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Inductive Power Transfer System for Auxiliary Power Supply in Medium Voltage Converters

Drazen Dujic, Chengmin Li, Xiaotong Du

Inductive power transfer technology is an attractive solution for medium voltage applications by eliminating the need for high voltage cables or wired connections in general. This paper introduces an inductive power transfer system which has multiple indep ...

2022

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In the framework of the XFLEX HYDRO H2020 European Project, a 5 MW reversible Francis pump-turbine prototype, equipped with an industrial full size frequency converter, is investigated to demonstrate enhanced grid regulation capacities of variable speed hy ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2022

Direct Current Transformer Impact on the DC Power Distribution Networks

Drazen Dujic, Renan Pillon Barcelos

The latest developments in dc transformer technology are enabling larger and more complex dc power distribution systems. However, the literature is scarce regarding the investigation and quantification of its impact on the dc grid. Therefore, this paper an ...

2022

Bulk DC-DC Conversion for MVDC Applications

Drazen Dujic, Jakub Kucka, Renan Pillon Barcelos, Gabriele Ulissi, Nikolina Djekanovic

The tutorial provides an overview of relevant technologies and concepts for high power DC-DC conversion at MW level, as well as challenges and opportunities in that field. Topics are covered with sufficient level of details to allow for understanding of de ...

2022

Estimating Auxiliary Power Supply Consumption of the Modular Multilevel Converter Submodule for the Condition Health Monitoring

Drazen Dujic, Ignacio Alejandro Polanco Lobos

Condition health monitoring strategies applied to different power electronics applications are gaining popularity as early component degradation detection can trigger preventive maintenance actions before a significant fault occurs. In highly modular conve ...

2022

Design Optimization of a MW-level Medium Frequency Transformer

Drazen Dujic, Nikolina Djekanovic

Nowadays, with the increased interest in applications dealing with high-power medium-voltage conversion, there is a strong need to master the design of medium-frequency transformers, which are one of the key components of modern DC transformers. The paper ...

2022

Performance Analysis of Energy Balancing Methods for Matrix Modular Multilevel Converters

Drazen Dujic, Stefan Milovanovic, Philippe Alexandre Bontemps

Modular multilevel converters achieve voltage scalability through the series connection of cells, each with its own capacitance. However, this converter structure using floating energy storage elements increases the control complexity significantly. The vo ...

2022

The present invention relates to a DC/DC converter (1) for transferring an active power between two DC subsystems (5, 6) comprising: - a first converter stage (3) and a second converter stage (4) both configured to be selectively operated as an active inve ...

2022

IGCTs have successfully demonstrated to be well-suited devices for an application in medium-voltage dc transformers based on LLC resonant converter topology. This application enables unusually high switching frequencies in kHz range thanks to the zero-volt ...

2022

Detection of Broken Rotor Bars in a Cage Induction Machine Using DC Injection Braking

Drazen Dujic

In this paper, an effective procedure for broken rotor bar (BRB) fault detection in a three-phase squirrel-cage induction machine (SCIM) is proposed. This approach relies on a motor current signature analysis (MCSA) by observing the specific fault-related ...

IEEE2022