Publications

Articles

International Journal Articles: 15

2023

- Joaquim Monteiro and Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and J. Fernando Silva and Sónia Pinto, A Buck-Boost Converter with Extended Duty-Cycle Range in the Buck Voltage Region for Renewable Energy Sources, article in Electronics, Jan. 2023, MDPI [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

2022

- Fengyuan Yu and Hao Chen and Wenju Yan and Victor Pires and Joao F. A. Martins and Pavol Rafajdus and Antonino Musolino and Luca Sani and Miguel Pablo Aguirre and Muhammad Asghar Saqib and Mohamed Orabi and Xiaodong Li, Design and Multiobjective Optimization of a Double-Stator Axial Flux SRM With Full-Pitch Winding Configuration, article in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification vol. 8 (4) pp. 4348-4364, Dec. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and Daniel Foito and Oleksandr Bondarenko, Fault-Tolerant 3-Phase VSI based on a Modified Impedance Source Boost Inverter, article in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, to appear on 2022 [bibTex] [PDF]
- Fan Yang and Chen Hao and Victor Pires and Joao Martins and Yassen Gorbounov and Xiaodong Li and Mohamed Orabi, Improved direct torque control strategy for reducing torque ripple in switched reluctance motors, article in Journal of Power Electronics pp. 1-11, to appear on 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- D. Zhou and H. Chen and X. Wang and Victor Pires and J. Martins, Synthetic Sensorless Control Scheme for Full-Speed Range of Switched Reluctance Machine Drives With Fault-Tolerant Capability, article in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification vol. 8 (4) pp. 4456-4469, Dec. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- J. Gutiérrez-Escalona and C. Roncero-Clemente and O. Husev and F. Barrero-González and A. M. Llor and Victor Pires, Three-Level T-Type qZ Source Inverter as Grid-Following Unit for Distributed Energy Resources, article in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics vol. 10 (6) pp. 7772-7785, Dec. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and Daniel Foito and J. Fernando Silva, Control Transition Mode from Voltage Control to MPPT for PV Generators in Isolated DC Microgrids, article in International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems vol. 137 pp. 1-15, May. 2022, Elsevier [DOI Article link] [bibTex] [PDF]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and Armando Pires, PV Generator-Fed Water Pumping System Based on a SRM with a Multilevel Fault-Tolerant Converter, article in Energies vol. 15 (3) pp. 1-19, Feb. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and Daniel Foito and Armando Pires and Chen Hao and João Martins and Rui Castro, Compensation of Unbalanced Low-Voltage Grids Using a Photovoltaic Generation System with a Dual Four-Leg, Two-Level Inverter, article in Electronics, Jan. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and Daniel Foito and Armando Pires, Fault-Tolerant Multilevel Converter to Feed a Switched Reluctance Machine, article in Machines vol. 10 (1) pp. 1-19, Jan. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

2021

- Fernando Manuel Fontinha Camilo and Maria Eduarda Pedro and Rui Castro and Victor Pires, Multi-Conductor Line Models for Harmonic Load-Flow Calculations in LV Networks with High Penetration of PV Generation, article in IEEE Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, to appear on 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Tito G. Amaral and Victor Pires and Armando Pires, Fault Detection in PV Tracking Systems Using an Image Processing Algorithm Based on PCA, article in Energies vol. 14 pp. 1-18, Nov. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Fernando Manuel Fontinha Camilo and Rui Castro and Maria Eduarda Pedro and Victor Pires, Energy Management in Unbalanced Low Voltage Distribution Networks with Microgeneration and Storage by using a Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm, article in Journal of Energy Storage vol. 33, Jan. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

International Conferences: 22

2022

- Victor Pires and Joaquim Monteiro and J. Fernando Silva and Sónia Pinto, A Model Predictive Control for a Multilevel Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive Based on Three-Phase Triple Inverter Modular Topology, presented at XIV International Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (INDEL), Nov. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Javier Gutiérrez-Escalona and Carlos Roncero-Clemente and Oleksandr Husev and Victor Pires and María Isabel Milanés-Montero and Eva González-Romerato, 3L-T-type qZSI as Grid-Forming Unit in ac Microgrid, presented at 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Pires and Daniel Foito and Miguel Cabral Ferreira Chaves and Armando Cordeiro, A Fault Tolerant Multilevel Converter Topology for an 8/6 SRM Drive Based on a Cross-Switched Configuration, presented at IEEE 8th International Conference on Energy Smart Systems (ESS), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Joaquim Monteiro and Victor Pires and J. Fernando Silva and Sónia Pinto, A Model Predictive Controller for a Buck-Boost Rectifier of an Electric Vehicle Integrated Battery Charger with a Dual-Inverter Drive, presented at IEEE 8th International Conference on Energy Smart Systems (ESS), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Armando Cordeiro and Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and J. Fernando Silva, A Three-Phase On-Board Integrated Battery Charger for EVs using a Driver Based on Triple Inverters, presented at 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and Carlos Roncero-Clemente and J. Fernando Silva, Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Battery Storage Systems with Support for Mitigation of Voltage Imbalance in Bipolar DC Microgrids, presented at 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and Carlos Roncero-Clemente and J. F. Martins and A. J. Pires, Interlink Converter for Hybrid AC to Bipolar DC Microgrid or to Two DC Microgrids, presented at 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Joaquim Monteiro and Victor Pires and J. Fernando Silva and Sónia Pinto, Mutilevel Bipolar Back-to-Back HVDC Transmission System Based on the Dual Inverter Converter Structure with Model Predictive Control, presented at 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- T. Karbivska and Y. Kozhushko and M. Prieditis and Victor Pires and O. Bondarenko, Stability Analysis of Stacked Interleaved DC-DC Step-Down Converter for Resistance Welding Application, presented at IEEE 63th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON), Oct. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and J. Fernando Silva, A DC-DC Converter with Capability to Support the Voltage Balance of DC Bipolar Microgrids, presented at 11th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Sep. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Tito G. Amaral and Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and Miguel Chaves and José-Inácio Rocha and Armando Pires and Joao Martins, A Fault Diagnosis Scheme Based on the Normalized Indexes of the Images Eccentricity for a Multilevel Converter of a Switched Reluctance Motor Drive, presented at 11th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Sep. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Daniel Foito and Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and Tito G. Amaral and Miguel Chaves and Armando Pires and Joao Martins, A SRM for a PV Powered Water Pumping System Based on a Multilevel Converter and DC/DC Dual Output Converter, presented at 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Jul. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Armando Cordeiro and Daniel Foito and Miguel Chaves and Tito G. Amaral and Victor Pires and Joao Martins and Paulo Gambôa and Filipe Barata and Pedro Fonte and Hélio Lopes, Combining Power Electronic Converters and Automation to Simulate Solar PV systems, presented at 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), Jul. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and A. J. Pires and Armando Cordeiro and J. F. Martins, An 8/6 SRM Drive with a Multilevel Converter Based on an NPC Structure and Designed to Provide Transistor Fault Tolerant Capability, presented at 16th IEEE International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG), Jun. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- João F. Martins and Ines Neves and Adriana Mar and Pedro Pereira and Victor Pires and Rui Amaral Lopes, Fault Resilience in Energy Community Microgrids, presented at International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE 2022), Mar. 2022 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

2021

- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and J. Fernando Silva, A Vector Voltage Modulator for a Dual Inverter with a Floating Bridge to Operate in Normal and Fault Tolerant Mode, presented at 10th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Sep. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and J. Fernando Silva and Daniel Foito, Control of PV Distributed Systems Based on Three-Phase Triple Inverters to Support Grids with Unbalanced Loads, presented at IEEE EUROCON-2021, Jul. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Armando Cordeiro and J. Fernando Silva and Daniel Foito, Electric Vehicle Integrated Battery Charger for an AC drive with Open Windings, presented at IEEE PowerEng 2021, Jul. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- J. Fernando Silva and Victor Pires and Nuno F. Guerreiro, Interleaved Wide-bandgap Semiconductor-based Power Converters for Fuel Cell Powered Electric Vehicles, presented at IEEE PowerEng 2021, Jul. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Victor Pires and Daniel Foito and Armando Cordeiro and A. J. Pires, A Bidirectional DC-DC Converter to Interlink Unipolar and Bipolar DC Microgrids, presented at 9th International Conference On Smart Grid (icSmartGrid), Jun. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- José Luís Pexirra Tomé and Victor Pires and João Murta Pina, Development of an off-grid micro-inverter for a scalable photovoltaic kit, presented at IEEE International Symposium on Electronics (ISIE 2021), Jun. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Gonçalo Santos and João Martins and Victor Pires and Anabela Pronto, Energy Routers in Transactive Energy Communities, presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Mar. 2021 [DOI Article link] [bibTex]