A DC series arc fault detection method using line current and supply voltage

Q Lu, Z Ye, M Su, Y Li, Y Sun, H Huang - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, DC fault arc detection has been an electrical engineering research hotspot.
At present, most proposed detection methods do not analyze the effects of fault arc electrical …

Techno-economic analysis of DC power distribution in commercial buildings

V Vossos, D Gerber, Y Bennani, R Brown, C Marnay - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Improvements in building end-use efficiency have significantly reduced the energy intensity
of new buildings, but diminishing returns make it a challenge to build very-low energy …

A high voltage gain isolated PV micro-converter with a single-voltage maximum power point tracking control loop for DC micro-grid systems

K Kanathipan, J Lam - IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high voltage gain, isolated high frequency Photo-voltaic (PV) microconverter with natural
continuous conduction mode (CCM) input current and a wide range of zero voltage …

Comparative analysis between AC and DC distribution systems in a photovoltaic system: A case study of a school in Ireland

M Alshammari, M Duffy - PCIM Europe 2019; International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent developments in micro-grids have led to increased interest in DC distribution
systems due to its high efficiency in distributing energy from renewable energy sources to …

An electrolytic capacitor-less PV micro-inverter based on CLL resonant conversion with a power control scheme using resonant circuit voltage control loops

K Kanathipan, J Lam - CPSS Transactions on Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A power control scheme with maximum power point tracking based on solely voltage
feedback control loops is proposed in this paper for a dc/ac isolated high frequency PV …

Feasibility analysis of a DC distribution system for a 6 kW photovoltaic installation in Ireland

M Alshammari, M Duffy - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in micro-grids have led to increased interest in DC distribution due to
its high efficiency in distributing energy from renewable energy sources to DC loads. This …

Five-level inverter with a combined DC voltage balancing and fault-voltage mitigation technique for grid-connected PV energy systems

K Kanathipan, MAM Cheema… - 2021 IEEE PES Innovative …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a combined voltage balancing and fault voltage mitigation technique
for a five-level inverter-based grid connected PV energy system. AC grid faults can result in …

Techno-economic performance of different DC power distribution networks in official buildings based on a real-time analysis method

S Li, T Zhang, X Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems into official buildings has
garnered considerable attention, which are recognized as DC power sources. Notably, DC …

A modular step-up PV converter with coupled output power balancers utilizing a new fully soft-switched active voltage quadrupler (A VQ)

K Kanathipan, J Lam - 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new modular single-stage DC-DC step-up converter with coupled
output power balancers that use a novel soft-switched active voltage quadrupler (AVQ) for …

Low voltage DC to medium voltage AC step-up PV grid-connected inverter module with robust DC-link voltage balancing, MPPT and grid-side control

K Kanathipan, MAM Cheema… - 2022 IEEE PES Innovative …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a combined voltage balancing, fault voltage mitigation and grid-side
control technique for a two-stage low voltage DC (LVDC) to medium voltage AC (MVAC) …