{"title":"Introduction of a Self-Stabilizing Decentralized Energy Management System for Undersupplied EV Charging Parks","authors":"Raffael Schwanninger;Juliane Friedrich;Kilian Drexler;Melanie Lavery;Martin Maerz","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3558505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3558505","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a decentralized self-stabilizing Energy Management System for undersupplied EV charging parks is presented. This undersupply is due to the maximum power demand from all charging stations connected to a common DC grid being larger than the maximum infeed power from AC mains. The EMS allows easy addition of additional participants such as chargers, or storage systems, into the common DC grid. To assure grid stability, this decentralization necessitates adjustments to the control structure of connected power converters. To show the self-stabilizing effect, a simulation model based on real-world charging park data evaluates the EMS under varying levels of undersupply and storage capacity. The findings are further verified by implementation of the EMS into actual power converters and their stability assessment through impedance measurement.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"660-680"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10955147","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sina Ahmadian;Farshid Yousefi Moghadam;Vahid Abbasi;Siroos Jalilyan;Saman A. Gorji
{"title":"A High–Gain and Cost–Effective Three–Port DC-DC Converter With Reduced Semiconductor Stress and Higher Power Density","authors":"Sina Ahmadian;Farshid Yousefi Moghadam;Vahid Abbasi;Siroos Jalilyan;Saman A. Gorji","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3557354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3557354","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduces a non-isolated three-port converter with a high voltage gain. The proposed converter employs a boosting technique that combines a switched capacitor and a coupling inductor, integrating both input ports into a single inductor. This not only enhances integration but also significantly increases power density. A remarkable advantage of this converter is the noticeable reduced voltage stress on switches and diodes, outperforming existing converters in adopting improved power density. Moreover, its low cost-per-watt ratio positions it as an economical solution for high-power density and low-power applications within standalone renewable energy systems. The effectiveness of this design is realised by the construction and successful validation of a 200-watt prototype, demonstrating stable output across load variations through practical experimentation.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"583-596"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10948165","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A SP-SECE None-Residual Charge PEH Interface Circuit With an Optimized Phase Delay","authors":"Saman Shoorabi Sani","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3557028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3557028","url":null,"abstract":"<italic>Self-Powered Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction</i> (<italic>SP-SECE</i>) suffers from the inherent phase inconsistency between the switching instant, which manipulates the voltage, and the moment of zero-crossing of the piezoelectric current. This degrades its energy extraction efficiency of it. This paper proposes a novel <italic>SP-SECE</i> circuit to improve the <italic>Phase Delay</i> (<italic>PD</i>) introduced by <italic>Voltage Retreatment</i> (<italic>VR</i>) and <italic>Residual Charge</i> (<italic>RC</i>) left on the <italic>Piezoelectric Energy Harvester</i> (<italic>PEH</i>) capacitor after completion of <italic>SECE</i> execution. To address the <italic>VR</i> effect, the circuit employs a new reference branch, which can improve the timing of the <italic>SECE</i> action. The <italic>RC</i> issue is mitigated using a low-power sub-circuit, which removes the remaining charge on the <italic>PEH</i> capacitor after each energy extraction. Post-layout simulations of the proposed circuit in a standard 180-nm <italic>CMOS</i> technology verify that the losses linked to <italic>PD</i> introduced by <italic>VR</i> and <italic>RC</i> phenomena are significantly reduced, increasing the net output power. Moreover, the proposed circuit achieves an extraction efficiency of 82% and a <italic>FOM<sub>MOPIR</sub></i> of 300% at a peak voltage of 3.3 V.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"712-733"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10947531","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143879492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johannes Gehring;Raffael Schwanninger;Alexander Nowak;Bernd Wunder;Vincent Lorentz;Martin März
{"title":"Method for Detection and Limitation of Short-Circuit Currents for Semiconductor Circuit Breakers in LVDC Grids Using a Pre-Saturated Inductor","authors":"Johannes Gehring;Raffael Schwanninger;Alexander Nowak;Bernd Wunder;Vincent Lorentz;Martin März","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3555797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3555797","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces an innovative non-destructive device designed to detect and limit short-circuit currents in LVDC grids. The proposed solution utilizes a transformer fully saturated by a permanent magnet during normal operation. When a short-circuit condition occurs, the transformer desaturates, reducing the rise in current and triggering the detection and protection mechanism. The structure and functionality of the device, along with the design criteria, are discussed. Additionally, optimization measures are presented, examined, and validated. Experimental results from the advanced device prototype demonstrate its effectiveness in detecting and limiting overcurrents. The device features a stable tripping threshold and can safely and reliably interrupt even low time constant capacitive short-circuits. This hardware-based detection solution is ideally suited for installation in a semiconductor circuit breaker.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"524-536"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10945435","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143821617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dropout Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks: A Novel Data-Driven Impedance Modeling Approach for Voltage-Source Converters","authors":"Moetasem Ali;Yasser Abdel-Rady I. Mohamed","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3556430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3556430","url":null,"abstract":"The extensive integration of voltage-source converters (VSCs) as interfaces for renewable energy sources in power systems increases stability concerns and demands accurate VSC impedance models to characterize grid-converter interactions at various operating points. However, analytical impedance models require detailed knowledge of the VSC parameters, which are frequently inaccessible due to manufacturer confidentiality. Further, existing neural network data-driven VSC impedance identification methods adopt conventional multi-layer perceptrons, yielding complex models and demanding abundant high-quality data. This paper presents a data-driven VSC impedance identification method using Dropout Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (DropKANs) to address these challenges effectively. The hyperparameters of the proposed DropKAN model are optimized using Optuna, outperforming the Scikit-learn, Hyperopt, and GPyOpt optimizers, and the training is optimized using the Adam optimizer and compared with Nadam and RMSprop. Comprehensive and comparative evaluation tests showed 1) the superiority of the proposed DropKAN model over the feedforward neural network, long short-term memory, and KAN models in terms of accuracy, training and prediction times, and neural network structure simplicity, even with a 50% reduction in the training data size, and 2) the versatility and robustness of the proposed DropKAN model when applied to a different VSC system.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"562-582"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10946167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical Modeling of Core Losses in Ferrite E-Cores","authors":"Théophane Dimier;Jürgen Biela","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554923","url":null,"abstract":"The development of advanced power electronic converters requires an accurate calculation of core losses in magnetic devices. But the losses in the widely used ferrite cores depend on the shape of the core, especially above 10 kHz, meaning that core losses can not be estimated by simply scaling reference data with respect to the volume of the core. To include efficiently the geometry of the core into the calculation of core losses, this article presents the Combined Field and Material Model (CFM<sup>2</sup>) for E- or U-cores. This method combines an analytical solution of the field in the core with a non-linear material model of ferrite, modelling all relevant loss phenomena such as hysteresis losses and non-linear resonant eddy currents. The CFM<sup>2</sup> enables an accurate calculation of core losses over a wide range of frequency and flux density using a reduced set of physical parameters.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"597-612"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938903","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Reza Gholami;Siamak Khalili;Hosein Farzanehfard;Ehsan Adib;Hani Vahedi
{"title":"Single-Switch Soft-Switched High Voltage Gain Converter With Low Voltage Stress and Continuous Input Current","authors":"Mohammad Reza Gholami;Siamak Khalili;Hosein Farzanehfard;Ehsan Adib;Hani Vahedi","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554381","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a soft-switched high step-up converter applicable to photovoltaic systems. In the proposed topology, to further improve the voltage gain and reduce the components voltage stress, coupled inductors and voltage multiplier cell (VMC) techniques are integrated with the conventional boost converter. Hence, it addresses challenges in traditional boost converter when operating at near unity duty cycle and enables it to utilize high-quality components that lead to decreased conduction losses in high-output voltage applications. Furthermore, the converter achieves soft switching operation by incorporating a lossless snubber cell, which consists of just two diodes and requires no additional switches and magnetic cores. These features contribute to enhancing the converter efficiency. Notably, the energy stored in the snubber circuit is effectively recovered to the output without any circulating current, making it a beneficial characteristic among the lossless snubber structures. The proposed topology also offers a common ground between the input and output terminals, as well as the switch which simplifies the converter control circuit. Additionally, it maintains continuous input current, which makes the proposed converter more suitable for photovoltaic system applications. To validate the converter benefits, a 150 W laboratory prototype converter is implemented.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"551-561"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938198","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current Sensorless Online Capacitor Parameter Estimation Method in Buck Converters Based on Large Signal Profile Considering Magnetic Saturation","authors":"Xinguo Zhang;Xue Su;Yilin Wang;Haoyu Wang;Yu Liu","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554275","url":null,"abstract":"Large signal profiles are commonly utilized for estimating capacitor parameters in power converters, which typically requires current information. Installation of current sensors in practical power converters could be inconvenient and expensive. Existing current sensorless methods calculate the current based on voltage measurements. However, the ignorance of magnetic saturation of inductors could cause large current calculation errors, which propagate to the capacitor parameter estimation results. For buck converters, this paper proposes a current sensorless capacitor parameter estimation method that fully considers the magnetic saturation of inductors. Initially, the relationship between magnetic flux linkage and inductor current is modeled as a piecewise polynomial function, to achieve accurate extraction of currents using voltage measurements during magnetic saturation. Subsequently, the equivalent series resistance and capacitance of the capacitor are rigorously derived and analytically expressed by voltage measurements only. Simulations and hardware experiments confirm the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"647-659"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938230","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nanocrystalline Core Losses in High Power IPT Systems for EV Charging Applications","authors":"Wenting Zhang;Seho Kim;Grant A. Covic","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3553159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3553159","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the effectiveness of the nanocrystalline cores in high-power inductive power transfer (IPT) systems. The core losses and equivalent series resistances (ESRs) of the ferrite and nanocrystalline cores in IPT pads are simulated in ANSYS Maxwell based on measurements of their magnetic properties using the partial cancellation method. Simulated results are verified using experiments of core loss measurements in IPT pads. Both simulated and experimental findings show that the ESR of IPT pads using fractured nanocrystalline cores decreases with higher excitation current, contrary to the typical behaviour of an IPT pad built using ferrite. This behaviour is in accordance with characterisation results of ferrite and nanocrystalline toroids and is analysed using Steinmetz coefficients. A 10 kW IPT system is set up to validate the effectiveness of the fractured nanocrystalline cores. Compared to TDK N95 ferrite cores, an IPT system using non-fractured nanocrystalline cores has a 0.6% reduction in dc-dc efficiency, while that of fractured nanocrystalline cores improves by 0.1% and operates with a lower magnetic flux density within the magnetic core.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"537-550"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Electric Field Calculation Methods for Optimization Routines to Design Medium-Frequency Transformer Insulation","authors":"Bastian Korthauer;Jürgen Biela","doi":"10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OJPEL.2025.3554299","url":null,"abstract":"Since the insulation volume of medium-frequency transformers (MFTs) typically constitutes a significant fraction of the overall transformer volume, design routines focusing on optimizing insulation are crucial. Such optimization requires fast and accurate electric field computations in several critical regions of the MFT, making the choice of effective computation methods essential. This paper compares suitable methods, including the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation (SCT), the charge simulation method (CSM), and commonly used analytical approaches, by benchmarking them against nearly 4000 finite element analysis (FEA) simulations. Each method's error is analyzed, and a sensitivity study is performed to define the parameter ranges where each method yields accurate results. The CSM is found to provide the most accurate field computation (<inline-formula><tex-math>$< $</tex-math></inline-formula>5% error) across all examined critical regions. However, to compensate for its increased computation time for geometries with rectangular conductors, combining the CSM with the SCT – which is approximately 10 times faster – is recommended to achieve optimal performance.","PeriodicalId":93182,"journal":{"name":"IEEE open journal of power electronics","volume":"6 ","pages":"630-646"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938224","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143845570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}