2011-2012 Publications
R. A. Abdallah, P. S. Shenoy, N. R. Shanbhag, and P. T. Krein, “System energy minimization via joint optimization of the DC-DC converter and the core,” Proc. IEEE Int’l. Symp. Low Power Electron. and Design, 2011, pp. 97–102.
R. S. Balog, W. W. Weaver, and P. T. Krein, “The load as an energy asset in a distributed DC smart grid architecture,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 253–260, 2012.
M. L. Bash and S. Pekarek, “Analysis and validation of population-based design of a wound-rotor synchronous machine,” IEEE Trans. Energy Conversion, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 603–614, Sept. 2012.
A. M. Bazzi, V. T. Buyukdegirmenci, and P. T. Krein, “Direct torque control stability conditions and compensation methods,” Proc. IEEE Int’l. Elect. Mach. & Drives Conf., 2011, pp. 107–112.
A. M. Bazzi, V. T. Buyukdegirmenci, and P.T. Krein, “System-level power loss sensitivity to various control variables in vector-controlled induction motor drives,” Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf., 2012, pp. 1619–1624.
A. M. Bazzi, A. Dominguez-Garcia, and P. T. Krein, “Markov reliability modeling for induction motor drives under field-oriented control, ” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 534–546, February 2012.
A. M. Bazzi and P. T. Krein, “Constrained online efficiency optimization to guarantee load support in motor drives,” Proc. IEEE Int’l Elect. Mach. & Drives Conf., 2011, pp. 1149–1152.
A. M. Bazzi, P. T. Krein, J. W. Kimball and K. Kepley, “IGBT and diode loss estimation under hysteresis switching,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1044–1048, March 2012.
A. M. Bazzi, Z. Klein, M. Sweeney, K. Kroeger, P. Shenoy and P.T. Krein, “Solid-state solar simulator,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Applications, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 1195–2012, 2011.
V. T. Buyukdegirmenci and P.T. Krein, “Control for high instantaneous torque from induction machines: Methods and limits,” Proc. IEEE Int’l. Elect. Mach. & Drives Conf., 2011, pp. 777–782.
V. T. Buyukdegirmenci and P. T. Krein, “Direct torque control stability conditions and compensation methods,” Proc. IEEE Int’l. Elect. Mach. & Drives Conf., 2011, pp. 107–112.
S. Cady, “Robust implementation of algorithms for distributed generation control of small-footprint power systems,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2012-2507, CEME-TR-2012-02, April 2012.
S. T. Cady, A. D. Domínguez-García, and C. N. Hadjicostis, “Robust implementation of distributed algorithms for control of distributed energy resources,” Proc. of North Amer. Power Symp., Boston, MA, August 2011.
Y. Chen, “Assessing renewable resource penetration on power system small-signal reachability,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2520, CEME-TR-2011-08, April 2011.
Y. C. Chen, X. Jiang, and A. D. Domínguez-García, “Impact of power generation uncertainty on power system static performance,” Proc. of North Amer. Power Symp., Boston, MA, August 2011. Best Student Paper Award.
C. M. Davis and T. J. Overbye, “Multiple element contingency screening,” IEEE Trans. on Power Syst., vol. 26, pp. 1294–1301, August 2011.
J. Delhotal, “Observer-based fault detection and isolation for motor drive inverters,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2518, CEME-TR-2011-06, November 2011.
X. Ding, “Observer based fault detection filters for three-phase inverters and statcoms,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2012-2509, CEME-TR-2012-04, April 2012.
S. V. Dhople, A. Davoudi, A. D. Domínguez-García, and P. L. Chapman, “A unified approach to reliability assessment of multiphase dc-dc converters in photovoltaic energy conversion systems,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 739–751.
S. V. Dhople and A. D. Domínguez-García, “Estimation of photovoltaic system reliability and performance metrics,” IEEE Trans. on Power Syst., vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 554–566, Feb. 2012.
A. D. Domínguez-García and C. N. Hadjicostis, “Distributed algorithms for control of demand response and distributed energy resources,” Proc. IEEE Control and Decision Conf., Orlando, FL, December 2011, pp. 27–32.
A. D. Domínguez-García and C. N. Hadjicostis, “Distributed strategies for average consensus in directed graphs,” Proc. IEEE Control and Decision Conf., Orlando, FL, December 2011, pp. 2124–2129.
M. Fasugba, “Power draw scheduling of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with unidirectional vehicle-to-grid benefits,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2508, CEME-TR-2011-04, July 2011.
M. A. Fasugba and P. T. Krein, “Gaining vehicle-to-grid benefits with unidirectional electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle chargers,” Proc. IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conf., 2011.
M. A. Fasugba and P. T. Krein, “Cost benefits and vehicle-to-grid regulation services of unidirectional charging of electric vehicles,” Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congr., 2011, pp. 827–834.
J. D. Glover, M. S. Sarma, and T. J. Overbye, Power System Analysis and Design, 5th Edition, Thompson Learning, 2011.
E. Hope, X. Jiang, and A. D. Domínguez-García, “A reachability-based method for large-signal verification of DC-DC converters,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Syst. I, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 2944–2955, Dec. 2011.
M. Govindarasu and P. W. Sauer, Editors, Special issue of the “Power and Energy Magazine” with invited papers on Cyber Security for the Smart Grid, January, 2012.
X. Jiang, “Spoofing GPS receiver clock offset of phasor measurement units,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2012-2508, CEME-TR-2012-03, April 2012.
B. Johnson, A. Davoudi, P. Chapman, and P. Sauer, “A unified dynamic characterization framework for microgrid systems,” Elect. Power Components and Syst., vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 93–111, 2011.
B. B. Johnson, P. T. Krein, and P. L. Chapman, “Photovoltaic AC module composed of a very large number of interleaved inverters,” Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf., 2011, pp. 976–981.
S. Kapat and P. T. Krein, “Formulation of PID Control for DC-DC converters based on capacitor current: A geometric context,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1424–1432, March 2012.
S. Kapat and P. T. Krein, “Improved time optimal control of a buck converter based on capacitor current,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1444–1454, March 2012.
S. Kapat, P. Shenoy, and P. T. Krein, “Near null response to large-signal transients in an augmented buck converter: A geometric approach,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 3319–3329, 2012.
K. Kim, “Voltage-offset resistive control for photovoltaics,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2519, CEME-TR-2011-07, November 2011.
K. A. Kim, S. Lertburapa, C. Xu, and P. T. Krein. “Efficiency and cost trade-offs for designing module integrated converter photovoltaic systems,” Proc. IEEE Power Energy Conf. Illinois, February 2012.
K. A. Kim, R. M. Li, and P. T. Krein. “Voltage-offset resistive control for dc-dc converters in photovoltaic applications,” Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf., pp. 2045–2052, February 2012.
K. A. Kim, P. S. Shenoy, and P. T. Krein. “Photovoltaic differential power converter trade-offs as a consequence of panel variation,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electron., June 2012.
Y. Kuai, “Comprehensive optimization and practical design of power electronic systems under multiple competing performance demands,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2012-2511, CEME-TR-2012-06, June 2012.
B. Lesieutre, K. M. Rogers, T. J. Overbye, and A. R. Borden, “A sensitivity approach to detection of local market power potential,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 26, pp. 1980–1988, November 2011.
K. Levin, “Observer based fault detection in dc-dc power converters,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2502, CEME-TR-2012-01, February 2012.
M. Magill, “A composite material approach towards induction machine design using planar layer models,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2509, CEME-TR-2011-05, July 2011.
M. P. Magill and P. T. Krein, “Electric machines as metamaterials: Induction machine design using planar layer models,” Proc. IEEE Int’l. Elect. Mach. & Drives Conf., 2011, pp. 890–895.
S. Mohapatra, C. J. Recio, and T. J. Overbye, “Using smart devices to provide distributed reactive power support,” Proc. 2011 North Amer. Power Symp., Boston, MA, August 2011.
T. J. Overbye and M. Venkatasubramanian, “Validation and accreditation of transient stability results,” PSERC Publication 11-08, September 2011.
R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski and D.J. Perreault, “Merged Two-Stage Power Converter with Soft Charging Switched-Capacitor Stage in 180 nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 47, no 7, pp. 1557-1567, 2012.
H. A. Pulgar-Painemal and P. W. Sauer, “Towards a wind farm reduced-order model,” J. of Elect. Power Syst. Research, Vol. 81, no. 8, pp. 1688–1695, August 2011.
B. A. Robbins, A. D. Domínguez-García, and C. N. Hadjicostis, “Control of distributed energy resources for reactive power support,” Proc. 2011 North Amer. Power Symp., Boston, MA, August 2011.
H.-C. Seo, S. Sivaramakrishnan, J.-M. Zuo, L. Pang, P. T. Krein, and K. K. Kim, “Interface analysis of Ti/Al/Ti/Au ohmic contacts with regrown n+-GaN layers using molecular beam epitaxy,” Surface and Interface Anal., vol. 43, no. 13, pp. 1627–1631, December 2011.
P. S. Shenoy, “Improving performance, efficiency, and reliability of Dc-Dc conversion systems by differential power processing,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2012-2510, CEME-TR-2012-05, May 2012.
P. S. Shenoy, I. Fedorov, T. Neyens, and P. T. Krein, “Power delivery for series connected voltage domains in digital circuits,” Proc. Int’l. Conf. Energy Aware Computing, 2011.
P. S. Shenoy, K. A. Kim, P. T. Krein, and P. L. Chapman, “Differential power processing for efficiency and performance leaps in utility-scale photovoltaics,” Proc. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., 2012, pp. 1357–1361.
P. S. Shenoy, K. A. Kim, and P. T. Krein, “Comparative analysis of differential power conversion architectures and controls for solar photovoltaics,” Proc. IEEE 13th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electron., Kyoto, Japan, June, 2012.
S. Smater and A. D. Domínguez-García, “A framework for reliability of and performance assessment of wind energy conversion systems,” IEEE Trans. on Power Syst., vol. 26, no.4, pp. 2235–2245, Nov. 2011.
A. Subramanian, M. Garcia, A. D. Domínguez-García, D. Callaway, K. Poolla, and P. Varaiya, “Real-time scheduling of deferrable electric loads,” Proc. IEEE Amer. Control Conf., Montreal, Canada, June 2012, pp. 3643–3650.
D. Whipple, “Microfluidic platform for studying the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide,” Technical Report UILU-ENG-2011-2507, CEME-TR-2011-03, July 2011.
Q. Zhu, J. Zhang, P. Sauer, A. D. Domínguez-García, and T. Basar, “A game-theoretic framework for distributed generation of renewable energies in smart Grids,” Proc. IEEE Amer. Control Conf., Montreal, Canada, June 2012, pp. 3623–3628.