This paper presents an interface system based on the Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter for Photovoltaic (PV) arrays. Two control strategies are proposed for the DAB converter to harvest the maximum power from the PV array. The first strategy is based on a simple PI controller to regulate the terminal PV voltage through the phase shift angle of the DAB converter. The Perturb and Observe (P&O) M...

Intramolecular communication within myosin is essential for its function as motor, but the specific amino acid residue interactions required are unexplored within muscle cells. Using Drosophila melanogaster skeletal muscle myosin, we performed a novel in vivo molecular suppression analysis to define the importance of three relay loop amino acid residues (Ile(508), Asn(509), and Asp(511)) in com...

A low carbon, high efficiency and high quality power supply scheme for Distributed Generation (DG) in a micro-grid is presented. A three-phase, four-leg DG grid-interfacing converter based on the improved structure of a Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC, including a series converter and a parallel converter) is adopted, and improved indirect and direct control strategies are proposed. It ...

This paper proposes a sliding-mode controller to ensure both the global stability and maximum power generation of photovoltaic system based on flyback converter. The is an adaptive sliding-surface, which designed impose constant frequency switching converter, thus simplifying selection passive active elements device. Moreover, analyzed using transversality, reachability equivalent control condi...

A mathematical optimization problem is formulated to design several components of an electrical power distribution system for next generation aircraft. A simple interconnected system consisting of an input filter and a DC-DC buck converter is used as the prototype for the optimization demonstration. The components are designed for minimum weight subject to performance, stability, and peak volta...

-Power converters with their controls normally behave as a constant power load. This load can significantly degrade the system stability. Therefore, the system dynamic model is very importance because it can be used for stability analysis. It is well known that power converter models are time-varying because of their switching behaviours. This paper presents the DQ modeling method to eliminate ...

Offshore wind farms are increasingly built in the North Sea and number of HVDC systems transmitting power to shore increases as well. To connect offshore adjacent AC transmission systems, onshore modular multilevel converters transform transmitted from DC vice versa. Additionally, modern mainly use turbines connected point common coupling via voltage source converters. However, their control ca...