Grid integration of DC buildings: Standards, requirements and power converter topologies

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, A Chub… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Residential dc microgrids and nanogrids are the emerging technology that is aimed to
promote the transition to energy-efficient buildings and provide simple, highly flexible …

Three-phase bidirectional isolated AC–DC matrix-converter with full soft-switching range

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, P Emiliani, A Chub… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Galvanically isolated ac-dc converters are crucial for integrating distribution generation,
energy storage, dc microgrids, and electric vehicles with ac distribution system. The typical …

A Cascaded Dual Four-Leg Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems With Capability to Compensate Unbalanced Distribution Networks

VF Pires, A Cordeiro, D Foito, AJ Pires… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unbalance or asymmetry in the distribution networks is a well-known power quality issue.
This power quality problem is even more important in the context of the microgrids since the …

Evaluation of dual-active bridge converter for DC energy buildings

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, A Sidorova… - 2023 IEEE 17th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two-stage isolated active front-end (i-AFE) converters, based on an ac-dc and isolated dc-
dc power stages, have gained significant research attention in the last few years due to …

Resonant DC Transformer for Grid-Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, A Chub… - 2024 IEEE 18th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Isolated active front-end (i-AFE) converters have gained importance in the last few years due
to the emergence of dc applications that require isolation between the dc parts and ac utility …

Effect of Droop Control Curves on the Efficiency of Dual-Active Bridge Converters

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, A Chub… - IECON 2023-49th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dual-active bridge (DAB) converters have gained significant attention in recent years, due to
their high efficiency and excellent performance in medium and high-power applications …

Addressing Cross-Coupling Issues in Magnetically Integrated Three-Port DC-DC Converters

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, U Sohail… - 2024 IEEE 21st …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC grid-forming converters are used to provide dc power distribution inside buildings. Often,
such converters are based on dual-active bridge (DAB) technology to provide high …

Analysis of the Use of Supercapacitors and Batteries as Energy Storage Elements for Off-Grid Hybrid Photovoltaic Inverters

E Gonschorowski, R Cardoso… - 2023 IEEE 8th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using batteries and supercapacitors as hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) is
advantageous due to the flexibility between the high energy density of batteries and the high …

Assessment of Mixed Energy Storage System Considering High Spatial Resolution Data from a Real PV Installation

S Rogowski, S Hasan, A Chub… - 2024 19th Biennial …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on improving instability issues in typical residential PV micro installation
operation. Based on the high-resolution long-term recording of the power fluctuation in …

Multi-port i-AFE Converter for Grid-Interactive Buildings: Design Requirements and Efficiency Evaluation

EL Carvalho, A Blinov, A Chub, I Galkin… - 2023 IEEE 8th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-port converters have gained attention in the last decade due to developments in
bipolar dc microgrids, hybrid energy storage systems, and emerging high-efficient grid …