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Performance Comparison of Cables With Partial Transposition

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Chiara Frittitta, Federica Demattè

The need of full transposition of the current carrying elements (strands) in large cables is frequently retained as top design criterion for conductors operating in pulsed mode. However, when the transposition error, i.e., the inductance difference among t ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2024

DC Power Distribution Networks with Direct Current Transformers

Renan Pillon Barcelos

The shift towards DC power distribution networks, enabled by power electronics technologies, is changing the nature of electrical power systems. Nowadays, DC power distribution networks can effectively support the high penetration of distributed energy res ...

EPFL2024

Switching losses in power devices: From dynamic on resistance to output capacitance hysteresis

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Armin Jafari, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera, Hongkeng Zhu

In this paper, we review some of the main methods to characterize on-state and off-state losses in wide-band-gap devices under switching conditions. In the off-state, we will discuss about losses related to charging and discharging the output capacitance i ...

IEEE2023

Reduced material loss in thin-film lithium niobate waveguides

Tobias Kippenberg, Guanhao Huang, Mikhail Churaev, Zihan Li

Thin-film lithium niobate has shown promise for scalable applications ranging from single-photon sources to high-bandwidth data communication systems. Realization of the next generation high-performance classical and quantum devices, however, requires much ...

AIP Publishing2022

A VSC-Based BESS Model for Multi-Objective OPF Using Mixed Integer SOCP

Xiaoying Tang

This paper presents a new model of voltage source converter (VSC)-based battery energy storage systems (BESSs) that interface with power grids. A VSC-based BESS is made up of a series connection of a VSC, its connecting transformer and a BESS. The VSC allo ...

IEEE2020

Small scale very high speed slotless permanent magnet motors

Guillaume Paul-André Burnand

This research work has been triggered by an industrial project aimed at modelling and manufacturing a small-scale very high speed motor. Very high speed electrical motors offer the main advantage of reducing the size of a system. Indeed, at constant output ...

EPFL2020

Characterisation of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Beyond Standard Test Conditions

Jean Cattin

The global photovoltaic market is mostly dominated by solar cells based on crystalline silicon (c-Si), which are covering 95% of the market. This thesis concerns silicon heterojunction (SHJ), a high-efficiency technology with a 2% market share in 2018, but ...

EPFL2020

Mitigating voltage losses in photoelectrochemical cell scale-up

Sophia Haussener, Ronald Ramiro Gutierrez Perez

In solar water splitting, efforts in scaling up the photoelectrochemical cell beyond laboratory scale have started to attract significant attention. Several large-area devices have been demonstrated, but typically the efficiencies are much lower than their ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Molecular materials as interfacial layers and additives in perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen

Solar cells based on organo-metal halide perovskites have gained unprecedented research interest over the last few years due to their low-cost solution processability, high power conversion efficiency, which has recently reached a certified value of 25.2%, ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

A new test method of AC loss assessment for fusion conductors

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Kamil Sedlák

The coupling currents loss for fusion conductors is frequently assessed applying a sinusoidal field sweep of fixed, small amplitude and variable frequency. From the initial slope of the loss curve, the coupling loss time constant is derived and applied in ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2019

Advanced linear models for gyro-backward wave instabilities in gyrotrons

Jérémy Genoud

Parasitic oscillations excitation is one of the main point hindering high-power gyrotron operation for fusion application. These instabilities, besides being dangerous for the gyrotron components, could possibly degrade the electron beam quality before it ...

EPFL2019

Dynamic Modeling of Magnetic Components for Circuit Simulation of Power Electronic Systems

Min Luo

Magnetic components play an important role in a power electronic converter system. They provide energy buffering, galvanic isolation and voltage ratio conversion and have significant impact on the overall performance of the system regarding power efficienc ...

EPFL2018

Electrical and Magnetical Modeling of Inductive Coupled Power Transfer Systems

Christophe Bruno Auvigne

Nowadays, there is a very high number of electronic devices with different ranges of power. Desktop peripherals and cellphones are an example of widely used low power devices. Contactless power transfer is useful to supply or recharge these devices without ...

EPFL2015

Modelling of 2G HTS Coated Conductors for Fault Current Limiter Applications

Daniele Colangelo

Thanks to recent scientific achievements, second generation high-temperature superconductor coated conductors (HTS-CCs) can carry enormous current densities with reduced losses. In addition, they are able to switch from a negligible resistivity state to a ...

EPFL2013

Very High Speed Slotless Permanent Magnet Motors: Analytical Modeling, Optimization, Design and Torque Measurement Methods

Yves Perriard, Pierre-Daniel Pfister

This paper presents a very-high-speed (VHS) slotless permanent-magnet motor design procedure using an analytical model. The model is used to design the optimal prototype (target: 200 kr/min, 2 kW). The multiphysics analytical model allows a quick optimizat ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2010

Very high-speed slotless permanent-magnet motors : theory, design and validation

Pierre-Daniel Pfister

The development of very high-speed motors has evolved fascinatingly in the last few years. Due to their speed, their low weight and their high power density, the need for such motors has recently increased for various different applications. Among them, su ...

EPFL2010

Tunable band-stop filter based on single RF MEMS capacitive shunt switch with meander arm inductance

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Catherine Dehollain, Montserrat Fernandez-Bolanos Badia

This paper presents a novel high-frequency tunable band-stop filter concept based on a single MEMS capacitive shunt device which uses meander arm anchoring inductors and with a total size of 300 × 600 μm. Tuning ranges of the central frequency in the order ...

Elsevier2010

A 200 000 rpm, 2 kW Slotless Permanent Magnet Motor

Yves Perriard, Pierre-Daniel Pfister

The paper presents the development of a very high speed (200 krpm, 2 kW) slotless permanent magnet motor, using an analytical model. The multiphysics analytical model allows a quick optimization process. The presented model includes the magnetic fields, th ...

2008

Design Procedure for a Very High Speed Slotless Permanent Magnet Motor

Yves Perriard, Pierre-Daniel Pfister

The paper presents a very high speed slotless permanent magnet motor design procedure using an analytical model. The multiphysics analytical model allows a quick optimization process using a sequential quadratic programming method. The presented model incl ...

2008

Analysis of Empirical Core Loss Evaluation Methods For Non-Sinusoidally Fed Medium Frequency Power Transformers

Alfred Rufer

Nowadays medium voltage conversion systems, like traction and energy distribution systems, aim to increase power density. Volume, weight and material reduction are gaining the market today. Due to the development of new high power semiconductor devices a n ...

2008