This paper presents a direct predictive power control (DPPC) design for vehicle charging applications. The proposed control design allows working in the Park's reference frame avoiding the usage of the phase-lock loops, ...

This paper addresses the voltage stability margin calculation in medium-voltage distribution networks in the context of exact mathematical modeling. This margin calculation is performed with a second-order cone (SOCP) ...

Transportation electrification has demonstrated a significant position on power utilities and logistic companies, in terms of assets operation and management. Under this context, this paper presents the problem of seeking ...

The dynamic features of microgrid operation, such as on-grid/off-grid operation mode, the intermittency of distributed generators, and its dynamic topology due to its ability to reconfigure itself, cause misfiring of ...

This paper deals with the problem of the optimal selection of capacitor banks in electrical AC distribution systems for minimizing the costs of energy losses during a year of operation through a discrete version of the ...

This paper deals with the global stabilization of the reaction wheel pendulum (RWP) in the discrete-time domain. The discrete-inverse optimal control approach via a control Lyapunov function (CLF) is employed to make the ...

In this study, the voltage stability margin for direct current (DC) networks in the presence of constant power loads is analyzed using a proposed convex mathematical reformulation. This convex model is developed by employing ...

A bilinear PI control based on passivity theory for the adequate integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in ac microgrids is presented in this paper. DERs are integrated into the grid by voltage source converters ...

This brief briefly addresses the problem of power flow solution for direct-current (dc) networks with radial configuration and constant power loads (CPLs). It proposes a novel iterative method based on the upper triangular ...

A convex mathematical model based on second-order cone programming (SOCP) for the optimal operation in direct current microgrids (DCMGs) with high-level penetration of renewable energies and battery energy storage systems ...