Publications by Philippe Alexandre Bontemps

Online Loss Calculation and Optimization of a M3C Driven Externally Excited SM

Cécile Münch-Alligné, Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Daniel Biner

2023

Flexible High Power Electronics Solutions for Hydro-Power Applications

The current global energy landscape is characterized by an increasing demand for affordable and sustainable energy sources, leading to an ever increasing integration of intermittent renewable energy resources into the grid. The intermittent nature of these ...

EPFL2023

Direct Arm Energy Control of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Milan Utvic

Modular multilevel matrix converter is a type of converter used in medium-voltage ac-ac power conversion. Controlling the energy content of the converter arms is a prerequisite for a proper converter operation, and at the same time a challenging control ta ...

2023

Performance Analysis of Energy Balancing Methods for Matrix Modular Multilevel Converters

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

Modular multilevel converters achieve voltage scalability through the series connection of cells, each with its own capacitance. However, this converter structure using floating energy storage elements increases the control complexity significantly. The vo ...

2022

Virtual Capacitor Concept for Partitioning of Large Converter Systems for RT-HIL Simulations

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

In this paper, the real-time simulation model of the modular multilevel matrix converter was split into three independent instances using the concept of virtual capacitance. In doing so, the number of state space matrices that define the system has been re ...

2022

Discretization Uncertainties of Flow and Fatigue Damage Simulations of a Reversible Francis Pump-Turbine at Off-Design Operation in Turbine Mode

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Daniel Biner

In the framework of the XFLEX HYDRO H2020 European Project, a 5 MW reversible Francis pump-turbine prototype, equipped with an industrial full size frequency converter, is investigated to demonstrate enhanced grid regulation capacities of variable speed hy ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2022

Flexible Operation of Variable Speed Direct-MMC in Hydropower Applications

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic

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

Teaching Power Electronics: How to Achieve the Desired Learning Outcomes?

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Chengmin Li, Yanick Patrick Frei, Andrea Cervone

2022

Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators

Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic

Hardware-in-the-loop systems are an essential tool to verify controllers and deployed control algorithms in a risk-free environment. The inaccessibility of the converters used in applications such as pumped hydro storage power plants due to their high rati ...

2021

Flexibility Enhancements in Pumped Hydro Storage Power Plants through Variable Speed Drives

Nicolas Hugo, Philippe Alexandre Bontemps, Drazen Dujic

2020