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  1. Simple control strategy for a PV-battery system

    Article • The Journal of Engineering, March 2019, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  2. Hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor System for full electric Forklifts

    Article • IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, August 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  3. Economic viability for residential battery storage systems in grid-connected PV plants

    Article • IET Renewable Power Generation, February 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  4. Lithium Ion Battery Models and Parameter Identification Techniques

    Article • Energies, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  5. A linear programming approach to distribution Power Flow

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  6. A novel current dependent lithium ion capacitor model: Analysis and experimental driving cycle test validation

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  7. Power hardware in the loop simulator of photovoltaic plant for smart grid interation analysis

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari, Prof. Giambattista Gruosso

  8. Efficiency Assessment of Modular Multilevel Converters for Battery Electric Vehicles

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, March 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  9. A lithium-ion capacitor model working on a wide temperature range

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  10. Mismatch Based Diagnosis of PV Fields Relying on Monitored String Currents

    Article • International Journal of Photoenergy, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  11. Harmonics and Interharmonics Compensation With Active Front-End Converters Based Only on Local Voltage Measurements

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  12. A simple battery model for EV range prediction: Theory and experimental validation

    Article • November 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  13. Characterization and Monitoring of a Self-Constructible Photovoltaic-Based Refrigerator

    Article • Energies, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  14. Lithium-ion battery: A simplified modeling procedure and system simulation

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  15. Control strategy of virtual synchronous generator based on virtual impedance and band-pass damping

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  16. Low frequency operation of Modular Multilevel Converters with embedded battery cells for traction drives

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  17. Overview of Lithium-ion Capacitor Applications Based on Experimental Performances

    Article • Electric Power Components and Systems, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  18. A smart PV inverter controller with PMU capability

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  19. Correct sizing of a storage unit for a residential PV plant

    Article • January 2016, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  20. Evaluation of voltages and currents in an IPT system through Kalman Filter

    Article • January 2016, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  21. Current balancing of cascaded H-bridge converters for PV systems with partial shading

    Article • COMPEL The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, November 2015, Emerald

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  22. A methodology for a correct sizing of electrochemical storage devices

    Article • November 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  23. Battery lifetime for different driving cycles of EVs

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  24. DC Bus Stabilization of Li-Ion Battery Based Energy Storage for a Hydrogen/Solar Power Plant for Autonomous Network Applications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, July 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  25. Analysis of mathematical modeling of PV module with MPPT algorithm

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari, Prof. Zbigniew Leonowicz

  26. Alleviating power quality issues when integrating PV into built areas: Design and control of DC microgrids

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  27. Design of a converter for photovoltaic panels testing

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  28. Storage system control for correct operation of fault protections of single phase load in grids dominated by inverters

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  29. Feasibility study of a solar photovoltaic adaptable refrigeration kit for remote areas in developing countries

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  30. Fault protection analysis in low voltage DC microgrids with PV generators

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  31. Optimized Adaptive Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking Control for Photovoltaic Generation

    Article • Energies, April 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  32. Electric loads characterization in an aircraft carrier with ring-bus distribution system

    Article • March 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  33. Analysis, Design and Experimental Validation of Modified Simple Soft Switching DC-DC Boost Converter

    Article • International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  34. Analysis of Ageing Effect on Li-Polymer Batteries

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  35. Nonlinear intelligent DC grid stabilization for fuel cell vehicle applications with a supercapacitor storage device

    Article • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  36. DC bus stabilization of Li-Ion battery based energy storage for hydrogen/solar power plant for autonomous network applications

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  37. Modeling and Parameter Identification of Lithium-Ion Capacitor Modules

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  38. Comparison of accuracy of different LiFePO4 battery circuital models

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari, Professor Adolfo Dannier

  39. Differential flatness control approach for fuel cell/solar cell power plant with Li-ion battery storage device for grid-independent applications

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  40. A nonlinear control algorithm of Li-ion battery substation for DC distributed system

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  41. Innovative hybrid-eco bus: Control strategies for reducing fuel consumption

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  42. A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics

    Article • March 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  43. DC Islands in AC Smart Grids

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, January 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  44. Harmonic compensation with active front-end converters based only on grid voltage measurements

    Article • January 2014, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  45. Naval application of storage devices for loads protection in micro-grids dominated by solid state converters

    Article • January 2014, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  46. Ground fault analysis of low voltage DC micro-grids with active front-end converter

    Article • January 2014, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  47. Battery charging for electric vehicles with modular multilevel traction drives

    Article • January 2014, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  48. A novel circuital model for power electronic transformer: sizing and simulation

    Article • January 2014, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  49. Power and balancing control considerations on modular multilevel converters for battery electric vehicles

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  50. Zero voltage switching configuration of a dual inductor current fed DC/DC converter

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  51. Energy recovery and efficiency optimisation in a wood cutting machines

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  52. Technical and economical evaluation of storage systems in naval applications

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  53. Numerical and experimental validation of a LiFePO4 battery model at steady state and transient operations

    Article • March 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  54. A novel PV-modular multilevel converter for building integrated photovoltaics

    Article • March 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  55. New Full-Frequency-Range Supercapacitor Model With Easy Identification Procedure

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  56. Storage systems for transportation, land handling and naval applications

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  57. A modular converter with embedded battery cell balancing for electric vehicles

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  58. High power quality level DC distribution system for woodworking plants

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  59. A novel thyristor rectifier for series connection of wind turbines

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  60. A new advanced method for assessment of waveform distortions caused by adjustable speed drives

    Article • October 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  61. An analytical model of the induction machine for the development of diagnostic techniques

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  62. Management of different energy storage devices using a losses minimization algorithm

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  63. A control strategy for optimizing the power flows supplied by two different storage units

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  64. A novel control of Dual-Excited Synchronous machines for variable-speed wind turbines

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  65. Analysis of a structural failure mode arising in cage rotors of induction machines

    Article • Archiv für Elektrotechnik, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  66. A vehicle with very low fuel consumption: Realization, analysis and optimization

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  67. Simulations and field test results for potential applications of LV DC distribution network to reduce flicker effect

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  68. A control algorithm of power converters in smart-grids for providing uninterruptible ancillary services

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  69. Digital synchronous current control of Power Electronic Building Block in modular converters

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  70. Rotor fault detection in field oriented controlled induction machines

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  71. Adaptive perturb and observe algorithm for photovoltaic maximum power point tracking

    Article • IET Renewable Power Generation, January 2010, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  72. Experimental Performance of MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Sources Subject to Inhomogeneous Insolation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, November 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  73. Sizing of photovoltaic sources and storage devices for stand-alone power plants

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  74. Use of supercapacitors for energy saving in overhead travelling crane drives

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  75. Technical and economic study of two repowered wind farms in Bustelo and San Xoán, 24.7 MW and 15.84 MW respectively

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  76. Optimized design of a back-to-back rotor-side converter for doubly fed induction generator equipped Wind turbines

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  77. Hybrid PV-CHP distributed system: Design aspects and realization

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  78. A Dual Inductor Current fed dc/dc converter with ZVS active clamping, for fuel cell based plant

    Article • September 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  79. Torsional eigenfrequency identification of squirrel cage rotors of induction motors

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  80. An active filter used for harmonic compensation and power factor correction: A control technique

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  81. A High Resolution Method for On Line Diagnosis of Induction Motors Faults

    Article • July 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  82. Hybrid Electrochemical Power Sources for Onboard Applications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  83. A simple configuration and control system for grid connected synchronous generators

    Article • May 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  84. High Efficiency Wind Generators with Variable Speed Dual-Excited Synchronous Machines

    Article • May 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  85. A Control Technique for Doubly Fed Induction Generators to Solve Flicker Problems in Wind Power Generation

    Article • November 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  86. A simple and efficacious control system for stand alone generation plants equipped with induction machines

    Article • November 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari, Prof Andrea Del Pizzo

  87. Torque fluctuation and critical clearing time in wind power generation by induction machines

    Article • Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal, April 2006, AEDERMACP (European Association for the Development of Renewable Energies and Power Quality)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  88. A filtering technique to solve flicker problems due to use of induction machines in wind power generation

    Article • January 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  89. Study of saturation phenomena on asynchronous generators used in wind farms

    Article • January 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  90. Generator operations of asynchronous induction machines connected to ac or dc active/passive electrical networks

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, November 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  91. Electrical networks fed by fuel-cells for uninterruptible electrical supply

    Article • January 2002, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  92. Electrical Drives with Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles

    Article • September 2001, SAE International

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  93. Supercapacitor flywheel for high power electrochemical sources

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  94. State of charge monitoring for road vehicle batteries

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  95. Torsional stress analysis ofsquirrel cage windings of asynchronous motors

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  96. A ZVS current fed DC/DC converter oriented for applications fuel-cell-based

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  97. A control strategy of induction machine to be used as generator in cogeneration plants in stand alone operations

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  98. Voltage regulation on grid fed by fuel cell and electrochemical capacitor sources

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  99. Approaches to analytical analysis of active filter behaviour

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  100. An innovative algorithm for the velocity estimation both during dynamics and at steady state

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  101. Experimental validation of a velocity estimation algorithm for speed control of electrical drives

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  102. An optimised algorithm for velocity estimation method for motor drives

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari

  103. Experimental evaluation of charge laws for road vehicle batteries

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Luigi Piegari