Investigación

Research Grants

  •  “Study, Design and Control of Multi-Cell Topologies based on Current-Source Converters Applied to Active Power Filters “Principal Researcher , Fondecyt de Iniciación de Actividades de Investigación, 2014, Fondecyt 2014- 11140759.
  •   “ Support for Research of Control Scheme for Power Converters” Visiting Researcher  Fondap Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-CHILE), N° 15110019, Res. 5899., January 2014
  •  “Control Strategies for Multi-level based hybrid compensator” Student Thesis,   Fondecyt Regular – 2008 – 1080247, (Principal Researcher: Prof. José Espinoza) .
  •  ” Control and Modulation of High Performance Topologies based on Modular Structures that are directly connected to the ac mains“,  Student Thesis, Fondecyt Regular – 2011 – 1110794, (Principal Researcher: Prof. José Espinoza).
  • ” Design and implementation of a platform for collecting and processing information, based in drone technology,  remote sensing and geographic systems for urban applications” ,  Researcher,  Concurso de Proyectos de Innovación Internos- Convenio de Desempeño de Apoyo a la Innovación en Educación Superior-. Proyecto UBB 1205, June 2014.

 

Book Chapters (1)

  • Muñoz, P. Melin, J. Espinoza “Chapter 8, Control of Multilevel STATCOMs” in “Static Compensators in Power Systems”, Springer Ed, December 2014.

 

Journal Papers (11)

  • Melin, P.E.; Rohten, J.A.; Espinoza, J.R.; Baier, C.R.; Espinosa, E.E.; Munoz, J.A.; Riedemann, J.A., “Analysis and Design of a Multi-Cell Topology Based on Three-Phase/Single-Phase Current-Source Cells,” in Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1
  • Maurelia, E.; Espinoza, J.R.; Silva, C.A.; Rojas, C.A.; Melin, P.E.; Espinosa, E.E., “An Operating Condition-Based Scheme to Alternate Between Control Strategies for Improved Steady-State and Transient Behavior,” in Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.11, no.6, pp.1246-1254, Dec. 2015
  • C.R Duran; J. A. Siva-Faundez; P.E. Melin, C. Aguilera “An anticipatory control for a flexible manufacturing system based on the perception of mobile units using wireless sensor networks” in International Journal of Computers Communications & Control, vol. 10, no. 2, April 2015
  •  Ramirez, R.O.; Espinoza, J.R.; Melin, P.E.; Reyes, M.E.; Espinosa, E.E.; Silva, C.; Maurelia, E., “Predictive Controller for a Three-Phase/Single-Phase Voltage Source Converter Cell,” Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.10, no.3, pp.1878,1889, Aug. 2014
  •  Espinosa, E.E.; Espinoza, J.R.; Melin, P.E.; Ramirez, R.O.; Villarroel, F.; Munoz, J.A.; Moran, L., “A New Modulation Method for a 13-Level Asymmetric Inverter Toward Minimum THD,” Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on , vol.50, no.3, pp.1924,1933, May-June 2014
  •  Baier, C.R.; Espinoza, J.R.; Rivera, M.; Munoz, J.A.; Bin Wu; Melin, P.E.; Yaramasu, V., “Improving Power Quality in Cascade Multilevel Converters Based on Single-Phase Nonregenerative Power Cells,” Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.61, no.9, pp.4498,4509, Sept. 2014
  •  Guzman J., Melin P., Espinoza J., Moran L. Baier C., Muñoz J., Guiñez G. ” Digital Implementation of Selective Harmonic Elimination Techniques in Modular Current Source Rectifiers,” in IEEE Trans. on Indus. Informatics, Vol. 9, No. 2,  May 2013.
  •  Sepulveda C. , Muñoz J., Espinoza J., Figueroa M., Melin P., ” All-on-chip dq-frame based D-STATCOM Control Implementation in a Low-Cost FPGA,” in IEEE Trans. on Indus. Electron.,  Vol. 60, No 2, pp 659-669,  Feb. 2013
  •  Melin P., Espinoza, J., Moran L, Rodriguez, J, Cardenas, V, Baier, C., Muñoz, J.   ” Analysis, Design and Control of a Unified Power Quality Conditioner based on a Current-Source Topology,” in Trans. on Power Dev, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 1727- 1736, Oct. 2012
  •  Muñoz, J.  Espinoza, J. Baier C., Moran L., Espinosa, E.,  Melin P., Sbarbaro D., ” Design of a Discrete-Time linear control strategy for a Multi-Cell UPQC, ” in IEEE Trans. on  Indus. Electron, Vol. 59, no 10, pp. 3797-3807, Oct. 2012.
  • Baier, C, Espinoza, J, Moran, L, Munoz, J,  Melin, P “A High Performance Multi-Cell Topology based on Single-Phase Power Cells for Three-Phase Systems operating under Unbalanced AC Mains and Asymmetrical Loads,” in IEEE Trans. on. Indus. Electron , Vol. 57, pp. 2730-2738, Aug 2010.