• openAccess   Control de un compensador activo selectivo mediante un algoritmo de optimización sujeto a restricciones cuadráticas 

      Pérez, Emilio; Beltran, Hector; Ariño Latorre, Carlos Vicente; Alfonso, j. Carlos Elsevier (2015)
      El objetivo fundamental de este artículo es proponer un algoritmo de optimización basado en desigualdades matriciales lineales (LMIs) para la compensación selectiva del desequilibrio, el desfase y la distorsión armónica ...
    • closedAccess   Discussion on Useless Active and Reactive Powers Contained in the IEEE Standard 1459 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Muñoz Galeano, N.; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Seguí Chilet, Salvador IEEE (2011)
      This paper deals with the useless active powers and the reactive powers included in the unbalance power (SU1), and in the nonfundamental effective apparent power (SeN) defined in IEEE Standard 1459. Only the fundamental ...
    • closedAccess   Enhanced Grid Fundamental Positive-Sequence Digital Synchronization Structure 

      Alfonso, j. Carlos; Vague Cardona, José Joaquín; Orts-Grau, Salvador; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Seguí Chilet, Salvador Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013-01)
      The second-order generalized integrator (SOGI) filter and delayed signal cancellation (DSC) structures have been used separately in order to improve the synchronization systems response in adverse grid conditions. Taking ...
    • closedAccess   Improved Shunt Active Power Compensator for IEEE Standard 1459 Compliance 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Abellán García, A.; Seguí Chilet, Salvador; Alfonso, j. Carlos IEEE (2010)
      This paper presents the simulated and experimental results of an improved shunt active power compensator (SAPC). The proposed power compensator achieves IEEE Standard 1459 compliance by using moving-window discrete Fourier ...
    • closedAccess   Instantaneous approach to IEEE Std. 1459 power terms and quality indices 

      Muñoz Galeano, N.; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Orts-Grau, Salvador; Seguí Chilet, Salvador; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José Elsevier (2015-08)
      Based on an instantaneous analysis approach to the IEEE Std. 1459, the authors demonstrated in previous works that the effective apparent power should not be calculated including the rms neutral current and the rms line ...
    • openAccess   Levelized Cost of Storage for Li-Ion Batteries Used in PV Power Plants for Ramp-Rate Control 

      Beltran, Hector; Tomás García, Iván; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Pérez, Emilio IEEE (2019-03)
      Photovoltaic (PV) power production ramp-rate control is getting more and more important in weak electric power systems, in which quick and significant power fluctuations can affect the stability of the system. This can be ...
    • closedAccess   Meaningful Resolution of the IEEE Std. 1459 unbalanced power 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Muñoz Galeano, N.; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Seguí Chilet, Salvador IEEE (2011)
      This letter present a new resolution of the IEEE Std. 1459 unbalanced power (SU1). The resolution is intended to achieve a better quantification of the power terms included in SU1 . The new definitions improve the ...
    • closedAccess   Measurement System for a Power Quality Improvement Structure Based on IEEE Std.1459 

      Alfonso, j. Carlos; Orts-Grau, Salvador; Muñoz Galeano, N.; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Seguí Chilet, Salvador Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013-12)
      This paper presents an IEEE Std. 1459 power magnitude measurement system working as a part of a power quality improvement structure. It is intended to enhance the performance of selective shunt active power compensators ...
    • closedAccess   New Resolution of the Unbalance Power According to Std. 1459 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Seguí Chilet, Salvador IEEE (2010)
      Harmonic distortion and load unbalances have been an important issue in the last few years, motivating a large number of studies in active power compensators used for the power network quality improvement. Following an ...
    • closedAccess   Non-fundamental effective apparent power defined through an instantaneous power approach 

      Muñoz Galeano, N.; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Orts-Grau, Salvador; Seguí Chilet, Salvador; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José Elsevier (2011)
      This paper proposes a new definition of non-fundamental effective apparent power based on an analysis of instantaneous power flows. This new instantaneous power approach for the calculation of the non-fundamental effective ...
    • openAccess   One-Cycle Zero-Integral-Error Current Control for Shunt Active Power Filters 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Balaguer, Pedro; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Martinez Marquez, Camilo Itzame; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Seguí Chilet, Salvador MDPI (2020-11-26)
      Current control has, for decades, been one of the more challenging research fields in the development of power converters. Simple and robust nonlinear methods like hysteresis or sigma-delta controllers have been commonly ...
    • openAccess   Optimal sampling pattern for free final time linear quadratic regulator: the scalar case 

      Balaguer, Pedro; Alfonso, j. Carlos Taylor & Francis (2020-12-28)
      The optimal sampling problem is the selection of the optimal sampling instants together with the optimal control actions such that a given cost function is minimized. In this article we solve the optimal sampling problem ...
    • closedAccess   Optimization Algorithm for Selective Compensation in a Shunt Active Power Filter 

      Alfonso, j. Carlos; Pérez, Emilio; Ariño Latorre, Carlos Vicente; Beltran, Hector Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2015-06)
      This paper proposes an optimization algorithm based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to be implemented in a shunt active power filter (SAPF) enabling it to perform a selective compensation of nonefficient powers when ...
    • openAccess   Switching Pattern Improvement for One-Cycle Zero-Integral-Error Current Controller 

      Orts-Grau, Salvador; Balaguer, Pedro; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Martinez Marquez, Camilo Itzame; Martínez Navarro, Germán; Gimeno Sales, Francisco José; Segui-Chilet, Salvador IEEE (2022-01-04)
      The one-cycle current control is a non-linear technique based on the cycle-by-cycle calculation of the ON time of the power converter switches. Its application is not common in tracking fast-changing reference currents, ...
    • openAccess   Two-Scale Model Predictive Control for Resource Optimization Problems With Switched Decisions 

      Balaguer, Pedro; Alfonso, j. Carlos; Martinez Marquez, Camilo Itzame; Martínez Navarro, Germán; Orts-Grau, Salvador; Segui-Chilet, Salvador IEEE (2022-05-30)
      Model predictive control (MPC) is widely used in resource optimization problems because it naturally deals with bounded controls and states and allows predictive information to be included. However, at each sampling ...