Publications and Projects

Graduate Research Projects:

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Real-Time Simulations on Microgrid

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Opal-RT systems to design, test and optimize system and sub-system level control on power Microgrids and Power Electronics. Postdoc Project...

Illinois Institute of Technology
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Control of Grid-Forming Inverters

Modelm/Software/Processor/Hardware-in-the-Loop (MIL/SIL/PIL/HIL) and FPGA based design on system and sub-system level control on three-level inverters and their performance as Grid-Froming Converters. PhD Project...

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publications:

Journal Papers:

Advanced Current-Limiting and Power-Sharing Control in a PV-Based Grid-Forming Inverter Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, June 2020
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Masoud Davari and Pourya Shamsi

Internal Model Based Smooth Transition of a Three-Phase Inverter Between Islanded and Grid-Connected Modes

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, March 2020
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi and Pourya Shamsi

Internal Model Power Synchronization Control of a PV-Based Voltage-Source Converter in Weak-Grid and Islanded Conditions

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, April 2021
Sara Yazdani, Masoud Davari, Mehdi Ferdowsi and Pourya Shamsi

Selected Conference Papers

Internal Model based PID Tuning of A Phase-Shift Control In A Single-Phase Bidirectional Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converter

2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Pourya Shamsi

Adaptive-Passive Virtual Inertia Control Based on Energy Balance Between a Synchronous Generator and a Three-Phase Inverter

2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Pourya Shamsi

Internal Model Based Control to Tackle Non-Minimum Phase Behavior in Three-Phase Z-Source Inverters

2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Masoud Davari, Pourya Shamsi

Robust Sliding Mode Control of A Three-Phase Grid-Forming Inverter in Non-Ideal Grid Conditions and Isolated Mode of Operation

2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Sara Yazdani, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Masoud Davari, Pourya Shamsi