Publications

Articles

International Journal Articles: 11

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]
- Pedro Costa and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, A novel analytical formulation of SiC-MOSFET losses to size high-efficiency three-phase inverters, article in Energies, Jan. 2023, MDPI [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

2022

- J. Fernando Silva and see author list in Remarks, The AWAKE Run 2 programme and beyond, article in Symmetry vol. 14 (8) pp. 1680, Aug. 2022, MDPI [Article] [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]
- Shahram Javadi and Alexandre Bento and Pedro Costa and Guilherme Paraíso and Zhang Lijun and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, Grid Current Unbalance Compensation Using a Fuzzy Controlled Smart Transformer, article in Electric Power Systems Research, Apr. 2022, Elsevier [DOI Article link] [bibTex]
- Zhang Lijun and Alexandre Bento and Guilherme Paraíso and Pedro Costa and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva and Fei Wang, Multiple Modularity Topology for Smart Transformers Based on Matrix Converters, article in IET Electric Power Applications, Apr. 2022, IET [bibTex]
- Pedro Costa and Guilherme Paraíso and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, A Four-Leg Matrix converter based hybrid distribution transformer for smart and resilient grids, article in Electric Power Systems Research, Feb. 2022, Elsevier [bibTex]

2021

- João Barros and Luis Rocha and J. Fernando Silva, Backstepping Predictive Control of Hybrid Microgrids Interconnected by Neutral Point Clamped Converters, article in Electronics vol. 10 (5) pp. 1210, May. 2021, MDPI [DOI Article link] [bibTex]

International Conferences: 15

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]
- 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]
- Pedro Costa and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, Multi-objective optimization of high order input filters for grid connected converters using Genetic Algorithms, presented at IECON 2022–48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 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]
- Guilherme Paraíso and Shahram Javadi and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, Non-linear Controllers for Power Quality Improvement using Solid State Transformers in smart grids, presented at IEEE IECON 2022 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 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]
- Sérgio André and J. Fernando Silva and Sónia Pinto and Pedro Miguel Florindo Miguens Matutino, A Novel Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Method Using Feedback Conductance Integral Compensation, presented at DOCEIS, Jun. 2022 [bibTex]

2021

- Pedro Costa and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, Breadth-First Search Leakage Tolerant Commutation Method for Matrix Converters in Three-Phase Solid State Transformers, presented at 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
- Zhang Lijun and Alexandre Bento and Guilherme Paraíso and Pedro Costa and Sónia Pinto and J. Fernando Silva, Modular-Matrix-Converter-Based Smart Transformer for Hybrid Microgrid, presented at 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
- 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]

Technologies

National Patents: 1

2022