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Power Converters, 2nd Volume

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Dear Colleagues,

This Topic is a continuation of the previous successful Topic “Power Converters”.

Power converters are widely used in many applications, ranging from low-power to high-power electrical engineering. Researchers are very active in this broad field, where two research areas can typically be identified. First, new converter topologies and control strategies are proposed and investigated to improve power conversion performance. Second, since the switching frequencies of power converters are continuously increasing, typical issues concerning electromagnetic interferences are investigated.

Within the broad and interdisciplinary framework outlined above, this topic aims to collect high-quality contributions and recent advances potentially covering the whole range of power converter analyses and applications.

Dr. Diego Bellan
Dr. Jelena Loncarski
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Keywords

  • power conversion topologies, modulation, and control
  • high-power/voltage power conversion
  • power converters for electric vehicles
  • multilevel power converters
  • bidirectional power converters
  • power converters in renewable energy systems
  • power converters in smart grid and utility applications
  • automotive, aerospace, and transportation applications of power converters
  • industrial, commercial, and residential applications of power converters
  • low- and high-voltage DC power supplies
  • uninterrupted power supplies
  • power quality conditioners, HVDC converters and control
  • EMC/EMI and HF phenomena

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Energies
energies 		3.0 6.2 2008 17.5 Days CHF 2600 Submit
Sustainability
sustainability 		3.3 6.8 2009 20 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Electronics
electronics 		2.6 5.3 2012 16.8 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Designs
designs 		- 3.9 2017 15.2 Days CHF 1600 Submit
World Electric Vehicle Journal
wevj 		2.6 4.5 2007 15.7 Days CHF 1400 Submit

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Numerical Computation of Multi-Parameter Stability Boundaries for Vienna Rectifiers
by Zhang Sun, Weidong Jin, Fan Wu, Yong Liao, Shuyu Le and Yunpu Wu
Electronics 2024, 13(16), 3202; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13163202 - 13 Aug 2024
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To address the challenges in establishing the state transfer matrix and the complexity of eigenvalue calculation in determining the multi-parameter stability boundaries of high-order nonlinear Vienna rectifiers, a novel numerical computation method is proposed in this paper. This method leverages a numerical stability [...] Read more.
To address the challenges in establishing the state transfer matrix and the complexity of eigenvalue calculation in determining the multi-parameter stability boundaries of high-order nonlinear Vienna rectifiers, a novel numerical computation method is proposed in this paper. This method leverages a numerical stability criterion and a grid variable step search to efficiently calculate these stability boundaries. The small-signal model of the Vienna rectifier is derived by constructing the time-varying state transfer matrix using the periodic solution of the harmonic balance method. Eigenvalues are rapidly calculated via the periodic numerical solution of the state transfer matrix. The proposed parameter sensitivity-based grid variable step search method ensures a fast and accurate determination of stability boundaries. A hardware experimental setup is established to validate the stability boundaries of the Vienna rectifier under various parameter variations, including load, component, and control changes. The experimental results closely match the simulations, confirming the correctness and superiority of the proposed method. Full article
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Offline Fault Diagnosis for 2-Level Inverter: Short-Circuit and Open-Circuit Detection
by Byong Jo Hyon, Dae Yeon Hwang, Pooreum Jang, Yong-Su Noh and Jin-Hong Kim
Electronics 2024, 13(9), 1672; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091672 - 26 Apr 2024
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Fault detection is very important to improve the reliability of power conversion devices. Faults of power semiconductors can be broadly divided into shorts and opens and are further classified into two types depending on whether there is an internal problem with the switch [...] Read more.
Fault detection is very important to improve the reliability of power conversion devices. Faults of power semiconductors can be broadly divided into shorts and opens and are further classified into two types depending on whether there is an internal problem with the switch or anti-parallel diode. In this paper, fault-diagnosis methods for short-circuit and open-circuit states are proposed, respectively. A method of classifying and diagnosing faults by applying a gate signal to each switch is proposed to diagnose short-circuit conditions. This method uses only current magnitude information, which reduces the amount of required information and reduces diagnostic failures due to angle errors and current noise. A method is proposed to detect a faulty switch by applying a voltage vector and comparing the current angle with a lookup table to diagnose an open state. An iterative diagnostic algorithm is proposed to prevent diagnostic failure due to angle error and current noise. The effectiveness of the proposed diagnosis method is verified through experiments and simulations. Full article
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