2012 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2012) Hangzhou, China 28-31 May 2012 Pages 1-679 IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN: 1/3 CFP12ISI-PRT 978-1-4673-0159-6 TABLE OF CONTENTS KEYNOTE SPEECHES Power Electronics and Reliability in Renewable Energy Systems .............................................................................................................. 19 F. Blaabjerg, K. Ma, D. Zhoiu POWER ELECTRONICS A Control Strategy for Hybrid Series Active Power Filter Based on Resonant Compensators .............................................................. 34 Robson Bauwelz Gonzatti, Sílvia Costa Ferreira, Carlos Henrique Da Silva, Luiz Eduardo Borges Da Silva, Germano LambertTorres, Luiz Gonzaga Fernandez Silva A Fast Multi-level Space Vector PWM Method Based on Sequence Cyclic Shift..................................................................................... 40 Le Sun, Fang Zhuo, Liansong Xiong A General S-DVR Symmetrical Model and Implementation ...................................................................................................................... 46 Mauro Reis, Jefferson Menas, Thiago Brasil, Mauricio Aredes A High Efficiency Step-up DC-DC Converter for Thermoelectric Generator with Wide Input Voltage Range .................................. 52 Longxian Ni, Kai Sun, Hongfei Wu, Zhe Chen, Yan Xing A hybrid Push-Pull Converter with Series-Parallel Structure in the Primary Windings........................................................................ 58 Hui Chen, Xinke Wu, Fang Z. Peng A Novel Active Damping Method for LCL-Filter-Based Shunt Active Power Filter ............................................................................... 64 Chuan Xie, Yue Wang, Xiaojian Zhong, Guozhu Chen A Novel DC Loop Current Control Strategy for Parallel UPS Inverter System Based on Decoupled Control Scheme ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 He Guofeng, Dehong Xu A Novel Feedback Scheme for Reducing Standby Power of Flyback Converter...................................................................................... 76 Chia-Jung Chang, Chih-Hung Huang, Chern-Lin Chen A Novel Gate Driver with Output Voltage Having Triple Input Voltage .................................................................................................. 82 K. I. Hwu, Y. T. Yau A Novel Grid Voltage Feed Forward Control Strategy For Three-phase Grid-connected VSI with LCCL Filter .............................. 86 Tao Liu, Xiang Hao, Xu Yang, Ming Zhao, Liansong Xiong A Novel Step-Up Converter............................................................................................................................................................................. 92 K. I. Hwu, W. C. Tu, Jenn-Jong Shieh A Novel Zero-Current-Detector for DCM Operation in Synchronous Converter.................................................................................... 99 Yuan Gao, Shenglei Wang, Haiqi Li, Leicheng Chen, Shiquan Fan, Li Geng A Simple Modulation Scheme for a Three-Phase Direct Matrix Converter............................................................................................ 105 Marcelo A. Perez, Christian A. Rojas, Jose Rodriguez, Haitham Abu-Rub A Simplified Charge Balance Control for Better Unloading Response.................................................................................................... 111 Liang Jia, Yan-Fei Liu A Suitable 4.5kV HVIGBT for 3-level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converter ............................................................................................. 117 Xiankui Ma, Jianning Yang, Xing Zhang A System Design of Wireless Energy Transfer Based on Resonant Coupling......................................................................................... 121 Wenchen Fu, Jinzhao Zhang, Bo Zhang A Three-Level Indirect Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Multi-Modular Matrix Converters .................................................... 125 Jiacheng Wang, Bin Wu, Dewei Xu, Navid R Zargari A Zero Voltage Switching Switched Capacitor Voltage Doubler ............................................................................................................. 131 Miaosen Shen A Zero-Current Detection Circuit With Optimal ZVS/VS for Boundary Mode Boost PFC Converter .............................................. 137 Wei-Chun Cheng, Chern-Lin Chen Accurate Derivation of Switching Dynamics for Load Compensation in Non-Stiff Source Distribution System ............................... 143 Shweta Gautam, Rajesh Gupta Active Capacitors: Concept and Implementation....................................................................................................................................... 149 Qing-Chang Zhong Affine Parameterization and Anti-Windup Approaches for Controlling DC-DC Converters.............................................................. 154 Weidong Xiao, Huiqing Wen, Hatem H. Zeineldin An Active-clamping Current-fed Push-pull Converter for Vehicle Inverter Application and Resonance Analysis........................... 160 Hao Ma, Longyu Chen, Zhihong Bai An Improved Design Method of LLC Resonant Converter ...................................................................................................................... 166 Xue Zhang, Wei You, Wei Yao, Shen Chen, Zhengyu Lu An MPC-PI Approach for Buck DC-DC Converters and Its Implementation ....................................................................................... 171 Kang-Zhi Liu, Y. Yokozawa Analysis and Design of a Current Transformer Fed Power Supply from High AC Voltage Cable...................................................... 177 Yuwei Shang, Huayang Li, Jinhua Wang, Jiande Wu, Xiangning He Analysis and Design of a Low Power Electronics Circuit for Energy Harvesting Applications ........................................................... 183 Shahrzad Faghihi, M. Moallem Analysis of Bridgeless Pseudo-Boost PFC Converter................................................................................................................................. 189 Zhangyong Chen, Jianping Xu, Guohua Zhou Analysis of Isolated Three-level Half-bridge Bidirectional DC/DC Converter based on Series Resonant .......................................... 194 Penghui Jing, Cong Wang Analysis of Sensorless Peak Current Mode Controlled Quadratic Boost Converter ............................................................................. 200 Ping Yang, Jianping Xu, Guohua Zhou, Fei Zhang Analysis, Design and Implementation of ZVS Converter with Series Connected Transformers.......................................................... 205 Bor-Ren Lin, Chia-Hung Chao, Po-Li Chen Application of Thermoelectricity to IGBT for Temperature Regulation and Energy Harvesting ....................................................... 211 Yi Tian, Dejan Vasic, Stephane Lefebvre Auto-tuning Controller Design of Class E Inverter with Resonant Components Varying .................................................................... 217 Yen-Fang Li Auto-Tuning Fuzzy PD Control Scheme for Output Voltage Control of Three-phase Z-source Inverter .......................................... 222 Yanjun Wu, Young-Gook Jung, Young-Cheol Lim Characterization and Modeling of Silicon Carbide Power Devices and Paralleling Operation............................................................ 228 Yutian Cui, Madhu S. Chinthavali, Fan Xu, Leon M. Tolbert Common Mode Voltage Elimination PWMs for a Dual Two-level VSI with Single Inverter Switching ............................................. 234 J. Kalaiselvi, K. Rama Chandra Sekhar, S. Srinivas Comparison between DB Control and Dual-Loop PR Control for Collapsed H-Bridge Single-Phase 400Hz Power Supply .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 240 Junjie Zhu, Ziling Nie, Weiming Ma, Shixiong Nie Comparison of Naturally Sampled PWM Techniques in Ultrahigh Speed Drives ................................................................................. 246 Peter Stumpf, Rafael K. Jardan, Istvan Nagy Comparison of Soft-switching Voltage-fed and Current-fed Bi-directional Isolated DC/DC Converters for Fuel Cell Vehicles and Inverters............................................................................................................................................................................ 252 Akshay K. Rathore, Prasanna Ur Control of a Six-Switch Inverter Based Single-phase Grid-Connected PV Generation System With Inverse Park Transform PLL............................................................................................................................................................................................... 258 Zheng Wang, Shouting Fan, Yang Zheng, Ming Cheng Control of the Active and Reactive Power Using dq0 Transformation in a Three-Phase Grid-Connected PV System..................... 264 Mateus F. Schonardie, Roberto F. Coelho, Rômulo Schweitzer, Denizar C. Martins Control of Three-Phase PWM Boost Rectifiers in Stationary Frame Using Proportional-Resonant Controllers.............................. 270 Hao Tang, Rongxiang Zhao, Shengqing Tang, Zheng Zeng DC-Bus Voltage Control Strategy of DSTATCOM using Modulation-Ratio-Regulation for Start-Up Process................................. 275 Lei Chen, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Kun Yang, Yuanzhe Zhang, Guozhu Chen Design & Implementation of an A-Type Residual Current Circuit Breaker IC ..................................................................................... 280 Yan Han, Chen Ding, Xinli Shou Design and Analysis of Semiconductor Refrigeration System Powered by PV Cells ............................................................................. 286 Jin Du, Fan Yang, Jiande Wu Design and Test of A High Power IGBT Non-Destructive Tester............................................................................................................. 292 Ashraf Ahmed, A. Castellazzi, L. Coulbeck, M. C. Johnson Design of a Parallel Active Common Mode Current Compensation Circuit........................................................................................... 298 Yanli Gao, Yonggao Zhang, Lizhong Long Design of Dual Active Low-Frequency Ripple Control for Clean-Energy Power Conditioner............................................................. 303 Rong-Jong Wai, You-Wei Lin, Chun-Yu Lin Design of Electronic Ballast for Short-Arc Xenon Lamps ......................................................................................................................... 309 Yong N. Chang, Tzu H. Yang, Shun Y. Chan, Hung L. Cheng Development and Validation of a Modularized Average Model for Three-Phase VSIs......................................................................... 315 Runxin Wang, Tianhao Tang, Jinjun Liu Electrical Load Emulator for Unbalanced Loads and with Power Regeneration................................................................................... 320 Yerramreddy Srinivasa Rao, Mukul C Chandorkar Equivalence of SVM and Carrier-based PWM in Three Phase/Wire/Level VIENNA Rectifier and UnbalancedLoad Ability..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 328 Bin Li, Lijun Hang, Wenxi Yao, Zhengyu Lu Experimental Implementation of a Passive Current-Injection High Power Factor Three-Phase Rectifier......................................... 334 Hadi Kanaan, Karen Aramouni, Juliano Naoufal, Kamal Al-Haddad Harmonic Compensation Characteristics of Active Power Filters to Nonlinear Loads Based on Impedance Analysis............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 340 Ke Dai, Cong Liu, Kewei Duan, Yong Kang Impacts of PWM Inverter in Digitization Process and Design of Its Correction Part ........................................................................... 348 Shaofeng Yin, Zhengyu Lu, Wei Yao Influence of Commutation Delay and Tube Voltage Drop on Waveform Distortion and its Compensation in Matrix Converter......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 354 Wei Cai, Xiaofeng Zhang, Mingzhong Qiao, Bi He Interleaved ZVS DC/DC Converter with High Input Voltage .................................................................................................................. 360 Bor-Ren Lin, Chia-Hung Chao Investigation on Control Strategies for LCL-Filtered Voltage-Source Converter ................................................................................. 366 Zhihong Bai, Hao Ma Linear Quadratic Optimal Control of a Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter With an LCL Filter ................................................ 372 Hao Tang, Rongxiang Zhao, Shengqing Tang, Zheng Zeng LMI Control of Boost-PWM Converters: An Implementation Approach .............................................................................................. 377 Ramon Leyva, Vicens Inglés, Carlos Olalla Modeling and Design for a Thermoelectric Charger.................................................................................................................................. 383 Yingying Xu, Yisheng Yuan, Jiaojiao Fu Modeling of Active Front-End Rectifiers Using Dynamic Phasors........................................................................................................... 387 Tao Yang, Serhiy Bozhko, Greg Asher Multiple Harmonics Control of Single-Phase PWM Rectifiers................................................................................................................. 393 Keliang Zhou, Yunhu Yang N-Period Resonant Behaviour of a Soft-Switching Push-Pull Converter ................................................................................................ 397 Yisheng Yuan, Jieyu Shu, Qunfang Wu New 13-Space Vector Diagram for the Three-Phase Six-Switches Voltage Source Inverter................................................................. 402 Mohamed Saied, Mohamed Z. Mostafa, Talaat M. Abdel-Moneim, Hassan Abd Al-Halim Yossef New Asymmetrical Cascade Multicell Converter Based on Optimized Symmetrical Modules ............................................................ 408 Arash Khoshkbar Sadigh, V. Dargahi, S. Masoud Barakati Novel Dynamical Modeling for Series-Parallel Resonant Converter ....................................................................................................... 414 Zhiyu Cao, Franklin H. Nzeugang, Junbing Tao, Norbert Fröhleke, Joachim Böcker Novel Packaging Technology for Power Modules....................................................................................................................................... 420 Norbert Pluschke, Peter Beckedahl Output Voltage Constant Control of Three-Phase Z-Source Inverter ..................................................................................................... 425 Se-Jin Kim, Young-Gook Jung, Young-Cheol Lim, Yan-Jun Wu Parallel Converter Scheme for Large Power High Compensation Precision Shunt Active Power Filters........................................... 431 Chao He, Chuan Xie, Hui Yan Parameters Evaluation for SiC-JFET Modeling Considering Non-uniformity by Fabrication............................................................ 437 Chaofen Cai, Yilong Qu, Qing Guo, Tao Wang, Kuang Sheng PCC Voltage Stabilization by D-STATCOM with Direct Grid Voltage Control Strategy .................................................................... 442 Kun Yang, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Yue Wang, Lei Chen, Guozhu Chen Performance Comparison of Phase-Shift (PS) and PWM plus Phase-Shift (PPS) Control Schemes for Bidirectional DC-DC Converters ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 447 Hongbin Yu, Xin Xiang, Haimeng Wu, Guiying Liu, Wuhua Li, Xiangning He Phase Compensation Multiple Resonant Control of Single-phase PWM Inverter ................................................................................. 453 Keliang Zhou, Yunhu Yang Phase-Shifting Transformers of Round Shape Used for Multi-Module Inverters.................................................................................. 458 Wang Tiejun, Fang Fang, Jiang Xiaoyi, Rao Xiang Power Quality Improvement and Mitigation Case Study Using Distributed Power Flow Controller ................................................. 464 Ahmad Jamshidi, S. Masoud Barakati, Mohammad Moradi Ghahderijani PR Controller for Grid-connected Inverter Control Using Direct Pole Placement Strategy ................................................................ 469 Long Huang, Bin Li, Zhengyu Lü, Lijun Hang, Leon Tolbert Precise Modeling Based on Dynamic Phasors for Droop-Controlled Parallel-Connected Inverters.................................................... 475 Lei Wang, Xiaoqiang Guo, Herong Gu, Weiyang Wu, Josep Guerrero Regenerative Vibration Damping of a Suspension System Testbed ......................................................................................................... 481 Reza Sabzehgar, Mehrdad Moallam Research on Optimizing Control of High-Power Dual-Inverter Drive System ....................................................................................... 486 Qi Cen, Wei Xie, Yingjuan Lu Robust H∞ Output Feedback Control Design Applied to Uninterruptible Power Supplies.................................................................. 490 Bilal Sari, Boualaga Rabhi, Mohamed Fouad Benkhoris, Jean Claude Le Claire Single-Input Dual-Output Dc-Dc Buck Converter ..................................................................................................................................... 496 Euzeli Dos Santos Jr. Single-Phase Quasi Z-Source AC-AC Converter with a Series Connection of the Output Terminals................................................. 503 Jun Hyun Oum, Young Gook Jung, Young Cheol Lim, Yan-Jun Wu Small Signal Analysis and Control Design of Current-fed Full-bridge Isolated Dc/Dc Converter with Active-clamp ...................... 509 Prasanna Ur, Akshay K. Rathore Small Signal Modeling and Analysis of Interleaved Active-clamp Forward Converter with parallel input and series-parallel output...................................................................................................................................................................................... 515 Hui Chen, Xinke Wu, Fang Zheng Peng Space Vector Pulse-Width Modulation Based Maximum Boost Control of Z-Source Inverters .......................................................... 521 Kun Yu, Fang Lin Luo, Miao Zhu Study and Implementation of a Single-Phase Isolated AC-DC Converter .............................................................................................. 527 Lung-Sheng Yang, Chia-Ching Lin, Ming-Rong Lee Study and Implementation of a Single-Stage Three-Phase AC-DC Converter ....................................................................................... 533 Lung-Sheng Yang, Chia-Ching Lin, En-Chih Chang Study on a Common-mode Voltage Suppression Method with High Performance for the Three-level Diodeclamped Inverter ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 539 Yonggao Zhang, Yanli Gao, Lizhong Long Study on Proportional Resonant Control Strategy of Single-phase SVG ................................................................................................ 545 Kun Yang, Lei Chen, Yuhong Jia, Guozhu Chen Supervised Bidirectional DC/DC Converter for Intelligent Hybrid Electric Vehicles Energy Management...................................... 550 Alberto Cavallo, Beniamino Guida Suppressing Switching Frequency Circulating Current in Parallel Inverters with Carrier Phase-Shifted SPWM Technique ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 555 Xianwen Bao, Fang Zhuo, Baoquan Liu, Yuan Tian The Impact of Variations in Component Values on Power-frequency Control of Bi-directional Inductive Power Transfer Systems ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 560 Udaya Madawala, Micheal Neath, Duleepa Thrimawithana Timing Scheme of Floating-point Based Digital Controller for DC-DC Converters.............................................................................. 566 Chao Wang, Dong-Lai Zhang, Tie-Cai Li Unified Supervised Soft Start-up and Digital PI Control for Boost Full-bridge Converters................................................................. 572 Luigi Rubino, Pompeo Marino Using Repetitive Control for THD Reduction over Wide Load Range for Boost Digital PFC Converters ......................................... 576 Wei-Hsiang Wang, Ying-Yu Tzou Voltage Controllable Power Factor Corrector based Inductive Coupling Power Transfer System..................................................... 582 Liang-Rui Chen, Chia-Hsuan Wu, Hai-Wen Chang, Chung-Ming Young, Neng-Yi Chu Voltage Synchronization Scheme Based on Zero Crossing Detection for Parallel Connected Inverters in AC Microgrids ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 588 Mohd Azrik, Khaled H. Ahmed, Stephen J. Finney, Barry W. Williams ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES AC-Drives with Parallel Motor Cables Using State-of-the-Art Silicon Devices ...................................................................................... 598 Henrik Rosendal Andersen, Xiao Liang, Wang Shuo, Cai Kun Adaptive Soft Starting Method with Current Limit Strategy for Sensorless BLDC Motors ................................................................ 605 Kai-Sheng Kan, Ying-Yu Tzou Analytical Modeling of Eddy Current Loss in Retaining Sleeve of Surface-Mounted PM Machines Accounting for Influence of Slot Opening .............................................................................................................................................................................. 611 L. Wu, Z. Zhu, D. Staton, M. Popescu, D. Hawkins Comparative Analysis of Double Stator Switched Reluctance Machine and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 617 Wei Wang, Chenjie Lin, Babak Fahimi D-Q-P Vector Control Method with Shaft Response Factor on 3-D.O.F. 4 Poles Spherical PM Motor .............................................. 623 Hyunjong Park, Sungchul Go, Hojoon Lee, Ju Lee Design of Brushless Permanent-Magnet DC Motors for Racing Motorcycles ........................................................................................ 629 David G. Dorrell Development of A Natural Cooled Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Wind Turbine........................................................ 635 Jian Li, Da-Woon Choi, Yun-Hyun Cho Digital Control Issue of High Speed Switched Reluctance Motor ............................................................................................................ 641 Qingqing Ma, Daqiang Bi, Baoming Ge Down-The-Hole Hammer Drilling System Driven by a Tubular Reciprocating Translational Motion Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor.......................................................................................................................................................................... 647 Shujun Zhang, Lars Norum, Robert Nilssen, Robert Lorenz EMI Performance Comparison of Two-Level and Three-Level Inverters in Small Dc-Link Capacitors Based Motor Drives ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 652 Ramkrishan Maheshwari, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Sergio Busquets-Monge Experimental Determination of Torque-Current-Position Characteristics of a Switched Reluctance Motor with High Number of Poles .................................................................................................................................................................................... 658 F. J. Perez-Cebolla, A. Martinez-Iturbe, B. Martin-Del-Brio, E. Laloya, S. Mendez, C. E. Montano Improvement of Driver Efficiency for the Single Phase Motor................................................................................................................. 664 Chuan-Sheng Liu, Jonq-Chin Hwang, Po-Cheng Chen Integral Backstepping Control for a PMSM Drive Using Adaptive FNN Uncertainty Observer......................................................... 668 Chih-Hong Lin, Ming-Kuan Lin, Ren-Cheng Wu, Shi-Yan Huang Investigation of PWMs on Vibration and Noise in SRM with Sinusoidal Bipolar Excitation............................................................... 674 Xu Liu, Ziqiang Zhu, Masahiko Hasegawa, Adam Pride, Rajesh Deodhar Investigations on Dependence of Duration of Active Vectors on Modulation Index for Inverters ....................................................... 680 David Solomon George, M. R. Baiju Low Speed Servo System with Second-Order Sliding Mode Algorithm .................................................................................................. 686 Ke-Hui Ji, Jian-Xin Shen, Meng-Jia Jin LVRT Performance Limit of DFIG with Traditional AC Crowbar and DC-link Brake Approach .................................................... 692 Haihui Lu, Zhenhuan Yuan, Lixiang We, Russel J Kerkman, Richard A Lukaszewski, Ahmed S Ahmed Measurement of a Variable Frequency Drive Loss and Efficiency Using both Calorimeter and Powermeter ................................... 700 Xiaofeng Gong, Haihui Lu, Ondrej Flek, Lixiang Wei, Garron Morris, Richard A Lukaszewski, Shaofeng Zhang Minimum Copper Loss Control for Sensorless V/f Controlled IPMSM Drives...................................................................................... 708 Shinn-Ming Sue, Tsai-Wang Hung Nonlinear Simulation on Parallel Drive System of Double Switched Reluctance Machines ................................................................. 713 Hao Chen, C. Gan, R. Gao Optimal Design of Double Stator Switched Reluctance Machine (DSSRM) ........................................................................................... 719 Chenjie Lin, Wei Wang, Babak Fahimi Position Extraction from a Discrete Sliding-Mode Observer for Sensorless Control of IPMSMs........................................................ 725 Yue Zhao, Wei Qiao, Long Wu Rotor Field Oriented Control of Linear Induction Machine Based on Fuzzy Self-adapting PI Controller ........................................ 731 Yunhong Zhang, Wei Xu, Cengbi Zeng, Xianyong Xiao RT-LAB Simulator Platform for Simulation of Switched Reluctance Machine ..................................................................................... 737 Hao Chen, Chun Gan, Binqiang Xia, Pavol Rafajdus Space Vector Based Random Pulse Width Modulation Scheme for a 3-level Inverter in Open-end Winding Induction Motor Configuration .................................................................................................................................................................... 742 David Solomon George, M. R. Baiju Speed and Flux Estimation of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Sensorless Vector Control Based on Robust Extended Kalman Filter ................................................................................................................................................................... 748 Yin Zhonggang, Zhang Ruifeng, Zhong Yanru, Cao Yu Study on Fractional Slot Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Wind Turbines ..................................................................... 752 Jian Li, Da-Woon Choi, Yun-Hyun Cho Theory for the User and Application Examples of the Passivity-based Control for AC Electric Machines........................................ 758 Romeo Ortega, Gerardo Espinosa-Perez, Alessandro Astolfi Thermal Modeling of a BLDC Motor for a Kick Scooter.......................................................................................................................... 764 Dong-Min Miao, Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic, Paolo Germano, Jian-Xin Shen CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS A Car Racing Based Strategy for the Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling Technique................................................................. 774 David Cohen, Eduardo Valentin, Raimundo Barreto, Horacio Oliveira, Lucas Cordeiro A Comparison of PD and Model-based Control of Needle for Medical Procedures............................................................................... 780 Arash Maghsoudi, Mehran Jahed A Direct Utility Adaptive Critic (DUAC) Algorithm for Power Plant Load Management ................................................................... 786 Udhay Ravishankar, Milos Manic A Meta-heuristic Algorithm for Enhancing the Synchronizability of Complex Networks .................................................................... 792 Ka Wai Yeung, Cuili Yang, Wallace Kit-Sang Tang, Ying Liu Adaptive Compensation of Contact-Induced Vibration in High Density HDD Servo Systems Using Peak Filter Method ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 797 Jian-Xin Xu, Deqing Huang, Venkatakrishnan Venkataramanan, Huynh The Cat Tuong Application of NARX based FFNN, SVR and ANN Fitting Models for Long Term Industrial Load Forecasting and their Comparison............................................................................................................................................................................................ 803 Shahid Mahmood Awan, Zubair Khan, Muhammad Aslam, Waqar Mahmood, Affan Ahsan Automatic Rule Turning Fuzzy Controller Design for a Truck and Trailer System ............................................................................. 808 Tianran Ren, Ngai Ming Kwok, Chin Yeow Wong, Stephen Ching-Feng Lin Block-Based Hardware Scheduler Design On Many-Core Architecture................................................................................................. 814 Lihan Ju, Ping Pan, Baixing Quan, Tianzhou Chen, Minghui Wu Discrete Sliding Mode Control of Fractional Linear Systems................................................................................................................... 820 Shyam Kamal, Arun Raman, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay Distributed QoS Routing Algorithm in Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networks..................................................................................... 826 Mohammad Sadegh Kordafshari, Azadeh Pourkabirian, Mohammad Reza Meybodi, Ali Movaghar Dynamics and Control of the Flexible Needles for Percutaneous Application: Partial Feedback Linearization Method ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 831 Arash Maghsoudi, Mehran Jahed Estimation of Weld Penetration Using Parameterized Three-dimensional Weld Pool Surface in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 835 Xuewu Wang, Yukang Liu, Weijie Zhang, Yuming Zhang External Semantic Annotation of Web-Databases...................................................................................................................................... 841 Benjamin Dönz, Dietmar Bruckner Fuzzy Control with Fuzzy Basis Function Neural Network in Magnetic Bearing System..................................................................... 846 Huann-Keng Chiang, Chao-Ting Chu, Yong-Tang Jhou Growing-Type Weights and Structure Determination of 2-Input Legendre Orthogonal Polynomial Neuronet ................................ 852 Yunong Zhang, Jinhao Chen, Dongsheng Guo, Yonghua Yin, Wenchao Lao Hybrid coupling: Magnetic Equivalent Circuit Coupled to Finite Element Analysis for PMSM Electromagnetic Modeling .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 858 Boumedyen Nedjar, Lionel Vido, Sami Hlioui, Yacine Amara, Mohamed Gabsi Modeling and Estimation of State of Charge for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using ANFIS Architecture .................................................. 863 Ming-Fa Tsai, Yi-Yuan Peng, Chung-Shi Tseng, Nan-Sin Li Modelling and Design of a Linear Predictive Controller for a Solar Powered HVAC System ............................................................. 869 Tarik Ferhatbegovic, Peter Palensky, Giuliano Fontanella, Daniele Basciotti Neuro-fuzzy Modeling of Human Welder’s Response to 3D Weld Pool Surface in GTAW.................................................................. 875 Yukang Liu, Weijie Zhang, Yuming Zhang On the Spectral Operator of Parallel Iteration Algorithms for Nonlinear Index-3 DAEs..................................................................... 881 Wei Sun, Xiao-Guang Fan Robust Control with Sliding Mode for a Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle .................................................................................... 886 Mohamed Faycal Khlefi, Abderrahmane Kacimi Robust License Plate Detection in Nighttime Scenes using Multiple Intensity IR-Illuminator............................................................. 893 Yi-Ting Chen, Jen-Hui Chuang, Wen-Chih Teng, Horng-Horng Lin, Hua-Tsung Chen Sampled-Data Iterative Learning Control for A Piezoelectric Motor...................................................................................................... 899 Jian-Xin Xu, Khalid Abidi, Xue-Lei Niu, De-Qing Huang Statistical Results To Show The Superiority of Type Two Fuzzy Logic Systems Over Type One Counterparts Under Noisy Conditions................................................................................................................................................................................. 905 Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, Okyay Kaynak, Mohammad Teshnehlab MECHATRONICS AND ROBOTICS An Information Integration System of Signal Intersection with Multi-mode Traffic Data Collection and Analysis ......................... 914 Yiwu Yao, Yuhua Cheng LQG Optimal Compensation of Contact-Induced Vibration in High Density HDD Servo Systems .................................................... 920 Jian-Xin Xu, Deqing Huang, Venkatakrishnan Venkataramanan, Huynh The Cat Tuong Map Alignment Based on PLICP Algorithm for Multi-robot SLAM ...................................................................................................... 926 Weijun Xu, Rongxin Jiang, Yaowu Chen Object Handling Control between a Balancing Robot and a Human Operator ..................................................................................... 931 Seungjun Lee, Younggul Bae, Seul Jung Roll Control of a Novel Single Line Play Robot by Controlling Air Pressure of Ducted Fans.............................................................. 937 Yongki Shim, Minsu Ha, Seul Jung POWER SYSTEMS, PHEV, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY A Method of Synchronized Data Acquisition for Power System Transient Signal................................................................................. 946 Chao Wang, Dong-Lai Zhang, Tie-Cai Li A New Grid-Connected PV System Based on Cascaded H-bridge Quasi-Z Source Inverter................................................................ 951 Dongsen Sun, Baoming Ge, Fang Zheng Peng, Abu Rub Haitham, Daqiang Bi, Yushan Liu A Novel Method to Optimize the Active Crowbar Resistance for Low Voltage Ride Through Operation of Doublyfed Induction Generator Based on Wind Energy ....................................................................................................................................... 957 Maoze Wang, Wei Xu, Hongjie Jia, Xinghuo Yu A Simple Experimental Prediction Model of Photovoltaic Power for DC Microgrid ............................................................................ 963 Issam Houssamo, Baochao Wang, Manuela Sechilariu, Fabrice Locment, Guy Friedrich A Simple PV Constrained Production Control Strategy ........................................................................................................................... 969 Baochao Wang, Issam Houssamo, Manuela Sechilariu, Fabrice Locment Application of Multi-Port Power Electronic Interface: Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Platform.................................................. 975 Matthew McDonough, Pourya Shamsi, Babak Fahimi Construction and Control of a 30kW FC Power System ........................................................................................................................... 981 Haijin Li, Xiao Li, Wenping Zhang, Ren Xie, Dehong Xu Coordinated Reactive Power Control for Static Synchronous Compensators under Unbalanced Voltage Sags................................ 987 Miguel Castilla, Jaume Miret, Antonio Camacho, José Matas, Eduardo Alarcón-Gallo, Luis García De Vicuña Coordination of DFIG and STATCOM in a Power System ...................................................................................................................... 993 Miad Mohaghegh Montazeri, David Xu Dynamic Modeling for Thermoelectric Equipments .................................................................................................................................. 999 Shi Yuan, Jiaojiao Fu, Dong Cao Fast Grid Synchronization Technique Based on a Multiple Cascaded General Integrator Scheme for Distributed Generation Inverters .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1003 José Matas, Miguel Castilla, Luís García De Vicuña, Jaume Miret, Eduardo Alarcon-Gallo, Antonio Camacho High Gain DC/DC Converter for the Grid Integration of Large-Scale PV Systems. ........................................................................... 1011 Hyuntae Choi, Mihai Ciobotaru, Vassilios Agelidis Improvement of Operating Performance for The Wind Farm with a Novel CSC Type Wind Turbine-SMES Hybrid System .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1017 Zheng Wang, Bo Yuwen, Ming Cheng Maximal Wind Energy Capturing Control Strategy Without Wind Speed Detecting Equipment..................................................... 1023 Jing Feng, Qingling Wang, Yifan Zhu Maximum Electrical Energy Production of a Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System...................................................... 1029 Athanasios Mesemanolis, Christos Mademlis, Iordanis Kioskeridis Modeling of a 3-Phase Multi-Port Power Electronic Interface ............................................................................................................... 1035 Pourya Shamsi, Babak Fahimi MPPT based on Newton-Like Extremum Seeking Control..................................................................................................................... 1040 Héctor Zazo, Ramon Leyva, Esteban Del Castillo New GMPPT Algorithm for PV Arrays under Partial Shading Conditions ......................................................................................... 1046 Yue Fan, Chengcheng Fang, Zhigang Liang Possibility of MV Multilevel Inverter Use as Active Filter ...................................................................................................................... 1052 Pavel Kobrle, Jiri Pavelka Rectifier Systems for Variable Speed Wind Generation - A Review ...................................................................................................... 1058 Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Gamini Jayasinghe Reduction in Rating of Voltage Source Converter of DSTATCOM using a Zig-zag Transformer.................................................... 1066 P Jayaprakash, Bhim Singh, D. P. Kothari Short Circuit Current Analysis of DFIG-type WG with Crowbar Protection under Grid Faults ..................................................... 1072 Zhong Zheng, Geng Yang, Hua Geng Study on the Over-voltage and Over-current of Grid-connected Inverters in Non-fault Conditions ................................................ 1080 Zheng Zeng, Huan Yang, Rongxiang Zhao, Zhiyong Zeng The Efficiency Analysis for Three-level Grid-connected Photovoltaic Inverters.................................................................................. 1086 Hao Zhou, Bing Hu, Kewang Qu, Yan Liu, Chaonan Tong SENSORS, ACTUATORS, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING A Low Power IC for Efficient De-interlacing Based on Refined Motion Adaptive Method................................................................ 1094 Yiwu Yao, Hongming Chen, Yuhua Cheng A Novel Method for LPI Radar Signal Sorting in Multipath Channel .................................................................................................. 1100 Li Jiang, Lin Li, Guo-Qing Zhao A Survey on Ellipse Detection Methods ..................................................................................................................................................... 1105 Chin Yeow Wong, Stephen Ching-Feng Lin, Tian Ran Ren, Ngai Ming Kwok An Image Registration Method Based on Similarity of Edge Information............................................................................................ 1111 Xi Cai, Guang Han, Shunli Xiao Automatic View Planning for 3D Reconstruction and Occlusion Handling Based on the Integration of Active and Passive Vision................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1116 Wei Fang, Bingwei He Autonomous Wideband Mechanical Energy Harvester........................................................................................................................... 1122 Bouhadjar Ahmed Seddik, Ghislain Despesse, Emmanuel Defay Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors from Electromagnetic Fields around Overhead Power Lines ........................................... 1128 J. A. Van Schalkwyk, G. P. Hancke Incoherent Scatter Radar: High-speed Signal Acquisition and Processing........................................................................................... 1136 Lin Li, Hong-Bing Ji, Li Jiang Integration of Thermal Stress Measurement Systems in Fireproof Professional Garments ............................................................... 1141 Jorge Yáñez, José Fariña, Adriano Marques, Juan J. Rodriguez-Andina Intra-cluster Power Management in Hierarchical Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks ............................................... 1147 Hoang Duc Ching, Ching Kuan Thye, Rajesh Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Panda Non-invasive Sensing of the Electrical Energy Harvested by Medical Implants Powered by an Ultrasonic Transcutaneous Energy Transfer Link...................................................................................................................................................... 1153 Shaul Ozeri, Boaz Spivak, Doron Shmilovitz Production of Facial Expressions Using Facial Feature Positioning and Deformation........................................................................ 1158 Jia-Shing Sheu, Ying-Ming Wu, Yung-Chuan Chuang, Ying-Tung Hsiao, Ching-Guo Chen Raindrops Size And Shape From Videosonde And Image Processing ................................................................................................... 1164 Michel Desvignes, Gilles Molinie INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS AND FACTORY AUTOMATION A Flexible Error Correction Scheme for IEEE 802.15.4-based Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks .............................................. 1172 Kan Yu, Filip Barac, Mikael Gidlund, Johan Åkerberg, Mats Björkman A Study of Total Preventive Maintenance Implementation for the Median/Small Enterprise in Taiwan......................................... 1178 Chi-Chih Shen Benchmarking Cluster- / Cloud-Computing Deciding to Outsource or not Data Processing in Industrial Applications................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1184 Michael Wilken, Armando Walter Colombo Building Automation for Increased Energy Efficiency in Buildings ...................................................................................................... 1191 Gerhard Zucker, Tarik Ferhatbegovic, Dietmar Bruckner High Availability Automation Networks: PRP and HSR Ring Implementations................................................................................. 1197 José Ángel Araujo, Jesús Lázaro, Armando Astarloa, Aitzol Zuloaga, Alain García Modelling and Validating the Multi-agent System Behaviour for a Washing Machine Production Line ......................................... 1203 Paulo Leitão, Nelson Rodrigues Performance of Combined Error Correction and Error Detection for Very Short Block Length Codes.......................................... 1209 Matthias Breuninger, Joachim Speidel FAULT DETECTION, DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES An HMM-based Semi-Nonparametric Approach for Fault Diagnostics in Rotary Electric Motors .................................................. 1218 Omid Geramifard, Jian-Xin Xu, Wee-Yuan Chen Harmonic Study in Electromagnetic Voltage Transformers................................................................................................................... 1224 Hamid Radmanesh, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Hamid Fathi Induction Machine Bearing Failures Detection Using Stator Current Frequency Spectral Subtraction .......................................... 1228 El Houssin El Bouchikhi, Vincent Choqueuse, Mohamed Benbouzid, Jean Frederic Charpentier Modeling and Simulation of Planetary Gearbox Effects on a Wound Rotor Induction Machine ...................................................... 1234 Zahra Daneshi Far, Gérard-André Capolino, Humberto Henao Prediction of Multiple Failures for a Mobile Robot Steering System..................................................................................................... 1240 Ming Yu, Danwei Wang, Qijun Chen Rotor Asymmetries Detection in Induction Motors Driven by a Sensorless Field Oriented Control................................................. 1246 Saúl Dufoo Ochoa, Mario Pacas ROBOTIC CONTROL AND MOTION PLANNING A Genetic Algorithm for the Dubins Traveling Salesman Problem ....................................................................................................... 1256 Xin Yu, John Y. Hung Autonomous Mobile Robot Localization Based on Multisensor Fusion Approach .............................................................................. 1262 Ren C. Luo, Wei-Lung Hsu Collision-free Motion Planning for an Anguilliform Robotic Fish ......................................................................................................... 1268 Jian-Xin Xu, Xue-Lei Niu, Qin-Yuan Ren, Qing-Guo Wang Mimicry of Fish Swimming Patterns in a Robotic Fish ........................................................................................................................... 1274 Jian-Xin Xu, Qinyuan Ren, Wenchao Gao, Xue-Lei Niu Mobile Robots and Wheelchairs Control Navigation Design Using Virtual Simulator Tools............................................................. 1280 Leonimer Melo, Aziz Demian Junior, Giancarlo Lopes, Joao Rosario Model Reference Output Feedback Using Episodic Natural Actor Critic............................................................................................. 1286 Zhou Fang, Chuanchuan Hao, Ping Li Optimization of Dual-arm Configurations for Multiple Object Handling ............................................................................................ 1291 Howon Lee, Junbae Sohn, Jangmyung Lee PID Contour Tracking Control in Position Domain ................................................................................................................................ 1297 Puren Ouyang, Vangjel Pano, Truong Dam Position Domain Contour Tracking with Cross-Coupled Control ......................................................................................................... 1303 Truong Dam, Puren Ouyang Quantitative Feedback Control of a Quadrotor ....................................................................................................................................... 1309 Yu Xu, Changfei Tong BATTERY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT Adaptive Voltage Estimation for EV Li-ion Cell Based on Artificial Neural Networks State-of-Charge Meter .............................. 1318 Akram Eddahech, Olivier Briat, Jean Michel Vinassa Control Method of the Transient Compensation Process of a Hybrid Energy Storage System Based on Battery and Ultra-Capacitor in Micro-grid .................................................................................................................................................................... 1325 Baoquan Liu, Fang Zhuo, Xianwen Bao Design of a Module Switch for Battery Pack Reconfiguration in High-power Applications............................................................... 1330 Federico Baronti, Gabriele Fantechi, Roberto Roncella, Roberto Saletti Modeling and Online Parameter Identification of Li-Polymer Battery Cells for SOC estimation ..................................................... 1336 Habib Rahimi-Eichi, Federico Baronti, Mo-Yuen Chow Novel Cost-Efficient Contactless Distributed Monitoring Concept for Smart Battery Cells .............................................................. 1342 Vincent Lorentz, Martin Wenger, Joshua Grosch, Martin Giegerich, Michael Jank, Martin Maerz, Lothar Frey INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF FPGAS AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS A PID Controller Module Tightly-Coupled on a Processor Datapath ................................................................................................... 1352 Tiago Gomes, Filipe Salgado, Paulo Garcia, Jose Mendes, Joao Monteiro, Adriano Tavares Asynchronous Wrappers Configuration within GALS Systems Specified by Petri Nets..................................................................... 1357 Filipe Moutinho, Luis Gomes, Aniko Costa, Jose Pimenta Effective Floating-point Calculation Engines Intended for the FPGA-based HIL Simulation ........................................................... 1363 Tarek Ould-Bachir, Christian Dufour, Jean Bélanger, Jean Mahseredjian, Jean-Pierre David Enumeration of Reachable and Other States of Simple Version of Systems of Simple Sequential Processes with Resources (S3PR).......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1369 Danel Yuh Chao, Hung Yi Chen, Fang Yu Exploring Metrics Tradeoffs in a Multithreading Extensible Processor ............................................................................................... 1375 Filipe Salgado, Paulo Garcia, Tiago Gomes, Jorge Cabral, Joao Monteiro, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Adriano Tavares FPGA-based Radio-on-demand Broadcast Receiver with Musical Genre Identification .................................................................... 1381 Brunel Happi, Olivier Romain, Bruce Denby, Laurent Benaroya, Sylvain Viateur Frequency Locked Loop for Grid-Connected VSI Synchronization and Power Analysis................................................................... 1386 Alben Cardenas, Cristina Guzman, Kodjo Agbossou Generalized Hysteresis Current Controller for Three-level Inverter Topologies................................................................................. 1393 Shweta Gautam, Rajesh Gupta Model-checking Framework for Embedded Systems Controllers Development using IOPT Petri Nets ........................................... 1399 Fernando Pereira, Filipe Moutinho, Luis Gomes Simulink/ModelSim Co-Simulation of Sensorless PMSM Speed Controller using Recuded-Order Extended Kalman Filter................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1405 Ying-Shieh Kung, Trung Hieu Nguyen ELECTRIC GENERATOR DESIGN, POWER ELECTRONICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR MARINE TIDAL AND WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS A 1:1 Prototype of Power Generation System Based Upon Cross-flow Water Turbines..................................................................... 1414 Matthieu Hauck, Axel Rumeau, Antoneta Bratcu, Iulian Munteanu, Seddik Bacha, Daniel Roye, Ahmad Hably A Comparative Study on a Pumping Wave Energy Conversion System ............................................................................................... 1419 Mariam Ahmed, Sergio-Camilo Murillo-Cruz, Ahmad Hably, Seddik Bacha Energy Storage Technologies for Smoothing Power Fluctuations in Marine Current Turbines........................................................ 1425 Zhibin Zhou, Mohamed Benbouzid, Jean-Frédéric Charpentier, Franck Scuiller, Tianhao Tang Marine Tidal Current Systems: State of the Art ...................................................................................................................................... 1431 Hao Chen, Nadia Aït-Ahmed, Mohamed El-Hadi Zaim, Mohamed Machmoum Modeling And Control Of A Small Marine Current Power Generation System .................................................................................. 1438 Lianbin Xie, Tianhao Tang Outline Design of a Direct-Drive Low-Speed Brushless Permanent-Magnet Generator for an Ocean-Going BristolCylinder Type Device ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1444 David G. Dorrell, Sze Song Ngu, Calum Cossar Rough Design of a Double-Stator Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for a Rim-Driven Marine Current Turbine .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1450 Sofiane Djebarri, Jean Frédéric Charpentier, Franck Scuiller, Mohamed Benbouzid, Sylvain Guemard State of the Art of Fuel Cells for Ship Applications ................................................................................................................................. 1456 Jingang Han, Jean-Frédéric Charpentier, Tianhao Tang Wave Energy Converter Dimensioning Constrained by Location, Power Take-Off and Control Strategy ...................................... 1462 Marcos Lafoz, Marcos Blanco, Gustavo Navarro ELECTRIC VEHICULAR SYSTEMS Comparative Evaluation of DC-Link Capacitors for Electric Vehicle Application ............................................................................. 1472 Huiqing Wen, W. Xiao, Xuhui Wen Design and Optimization of Laminated busbar to Reduce Transient Voltage Spike ........................................................................... 1478 Huiqing Wen, W. Xiao Developing PHEV/PEV Charging Strategy for a V2G Enabled Municipal Parking Deck.................................................................. 1484 Wencong Su, Mo-Yuen Chow Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Minimizing Operating Cost of a PEM Fuel Cell Vehicle ...................................................... 1490 Liangfei Xu, Ouyang Minggao, Jianqiu Li, Fuyuan Yang Kriging Assisted On-line Torque Calculation for Brushless DC Motors Used in Electric Vehicles ................................................... 1496 Xiang Liu, Mian Li, Chengbin Ma, Min Xu License Plate Detection Using Haar-like Features and Histogram of Oriented Gradients.................................................................. 1502 Kuan Zheng, Yuanxing Zhao, Jing Gu, Qingmao Hu Vision-based Vehicle Body Slip Angle Estimation with Multi-rate Kalman Filter considering Time Delay..................................... 1506 Yafei Wang, Binh Minh Nguyen, Palakon Kotchapansompote, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori BIOINSPIRATION, ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS A Surveillance Task for a UAV in a Natural Disaster Scenario.............................................................................................................. 1516 Jacy Montenenegro, Ronan Paixão, Luiz Rodrigues, Erick Menezes, Paulo Rosa Adaptive Fuzzy Control of MIMO Dynamical Systems Using Differential Flatness Theory .............................................................. 1523 Gerasimos Rigatos CAM System without Using Robot Language for an Industrial Robot RV1A...................................................................................... 1529 Fusaomi Nagata, Sho Yoshitake, Akimasa Otsuka, Keigo Watanabe, Maki K. Habib Gene Library for Real-time Monitoring of Large Scale Time-Sensitive Systems................................................................................. 1535 Unnati Ojha, Navid Rahbari Asr, Mo-Yuen Chow Online Discriminative Tracker with Selective Feature Update............................................................................................................... 1541 Venice Erin B. Liong, Jeong-Jun Kim, Ju-Jang Lee Trajectory Tracking of Four-wheel Steered Mobile Robots by an Image-based Fuzzy Controller ................................................... 1546 Tatsuya Kato, Keigo Watanabe, Shoichi Maeyama RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION AND MICROGRIDS A Hybrid Islanding Detection for Distributed Generation Systems Using Pulse Current Injection .................................................. 1554 Chung-Chuan Hou, Yu-Chun Chen A PI-P+Resonant Controller Design for Single Phase Inverter Operating in Isolated Microgrids .................................................... 1560 Rubén Ortega, Cesar Trujillo, Gabriel Garcerá, Emilio Figueres, Oscar Carranza A Three-Level Flying-Capacitor Rectifier Based Supercapacitor Direct Integration Scheme for Distributed Generation Systems ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1566 D. M. Vilathgamuwa, S. D. G. Jayasinghe Decoupled Sliding Mode Control for Three-Phase LCL VSI Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency .......................................... 1572 Eduardo Alarcón-Gallo, Luís García De Vicuna, Miguel Castilla, Jaume Miret, José Matas, Antonio Camacho Dynamic Modeling and Improved Control of DFIG under Unbalanced and Distorted Grid Voltage Conditions........................... 1579 Hailiang Xu, Jiabing Hu, Heng Nian, Yikang He Harmonic Filter Reduction of Off-shore Wind Farms Connected with a Diode Based HVDC Link................................................. 1585 Ramon Blasco-Gimenez, Salvador Añó-Villalba, Nestor Aparicio, Soledad Bernal-Perez Hybrid HVDC Connection of Large Offshore Wind Farms to the AC Grid ........................................................................................ 1591 Raymundo E. Torres, Marta Molinas, Tore Undeland Integration of Vanadium Redox Battery with PV Systems: Modeling and Operational Characteristics .......................................... 1598 Guishi Wang, Mihai Ciobotaru, Vassilios G. Agelidis Lithium Ion Batteries Ageing Analysis when used in a PV Power Plants.............................................................................................. 1604 Hector Beltran, Maciej Swierczynski, Nestor Aparicio, Enrique Belenguer, Remus Teodorescu, Pedro Rodríguez Mitigation of Voltage and Current Harmonics in Grid-Connected Microgrids ................................................................................... 1610 Mehdi Savaghebi, Josep M. Guerrero, Alireza Jalilian, Juan C. Vasquez Performance of Frequency Relays with Multiple Synchronous Based DG Units ................................................................................. 1616 Hatem Zeineldin, Weidong Xiao, Ali Alaboudy Real-time Grid Impedance Estimation Technique for Grid-Connected Power Converters................................................................ 1621 Herong Gu, Xiaoqiang Guo, Deyu Wang, Weiyang Wu Secondary Control for Reactive Power Sharing in Droop-Controlled Islanded MicroGrids ............................................................. 1627 Alexander Micallef, Maurice Apap, Cyril Spiteri-Staines, Josep Guerrero Signature Voltage Identification Technique for Implementation of a Reliable Autonomous-micro-grid System ............................ 1634 Souvik Dasgupta, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Sanjib Kumar Sahoo, Sanjib Kumar Panda SoC-Based Droop Method for Distributed Energy Storage in DC Microgrid Applications................................................................ 1640 Xiaonan Lu, Kai Sun, Josep Guerrero, Juan Vasques, Lipei Huang, Remus Teodorescu HAPTICS FOR HUMAN SUPPORT A Filter Design Method in Disturbance Observer for Improvement of Robustness against Disturbance in Time Delay System ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1650 Eiichi Saito, Seiichiro Katsura A Novel Control Index of Bilateral Control for Master-Slave System with Different Motion Areas ................................................. 1656 Wataru Yamanouchi, Shunsuke Yajima, Seiichiro Katsura A Telerobotic Manipulation System for an Immerse Ultrasonic Examination Using Haptic Constraints ........................................ 1662 Riccardo Antonello, Omar Andres Daud, Enrico Grisan, Roberto Oboe Acceleration Control of AC Servo Motor Considering Cogging Torque at Low Velocities for Haptics............................................ 1668 Toshio Hiraide, Kenji Takahashi, Manuel Nandayapa, Kiyoshi Ohishi Quick and Reliable Contact Detection for Sensorless Force Control of Industrial Robots for Human Support.............................. 1674 Naoki Shimada, Kiyoshi Ohishi, Takashi Yoshioka, Toshimasa Miyazaki TactoGlove Presenting Tactile Sensations for Intuitive Gestural Interaction....................................................................................... 1680 Shinji Okumoto, Feng Zhao, Hideyuki Sawada AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OF HYBRID AND ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS A Real Time Classifier for Emotion and Stress Recognition in a Vehicle Driver ................................................................................. 1690 Maurizio Paschero, Guido Del Vescovo, Leonardo Benucci, Antonello Rizzi, Marco Santello, Gianluca Fabbri, Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli A Simulation Tool for the Management of Energy Flows in Hybrid-Electric Vehicles ....................................................................... 1696 Gianluca Fabbri, Maurizio Paschero, Guido Del Vescovo, Hector Chiacchierini, Antonello Rizzi, Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli An Open Software System for Signal Routing and Processing in Hybrid Vehicles.............................................................................. 1702 Guido Del Vescovo, Maurizio Paschero, Antonello Rizzi, Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli An Optimal Energy-based Approach for Driving Guidance of Full Electric Vehicles......................................................................... 1708 Mathieu Grossard, Sofiene Kachroudi, Neil Abroug Design of an Energy Management Strategy for PEM Fuel Cell Vehicles .............................................................................................. 1714 Khalid Ettihir, Loïc Boulon, Kodjo Agbossou, Sousso Kelouwani, M'Hamed Hammoudi Desing And Costruction Of A Parallel Hybrid Prototype ....................................................................................................................... 1720 Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli, Leone Martellucci, Vito Di Giacomo, Simone Sgreccia Simulation and Design of a Photovoltaic Roof for Automotive Applications........................................................................................ 1726 Gianluca Fabbri, Andrea Carta, Chiara Boccaletti, Antonio Cardoso, Fabio Mascioli PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS A Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topology with Third Harmonic Injection for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Central Inverters ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1736 Sumit K Chattopadhyay, Chandan Chakraborty, Bikash C. Pal A Novel MPPT Control Design for PV Modules Using Neural Network Compensator ...................................................................... 1742 Ming-Fa Tsai, Chung-Shi Tseng, Guo-Dong Hung, Shih-Hua Lin A Simplified and Accurate Photovoltaic Module Parameters Extraction Approach using Matlab ................................................... 1748 Ayedh Alqahtani An Improved MPPT Method for Quasi-Z-Source Inverter Based Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power System ............................ 1754 Yushan Liu, Haitham Abu-Rub, Baoming Ge, Fangzheng Peng, Aníbal T. De Almeida, Fernando J. T. E. Ferreira An Improved On-time Control Method to Reduce the Line-Current Distortion for BCM/DCM Mixed MicroInverter at Light Load Condition ............................................................................................................................................................... 1759 Zhe Zhang, Chi Zhang, Min Chen, Zhaoming Qian An Improved Variable Step-size Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Based on Extremum Seeking Control (ESC) in Gird-connected Photovoltaic Micro-converter System ............................................................................................................ 1765 Chi Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Min Chen, Zhaoming Qian Designing of High Performance Photonic Crystal Filter with Two Channels....................................................................................... 1771 Wang Wei, Yang Bo, Song Hongru, Fan Yue Development of an Instantaneous Real Power Tracking Control Scheme for a Single-Phase Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter with Minimum DC-Link Capacitance ........................................................................................................................................ 1774 Ching-Ming Lai, Yi-Hung Liao, Liang-Rui Chen Integrated Three-Phase Transformerless PV Inverter ............................................................................................................................ 1780 Euzeli Dos Santos Jr., Alexandre Farias, Marcelo Cavalcanti, Fabricio Bradaschia Interleaving Technique of Series Connected Module-Integrated Converters for PV Systems: Novel Approach and System Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1785 Boyang Hu, Swamidoss Sathiakumar Latest Power Devices for Photovoltaic Inverters ...................................................................................................................................... 1791 Tatsuhiko Fujihira, Akihiro Otsuki, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Tetsuo Ide, Masashi Kawano, Naoya Eguchi Maximum Power Point Tracking using Boost Converter Input Resistance Control ........................................................................... 1795 Yaser M. Roshan, M Moallem Modified Hill-top Algorithm Based Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar PV Module............................................................. 1801 Rajasekar S, Rajesh Gupta, Anurag Upadhyay, Puneet Agarwal, Sudhir Kumar, Y. Shashi Kumar Novel High Step-Up Gain Converters without Forward and Reverse Recovery Current Issue of Rectifying Diodes ..................... 1807 Baojian Ji, Jianhua Wang, Jianfeng Zhao Optimizing Photovoltaic Model Parameters for Simulation ................................................................................................................... 1813 Jing Jun Soon, Kay-Soon Low Perturbation Parameters Design for Hill Climbing MPPT Techniques ................................................................................................ 1819 Ashraf Ahmed, Li Ran, Jim Bumby NETWORK BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS A Distributed Control Strategy for Simultaneous Resource Allocation and Routing in TDMA node-based Wireless Data Networks............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1828 Salman Baromand, M. Ali Nekouie CGA Based Performance-Security Trade-off Optimization in a Networked DC Motor System........................................................ 1834 Wente Zeng, Mo-Yuen Chow Concept for Hybrid Optimization for Schedule Design in Nonlinear Networked Control.................................................................. 1840 Tingli Su, Stefano Longo, Jing Na, Guido Herrmann, Ningjun Fan Improvements of Determinism in WI-FI Real-Time Protocol for Agricultural Machines Clusters................................................... 1846 Massimiliano Ruggeri, Giorgio Malaguti, Massimo Martelli Robustness-verification in Networked Control Systems via Sum-of-square Approach....................................................................... 1852 Tingli Su, Stefano Longo, Jing Na, Guido Herrmann, Ningjun Fan Secure Distributed Control in Unreliable D-NCS..................................................................................................................................... 1858 Wente Zeng, Mo-Yuen Chow, Peng Ning WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS. ADVANCES IN CONFIGURATIONS AND CONTROL An Improved Control Strategy for DFIG System and Dynamic Voltage Restorer under Grid Voltage Dip .................................... 1868 Cheng Peng, Nian Heng Control of Three-Phase Grid Converters based on Composite Observer for Unbalanced and Distorted Grid Voltage ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1874 Thanh Hai Nguyen, Dong-Choon Lee Loss and Thermal Redistributed Modulation Methods for Three-level Neutral-Point-Clamped Wind Power Inverter Undergoing Low Voltage Ride Through .................................................................................................................................... 1880 Ke Ma, Frede Blaabjerg Modelling and Fuzzy Logic Control of DFIG Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems .................................................................... 1888 Karim Belmokhtar, Mamadou Lamine Doumbia, Kodjo Agbossou Multilink DC Transmission for Offshore Wind Power Integration ....................................................................................................... 1894 Bogdan-Ionut Craciun, Rodrigo Da Silva, Remus Teodorescu, Pedro Rodriguez Study of the Control Structure of a Small Wind Turbine with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator .................................. 1900 Oscar Carranza, Emilio Figueres, Gabriel Garcerá, Ruben Ortega, Cesar Trujillo SWITCHED RELUCTANCE DRIVE IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS A Novel Two-Phase 4/5 Switched Reluctance Motor with Short Flux Path .......................................................................................... 1910 Kwang-Il Joeng, Zhenyao Xu, Jin-Woo Ahn Active Mitigation of Vibration in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives................................................................................................... 1915 Morgan Kiani Design and Analysis of a Novel 12/14 Hybrid Pole Type Bearingless Switched Reluctance Motor.................................................... 1922 Zhenyao Xu, Fengge Zhang, Jin-Woo Ahn Design and Control of a Novel Bearingless SRM with Double Stator.................................................................................................... 1928 Wei Peng, Fengge Zhang, Jin-Woo Ahn High Speed Direct Current Compensation Control for 8/10 Bearingless SRM .................................................................................... 1934 Zhongyu Guan, Fengge Zhang, Jin-Woo Ahn MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS A 3.3kV IGBT Module and Application in Modular Multilevel Converter for HVDC Power Transmission................................... 1944 Xiguo Gong A Cascaded Hybrid Inverter with Improved DC-Link Voltage Control for Grid Connected Systems ............................................. 1950 Tom Wanjekeche, Adisa Jimoh, Dan Nicolae A Development of 6kV Three-Level NPC Inverters with Novel DC-Link Circuit and Optimal Dead-Time Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1957 Jian Liu, Chi-Yung Chung, Shi-Hong Qing, Xiao-Ling Wen, Zi-Cheng Li, Wei-Bing Hu A Hybrid Approach for Solving Nonlinear Equations of SHEPWM in Multilevel Inverters ............................................................. 1962 Anooshirvan Ebrahimi, Naeem Farokhnia, Seyed Hamid Fathi An AC/DC Power System with an Auxiliary Three-Level Converter under Voltage Sags ................................................................. 1968 Chung-Chuan Hou, Shu-Wei Lin, Yung-Hsien Lien, Min-Ju Hsieh DC Voltage Balance Control in a Modular Multilevel Cascaded Converter......................................................................................... 1973 Ricardo Lizana, Marcelo A. Perez, Jose Rodriguez Decoupled Current Control of Modular Multilevel Converter for HVDC Applications ..................................................................... 1979 Marcelo A. Perez, Ricardo Lizana, Jose Rodriguez Flying Capacitor Converter as a Wind Turbine Interface - Modulation and MPPT Issue ................................................................. 1985 Kamil Antoniewicz, Marek Jasinski, Sebastian Stynski Low-Switching-Frequency Active Damping Methods of Medium-Voltage Multilevel Inverters........................................................ 1991 Domenico Ricchiuto, Marco Liserre, Dario De Santis Power Quality Controller Based on Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter......................................................................................... 1997 Xiaofeng Yang, Trillion Q. Zheng, Zhiqin Lin, Tao Xiong, Xiaojie You Seamless Self-healing Control Strategy for Cascaded Multilevel STATCOM...................................................................................... 2003 Liansong Xiong, Luyao Ma, Fang Zhuo, Le Sun Topologically Reduced Multilevel Converters using Complementary Unidirectional Phase-Legs .................................................... 2007 Carlos Teixeira, Brendan McGrath, Grahame Holmes STUDENT FORUM A Simple Approach for Fast Controller Prototyping for a Three Phase Interleaved DC-DC Converter.......................................... 2015 Catalin Gavriluta, Costantino Citro, Khairul Nisak, Hector Beltran San Segundo Analysis of Over-voltage of DC-Link Capacitor of Solid State Power Supply in Parallel Operation ................................................ 2020 Shi-Xiong Nie, Zi-Ling Nie, Yan-Hao Wu, Jun-Jie Zhu Control of a Three-Level Converter for Power Quality Improvement in Wind Power Plants ........................................................... 2026 Antoni Mir Cantarellas, Nicolae-Cristian Sintamarean, Hector Beltran Current Control Design for Three-Phase Grid-Connected Inverters Using a Pole Placement Technique Based on Numerical Models......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2032 C. Citro, C. Gavriluta, Md. H. K. Nizak, Beltran Hector Model Predictive Current Control of a Quasi Six-phase Voltage Source Inverter............................................................................... 2036 Sk Moin Ahmed Resonance Analysis of a Wind Power Plant with Modal Approach ....................................................................................................... 2042 Kalle Rauma, Khairul Nisak, Catalin Gavriluta, Constantino Citro Author Index