• Direct Power Control Design for Charging Electric Vehicles: A Passivity-Based Control Approach 

      Montoya, Oscar; Gil-González, Walter; Sierra, Federico; Domínguez Jiménez, Juan Antonio; Campillo Jiménez, Javier Eduardo; Hernández, Jesus C. (Cartagena de Indias, 2020-11-25)
      This paper explores the controller's design for charging batteries for electric vehicle applications using the direct power representation of the system. These controllers' design is made via passivity-based control (PBC) ...
    • Distributed energy resources integration in AC Grids: A family of passivity-based controllers 

      Montoya, O.D.; Gil-González, Walter; Avila-Becerril, S.; Garcés, Alejandro; Espinosa-Pérez, G. (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 2019)
      This paper presents the design and application of passivity-based control theory for distributed energy resources (DERs) integration through voltage source converters (VSC) in ac single-phase grids. The Hamiltonian ...
    • Distributed energy resources integration in single-phase microgrids: An application of IDA-PBC and PI-PBC approaches 

      Montoya O.D.; Gil-González W.; Garces A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)
      This paper presents a unified Hamiltonian formulation for controlling distributed energy resources (DERs)in ac single-phase microgrids (SP-MGs)via proportional-integral passivity-based control (PI-PBC), and interconnection ...
    • Modeling and control of a small hydro-power plant for a DC microgrid 

      Gil-González W.; Montoya O.D.; Garces A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)
      This paper presents the modeling and control of a small hydro-power plant (SHP) for a DC microgrid based on passivity theory. The SHP is made up of a turbine, a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), a voltage ...
    • Nonlinear Analysis for the Three-Phase PLL: A New Look for a Classical Problem 

      Bravo M.; Garcés, Alejandro; Montoya O.D.; Baier C.R. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018)
      In this paper we investigate the dynamics of the classic synchronous reference frame phase-locked-loop (PLL) from a non-linear perspective. First, we demonstrate the nonlinear differential equations that describe the PLL ...
    • Nonlinear voltage control for three-phase dc-ac converters in hybrid systems: An application of the pi-pbc method 

      Serra, Federico M.; Fernández, Lucas M.; Montoya, Oscar D.; Gil-González, Walter; Hernández, Jesus C. (Cartagena de Indias, 2020-05-20)
      In this paper, a proportional-integral passivity-based controller (PI-PBC) is proposed to regulate the amplitude and frequency of the three-phase output voltage in a direct-current alternating-current (DC-AC) converter ...
    • Passivity-based control applied of a reaction wheel pendulum: An IDA-PBC approach 

      Montoya, Oscar Danilo; Garrido, Victor Manuel; Gil-Gonzalez, Walter; Orozco-Henao, C. (Cartagena de Indias, 2019-11)
      This paper presents the development of a nonlinear controller for the reaction wheel pendulum (RWP) via an interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control (IDA-PBC) approach. The IDA-PBC approach works with ...
    • Passivity-based control of islanded microgrids with unknown power loads 

      Avila Becerril, Sofia; Espinosa Pérez, Gerardo; Montoya, Oscar Danilo; Garcés, Alejandro (Cartagena de IndiasCampus TecnológicoIngeniería Eléctrica, 2020-10-12)
      In this paper, the control problem of microgrids (MGs)operating in islanded mode is approached from a passivity-based control perspective. A control scheme is proposed that, relying only on local measurements for the power ...
    • PBC approach applied on a DC-DC step-down converter for providing service to CPLs 

      Montoya O.D.; Gil-González, Walter; Serra F.M.; Magaldi G. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
      This paper addresses the problem of output voltage regulation for step-down converters (buck converters) for constant power load (CPL) applications. The model of the CPL corresponds to a hyperbolic constraint that introduces ...
    • PBC design for voltage regulation in buck converters with parametric uncertainties 

      Montoya, Oscar Danilo; Villa, J.L; Gil-Gonzalez, Walter (Cartagena de Indias, 2019-12-05)
      This paper addresses the problem of voltage output regulation in DC Buck converters from the passivity-based control (PBC) point of view. The PBC takes advantage of the natural port-Hamiltonian representation of dynamic ...
    • PI-PBC Approach for Voltage Regulation in Cuk Converters with Adaptive Load Estimation 

      Montoya, Oscar; Gil-González, Walter; Garcés, Alejandro; Sierra, Federico; Hernandez, J.C. (Cartagena de Indias, 2020-11-25)
      This paper proposes a proportional-integral passivity-based controller (PI-PBC) for supporting voltage in linear loads integrated with Ćuk converters. An adaptive load estimator is also employed to avoid current measurements ...
    • Stabilization of MT-HVDC grids via passivity-based control and convex optimization 

      Montoya, Oscar Danilo; Gil-González, Walter; Garcés, Alejandro; Serra, Federico; Hernandez, Jesus C. (Cartagena de Indias, 2021-04-30)
      This paper presents a model for stabilizing multi-terminal high voltage direct-current (MT-HVDC) networks with constant power terminals (CPTs) interfaced with power electronic converters. A hierarchical structure of ...

      Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar - 2017 Institución de Educación Superior sujeta a inspección y vigilancia por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional. Resolución No 961 del 26 de octubre de 1970 a través de la cual la Gobernación de Bolívar otorga la Personería Jurídica a la Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.