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2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2011)

Phoenix, Arizona, USA 17-22 September 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Plenary Session

GaN as a Displacement Technology for Silicon in Power Management ............................ 1 Alex Lidow

The Past, Present, and Future of Photovoltaics ................................................................. n/a Ryne Raffaelle

A Joule in Hand Is Worth Ten in the Ground .................................................................... n/a David Parekh

Session 1 – Solar PV Technology

Novel Non-Flat Photovoltaic Module Geometries and Implications to Power Conversion ......................................................................................... 7

Amulya Karavadi and Robert Balog

A Test Bench for Accelerated Thermal Ageing of III-V Concentration Solar Cells using Forward Bias Injection ............................................................................ 14

Fabio Immovilli, Claudio Bianchini, Alberto Bellini and Andrea Sala

Challenges to Overcurrent Protection Devices under Line-line Faults in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays ..................................................................... 20

Ye Zhao, Brad Lehman, Jean-Francois De Palma, Jerry Mosesian and Robert Lyons

Analysis and Mitigation of Common Mode Voltages in Photovoltaic Power Systems ..... 28 Somasundaram Essakiappan, Prasad Enjeti, Robert Balog and Shehab Ahmed

Session 2 – Power Semiconductors: Thermal Management

Study and Realization of a High Power Density Electronics Device Cooling Loop using a Liquid Metal Coolant ....................................................................... 36

Mansour Tawk, Yvan Avenas, Afef Kedous-Lebouc and Mickael Petit

Drift Region Integrated Microchannel Structure for Direct Cooling of Power Electronics ............................................................................................... 44

Kremena Vladimirova, Jean-Christophe Crebier, Yvan Avenas and Christian Schaeffer

Thermal Management of Compact SMT Multilayer Power Converters ............................. 52 Ivan Josifovic, Jelena Popovic-Gerber and Jan Abraham Ferreira

Development and Electrical Characterization of a Vertical Electrical and Thermal Test Chip (VTTC) .................................................................................................................... 60

Benoit Thollin, Jean-Christophe Crebier, Yvan Avenas, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin, Zoubir Khatir and Laurent Dupont

Session 3 – Model-Based Sensorless Control

Sensorless Multiphase Induction Motor Drive based on a Speed Observer Operating with Third-Order Field Harmonics ................................................... 68

Luca Zarri, Michele Mengoni, Angelo Tani, Giovanni Serra and Domenico Casadei

Square Root Unscented Kalman Filters for State Estimation of Induction Motor Drives ........................................................................................................ 75

Saeed Jafarzadeh, Cristian Lascu and Fadali Sami

The Opportunities of Two-Phase Hybrid Stepping Motor Back EMF Sampling ............... 83 Stijn Derammelaere, Lennart Carlier, Peter Cox, Bram Vervisch and Colin Debruyne

Analysis and Design of a Position Observer with Resistance Adaptation for Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives ...................................................... 88

Toni Tuovinen, Marko Hinkkanen and Jorma Luomi

Session 4 – Distributed Utility Voltage Regulation

A Full-Feedforward Scheme of Grid Voltages for a Three-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter with an LCL Filter ........................................................................ 96

Weiwei Li, Donghua Pan, Xinbo Ruan and Xuehua Wang

Optimal Size and Location of Distributed Generation Unit for Voltage Stability Enhancement ................................................................................... 104

Mamdouh Abdel-Akher, Abdel-Fatah Ali, Ahmed Eid and Hassan El-Kishky

A Time-Coordination Approach for Compensating Pulse-Load using Flywheel ............ 109 Hamed Afshari, Mahdi Saghaleini, Brian Hadley, Behrooz Mirafzal and Chris Edrington

Session 5 – DC-DC Converters: Topologies I

Design and Analysis for ZVS Forward-Flyback DC-DC Converter .................................. 116 Frank Chen, Haibing Hu, Khalid Rustom, John Shen and Issa Batarseh

Interleaved Power Converter with Current Ripple Cancelation at a Selectable Duty Cycle ......................................................................................................... 122

Julio Rosas-Caro, Jesus Valdez-Resendiz, Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado, Ruben Salas-Cabrera, Juan Ramirez-Arredondo and Joel Salome-Baylon

Comparison of Bi-Directional Isolated Full-Bridge Converters with Combinations of Active and Passive Snubbers ................................................................ 127

Tsai-Fu Wu, Jeng-Gung Yang, Chia-Ling Kuo, Kun-Han Sun and Yu-Kai Chen

Study and Implementation of a Novel Bidirectional DC-DC Converter with High Conversion Ratio ............................................................................. 134

Wei-Chih Liao, Tsorng-Juu Liang, Hsiu-Hao Liang, Hsueh-Ko Liao, Lung-Sheng Yang, Kai-Cheung Juang and Jiann-Fuh Chen

Session 6 – Induction Machines

Stray Losses in the Stator and Rotor of Induction Machines with Sinusoidal Supplies ................................................................................... 141

Omar Laldin

Harmonic Loss and Torque Analysis of High Speed Induction Motors ........................... 146 Katsumi Yamazaki, Akihiro Suzuki, Motomichi Ohto and Teruyuki Takakura

Analysis and Modeling of Rotor Slot Enclosure Effects in High Speed Induction Motors ............................................................................................ 154

Aldo Boglietti, Radu Bojoi, Andrea Cavagnino, Paolo Guglielmi and Alessio Miotto

Measurement Proven Analytical and Numerical Models for Calculation of the Teeth Flux Pulsations and Harmonic Torques of Skewed Squirrel Cage Standard Induction Machines ..................................................... 162

Thomas Knopik and Andreas Binder

Session 7 – Multilevel Converters I

Virtual-Vector-Based Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation of the DC-AC Multilevel-Clamped Multilevel Converter (MLC2) ................................................ 170

Pedro Rodriguez, Raul S. Munoz-Aguilar, Sergio Busquets-Monge, Maria D. Bellar and Frede Blaabjerg

A New Voltage-Balancing Controller in Cascaded Multilevel Converters ..................... 177 Xu She, Alex Huang, Gangyao Wang, Tiefu Zhao, Fei Wang and Wenxi Yao

Multilevel Cascade H-Bridge Inverter DC Voltage Estimation through Output Voltage Sensing ..................................................................................................... 185

Faete Filho, Leon Tolbert and Burak Ozpineci

Experimental Verification of Loss Reduction in Diode-Clamped Mutilevel Inverters .... 190 Yukihiko Sato and Takumi Ito

Session 8 – MPPT Algorithms for Solar PV Systems

Integrated CMOS DC-DC Converter with Digital Maximum Power Point Tracking for a Portable Thermophotovoltaic Power Generator ..................................... 197

Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, Wei Li, Ivan Celanovic and David Perreault

Study and Evaluation of Load Current based MPPT Control for PV Solar Systems ........ 205 Yuncong Jiang and Jaber Abu Qahouq

Improved MPPT Short-Circuit Current Method by a Fuzzy Short-Circuit Current Estimator ............................................................................... 211

Nelson Diaz, Adriana Luna and Oscar Duarte

An Optimal Control Method for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Micro-Inverter to Improve the Efficiency at Light-Load Condition ................................. 219

Zhe Zhang, Chen Min, Gao Mingzhi, Qiong Mo and Zhaoming Qian

Session 9 – Indirect AC-AC Converters I

Modulation of Indirect Matrix Converter Under Unbalanced Source Voltage Condition ............................................................................. 225

Vishal Vekhande, B. B. Pimple and B. G. Fernandes

An Investigation of High Efficiency Operation Conditions for a Three-Port Energy Source System using an Indirect Matrix Converter .......................... 230

Koji Kato and Jun-ichi Itoh

A Compact Versatile Matrix Converter to Integrate Various Energy Resources to Utility Network ................................................................................. 238

Xiong Liu, Poh Chiang Loh, Peng Wang and Frede Blaabjerg

Hybrid PWM Control for Z-Source Matrix Converter ....................................................... 246 Qin Lei, Baoming Ge and Fangzheng Peng

Session 10 – Transportation Applications: General

Development of a Drive Cycle based Evaluation Method for Variable Voltage Converter in Vehicle Electrification Applications ............................... 254

Lihua Chen, Liwen Xu, Nagaraj Narayanachar and Shahram Zarei

Small-Size Light-Weight Transformer with New Core Structure for Contactless Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System ........................................................ 260

Chigira Masato, Nagatsuka Yuichi, Kaneko Yasuyoshi, Abe Shigeru and Yasuda Tomio

Fault-Tolerant Control of Induction Motor Drive for Automotive Belt-Alternator-Starter Application .................................................................................. 267

Chandra Namuduri, Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Keith Van Maanen, Bryan Ludwig and Bonho Bae

Energy Efficiency in Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Chargers: Evaluation and Comparison of Front End AC-DC Topologies .......................................... 273

Fariborz Musavi, Murray Edington, Wilson Eberle and William G. Dunford

Special Session 1 – Wind Energy Conversion

Power Electronics Converters for Wind Turbine Systems ................................................. 281 Frede Blaabjerg, Marco Liserre and Ke Ma

A Commercial Perspective on Wind Technology Development Needs ............................ n/a Juan M. de Bedout

Short Term Energy Storage in Wind Power Generation ................................................... n/a Eduard Muljadi

Wind Power Plant Grid Connection – Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions Ahead .................................................................................. n/a

Phlip Carne Kjaer

Session 11 – Wind Energy: Generators and Drives

Quasi-Z Source Inverter based PMSG Wind Power Generation System ........................ 291 Yushan Liu, Baoming Ge, Fang Zheng Peng, Abu Rub Haitham and Anibal T de Almeida

Supercapacitor Energy Storage for Wind Energy Integration ........................................ 298 Eunice Naswali, Chianna Alexander, Hai-Yue Han, David Naviaux, Alexander Bistrika, von Jouanne Annette, Yokochi Alexandre and Brekken Ted

Mechanical Stress Reduction in Variable Speed Wind Turbine Drivetrains .................. 306 Goran Mandic, Adel Nasiri, Eduard Muljadi, Ehsan Ghotbi and Francisco Oyague

Bearing Fault Detection for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines via Stator Current Spectrum Analysis ..................................................................................... 313

Xiang Gong and Wei Qiao

Session 12 – Power Semiconductors: Packaging

Thermomechanical Reliability Investigation of Large Temperature Excursions in Power Electronics Packages ........................................................................ 319

Puqi Ning, Fred Wang and Khai Ngo

Design of Power Converters on 3D-MIDs for Driving Three-Dimensional LED-Lamps ......................................................................................... 325

Werner Thomas and Johannes Pforr

A Novel Hybrid Packaging Structure for High-Temperature SiC Power Modules ......... 333 Ruxi Wang, Zheng Chen, Dushan Boroyevich, Yiying Yao and Li Jiang

In-Situ Measurement of Wirebond Strain in Electrically Active Power Semiconductors ............................................................................................ 339

Seth Avery and Robert Lorenz

Session 13 – Direct Torque Control

Sensorless Direct Flux and Torque Control for Direct Drive Washing Machine Applications ......................................................................................... 347

Iustin Radu Bojoi, Biao He, Fabio Rosa and Fernando Pegoraro

Model Predictive Direct Torque Control: Derivation and Analysis of the Explicit Control Law .................................................................................. 355

Tobias Geyer

Model Predictive Direct Torque Control of a Five-Level ANPC Converter Drive System ..................................................................................................... 363

Tobias Geyer and Silvia Mastellone

Deadbeat-Direct Torque and Flux Control for Interior PM Synchronous Motors Operating at Voltage and Current Limits ............................................................ 371

Jul-Ki Seok, Chan-Hee Choi and Robert Lorenz

Session 14 – Distributed Grid Controls

Optimized Pole and Zero Placement with State Observer for LCL-Type Grid-Connected Inverter ................................................................................... 377

Mingyu Xue, Yu Zhang, Fangrui Liu, Yong Kang and Yongxian Yi

Smart-Grid Technologies and Progress in Europe and the USA .................................... 383 Marcelo Simoes, Robin Roche, Elias Kyriakides, Abdellatif Miraoui, Benjamin Blunier, Kerry McBee, Siddharth Suryanarayanan, Phuong Nguyen and Paulo Ribeiro

Enhanced Power Calculator for Droop Control in Single-Phase Systems ....................... 391 Gustavo M. S. Azevedo, Marcelo C. Cavalcanti, Fabricio Bradaschia, Pedro Rodriguez, Joan Rocabert and Francisco A. S. Neves

Session 15 – DC-DC Converter Controls I

A Practical Control Strategy to Improve Unloading Transient Response Performance for Buck Converters .................................................................... 397

Liang Jia, Zhiyuan Hu, Yan-fei Liu and Paresh C. Sen

A Small Signal Model for Average Current Mode Control based on Describing Function Approach .......................................................................................... 405

Feng Yu, Fred C. Lee and Paolo Mattavelli

A Novel Control Method for Light-Loaded Multiphase Boost Converter with Voltage Multiplier used as a Front-End of a Grid-Connected Fuel-Cell Generation .................. 413

Xiaotian Wu, Longlong Zhang, Guoqiao Shen, Dehong Xu and Adrian Ioinovici

Asymmetrical Bridge Double-Input DC/DC Converters Adopting Pulsating Voltage Source Cells .......................................................................................... 421

Fuxin Liu, Yunyu Mao, Zhicheng Wang and Xinbo Ruan

Session 16 – Thermal Analysis and Losses I

Thermal Analysis of a Balanced Calorimeter for Testing Electrical Machines ............... 429 He Zhang, Wenping Cao, Pericle Zanchetta and Jing Li

Design of a Novel Test Fixture to Measure Rotational Core Losses in Machine Laminations ................................................................................ 433

Natheer Alatawneh and Pragasen Pillay

A Simple Method to Account for PWM Eddy Current Iron Losses in Finite Element Analysis ...................................................................................... 441

Andrew Knight, John Salmon and Jeff Ewanchuk

Online Surge Testing Applied to an Induction Machine with Emulated Insulation Breakdown ....................................................................................... 449

Stefan Grubic, Jose Restrepo and Thomas Habetler

Session 17 – Voltage Source Inverters

Inter-Phase Interleaving for Three Phase Voltage Source Converter Operated with Low Non-Triple Carrier Ratio ................................................................... 457

Di Zhang, Fred Wang, Rolando Burgos, Xuning Zhang and Dushan Boroyevich

Model Predictive-Based Voltage Regulation of an Islanded Distributed Generation Unit .............................................................................. 465

Behrooz Bahrani and Alfred Rufer

Reduction of Voltage Harmonics for Parallel-Operated Inverters ................................. 473 Qing-Chang Zhong, Frede Blaabjerg, Josep M. Guerrero and Tomas Hornik

Generalized Closed-Loop Control (GCC) Schemes with Embedded Virtual Imepdances for Voltage Source Converters ........................................................ 479

Jinwei He and Yun Wei Li

Session 18 – DC-DC Converters for Solar PV Systems I

Current-Fed Quadratic Full-Bridge Buck Converter for PV Systems Interfacing: Dynamic Characterization ......................................................... 487

Juha Huusari and Teuvo Suntio

Photovoltaic Microinverter using Single-Stage Isolated High-Frequency Link Series Resonant Topology ............................................................. 495

Hariharan Krishnaswami

Three-Port Flyback-Type Micro-Inverter with an Active Power Decoupling Circuit ....... 501 Yaow-Ming Chen and Chien-Yao Liao

Session 19 – Indirect AC-AC Converters II

Active AC Snubber for Direct AC/AC Power Converters ................................................... 507 Anish Prasai and Deepak Divan

Comparison of Boost Chopper and Active Buffer as Single to Three Phase Converter ...................................................................................................... 515

Ohnuma Yoshiya and Itoh Jun-ichi

Control of Single-Phase to Three-Phase Matrix Converters for PM Synchronous Motor Drive ............................................................................................ 522

Takaharu Takeshita and Tomomi Yamashita

Improvement in the Control Range of Matrix Converters ............................................... 529 Luca Zarri, Olorunfemi Ojo and Michele Mengoni

Session 20 – Transportation Applications: Voltage Converters

Optimal Design of Multilevel Modular Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter .............. 537 Dong Cao, Jiang Shuai and Fang Zheng Peng

A Double-Wing Multilevel Modular Capacitor-Clamped DC-DC Converter with Reduced Capacitor Voltage Stress ............................................................................ 545

Dong Cao, Xianhao Yu, Xi Lu, Wei Qian and Fang Zheng Peng

Review of High Power Isolated Bi-Directional DC-DC Converters for PHEV/EV DC Charging Infrastructure ............................................................................... 553

Yu Du, Srdjan Lukic, Boris Jacobson and Alex Huang

Special Session 2 – Power Supply on Chip

Single Chip Power Converters: Products and Manufacturing Considerations ................ n/a Ashraf Lotfi

Developing Single-Chip Offline LED Drivers ..................................................................... n/a Vivek Mehrotra and Jian Sun

Nanostructured Scalable Thick-Film Magnetics ................................................................ n/a S. Prabhakaran

Voltage Scalable Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters for On-Chip Applications ....... n/a Yogesh K. Ramadass and Anantha P. Chandrakasan

Session 21 – Wind Energy: Power Electronic Converters

Three-Level Boost Converter based Medium Voltage Megawatt PMSG Wind Energy Conversion Systems .......................................................................... 561

Venkata Yaramasu and Bin Wu

Electro-Thermal Modeling for Junction Temperature Cycling-Based Lifetime Prediction of a Press-Pack IGBT 3L-NPC-VSC Applied to Large Wind Turbines ............ 568

Osman S. Senturk, Lars Helle, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Pedro Rodriguez and Remus Teodorescu

Power Density Investigation on the Press-Pack IGBT 3L-HB-VSCs Applied to Large Wind Turbines ....................................................................................... 576

Osman S. Senturk, Lars Helle, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Pedro Rodriguez and Remus Teodorescu

A Comparison of Medium Voltage High Power DC/DC Converters with High Step-Up Conversion Ratio for Offshore Wind Energy Systems .............................. 584

Wu Chen, Alex Huang, Jan Svensson, Jun Li, Zhenyuan Wang and Srdjan Lukic

Session 22 – Magnetic Component Design and Application

Resonant Converter Transformer Design and Optimization .......................................... 590 Garet Gamache and Charles Sullivan

Novel CCTT Core Integrated Magnetic for High-Power DC-DC Converters .................... 598 Kevin Hartnett, Marek Rylko, John Hayes and Michael Egan

Iron Loss Evaluation of Filter Inductor used in PWM Inverters ....................................... 606 Keisuke Kakazu, Toshihisa Shimizu, Hiroaki Matsumori, Koushi Takano and Hitoshi Ishii

Development and Evaluation of Single Sided Flux Couplers for Contactless Electric Vehicle Charging ............................................................................... 614

Mickel Budhia, Grant Covic, John Boys and Chang-Yu Huang

Session 23 – Sensorless Control Issues

Secondary Resistive Losses with High-Frequency Injection-Based Self-Sensing in IPM Machines ........................................................................................... 622

Natee Limsuwan, Takashi Kato, Chen-Yen Yu, Jun Tamura, David Reigosa, Kan Akatsu and Robert Lorenz

Analysis of Iron and Magnet Losses in Surface Permanent Magnet Machines Resulting from Injection-Based Self-Sensing Position Estimation .................................. 630

Shih-Chin Yang and Robert Lorenz

The Influence of Magnetic Hysteresis on HF Injection based Inductance Calculation .. 638 Julien Cordier, Peter Landsmann and Ralph Kennel

Saliency based Sensorless Control of Induction Machines at Frequency Overlap of Signal Components ....................................................................... 646

Mohamed Metwally and Thomas Wolbank

Session 24 – Microgrid Controls

Autonomous Control of Interlinking Converters in Hybrid AC-DC Microgrids with Energy Storages ...................................................................................... 652

Poh Chiang Loh, Ding Li and Frede Blaabjerg

Comparison of PV Inverter Controller Configurations for CERTS Microgrid Applications ............................................................................................ 659

Micah Erickson, Robert Lasseter and Thomas Jahns

Phase Locked Loop Control of Inverters in a Microgrid .................................................. 667 Matthew Surprenant, Ian Hiskens and Giri Venkataramanan

Enabling High Droop Gain for Improvement of Reactive Power Sharing Accuracy in an Electronically-Interfaced Autonomous Microgrid ................................... 673

Aboutaleb Haddadi, Ali Shojaei and Benoit Boulet

Session 25 – DC-DC Converter Modeling

A New STS Model DC-DC Converter .................................................................................. 680 Fujio Kurokawa, Junya Sakemi, Akihiro Yamanishi and Hiroyuki Osuga

Dynamic Modeling of a ZETA Converter in DCM Applied to Low Power Renewable Sources ......................................................................................... 685

Renan Caron Viero and Fernando Soares Dos Reis

Simple Large-Signal Model based on Gyrator for System Level Analysis ..................... 692 Du Weijing, Zhang Yang, Zhang Junming and Qian Zhaoming

Modeling of Multiple-Input DC-DC Converters Considering Input-Coupling Effects ..... сфу Ruichen Zhao, Sheng-Yang Yu and Alexis Kwasinski

Session 26 – Thermal Analysis and Losses II

Advanced Testing and Modeling of Magnetic Materials Including a New Method of Core Loss Separation for Electrical Machines ........................................ тлс

Maged Ibrahim and Pragasen Pillay

A Nonintrusive Thermal Monitoring Method for Closed-Loop Drive-Fed Induction Machines ............................................................................................................ тмп

Siwei Cheng, Yi Du, Jose Restrepo, Pinjia Zhang and Thomas G. Habetler

Loss Measurement of a 40 kW High-Speed Bearingless PM Synchronous Motor ......... тнн Gabriel Munteanu, Andreas Binder and Tobias Schneider

Induction Motor Rotor Temperature Estimation using Superheterodyne Receivers ..... тол Zhi Gao, Roy Colby and Larry Turner

Session 27 – Inverter Control Techniques

Stability Analysis of Droop Control for Inverter using Dynamic Phasors Method ......... тофXianwei Wang, Fang Zhuo, Haiping Guo, Liang Meng, Meijuan Yang and Jinjun Liu

A Grid Synchronization Method for Droop Controlled Distributed Energy Resources Converters ........................................................................ тпо

Chia-Tse Lee, Rui-Pei Jiang and Po-Tai Cheng

High Performance AC Current Regulation for Low Pulse Ratio Iinverters ..................... трл Brendan McGrath, Stewart Parker and Grahame Holmes

Swinging Bus Inverters: New Requirements in Renewable Power and the Natural Switching Surface ........................................................................................... тру

Martin Ordonez

Session 28 – DC-DC Converters for Solar PV Systems II

DC-DC Converter Topology Assessment for Large Scale Distributed Photovoltaic Plant Architectures .................................................................... тсп

Mohammed Agamy, Maja Harfman-Todorovic, Ahmed Elasser, Juan Sabate, Robert Steigerwald, Yan Jiang and Essakiappan Somasundaram

Research on Output Current of Interleaved-Flyback in Boundary Conduction Mode for Photovoltaic AC Module Application ............................................. ттл

Mingzhi Gao, Min Chen, Qiong Mo, Yuhao Luo and Zhaoming Qian

Power Control in Three-Phase Grid-Connected Current-Source Boost Inverter ............ 776 Mahdi Saghaleini and Behrooz Mirafzal

A Novel Primary-Side-Assisted Soft-Switching and Fault-Tolerance of a High-Frequency-Link Inverter for Renewable-Energy Systems ................................... 784

Rahnamaee Arash, Sudip Mazumder and Tajfar Alireza

Session 29 – Modeling and Control of AC-AC Converters

Un-Terminated, Low-Frequency Terminal-Behavioral d-q Model of Three-Phase Converters ............................................................................. 791

Igor Cvetkovic, Marko Jaksic, Dushan Boroyevich, Paolo Mattavelli, Fred C. Lee, Zhiyu Shen, Sara Ahmed and Dong Dong

A Four Legs Matrix Converter based Ground Power Unit with Selective Harmonic Control ............................................................................................... 799

Wesam Rohouma, Lee Empringham, Pericle Zanchetta and Patrick Wheeler

Study of the Bidirectional Power Flow in Back-to-Back Converters by using Linear and Nonlinear Control Strategies ............................................................... 806

Janeth Alcala, Victor Cardenas, Adrian Ramirez and Jorge Gudino

An Integrated Filter and Controller Design for Direct Matrix Converter ....................... 814 Anindya Dasgupta and Parthasarathi Sensarma

Session 30 – Transportation Applications: Infrastruture

A Study of Sectional Tracks in Roadway Inductive Power Transfer System ................... 822 Wei Zhang, Siu-Chung Wong, Chi K. Tse and Qianhong Chen

Cost Benefits and Vehicle-to-Grid Regulation Services of Unidirectional Charging of Electric Vehicles .................................................................... 827

Mcdavis Fasugba and Philip Krein

Mitigating Distribution Transformer Lifetime Degradation Caused by Grid-Enabled Vehicle (GEV) Charging ........................................................... 835

Rohit Moghe, Frank Kreikebaum, Jorge Hernandez, Rajendra P. Kandula and Deepak Divan

A Study on Receiver Circuit Topology of a Cordless Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles ............................................................................................. 843

Kraisorn Throngnumchai, Toshihiro Kai and Yuusuke Minagawa

Special Session 3 – PEV Infrastructure and Technologies

The EV Project and EV Charging Infrastructure Challenges ............................................ n/a Kevin Morrow

Technologies for B-Directional EV Battery Charging ........................................................ n/a Thomas Jahns

Current Sensor and Metrology Technologies for EV Charging Sub-Meter Applications ......................................................................................................................... n/a

James Spangler

EV Charging Standards ...................................................................................................... n/a Theodore Bohn

Poster Session 1

Assessment of Inertial Potential of Variable-Speed Wind Turbines .............................. 851 Samer EL Itani and Geza Joos

Neural MPPT of Variable Pitch Wind Generators with Induction Machines in a Wide Wind Speed Range .......................................................... 857

Maurizio Cirrincione, Marcello Pucci and Gianpaolo Vitale

A Generalized Method for Wind Inverter Control under Unbalanced Operating Conditions ................................................................................... 865

Shuang Wu and Ana Stankovic

Megawatt Wind Energy Conversion System with Diode Rectifier and Multilevel Current Source Inverter .................................................................................... 871

Jiacheng Wang, Jingya Dai, Bin Wu, Dewei Xu and Navid Zargari

Diagnosis of the Open-Circuit Fault in Three-Parallel Voltage-Source Converver for a High-Power Wind Turbine ...................................................................... 877

Youngjong Ko, Hae-Gwang Jeong, Kyo-Beum Lee, Dong-Choon Lee and Jang-Mok Kim

Maximum Power Point Tracker of a Wind Generator based on the Flatness-Based Control ...................................................................................................... 883

Hani Alhamed Aldwaihi and Emmanuel Delaleau

Self-Starting DC:DC Boost Converter for Low-Power and Low-Voltage Microbial Electric Generators ...................................................................... 889

Nicolas Degrenne, Bruno Allard, Francois Buret, Zaoui Abderrahime, Florent Morel, Adami Salah-Eddine and Denis Labrousse

Bidirectional HV DC-DC Converters for Energy Harvesting with Dielectric Elastomer Generators ....................................................................................... 897

Lars Eitzen, Christian Graf and Juergen Maas

Passivity-Based Control of PEM Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid Power Source ........................ 902 Ali Tofighi and Mohsen Kalantar

Comparison of Cascaded H-Bridge and Modular Multilevel Converters for BESS Application ....................................................................................... 909

Lennart Baruschka and Axel Mertens

Frequency Measurement using a Frequency Locked Loop .............................................. 917 Zijun Luo, Mary Kaye, Chris Diduch and Liuchen Chang

Power Smoothing and Power Ramp Control for Wind Energy using Energy Storage ... 922 Ali Esmaili and Adel Nasiri

A New Architecture for Battery Charge Equalization ...................................................... 928 Bo Dong and Han Yehui

Optimal Transient Control of Microgrids using a Game Theoretic Approach ............... 935 Nishantha Ekneligoda and Wayne Weaver

Optimal Team Communication Structures in Micro Grids ............................................... 943 Nishantha Ekneligoda and Wayne Weaver

The Practical Challenges of Minigrids .............................................................................. 950 Glenn Platt, David Cornforth, Tim Moore and Adam Berry

Controller Design and Implementation of Indirect Current Control based Utility-Interactive Inverter System .................................................................................... 955

Sunjae Yoon, Hyeongmin Oh and Sewan Choi

Hybrid Solar Inverter based on a Standard Power Electronic Cell for Microgrids Applications ....................................................................... 961

Luis Arnedo, Suman Dwari, Vladimir Blasko and Albert Kroeber

A Microgrid Modeling and Simulation Platform for System Evaluation on a Range of Time Scales ................................................................. 968

Alex Brissette, Andy Hoke, Dragan Maksimovic and Annabelle Pratt

Flatness based Control of an Isolated Three-Port Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for a Fuel Cell Hybrid Source ............................................................... 977

Matheepot Phattanasak, Roghayeh Gavagsaz-ghoachani, Jean-Philippe Martin, Serge Pierfederici and Bernard Davat

Evaluation of Power Converters to Implement Bipolar DC Active Distribution Networks – DC-DC converters ....................................................................... 985

Jackson Lago, Joabel Moia and Marcelo Heldwein

A PWM Control Strategy for Switched-Boost Inverter ...................................................... 991 Ravindranath Adda, Santanu Kumar Mishra and Avinash Joshi

Advances in the Modeling and Control of Micro Hydro Power Stations with Induction Generators .................................................................................. 997

Lucas Giuliani Scherer, Robinson Figueiredo de Camargo, Humberto Pinheiro and Cassiano Rech

Comparison and Performance Evaluation of Renewable to Grid Integration Schemes: Single-Phase High-Frequency Fuel Cells and PV Inverters Applications .... 1005

Akshay Kumar Rathore

Real Time Simulation for the Study on Smart Grid ........................................................ 1013 Feng Guo, Luis Herrera, Robert Murawski, Ernesto Inoa, Chih-Lun Wang, Philippe Beauchamp, Yi Huang, Eylem Ekici and Jin Wang

Finite-Time Current Control of LCL-Filter for Grid-Connected Three-Phase Voltage-Source Inverter ............................................................................ 1019

Nishida Katsumi, Nakaoka Mutsuo and Ahmed Tarek

Comparison of Calorimetric and Electrical Loss Measurement Methods in a Frequency Converter Research and Development Application .................................... 1026

Valtteri Mattsson

Dynamic Characteristics of Current-Fed Semiquadratic Buck-Boost Converter in Photovoltaic Applications .......................................................................... 1031

Lari Nousiainen and Teuvo Suntio

A Power Converter System for Single Cell Photovoltaic Modules ................................. 1039 Dodi Garinto

An Effective PV Power Generation Control System using Quasi-Z Source Inverter with Battery ............................................................................................ 1044

Baoming Ge, Qin Lei, Fang Zheng Peng, Dongsen Sun, Yushan Liu and Abu Rub Haitham

Power Flow Control for Quasi-Z Source Inverter with Battery based PV Power Generation System .......................................................................................... 1051

Dongsen Sun, Baoming Ge, Haitham Abu Rub, Fang Z. Peng and Anibal T de Almeida

Single-Stage Boost Inverter for Photovoltaic System .................................................... 1057 Wenxin Huang, Yufei Zhou, Ping Zhao and Jianwu Zhao

Current Harmonic Minimization of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic 500kW Three-Phase Inverter using PR Control ............................................................. 1063

Byeong-Mun Song, Youngroc Kim, Hanju Cha and Hakju Lee

A Current-Sensorless MPPT Quasi-Double-Boost Converter for PV Systems ............... 1069 Christopher Lohmeier, Jianwu Zeng, Wei Qiao, Liyan Qu and Jerry Hudgins

Comparison of Soft and Hard-Switching Losses in Three Phase Micro-Inverters ....... 1076 Dehua Zhang, Qian Zhang, Anna Grishina, Amirahmadi Ahmadreza, Haibing Hu, John Shen and Issa Batarseh

Energy Saving in Constant Speed Running Motors by Means of Adaptive Sinusoidal Voltage ........................................................................................... 1083

Shimon Limor and Doron Shmilovitz

Series-Stacked Medium Voltage Electronic Voltage Regulator .................................... 1087 Males Tomlinson, Dewald Abrie and Toit Mouton

Fast Harmonic Detection based on Cascaded Delayed Signal Cancellation PLL ......... 1094 Yi Fei Wang and Yun Wei Li

A Family of Shunt Active Filter based on the Interleaved Buck Switch Cell ................. 1102 Zhong Chen, Miao Chen, Yingpeng Luo and Lei Shi

Study and Design of Power Quality Control for Oilfield Drilling Rig Electrical System ............................................................................. 1108

Yi Hao, Zhuo Fang, Sun Xinxin and Liu Jinjun

Converter Rating Reduction in Hybrid Active Power Filters (HAPF) .............................. 1113 Hamid Karshenas, Iman Aminoroaya, Alireza Bakhshai and Praveen Jain

A Fast On-Load Tap Changing Regulator with Semi Natural Commutation ............... 1119 Jose Alvarez, Rodolfo Echavarria and Armando Flores

Transformer-Less Current Controlled Driver for a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Lamp using HV Silicon Carbide (SiC) Switching Devices .............................. 1124

Amgad El-Deib, Francis Dawson and Georges Zissis

Modeling and Design of L-Complementary Self-Oscillating Class D Inverter with Output Voltage Clamping during Starting .............................................. 1132

Wei Xiong, Ana Stankovic and Louis Nerone

High Efficiency Hybrid Multi-Stage Adaptor with AC and DC Input Capability ........... 1137 Yongjiang Bai, Qiaoliang Chen, Julu Sun, Ming Xu and Xu Yang

A Cascaded Shunt Active Power Filter with High Performance for Aircraft Electric Power System ......................................................................................... 1143

Yingpeng Luo, Zhong Chen, Miao Chen and Jianxia Li

Grid Synchronization PLL Robust to Frequency Variation, Unbalanced and Distorted Voltage ................................................................................ 1150

Sanghoey Lee, Hanju Cha and Jeong-Hoon Lee

Switched-Capacitor Converters with Multiphase Interleaving Control ........................ 1156 Sitthisak Kiratipongvoot, Siew-Chong Tan and Adrian Ioinovici

Two-Stage Electronic Ballast for HID Lamp with Buck PFC ........................................... 1162 Tsorng-Juu Liang, Hsueh-Ko Liao, Chien-Ming Huang, Hsiu-Hao Liang, Yuan-Min Cheng, Chun-An Cheng and Jiann-Fuh Chen

Analysis and Design of a ZVS-PWM Full-Bridge Converter with Reduced Conduction Losses ............................................................................................. 1167

Dunisha Wijeratne and Gerry Moschopoulos

ZCS PWM Bidirectional Converter with One Auxiliary Switch ....................................... 1175 Ahmad Mousavi, Pritam Das, Majid Pahlevaninezhad and Praveen Jain

Adaptive Current Source Drivers for Efficiency Optimization of High Frequency Synchronous Buck Converters .............................................................. 1181

Zhiliang Zhang, Pengcheng Xu, Yan-fei Liu and Paresh C. Sen

Battery Management System using Active Charge Equalization Technique based on a DC/DC Converter Topology ........................................................ 1188

Sriram Yarlagadda, Tom Hartley and Iqbal Husain

Adaptive Current Source Drivers to Achieve Efficiency Improvement in Wide Load Range ................................................................................. 1196

Zhiliang Zhang, Wei Cai and Pengcheng Xu

A Novel Feedback-Clamped Magnetically Coupled Bi-Directional Optimal Battery Charging System .................................................................................. 1202

Rajeev Kumar Singh and Santanu Kumar Mishra

Optimum Design of an Envelope Tracking Buck Converter for RF PA using GaN HEMTs .................................................................................................. 1210

Dejana Cucak, Miroslav Vasic, Oscar Garcia, Jesus Oliver, Pedro Alou and Jose Cobos

Comparison of Si and GaN Power Devices used in PV Module Integrated Converters .................................................................................. 1217

Milos Acanski, Jelena Popovic-Gerber and Braham Ferreira

Proposal of a Low Power, 1.6 MHz, 90% Efficiency, Single Inductor, Dual Symmetrical Outputs Integrated DC/DC Converter for CCM and DCM Operations ..... 1224

Xavier Branca, Bruno Allard, David Chesneau and Xuefang Lin-shi

A 10 MHz Mixed-Signal CPM Controlled DC-DC Converter IC with Novel Gate Swing Circuit and Instantaneous Efficiency Optimization ......................... 1229

Amir Parayandeh, Behzad Mahdavikhah, Sm Ahsanuzzaman, Aleksandar Radic and Aleksandar Prodic

A Small Signal Model for V2 Control with Composite Output Capacitors based on Describing Function Approach ..................................................... 1236

Feng Yu, Fred C. Lee and Paolo Mattavelli

A Novel Ripple-Based Constant On-Time Control with Virtual Inductance and Offset Cancellation for DC Power Converters ...................................... 1244

Yu-Cheng Lin, Ching-Jan Chen, Dan Chen and Brian Wang

Capacitor Current Programming Technique for Phase-Shift DC-DC Converter ........... 1251 Victor Cheung and Henry Chung

Transient Mitigation of DC-DC Converters using an Auxiliary Switching Circuit ......... 1259 Zhenyu Shan, Siew-Chong Tan and Chi K. Tse

Energy and Impedance State Modeling of Power Electronic Converters ..................... 1265 Gregory Vosters and Wayne Weaver

DC-DC Boost Converter with Network Model for Photovoltaic System ......................... 1273 Saichol Chudjuarjeen, Juan Jimenez, Sachi Jayasuriya, Chika Nwankpa, Karen Miu and Anawach Sangswang

Design of Envelope Amplifier based on Interleaved Multiphase Buck Converter with Minimum Time Control for RF Application ............................................ 1279

Pengming Cheng, Miroslav Vasic, Oscar Garcia, Pedro Alou, Jesus Oliver and Jose Antonio Cobos

A Contribution to the Dynamic Modeling of Switched-Capacitor Converters .............. 1284 Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado, Julio Rosas-Caro, Jesus Valdez-Resendiz, Ruben Salas-Cabrera, Eduardo Nacu Salas-Cabrera and Hermenegildo Cisneros-Villegas

A Zero-Current-Switching Multilevel Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter ................ 1291 Matthew Gebben, Jorge G. Cintron-Rivera, Wei Qian, Dong Cao, Xuejun Pei and Fang Z. Peng

Optimizing Dual Half Bridge Converter for Full Range Soft Switching and High Efficiency .................................................................................. 1296

Hamid Daneshpajooh, Alireza Bakhshai and Praveen Jain

A Novel A-D Conversion for Digital Control Switching Power Supply .......................... 1302 Fujio Kurokawa, Ryuya Yoshida, Yuki Maeda, Tsukasa Takahashi, Kouta Bansho, Toru Tanaka and Keiichi Hirose

Digital Current Sharing Method for Multiphase DC-DC Converters using the Peak Input Voltage ...................................................................... 1307

Suyong Chae, Yujin Song, Sukin Park and Hakgeun Jeong

A High Step-Up Current Fed Multi-Resonant Converter with Coupled Inductor .......... 1312 Donghao Li, Bo Liu, Bo Yuan, Yang Xu, Duan Jason and Zhai Jerry

Inductor Optimization Procedure for Power Supply in Package and Power Supply on Chip ............................................................................... 1320

Toke M. Andersen, Claudius M. Zingerli, Florian Krismer, Johann W. Kolar and Cian O'Mathuna

Diagnosis and Fualt-Tolerant Control of 3-Phase AC-DC PWM Converter System ...... 1328 Won-Sang Im, Jang-Mok Kim, Dong-Choon Lee and Kyo-Beum Lee

A New Control Scheme for Boost PFC Converters for Both CCM and DCM Operations ...................................................................................... 1334

Chung-Ping Ku, Sheng-Hsien Lin and Dan Chen

Three-Phase Z-Source Power Supply Design and Dynamic Modeling ......................... 1339 Giovanni Lo Calzo, Alessandro Lidozzi, Luca Solero and Fabio Crescimbini

Adaptive Discontinuous Current Source Driver to Achieve Switching Loss Reduction for MHz PFC Applications ....................................................................... 1346

Pengcheng Xu, Zhiliang Zhang, Yan-fei Liu and P.C. Sen

Analysis and Design of a Three-Phase Reduced Switch Buck-Boost AC-DC Converter ... 1353 Dunisha Wijeratne and Gerry Moschopoulos

One-Cycle Controlled Three-Switch Buck-Type Rectifier ............................................... 1361 Shao Zhang and King Jet Tseng

Six Switches Solution for Single-Phase AC/DC/AC Converter with Capability of Second-Order Power Mitigation in DC-Link Capacitor ........................... 1368

Xiong Liu, Peng Wang, Poh Chiang Loh, Frede Blaabjerg and Mingyu Xue

Voltage Sensorless Feedforward Control of a Dual Boost PFC Converter for Battery Charger Applications ................................................................... 1376

Sung Min Park, Yong Duk Lee and Sung Yeul Park

Catastrophic Bifurcation in Three-Phase Boost Rectifiers ............................................. 1381 Meng Huang, Siu-Chung Wong, Chi K. Tse and Xinbo Ruan

A Control Method to Reduce a Surge Voltage of Indirect Matrix Converter by using Zero Current and Zero Voltage Switching ..................................... 1385

Jun-ichi Itoh, Toshifumi Hinata and Koji Kato

High Power Density High Efficiency DC/DC Converter ................................................... 1392 Daocheng Huang, David Gilham, Weiyi Feng, Pengju Kong, Dianbo Fu and Fred. C. Lee

A Bidirectional Single-Phase Soft-Switched AC-AC Converter ...................................... 1400 Alireza Safaee, Davood Yazdani, Alireza Bakhshai and Praveen Jain

A Sense Winding based Synchronization Technique for Bi-Directional IPT Pick-Ups . 1405 Duleepa J Thrimawithana, Udaya K Madawala, Michael Neath and Tobias Geyer

A Single Stage Micro-Inverter based on a Three-Port Flyback with Power Decoupling Capability .................................................................... 1411

Haibing Hu, Qian Zhang, Xiang Fang, John Shen and Issa Batarseh

Novel Family of Quasi-Z-Source AC/AC Converter with Safe-Commutation ............... 1417 He Liangzong, Peng Fangzheng and Duan Shanxu

Poster Session 2

Design and Force Control of Slotted Tubular Linear Motor for Active Pedal ............... 1423 Bon-Gwan Gu, Young-Kyoun Kim, In-Soung Jung, Jeongyeol An and Jongsang Noh

Modeling, Implementation and Analysis of a Li-Ion Battery Powered Electric Truck . 1428 Prasanna Mantravadi, Iqbal Husain and Yilmaz Sozer

Analytical Model of PMSM Designed for High-Frequency Operation 'Machine and Inverter Sizing Compromise' .................................................................... 1436

Mohand Sough, Daniel Depernet, Frederic Dubas, Christophe Espanet and Benali Boualem

Benefits of Cascaded Inverter for Electrical Vehicles' Drive-Trains .............................. 1441 Benoit Sarrazin, Nicolas Rouger, Jean-Paul Ferrieux and Yvan Avenas

Lithium-Ion Cell Modeling from Impedance Spectroscopy for EV Applications ........... 1449 Akram Eddahech, Olivier Briat, Ramzi Chaari, Nicolas Bertrand, Herve Henry and Jean-Michel Vinassa

Design and Analysis of Three-Port DC-DC Converters for Satellite Platform Power System ..................................................................................... 1454

Zhijun Qian, Osama Abdel-Rahman, Kejiu Zhang, Haibing Hu, John Shen and Issa Batarseh

Control Strategy for Electric Starter Generators Embedded in a Gas Turbine Engine for Aerospace Applications ............................................................................................. 1461

Bikramjit Bhangu and Rajashekara Kaushik

Low Frequency Ripple Current Compensation with DC Active Filter for the Single-Phase Aeronautic Static Inverter ......................................................................... 1468

Zhong Chen, Miao Chen, Yingpeng Luo and Changyou Wang

Effects of Electrical Power Off-Take on Finite Inertia Mechanical Systems .................. 1476 Rebecca Todd, Frank Bryan, Andrew Forsyth, Chengwei Gan and James Bossard

Multi-Sampled Carrier-Based PWM for Multilevel Active Shunt Power Filters for Aerospace Applications ....................................................................... 1483

Milijana Odavic, Veronica Biagini, Mark Sumner, Pericle Zanchetta and Marco Degano

A New Battery Parameter Identification Considering Current, SOC and Peukert's Effect for Hybrid Electric Vehicles .................................................... 1489

Jongkyung Lee, Youngroc Kim and Hanju Cha

Power and Efficiency Measurements and Design Improvement of a 50kW Switched Reluctance Motor for Hybrid Electric Vehicles ..................................... 1495

Motoki Takeno, Akira Chiba, Nobukazu Hoshi, Masatsugu Takemoto and Satoshi Ogasawara

Analysis and Mitigation of Torsional Vibration of PM Brushless DC Drives with Direct Torque Controller ......................................................................... 1502

Z.Q. Zhu and J.H. Leong

Design for Self-Sensing of a Linear Actuator ................................................................. 1510 Joel Maridor, Miroslav Markovic and Yves Perriard

Independent Speed Control of Two Induction Motors Fed by a Five-Leg Inverter with Space Vector Modulation ........................................................... 1515

Atsushi Hara, Hiroyuki Enokijima and Kouki Matsuse

Homopolar Machines for Power Generation: A Review ................................................ 1523 Claudio Bianchini, Fabio Immovilli, Alberto Bellini, Emilio Lorenzani and Carlo Concari

Effect of Stator and Rotor Saturation on Sensorless Rotor Position Detection ............. 1528 Emanuele Fornasiero, Nicola Bianchi and Silverio Bolognani

Weight Optimization of a Surface Mount Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using Genetic Algorithms and a Combined Electromagnetic-Thermal Co-Simulation Environment. ................................................ 1536

Mohand ou Ramdane Hamiti, Chris Gerada and Michael Rottach

Optimization of the Winding Arrangement to Increase the Leakage Inductance of a Synchronous Machine with Multi-Functional Converter Drive ........... 1541

Thomas Hackner and Johannes Pforr

Mitigation of Voltage Regulation Problem in Flux Reversal Machine .......................... 1549 Vandana Rallabandi and Fernandes B.G.

Mechanically Commutated Self Control of PM-Synchronous Machines ........................ 1555 Tobias Roesmann and Stefan Soter

Reduction of Magnetic Saturation by using Additional Permanent Magnets in Synchronous Machines ................................................................................. 1560

Katsumi Yamazaki, Tamiya Shuichi, Kazuo Shima and Tadashi Fukami

A Geometrical Interpretation of Current Space Vector Components due to Induction Machines Rotor Faults ......................................................................... 1568

Carlo Concari, Giovanni Franceschini, Carla Tassoni and Andrea Toscani

Analysis of Two-Part Rotor, Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines ......................... 1576 Gianmario Pellegrino, Paolo Giangrande, Francesco Cupertino, Davide Ronchetto, Mark Sumner and Chris Gerada

The Effect of Magnetic Saturation on Sensorless Control of a Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor under AC and DC Excitation ................................................ 1582

Antonio Griffo, Rafal Wrobel, Philip Mellor, Derrick Holliday and Parminder Sangha

Performance Comparison Between Unipolar and Bipolar Excitations in Switched Reluctance Machine with Sinusoidal and Rectangular Waveforms .............. 1590

Xu Liu, Z.Q. Zhu, Masahiko Hasegawa, Rajesh Deodhar and Adam Pride

DC-Link Capacitance Requirement and Noise and Vibration Reduction in 6/4 Switched Reluctance Machine with Sinusoidal Bipolar Excitation .......................... 1596

Xu Liu, Z.Q. Zhu, Masahiko Hasegawa, Adam Pride and Rajesh Deohar

Impact of the Rotor Back-Iron Resistivity on the Rotor Eddy-Current Losses in Fractional-Slot Concentrated Windings PM Machines ................................... 1604

Andrea Cavagnino, Mario Lazzari, Alessio Miotto, Alberto Tenconi and Silvio Vaschetto

Damper Windings in Induction Machines for Reduction of Unbalanced Magnetic Pull and Bearing Wear .............................................................. 1612

David Dorrell, Jonathan Shek, Min-Fu Hseih and Markus Mueller

Comparison of Air-Cored and Iron-Cored Non-Overlap Winding Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Wind Generators .................................... 1620

Maarten Kamper, Johannes Potgieter, Abraham Stegmann and Pieter Bouwer

Design of a Sustainable Wind Generator System using Redundant Materials ........... 1628 Hartmut Jagau, Azeem Khan and Paul Barendse

Modeling, Construction, and Testing of a Simple HTS Machine Demonstrator ........... 1636 Bogi Jensen and Asger Abrahamsen

A Novel Analytical Method for Prediction of the Broken Bar Fault Signature Amplitude in Synchronous Machine Damper Winding and Induction Machine Cage Rotor ................................................................. 1641

Mina Rahimian, Seung Choi and Karen Butler-Purry

Levitation Performance of Two Opposed Permanent Magnet Pole-Pair Separated Conical Bearingless Motors ........................................................................... 1649

Peter Kascak, Jansen Ralph, Dever Timothy, Nagorny Aleksandr and Loparo Kenneth

Switched Reluctance Motor without Torque Ripple or Electrolytic Capacitors .............. 1657 Ethan Swint and Jason Lai

Capacitive Power Transfer for Slip Ring Replacement in Wound Field Synchronous Machines .............................................................................. 1664

Daniel Ludois, Kyle Hanson and Justin Reed

Scalability Investigation of Proximity Losses in Fractional-Slot Concentrated WindGing Surface PM Machines during High-Speed Operation ................................. 1670

Patel Reddy and Thomas Jahns

Maximum Torque Per Ampere Control of Phase Advance Modulation of a SPM Wind Generator ........................................................................... 1676

Mehanathan Pathmanathan, Wen Soong and Nesimi Ertugrul

Modeling and Control of Three-Phase PMSMs under Open-Phase Fault .................... 1684 Alberto Gaeta, Giacomo Scelba and Alfio Consoli

Modeling the Dynamic Suspension Behavior of an Eddy Current Device .................... 1692 Jonathan Bird, Nirmal Paudel, Subhra Paul and Bobba Dheeraj

An Accurate Rotor Time Constant Estimation Method for Self-Commissioning of Multi-Scale Induction Motor Drives ............................................................................ 1700

Shuang Sheng, Xiaomeng Cheng, Haifeng Lu, Wenlong Qu and Yituo Li

Research on Optimized Control Technique of Electrical Vehicles Propulsion System with Dual PMSM Connection ............................................................ 1708

Jian Zhang, Xuhui Wen and Youlong Wang

Speed Control of Electrical Drives using Classical Control Methods ............................. 1713 Lennart Harnefors, Seppo Saarakkala and Marko Hinkkanen

Adaptive Wide Angle PWM Control Strategy of BLDC Motor Drive for Efficiency Optimization and Wide Speed Control Range ............................................... 1721

Kai-Sheng Kan and Ying-Yu Tzou

Transformer-Isolated Gate Drive Design for SiC JFET Phase-Leg Module .................. 1728 Ruxi Wang, Milisav Danilovic, Zheng Chen and Dushan Boroyevich

Optimal Torque Trajectories Minimizing Loss of Induction Motor under Given Condition of Rotational Angle .............................................................................. 1734

Kaoru Inoue, Keito Kotera and Toshiji Kato

A Novel Single Phase Hybrid Switched Reluctance Motor Drive System ...................... 1739 Jianing Liang, Guoqing Xu, Linni Jian, Jakobsen Uffe and Jin-Woo Ahn

Experimental Methods for Synchronous Machines Evaluation by an Accurate Magnetic Model Identification ......................................................................... 1744

Paolo Guglielmi, Eric Armando, Iustin Radu Bojoi, Gianmario Pellegrino and Michele Pastorelli

Electromechanical Regenerative Actuator with Fault Tolerance Capability for Automotive Chassis Applications ............................................................ 1750

Lei Hao and Chandra Namuduri

A New High Frequency Injection Method for Sensorless Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Machines ...................................................................................... 1758

Longya Xu, Ernesto Inoa, Yu Liu and Bo Guan

MRAS Speed Observer for High Performance Linear Induction Motor Drives based on Linear Neural Networks ...................................................................... 1765

Angelo Accetta, Maurizio Cirrincione, Marcello Pucci and Gianpaolo Vitale

Optimum Torque Control Algorithm for Wide Speed Range and Four Quadrant Operation of Stator Flux Oriented Induction Machine Drive without Regenerative Unit ..................................................................................... 1773

Valeriu Olarescu, Sorin Musuroi, Ciprian Sorandaru, Martin Weinmann and Stefan Zeh

Rotor Position Measurement for a Magnetically Levitated 500000 rpm Permanent Magnet Machine ..................................................................... 1778

Claudius Martin Zingerli, Imoberdorf Philipp, Thomas Nussbaumer and Johann Walter Kolar

Innovative Measuring System for Wear-out Indication of High Power IGBT Modules ............................................................................................... 1785

Jens Due, Stig Munk-Nielsen and Rasmus Nielsen

Resonant Power Shoes for Humanoid Robots ................................................................ 1791 Lee Byunghun, Kim Hyunjae, Lee Sung Woo, Park Chang Byung and Rim Chun Taek

Loss Evaluation of an AC-AC Direct Converter with a New GaN HEMT SPICE Model .. 1795 Okamoto Masayuki, Toyoda Genki, Hiraki Eiji, Tanaka Toshihiko and Hashizume Tamotsu

A New High Frequency Inductor Loss Measurement Method ....................................... 1801 Mingkai Mu and Lee Fred

Optimal Design Method for Interleaved Single-Phase PFC Converter with Coupled Inductor ...................................................................................................... 1807

Jun Imaoka, Yuki Ishikura, Takahiro Kawashima and Masayoshi Yamamoto

Lithium-Ion Supercapacitors for Pulsed Power Applications ........................................ 1813 Raymond Sepe, Anton Steyerl and Steven Bastien

Zero Voltage Switching Performance of 1200V SiC MOSFET, 1200V Silicon IGBT and 900V CoolMOS MOSFET ........................................................... 1819

Arun Kadavelugu, Vinay Baliga, Subhashish Bhattacharya, Mrinal Das and Anant Agarwal

Novel Silicon-Embedded Coreless Coupled Inductors for High Efficiency On-Chip DC-DC Conversion ................................................................... 1827

Rongxiang Wu and Johnny K.O. Sin

A Bipolar Primary Pad Topology for EV Stationary Charging and Highway Power by Inductive Coupling ........................................................................... 1832

Grant Covic, Michael Kissin, Dariusz Kacprzak, Niels Clausen and Hao Hao

Integrated Magnetic Design of Small Planar Transformers for LLC Resonant Converters ................................................................................................. 1839

Samuel Robert Cove, Martin Ordonez, Federico Luchino and John Quaicoe

Microfabricated V-Groove Power Inductors using Multilayer Co-Zr-O Thin Films for Very-High-Frequency DC-DC Converters ................................................ 1845

Di Yao, Christopher Levey and Charles Sullivan

Boundary-Dependent Circuit Model for the Transient Behavior of a Thermal Stack in Power Modules .................................................................................... 1853

Xiao Cao, Guo-Quan Lu and Khai Ngo

A Comprehensive Design for High Power Density CM EMI Inductor ............................ 1861 Luo Fang, Boroyevich Dushan, Mattavelli Paolo and Nicolas Gazel

Analysis of Impact of Self-Power Function on Emitter Turn-Off Thyristor .................... 1868 Qian Chen and Alex Huang

Analytical Modeling of a Medium-Voltage and High-Frequency Resonant Coaxial-Type Power Transformer for a Solid State Transformer Application .............. 1873

Seunghun Baek and Subhashish Bhattacharya

PWM Method's Influence on the Common-Mode Choke of Motor Drives ..................... 1881 Dong Jiang, Fei Wang and Jing Xue

A New Compact, Isolated and Integrated Gate Driver using High Frequency Transformer for Interleaved Boost Converter .................................... 1889

The Van Nguyen, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin, Jean-Christophe Crebier and Jean-Luc Schanen

Doubly Fed Induction Machine Drive Distance Learning Laboratory for Wind Power and Electric Ship Propulsion Applications ................................................. 1897

Giovanna Oriti, Alexander Julian and Dan Zulaica

Teaching Digital Control of Switch Mode Power Supplies ............................................. 1904 Oscar Garcia, Jesus Oliver, Daniel Diaz, Benoit Duret, Pedro Alou and Jose Cobos

EMC Modeling of Drives for Aircraft Applications: Modeling Process, EMI Filter Optimization and Technological Choice ........................................................ 1909

Baidy Toure, Jean-Luc Schanen, Laurent Gerbaud, Thierry Meynard and Jean-Pierre Carayon

MOSFET Power Loss Characterization: Evolving into Multivariate Response Surface . 1917 Federico Luchino, Martin Ordonez, German Oggier and John Quaicoe

Performance Evaluation of Full SiC Switching Cell in an Interleaved Boost Converter for PV Applications .......................................................... 1923

Carl N.M. Ho, Francisco Canales, Sami Pettersson, Gerardo Escobar, Antonio Coccia and Nikolaos Oikonomou

Impact of Power Factor Correction and Harmonic Compensation by STATCOM on Converter Temperature and Reliability ................................................... 1928

Lakshmi GopiReddy, Leon Tolbert, Burak Ozpineci, Yan Xu and Tom Rizy

PEEC based Virtual Design of EMI Input Filters ............................................................. 1935 Ivana Kovacevic, Thomas Friedli, Andreas Muesing and Johann Kolar

A Waveform-Based Power Estimator for Variable Power Loads .................................. 1942 Warit Wichakool, Zachary N. Remscrim, Uzoma A. Orji and Steven B. Leeb

Evaluation of Point Field Sensing in IGBT Modules for High Bandwidth Current Measurement ......................................................................... 1950

Patrick Schneider and Robert Lorenz

An Efficient Resonant Gate Drive Scheme for High Frequency Applications ............... 1958 Mahesh Swamy, Tsuneo Kume and Noriyuki Takada

Innovation of a Large Capacity 5-Level IGBT Inverter for Oil and Gas Industry ........ 1964 Mostafa Al Mamun, Masahiko Tsukakoshi, Kazunori Hashimura, Hiromi Hosoda and Steven C. Peak

Constant Common Mode Voltage Modulation Strategy for the FB10 Power Converter ......................................................................................... 1972

Pedro Rodriguez, Raul S. Munoz-Aguilar, Gerardo Vazquez, Ignacio Candela and Remus Teodorescu

PWM Technique to Extend Current Reconstruction Range and Reduce Common-Mode Voltage for Three-Phase Inverter using DC-Link Current Sensor Only ........................... 1978

Yong-Kai Lin and Yen-Shin Lai

An Inrush Current Reduction Technique for Multiple Inverter-Fed Transformers ....... 1986 Yu-Hsing Chen, Ming-Yang Yeh, Po-Tai Cheng, Steven Liao and Charles Tsai

Transition Control Strategy between Standalone and Grid Connected Operation of the Voltage Source Inverters .................................................................... 1994

Nayeem Arafat, Sreeshailam Palle, Iqbal Husain and Yilmaz Sozer

Pulse Energy Modulation of a Buck-Boost Inverter ....................................................... 2001 Abraham Tareke Woldegiorgis, Yonggao Zhang and Liuchen Chang

Compensation of DC Link Oscilation in Single-Phase VSI and CSI Converters for Photovoltaic Grid Connection ................................................................. 2007

Montie Vitorino and Mauricio Correa

Modeling and Analysis of a DC Current Compensator in Distribution Power Lines .... 2015 Giampaolo Buticchi, Luca Consolini, Emilio Lorenzani and Carlo Concari

Investigating a H-Infinite Control Method Considering Frequency Uncertainty for CLC Type Inductively Coupled Power Transfer System ........................ 2022

Xin Dai, Aiguo Patrick Hu, Chunsen Tang, Yue Sun and Zhihui Wang

Robustness Analysis of Active Damping Methods for a Grid Connected Inverter with an LCL Filter ............................................................................. 2028

Ricchiuto Domenico, Liserre Marco, Kerekes Tamas, Teodorescu Remus and Blaabjerg Frede

Switching-Sequence based Global Stability and Control of Standalone and Interactive Power Converters .............................................................. 2036

Sudip Mazumder

Design and Performance of a SiC High Frequency Inverter ......................................... 2044 Miaosen Shen, Shashank Krishnamurthy and Mihir Mudholkar

Core-Loss Analysis in AC Inductors for a Single-Phase Pulse-Width Modulated Solar Power Conditioner ......................................................... 2050

Hideaki Fujita

Proposal of a Series Configuration Hybrid AC Power Source ....................................... 2058 Rafael Concatto Beltrame, Matheus Iensen Desconzi, Mario Lucio da Silva Martins, Cassiano Rech and Helio Leaes Hey

A New Single-Phase Five-Level Inverter with No Problem of Voltage Balancing ...... 2065 Zixin Li, Ping Wang, Yaohua Li and Gao Fanqiang

Voltage Fluctuation Suppression Method of Floating Capacitors in a New Modular Multilevel Converter ................................................................................. 2072

Kui Wang, Yongdong Li, Zedong Zheng and Lie Xu

Theoretical Analysis of Self-Balancing Function of Capacitor Voltages in Flying Capacitor Multi-Level Converters .................................................... 2079

Hidemine Obara and Yukihiko Sato

Neutral-Point Current Modeling and Control for Neutral-Point Clamped Three-Level Converter Drive with Small DC-Link Capacitors ........................ 2087

Ramkrishan Maheshwari, Stig Munk-Nielsen and Sergio Busquets-Monge

Improved Interleaved Discontinuous Carrier-Based PWM Strategy for 3-Level Coupled Inductor Inverters ................................................................................ 2095

Behzad Vafakhah, Androw M. Knight and Salmon John

Control and Design Principle of a Soft-Switching Boost DC to AC Converter without Smoothing Capacitor using a MERS Pulse Link Concept .................................. 2102

Yohei Otani, Takanori Isobe and Ryuichi Shimada

Session 31 – Wind Energy: Grid Connection and System Integration

Modeling and Mitigation of Harmonic Resonance between Wind Turbines and the Grid ............................................................................................ 2109

Mauricio Cespedes and Jian Sun

Thermal Analysis of Multilevel Grid Side Converters for 10 MW Wind Turbines under Low Voltage Ride Through .......................................................... 2117

Ke Ma, Frede Blaabjerg and Marco Liserre

Power Capacity Specification for Energy Storage in Wind Application using Probability-Based Method ................................................................ 2125

Wenzhong Gao, Xiaoyu Wang and Eduard Muljadi

Session 32 – Magnetics

Magnetic Characterization of Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) Ferrite Materials for High Frequency Power Converters ............................................... 2133

Mingkai Mu, Yipeng Su, Qiang Li and Fred Lee

Predicting Inductance Roll-Off with DC Excitations ........................................................ 2139 Jennifer D. Pollock, Weyman Lundquist and Charles R. Sullivan

High Frequency Inductor Design and Comparison for High Efficiency High Density POLs with GaN Device .............................................................................. 2146

Yipeng Su, Qiang Li, Mingkai Mu and Fred C. Lee

Session 33 – Drive Issues I

Influence of High-Frequency Leakage Current on Motor Position Control in PWM Inverter-Fed Servo Drives .................................................................... 2153

Kotaro Tagami and Satoshi Ogasawara

A Review of Mitigation Methods for Overvoltage in Long-Cable-Fed PWM AC Drives ... 2160 Jiangbiao He, Gennadi Sizov, Peng Zhang and Nabeel Demerdash

Investigation of Voltage Stresses inside Adjustable Speed Drives .............................. 2167 Lixiang Wei, Zhijun Liu and Gary Skibinski

Identifying Ground Fault Location in High Resistance Grounded Systems using Adjustable Speed Drive .......................................................................... 2175

Lixiang Wei, Liu Zhijun, Russ Kerkman and Gary Skibinski

Session 34 – Transient Behavior in Grid Connected and Stand Alone Systems

Active Islanding Detection using High Frequency Signal Injection .............................. 2183 David Reigosa, Fernando Briz, Christian Blanco, Pablo Garcia and Juan Manuel Guerrero

Safe Transient Operation of Microgrids based on Master-Slave Configuration ......... 2191 Gustavo M. S. Azevedo, Joan Rocabert, Pedro Rodriguez, Fabricio Bradaschia, Marcelo C. Cavalcanti and Francisco A. S. Neves

Droop-Controlled Inverters with Seamless Transition between Islanding and Grid-Connected Operations .................................................................... 2196

Shang-Hung Hu, Chun-Yi Kuo, Tzung-Lin Lee and Josep M. Guerrero

Engine Generator Efficiency and Transient Characteristics Improvement using a Series Compensator Named MERS ............................................ 2202

Kouhei Kashiwagi, Takanori Isobe and Ryuichi Shimada

Session 35 – Resonant DC-DC Converters I

A New DC/DC Converter with Wide-Range ZVS and Zero Circulating Current ........... 2209 Mehdi Narimani and Gerry Moschopoulos

Zero Voltage Switching Technique for Bi-Directional DC/DC Converters .................... 2215 Luca Corradini, Daniel Seltzer, Douglas Bloomquist, Regan Zane, Dragan Maksimovic and Boris Jacobson

Soft Switching Chopper with Tail Loss Cancel Circuit ..................................................... 2223 Yukinori Tsuruta and Atsuo Kawamura

The Resonant LLC vs. LCC Converter – Comparing Two Optimized Prototypes ............ 2229 Alexander Pawellek, Christian Oeder, Juergen Stahl and Duerbaum Thomas

Session 36 – Fractional Slot Machines

Design, Analysis and Loss Minimization of a Fractional-Slot Concentrated Winding Interior Permanent Magnet Machine for Traction Applications .................... 2236

Jagadeesh Tangudu, Thomas Jahns and Theodore Bohn

Influence of Alternate Slot Openings on Torque-Speed Characteristics and Cogging Torque of Fractional Slot IPM Brushless AC Machines ................................... 2244

Ziad Azar, Z.Q. Zhu and Grzegorz Ombach

Comparison of Interior and Surface PM Machines Equipped with Fractional-Slot Concentrated-Windings for Hybrid Traction Applications ................... 2252

Ayman EL-Refaie, Patel Reddy, Kum-Kang Huh, Jagadeesh Tangudu and Thomas Jahns

Session 37 – Z-Source Inverters

Single-Phase Z-Source Inverter: Analysis and Low-Frequency Harmonics Elimination Pulse Width Modulation ........................................................... 2260

Yifan Yu, Qianfan Zhang, Bin Liang and Shumei Cui

Stability Analysis of Reduced Leakage Current Modulation Techniques for Z-Source Inverters in Transformerless Photovoltaic Applications ................................ 2268

Fabricio Bradaschia, Marcelo C. Cavalcanti, Pedro E. P. Ferraz, Gustavo M. S. Azevedo, Francisco A. S. Neves and Euzeli C. dos Santos Jr.

High Step-Up Continuous Input Current LCCT-Z-Source Inverters for Fuel Cells ........ 2276 Marek Adamowicz, Jaroslaw Guzinski, Fang Zheng Peng, Ryszard Strzelecki and Haitham Abu-Rub

Transient Modeling of Current-Fed Quasi-Z-Source Inverter ....................................... 2283 Qin Lei, Fangzheng Peng and Ge Baoming

Session 38 – LED Drivers 1

A Universal-Input High-Power-Factor PFC Pre-Regulator without Electrolytic Capacitor for PWM Dimming LED Lighting Application .............................. 2288

Hongbo Ma, Jih-Sheng Lai, Wensong Yu, Quanyuan Feng, Cong Zheng and Bo-yuan Chen

A Novel High Efficiency and Low-Cost Current Balancing Method for Multi-LED Driver ........................................................................................... 2296

Jianfeng Wang, Junming Zhang, Xinke Wu, Yangyu Shi and Zhaoming Qian

Off-Line LED Driver with Bidirectional Second Stage for Reducing Energy Storage ... 2302 Qingcong Hu and Regan Zane

A Novel SEPIC-Derived PFC Pre-Regulator without Electrolytic Capacitor for PWM Dimming LED Lighting Application based on Valley Fill Circuit .......................... 2310

Hongbo Ma, Jih-Sheng Lai, Wensong Yu, Cong Zheng and Quanyuan Feng

Session 39 – AC-DC Rectifiers: Design and Analysis

A Flicker-Free Electrolytic Capacitor-Less AC-DC LED Driver ........................................ 2318 Shu Wang, Xinbo Ruan, Kai Yao and Zhihong Ye

An AC-DC Single-Stage Full-Bridge Converter with Buck-Boost Input Section ............ 2326 Navid Golbon and Gerry Moschopoulos

Class E Rectifier using Switch-Controlled Capacitor ....................................................... 2332 Kazuaki Fukui and Hirotaka Koizumi

MHz Power Factor Correction with Adaptive Current Source Drivers ........................... 2338 Pengcheng Xu, Zhiliang Zhang, Wei Cai, Yan-fei Liu and Paresh C. Sen

Session 40 – Transportation Applications: Electric Drivetrain

Design and Analysis of a 55-kW Air Cooled Automotive Traction Drive Inverter ....... 2345 Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali, Tawfik Jonathan and Rao Arimilli

Back to Back Z-Source Inverter Topology for the Series Hybrid Electric Bus .............. 2353 Craig Rogers and Fang Peng

A Novel Current Angle Control of a Current Source Inverter Fed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Automotive Applications ................................... 2358

Lixin Tang and Gui-Jia Su

Special Session 4 – Power Magnetics for Smart Grid Applications

Magnetic Components for High Voltage DC Transmission Converters and Static Var Compenstors ............................................................................ n/a

Sarath B. Tennakoon

Magnetic Components in Electric Circuits – Understanding Thermal Behaviour and Stress ........................................................................................... n/a

Peter R. Wilson

Transformer Construction and Its Affect on Transformer Stability .................................. n/a Kevin McGivern

Design, Development and Testing of a 1 MVA, 13.8 kV/465 V Solid-State Transformer with 10 kV Silicon Carbide Switches ............................................................ n/a

Ravisekhar N. Raju

Session 41 – Wind Energy: Generators and Controls

Vector Control of Mulpitle-Module Transverse Flux PM Generator for Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbines ........................................................................ 2365

Seon-Hwan Hwang, Hui Li, Je-Wook Park, Jang-Mok Kim and Deok-Je Bang

Direct Grid Connection of a Slip-Permanent Magnet Wind Turbine Generator .......... 2373 Ulwin Hoffmann, Pieter Bouwer and Maarten Kamper

Predictive Direct Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Grid Synchronization in Wind Power Generation ......................................................... 2381

Jiefeng Hu, Jianguo Zhu, Yongchang Zhang, Glenn Platt and David Dorrell

Feed-Forward Transient Compensation Control for DFIG Wind Generators during both Balanced and Unbalanced Grid Disturbances .......................................... 2389

Jiaqi Liang and Ronald Harley

Session 42 – Power Semiconductors: High Temperature Devices

Investigation of Si IGBT Operation at 200 Degree Centigrade for Traction Application ............................................................................... 2397

Zhuxian Xu, Ming Li, Fred Wang and Zhenxian Liang

Characterization of a High Temperature Multichip SiC JFET-Based Module ............... 2405 Fan Xu, Dong Jiang, Jing Wang, Fred Wang, Leon M. Tolbert, Timothy Junghee Han and Sung Joon Kim

Development of a 10 kW High Temperature High Power Density Three-Phase AC-DC-AC SiC Converter ............................................................................ 2413

Puqi Ning, Di Zhang, Rixin Lai, Jiang Dong, Fred Wang, Boroyevich Dushan, Ngo Khai, Burgos Rolando, Karimi Kamiar, Immanuel Vikram and Solodovnik Eugene

Design Comparison of High Power Medium-Voltage Converters based on 6.5kV Si-IGBT/Si-PiN Diode, 6.5kV Si-IGBT/SiC-JBS Diode, and 10kV SiC MOSFET/SiC-JBS Diode .................................................................................... 2421

Hesam Mirzaee, De Ankan, Tripathi Awneesh and Bhattacharya Subhashish

Session 43 – PM Machine Controls

Magnet Temperature Estimation in Surface PM Machines during Six-Step Operation ............................................................................. 2429

David Reigosa, Fernando Briz, Michael W. Degner, Pablo Garcia and Juan Manuel Guerrero

Adaptive Flux-Weakening Controller for IPMSM Drives ............................................... 2437 Silverio Bolognani, Sandro Calligaro and Roberto Petrella

Voltage Disturbance State-Filter Design for Precise Torque-Controlled Interior PM Synchronous Motors ..................................................................................... 2445

Kim SeHwan, Choi Chan-Hee and Seok Jul-Ki

Torque Ripple Control for Synchronous Motors using Instantaneous Torque Estimation ................................................................................... 2452

Noriya Nakao and Kan Akatsu

Session 44 – Grid Interactive Solar PV Systems I

Leakage Current Analysis of Grid Connected Transformerless Solar Inverters with Zero Vector Isolation ..................................................................... 2460

Ziya Ozkan and Ahmet Hava

Towards Next Generation Photovoltaic Inverters .......................................................... 2467 Yaosuo Xue, Divya Kurthakoti Chandrashekhara, Gerd Griepentrog, Liviu Mihalache, Sindhu Suresh and Madhav Manjrekar

Single-Stage Grid-Connected Forward Microinverter with Boundary Mode Control .. 2475 David Meneses, Oscar Garcia, Pedro Alou, Jesus Angel Oliver, Roberto Prieto and Jose Antonio Cobos

Research on a Non-Complementary Active Clamp Flyback Converter with Unfolding DC-AC Inverter for Decentralized Grid-Connected PV Systems .................. 2481

Qiong Mo, Min Chen, Zhe Zhang, Mingzhi Gao and Zhaoming Qian

Session 45 – DC-DC Converters: Topologies II

Serial or Parallel Linear-Assisted Switching Converter as Envelope Amplifier: Optimization and Comparison ...................................................... 2488

Miroslav Vasic, Oscar Garcia, Jesus Angel Oliver, Pedro Alou and Jose Antonio Cobos

A Large DC-Gain Highly Efficient Hybrid Switched-Capacitor-Boost Converter for Renewable Energy Systems ...................................................................... 2495

Dazhong Gu, Dariusz Czarkowski and Adrian Ioinovici

A Gallium-Nitride Switched-Capacitor Circuit using Synchronous Rectification .......... 2501 Mark J Scott, Ke Zou, Jin Wang, Chingchi Chen, Ming Su and Lihua Chen

A Novel Push-Pull Forward Converter for High Reliability and High Input Voltage Applications ..................................................................................... 2506

Yanbing Xia, Hongfei Wu, Wei Liu, Yan Xing and Xudong Ma

Session 46 – Faults and Diagnostics

Detection and Classification of Rotor Demagnetization and Eccentricity Faults for PM Synchronous Motors .............................................................. 2512

Jongman Hong, Doosoo Hyun, Tae-june Kang, Sang Bin Lee, Christian Kral and Anton Haumer

Detection of Inter-Coil Short Circuits in the Stator Winding of a PM Machine by using Saliency Tracking Schemes ......................................................... 2520

Jesus Arellano-Padilla, Mark Sumner, Chris Gerada and Gary Buckley

Bearing Fault Detection Capability of Frequency Response Measurement in Speed-Sensorless Operated Two-Mass-Systems ........................................................... 2528

Henning Zoubek and Mario Pacas

A Low Conductivity Composite Rotor for Fractional Pitch Concentrated Winding Machines .................................................................................... 2536

Johan Wolmarans, Martin Van der Geest, Henk Polinder, Bram Ferreira and Dennis Zeilstra

Session 47 – Modeling and Control of Single-Phase Inverters

Fast Current-Tracking Control for Grid-Connected Inverter with an LCL Filter by Sinusoidal Compensation ........................................................................... 2543

Toshiji Kato, Kaoru Inoue and Yoshihisa Donomoto

Wide Bandwidth System Identification of AC System Impedances by Applying Perturbations to an Existing Converter .......................................................... 2549

Daniel Martin, Adam Barkley and Enrico Santi

A Frequency Adaptive Resonant Controller for Fixed Point Digital Implementation at High Sampling Frequency ............................................................... 2557

Sayed Ali Khajehoddin, Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani, Praveen Jain and Alireza Bakhshai

Current Mode with RMS Voltage and Offset Control Loops for a Single-Phase Aircraft Inverter Suitable for Parallel and 3-Phase Operation Modes ........................ 2562

Pablo Varela Fraile, David Meneses Herrera, Oscar Garcia Suarez, Jesus Angel Oliver Ramirez, Pedro Alou Cervera and Jose Antonio Cobos

Session 48 – LED Drivers II

Multi-Channel Constant Current (MC3) LLC Resonant LED Driver ................................ 2568 Haoran Wu, Shu Ji, Fred C. Lee and Xinke Wu

An Energy Conservation based High-Efficiency Dimmable Multi-Channel LED Driver .. 2576 April (Yang) Zhao and Wai Tung Ng

Analysis of the Asymmetrical Half-Bridge for Street LED-Lighting Applications ........ 2581 Manuel Arias, Diego Lamar, Aitor Vazquez, Javier Sebastian, Didier Balocco and Almadidi Diallo

Single Switch Three-Level Boost Converter for PWM Dimming LED Lighting .............. 2589 Cong Zheng, Jih-Sheng Lai, Wensong Yu and Hongbo Ma

Session 49 – High Performance Power Factor Correction

Boundary Control of Boost-Derived PFCs using the Natural Switching Surface: Derivation and Enhanced Properties .............................................. 2597

Juan Galvez and Martin Ordonez

Digital Primary-Side Sensing and PFC Control of a Flyback Converter ....................... 2603 Chih-Wei Lin and Ying-Yu Tzou

A Snubber Cell for Single-Stage PFC with a Boost Type Input Current Shaper and Isolated DC/DC Converter ........................................................................... 2609

Qian Zhang, John Shen, Issa Batarseh, Haibing Hu and Osama Abdel-Rahman

The Input EMI Filter Design of Interleaved Critical Conduction Mode Boost PFC Converter with Coupled Inductor ........................................................ 2614

Fei Yang, Xinbo Ruan, Qing Ji and Zhihong Ye

Session 50 – Transportation Applications: Battery Modeling and Charging

Battery Modeling based on the Coupling of Electrical Circuit and Computational Fluid Dynamics ....................................................................................... 2622

Shaohua Lin, Scott Stanton, Wenyu Lian and Thomas Wu

Improved Nonlinear Model for Electrode Voltage-Current Relationship for More Consistent Online Battery System Identification .................................................. 2628

Larry Juang, Phillip Kollmeyer, Thomas Jahns and Robert Lorenz

A Transient-Based Approach for Estimating the Parameters of a Lithium-Ion Battery Model .............................................................................................. 2635

Lalit Mandal and Robert Cox

A Three-Phase High Frequency Semi-Controlled Battery Charging Power Converter for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles ................................................... 2641

Mahmoud Amin and Osama Mohammed

Special Session 5 – Superconducting Machines

Towards Commercial Application of HTS Rotating Machines .......................................... n/a Clive Lewis

Fault Current Limiting HTS Power Transformer ................................................................ n/a Shirish Mehta

Overview on the Development of High-Temperatur Superconducting (HTS) Machines at Siemens .......................................................................................................... n/a

Joern Grundmann

Design Considerations for Large Direct Drive wind Turbine Generators with Superconductor Field Windings ......................................................................................... n/a

Greg Snitchler, Bruce Gable and Peter Winn

Session 51 – Wind Energy: Control Techniques

Control of Power Converters in Distributed Generation Applications Under Grid Fault Conditions ...................................................................... 2649

Alvaro Luna, Raul Munoz, Pedro Rodriguez, Felipe Corcoles, Frede Blaabjerg and Teodorescu Remus

The Steady-State Interaction of a Grid-Connected Doubly-Fed Induction Generator and The Wind Turbine .................................................................. 2657

Kennedy Aganah, Joseph Ojo and Bijaya Pokharel

An Adaptive Approximation Method for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) in Wind Energy Systems ............................................................. 2664

Joanne Hui, Alireza Bakhshai and Praveen Jain

Design of A Novel Simulation Platform for the EMS-MG based on MAS ..................... 2670 Meiqin Mao, Wei Dong and Liuchen Chang

Session 52 – Power Semiconductors: Wide Bandgap Devices

Switching Characteristics of Diamond-Based m-i-p+ Diodes in Power Electronic Applications ......................................................................................... 2676

Arie Nawawi, King Jet Tseng, Rusli Rusli and Gehan A.J. Amaratunga

Evaluation of the Switching Characteristics of a Gallium-Nitride Transistor .............. 2681 Milisav Danilovic, Zheng Chen, Ruxi Wang, Fang Luo, Dushan Boroyevich and Paolo Mattavelli

10 kV, 120 A SiC Half H-Bridge Power MOSFET Modules Suitable for High Frequency, Medium Voltage Applications ............................................................. 2689

Mrinal Das, Craig Capell, David Grider, Scott Leslie, Ravi Raju, Michael Schutten, Jeffrey Nasadoski and Allen Hefner

Optimal Stray Magnetic Couplings for EMC Filters ........................................................ 2693 Thomas De Oliveira, Jean-Luc Schanen, Jean-Michel Guichon and Laurent Gerbaud

Session 53 – Sensorless Control I

Comparison of Resistance-Based and Inductance-Based Self-Sensing Control for Surface Permanent Magnet Machine using High Frequency Signal Injection ............. 2701

Shih-Chin Yang and Robert Lorenz

Sensorless Control of Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines using the High Frequency Resistance ............................................................ 2709

Pablo Garcia, David Reigosa, Fernando Briz, Christian Blanco and Juan M. Guerrero

High-Resolution Sensorless Position Estimation using Delta-Sigma-Modulated Current Measurement ............................................................ 2717

Wolfgang Hammel and Ralph Kennel

High Frequency Injection Assisted "Active Flux" based Sensorless Vector Control of Reluctance Synchronous Motors, with Experiments from Zero Speed ........ 2725

Sorin-Cristian Agarlita, Ion Boldea and Frede Blaabjerg

Session 54 – Grid Interactive Solar PV Systems II

Single-Phase Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter with Nonactive Power Compensation for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Generators ....................................... 2733

Bailu Xiao, Faete Filho and Leon Tolbert

1 MHz Cascaded Z-Source Inverters for Scalable Grid-Interactive Photovoltaic (PV) Applications using GaN Device ......................................................... 2738

Liming Liu, Hui Li, John Shen, Yi Zhao and Xiangning He

Low Frequency Current Reduction using a Quasi-Notch Filter Operated in Two-Stage DC-DC-AC Grid-Connected Systems ....................................... 2746

Hong-Ju Jung, Keun-Soo Ha, Byeong-Mun Song, Jih-Sheng Lai, Dong-Seok Hyun and Rae-Young Kim

Multi-String Single-Stage Grid-Connected Inverter for PV System .............................. 2751 Yaow-Ming Chen, Kuo-Yuan Lo and Yung-Ruei Chang

Session 55 – Resonant DC-DC Converters II

Small Signal Phasor Modeling of Dual Active Bridge Series Resonant DC/DC Converters with Multi-Angle Phase Shift Modulation ........................................ 2757

Daniel Seltzer, Luca Corradini, Bloomquist Doug, Regan Zane and Dragan Maksimovic

Research on Key Application Issues of Smart Synchronous Rectifier Driver IC in LLC Resonant Converter ............................................................................... 2765

Jianfeng Wang, Junming Zhang, Guoxing Zhang, Ming Xu and Zhaoming Qian

Analysis and Design Considerations of LLCC Resonant DC-DC Converter with Precise Current Sharing for Two-Channel LED Driver ........................................... 2771

Yue Chen, Xinke Wu and Zhaoming Qian

A Novel Two-Stage Electronic Ballast for MH Lamp with Frequency Modulation Control ........................................................................................ 2777

Co-Hang Chiang, Tsorng-Juu Liang, Jia-You Lee, Hsueh-Ko Liao, Chun-An Cheng and Kuan-Hsien Chou

Session 56 – Electric Traction Machines

Influence of Winding Design on Losses in Brushless AC IPM Propulsion Motors ........ 2782 Philip Mellor, Rafal Wrobel, Adrain Mlot, Tony Horseman and Dave Staton

Design of a Ferrite Magnet Vernier Machine for an In-Wheel Machine ..................... 2790 Ryota Hosoya, Hiroyuki Shimada and Shoji Shimomura

Feasibility and Electromagnetic Design of Direct Drive Wheel Actuator for Green Taxiing .................................................................................. 2798

Tsarafidy Raminosoa, Mohand Hamiti, Michael Galea and Chris Gerada

Fundamental Characteristics of a Ferrite Permanent Magnet Axial Gap Motor with Segmented Rotor Structure for the Hybrid Electric Vehicle ........................ 2805

Shinji Chino, Takahiko Miura, Masatsugu Takemoto, Satoshi Ogasawara and Akira Chiba

Session 57 – Modeling and Control of Three-Phase Inverters

Power Synchronization Control for Capacitor Minimization in Solid State Transformers (SST) ........................................................................................ 2812

Tiefu Zhao, Gangyao Wang, Xu She, Fei Wang and Subhashish Bhattacharya

Low THD, Fast Transient, and Cost-Effective Synchronous-Frame Repetitive Controller for Three-Phase UPS Inverters .................................................... 2819

Shuai Jiang, Dong Cao, Yuan Li, Jianfeng Liu and Fang Z. Peng

Control and Elimination of Sinusoidal Harmonics in Power Electronics Equipment: A System Approach ................................................................... 2827

Vladimir Blasko, Luis Arnedo, Parag Kshirsagar and Suman Dwari

Active Filter under Constant-Frequency Hysteresis Control based on a Synchronous Reference Frame ....................................................................

Claudio A. Molina, Jose R. Espinoza, Felipe A. Villarroel, Eduardo E. Espinosa and Pedro E. Melin

Session 58 – Lighting Applications

A Series Tuned High Power IPT Stage Lighting Controller ............................................ 2843 Jason James, Alex Chu, Almas Sabitov, Daniel Robertson and Grant Covic

A Multi-Functional Digital Controller for a High Power Factor Electronic Ballast Dimmable with Standard Phase-Cut Dimmers .................................................. 2850

John Lam, Joanne Hui and Praveen K Jain

Collective Dimming of Discharge Lamps with Improved Input Power Factor using MERS-PFC Converter ....................................................................... 2857

Cheng Miao-miao, Mustapha Ilhami Bin, Isobe Takanori and Shimada Ryuichi

Proposing Meaures of Flicker in the Low Frequencies for Lighting Applications ........ 2865 Brad Lehman, Arnold Wilkins, Berman Sam, Poplawski Michael and Naomi Johnson Miller

Session 59 – AC-DC Rectifier Control I

An Optimal Lyapunov-Based Control Strategy for Digitally Controlled Single-Phase Power Factor Correction AC/DC Converters ............................................. 2873

Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Pritam Das, Alireza Safaee, Praveen Jain, Alireza Bakhshai and Gerry Moschopoulos

Bridgeless Isolated PFC Rectifier using Bidirectional Switch and Dual Output Windings .................................................................................. 2879

Jong-Won Shin, Jong-Bok Baek and Bo-Hyung Cho

Forward-Based AC/DC Converter with Quasi-Active Input Current Shaping Technique ............................................................................................. 2885

Hussain Athab and Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu

Dynamic Behavior of Current Controllers for Selective Harmonic Compensation in Three-Phase Active Power Filters ...................................................... 2892

Fernando Briz, David Reigosa, Pablo Garcia, Michael W. Degner and Juan M. Guerrero

Session 60 – Transportation Applications: Batteries, Ultracapacitors, and Fuel Cells

Sizing Considerations for Ultra-Capacitors in Hybrid Energy Storage Systems .......... 2900 Valentin Bolborici, Francis Dawson and Keryn Lian

A Modular Balancing Bridge for Series Connected Li-ion Batteries ............................ 2908 Jeffrey Ewanchuk, Dominic Yague and John Salmon

Optimal Power Flow for Hybrid Ultracapacitor Systems in Light Electric Vehicles ...... 2916 Omar Laldin, Mazhar Moshirvaziri and Olivier Trescases

A Parallel Energy-Sharing Control for a Fuel Cell- Battery-Ultracapacitor Hybrid Vehicles .......................................................................... 2923

Jenn Hwa Wong, Nik Rumzi Nik Idris, Makbul Anwari and Taufik Taufik

Session 61 – DC-DC Converters: Digital Control

Digital Control Implementation to Reduce the Cost and Improve the Performance of the Control Stage of an Industrial Switch-Mode Power Supply ................................ 2930

Daniel Diaz, Oscar Garcia, Jesus Angel Oliver, Pedro Alou, Felix Moreno, Benoit Duret, Jose Antonio Cobos, Francisco Canales and Angel de Castro

Novel Random Switching PWM Technique with Constant Sampling Frequency and Constant Inductor Average Current for Digital-Controlled Converter .................. 2936

Ye-Then Chang, Bo-Yuan Chen and Yen-Shin Lai

Small-Signal Model Analysis and Design of Constanton-Time V2 Control for Low-ESR Caps with External Ramp Compensation ................................................... 2944

Shuilin Tian, KuangYao Cheng, Fred Lee and Paolo Mattavelli

Dynamic Respose Improvement of Power Converter using an Adaptive Frequency Control Law .................................................................................... 2952

VaraPrasad Arikatla and Jaber Abu Qahouq

Session 62 – Energy Storage I

Testing and Modeling of Lithium-Ion Ultracapacitors ................................................... 2957 Emad Manla, Goran Mandic and Adel Nasiri

An Analysis on the Possibility of using Flying Capacitors of a Three-Level Capacitor Clamped Inverter as Power Smoothing Elements for Wind Power Systems ................ 2963

Gamini Jayasinghe, Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa and Udaya Madawala

A Modular Hybrid Fuel Cell System with Energy Storage .............................................. 2971 Prasad Enjeti, Somasundaram Essakiappan and Joshua Hawke

Power Oscillation Damping Controller by Static Synchronous Compensator with Energy Storage ................................................................................. 2977

Mebtu Beza and Massimo Bongiorno

Session 63 – Power Devices: Parallel and Series Operation

Series Connection of Power Switches in High Input Voltage with Wide Range Power Supply for Gate Driving Application .............................................. 2985

Filippo Chimento, Salvatore Tomarchio, Angelo Raciti, Simone Buonuomo and Antonino Gaito

Digital Adaptive Driving Strategies for High-Voltage IGBTs ....................................... 2993 Axel Mertens, Harald Kuhn and Lan Dang

A New Delay Time Compensation Principle for Parallel Connected IGBTs .................. 3000 Rodrigo Alvarez and Steffen Bernet

The Voltage Sharing of Commercial IGBTS in Series with Passive Components ......... 3008 Sheng Zheng, Yousheng Wang, Xinke Wu, Zhaoming Qian and F.Z. Peng

Session 64 – Sensorless Control II

Encoderless Servo Drive with Adequately Designed IPMSM for Pulse Voltage Injection based Position Detection ......................................................... 3013

Soji Murakami, Masaki Hisatsune, Takayuki Shiota, Motomichi Ohto and Kozo Ide

PWM Switching Frequency Signal Injection Sensorless Method in IPMSM ................... 3021 Sungmin Kim, Jung-Ik Ha and Seung-Ki Sul

Position Self-Sensing Evaluation of a FI-IPMSM based on High Frequency Signal Injection Methods ...................................................................... 3029

Chen-Yen Yu, Jun Tamura, David Reigosa and Robert Lorenz

Sensorless Rotor Position Detection Capability of a Dual Three-Phase Fractional-Slot IPM Machine ..................................................................... 3037

Massimo Barcaro, Adriano Faggion, Nicola Bianchi and Silverio Bolognani

Session 65 – Impact of Renewable Energy Systems on Utility Grid

A Review on Fundamental Grid-Voltage Detection Methods under Highly Distorted Conditions in Distributed Power-Generation Networks ................... 3045

Nils Hoffmann, Ralf Lohde, Lucian Asiminoaei, Friedrich W. Fuchs and Paul B. Thoegersen

Two Methods for Addressing DC Component in Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Systems ... 3053 Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani, Sayed Ali Khajehoddin, Praveen Jain and Alireza Bakhshai

Monte Carlo Analysis of the Impacts of High Renewable Power Penetration ............. 3059 Douglas Halamay and Ted Brekken

Online Grid-Adaptive Control and Active-Filter Functionality of PWM-Converters to Mitigate Voltage-Unbalances and Voltage-Harmonics – A Control Concept based on Grid-Impedance Measurement ........................................................ 3067

Nils Hoffmann, Lucian Asiminoaei and Friedrich W. Fuchs

Session 66 – Resonant DC-DC Converters III

A Resonant Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Aerospace Applications ...................... 3075 Alireza Safaee, Alireza Bakhshai and Praveen Jain

Hybrid Half- and Full-Bridge Converter with High Efficiency and Full Soft-Switching Range ................................................................................................ 3080

Wensong Yu, Jih-Sheng Lai, Wei-Han Lai and Hongmei Wan

Practical Performance Evaluations of a Soft Switching PWM Boost DC-DC Converter with High Efficiency and High Scalability Edge Resonant Switched Capacitor Modular ........................................................................... 3088

Tomokazu Mishima, Yujiro Takeuchi and Mutsuo Nakaoka

Optimal Design Considerations for a Modified LLC Converter with Wide Input Voltage Range Capability Suitable for PV Applications ............................ 3096

Haibing Hu, Xiang Fang, Qian Zhang, John Shen and Issa Batarseh

Session 67 – Advanced Electric Machine Design I

Induction Motor Design Methodology based on Rotor Diameter Progressive Growth ......................................................................................... 3104

Aldo Boglietti, Andrea Cavagnino, Mario Lazzari, Alessio Miotto and Silvio Vaschetto

Theory and Design of Fractional-Slot Multilayer Winding ............................................ 3112 Luigi Alberti and Nicola Bianchi

Integer-Slot vs Fractional-Slot Concentrated-Winding Axial-Flux Permanent Magnet Machines: Comparative Design, FEA and Experimental Tests ........................ 3120

Giulio De Donato, Fabio Giulii Capponi, Antonio Rivellini and Federico Caricchi

Design and Analysis of Brushless Doubly Fed Reluctance Machines ........................... 3128 Andrew Knight, Robert Betz and David Dorrell

Session 68 – High Power Inverters

Common-Mode Voltage Reduction Methods for Medium-Voltage Current Source Inverter-Fed Drives ................................................................................ 3136

Ning Zhu, Bin Wu, Dewei Xu, Navid R. Zargari and Mehrdad Kazerani

Implementation of a Fully Integrated High Density 50 kW Inverter using a SiC JFET based Six-Pack Power Module .............................................. 3144

Timothy Junghee Han, Jim Nagashima, Sung Joon Kim, Srikanth Kulkarni and Fred Barlow

A Transformerless D-STATCOM based on a Multi-Voltage Cascade Converter Requiring No DC Sources ............................................................................... 3151

Kenichiro Sano and Masahiro Takasaki

Optimisation of Switching Losses and Harmonic Performance using Model Predictive Control of a Cascaded H-Bridge Multi-Level StatCom ................................. 3159

Chris Townsend, Terry Summers and Robert Betz

Session 69 – Medium Voltage Industrial Drives

A Cascaded Online Uninterruptible Power Supply using Reduced Semiconductor ..... 3167 Lei Zhang, Poh Chiang Loh, Feng Gao and Frede Blaabjerg

Comparisons of Different Control Strategies for 20kVA Solid State Transformer ....... 3173 Gangyao Wang, Xu She, Fei Wang, Arun Kadavelugu, Tiefu Zhao, Alex Huang and Wenxi Yao

On Single-Phase UPS Topologies ................................................................................... 3179 Edison Da Silva, Welflen Santos, Cursino Jacobina and Alexandre Cunha

Session 70 – Single Phase AC-DC Rectifier: Control and Analysis

Digital Control Strategy for Multi-Phase Interleaved Boundary Mode and DCM Boost PFC Converters ............................................................................ 3186

Tobias Grote, Frank Schafmeister, Heiko Figge, Norbert Froehleke and Joachim Boecker

The Effect of Ripple Steering on Control Loop Stability for a CCM PFC Boost Converter ................................................................................................ 3193

Fariborz Musavi, Murray Edington, Wilson Eberle and William G. Dunford

Model Predictive-Based Control Method for Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Active Rectifiers ............................................................................................... 3200

Michail Vasiladiotis, Konstantinos Pavlou, Stefanos Manias and Alfred Rufer

Session 71 – Rail, Aerospace and Marine

Diode Rectification of Multiphase Synchronous Generators for Aircraft Applications 3208 Steven Jordan and Judith Apsley

Self Healing for a DC Zonal Distribution Architecture using Active Impedance Estimation .......................................................................................... 3216

Mark Sumner, Edward Christopher, David Thomas and Frans de Wildt

An Algorithm and Implementation System for Measuring Impedance in the D-Q Domain ....................................................................................... 3221

Francis Gerald, Burgos Rolando, Boroyevich Dushan, Wang Fred and Karimi Kamiar

Session 72 – Integrated DC-DC Converters

A Single-Inductor Bipolar-Output Converter with 5 mV Positive Voltage Ripple for Active Matrix OLED ........................................................................... 3229

Chen Wei-Chung, Chiu Chao-Chang, Hsieh Chun-Yu, Huang Tzu-Chi and Lee Yu-Huei

A 1.65W Fully Integrated 90nm Bulk CMOS Intrinsic Charge Recycling Capacitive DC-DC Converter ........................................................................... 3234

Hans Meyvaert, Tom Van Breussegem and Michiel Steyaert

Non-Isolated Flyback Switching Capacitor Voltage Regulator ..................................... 3242 Wenjing Cao, Ke Jin and Xinbo Ruan

Session 73 – Energy Storage II

Interleaved Smart Burp PV Charger for Lead Acid Batteries with Incremental Conductance MPPT ...................................................................................... 3248

Guan-Chyun Hsieh, Shih-Wei Chen and Cheng-Yuan Tsai

Design and Implementation of a Bidirectional Isolated DAB-Based DC/DC Converter in Home Area Networks ................................................. 3256

Sheng-Chieh Lo, Yen-Chun Wu and Tzung-Lin Lee

Power Control Strategy of a CSC based Wind Energy Conversion System with

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System in DC Side ....................................

Zheng Wang, Yongqiang Lang, Ming Cheng and Jiacheng Wang

Lithium-Based Energy Storage Management for DC Distributed Renewable Energy System ............................................................................................... 3270

Wei Zhang, Dong Dong, Igor Cvetkovic, Fred C. Lee and Boroyevich Dushan

Session 74 – Electric Machine Modeling

Modeling and Effects of In-Situ Magnetization of Isotropic Ferrite Magnet Motors ... 3278 Min-Fu Hsieh, Ching-Kuo Lin, David Dorrell and Peter Wung

A Basic Study of MATRIX Motor ....................................................................................... 3285 Hiroki Hijikata and Kan Akatsu

Influence of Slot and Pole Number Combinations on Unbalanced Magnetic Force in Permanent Magnet Machines .......................................................... 3291

Z. Q. Zhu, M. L. Mohd Jamil and L. J. Wu

Session 75 – Modulation Techniques

PWM Scheme to Reduce the Common-Mode Current Generated by an AC Drive at Low Modulation Index ................................................................................. 3299

Rangarajan Tallam, David Leggate, David Kirschnik and Richard Lukaszewski

Model Predictive Pulse Pattern Control .......................................................................... 3306 Tobias Geyer, Nikolaos Oikonomou, Georgios Papafotiou and Frederick Kieferndorf

Quantitative Power Quality and Characteristic Analysis of Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation Methods in Medium Voltage High Power Industrial AC Drives ................ 3314

Kevin Lee and Geraldo Nojima

Session 76 – DC-DC Converters for Renewable Energy Systems

Bi-Directional Converter with Low Input/Output Current Ripple for Renewable Energy Applications ...................................................................................... 3322

Abbas Fardoun, Esam Ismail, Ahmad Sabzali and Mustafa Al-Saffar

Swinging Bus Technique for Ripple Current Elimination in Fuel Cell Power Conversion ............................................................................................. 3330

Martin Ordonez

Characteristic Analysis and Modeling on PEMFC Degradation Associated with Low Frequency Ripple Current Effects .................................................. 3336

Jonghoon Kim, Minho Jang, Yongsug Tak and Bohyung Cho

A Three-Port Half-Bridge Converter with Synchronous Rectification for Renewable Energy Application ....................................................................................... 3343

Hongfei Wu, Yan Xing, Runruo Chen, Junjun Zhang, Kai Sun and Hongjuan Ge

Session 77 – DC-DC Converter Controls II

Analysis and Implementation of Output Voltage Regulation in Multi-Phase Switched Capacitor Converters .................................................................. 3350

Sam Ben-Yaakov and Alexander Kushnerov

Flyback Transformer based Transient Suppression Method for Digitally Controlled Buck Converters .............................................................................. 3354

Jing Wang, Aleksandar Prodic and Wai Tung Ng

Improvements in Boundary Control of Boost Converters using the Natural Switching Surface ............................................................................................... 3362

Juan Galvez, Martin Ordonez, Federico Luchino and John Quaicoe

A Family of Switching Capacitor Regulators ................................................................... 3370 Ling Gu, Wenjing Cao, Ke Jin and Xinbo Ruan

Session 78 – Advanced Electric Machine Design II

Design Study for Exterior Rotor Bearingless Permanent Magnet Machines ................ 3377 Thomas Reichert, Thomas Nussbaumer and Johann W. Kolar

A Novel Technique for Minimizing Torque Ripple in Axial Flux Segmented Rotor SRM .................................................................................... 3383

Madhavan Ramanujam and Fernandes B.G.

Core Axial Lengthening as Effective Solution to Improve the Induction Motor Efficiency Classes .................................................................................. 3391

Luigi Alberti, Nicola Bianchi, Aldo Boglietti and Andrea Cavagnino

Characterization of Noise and Vibration in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors using Electromagnetic and Structural Analyses ................................................ 3399

Mohammad Islam, Rakib Islam and Tomy Sebastian

Session 79 – Multilevel Converters II

Optimal Pulsewidth Modulation of a Dual Three-Level Inverter System Operated from a Single DC Link ..................................................................................... 3406

Till Boller, Joachim Holtz and Akshay Rathore

Fault-Tolerance Capacity of the Multilevel Active Clamped Topology ......................... 3411 Joan Nicolas-Apruzzese, Sergio Busquets-Monge, Josep Bordonau, Salvador Alepuz and Alejandro Calle-Prado

A Neutral Point Balancing Controller for Three-Level Inverter with Full Power-Factor Range and Low Distortions ............................................................... 3419

Jie Shen, Stefan Schroeder, Duro Basic and Robert Roesner

Equalization of DC Bus Voltage in Three-Level NPC-HB Inverters for PV Applications by Even Harmonics Injection or Fundamental Phase Modulation .......... 3427

Roberto Petrella, Nicola Buonocunto, Alessandro Revelant and Piero Stocco

Session 80 – Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Transformerless Multi-Level Converter based Medium Voltage Drives ...................... 3435 Peter Steimer and Manfred Winkelnkemper

Quantitative System Compatibility and Characteristics Analysis of Two-Level and Three-Level Low Voltage Industrial Drives .......................................... 3442

Kevin Lee and Wenxi Yao

Regenerative Energy Saving in Multi-Axis Servo-Motor-Drives ................................... 3450 Ali Kashefi Kaviani, Brian Hadley and Behrooz Mirafzal

Session 81 – Single Phase AC-DC Rectifier: Topology

A Transformerless Single-Stage AC/DC Converter with Low Output Voltage .............. 3458 Shu Kong Ki and Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu

Novel Bidirectional AC-DC MOSFET Converter for Energy Storage System Applications .............................................................................. 3466

Hao Qian, Jih-Sheng Lai and Wensong Yu

Dynamic Behavior of Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers with Instantaneous Constant-Power Loads ............................................................................ 3472

Chimaobi Onwuchekwa and Alexis Kwasinski

Session 82 – Contactless Power Transfer

Free Positioning for Inductive Wireless Power System .................................................. 3480 Eberhard Waffenschmidt

A Contactless Power Transfer System with Capacitively Coupled Matrix Pad .............. 3488 Chao Liu, Patrick Aiguo Hu and Xin Dai

A New Tri-State-Boost-Based Pickup Topology for Inductive Power Transfer Applications ........................................................................... 3495

Zeljko Pantic, Sanzhong Bai and Srdjan Lukic

A Design Methodology for Multi-kW, Large Airgap, MHz Frequency, Wireless Power Transfer Systems .................................................................................... 3503

Seung-Hwan Lee and Robert D. Lorenz

Session 83 – Inverter Applications

High Performance Gradient Driver for Magnetic Resonance Imaging System ........... 3511 Rixin Lai, Juan Sabate, Song Chi and Wesley Skeffington

High Performance Pulsed Power Resonant Converter for Radio Frequency Applications ......................................................................................... 3516

Chao Ji, Pericle Zanchetta, Fabio Carastro and Jon Clare

H5TM inverter with Constant-Frequency Asynchronous Sigma-Delta Modulation ..... 3522 Yaow-Ming Chen, Chia-Hsi Chang and Yung-Ruei Chang

Variable Sampling Frequency in Iterative Learning Current Control for Shunt Active Filter in Aircraft Power Systems .............................................. 3528

Pericle Zanchetta, Jun Yi Liu, Marco Degano and Paolo Mattavelli

Session 84 – Energy Storage: Batteries

Battery Ripple Current Reduction in a Three-Phase Interleaved DC-DC Converter for 5kW Battery Charger .................................................................... 3535

Wujong Lee, Byung-Moon Han and Hanju Cha

Empirical Battery Model Characterizing a Utility-Scale Carbon-Enhanced VRLA Battery ..................................................................................... 3541

Daniel Fregosi, Subhashish Bhattacharya and Stanley Atcitty

Self-Reconfigurable Multicell Batteries .......................................................................... 3549 Taesic Kim, Wei Qiao and Liyan Qu

Evaluating the Application of Energy Storage and Day-Ahead Solar Forecasting to Firm the Output of a Photovoltaic Plant ....................................... 3556

Frank Kreikebaum, Rohit Moghe, Anish Prasai and Deepak Divan

Session 85 – Switched Reluctance Machines

Design of Switched Reluctance Motor Competitive to 60 kW IPMSM in Third Generation Hybrid Electric Vehicle ....................................................................... 3562

Kyohei Kiyota and Akira Chiba

Torque Ripple Minimization of Switched Reluctance Machines through Current Profiling ............................................................................... 3568

Rajib Mikail, Yilmaz Sozer, Iqbal Husain, Mohammad Islam and Tomy Sebastian

Switched Reluctance Generator Controls for Optimal Power Generation and Battery Charging .................................................................................. 3575

Sandeep Narla, Yilmaz Sozer and Iqbal Husain

Characteristics of Axial Type Switched Reluctance Motor .............................................. 3582 Hiromu Arihara and Kan Akatsu

Session 86 – Drive Control

Control of Induction Machine with Extended Range of Maximum Torque Capability for Traction Drives ........................................................... 3590

Bin Gu and Jih-Sheng Lai

Application of One-Cycle Control to Stator Field-Oriented Control .............................. 3595 Alberto Soto-Lock, Edison Da Silva, Malik Elbuluk and Cursino Jacobina

Zero-Speed Operation of CSI-Fed Induction Motor Drive ............................................. 3603 Fangrui Liu, Bin Wu, Manish Pande and Navid Zargari

Input Power Factor Compensation for PWM-CSC based High-Power Synchronous Motor Drives .......................................................................... 3608

Jingya Dai, Manish Pande and Navid Zargari

Session 87 – Solar PV System Design and Architecture

Development of an Autonomous Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking PV System ..................................................................................... 3614

Yaow-Ming Chen, Cheng-Wei Chen and Yang-Lin Chen

Progressive Smooth Transition for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converter in Photovoltaic Applications .......................................................................... 3620

Yaow-Ming Chen, Yang-Lin Chen and Cheng-Wei Chen

Photovoltaic-Wind Hybrid System with Battery Back-Up Optimized for Apartment Complexes and other Community Living Environments ............................. 3626

Mohammad Bagher Shadmand, Murali Pasupuleti and Robert Balog

Flexible Electrical Power System Controller Design and Battery Integration for 1U to 12U CubeSats ................................................................................ 3633

Shailesh Notani and Subhashish Bhattacharya

Session 88 – DC-DC Converter Controls III

Seamless Boost Converter Control in Critical Boundary Condition for Fuel Cell Power Conditioning System ....................................................... 3641

Tai-Sik Hwang and Sung-Yeul Park

Enhanced Load Step Response for a Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter ......................... 3649 Dinesh Sekhar Segaran, Grahame Holmes and Brendan McGrath

A Switching Strategy for Multiple-Input Converters ...................................................... 3657 Chimaobi Onwuchekwa and Alexis Kwasinski

Sliding-Mode Control of Quasi-Z-Source Inverter with Battery for Renewable Energy System ............................................................................ 3665

Jianfeng Liu, Shuai Jiang, Dong Cao, Xi Lu and Fangzheng Peng

Session 89 – Permanent Magnet Machine Optimization

Automated Bi-Objective Design Optimization of Multi-MW Direct-Drive PM Machines using CE-FEA and Differential Evolution ................................................. 3672

Gennadi Sizov, Peng Zhang, Ionel Dan, Demerdash Nabeel and Marius Rosu

Fast Optimization of an IPMSM with Space Mapping Technique ................................. 3679 Stephane Vivier, Didier Lemoine and Guy Friedrich

Minimization of Cogging Torque in a Small Axial-Flux PMSG with a Parallel-Teeth Stator ................................................................................. 3687

John Wanjiku, Hartmut Jagau, Azeem Khan and Paul Barendse

A Review of Recent Developments in Electrical Machine Design Optimization Methods with a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Benchmark Study ................ 3694

Yao Duan and Dan Ionel

Session 90 – Inverter PWM Techniques

A Novel Switching Loss Minimized PWM Method for a High Switching Frequency Three-Level Inverter with a SiC Clamp Diode .............................................. 3702

Nam-Joon Ku, Hong-Ju Jung, Rae-Young Kim and Dong-Suk Hyun

SDRE Control of Single Phase PWM Inverter using FPGA based Hardware Controller .................................................................................. 3708

Takeaki Fujimoto, Hiroki Uchida and Yokoyama Tomoki

Introducing the Elliptical Carrier for PWM Inverters: Derivation and Properties for Phase-Shift Compensation ...................................................................... 3714

Lucas Sinopoli and Martin Ordonez

A New Three-Phase Hybrid Five-Level Inverter with Reduced Number of High-Frequency Switching Devices .............................................................. 3720

Liviu Mihalache and Yaosuo Xue

Session 91 – STATCOM Controls

Negative-Sequence Reactive-Power Control by a PWM STATCOM based on a Modular Multilevel Cascade Converter (MMCC-SDBC) .................................................. 3728

Makoto Hagiwara, Ryo Maeda and Hirofumi Akagi

A Unified Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) System with Advanced Angle Control Structure .................................................................................. 3736

Babak Parkhideh and Subhashish Bhattacharya

A DSTATCOM with ADALINE Algorithm for Current Compensation in Distributed Generation Systems ..................................................................................... 3744

Yin-Ching Wang, Shou-Fu Li and Tzung-Lin Lee

Instantaneous Phase-Locked Loop for Performance Improvement of System with STATCOM under Single-Line to Ground Fault ........................................... 3750

Xi Zhengping, Babak Parkhideh and Subhashish Bhattacharya

Session 92 – AC-DC Rectifier Controls II

AC Stability of High Power Factor Multi-Pulse Rectifiers ............................................... 3758 Rolando Burgos, Dushan Boroyevich, Fred Wang, Karimi Kamiar and Francis Gerald

Multiloop Interleaved Control for Two-Switch Two-Capacitor Three-Level SMR without Capacitor Voltage Balancing Loop ....................................... 3766

Jhen-Yu Liao and Hung-Chi Chen

HF Voltage Generation in a Multi-State Switching Cells-Based Single-Phase Multilevel PFC Rectifierer .......................................................................... 3773

Marcio Ortmann, Samir Mussa and Marcelo Heldwein

Low-Frequency Leakage Current Reduction using Active Control of Single-Phase PWM Rectifier ............................................................................................ 3778

Dong Dong, Dushan Boroyevich and Paolo Mattavelli

Session 93 – DC-DC Converters: Passive Components

A Novel Winding Layout Strategy for Planar Transformer Applicable to High Frequency High Power DC-DC Converters ............................................................. 3786

Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Pritam Das, Josef Drobnik, Praveen Jain, Alireza Bakhshai and Gerry Moschopoulos

Proposal and Validation of a Medium-Frequency Power Transformer Design Methodology .................................................................................. 3792

Irma Villar, Asier Garcia-Bediaga, Unai Viscarret, Ion Etxeberria-Otadui and Alfred Rufer

Novel Concepts for High Frequency High Efficiency Transformer Design .................... 3800 Dianbo Fu and Shuo Wang

A Novel Integrated Multi-Elements Resonant Converter .............................................. 3808 Daocheng Huang, Pengju Kong, Fred. C. Lee and Dianbo Fu

Session 94 – General Inverter Technologies

An Improved Virtual Resistance Damping Methodf for Grid-Connected Inverters with LCL Filters ...................................................................... 3816

Yi Lei, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Sizhao Lu and Lu Yin

Modeling and Digital Control of LCLC Resonant Inverter with Varying Load .............. 3823 Scott Jensen, Luca Corradini, Miguel Rodriguez and Dragan Maksimovic

Analysis and Characterization of DC Bus Ripple Current of Two-Level Inverters using The Equivalent Centered Harmonic Approach .................................... 3830

Ufuk Ayhan and Ahmet Hava

Model Predictive Control of Z-Source Neutral Point Clamped Inverter ....................... 3838 Wei Mo, Poh Chiang Loh and Frede Blaabjerg

Session 95 – Ocean and Wave Energy Harvesting I

Wave Energy Converter with Wideband Power Absorption .......................................... 3844 Timothy Lewis, Annette von Jouanne and Ted Brekken

Efficient Energy Harvester for Microbial Fuel Cells using DC/DC Converters .............. 3852 Jae-Do Park and Zhiyong Ren

Universal Power Management IC for Small-Scale Energy Harvesting with Adaptive Impedance Matching ........................................................... 3859

Na Kong, T. Shaver Deyerle IV and Dong Sam Ha

Design and Experiments of Linear Tubular Generators for the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter .............................................................................. 3864

Giovanni Bracco, Ermanno Giorcelli, Giuliana Mattiazzo, Ciro Attaianese and Silvio Carbone

Session 96 – Power Devices: Measurement and Characterization

Automatic Measurement of the Reverse Recovery Behavior of Ultra-Fast Diodes ...... 3872 Juergen Stahl, Daniel Kuebrich, Alexander Pawellek, Christian Oeder and Thomas Duerbaum

Does Power Devices Sensitivity to Mechanical Stresses Can be Used as Sensor for Power Assembly Health Monitoring? ............................................. 3879

Florence Capy, Stephane Azzopardi, Kamal El Boubkari, Yassine Belmehdi and Jean-Yves Deletage

High-Bandwidth, High-Fidelity In-Circuit Measurement of Power Electronic Switching Waveforms for EMI Generation Analysis ..................................... 3886

Niall Oswald, Bernard Stark, Neville McNeill and Derrick Holliday

Experimental Study of Power Module with SiC Devices ................................................. 3894 Dong Jiang, Fan Xu, Fei Wang, Timothy Junghee Han and Leon Tolbert

Session 97 – Drive Issues II

Control of PWM Voltage Source Inverter in the Pulse Dropping Region to Reduce Reflected Wave Motor Over-Voltage ................................................................. 3900

Rangarajan Tallam and David Leggate

Embedded-Friendly Online Dead-Time Compensation using PWM Timer .................. 3906 Takahiro Suzuki, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Toshihiro Takeuchi and Yasuo Notohara

Feedforward Control for SPMSM with Final State Control based on Voltage Limit Circle with Transient Term ....................................................................... 3913

Takayuki Miyajima, Hiroshi Fujimoto and Masami Fujitsuna

On-line Condition Monitoring for MOSFET and IGBT Switches in Digitally Controlled Drives .............................................................................................. 3920

Jason Anderson and Robert Cox

Session 98 – Grid Interactive Renewable Energy Systems

Utility Grid Impact with High Penetration PV Micro-Inverters Operating under Burst Mode using Simplified Simulation Model ............................................................. 3928

Zheng Zhao, Kuan-Hung Wu, Jih-Sheng Lai and Wensong Yu

Energy Capture Improvement of a Solar PV System with a Multilevel Inverter .......... 3933 Nayeem Mahmud, Yilmaz Sozer and Iqbal Husain

A DC-link Voltage Control Scheme for Single-Phase Grid-Connected PV Inverters ... 3941 Fanbo He, Zhengming Zhao, Liqiang Yuan and Sizhao Lu

Session 99 – DC-DC Converters: Topologies III

Canonical Small-Signal Model of Double-Input Converters based on H-Bridge Cells .. 3946 Reza Ahmadi and Mehdi Ferdowsi

A Novel Half-Bridge Converter with Current Ripple Reduction .................................... 3954 Ching-Shan Leu and Trong Nha Quang

Design Considerations of a Multiple-Input Isolated Single Ended Primary Inductor Converter (SEPIC) for Distributed Generation Sources ................................... 3960

Sheng-Yang Yu, Ruichen Zhao and Alexis Kwasinski

A Variable Frequency Soft Switching Controlled Boost-Flyback Converter for High Step-Up Applications ....................................................................... 3968

Junjun Zhang, Hongfei Wu, Yan Xing, Kai Sun and Xudong Ma

Session 100 – Special Application Machines

Damper Windings for the Magnetic Gear ...................................................................... 3974 Siavash Pakdelian, Nicolas Frank and Hamid Toliyat

Experimental Evaluation of a Motor Integrated Permanent Magnet Gear ................. 3982 Peter Rasmussen, Kasper Koetter, Tommy Frandsen and Kenneth Jessen

A Line-Fed Permanent Magnet Motor Solution for Drum-Motor and Conveyor-Roller Applications .......................................................................................... 3990

Mircea Popescu, David Staton, Steven Jennings, Thomas Barucki and Joachim Schnuettgen

Design Study of a Three-Phase Brushless Exciter for Aircraft Starter/Generator ....... 3998 Antonio Griffo, Rafal Wrobel, Adrian Mlot, Jason Yon and Phil Mellor

Session 101 – Modular Multilevel Converters

A New 3-Phase AC/AC Modular Multilevel Converter with Six Hexagonally Arranged Branches .............................................................................. 4005

Lennart Baruschka and Axel Mertens

Complex Phasor Modeling and Control of Modular Multilevel Inverters ..................... 4013 Justin Reed, Giri Venkataramanan and Francisco Martinez

Continuous Model of Modular Multilevel Converter and Experimental Verification ... 4021 Steffen Rohner, Jens Weber and Steffen Bernet

Capacitor Voltage Balancing Control based on CPS-PWM of Modular Multilevel Converter ......................................................................................... 4029

Xiaoqian Li, Qiang Song, Jianguo Li and Wenhua Liu

Session 102 – Active Filters Applications

Design and Testing of a Medium Voltage Controllable Network Transformer Prototype with an Integrated Hybrid Active Filter ................................... 4035

Debrup Das, Javier Munoz, Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Ron Harley, Deepak Divan and Joe Schatz

A High Power Medium-Voltage DC Amplifier System ................................................... 4043 Hesam Mirzaee, Subhashish Bhattacharya and Sandeep Bala

Study of a New Technique to Reduce the DC-Link Capacitor in a Power Electronic System by using a Series Voltage Compensator ............................... 4051

Huai Wang and Henry Chung

Directional Triplen Hybrid Active Filter for Radial Systems .......................................... 4058 Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Jorge E. Hernandez and Deepak Divan

Session 103 – Three Phase AC-DC Rectifiers

Selective Harmonic Compensation (SHC) PWM for Grid-Interfacing High-Power Converters ....................................................................... 4066

Hua Zhou, Yun Wei Li, Navid R. Zargari and Zhongyuan Cheng

Development of an All SiC High Power Density Three-Phase Rectifier with Interleaving ............................................................................................... 4073

Di Zhang, Puqi Ning, Fred Wang, Dushan Boroyevich, Rolando Burgos, Kamiar Karimi, Vikram Immanuel and Solodovnik Eugene

A Multi-Carrier PWM for Parallel Three-Phase Active Front-End Converters .............. 4081 Chung-Chuan Hou

New Considerations in the Input Filter Design of a Three-Phase Buck-Type PWM Rectifier for Aircraft Applications ........................................................ 4087

Marcelo Silva, Nico Hensgens, Jesus Oliver, Pedro Alou, Oscar Garcia and Jose A Cobos

Session 104 – Soft-Switching Inverters

Dynamic Analysis and Control of a Zone-Control Induction Heating System .............. 4093 Ngoc Ha Pham, Hideaki Fujita, Kazuhiro Ozaki and Naoki Uchida

1/3 Weight Core of a Capacitor-Less ARCP Method Three-Phase Voltage Source Soft-Switching Inverter Suitable for EV ................................................ 4101

Hirotaka Toda and Masayoshi Yamamoto

Switching Control Strategy to Extend the ZVS Operating Range of a Dual Active Bridge AC/DC Converter .............................................................................. 4107

Jordi Everts, Jeroen Van den Keybus and Johan Driesen

Session 105 – Ocean and Wave Energy Harvesting II

Experimental Evaluation of a Doubly-Fed Linear Generator for Ocean Wave Energy Applications ................................................................................... 4115

Jennifer Vining, Giri Venkataramanan and Thomas Lipo

Per-Unit Wave Energy Converter System Analysis ........................................................ 4123 Timothy Lewis, Annette von Jouanne and Ted Brekken

Session 106 – IGBT Modules

Diagnostic Characterization of High-Power IGBTs with Field Instrumentation: Pitfalls in using Curve Tracers Only and Improvements by Oscilloscopes ................... 4130

Pierluigi Tenca and Filippo Chimento

Characterization of a 6.5 kV / 500 A IGBT Module in a Series Resonant Converter .. 4138 Lars Lindenmueller, Steffen Bernet, Rodrigo Alvarez and Philipp Kleinichen

Turn-On Loss vs. Free-Wheel Diode Recovery DV/DT in IGBT Modules ....................... 4144 John Donlon, Eric Motto, Marco Honsberg, Thomas Radke and Toru Matsuoka

Session 107 – DC Microgrids

Game Theoretic Bus Selection in DC Power Systems ..................................................... 4148 Nishantha Ekneligoda and Wayne Weaver

Control of Parallel-Connected Bidirectional AC-DC Converters in Stationary Frame for Microgrid Application .................................................................. 4153

Xiaonan Lu, Josep Guerrero, Remus Teodorescu, Tamas Kerekes and Kai Sun

DC-Bus Voltage Regulation and Power Compensation with Bi-Directional Inverter in DC-Microgrid Applications ................................................... 4161

Tsai-Fu Wu, Chia-Ling Kuo, Kun-Han Sun and Yuan-Chih Chang

Session 108 – Multiphase DC-DC Converters

Impact of Input and Output Voltage Perturbation on the Behavior of Automotive Multi-Phase Converters with Coupled Inductors ........................................ 4169

Sebastian Utz and Johannes Pforr

H2-Optimal Thermal Management for Multi-Phase Current Mode Buck Converters . 4177 Mohammad Shawkat Zaman, Pearl (Ke) Cao, Olivier Trescases and Wai Tung Ng

Design and Characterization of a Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge DC/DC Converter in Wye-Delta Connection for a High Frequency and High Power Applications ........... 4183

Seunghun Baek, Sumit Dutta and Bhattacharya Subhashish

Session 109 – Synchronous Reluctance Machines

Rotor Structure for Reducing Demagnetization of Magnet in a PMASynRM with Ferrite Permanent Magnet and its Characteristics ........................................................ 4189

Masayuki Sanada, Yukinori Inoue and Shigeo Morimoto

Performance Evaluation of a High Power Density PMASynRM with Ferrite Magnets .................................................................................... 4195

Shohei Ooi, Shigeo Morimoto, Masayuki Sanada and Yukinori Inoue

Magnet Minimization in IPM-PMASR Motor Design for Wide Speed Range Application ....................................................................................... 4201

Paolo Guglielmi, Barbara Boazzo, Gianmario Pellegrino, Eric Armando and Alfredo Vagati

Session 110 – Boost Inverters

Switched-Boost Inverter based on Inverse Watkins-Johnson Topology ...................... 4208 Santanu Mishra, Ravindranath Adda and Avinash Joshi

High Voltage Gain Boost Converter Topology for Grid Connected Systems ................ 4212 Mohamed Orabi, Moustafa Mousa, Mahrous Ahmed and Mohamed Youssef

High Step-Up Single-Stage Boost Inverter .................................................................... 4218 Yufei Zhou, Wenxin Huang, Jianwu Zhao and Ping Zhao

Session 111 – Utility Applications

Transformer less Intelligent Power Substation Design with 15kV SiC IGBT for Grid Interconnection ......................................................................... 4225

Kamalesh Hatua, Sumit Dutta, Awneesh Tripathi, Seunghun Baek, Giti Karimi and Subhashish Bhattacharya

A Half-Bridge Inverter based Current Balancer with the Reduced DC Capacitors in Single-Phase Three-Wire Distribution Feeders ....................................... 4233

Yusuke Baba, Masayuki Okamoto, Eiji Hiraki and Toshihiko Tanaka

Design Aspects of a Square-Wave Series Voltage Compensator ................................. 4240 Igor A. Pires, Braz de J. Cardoso Filho and Sidelmo M. Silva

Series Connected IGCT based Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Voltage Source Inverter Pole for High Power Converters ........................................................... 4248

Subhashish Bhattacharya and Saman Babaei