...

EPFL2018

Harmonic current prediction by impedance modeling of grid-tied inverters: A 1.4 MW PV plant case study

Grid-tied inverters are the main responsible for the successful integration of photovoltaic (PV) plants in the power grid. Two important challenges are the integration of power plants based-inverters and their contribution to the power system quality. This ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Plug-and-play design of current controllers for grid-feeding converters in DC microgrids

Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate, Michele Tucci, Raffaele Soloperto, Renke Han

In this paper, we address the problem of synthesizing decentralized current controllers for grid-feeding converters of current-controlled distributed generation units (CDGUs) in dc microgrids (MGs). Notably, a plug-and-play (PnP) design procedure is propos ...

IEEE2017

Real-Time Power-Reference Tracking Method for PV Converters

Mario Paolone, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Chamorro

Due to the increasing presence of renewable inertia-less energy sources, power electronics interfaces are required to exploit their flexibility in order to support the overall grid quality of service. One way to achieve this, is that power converters are c ...

IEEE2017