This paper proposes a low-complexity speed- and voltage-margin scheduled (SVS) current-reference generator for wide-speed-range permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. It blends current-efficient and voltage-relieving affine anchors using b...
This paper proposes a low-complexity residual-corrected loss-minimization current-reference generation method for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. Existing loss-minimization control (LMC) methods often rely on lookup tables, numerica...
Interior permanent-magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) current-reference laws are commonly derived for one objective or operating region at a time. This study develops a safeguarded scalar framework that separates exact torque-equality elimination, curr...
This paper presents the efficiency improvement in a speed closed-loop controlled permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) sensorless drive. The drive efficiency can be improved by minimizing the inverter and the PMSM losses. These can be influence...
The extensive usage of power electronic components creates harmonics in the voltage and current, because of which, the quality of delivered power gets affected. Therefore, it is essential to improve the quality of power, as we reveal in this paper. T...
This paper presents a non-iterative technique that generates reference current to manage operation of a three-phase four-wire shunt active power filter which employs a three-leg split capacitor voltage source inverter (VSI) topology. The proposed tec...
With the increasing penetration of converter-based power sources into the power system, the performance of the converter has become a key factor for enhancing grid reliability, especially during asymmetrical faults. To meet the low voltage ride-throu...
This paper proposes a simple yet effective reference current generation algorithm based on instantaneous power
The increasingly extensive use of non-linear loads, mostly including static power converters, in large industry, commercial, and domestic applications, as well as the spread of renewable energy sources in distribution-generated units, make the use of...
The integration of renewable power sources with power grids presents many challenges, such as synchronization with the grid, power quality problems and so on. The shunt active power filter (SAPF) can be a solution to address the issue while suppressi...
This paper presents an ultra-low power CMOS voltage reference which operates in the subthreshold region. Modified from the conventional 2T circuit, the proposed circuit is capable of generating higher output voltage by using the resistor subdivision....
In renewable energy based systems Grid-Connected Voltage Source Converters (GC-VSC) are used in many applications as grid-feeding converters, which transfer the power coming from the renewable energy sources to the grid. In some cases, the operation...
The benefits of utilizing Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drives in traction applications can be realized fully by improving the electromagnetic performance of the machine in the generating mode of operation. This is because the generating capability...
This paper presents an efficient harmonic detection for real-time generation of the reference current fed to a shunt active power filter using the ADALINE neural network. This proposed method is a single layer with 101 nodes generating the coefficien...
This paper presents an improved voltage flux-weakening strategy of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) in a high-speed operation. The speed control performance using voltage flux-weakening control is not affected by the motor parameters, so i...
This paper presents a low-power CMOS voltage reference with low supply sensitivity, designed and verified in a 180 nm standard CMOS technology. A DIBL-based line-sensitivity (LS) compensation path is incorporated into the conventional PTAT generation...
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This paper presents a self-contained startup charging circuit designed for energy-harvesting batteryless IoT devices. The proposed circuit consists of a current-biasing block, a current mirror, a reference voltage generator, and a comparator circuit....
In this paper, a refined reference current generation algorithm based on instantaneous power (pq) theory is proposed, for operation of an indirect current controlled (ICC) three-level neutral-point diode clamped (NPC) inverter-based shunt active powe...
The article presents the possibility of using the currents’ physical components (CPC) theory to generate the reference current of the active power filter (APF). The solution proposed by the authors is based on the cooperation of minimizing balancing...
This study proposes a field weakening control method with interpolation error compensation of the look-up table based permanent-magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) method. The look-up table (LUT) based control method has robust control characteristics...
This paper presents a self-tuning filter (STF)-based adaptive linear neuron (ADALINE) reference current generation algorithm to enhance the operation of a three-phase three-level neutral-point diode clamped (NPC) inverter-based shunt active power fil...
In the case of DC power distribution-based variable speed engine synchronous generators, if the output reference voltage is kept constant regardless of the generator engine operating speed, it may cause damage to the internal device and windings of t...
This paper presents a vector control (VC) scheme with a position sensor designed for hybrid stepper motors (HSMs). The proposed scheme consists of three main components: a current tracking controller, a position controller, and a phase reference curr...
Nowadays, individuals can be overwhelmed by a huge number of documents being present in daily life. Capturing the necessary details is often a challenge. Therefore, it is rather important to summarize documents to obtain the main information quickly....
This paper presents an improvement of the capacitive emulation (CE) method to reduce the line current distortion caused by grid-tied LCL-filtered converters. In these cases, the grid voltage is applied to the LCL’s capacitor, which generates a...
This paper aims to design a controller for a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) targeting the Eco-Maximum Power Point Tracking (EMPPT) for environmental aspects. The proposed controller consists of two clusters, which are the novel Artificial Immu...
In this paper, we aim to address the limited capacity of compensation devices by enhancing their utilization rate by applying the currents’ physical component (CPC) theory for reactive power optimization in three-phase four-wire systems. When r...
Reference voltage/current generation is essential to the Analog circuit design. There have been several ways to generate quality reference voltage using bandgap reference (BGR) and there are mainly two types: current mode and voltage mode. The curren...
Current standard EN 50463-2 indicates the tests and the requirements to be satisfied for an energy measurement system of a traction unit for railway applications. Some of these tests are to be done with several harmonics superposed on the rated volta...
In this paper, we propose an averaging pixel current adjustment technique for reducing fixed pattern noise (FPN) in the bolometer-type uncooled infrared image sensor. The averaging pixel current adjustment technique is composed of active pixel, refer...
Energy storage systems play a key role in the rise of distributed power generation systems, hence there is great interest in extending their lifetimes, which are directly related to DC current ripple. One of the ripple sources is the low-frequency ac...
Calculation of the reference waveform for the compensating current generated by the shunt active power filter (ShAPF) can be carried out using various methods. In this article, this calculation is performed indirectly on the basis of tracking and pro...
In this article, a Quasi Z-source inverter (QZSI)-based unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) backed by the solar photovoltaic (SPV) is presented in order to enhance power quality. The UPQC consists of converters connected in parallel and series....
Next-generation smart sensing devices necessitate on-chip integration of power-efficient reference circuits. The latters are required to provide other circuit blocks with highly reliable bias signals, even in the presence of temperature shifts and su...
This paper presents a power loss decrease method based on finite set model predictive control (FSMPC) with delay compensation for a motor emulator with reduced switch count. Specifically, the topology and mathematical model of the proposed motor emul...
Blastocystis is a common food- and water-borne intestinal protist parasite of humans and many other animals. Blastocystis comprises multiple subtypes (STs) based on variability within the small subunit ribosomal (SSU rRNA) RNA gene. Though full-lengt...
This paper presents a fully integrated voltage-reference circuit for implantable devices such as retinal implants. The recently developed retinal prostheses require a stable supply voltage to drive a high-density stimulator array. Accordingly, a volt...
The paper deals with the immunity to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) of the current source for Ultra-Low-Voltage Integrated Circuits (ICs). Based on the properties of IC building blocks, such as the current-splitter and current correlator, a novel...
The paper investigates the current sharing in parallel 3-level Neutral point clamped inverter for islanded AC microgrid application. In Distributed generation, parallel power electronic interface based microgrid suffers from power quality issues due...
This paper presents a fractional-order sliding mode control scheme based on an RBF neural network (RBFFOSMC) for a direct three matrix converter (DTMC) operating under unbalanced grid voltages. The RBF neural network (RBF NN) is designed to approxima...
Residual magnetism in power transformer cores can cause severe inrush currents, threatening grid safety. The accuracy of residual magnetism testers depends on reference values from calibration platforms, yet current calibration platforms suffer from...
This paper presents a novel reference current calculation method for harmonics mitigation and reactive power compensation in power systems. This method was applied to a unique hybrid power filter topology. The motivation for this study comes from the...
Self-excited induction generators (SEIGs) used in wind energy systems suffer from poor voltage and frequency regulation due to varying active/reactive power demands of nonlinear and unbalanced loads. The distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) pro...
In DC microgrids, optimizing the hybrid energy storage system (HESS) current control to meet the power requirements of the load is generally a difficult and challenging task. This is because the HESS always operates under various load conditions, whi...
Field-oriented control (FOC) has achieved great success in permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) control. For the PMSM drive, FOC allows the motor torque and flux to be controlled separately, which means the torque and flux are decoupled from eac...
In order to supply the single-phase locomotive load and mitigate the negative sequence current, this paper develops a V/V transformer-based connection and control strategy of three-phase photovoltaic (PV) converters integrated into railway traction p...
Having a method for analyzing and designing regulators of controls that contain many current loops such as active filters is not a trivial task. There can be many parameters of regulators and filters that must be carefully selected in order to fulfil...
This paper presents a nonlinear control scheme for regulating the output voltage of a high-gain active switched-inductor boost converter. The proposed converter topology extends the conventional boost converter by incorporating an additional inductor...
In this study, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control of a grid-connected doubly fed induction generated (DFIG)-based wind energy conversion system (WECS) at variable wind speed was designed and analyzed. The real wind speed data of the Edremit/...
This article proposes a proportional-integral-resonant (PIR) current control strategy for a wind-driven brushless doubly fed generator (WDBDFG) during network unbalance. Firstly, four control objectives of WDBDFG, including eliminating unbalanced cur...
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