This paper proposes a parallel energy-sharing control for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) application. The hybrid source consists of a fuel cells (FCs) generator, battery packs and Ultracapacitor (UC) modules. In the proposed parallel energy-sharing control, each source is connected to the direct current (DC) bus via power electronics converters. A total of six control loops are applied in ...

This paper presents a direct power control (DPC) for three-phase matrix converters operating as unified power flow controllers (UPFCs). Matrix converters (MCs) allow the direct ac/ac power conversion without dc energy storage links; therefore, the MC-based UPFC (MCUPFC) has reduced volume and cost, reduced capacitor power losses, together with higher reliability. Theoretical principles of direc...

A new self-powered magnetorheological (MR) damper control system was developed to mitigate cable vibration. The power source of the MR damper is directly harvested from vibration energy through a rotary permanent magnet direct current (DC) generator. The generator itself can also serve as an electromagnetic damper. The proposed smart passive system also incorporates a roller chain and sprocket,...