@inproceedings{babaei_parkhideh_bhattacharya_fardanesh_2013, title={A control method for angle-controlled STATCOMs under system faults}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893199035&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/pesmg.2013.6672943}, abstractNote={Voltage-Sourced Converter (VSC) based Synchronous Static Compensator (STATCOM) is used for voltage regulation in transmission and distribution systems. Comparing with PWM STATCOMs, angle-controlled STATCOMs are fired once with the line frequency to lower the system losses. In recent years, angle-controlled STATCOMs have been deployed by utility owners for the purpose of voltage regulation, voltage stability improvement and increasing operational functionality. Despite the superior feature on voltage waveform quality and efficiency, the practical angle-controlled STATCOMs suffer from the over-current (and trips) and possible saturation of the interfacing transformers caused by negative sequence current during unbalanced conditions and faults. This paper specifically proposes a control structure to improve the angle-controlled STATCOMs performance under unbalanced conditions and faults. The main improvement is to decrease the negative sequence current and DC-link voltage oscillations substantially under power line faults through the control and not the component design. PSCAD/EMTDC and Real Time Digital Simulation (RTDS) results verify the validity of the proposed control structure under fault conditions.}, booktitle={IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting}, author={Babaei, S. and Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Fardanesh, B.}, year={2013} }
 @inproceedings{mirzaee_beddingfield_bhattacharya_parkhideh_2013, title={Performance investigation of hybrid converter systems for mobile mining applications}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891046405&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/ecce.2013.6646788}, abstractNote={To supply the AC high power drive systems, several Active Front-Ends (AFEs) with DC choppers are currently used to ensure reliable operation and an acceptable harmonic current spectrum. Recently, integration of the energy storage system with the mining equipment as an example of large mobile multimotor applications has received industry attention, especially for peak load shaving and energy management of the mines. Currently, the regenerative energy is often burnt into the choppers. The industry is motivated to capture this regenerative energy since it can be as high as 60% of the motoring power, as high as 3MJ in every operation cycle and 24 MW peak power. Hybrid approach for the front-end converter system has shown a technology path to deploy on-board energy storage without sacrificing the efficiency and reliability of the entire system. This paper addresses the dynamic performance analysis of such systems through detailed simulation and laboratory scale experiments.}, booktitle={2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2013}, author={Mirzaee, H. and Beddingfield, R. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Parkhideh, B.}, year={2013}, pages={825–831} }
 @inproceedings{yousefpoor_kim_bhattacharya_parkhideh_2013, title={Supervisory control of convertible static transmission controller in shunt-shunt mode of operation}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893579665&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/iecon.2013.6699322}, abstractNote={The Convertible static transmission controller is a versatile device which can be installed across a transmission transformer to extend the life time of existing transformers by partially bypassing and conditioning the substation throughput power. The proposed technology can provide several integration options with multiple operational modes. From the supervisory control point of view, a control algorithm is required to set the reference values of active and reactive power flow of CSTC converters based on the desired operating points for transformer active and reactive power. In this paper, the algebraic model of CSTC in shunt-shunt mode of operation is derived. Algebraic model of CSTC is used for steady state and transient stability analysis. Algebraic model will present the behavior of transformer power flow with respect to various operating points of CSTC converters. The P-Q transformer operating range can be obtained based on the proposed algebraic model. Dynamic performance of the CSTC system is also investigated in PSCAD/EMTDC environment. Simulation results will be presented to verify the proposed algebraic model of CSTC in shunt-shunt mode of operation based on steady state results.}, booktitle={IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)}, author={Yousefpoor, N. and Kim, S. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Parkhideh, B.}, year={2013}, pages={1314–1319} }
 @article{parkhideh_bhattacharya_2013, title={Vector-Controlled Voltage-Source-Converter-Based Transmission Under Grid Disturbances}, volume={28}, ISSN={["1941-0107"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867080235&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/tpel.2012.2204071}, abstractNote={Voltage-source converter (VSC)-based transmission systems have attractive potential features in terms of power flow control and stability of the network. Although relatively low switching frequency operation of high-power converters (9-15 times the line frequency) is desirable, it makes them sensitive to power network imbalances when they may be needed the most. This paper specifically proposes a control structure to improve the performance of high-power vector-controlled back-to-back VSC systems for conventional and emerging utility applications. The main improvement is to suppress the possible dc-link voltage fluctuations under power line faults and unbalanced conditions. The proposed controller structure is designed based on regulating the converter system's states locally in dq synchronous reference frame without sequence components extraction or resonant notch compensator. RTDS results verify the validity of the proposed control architecture during normal and unbalanced power system conditions.}, number={2}, journal={IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS}, author={Parkhideh, Babak and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2013}, month={Feb}, pages={661–672} }
 @inproceedings{yousefpoor_parkhideh_bhattacharya_2012, title={An approach to regulating Dual Series Static Compensator (DSSC)}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870923153&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/ecce.2012.6342176}, abstractNote={For power flow control with specific attention to renewable energy resources based transmission in a meshed network, less complex coordinated control can be obtained with the proposed convertible static transmission controller (CSTC) concept which is connected across the substation power transformer and can be reconfigured to the required modes of operation. Dual Series Static Compensator (DSSC) mode or series-series mode available in the CSTC provides superior performance in terms of operating characteristics compared to conventional power flow controllers. In this paper, detailed steady-state and dynamic performance of DSSC will be investigated, and the control structure of DSSC will be proposed to control active and reactive power independently. This paper specifically explores the challenges of the proposed control method. In particular, the proposed control structure is based on line current PLL. The dynamic performance of DSSC is further investigated in PSCAD/EMTDC environment.}, booktitle={2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012}, author={Yousefpoor, N. and Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012}, pages={4732–4737} }
 @inproceedings{yousefpoor_parkhideh_babaei_bhattacharya_2012, title={Control of cascaded multi-level STATCOM using line voltage total harmonic distortion minimization technique}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870890532&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/ecce.2012.6342596}, abstractNote={In this paper, a new switching strategy is proposed for a multi-level STATCOM system. An efficient approach in reducing the harmonic contents of the inverter's output voltage is total harmonic distortion (THD) minimization. In multilevel inverters with fundamental frequency switching strategy (each switch turning on and off once per output cycle), the switching angles can be selected such that the output THD is minimized. In three phase multilevel inverters, the optimization algorithm is commonly applied to the phase voltage of the inverter. This results in the minimum THD in phase voltage, but not necessarily in the line to line minimum THD. In this paper, THD minimization process is directly applied to the line to line voltage of the inverter, and a new control strategy of multilevel STATCOM is proposed. The proposed method will be implemented, in RTDS and the closed loop operation of multi-level STATCOM will be explored.}, booktitle={2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012}, author={Yousefpoor, N. and Parkhideh, B. and Babaei, S. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012}, pages={1782–1787} }
 @inproceedings{babaei_parkhideh_fardanesh_bhattacharya_2012, title={Convertible static compensator (CSC) performance under system fault}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870604089&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/pesgm.2012.6345705}, abstractNote={Convertible Static Compensator (CSC) which is a versatile FACTS technology has been installed on Marcy 345 kV substation and increases power transfer capability, operational functionality, and power flow controllability of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) transmission system. This paper presents a detailed description of CSC inverter operation and PSCAD simulation results of the CSC when it is operating as a STATCOM. The STATCOM steady state and dynamic operation simulation results under different conditions including unbalanced condition and faults is discussed. For fault condition analysis, attention is focused to Double L-G (LLG) fault at three different locations, one very close and two others electrically far from STATCOM terminals. This paper also demonstrates the effectiveness of the emergency PWM (EPWM) strategy a solution for limiting the poles current and preventing STATCOM over current tripping during fault conditions.}, booktitle={IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting}, author={Babaei, S. and Parkhideh, B. and Fardanesh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_yousefpoor_babaei_bhattacharya_2012, title={Design considerations in development of Active Mobile Substations}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870944060&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/ecce.2012.6342767}, abstractNote={While conventional mobile substations are used to bypass the whole substation in case of loss or maintenance of power transformers, Active Mobile Substations (AMS) can be used in normal conditions as a power router and contingencies as a recovery transformer. The AMS is a mobile substation with integrated power electronics and by controlling its throughput power can be connected across different transformers of the grid. The AMS is expected to be at least 20MVA with 230kV and 69kV outputs. This paper proposes transmission-level active mobile substations that provide back-up in case of power transformer failure or forced reduced operation scenarios in addition to power flow control for seasonal renewable energy transmission. These functions altogether have been aggregated not only because of the technical merits but also to address the economic concerns regarding the cost of the power electronics for transmission applications. In this paper, design considerations in development of the AMS will be provided in terms of power electronics building blocks, converter system control and its effects, and required supervisory control. Throughout the paper, theoretical analyses and relevant results are presented.}, booktitle={2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Yousefpoor, N. and Babaei, S. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012}, pages={595–602} }
 @inproceedings{dutta_parkhideh_bhattacharya_moghaddam_gould_2012, title={Development of a predictive observer thermal model for power semiconductor devices for overload monitoring in high power high frequency converters}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860126119&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/apec.2012.6166144}, abstractNote={In this paper a predictive observer model for power semiconductor devices is developed and integrated in the digital controller. The Model is simulated in Mat lab Simulink and tested with a power converter in hardware for the accuracy of modeling.}, booktitle={Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC}, author={Dutta, S. and Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Moghaddam, G.K. and Gould, R.}, year={2012}, pages={2305–2310} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_mirzaee_bhattacharya_2012, title={Hybrid front end converters for large multi-motor applications integrated with energy storage}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860116590&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/apec.2012.6165881}, abstractNote={To supply the AC drive systems several Active Front Ends (AFE) with DC choppers are used to insure a reliable and acceptable harmonic current spectrum operation. Recently, energy storage system integration with the mining equipment has received industry attention, especially for peak load shaving and smarter energy management of the mine. Currently, the regenerative energy is often burnt into the choppers and is not fed back to the grid. The industry is motivated to capture this regenerative power since it can be as high as 60% of the motoring power and as high as 24 MW. Therefore, there is a possibility of large cost reduction and component downsizing. However, present status of development seems not to be very promising mainly because energy storage systems, (such as ultracapacitors) are still considered as an add-on part to existing products. In this paper, we investigate the operation of the current state-of-the-art front end converter systems for multi-motor applications. In particular, we propose power conversion configurations and methodology to determine the suitable energy storage technology for development of the multi-motor mobile mining equipment that has encouraging incentives for both the manufacturer and the mine operator.}, booktitle={Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Mirzaee, H. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012}, pages={607–614} }
 @inproceedings{practical operation range improvement of voltage-sourced converter based statcom_2012, booktitle={2012 twenty-seventh annual ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec)}, year={2012}, pages={211–217} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_yousefpoor_fardanesh_bhattacharya_2012, title={Vector analysis and performance evaluation of Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) based Convertible Static Transmission Controller}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870580518&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/pesgm.2012.6344967}, abstractNote={Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) is the building block to realize a versatile and transportable transmission controller which can perform several functions including power flow control for renewable resources transmission and transformer back-up for disaster management or life extension purposes. This structure has several advantages in comparison with conventional FACTS controllers. Modularity for manufacturers and utilities using standard high power electronic systems is one of the advantages of this structure. Different connecting configuration options (shunt-shunt, series-shunt, and series-series) can be obtained in the transmission controller with the MTC structures. These features allow them to be deployed dispersedly or aggregated to meet power, voltage, VAR and other power systems contingency requirements. In this paper, vector analysis of each mode to determine the operating characteristics of the proposed transmission controller is presented and compared to conventional FACTS controllers. The dynamic performance of the MTC system is further investigated in three different connecting configurations in PSCAD/EMTDC environment.}, booktitle={IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Yousefpoor, N. and Fardanesh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2012} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_bhattacharya_2011, title={A unified Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) system with advanced angle control structure}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81855220376&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/ecce.2011.6064276}, abstractNote={A unified Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) system is proposed that is transportable and can be installed in existing transmission substations to provide power flow control, back-up, and fault current limiter functions. The multifunctional characteristic of the proposed system is obtained by inserting the device across the substation transformer. The MTC system can be realized with standard drive converters and regular transformers through advanced angle control. The proposed controller structure enables the line frequency switching operation of the converter system while maintaining a superior harmonic spectrum.}, booktitle={IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2011}, pages={3736–3743} }
 @inproceedings{instantaneous phase-locked loop for performance improvement of power system with statcom under single-line to ground fault_2011, booktitle={2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)}, year={2011}, pages={3750–3757} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_bhattacharya_2011, title={Towards smart transmission substations with modular transformer converter systems}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82855164131&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/pes.2011.6039586}, abstractNote={This paper provides the background and introduces the concept of Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) system as a power flow controller for transmission substations. The MTC based power flow controller is desired also to provide back-up function due to aging and failure of transmission transformers. Several different connection configurations for the MTC based power flow controller are proposed and compared. The proposed MTC solution offers controllable and increased power flow margins as well as improved system performance under line faults and system disturbances. The proposed MTC solution is aimed at being scalable, transportable, efficient, and to increase reliability for transmission systems.}, booktitle={IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, Subhashish}, year={2011} }
 @article{bhattacharya_zhao_wang_dutta_baek_du_parkhideh_zhou_huang_2010, title={Design and Development of Generation-I Silicon based Solid State Transformer}, ISSN={["1048-2334"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952195486&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/apec.2010.5433455}, abstractNote={The Solid State Transformer (SST) is one of the key elements proposed in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Generation-III Engineering Research Center (ERC) “Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management” (FREEDM) Systems Center. The SST is used to enable active management of distributed renewable energy resources, energy storage devices and loads. In this paper, the Generation-I SST single-phase 20kVA, based on 6.5kV Si-IGBT is proposed for interface with 12kV distribution system voltage. The SST system design parameters, overall system efficiency, high frequency transformer design, dual active bridge converter, auxiliary power supply and gate drives are investigated. Design considerations and experimental results of the prototype SST are reported.}, journal={2010 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL IEEE APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (APEC)}, author={Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Zhao, Tiefu and Wang, Gangyao and Dutta, Sumit and Baek, Seunghun and Du, Yu and Parkhideh, Babak and Zhou, Xiaohu and Huang, Alex Q.}, year={2010}, pages={1666–1673} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_bhattacharya_2009, title={Active power transfer capability of shunt family of FACTS devices based on angle control}, booktitle={2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Vols 1-6}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, S.}, year={2009}, pages={2971–2978} }
 @inproceedings{parkhideh_bhattacharya_2009, title={Resilient operation of voltage-sourced BTB HVDC systems under power system disturbances}, booktitle={2009 ieee power & energy society general meeting, vols 1-8}, author={Parkhideh, B. and Bhattacharya, S.}, year={2009}, pages={2443–2449} }
 @inproceedings{improving distribution system performance with integrated statcom and supercapacitor energy storage system_2008, booktitle={2008 IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference}, year={2008}, pages={1390–1395} }
 @article{parkhideh_bhattacharya_han_2008, title={Integration of Supercapacitor with STATCOM for Electric Arc Furnace Flicker Mitigation}, ISBN={["978-1-4244-1667-7"]}, ISSN={["0275-9306"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-52349083343&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1109/pesc.2008.4592275}, abstractNote={The STATCOM based on voltage source converter is used for voltage regulation in transmission and distribution systems. In this paper, the integration and control of energy storage systems such as supercapacitor into a distribution system STATCOM (D-STATCOM) with voltage controller is developed to enhance power quality and improve distribution system reliability. This paper develops the control concepts to charge/discharge the supercapacitor by the D-STATCOM, and validates the performance for an integrated D-STATCOM/supercapacitor system for improving distribution system performance. The potential performance improvements are verified by simulation results for rapidly varying arc-furnace loads for voltage flicker mitigation, by supplying fluctuating real power by the D-STATCOM/supercapacitor system.}, journal={2008 IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-10}, author={Parkhideh, Babak and Bhattacharya, Subhashish and Han, Chong}, year={2008}, pages={2242-+} }