no code implementations • 29 Feb 2024 • Xiaofan Cui, Muhammad Aadil Khan, Gabriele Pozzato, Surinder Singh, Ratnesh Sharma, Simona Onori
The reuse of retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries in electric grid energy storage emerges as a promising strategy to address environmental concerns and boost economic value.
no code implementations • 8 Jan 2024 • Xiaofan Cui, Muhammad Aadil Khan, Simona Onori
This method relies exclusively on operational data that can be accessed in real-time from SL batteries.
no code implementations • 13 Aug 2023 • Xubo Gu, Hanyu Bai, Xiaofan Cui, Juner Zhu, Weichao Zhuang, Zhaojian Li, Xiaosong Hu, Ziyou Song
Due to the increasing volume of Electric Vehicles in automotive markets and the limited lifetime of onboard lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), the large-scale retirement of LIBs is imminent.
no code implementations • 20 Sep 2022 • Shuan Dong, Xin Fang, Jin Tan, Ningchao Gao, Xiaofan Cui, Anderson Hoke
The simulation results in the IEEE 39-bus system with different types of FFR demonstrate that the proposed method provides an accurate and fast prediction of the frequency nadir under various disturbances.
no code implementations • 9 Sep 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
This paper investigates a new method to model and control variable-frequency power converters in a switching-synchronized sampled-state space for cycle-by-cycle digital control.
no code implementations • 21 Jun 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
This article is the second part of a paper series about interference in extremum (i. e., peak or valley) current-mode control, which applies to both fixed and variable switching frequency power converters.
no code implementations • 21 Jun 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
In this paper, we provide a model framework based on a new control conditioning approach that guarantees global stability and a strategy for optimizing transient performance.
no code implementations • 19 Jun 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
Comparator-overdrive-delay conditioning is a new control conditioning approach for high-frequency current-mode control.
no code implementations • 12 Jun 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
The low-pass filter is a classic control conditioning approach for high-frequency current-mode control.
no code implementations • 19 May 2022 • Xiaofan Cui, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
Stability guarantees are critical for cycle-by-cycle controlled dc-dc converters in consumer electronics and energy storage systems.
no code implementations • 7 Jun 2021 • Xiaofan Cui, Alireza Ramyar, Peyman Mohtat, Veronica Contreras, Jason Siegel, Anna Stefanopoulou, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
In this paper, the statistical distribution of the power heterogeneity in the supply of batteries is used to optimize the choice of power converters and design the power flow within the battery energy storage system (BESS) to optimize power capability.
no code implementations • 29 Apr 2021 • Xiaofan Cui, Alireza Ramyar, Jason Siegel, Peyman Mohtat, Anna Stefanopoulou, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
Results show that LS-HiPPP increases the battery energy utilization to 94% as compared to 78% for conventional partial power processing (C-PPP) and 23% for full power processing.