SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Galassini, A., Ruksnaitis, L., Farhat, N., Kiselychnyk, O., Midgley, W., & Degano, M. (2019)
SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926931
This paper proposes a new ultra-reliable architecture for fully electric propulsion primarily aimed at the automotive sector. The system considers a direct drive arrangement, ...
Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems
Conference Proceeding
Giangrande, P., Al-Timimy, A., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Degano, M., & Galea, M. (2019)
Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec.2018.8607467
The more electric aircraft (MEA) initiative aims to improve weight, fuel consumption and maintenance costs of the aircraft, by increasing the use of electric power in actuatio...
Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2017)
Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter. https://doi.org/10.1109/ecce.2016.7855244
The use of series connected capacitors for high voltage applications has been proven to be beneficial for voltage stress reduction across power semiconductors. In a 3-phase gr...
A hybrid inverter system for medium voltage applications using a low voltage auxiliary CSI
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2014)
A hybrid inverter system for medium voltage applications using a low voltage auxiliary CSI. https://doi.org/10.1109/ecce.2014.6953779
Hybrid converters consist of a main inverter processing the bulk of the power with poor waveform performance and a fast and versatile auxiliary inverter to correct the distort...
A hybrid converter for medium voltage using a low-voltage current source active filter connected via a series capacitor
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2014)
A hybrid converter for medium voltage using a low-voltage current source active filter connected via a series capacitor. https://doi.org/10.1109/epe.2014.6911045
This paper proposes a new three phase hybrid inverter topology suitable for medium to high voltage inverter applications. The topology shown in Fig. 1 consists of a 3-phase VS...
A Hybrid Inverter Solution for Medium Voltage Applications using Series Capacitor and a CSI Active Power Filter (SC-APF)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Klumpner, C., Wheeler, P., & Rashed, M. (2014)
A Hybrid Inverter Solution for Medium Voltage Applications using Series Capacitor and a CSI Active Power Filter (SC-APF). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0456
This paper proposes a new hybrid inverter solution for medium/high voltage applications that consists of a slow switching inverter using high voltage or series connected switc...
Comparison of multilevel PWM versus interleaved based sinewave shaping for two-stage current source inverters used in PV applications
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., & Klumpner, C. (2013)
Comparison of multilevel PWM versus interleaved based sinewave shaping for two-stage current source inverters used in PV applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/epe.2013.6634633
This paper investigates the advantages of using interleaved based direct sinusoidal current shaping techniques as alternative to 5-level Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) when used...