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Recent Advanced Technologies in Power Electronics and Motor Drives

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 2461

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Interests: adaptive control; artificial intelligence; hybrid power system (solar photovoltaic, wind, fuel cells, hydro including microgrid design, power management and power market) distributed generation; smart grid applications; power electronics and control
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Dear Colleagues,

The field of power electronics is undergoing a significant transformation due to continuous advancements in technology, ranging from the integration of renewable sources to supporting electric drive systems and electrical transportation. This Special Issue is dedicated to exploring the cutting-edge research that is shaping the future of electric machines through modern power electronics. Theoretical advancements in the modeling and control of components, converters and state variable estimation for AC and DC drives, as well as diagnostics for power electronics and drive systems, are welcome contributions.

Key topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Modern power electronic converters;
  • Modeling and analysis of electrical drives;
  • Control techniques and power conversion topologies in power electronic converters and industrial drives;
  • Power electronics for electrical transportation;
  • Novel applications and case studies regarding advances in power electronics and motor drives;
  • Renewable energy systems;
  • Other related topics.

Dr. Tariq Kamal
Dr. Mohamed Louzazni
Prof. Dr. Marco Mussetta
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Keywords

  • modern power electronics
  • power converter topologies
  • electrical machines
  • industrial drives
  • energy conversion
  • electrical transportation
  • control techniques for electric drives
  • power semiconductor devices
  • control optimization
  • multilevel converters
  • sensorless methods
  • energy harvesting
  • power quality and reliability
  • smart grid
  • energy systems

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Advanced Multi-Sampling PWM Technique for Single-Inductor MIMO DC-DC Converter in Electric Vehicles
by Hanan Solangi, Kamran Hafeez, Saad Mekhilef, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Alex Stojcevski and Laiq Khan
Energies 2024, 17(15), 3633; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17153633 - 24 Jul 2024
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Amongst the various topologies of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) DC-DC converters, single-inductor MIMO (SI-MIMO) converters have the advantages of a reduced component count, a simpler structure, and low cost. These converters are suitable in electric vehicle (EV) applications involving variable ports, essential for performing [...] Read more.
Amongst the various topologies of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) DC-DC converters, single-inductor MIMO (SI-MIMO) converters have the advantages of a reduced component count, a simpler structure, and low cost. These converters are suitable in electric vehicle (EV) applications involving variable ports, essential for performing different functions. Digital control in SI-MIMO converters is promising for enhancing transient performance due to its numerous benefits. However, delays in digital control, particularly computational and pulse width modulation (PWM) delays, can negatively impact the performance of DC-DC converters. Multi-sampling and double PWM update methods can mitigate these control delays, but they often necessitate complex control schemes, adding computational burden. In this work, an advanced multi-sampling PWM technique, integrating sample shift and multi-sampling, is proposed while employing a simple digital PID control scheme. The proposed method was tested for a shared-switch SI-MIMO converter with battery discharging and charging modes in the MATLAB/Simulink environment and compared with the conventional single- and multi-sampling PWM methods. The results demonstrated that the proposed method significantly improved the converter performance, surpassing the conventional single- and multi-sampling PWM methods. In the battery discharging mode, utilizing the proposed method, the output voltage achieved a settling time of 0.075 s in response to a step change in its reference, significantly outperforming multi-sampling, which yielded a settling time of 0.124 s, and single sampling, which exhibited an even longer settling time of 0.898 s. It also demonstrated a minimal overshoot of 0.06 volts compared to 1.5 volts with multi-sampling during the step change in the input voltage. Similarly, in the battery charging mode, upon a step change in the reference output voltage, the proposed method effectively minimized the overshoot of the output voltage to 0.845 volts compared to 1.175 volts with multi-sampling, and it decreased the inductor current settling time to 0.296 s from 0.330 s recorded under multi-sampling. These findings underscore the potential of the proposed method in enhancing the digital control performance of SI-MIMO DC-DC converters in electric vehicles. Full article
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