Offshore Power Electronics

Journal publications

• J. A. W. Suul, et al., "Synchronous Reference Frame Hysteresis Current Control for Grid Converter Application," IEEE Transactions on industry applications, vol. 47, pp. 2183-2194, 2011. 
• T. Poller, et al., "Mechanical analysis of press-pack IGBTs," Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 52, pp. 2397-2402, 2012. 
• S. D’Arco and J. Suul, "Equivalence of Virtual Synchronous Machines and Frequency-droops for Converter-based MicroGrids," IEEE Transaction Letters on Smartgrids, 2013. 
• T. Poller, et al., "Influence of the clamping pressure on the electrical, thermal and mechanical behavior of press-pack IGBTs," Microelectronics Reliability, 2013. 

Conference publications and presentations

• T. Poller, et al., "Comparison of the Mechanical Load in Solder Joints Using SiC and Si Chips," presented at the 10th International Seminar on Power Semiconductors, Prague, 2010.
• T. Poller, et al., "Thermal-mechanical analysis of solder layers in power modules under superimposed cycling conditions," presented at the Power Electronics/Intelligent Motion/Renewable Energy/Energy Management (PCIM), Nürnberg, 2010.
• J. A. W. Suul, et al., "Synchronous reference frame hysteresis current control for grid converter applications," in 14th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), Ohrid, 2010. 
• D. Xiao, et al., "Switching characteristics of NPT-IGBT power module at different temperatures," in 14th International  Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), Ohrid, 2010. 
• M. Bohlländer, et al., "2000 A Power Cycling Tester for High Voltage IGBT Modules and Press Packs," presented at the EPE Wind Energy Chapter, Trondheim, 2011.
• M. Bohlländer, et al., "Extraction of Power Cycles in Offshore Wind Power Applications," in PCIM, 2011.
• S. D'Arco, et al., "Droop regulated VSCs for island operation of future offshore systems," in IEEE PowerTech, Trondheim, 2011.
• S. D'Arco, et al., "Impact on Reliability of Low-Frequency Power Cycling in Power Converters for Large Wind Turbine," presented at the EPE Wind Energy Chapter, Trondheim, 2011.
• R. Pittini, et al., "Thermal stress analysis of IGBT modules in VSCs for PMSG in large offshore Wind Energy Conversion Systems," in Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), Birmingham, 2011. 
• T. Poller, et al., "Derivation of load profiles for power cycling test with FEM," presented at the EPE Wind Energy Chapter, Trondheim, 2011.
• A. R. Årdal, et al., "Parametric sensitivity of transients in an islanded system with an offshore wind farm connected to an oil platform," in EPE Wind Energy Chapter, Trondheim, 2011. 
• M. Bohlländer, "Active Calibration of Samples  in Advance of Power Cycling Tests," presented at the PCIM 2012, Nuremberg, 2012.
• S. D'Arco, et al., "Efficiency analysis of non-insulated converters for DC series collection in offshore wind farms," in Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2012 International Symposium on, Naples, 2012, pp. 553-558.
• S. D'Arco, et al., "A simplified algorithm for predicting power cycling lifetime in Direct Drive wind power systems," presented at the 9th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices (SSD), Chemnitz, 2012.
• S. D'Arco, et al., "A novel thyristor rectifier for series connection of wind turbines," in Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2012 International Symposium on, 2012, pp. 1101-1106.
• T. Poller, et al., "Influence of thermal cross-couplings on power cycling lifetime of IGBT power modules," presented at the 7th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS), Nuremberg, 2012. 
• J. Suul and M. Molinas, "Properties of Reactive Current Injection by AC Power Electronic Systems for Loss Minimization," in 15 International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, EPE-PEMC, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2012.
• J. Suul, et al., "Exploring the Range of Impedance Conditioning by Virtual Inductance for Grid Connected Voltage Source Converters," presented at the 3rd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), Berlin, 2012.
• S. D’Arco and J. Suul, "Virtual Synchronous Machines - Classification of Implementations and Analysis of Equivalence to Droop Controllers for Microgrids," in Proceedings of the IEEE PES PowerTech, Grenoble, France, 2013.
• S. D’Arco, et al., "Control System Tuning and Stability Analysis of Virtual Synchronous Machines," in Proceedings of the 2013 ECCE, Denver, Colorado, 2013.
• T. Poller, et al., "Determination of the thermal and electrical contact resistance in press-pack IGBTs," in 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 2013.