IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP09IEC-PRT 978-1-4244-4648-3

2009 35th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics (IECON 2009)

Porto, Portugal 3 – 5 November 2009

Pages 1-729

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Technical Track - Power Electronics and Renewable Energy ........................................................................................................ 1 A Comparative Analysis Between Integrated and Simplified ZVT Topologies for Three-phase Inverters............................................. 3

Rafael Concatto Beltrame, Diogo Brum Candido, Mario Lucio da Silva Martins, José Renes Pinheiro, Hélio Leães Hey

A Comparison of Operation Mode for Soft-switching PFC Converter for Induction Heating Cooking Appliance ............................... 9Yuki Kawaguchi, Eiji Hiraki, Toshihiko Tanaka, Hideki Sadakata, Atsushi Fujita, Hideki Omori, Mutsuo Nakaoka

A Constrained Optimization Based Approach to The Control of Inverters.............................................................................................. 15Kang-Zhi Liu

A Control Strategy for Parallel Operation of Single Phase Voltage Source Inverters ............................................................................. 21Telles Lazzarin, Guilherme Bauer, Ivo Barbi

A Detailed Analysis of a Power Converter to Buffer the Battery Voltage in Lift Trucks ........................................................................ 27W.-Toke Franke, Börge Carstens, F. W. Fuchs, Nikolaus Eggert

A Dual-loop PI Controller for a DC/DC Full-bridge Power Converter with ZVS Modulation .............................................................. 33Maria Emilia Hervas, Sergio Vázquez, Manuel Rafael Reyes, Juan Manuel Carrasco, Eugenio Dominguez

A Fast Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for PV Powered Systems ........................................................................................ 38Siamak Mehrnami, Shahrokh Farhangi

A Method of Predictive Current Control with Reduced Number of Calculations for Five-phase Voltage Source Inverters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43

Patricio Cortes, Luna Vattuone, Jose Rodriguez, Mario Duran

A Model for a Novel Cage Induction Generator ........................................................................................................................................... 49U. K. Madawala, Tobias Geyer, Bradshaw Jonathan, Mahinda Viltathgamuwa

A Model Reference Adaptive Controller for a Wind Energy Conversion System Based on a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Fed by a Matrix Converter ................................................................................................................................... 55

Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Suzan Eren, Alireza Bakhshai, Praveen Jain

A Neutral-point Voltage Balance Technique for a Diode-clamped Three-level PWM Rectifier Based on Fuzzy Control ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61

Yu Fang, Yong Xie, Tengfei Wei, Mingxing Yin, Yan Xing

A Novel Current Controller for Three-phase Voltage-source Inverters .................................................................................................... 66Mansour Mohseni, Syed Islam

A Novel Wide Voltage Range Bi-directional Series Resonant Converter with Clamped Capacitor Voltage ........................................ 72Yu Du, Xiao Bian, Srdjan Lukic, Boris Jacobson, Alex Huang

A Reduced Switch Transformerless Dual Hybrid Active Power Filter...................................................................................................... 78Avik Bhattacharya, Chandan Chakraborty, Subhashish Bhattacharya

A Robust Control of Double-feed Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation ............................................................................. 84Oscar Barambones, Manuel De La Sen, Patxi Alkorta

A Simple Control Algorithm to Avoid Flux Density Bias in Isolated Full-Bridge Topologies ................................................................ 90Lijun Hang, Xiaoyuan Hong, J. M. Guerrero, Zhengyu Lu, Weizhong Fang

A Simple Current-balancing Control Method for a Three-phase 5-level Current-source Inverter ....................................................... 94Bao Jianyu, Bao Weibing, Zhang Zhongchao, Fang Weizhong

A Single Controller for Inductive Power Transfer Systems ........................................................................................................................ 99U. K. Madawala, Duleepa Thrimawithana

A Single-phase Active Power Filter Based in a Two Stages Grid-connected PV System .......................................................................104Kleber C. A. De Souza, Walbermark M. dos Santos, Denizar C. Martins

A Single-phase UPS System with Series-parallel Power-line Conditioning .............................................................................................110Sergio Oliveira da Silva, Rodrigo Modesto, Alessandro Goedtel, C. Nascimento

A Supercapacitor Technique for Efficiency Improvement in Linear Regulators ...................................................................................116Nihal Kularatna, Jayathu Fernando

A SVPWM/SHEPWM Combined Modulation Strategy of Starting Inverter for a High Speed Generator Power System ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................120

Haoran Bai, Fengxiang Wang, Tianyu Wang, Dapeng Wang

A Technique for Conditioning High Speed Bit-stream Signals for Power Electronics Applications....................................................126Jonathan Bradshaw, U. K. Madawala, Nitish Patel

Active Power Line Conditioner Applied to Single-phase to Three-phase Systems .................................................................................132Euzeli Cipriano dos Santos Jr., Cursino Brandão Jacobina, Jose Artur A. Dias

Active Resonance Dampers: A Comparison Between Fixed and Adaptive Gains ..................................................................................138Wilson C. Santana, Kamal Al-Haddad, Luiz Eduardo Borges da Silva

Adapting a Low Voltage PEM Fuel-cell to Domestic Grid-connected PV System..................................................................................144Hugo Valderrama-Blavi, Josep M. Bosque-Moncusi, Luís Marroyo, Francesc Guinjoan, Josep A. Barrado, Luís Martínez-Salamero

Adaptive Current Control for Grid-connected Converters with LCL-filter ...........................................................................................150Jorge Rodrigo Massing, Márcio Stefanello, Hilton Abílio Gründling, Humberto Pinheiro

Adaptive Hysteresis Band Current Control for Transformerless Single-phase PV Inverters ..............................................................157Gerardo Vázquez Guzmán, Pedro Rodriguez Cortes, Rafael Ordoñez Flores, Tamás Kerekes, Remus Teodorescu

Advanced High Frequency AC Microgrid with Integrated Power Quality Conditioning Capability ..................................................162Fredi Ferrigolo, Diego B. Ramos, Jeferson Correa, Felix Alberto Farret, Luciano Porto

Advanced Simulation Concept for Power Electronic Systems Applied to the 3-level NPC Inverter....................................................168Roman Bartelt, Carsten Heising, Martin Oettmeier, Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel

An Eigenvalue/Eigenvector 3D Current Reference Method for Detection and Fault Diagnosis in a Voltage Source Inverter ............................................................................................................................................................................................................174

Daniel Foito, João Martins, Vitor Pires, José Maia

An Improved Sliding Mode Controller for Positive Output Luo Converter ...........................................................................................179Yanping Jiao, Fang Lin Luo

An Inexpensive Digital Network Analyzer ..................................................................................................................................................185Sourabh Jagadale, Dipankar De, V. Ramanarayanan

Analysis and Control of Input Power Factor in Indirect Matrix Converter ...........................................................................................191Xiaonan Lu, Kai Sun, Gang Li, Lipei Huang

Analysis and Design of an AC Processing Pickup for IPT Systems..........................................................................................................197Hunter Wu, Grant Covic, John Boys, Saining Ren

Analysis and Design of Digital Predictive Current-mode Control Techniques for High-frequency VRMS........................................203Adan Simon-Muela, Carlos E. Carrejo, Enric Vidal-Idiarte, Bruno Estibals, Corinne Alonso

Analysis and Simulation of a 6kV, 6MVA Modular Multilevel Converter..............................................................................................209Steffen Rohner, Steffen Bernet, Marc Hiller, Rainer Sommer

Analysis and Simulation of the P&O MPPT Algorithm Using a Linearized PV Array Model.............................................................215Marcelo Gradella Villalva, Ernesto Ruppert Filho

Analysis of a High-power-quality Converter for 1-Phase to 3-Phase Mains Supply Extension ............................................................221Paolo Bolognesi, Veronica Biagini, Ottorino Bruno

Application of Shunt Active Power Filter to Isolated Synchronous Generator System .........................................................................227Tolga Sürgevil, Eyüp Akpınar

Autonomous Hybrid System Using PMSGs for Hydro and Wind Power Generation ...........................................................................233Puneet K. Goel, Bhim Singh, S. S. Murthy, Navin Kishore

Basic Linear-mode Solar-cell Simulators.....................................................................................................................................................239Helmut Votzi, Felix A. Himmelstoss, Johann Ertl

Charge and Discharge Performance of Secondary Batteries according to Extreme Environment Temperatures.............................244Dariga Meekhun, Vincent Boitier, Jean-Marie Dilhac

Comparison of Two Multilevel Architectures for Envelope Amplifier ....................................................................................................249Miroslav Vasic, Oscar Garcia, Jesus Angel Oliver, Pedro Alou, Daniel Diaz, Jose Antonio Cobos

Compensation of Unequal Voltages in the DC Links of a Multilevel Series-connected H-bridge Inverter .........................................256Ville Naumanen, Julius Luukko, Pertti Silventoinen, Juha Pyrhönen, Hannu Sarén, Kimmo Rauma

Complex State-space Current Controller for Grid-connected Converters with an LCL Filter............................................................262Carlos Ramos, António Martins, Adriano Carvalho

Contactless Energy Transmission for an Isolated 100W Gate Driver Supply of a Medium Voltage Converter.................................268Reto Steiner, Peter Steimer, Florian Krismer, J. W. Kolar

Control Design Considerations and Dynamic Analysis for Three Phase PWM Rectifiers under Unbalanced Voltage Dips Conditions...............................................................................................................................................................................................274

Daniel Roiu, Radu Bojoi, Alberto Tenconi

Control of an Inverter Output Active du/dt Filter .....................................................................................................................................282Juhamatti Korhonen, Juha-Pekka Ström, Juho Tyster, Hannu Sarén, Kimmo Rauma, Pertti Silventoinen

Control of DSTATCOM Using IcosΦ Algorithm .......................................................................................................................................288Bhim Singh, Sunil Kumar

Control of Three-phase Rectifiers Based on Voltage Equation of the PWM Converter........................................................................294Francisco Huerta, Sebastian Stynski, Santiago Cóbreces, Mariusz Malinowski, Francisco J. Rodríguez

Control Strategy for Reducing NOx Emission of Lightweight Hybrid Electric Vehicles ......................................................................300Hosein Sagha, Shahrokh Farhangi, Behzad Asaei

CSV- and PD-PWM Modulation Based on the TMS320F2812 DSP: An Alternative for Implementation .........................................306Samir Mussa, Domingo Ruiz-Caballero, Reynaldo Ramos A., André Rodigheri

Current Control Techniques Applied in PFC Boost Converter at Instantaneous Power Interruption ...............................................312Tiago K. Jappe, Samir Mussa

DC-excited Slip-ring Induction Generator Supported by an H-bridge Inverter Emulating a Single-phase, 16.7-Hz Railway Grid ...................................................................................................................................................................................................318

Martin Oettmeier, Carsten Heising, Fang Jie, Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel

Decentralized Control of Parallel Connection of Two Distributed Generation Units ............................................................................324Behrooz Bahrani, Houshang Karimi, Reza Iravani

Design and Analysis of FPGA Based Control of Fuel Cell Line Converter .............................................................................................329Tomi Riipinen, Ossi Laakkonen, Lasse Lehonkoski, Vesa Väisänen, Pertti Silventoinen, Olli Pyrhönen

Design and Application of a Linux Real Time Board for Distributed Power Generation .....................................................................333Maria Stefania Carmeli, Francesco Castelli-Dezza, Marco Mauri, Daniele Rosati, Gabriele Marchegiani

Design Aspects and Experimental Results of a High Power Factor Induction Heating System............................................................339Ricardo Fuentes, Jorge Juliet, Jorge Estrada, Felipe Ahumada, Franco Campaña

Design of Inductive Power Transmission Systems Considering Tolerances and Power Loss ...............................................................344Daniel Kürschner

Design of One Cycle Control for Low Distortion Bipolar Switching Inverters.......................................................................................350Carlos Ferreira, Beatriz Borges, Luís Sá

Development of a Current Source Inverter with Series Connected AC Capacitors for Photovoltaic and Fuel Cell Applications.....................................................................................................................................................................................................356

Chonlatee Photong, Christian Klumpner, Patrick Wheeler

Discontinuous Space Vector PWM Startegies for a Seven-phase Voltage Source Inverter...................................................................363Mohammad Arif Khan, SK Moin Ahmed, Atif Iqbal, Haitham Abu Rub, Shaikh Moinoddin

Discrete-time Passivity-based Sliding-mode Control of Single-phase Current-source Inverter ...........................................................369Hao Ma, Fei Xu, Li Du, Xuebing Chen

Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection: The Spanish Normative ...............................................................................................374Antonio Moreno-Munoz

Dual Chopper-based Single Stage PFC Converter .....................................................................................................................................379Kazunori Nishimura, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Katsuya Hirachi, Soon-Kurl Kwon, Mutsuo Nakaoka

Effect of Parasitic Components in the Integrated Boost-flyback High Step-up Converter ...................................................................386G. Spiazzi, P. Mattavelli, A. Costabeber

Effect of Subharmonics on the Operation of Ultrahigh Speed Induction Machines ..............................................................................392Peter Stumpf, Zoltan Varga, Peter Bartal, Rafael K. Járdán, Istvan Nagy

Emulated Current Mode Control System for DC-DC Boost Converter Using FPGA ...........................................................................398Takahiko Iida

Enhancing the Three-phase Synchronous Reference Frame PLL to Remove Unbalance and Harmonic Errors ..............................403Suzan Eren, Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani, Alireza Bakhshai, Praveen Jain

Estimating Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Condition Used on the Primary Side of ATX Power Supplies ..................................408Acacio Amaral, Antonio Cardoso

Evaluation of Ultra-compact, Low Power Rectifiers for High-speed, Permanent-magnet Generators ...............................................414Daniel Krähenbühl, Christof Zwyssig, Kevin Bitterli, Markus Imhof, J. W. Kolar

Experimental Study of Interleaved MPPT Converter for PV Systems ....................................................................................................422Ibrahim Sefa, Şaban Özdemir

Experimental Validation with a Control Point of View Analysis of the SEPIC Converter ...................................................................428Ali Jaafar, Pierre Lefranc, Emmanuel Godoy, Xuefang Lin Shi, Akram Fayaz, Nan Li

Fault Analysis of Uncontrolled Rectifier HVDC Links for the Connection of Off-shore Wind Farms................................................434Ramon Blasco-Gimenez, Salvador Ano-Villalba, Johel Rodriguez, Ruben Pena, Roberto Cardenas, Soledad Bernal, Francisco Morant

Field Results on Developed Three-phase Four-wire Shunt Active Power Filters ...................................................................................440J. G. Pinto, Pedro Neves, D. Gonçalves, João Luiz Afonso

Five-level Single-leg Flying Capacitor Converter Voltage Balance Dynamics Analysis ........................................................................446Alex Ruderman, Boris Reznikov

Flux-Based Multivariable Control of a Static Converter Feeding a 16.7-Hz Single-phase Load..........................................................452Martin Oettmeier, Carsten Heising, Roman Bartelt, Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel

Four-level H-bridge Flying Capacitor Converter Voltage Balance Dynamics Analysis ........................................................................458Alex Ruderman, Boris Reznikov, Steven Thielemans

Full Bridge Converter for Embedded Energy Share Between Battery and Supercapacitors ...............................................................464Mamadou Baïlo Camara, Brayima Dakyo, Hamid Gualous, Cristian Nichita

Fuzzy Control in DC-DC Converters: An LMI approach .........................................................................................................................470Carlos Andres Torres-Pinzon, Ramon Leyva

Grid Impedance Determination - Relevancy for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Systems ......................................................476Hauke Langkowski, Trung Do Thanh, Klaus-Dieter Dettmann, Detlef Schulz

Grid-synchronization Methods for Power Converters............................................................................................................................... 482Francisco D. Freijedo, Jesus Doval-Gandoy, Oscar Lopez, Carlos Martinez-Peñalver, Alejandro G. Yepes, Pablo Fernandez-Comesaña, Jano Malvar, Andrés Nogueiras, Jorge Marcos, Alfonso Lago

Harmonic Detection Methods for Active Power Filters Based on Discrete Cosine Transform and Dithering....................................490Alejandro G. Yepes, Francisco D. Freijedo, Jesus Doval-Gandoy, Oscar Lopez, Pablo Fernandez-Comesaña, Jano Malvar

High Frequency Grid Impedance Analysis with Current Injection .........................................................................................................496Andre Knop, F. W. Fuchs

High-Power Multi-modular Matrix Converters with Sinusoidal Input/Output Waveforms ................................................................502Jiacheng Wang, Bin Wu, Navid R. Zargari

Hinf Control of DC-DC Converters with Saturated Inputs ......................................................................................................................508Carlos Olalla Martínez, Ramon Leyva Grasa, Abdelali El Aroudi, Isabelle Queinnec, Sophie Tarbouriech

Hinfinity Repetitive Current Controller for Grid-connected Inverters ...................................................................................................514Tomas Hornik, Qing-Chang Zhong

Improvement of Low-Frequency Railway Power System Stability Using an Advanced Multivariable Control Concept ............................................................................................................................................................................................................520

Carsten Heising, Martin Oettmeier, Steinar Danielsen, Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel

Input Current Characterization for Interleaved Multiphase Voltage Regulator Modules ...................................................................526Javier Martinez Garcia-Tenorio, Adan Simon-Muela, Bruno Estibals, Carlos E. Carrejo, Corinne Alonso

Input-Output Linearization Based versus Classic PI Control of a Three-phase AC/DC Converter ....................................................532Gil Marques

Integrated Variable-output Switching Converter with Dual-loop Δ-Σ Modulation for Adaptive Wireless Powering in Implantable Devices ...................................................................................................................................................................................538

Yikai Wang, Chen Zheng, Dongsheng Ma

Interconnection of Direct-drive Wind Turbines Using a Distributed HVDC Converter Station .........................................................544Etienne Veilleux, Peter W. Lehn

Investigation of Switching Losses for Sinusoidal PWM Zero Current Switching Inverter and Resonant Link Inverter ............................................................................................................................................................................................................550

Güngör Bal, Nihat Ozturk, Erdal Bekiroğlu

Issues on Solar-generator-interfacing with Voltage-fed Converter ..........................................................................................................555Teuvo Suntio, Jari Leppäaho, Juha Huusari

Low Cost and High Efficiency Static Converter for Small Wind Systems ..............................................................................................561Demercil Oliveira, Amanda Rangel, Luis Paulo dos Santos, Eduardo de Oliveira, Luiz Fernando Fontenele, Gean Jacques de Sousa, Pedro André Bezerra, Débora Queiroz

Low Voltage Ride-through of High Power DFIG Wind Turbine Using Three-level NPC Converters ................................................569Ling Peng, Bruno Francois, Yongdong Li

Low-loss Rectification Circuit with No External Drive Input ...................................................................................................................575Takuya Sakai, Miyuki Takeshita, Ikuro Suga

Low-voltage Ride-through of Variable Speed Wind Turbines with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator ............................581Fujin Deng, Zhe Chen

Markov Model of Wind Power Time Series Using Bayesian Inference of Transition Matrix...............................................................587Peiyuan Chen, Kasper Klitgaard Berthelsen, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, Zhe Chen

Model Predictive Current Control for High-power Grid-connected Converters with Output LCL Filter .........................................593Hernan Miranda, Remus Teodorescu, Pedro Rodriguez, Lars Helle

Modeling of Single Phase Four Quadrant Converter Using a Multifrequency Averaging Approach..................................................599Branimir Puskaric

MPPT Control Algorithm for Grid Integration of Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System ...............................................605Tarek Ahmed, Katsumi Nishida, Mutsuo Nakaoka

Multilevel Multiphase Space Vector PWM Algorithm with Switching State Redundancy Applied to Three-phase Converters .......................................................................................................................................................................................................611

Oscar López, Jacobo Álvarez, Francisco D. Freijedo, Alejandro G. Yepes, Pablo Fernández-Comesaña, Jano Malvar, Jesús Doval-Gandoy, Andrés Nogueiras, Alfonso Lago, Carlos M. Peñalver

Neutral-point-clamped Inverters with Hybrid PWM for Symmetrical Six-phase Motor Drive ...........................................................618Giovanni Griva, Valentin Oleschuk

New Adaptive Supervision Unit to Manage Photovoltaic Batteries..........................................................................................................624Jean-Francois Reynaud, Olivier Gantet, Pierre Aloisi, Bruno Estibals, Corinne Alonso

New Step-up DC/DC Converter with High-frequency Isolation ...............................................................................................................630Dmitri Vinnikov, Indrek Roasto, Tanel Jalakas

New Three Level Topology with Shared Components: Properties, Losses, and Control Strategy .......................................................636Leredde Alexandre, Gateau Guillaume, Floricau Dan

Nonlinear Control Strategy for Single-phase PWM Current-Source Inverters .....................................................................................642Hasan Komurcugil

On the Problem of Balancing the DC Capacitor Voltage Divider in Back-to-back Multilevel Converters .........................................648Miguel Chaves, Elmano Margato, Fernando Silva, Sónia Pinto

Open-end Winding AC Drives with Enhanced Reactive Power Support to the Grid While Eliminating Switching Common-mode Voltage .................................................................................................................................................................................654

Ranjan K. Gupta, Krushna K. Mohapatra, Ned Mohan

Partial Shadowing Detection Based on Equivalent Thermal Voltage Monitoring for PV Module Diagnostics ..................................662Dezso Sera, Remus Teodorescu, Pedro Rodriguez

Performance Analysis of Doubly Fed Brushless Machine with Cage Rotor............................................................................................668Fengxiang Wang, Yue Zhang, Guanggui Sun, Jian Pan

Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Solar System with Different MPPT Methods........................................................................673Carlos Antônio P. Tavares, Karla Tereza F. Leite, Walter I. Suemitsu, Maria D. Bellar

Permanent Magnet Drives with Reduced DC-link Capacitor for Home Appliances .............................................................................679Lamsahel Hassan, Mutschler Peter

PLL-based Repetitive Control Applied to the Single-phase Power Factor Correction Using Boost Converter .................................685Lenin Morais, Rubens Santos Filho, Porfirio Cortizo, Seleme Seleme Jr., Pedro Donoso-Garcia, Paulo Seixas

Power Flow Control of Capacitively Coupled Contactless Power Transfer Systems .............................................................................691Chao Liu, Ai Guo Hu

Power Quality and Energy Efficiency in e-Offices .....................................................................................................................................696Antonio Moreno-Munoz

Practical Considerations in the Design of Multiphase Pick-ups for Contactless Power Transfer Systems .........................................701Stefan Raabe, Grant Covic, John Boys, Cliff Pennalligen, Priyanka Shakar

Predictive Optimal Matrix Converter Control for a Dynamic Voltage Restorer with Flywheel Energy Storage ..............................707Paulo Gamboa, J. Fernando Silva, S. Ferreira Pinto, Elmano Margato

Reactive Power and Harmonics Compensation with Multilevel Cascade Converter.............................................................................713Ernesto Kenji Luna, José Antenor Pomilio

Reducing AC-winding Losses in High-current High-power Inductors ....................................................................................................719Morten Nymand, U. K. Madawala, Michael A. E. Andersen, Bruce Carsten, Ole S. Seiersen

Ride-through Enhancement of Line-commutated HVDC Link for Large Offshore Wind Parks ........................................................724Muhammad Jafar, Marta Molinas

Robust Positive-sequence Detector Algorithm ............................................................................................................................................730João Moor Neto, Lisandro Lovisolo, Bruno Wanderley França, Maurício Aredes

Robust Series Resistance Estimation for Diagnostics of Photovoltaic Modules ......................................................................................736Dezso Sera, Remus Teodorescu

Selective Harmonic Mitigation Technique for Multilevel Cascaded H-bridge Converters ...................................................................742Javier Nápoles, José I. León, Leopoldo G. Franquelo, Ramón Portillo, Miguel Ángel Aguirre

Self-precharge in Single-leg Flying Capacitor Converters ........................................................................................................................748Steven Thielemans, Alex Ruderman, Jan Melkebeek

Sensors-less Neural MPPT Control of Wind Generators with Induction Machines ..............................................................................754Maurizio Cirrincione, Marcello Pucci

Series Voltage Compensation for DFIG Wind Turbine Low Voltage Ride-through Solution ..............................................................761Omar Abdel-Baqi, Adel Nasiri

Sigma-Delta Modulation for Multiphase Drives .........................................................................................................................................767Joel Prieto, Federico Barrero, Sergio Toral

Simulation Model and Road Tests Comparative Results of a Small Urban Electric Vehicle................................................................772João P. Trovão, Paulo G. Pereirinha, Humberto M. Jorge

Single Stage, Inverter for PV Applications with One Cycle Sampling Technique in the MPPT Algorithm .......................................778Hugo Ribeiro, Fernando Silva, Sónia Pinto, Beatriz Borges

Single-phase to Three-phase Five-leg Converter Based on Two Parallel Single-phase Rectifiers ........................................................786Cursino Brandão Jacobina, Euzeli Cipriano dos Santos Jr., Nady Rocha, Edgard Luiz Fabricio

Small-signal Averaged Model and Linear Control of a Modified Sheppard-Taylor PFC .....................................................................792Hadi Y. Kanaan, Kamal Al-Haddad

Small-signal Stability Enhancement of Communicationless Parallel Connected Inverters...................................................................799Rubens Santos Filho, Paulo Seixas, Porfirio Cortizo, Guillaume Gateau

Spectral Analysis of a Transmission System based on AC Submarine Cables for an Offshore Wind Farm ......................................807Markel Zubiaga, Gonzalo Abad, Jon Andoni Barrena, Sergio Aurtenetxea, Ainhoa Cárcar

Stability Condition Based Sliding Mode Modulators for Multilevel Power Converters ........................................................................813Luis Encarnação, J. Fernando Silva

Step-up Voltage Converter for MEMS Actuators by Piezoelectric Transformers .................................................................................819Francois Pigache, Marek Pokorny, Marc Cousineau, Bertrand Nogarede

Study and Evaluation of DC-link Perturbations Models for Three-level DCI-NPC Power Amplifiers ...............................................825Vicent Sala, Jose Luis Romeral, Juan José Cárdenas, German Ruiz

Study of Auxiliary Railway Power Supply Facing Catenary Transient Overvoltage ............................................................................831Olivier Deblecker, Pierre Bertrand, Christophe Versèle

Study on Effects of Power Semiconductor Devices' Characteristics on Power Electronics Equipment EMI by Means of Continuous Wavelet ......................................................................................................................................................................839

Wei Wu, Yuejia Wu

Three-phase NPC Inverter Using Three-phase Coupled Inductor ...........................................................................................................843Romeu Hausmann, Rodrigo da Silva, Ivo Barbi

Three-phase UPS with High Power Factor and High Frequency Transformer Isolation......................................................................849Carlos G. C. Branco, René Torrico-Bascopé, Cícero M. T. Cruz, Luiz D. S. Bezerra, Guilherme A. T. Hertz

Time Stamping Based Synchronization of Power Electronics Building Block Systems .........................................................................855Tommi Laakkonen, Toni Itkonen, Julius Luukko, Jero Ahola

Universal Control Scheme for Power Electronics Building Block Based Cascaded Multilevel Inverters ...........................................861Tommi Laakkonen, Ville Naumanen, Julius Luukko, Jero Ahola

Utility-Interactive High-frequency Flyback Transformer Link Three-phase Inverter for Photovoltaic AC Module........................867Konishi Yoshihiro, Huang Yung-Fu, Hsieh Min-Ju

Voltage Doubler Boost Rectifier Based on Three-state Switching Cell for UPS Applications ..............................................................873Raphael da Câmara, Cícero M. T. Cruz, René Torrico-Bascopé, Paulo Praça

Voltage-fed Three-phase Push-pull DC-DC Converter..............................................................................................................................879Hugo Larico, Ivo Barbi

What is the Best Converter for Low Voltage Fuel Cell Applications- A Buck or Boost? ......................................................................885Morten Nymand, René Tranberg, Mark E. Madsen, U. K. Madawala, Michael A. E. Andersen

Technical Track - Electrical Machines and Drives.........................................................................................................................892 A Comparison of Stator Flux Linkage Estimators for a Direct Torque Controlled PMSM Drive.......................................................894

Thomas J. Vyncke, René K. Boel, Jan Melkebeek

A Flatness Based Backstepping Controller Design with Sliding Mode for Asynchronous Machines...................................................902Thi Mai Phuong Nguyen, Albrecht Gensior, Joachim Rudolph

A Model Predictive Control Scheme with Torque Ripple Mitigation for Permanent Magnet Motors ................................................908Sebastien Mariethoz, Alexander Domahidi, Manfred Morari

A New Identification Approach for a Synchronous Drive .........................................................................................................................914Arnaud Baysse, Abdallah Habbadi, Stéphane Caux, Francisco J. Carrillo, Sébastien Carrière

A Novel Modular Permanent-magnet Electric Machine Design ...............................................................................................................920Igor Stamenkovic, Nigel Schofield, Nikola Milivojevic, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Ali Emadi

A Sensorless Single-phase Induction Motor Drive with a MMRAC Controller .....................................................................................926Rodrigo Padilha Vieira, Hilton Abílio Gründling, Rodrigo Zelir Azzolin

A Simple Five-level Inverter Topology for Induction Motor Drive Using Conventional Two-level Inverters and Flying Capacitor Technique ..........................................................................................................................................................................932

K. Gopakumar, K. Sivakumar, Anandarup Das, Rijil Ramchand, Chintan Patel

A Simplified Position Observer for Zero-speed Sensorless Control of Synchronous Motors................................................................937Paolo Giangrande, Francesco Cupertino

Algorithm Implementation of an Hybrid Efficiency Controller Incorporated to a PMSM Standard FOC Variable Speed Motor Drive .........................................................................................................................................................................................943

Eleftheria S. Sergaki, George S. Stavrakakis, Kostas C. Kalaitzakis, Dimitris Piromalis

An AFB Controller of Induction Machine under Amplitude and Rate Saturation Constraints...........................................................949Nabil Ezziani, Najib Essounbouli, Abdelaziz Hamzaoui

Angular Misalignment in Induction Motors with Flexible Coupling .......................................................................................................956José Maria Bossio, Guillermo Rubén Bossio, Cristian Hernán De Angelo

Application of TFD Tools for the Tracing of Eccentricity-related Components in Induction Machines.............................................962Jose A. Antonino-Daviu, Vicente Climente-Alarcón, Joan Pons-Llinares, Manuel Pineda-Sanchez, Pedro Jover-Rodriguez, Antero Arkkio

Avoiding Undesirable High-frequency Phenomena in Long Cable Drives: Rectifier-to-inverter Connection through Long DC Cable - Part I: Evaluation of the Losses Reduction and Copper Economy ............................................................................968

João Castro, Hélder de Paula, Braz Cardoso

Calculation of Roller and Ball Bearing Capacitances and Prediction of EDM Currents ......................................................................974Oliver Magdun, Andreas Binder

Control of an Induction Machine Fed by a CM Converter Under Fault .................................................................................................980Pablo Lezana, Andres Mora, Jorge Juliet, Cesar Silva

Controlled Induction Motor Drives Supplied by Frequency Converters on Belt Conveyors - Modeling and Commissioning................................................................................................................................................................................................986

Borislav Jeftenic, Leposava Ristic, Milan Bebic, Sasa Statkic

Decoupled Control of Inverters in Parallel Operation for AC Motor Drives..........................................................................................992Ming Hua, Haibing Hu, Yan Xing, Zhongyi He

Design and Characterization of a Cryogenic Copper-Wound Linear Tubular Actuator ......................................................................997Fabrizio Marignetti, Vincenzo Delli Colli, Silvio Carbone

Design of a Novel Bearingless Permanent Magnet Motor for Bioreactor Applications .......................................................................1003Thomas Reichert, Thomas Nussbaumer, Wolfgang Gruber, J. W. Kolar

Design of a Novel Direct Driven Conveyor by a Linear Synchronous Motor........................................................................................1009Jan-Peter Jastrzembski, Bernd Ponick

Diagnosis of Stator Short-circuits Through Wigner-ville Transient-based Analysis ...........................................................................1014Vicente Climente-Alarcón, Jose A. Antonino-Daviu, Martin Riera-Guasp, Ruben Puche-Panadero, Leon Escobar-Moreira, Pedro Jover-Rodriguez, Antero Arkkio

Differential Overvoltages and Common-Mode Currents in PWM Motor Drives: The Influence of the Cable Arrangement on Their Characteristics ......................................................................................................................................................1020

Hélder de Paula, Marcus Lisboa, Jonathas Guilherme, Wellington Almeida, Marcelo Chaves

Direct Torque Control for Sensorless Induction Motor Drives Using an Improved H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter .........................1027Javier Pereda, Juan Dixon, Mauricio Rotella

Driving Control Considering Torsional Vibration Suppression in a Stepping Motor with a Full-step Drive...................................1033Koichi Inaba, Yoshiyuki Noda, Takanori Miyoshi, Kazuhiko Terashima

DTC Applied to Optimize Solar Panel Efficiency.....................................................................................................................................1039Bachir Mokhtari, Aissa Ameur, Lakhdar Mokrani, Boubekeur Azoui, Mohamed Fouad Benkhoris

Effects of Unsymmetrical Voltage Sags on Adjustable Speed Drives Torque Ripple...........................................................................1045Milutin Petronijevic, Nebojsa Mitrovic, Borislav Jeftenic, Vojkan Kostic

Experimental Analysis of Materials for Electromagnetic Converters Obtainable by Powder Pressing ............................................1051Luca Ferraris, Paolo Ferraris, Aldo Boglietti, Andrea Cavagnino, Marco Actis Grande

Experimental Equivalent Circuit Parameters Identification of a Switched Reluctance Motor ..........................................................1057F. J. Pérez Cebolla, A. Martinez Iturbe, B. Martín del Brío, E. Laloya Monzón, J. E. Vicuña Martínez, C. E. Montaño Salcedo, S. Mendez Prince

Experimental Verification of Drive with Segment Slotless Synchronous Motor with Permanent Magnet .......................................1063Marek Franko, Lubomir Grman, Martin Hrasko, Jozef Kuchta, Jozef Buday

Fast Torque Control System of PMSM Based on Model Predictive Control ........................................................................................1068Yuya Hozumi, Shinji Doki, Shigeru Okuma

Fine Estimation Self-tuning of Both Current Sensor Offset and Electrical Parameter Variation for PM Motor ............................1073Tomohiro Senko, Masaki Sazawa, Yutaro Uenaka, Kiyoshi Ohishi

High Speed Synchronous Motor Control for Electrically Driven Compressors on Overcharged Gasoline or Diesel Engines...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1079

Zdeněk Čeřvský, Jaroslav Novák, Martin Novák

Impact of Different End Region Cooling Arrangements on the Endwinding Heat Transfer Coefficients ........................................1085Aldo Boglietti, Andrea Cavagnino, Mircea Popescu, Dave Staton

Investigation of EMI Reduction Techniques Using Time Domain Simulation of Drives .....................................................................1091Calin Purcarea, Peter Mutschler

Ionic Polymer Metal-composite (IPMC) Actuators: Augmentation of Their Actuation Force Capability........................................1097Bruno Lopes, P. J. Costa Branco

Linear Drive System for Combined Transportation and Processing of Materials ...............................................................................1102Marius Mihalachi, Roberto Leidhold, Peter Mutschler

Maximum Torque Control with Inductance Setting of Extended EMF Observer ...............................................................................1108Takumi Ohnuma, Shinji Doki, Shigeru Okuma

Measurement of Stator Heat Transfer in Air-cooled Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines ........................................................1114David A. Howey, Andrew S. Holmes, Keith R. Pullen

Model Predictive Direct Torque Control of a Variable Speed Drive with a Five-level Inverter .........................................................1120Tobias Geyer, Georgios Papafotiou

Modeling and Experimental Investigations of a Reactive Homo-heteropolar Brushless Synchronous Machine .............................1126Sorin Ioan Deaconu, Marcel Topor, Lucian Tutelea, Gabriel Nicolae Popa, Cristian Abrudean

Operation of Parallel Three-phase Converters as a Motor Drive...........................................................................................................1134Daniel Fingas, Peter W. Lehn

Oscillatory Motion Application of Tubular Linear Permanent Magnetic Machine .............................................................................1140Shujun Zhang, Lars Norum, Robert Nilssen

Performance Evaluation of Direct Torque Controlled PMSM Drives Under Inverter Fault Conditions .........................................1145Jorge O. Estima, A. J. Marques Cardoso

Performance of Z-source-inverter Feeding PM Brushless Motors .........................................................................................................1151Giuseppe Buja, Ritesh Keshri, Roberto Menis

Predictive Vector Selector for Direct Torque Control of Matrix Converter fed Induction Motors ...................................................1157Carlos Ortega, Antoni Arias, Jordi Espina

Principles of Magnetic Levitation Force and Motor Torque Generation by Superposition of Harmonics in Bearingless Brushless Motors .....................................................................................................................................................................1163

Franz Zurcher, Thomas Nussbaumer, J. W. Kolar

Robust and Smooth Adaptive Variable Structure Control for Induction Motor Drives .....................................................................1169Patxi Alkorta, Oscar Barambones

Rotor Slotting Saliency Analysis of Induction Motor for Sensorless Control .......................................................................................1175Marcello Pucci, Calogero Serporta

Sensorless Brushless DC Drive Controlled by Predictive Algorithm .....................................................................................................1181Gianluca Gatto, Ignazio Marongiu, Aldo Perfetto, Alessandro Serpi

Sensorless Control of Grid-connected Doubly-fed Slip-ring Induction Motor Drive...........................................................................1187Vimlesh Verma, Suman Maiti, Chandan Chakraborty

Sensorless Position Detection by Using the High Frequency Zero-sequence Generated by the Inverter ..........................................1193Roberto Leidhold, Peter Mutschler

Shaping the Spectra of the Line-to-line Voltage Using Signal Injection in the Common Mode Voltage ...........................................1199Laszlo Mathe, Peter Omand Rasmussen, John K. Pedersen

Short-circuit-proofed Outer Rotor PMSM with a Wide Field Weakening Range for High Efficiency Traction Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................1205

Andreas Eilenberger, Manfred Schroedl, Florian Demmelmayr, Markus Troyer

Simulation of Asymmetric Faults of a Five-phase Induction Machine Used in Naval Applications...................................................1209Carsten Heising, Martin Oettmeier, Roman Bartelt, Fang Jie, Volker Staudt, Andreas Steimel

Single Current Sensor Control for PWM Inverter Fed AC Motor Drives under Over-modulation Mode .......................................1215Qing Wei, Kai Sun, Lipei Huang

Space Vector PWM Scheme without Sector Identification for an Open-end Winding Induction Motor Based 3-level Inverter .................................................................................................................................................................................................1221

G. Shiny, M. R. Baiju

Speed Sensorless Direct Torque Control of 3-level Inverter-fed Induction Motor Drive Based on Optimized Switching Table ............................................................................................................................................................................................1227

Yongchang Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, Jianguo Zhu, Wei Xu, David Dorrell

Stator Winding Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors Using the dq Current Trajectory Mass Center .............................................1233Vitor Pires, Tito Amaral, João Martins

Study on Low-frequency PWM Control Methods of Traveling Wave Ultrasonic Motor ....................................................................1238Jingzhuo Shi, Bo Liu

Switched Reluctance Machine with Higher Number of Rotor Poles for High Volume Low Cost Manufacturing ...........................1243Piyush Desai, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Nigel Schofield, Ali Emadi

Switched Reluctance Machines with Higher Rotor Poles than Stator Poles for Improved Output Torque Characteristics ..............................................................................................................................................................................................1249

Piyush Desai, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Nigel Schofield, Ali Emadi

The Impact of Inverter Dead Time on Performance of n-Motor Drives Supplied from (2n+1)-Leg VSI ..........................................1255Martin Jones, Emil Levi, Drazen Dujic

The Partial Average Power as a Fault Diagnostic Parameter Applied to SRM Drives........................................................................1261Natália Gameiro, A. J. Marques Cardoso

Torque and Speed Estimator for Induction Motor Using Parallel Neural Networks and Sensorless Technology ...........................1267Alessandro Goedtel, Ivan Nunes da Silva, Paulo Jose Serni, Marcelo Suetake, C. Nascimento, Sergio Oliveira da Silva

Torque Ripple in PWM-VSI-fed Drives Due to Parasitic Effects in the Inverter Control ..................................................................1273Juriy Plotkin, Uwe Schaefer, Rolf Hanitsch

Vectorial Control of Multi-phase Synchronous Motors Using POG Approach....................................................................................1278Roberto Zanasi, Federica Grossi

Verification-based Robust Design of Sensored BLDC Drive Electronic Control .................................................................................1284Lothar Berger, Karsten Schoenherr, Markus Roeder, Andre Jennert

Voltage Limiter Calculation Method for Fast Torque Response of IPMSM in Overmodulation Range...........................................1288Smith Lerdudomsak, Shinji Doki, Shigeru Okuma

Wide-speed Range Sensorless Control of an AC PM Motor Using the PWM Waveform of a Matrix Converter and without di/dt Sensors ....................................................................................................................................................................................1294

Qiang Gao, Greg Asher, Mark Sumner

Technical Track - Control Systems and Applications..................................................................................................................1300 A Flexible Robot Control Solution for Hip Resurfacing Surgery ...........................................................................................................1302

Pedro Pires, Pedro Teodoro, Jorge Martins, Jose Sa da Costa

A Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller Design for the Sheppard-Taylor Based PFC Rectifier .....................................................1308Mohammad Reza Abedi, Farzad Tahami

A Robust Speed Control Architecture for Ultrasonic Motor ..................................................................................................................1314Moussa Boukhnifer, Ahmed Chaibet, Chérif Larouci

A Simple Design Method of Pole Placement for Linear Time-varying Multi-input Systems ..............................................................1320Yasuhiko Mutoh, Yu Nakada

A Simple Procedure to Design PID Controllers in the Frequency Domain ...........................................................................................1325Roberto Sanchis, Julio Romero, Pedro Balaguer

A System Identification Method with Roughly Quantized Data Using Semidefinite Programming ..................................................1331Katsumi Konishi, Hiroaki Kato

Adaptive Friction Compensation Based on the LuGre Model for a Pneumatic Rodless Cylinder .....................................................1337Dominik Schindele, Harald Aschemann

Adaptive Optimal Valve Control for a Resonance Fluid Actuator.........................................................................................................1343Yannis Koveos, Anthony Tzes

ADM - Process Identification Tool for Experts and Technologists ........................................................................................................1349Hellmuth Kubin, Manfred Benesch, Alexander Dementjev, Klaus Kabitzsch, Thomas Unkelbach, Roman Nyderle, Christoph Metzner

An Adaptive Non-linear State Estimator for Vehicle Lateral Dynamics ...............................................................................................1355David J. Broderick, David M. Bevly, John Y. Hung

An Approach to Cooperative Control for Formation Flight of Multiple Autonomous Helicopters ...................................................1361Takafumi Koishi, Toshiyuki Murakami

An Event-based PI Controller Based on Feedback and Feedforward Actions .....................................................................................1367Jose Sanchez, Antonio Visioli, Sebastián Dormido

An Interactive Tool for Fractional Order PID Controllers .....................................................................................................................1373Enrico Pisoni, Antonio Visioli, Sebastián Dormido

Chattering Suppression for DSP Based Sliding Mode Current Control of PM DC Drives .................................................................1379Mehmet Dal, Remus Teodorescu

CMAC Based Adaptive Control of a Flexiblee Link Manipulator .........................................................................................................1385Amin Riad Maouche, Mokhtar Attari

Copula Functions on Probabilistic Robust Analysis.................................................................................................................................1391Alfredo Cuesta-Infante

Decentralized Control Based on Modified Fuzzy Disturbance Observer for Interconnected Nonlinear System .............................1397Seongcheol Jeong, Woojong Yoo, Sangchul Won

Decentralized Formation Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots .........................................................................................................1403Edwin Carvalho, Miguel Pedro Silva, Carlos Cardeira

Design of an Innovative Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Controller for Laser Surface Treatments.....................................................................1409José Antonio Pérez, Alberto Luaces, Roland Pastorino

Differential Evolution Approach for Tuning an H-infinity Controller in AMB Systems ....................................................................1413Alexander Smirnov, Rafal Jastrzebski

Digital Control System Applied to a PFC Boost Converter Operating in Mixed Conduction Mode .................................................1418Leandro Roggia, Fernando Beltrame, José Eduardo Baggio, Hélio Leães Hey, José Renes Pinheiro

Direct Power Control of Matrix Converter Based Unified Power Flow Controllers ...........................................................................1424Joaquim Monteiro, Fernando Silva, Sónia Pinto, João Palma

Discrete-time Variable Structure Control of Permanent-magnet Synchronous Motors......................................................................1430Pietro Bastiani, Maria Letizia Corradini, Gianluca Ippoliti, Sauro Longhi, Giuseppe Orlando, Giovanni Vannucci

Environment Stiffness Estimation with Multiple Observers ...................................................................................................................1436Fernanda Coutinho, Rui Cortesão

Fault-tolerant Control of Electric Power Steering Using H-infinity Filter-Simulation Study.............................................................1442Smitha Cholakkal, Xiang Chen

Flatness Based Switching Frequency Estimation of Sliding Mode Controllers for Single-input Systems .........................................1448Hendrik Fehr, Albrecht Gensior, Joachim Rudolph

H-infinity Synthesis of Visual Feedback Systems under Camera Misalignment ..................................................................................1454Kentaro Hirata, Takashi Mizuno

H-infinity Control Algorithm for Dynamic Damping of Torsional Vibrations in Mechatronical Drive Systems .............................1460Constantinos Sourkounis

Human-robot Cooperative Transportation Using Two-wheels Driven Mobile Manipulator..............................................................1467Kohei Nozaki, Toshiyuki Murakami

Hybrid Filter Topology to Minimize Harmonics and EMI Noise in PMSM with HDTC ....................................................................1473Ali Ahmed Adam, Kayhan Gulez

Hybrid Methods for Parameter Estimation. Comparison and Numerical Applications......................................................................1479Nathalie Verdière, El Hassane Brahmi, Lilianne Denis-Vidal, Ghislaine Joly-Blanchard

Implementation of a Complex Monitoring System to Track People in the ATLAS Detector .............................................................1485Sebastien Franz, Olga Beltramello, Gianpaolo Benincasa, Helfried Burckhart, Carlos Cardeira, Hugo Castilho, Olivier Gutzwiller, Amelia Maio, Sofia Matias, Michelle Passard

Integral Sliding Mode Control of a Single-phase Current-source Inverter...........................................................................................1490Hasan Komurcugil

Integrated Control for Autonomous Passenger Vehicles .........................................................................................................................1496Katsumi Moriwaki

Internal Model Control Based Controller for Sensorless Force Control and Its Applications to Myoelectric Robotic Hand...............................................................................................................................................................................................................1502

Ryoichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Nobuaki Kobayashi

Model Based Development of COTS Complex Power-plant Control System .......................................................................................1508Martin Sveda, Vladimir Hubik, Vladimir Oplustil, Petr Axman, Tomas Kerlin

Modeling and Control of Ceramic Tile Glazing Using Dimensional Analysis.......................................................................................1514Pedro Balaguer, Roberto Sanchis, Julio Romero, Ignacio Peñarrocha, Carlos Ariño

Modeling and Current Control of Modular Multilevel Converters Considering Actuator and Sensor Delays ................................1520Philipp Muench, Steven Liu, Mike Dommaschk

Modeling and Identification of a Nuclear Reactor with Temperature Effects and Xenon Poisoning ................................................1526Attila Gabor, Csaba Fazekas, Gábor Szederkényi, Katalin M. Hangos

Modelling and Robust Control of an Industrial Accumulator in Roll to Roll Systems ........................................................................1532David Kuhm, Dominique Knittel, Marie-Ange Bueno

Motion Reproduction System with Haptic Information for Different Environment Location ...........................................................1538Tomoya Sato, Sho Sakaino, Kouhei Ohnishi

MPC with Conditional Penalty Cost ..........................................................................................................................................................1544Ricardo Dunia, Gerardo Fernandez

Observer-based Direct Power Control for Three-level NPC Rectifiers .................................................................................................1550Francisco Umbría, Sergio Vázquez, Francisco Gordillo, Fabio Gómez-Estern

Optimal Control Using the Fast Marching Method .................................................................................................................................1556Santiago Garrido, Luis Moreno, Dolores Blanco, Piotr P. Jurewicz

Optimal Design of Current and Voltage Controllers for a Distributed Energy Resource ...................................................................1562Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani, Mohsen Maboodi, Hassan Nikkhajoei

PID Controller Tuning for Glycerin Bleaching Process Using Well-known Tuning Formulas - A Simulation Study .....................1569Norehan Kamarudin, Zuriati Janin, Zakaria Yusuf, Mohd Nasir Taib

PMSG Current Control in the Overmodulation Region..........................................................................................................................1574Thiago A. Bernardes, Humberto Pinheiro, Vinicius F. Montagner

Power Flow Calculation by Combination of Newton-Raphson Method and Newton's Method in Optimization .............................1580Andrey Pazderin, Sergey Yuferev

Predictive Control of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on the Feedback Linearization .......................................1584Lhacene Arab, Mourad Ait Ahmed, Ali Belmehdi, Nassima Habani, Nadia Ait Ahmed

Predictive Control Using Neural Networks ...............................................................................................................................................1589Kamel Kara, Mohamed Laid Hadjili, Kamel Eddine Hemsas, Tedjeddine Missoum

Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management of Control Laws Based on Strict Markov Analysis ............................................1593Koichi Suyama, Nobuko Kosugi

Rule-based Fractional Control of an Irrigation Canal.............................................................................................................................1599Jorge Domingues, Duarte Valério, Jose Sa da Costa

SEPIC Design- Part I: Inductive Damping................................................................................................................................................1605Nicola Femia, Andrea Cantillo, Antonietta De Nardo, Felice Forrisi, Walter Zamboni

SEPIC Design- Part II: Capacitive Damping ............................................................................................................................................1611Nicola Femia, Andrea Cantillo, Antonietta De Nardo, Felice Forrisi, Walter Zamboni, Alfredo Russo

Simplified Digital Average Current Mode Control Algorithm for Half- or Full-Bridge Isolated DC/DC Converters ....................1617Indrek Roasto, Dmitri Vinnikov

Solution of Energy Flow Problem Using State Estimation Technique ...................................................................................................1623Andrew Pazderin, Sergey Kokin, Alexander Egorov, Elena Kochneva

Stability Analysis of 2-D Discrete Systems on the Basis of Lagrange Solutions and Doubly Similarity Transformed Systems...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1629

Guido Izuta

Stability of Teleoperation Systems for Time-varying Delays by Lyapunov-Krasovskii and Frequencial Techniques.....................1635Emma Delgado, Antonio Barreiro

Stability of Time Delay Control Systems with Discontinuous Bounded Nonlinearities .......................................................................1641Vladimir Rasvan, Daniela Danciu, Dan Popescu

State Estimation for Two-dimensional Linear Systems with Stochastic Parameters ...........................................................................1645Jia-Rui Cui, Guang-Da Hu

State Feedback Control for Tracking Sinusoidal References with Rejection of Disturbances Applied to UPS Systems...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1651

Vinicius F. Montagner, Samuel P. Ribas

Statistical Modeling and Optimization for Diesel Engine Calibration ...................................................................................................1657El Hassane Brahmi, Lilianne Denis-Vidal, Zohra Cherfi, Nassim Boudaoud

Steady-state Issues with Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control ..................................................................................................1663Pablo Lezana, Ricardo Aguilera, Daniel Quevedo

Stray Electromagnetic Field around Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor.....................................................................................1669Ali Ahmed Adam, Selim Koroglu, Kayhan Gulez

System Identification of PWM dc-dc Converters During Abrupt Load Changes ................................................................................1675Maher Algreer, Matthew Armstrong, Damian Giaouris

Task Hierarchy for Position Limitation and Bilateral Control by Oblique Coordinate Control .......................................................1681Sho Sakaino, Tomoya Sato, Kouhei Ohnishi

Using Simulated Annealing for Tuning of a Multirate PID controller ..................................................................................................1687Yolanda Cerezo, Ignacio Lopez, Alfredo Cuesta, Luis Grau

Voice Coil Actuators: From Model and Simulation to Automotive Application ..................................................................................1692Federico Baronti, Andrea Lazzeri, Francesco Lenzi, Roberto Roncella, Roberto Saletti, Sergio Saponara

Technical Track - Sensors, Actuators and Systems Integration ...............................................................................................1698 An Energy Scavenging Microsystem Based on Thermoelectricity for Battery Life Extension in Laptops........................................1700

R. P. Rocha, J. P. Carmo, L. M. Gonçalves, J. H. Correia

An Equivalent Circuit Model for Simulation of the ggNMOS Transient Triggering Under ESD Operating Conditions......................................................................................................................................................................................................1704

Richard Grisel, L. A. Coyitangiye, A. Doukkali, F. Barbier, P. Descamps, H. Murray

Contactless Seat Occupation Detection System Based on Electric Field Sensing .................................................................................1710David Tumpold, Armin Satz

Design and Implementation of a DNA Biosensor Based on a 50MHz QCM Electronic Oscillator Circuit .......................................1716Gonzalo Garcia-Martinez, Enrique Alonso-Bustabad, Hubert Perrot, Claude Gabrielli, B Bucur, Mathieu Lazerges, Daniel Rose, Loreto Rodriguez-Pardo, Jose Fariña, Chantal Compere

Design of Monolithic Master-slave SC Power Converter for Ultra-low Power Energy-harvesting Microsensors ...........................1722Ling Su, Dongsheng Ma

Development of a Polarized Microscopic Image Management System for Supporting Asbestos Qualitative Analysis Utilizing Dispersion Staining .......................................................................................................................................................................1728

Yugo Tsubota, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hirokazu Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Hotta, Hajime Asama, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Haruhisa Takahashi, Taketoshi Mishima

Dexterous Manipulation in Multi-degree-of-freedom Based on Modal-space Disturbance Compensation ......................................1734Kazuki Nagase, Seiichiro Katsura

Dilatometer for Characterization of Thermal Expansion of Ceramic Samples ....................................................................................1740Jose G. Rocha, VItor Correia, Marcos Martins, Jose M. Cabral

Distinction of Connection Condition of System in Bilateral Control .....................................................................................................1746Takeshi Okura, Seiichiro Katsura

Environment Copying System Based on Real-world Haptics .................................................................................................................1752Yuki Yokokura, Seiichiro Katsura

Force Feedback from Micro Environment Considering Nominal Mass of Disturbance Observer ....................................................1758Shutaro Yorozu, Seiichiro Katsura

High Performance Silicon-based Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Radiation Detector for Industrial Application .................................1764L. Shi, F. Sarubbi, S. Nihtianov, L. Nanver, T. Scholtes, F. Scholze

Manufacturing Technology for Flexible Optical Sensing Foils ...............................................................................................................1770Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Filipe Goncalves, Luis Ferreira, Francisco Araujo, Nuno Dias, J. P. Carmo, Paulo Mendes, J. H. Correia

Master-slave Mechanism Synchronized by Three-phase Electrostatic Induction ................................................................................1774Takuya Hosobata, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi

Motion Recognition Based on Temporal Mode Acquisition ....................................................................................................................1780Tatsuhito Watanabe, Seiichiro Katsura

Non-invasive Iridium Oxide Biopotential Electrodes ...............................................................................................................................1786Nuno Dias, Alexandre Silva, Paulo Mendes, J. H. Correia

Piezoelectric Sensor for Acoustic Wave Detection in Anisotropic Systems ...........................................................................................1792Gabriel Barbosa, Senentxu Lanceros, Julia Campos, Jorge Pamplona, Mario Zamith, Antonio M. Almeida, Jose M. Cabral, Jose G. Rocha

Proposal of A New Configuration for Magnetically Suspended Gyro ...................................................................................................1798Yutaka Maruyama, Takeshi Mizuno, Masaya Takasaki, Yuji Ishino, Hironori Kameno, Atsushi Kubo

Remote Sensing of Nuclear Accidents Using a Direction Finding Detector...........................................................................................1804Yoshiyuki Shirakawa, Toshiya Yamano, Yusuke Kobayashi

Resolver Compatible Capacitive Rotary Position Sensor ........................................................................................................................1810Fumitaka Kimura, Masahiko Gondo, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi

Study on Minute Printed Wiring Board Inspection System with Multi-probe .....................................................................................1816Masanori Noguchi, Yukio Saito, Okitoshi Tsunoda, Hideo Tomita, Takamitsu Tajima

System Simulation, VHDL-AMS Modeling in Automotive Context, the Example of a CAN Interface Circuit................................1822Richard Grisel, Imad Wayzani, Philippe Mounier

Yarn Parameterization Correlation Using Optical and Capacitive Sensors Approaches....................................................................1828Vítor Carvalho, Michael Belsley, Rosa Vasconcelos, Filomena Soares

Technical Track - Signal and Image Processing and Computational Intelligence .............................................................1834 A Bionic Approach for High-efficiency A Bionic Approach for High-efficiency Sensor Data Processing in Building Automation....................................................................................................................................................................................................1836

Rosemarie Velik, Dietmar Bruckner, Peter Palensky

A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Feature Selection in Potatoes Classification by Computer Vision.............................................1842Angel Dacal-Nieto, Esteban Vazquez-Fernandez, Arno Formella, Fernando Martin, Higinio Gonzalez-Jorge, Soledad Torres-Guijarro

A New Approach to Monitor and Measure Power Quality Disturbances Based on Wavelet and LES Filter ...................................1848Iman Sadinezhad, Vassilios G. Agelidis

A New Blind Image Watermarking Method Based Shur Transformation ............................................................................................1854Hassene Seddik, Mounir Sayadi, Farhat Fnaiech

A Novel Symmetric Image Encryption Approach Based on an Invertible Two-dimensional Map ....................................................1860Yong Feng, Xinghuo Yu

A Proposal of a Method to Analyze 3D Deformation / Fracture Characteristics inside Materials Based on a Stratified Matching Approach ....................................................................................................................................................................1866

Mitsuru Nakazawa, Masakazu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Toda, Yoshimitsu Aoki

A Segmentation Approach for Object Detection on Highly Dynamic Aquatic Environments ............................................................1872Nuno Peixoto, Adriano Tavares, José Mendes, Nuno Cardoso, Jorge Cabral

A Synchronous FPGA Design of a Bilateral Filter for Image Processing ..............................................................................................1877Anna Gabiger, Matthias Kube, Robert Weigel

Adaptive Image Acquisition and Pre-processing in Triggered Vision Systems ....................................................................................1883Antonio Martinez, Pedro J. Navarro, Carlos Fernandez, Andres Iborra, Juan Suardiaz

Another Approach for Theoretical Speech Recognition Method............................................................................................................1890Shigeki Sugiyama

Automatic Trajectory Generation for the Milling of Sculpted Surfaces Acquired from Laser Scanning Systems ..........................1895João L. Vilaça, Jaime Fonseca, A. C. M. Pinho

Decomposition of Mechanical Signals ........................................................................................................................................................1901Jun Cao, Xingsong Wang

Design, Simulation and Control in Virtual Reality of a RV-2AJ Robot ................................................................................................1907Mircea Coman, Sergiu Dan-Stan, Milos Manic, Radu Balan

Detection of Stressed Syllables in Standard Arabic..................................................................................................................................1913Amina Chentir

Detection of View Direction with a Single Camera and Its Application Using Eye Gaze ....................................................................1918Tetsuo Miyake, Takuya Asakawa, Takanori Yoshida, Takashi Imamura, Zhong Zhang

Developed an Expert System of an Empirical Method to Choose Correct Expressions for PID Controllers Tuning in Open Loop.................................................................................................................................................................................................1925

Jose Luis Calvo Rolle, Ramon Ferreiro Garcia, Hilario Lopez Garcia, Ivan Jose Machon Gonzalez

Discrimination of Intended Motions for Prosthetic Hands Using Nonstationary EMG ......................................................................1931Koji Ito, Ayuko Ibe, Manabu Gouko

Error Analysis and Enhancing of the Ellipticity Estimation of Steel Coils ...........................................................................................1937Daniel C. H. Schleicher, Bernhard G. Zagar

Ex<a>: An Effective Algorithm for Continuous Actions Reinforcement Learning Problems ............................................................1944Jose Antonio Martin H., Javier de Lope

Expression of Individual Yarn for Structure Analysis of Textile Fabric Based on Segmentation of Three Dimensional CT Image ................................................................................................................................................................................1950

Toshihiro Shinohara

High-speed Glossy Surface Scanner with Estimation of Surface Reflectance Properties ....................................................................1956Idaku Ishii, Kenkichi Yamamoto, Shin-ichi Tsunoda

Implementation of a Modular Neural Network in a Multiple Processor System on Chip to Classify Electric Disturbance ...................................................................................................................................................................................................1962

Danniel Lopes, Rafael Magalhães, Jorge Melo, Adrião Neto

Individual Event-related Potentials Extracted by VSS LMS Adaptive Filter Hermite Model............................................................1968Moncef Benkherrat, Boris Burle, Thierry Hasbroucq, Franck Vidal, Tahar Nefati

Motion Blur Parameters Identification from Radon Transform Image Gradients..............................................................................1973Hongwei Sun, Michel Desvignes, Yanhui Yan, Weiwei Liu

Optimization of Induction Heating Using Numerical Modeling and Genetic Algorithm ....................................................................1979Matej Kranjc, Anze Zupanic, Tomaz Jarm, Damijan Miklavcic

Real Time Leak Detection System Applied to Oil Pipelines Using Sonic Technology and Neural Networks....................................1984Álvaro Avelino, José Paiva, Rodrigo Silva, Gabriell Araujo, Fabiano Azevedo, Filipe Quintaes, André Maitelli, Andres Salazar, Adrião Neto

Simulation Platform for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on the TrueTime Toolbox ........................................................................1990Alberto Cardoso, Sérgio Santos, Amâncio Santos, Paulo Gil

Towards the Objectification of Tongue Diagnosis: Automatic Segmentation of Tongue Image.........................................................1996Wenshu Li, Shenning Hu, Shuai Wang

Uniformity Grade Evaluation of Flat Panel Displays by Visual Sensitivity ..........................................................................................2000Toshio Asano, Yuichi Morimoto, Yuji Takagi

US Image Improvement Using Fuzzy Neural Network with Epanechnikov Kernel ............................................................................2005Masakuni Oshiro, Toshihiro Nishimura

Using SideScan Sonar to Relative Navigation ...........................................................................................................................................2011Miguel Pinto, Bruno Ferreira, Aníbal Matos, Nuno Cruz

Visual Tracking Based on Multiple Cameras with MHS Cooperation Strategy...................................................................................2017Hui-Pin Hunag, Ming-Yang Cheng, Shang-Shiun Shie

Word Co-occurrence Information Utilization Method for Evaluated Number Independent Retrieval on BBS Articles with User Evaluation .....................................................................................................................................................................2023

Koichi Iwai, Masanori Akiyoshi, Norihisa Komoda

Technical Track - Mechatronics and Robotics...............................................................................................................................2030 A Control of Target Tracking by Two Wheels Driven Mobile Manipulator.........................................................................................2032

Tetsuro Ikeda, Toshiyuki Murakami

A Joystick Car Drive System with Seating in a Wheelchair....................................................................................................................2038Masayoshi Wada, Fujio Kameda

A Rule-based Lens Modeling Approach for Assisted Navigation Training...........................................................................................2044Ana Lopes, Urbano Nunes, Jackson Matsuura

A Simulation-based Design of Extraterrestrial Six-legged Robot System .............................................................................................2050Yong-Ho Yoo, Mohammed Ahmed, Malte Roemmermann, Frank Kirchner

An Approach to a Formalized Design Flow for Embedded Control Systems of Micro-robots ...........................................................2056Lluís Ribas-Xirgo, Joaquín Saiz-Alcaine, Jonatan Trullàs-Ledesma, A. Josep Velasco-González

Application of Hybrid-magnetized Superconductors to Magnetically Levitated Conveyer System...................................................2062Yoshihito Miyatake, Mochi Komori

Design of a Cheap Tracked Mobile Robot for Map Building Tasks.......................................................................................................2068Basar Denizer, Erdinc Altug

Development of Multi-fingered Universal Robot Hand with Torque Limiter Mechanism..................................................................2074Wataru Fukui, Futoshi Kobayashi, Fumio Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakamoto, Tadashi Maeda, Nobuaki Imamura, Kazuhiro Sasabe, Hidenori Shirasawa

Development of Street Performance Robot "SOMENOSUKE".............................................................................................................2080 Kenichi Katoh, Kentaro Hirata, Takashi Mizuno, Kohei Yamada

Downward Slope Driving Control for Electric Powered Wheelchair Based on Capacitor Regenerative Brake ..............................2086Hirokazu Seki, Yoshiaki Takahashi

Ergonomic Remote Control Technique for Horizontal Rotors Equipped UAVs ..................................................................................2092Alpár A. Sándor, Balázs G. Soós, György Cserey, Gábor Szederkényi

Experimental Comparison of Trajectory Tracking Algorithms for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots ..................................................2098Misel Brezak, Ivan Petrovic, Nedjeljko Peric

Human Tracking and Following Using Sensor Fusion Approach for Mobile Assistive Companion Robot ......................................2104R. C. Luo, Nai Wen Chang, Shih Chi Lin, Shih Chiang Wu

Hydrodynamic Modeling and Motion Limits of AUV MARES ..............................................................................................................2110Bruno Ferreira, Miguel Pinto, Aníbal Matos, Nuno Cruz

Image Base Visual Servoing: Estimation of the Image Jacobian by Using Lines in a Stereo Vision System.....................................2116Jhonattan-Didier Rueda, Luis Angel

Integrated ADAMS+MATLAB Environment for Design of an Autonomous Single Wheel Robot ....................................................2122Zhen Zhu, Phone Naing Myint, Abdullah Al-Mamun

Joint Stiffness and Position Control of an Artificial Muscle Manipulator Considering Instantaneous Load ...................................2128Daisuke Tanaka, Hiroyuki Maeda, Taro Nakamura

Marching Control of Unicycles Based on the Leader-followers Scheme ...............................................................................................2134Eduardo Hernandez-Martinez, Eduardo Aranda-Bricaire

Modeling and Control of a Joint Driven by Pneumatic Actuator...........................................................................................................2140Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, Takayuki Koizumi, Hiroto Kan, Hiroyuki Takeda, Tatsuwo Kudawara, Masanori Hirano

Motion Control Systems with Network Delay ...........................................................................................................................................2146Asif Sabanovic, K. Ohnishi, D. Yashiro, N. Sabanovic

Multi-agent Formation Control with Collision Avoidance Based on Discontinuous Vector Fields ....................................................2152Eduardo Hernandez-Martinez, Eduardo Aranda-Bricaire

Multi-sensors Feedback for Grasping Objects With Laser Ranger in Hand ........................................................................................2158R. C. Luo, M. H. Li, H. L. Jhu, J. W. Chen

Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Two-link Flexible Manipulators.............................................................2164Yong Feng, Xinghuo Yu

Operational Support Control by Haptic Joystick Considering Load Sway Suppression and Obstacle Avoidance for Intelligent Crane ...........................................................................................................................................................................................2170

Ryuji Sato, Yoshiyuki Noda, Takanori Miyoshi, Kazuhiko Terashima, Kiyoaki Kakihara, Yukihiro Nie, Kazuhiro Funato

Outdoor Scene Registration from 3D Laser Range Data with Coarse Binary Cubes ..........................................................................2177Jorge Martínez, Anthony Mandow, Antonio Reina, Jesús Morales

Passivity-based Synchronized Visual Feedback Control for Eye-to-hand Systems ..............................................................................2183Toshiyuki Murao, Hiroyuki Kawai, Masayuki Fujita

Real-time Path Planning for Aerial Robot in Real Environments ..........................................................................................................2189Liting Wu, Yu Tian, Yiping Yang

Remarks on Robust Extraction of Hand's Silhouette for 3D Hand Motion Capture System..............................................................2195Kazuhiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishihara, Ken Ueda, Masafumi Hashimoto

Robot for Minisumo .....................................................................................................................................................................................2201Aleš Marvan, Filip Orság, Martin Drahanský

Robust and Real-time Teaching of Industrial Robots for Mass Customization Manufacturing Using Stereoscopic Vision .............................................................................................................................................................................................................2205

Paulo Malheiros, Paulo Costa, A. Paulo Moreira, Marcos Ferreira

Robust Control Design Based on Sliding Mode Control for Hover Flight of a Mini Tail-sitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle............................................................................................................................................................................................................2211

Alfredo Guerrero, Gerardo Romero, David Lara, Rogelio Lozano, K. C. Wong

Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation for Mobile Robot in Multi-robot Team ......................................................................................2217Masafumi Hashimoto, Takahiro Ishii, Kazuhiko Takahashi

Sensorless Torque Estimation in Multidegree-of-freedom Flexible Systems.........................................................................................2223Islam Shoukry, Emrah Deniz Kunt, Asif Sabanovic

Shape Classification Based on Tactile Information by Universal Robot Hand.....................................................................................2229Hiroyuki Nakamoto, Wataru Fukui, Futoshi Kobayashi, Fumio Kojima, Nobuaki Imamura, Hidenori Shirasawa

Simulated Visually-guided Paw Placement During Quadruped Locomotion .......................................................................................2235Miguel Oliveira, Cristina Santos, Manuel Ferreira

Slip Reduction Control Using Plural Wheel Information for Step-climbing Vehicle...........................................................................2242Daisuke Chugo, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hayato Kaetsu, Hajime Asama, Taketoshi Mishima, Kunikatsu Takase

Virtual Steering Limitations for Reversing an Articulated Vehicle with Off-axle Passive Trailers ...................................................2248Jesús Morales, Jorge Martínez, Anthony Mandow, Itza J. Medina

Technical Track - Factory Automation and Industrial Informatic .........................................................................................2255 A Proposal of Real-time Publish-subscribe Scheme Compatible with 802.11e Wireless Networks ....................................................2257

Raimundo Viegas Junior, Paulo Portugal, Luiz Affonso Guedes, Francisco Vasques

Adaptation of Resource-oriented Service Technologies for Industrial Informatics .............................................................................2263Steffen Prüter, Frank Golatowski, Dirk Timmermann

An Agent-based Approach for Scheduling under Consideration of the Influencing Factors in FMS ................................................2269Iman Badr, Peter Göhner

An Automated Web Surface Inspection for Hot Wire Rod Using Undecimated Wavelet Transform and Support Vector Machine.............................................................................................................................................................................................2275

Changhyun Park, Sangchul Won

Automatic Generation of VHDL Code from Traditional Ladder Diagrams Applying a Model-driven Engineering Approach .......................................................................................................................................................................................................2280

Diego Alonso, Juan Suardiaz, Pedro J. Navarro, Pedro M. Alcover, Juan A. Lopez

Automatic Program Verification of Continuous Function Chart based on Model Checking .............................................................2286Awang Noor Indra Wardana, Jens Folmer, Birgit Vogel-Heuser

Correction of Image Coordinate Using Landmark for Setting Error ....................................................................................................2292Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, Takayuki Koizumi, Kazuto Kayamoto, Hiroko Oshima, Yoichiro Nakamura, Masanori Hirano

Decentralized Feedback Control of a Line of Manufacturing Machines ...............................................................................................2298A. Y. Pogromsky, Boris Andrievsky, Antoinette G. N. Kommer, Jacobus E. Rooda

Genetic Machine Learning Algorithms in the Optimization of Communication Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks ........................................................................................................................................................................................................2306

Alex Pinto, Marcos Camada, Mário Dantas, Carlos Montez, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques

IEC-60870-5 Application Layer for an Open and Flexible Remote Unit ...............................................................................................2312Verónica Medina, Isabel Gómez, Enrique Dorronzoro, David Oviedo, Sergio Martín, Jaime Benjumea, Gemma Sánchez

Implementing Encryption and Authentication in KNX Using Diffie-Hellman and AES Algorithms ................................................2317Salvatore Cavalieri, Giovanni Cutuli

Object-oriented Engineering Data Exchange As a Base for Automatic Generation of Simulation Models ......................................2323Mike Barth, Martin Strube, Alexander Fay, Peter Weber, Jürgen Greifeneder

Processes for Improved Human Control over Definition of Product Models........................................................................................2329László Horváth, Imre J. Rudas

Remote Instrumentation Control and Monitoring Based on LabVIEW and SMS ..............................................................................2335Rafael C. Figueiredo, Antonio M. O. Ribeiro, Rangel Arthur, Evandro Conforti

Simulation Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 for Wireless Networked Control Systems ................................................................................2340Jose Afonso, Pedro Macedo

Simulator and Scale Model of an Industrial Manufacturing Cell ..........................................................................................................2346Mário de Sousa, Anfré Restivo

Solving a Real Job Shop Scheduling Problem...........................................................................................................................................2352Ricardo Avila Rondon, Adriano Carvalho

Technical and Economical Assessment for the Use of Wireless Gateways in Industrial Networks ....................................................2357Diego Resende, Max Santos, Omar Garzedin, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques

The Impact of Control Delay upon the Performance of a DC-motor Control: Comparison of a Centralized vs. a Network-based Approach ............................................................................................................................................................................2363

Marcos Dornelas, Thiago Dutra, Max Santos, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques

Towards a Modular and Scalable Design for the Communications of Electrical Protection Relays ..................................................2369Isidro Calvo, Oier García de Albéniz, Adrián Noguero, Federico Pérez

Virtual Reality Generation of Synthetic Images of SMDs for Automatic Optical Inspection Algorithms ........................................2375Francisco J. Ruiz-Sanchez, Alejandro Gallegos-Hernandez

Special Session - Towards More Electrical Aircraft.....................................................................................................................2381 A Direct-drive Solution for Hydrogen Supplied All-electric Airplane ...................................................................................................2383

Paolo Guglielmi, Gianmario Pellegrino, Giovanni Griva, Franco Villata, Paolo Maggiore, Massimo Bruno, Roberto Lamberti, Franco Gadrino

A Fast Dynamic Phasor Model of Autotransformer Rectifier Unit for Aircraft Power Systems........................................................2389Tao Wu, Serhiy Bozhko, Greg Asher, Dave Thomas

Accelerated Functional Modeling of Aircraft Electrical Power Systems including Fault Scenarios ..................................................2395Tao Wu, Serhiy Bozhko, Greg Asher, Dave Thomas

Analysis of the End Winding Heat Transfer Variation with Altitude in Electric Motors ...................................................................2403Gareth Gilson, Steve Pickering, David Hann, Chris Gerada

Design of Brushless PM Motor for High Starting Torque Requirements for Aircraft Applications .................................................2409Tadashi Sawata, Parminder Sangha

Dual-output Motor Control Unit for an Electro Mechanically Actuated Nose Landing Gear............................................................2415Thiwanka Wijekoon, Lee Empringham, Patrick Wheeler

Hybrid-excitation DC Machines as Highly Reliable Generators for Ram Air Turbines .....................................................................2421Paolo Bolognesi, Francesco Papini, Lucio Taponecco

Power Control Between Two DC Buses for On-board Systems Network Stability Support ...............................................................2427Alberto Berasain, Jesús López, Eugenio Gubia, Luís Marroyo, Hubert Piquet

Sensorless Control of Brushless Exciter Synchronous Starter Generator Using Extended Kalman Filter .......................................2433Amira Maalouf, Sandrine Le Ballois, Lahoucine Idkhajine, Eric Monmasson, Jean-Yves Midy, François Biais

The Safety Critical Electric Machines and Drives in the More Electric Aircraft: A Survey...............................................................2439Aldo Boglietti, Andrea Cavagnino, Alberto Tenconi, Silvio Vaschetto

Thermal Design of an Electro-mechanical Actuator for an Aircraft Rudder Using CFD Simulation ...............................................2447Z. Xu, S. J. Pickering

Special Session - RFID Technology and Wireless Sensor Networks .......................................................................................2453 A Scheme for Preventing Denial of Service Attacks on Wireless Sensor Networks .............................................................................2455

Khusvinder Gill, Shuang-Hua Yang

Analysis of DFSA Anti-collision Protocols in Passive RFID Environments ..........................................................................................2462Victoria Bueno-Delgado, Javier Vales-Alonso, Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Castaño

Connectionless Indoor Inventory Tracking in Zigbee RFID Sensor Network ......................................................................................2470Huanjia Yang, Shuang-Hua Yang

Convex Groups for Self-organizing Multi-sink Wireless Sensor Networks...........................................................................................2476Olga Saukh, Robert Sauter, Pedro Marrón

Development of a Mote for Horticulture Based on the SDI-12 Standard ..............................................................................................2482Juan A. Lopez, Fulgencio Soto, Juan Suardiaz, Pedro Sanchez, Andres Iborra, Juan A. Vera

Dynamic Target Tracking with Integration of Communication and Coverage Using Mobile Sensors..............................................2488Hongbin Li, Luis Almeida, Youxian Sun

Energy-efficient Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Sensor Networks ......................................................................................................2494Sina Maleki, Ashish Pandharipande, Geert Leus

NSEEAR: A Energy Adaptive Routing Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks .......................................................2499Udit Mehrotra, Wai Yie Leong

Optimizing Network-side Queries with Timestamp-join in Wireless Sensor Networks.......................................................................2505Giuseppe Amato, Stefano Chessa, Claudio Vairo

Quality and Safety Building Site Operative-phase Improvement Based on RFID and WSN Systems...............................................2511Sara Prior, Alejandro Veiga, Jorge Vinuela, Jose J. De Las Heras, Juan Manuel Mieres

SeNsIM-Web, a System for Sensor Networks Integration.......................................................................................................................2517Valentina Casola, Andrea Gaglione, Antonino Mazzeo

Traceability System in the Supply Chain Based on RFID .......................................................................................................................2524Gianni Fenu, Paolo Garau

Ultrasonic Locating System Optimized for Low Cost, High Efficiency and Secure Application........................................................2530Herbert Schweinzer, Gerhard Spitzer

Wireless Sensor Network Modular Node Modeling and Simulation with VisualSense........................................................................2537Víctor Roselló, Jorge Portilla, Yana Krasteva, Teresa Riesgo

Special Session - Position / Orientation Tracking System ..........................................................................................................2543 A Multi-technology Framework for LBS using Fingerprinting ..............................................................................................................2545

Pedro Mestre Silva, Hugo Pinto, Carlos M. Serôdio, João Monteiro, Carlos A. Couto

A Neural Network Approach for AGV Localization Using Trilateration .............................................................................................2551Abilio Azenha, Adriano Carvalho

Hand-held Fastening Tool Position Sensing System Using an Inertial Measurement Unit .................................................................2555Seong-hoon Peter Won, William Melek, Farid Golnaraghi

Low Cost Indoor Ultrasonic Positioning Implemented in FPGA ...........................................................................................................2561Alberto Sanchez, Santiago Elvira, Angel de Castro, Guillermo Glez-de-Rivera, Ricardo Ribalda, Javier Garrido

Snow Depth Measurement Using the Structured Pattern Generator ....................................................................................................2567HwangRyol Ryu, KiSung Yoo, Zhong-Soo Lim

TraceMe - Indoor Real-time Location System ..........................................................................................................................................2573Pedro Mestre Silva, Maximino Paralta, Rafael Caldeirinha, Jorge Rodrigues, Carlos M. Serôdio

Trilateration for Indoors Positioning Within the Framework Wireless Communications ..................................................................2578Luis Peneda, Abilio Azenha, Adriano Carvalho

Ultra Wideband Antenna for Real Time Location System Application.................................................................................................2584Wei Liu

Special Session - Fuel Cell Modeling and Control ........................................................................................................................2589 A New On-line Diagnosis Technique for PEM Fuel Cell with Integration Perspective .......................................................................2591

Bethoux Olivier, Hilairet Mickael, Azib Toufik

A Soft-switching DC/DC Converter Applied to Improve the Efficiency of a PEM Fuel Cell System ................................................2597Maria Teresa Outeiro, Rui Filipe Chibante, Adriano Carvalho

Fuel Cell Electric Scooter: Comparison between a Hydrogen Direct and a Methanol Hybrid Architecture....................................2605Daniela Chrenko, David Bouquain, Abdellatif Miraoui

Measuring the PEM Fuel Cell Performance in a Versatile Test Station................................................................................................2611Elio Jannelli, Fabrizio Marignetti, Mariagiovanna Minutillo, Alessandra Perna

Optimal Temperature Control in PEM Fuel Cells ...................................................................................................................................2617Luis Riascos, David Pereira

Psim Mathematical Tools To Simulate Pem Fuel Cells Including The Power Converter....................................................................2623Luciano Porto de Lima, Felix Alberto Farret, Diego B. Ramos, Fredi Ferrigolo, Henrique Wild Stangarlin, Álvaro Brezolin Serdotte, Jordan Gustavo Trapp

Second Order Sliding Mode Control of the Moto-compressor of a PEM Fuel Cell Air Feeding System, with Experimental Validation..............................................................................................................................................................................2629

Reine Talj, Mickaël Hilairet, Romeo Ortega

Simulator of a PEM Fuel-cell Stack Based on a Dynamic Model ...........................................................................................................2635Carlos Restrepo, Carlos Torres, Javier Calvente, Roberto Giral, Ramon Leyva

Special Session - Industrial Applications of FPGAs and Embedded Systems......................................................................2641 A Comparison of Three Representative Hardware Sorting Units ..........................................................................................................2643

Rui Marcelino, Horacio Neto, Joao Cardoso

A Methodology for Optimizing the FPGA Implementation of Industrial Control Systems ................................................................2649Pedro Martín, Emilio Bueno, Francisco J. Rodríguez, Vanessa Saez

A Synthesizable Ethernet Switch with Enhanced Real-time Features ...................................................................................................2655R. Santos, R. Marau, Alexandre Vieira, Paulo Pedreiras, Arnaldo Oliveira, Luis Almeida

Fast Prototyping of a Digital PID Controller on a FPGA based Soft-core Microcontroller for Precision Control of a Brushed DC Servo Motor .........................................................................................................................................................................2663

Amitabh Das, Kumardeb Banerjee

FPGA Realization of the Neural Speed Estimator for the Drive System with Elastic Coupling.........................................................2669Teresa Orlowska-Kowalska, Marcin Kaminski

FPGA-based Direct Resistance and Capacitance Measurements ...........................................................................................................2675Luis Ares, Juan J. Rodriguez-Andina, Jose Fariña

FPGA-based Interface for Control of a Hybrid Micropositioning Stage...............................................................................................2680Laszlo Juhasz, Axel Kiffe, Jürgen Maas

FPGA-based Realization of Self-optimizing Drive-controllers ...............................................................................................................2686Carlos Paiz, Jens Hagemeyer, Christopher Pohl, Mario Porrmann, Ulrich Rückert, Bernd Schulz, Wilhelm Peters, Joachim Böcker

High Frequency Isolation Pre-regulator With Power Factor Correction Applied to UPS Using Self-control Technique on a DSPIC .................................................................................................................................................................................2692

Luiz Henrique S. C. Barreto, Paulo Praça, Luiz D. S. Bezerra, G. A. L. Henn Henn, Ranoyca N. A. L. Silva, René Torrico-Bascopé, Demercil S. Oliveira Jr.

Hybrid DTC Induction Motor Approach ..................................................................................................................................................2699Karel Jezernik

Model-based Development of MPSoCs with Support for Early Validation ..........................................................................................2705Roman Obermaisser, Philipp Gutwenger

Realization of a Flexible Platform for Fruit Inspection and Classification Applications with Emphasis in Rapid Prototyping and Development.....................................................................................................................................................................2712

Hipolito Guzman-Miranda, Javier Nápoles, Antonio Patiño, Raul Mateos, Manuel Matias, Jose Amador, Jon Tombs, Miguel Angel Aguirre, Jesus Perez-Cordoba

System-on-programmable-chip-based Versatile Modulation Architecture Applied to Domestic Induction Heating ......................2718Óscar Lucía, Óscar Jiménez, Luis A. Barragán, Isidro Urriza, José M. Burdío, Denis Navarro

WinCE-based Embedded System for Control of an Industrial Screw Machine ...................................................................................2724António Moreira, Jaime Fonseca, Adriano Tavares

Special Session - FPGAs for Industrial Control Systems............................................................................................................2731 A FPGA-prototype of a Sliding-mode-controller IC for High-Switching-Frequency DC-DC Converters ........................................2733

Guo Shuibao, Lin-Shi Xuefang, Allard Bruno, Li Bo, Gao Yanxia, Yuan Yi

Design and Implementation of High Performance FPGA Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor.............................2739Roberto Di Stefano, Vincenzo Delli Colli, Silvio Carbone, Gennaro Figalli, Fabrizio Marignetti

Designing and Building Embedded Environment for Robotic Control Application ............................................................................2745Nabil Litayem, Slim Ben Saoud, Ahmed Karim Ben Salem, Meftah Ghrissi

FPGA Implementation of a Digital Controller for a DC-DC Converter Using Floating-point Arithmetic .......................................2751Isidro Urriza, Luis A. Barragán, Denis Navarro, Jose Ignacio Artigas, Óscar Lucía

FPGA Implementation of Phase Shedding with Time-optimal Controller in Multi-phase Buck Converters ...................................2757P. Mattavelli, A. Costabeber, S. Saggini

Fully FPGA-based Sensorless Control for AC Drive Using an Extended Kalman Filter ....................................................................2763Lahoucine Idkhajine, Eric Monmasson, Amira Maalouf

Haptic Communication System Using FPGA and Real-time Network Framework.............................................................................2769Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kouhei Ohnishi, Hiroaki Nishi

High-speed FPGA Implementation of Observers and Explicit Model Predictive Controllers ............................................................2775Sebastien Mariethoz, Urban Maeder, Manfred Morari

Integrated Renewable Energy System Modelling with Direct FPGA Controller Prototyping............................................................2781Alberto Parera Ruiz, Marcian Cirstea, Silvia Cirstea, Andrei Dinu

Pre-calculated Duty Cycle Control Implemented in FPGA for Power Factor Correction ..................................................................2787Alejandro Garcia, Angel de Castro, Oscar Garcia, Francisco J. Azcondo

Servo Drive System Based on Programmable SoC Architecture............................................................................................................2793Ahmed Karim Ben Salem, Slim Ben Othman, Slim Ben Saoud, Nabil Litayem

Special Session - Network-based Control Systems .........................................................................................................................2799 A Novel Structure for Robustness Enhancement of Time-delay Systems with Communication Disturbance Observer ........................................................................................................................................................................................................2801

Kenji Natori, Kouhei Ohnishi

Analysis on the Kalman Filter Performance in GPS/INS Integration at Different Noise Levels, Sampling Periods and Curvatures .............................................................................................................................................................................................2807

Unnati Ojha, Mo-Yuen Chow, Timothy Chang, Janice Daniel

Bilateral Control Using Estimated Environmental Stiffness as the Master Position Gain ..................................................................2813Kazuya Kitamura, Daisuke Yashiro, Kouhei Ohnishi

Central Controller for Hybrid Control over Network .............................................................................................................................2819Daisuke Yashiro, Kouhei Ohnishi, Asif Sabanovic

Discrete-time Reset Control Applied to Networked Control Systems ....................................................................................................2825Alfonso Baños, Felix Perez, Joaquin Cervera

Inferential Networked Control with Variable Accessibility Constraints. Part 1: Operating Conditions. .........................................2831Ignacio Peñarrocha, Roberto Sanchis

Network Adaptive Deadband in Internet NCS and Teleoperation.........................................................................................................2839Miguel Diaz-Cacho Medina, Antonio Barreiro Blas, Joaquin López Fernández

Network Based Control with Compensation of Time-varying Delay and Modeling Error .................................................................2845Yutaka Uchimura, Hiroki Shimano

Novel Observers for Compensation of Communication Delay in Bilateral Control Systems..............................................................2851Bindu Gadamsetty, Seta Bogosyan, Metin Gokasan, Asif Sabanovic

Predictive Control of Multiple UGVs in a NCS with Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation ........................................................................2859Bryan Klingenberg, Unnati Ojha, Mo-Yuen Chow

Preliminary Approach to Lyapunov Sampling in CAN-based Networked Control Systems ..............................................................2865Jose Yepez, Camilo Lozoya, Manel Velasco, Pau Marti, Josep M. Fuertes

State Estimation of Passifiable Lurie Systems Via Limited-capacity Communication Channel.........................................................2871Alexander L. Fradkov, Boris Andrievsky

Special Session - Motion Control Techniques for Advanced Mechatronic Systems ...........................................................2877 A Direct Design form Input/Output Data of the Youla Parameter for Compensating Plant Perturbation on GIMC Structure ........................................................................................................................................................................................................2879

Akitaka Mizutani, Kazuhiro Yubai, Junji Hirai

An Experimental Validation of Flexible Actuator with Thrust-rotational Wire ..................................................................................2885Kei Mikami, Yusuke Kasahara, Kohei Ohnishi

Analysis of Interaction Force of Wire-Based Robot Using Variable Wire Rope Tension Control .....................................................2891Chowarit Mitsantisuk, Thao Phuong Tran, Kiyoshi Ohishi, Shiro Urushihara, Seiichiro Katsura

Controller Design Method for Electric Power Steering System with Variable Gear Transmission System Using Decoupling Control ......................................................................................................................................................................................2897

Yoshifumi Morita, Akitoshi Yokoi, Makoto Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Ukai, Nobuyuki Matsui, Norihisa Ito, Nobuhiko Uryu, Yasuhiko Mukai

Development of Control System for Fuel Metering Pump ......................................................................................................................2903Martin Sveda, Vladimir Hubik, Istvan Szabo

Experimental Verification of Driver-friendly Reactive Torque Control Based on Driver Sensitivity to Active Front Steering ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................2909

Ryo Minaki, Yoichi Hori

Extended Manipulability Measure and Application for Robot Arm Equipped with Bi-articular Driving Mechanism ....................................................................................................................................................................................................2915

Kengo Yoshida, Naoki Hata, Sehoon Oh, Yoichi Hori

Fast Continuous Path Tracking Control Considering High Precision and Torque Saturation ..........................................................2921Masaki Sazawa, Kiyoshi Ohishi

High-accuracy Trajectory Tracking of Industrial Robot Manipulators Using Time Delay Estimation and Terminal Sliding Mode .................................................................................................................................................................................................2927

Maolin Jin, Yi Jin, PyungHun Chang, Chintae Choi

High-precision Positioning Considering Suppression of Resonant Vibration Modes by Strain Feedback........................................2932Kenta Seki, Keisuke Mochizuki, Makoto Iwasaki, Hiromu Hirai

High-speed Tracking Servo of Modified ZPET-Feedforward Control for Optical Disk Drives .........................................................2938Daiichi Koide, Yoshimichi Takano, Haruki Tokumaru, Kiyoshi Ohishi, Yoshiya Kamigaki, Yuta Nabata, Toshimasa Miyazaki

Identification of Contact Condition based on Modal Motion Stiffness by Bilateral Motion Control.................................................2944Tomoyuki Shimono, Kouhei Ohnishi

Implementation of Direct Parameters Tuning Method for Multivariable Controller Using a Couple of Closed-loop I/O Data .........................................................................................................................................................................................................2950

Hiroki Fujii, Kazuhiro Yubai, Junji Hirai

Initial Friction Compensation by Disturbance Observer Based on Rolling Friction Model ...............................................................2956Yoshihiro Maeda, Makoto Iwasaki

Novel Endeffector Stiffness Control by Biarticular Muscle in Robot Manipulator .............................................................................2962Sehoon Oh, Yoichi Hori

Positioning of Large-scale High-precision Viscoelastic Stage Based on Vibration Suppression PTC ................................................2968Kazuaki Saiki, Takachika Shimoyama, Koichi Sakata, Hiroshi Fujimoto

Proposal of Multirate PWM Positioning Control Considering Resonance Mode for Precision Stage ...............................................2974Koichi Sakata, Hiroshi Fujimoto

Reliable Control Using ETF and FDI during Current Loop Failure for Position Servo System including Disturbance Observer ..................................................................................................................................................................................2980

Karino Atsutoshi, Ishikawa Kaoru, Nakamura Taro

Short-span Seeking Control of Hard Disk Drive with Learning Based PTC in Acceleration and Deceleration Period .............................................................................................................................................................................................................2986

Hiroyuki Endo, Hiroshi Fujimoto

Soft Core Robot with Joint Wheel Motion Controller .............................................................................................................................2992André Carvalhosa, Pedro Machado, Armando Sousa, José Carlos Alves

Transparency Issues of Acceleration Waves .............................................................................................................................................2998Baris Yalcin, Kouhei Ohnishi

Special Session - Digital Security, Trust and Risk in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Collaborative Systems .............................................................................................................................................................................3005 Analysis and Prevention against DoS Attack in Mobile IP Communication.........................................................................................3007

Sazia Parvin, Sohrab Ali, Jaipal Singh, Farookh Hussain, Song Han

Assessing the Level of I.T. Security Culture Improvement: Results from Three Australian SMEs...................................................3013Leanne Ngo, Wanlei Zhou, Jaipal Singh, Ashley Chonka

Special Session - Advanced Control of Active Power Filtering.................................................................................................3021 A Constant DC Voltage Control Based Strategy for an Active Power Quality Compensator in Electrified Railways with Improved Response..............................................................................................................................................................................3023

Norio Ishikura, Eiji Hiraki, Toshihiko Tanaka

A Three-phase Approach to Harmonic and Reactive Current Extraction and Harmonic Decomposition .......................................3029Davood Yazdani, Alireza Bakhshai, Praveen Jain

Active Power Filter with Predictive Current Control of a Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter .........................................................3035Santiago Andrés Verne, María Inés Valla

Adaptive Neural Schemes for the Control of a Shunt Active Power Filter............................................................................................3041Ngac Ky Nguyen, Patrice Wira, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam, Damien Flieller

Comparison of Current Controllers based on Repetitive-Based Control and Second Order Generalized Integrators for Active Power Filters ...............................................................................................................................................................................3047

Ana Rodríguez, Carlos Girón, Mario Rizo, Vanessa Saez, Emilio Bueno, Francisco J. Rodríguez

Comparisons between Synchronizing Circuits to Control Algorithms for Single-phase Active Converters .....................................3053Helder Carneiro, L. F. C. Monteiro, João Luiz Afonso

Discrete Wavelet Transforms Applied to the Evaluation of the Averaged Load Conductance in Shunt Active Power Filters .................................................................................................................................................................................................3059

Alberto Pigazo, Víctor M. Moreno, Emilio J. Estébanez, Marco Liserre

Fuzzy Logic Control of a SVC to Improve the Transient Stability of AC Power Systems ..................................................................3064Ibrahim Mansour, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam, Patrice Wira, Jean Merckle

Modifications to Repetitive-based Controllers Using FIR Filters for Practical Implementation .......................................................3070Gerardo Escobar, P. Mattavelli, Misael Martinez-Montejano

Neural Networks for Phase and Symmetrical Components Estimation in Power Systems .................................................................3076Ngac Ky Nguyen, Damien Flieller, Patrice Wira, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam

Saturation Influence on the Performances of Series Active Power Filter..............................................................................................3082Fatiha Mekri, Mohamed Machmoum, Nadia Ait Ahmed, Benyounes Mazari

Single-phase Shunt Active Filter Interfacing Renewable Energy Sources with the Power Grid ........................................................3088Pedro Neves, D. Gonçalves, J. G. Pinto, Renato Alves, João Luiz Afonso

Special Session - Computational Intelligence in Electrical Machines and Drives...............................................................3095 Development of a Speed Neuro-fuzzy Estimator for Sensorless Magnetizing Flux Oriented Induction Motor Control ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................3097

Fábio Lima, Walter Kaiser, Ivan Nunes da Silva, Azauri Albano de Oliveira Júnior

Fault Tolerant DTC for Six-phase Symmetrical Induction Machine .....................................................................................................3103Franck Betin, Gerard-Andre Capolino, Raed Alcharea

New Analytical Method for Hysteresis Modelling of Soft Magnetic Materials Using LabVIEW Program ......................................3109Septimiu Motoasca, Andrei Nicolaide, Elena Helerea, Gheorghe Scutaru

Optimizing an Extended Luenberger Speed Observer for Single-phase Induction Motor Drives Based on Genetic Algorithms .....................................................................................................................................................................................................3113

Thanatchai Kulworawanichpong

Special Session - Bio-Inspired Methods, Techniques and Algorithms with Application in Engineering Systems.........................................................................................................................................................................................................3119 A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Optimization of Power Peaks in an Automated Warehouse........................................................3121

Juan José Cárdenas, Luis Romeral, Antoni García, Fabio Andrade

A Particle Swarm Optimization Approach for Parameter Identification of Lorenz Chaotic System ................................................3127Hamidreza Modarres, Alireza Alfi

An Automatic System for On-line Change Detection with Application to Structural Health Monitoring ........................................3133Hugo Alonso, Pedro Ribeiro, Paula Rocha

Chaos Rejection and Optimal Dynamic Response for Boost Converter Using SPEA Multi-objective Optimization Approach .......................................................................................................................................................................................................3139

Seyed Mohammadreza Rafiei, Ahmadreza Amirahmadi, Giovanni Griva

Evolutive Algorithm for Power Flow Optimization .................................................................................................................................3147Pablo Fernández-Comesaña, Jesus Doval-Gandoy, Eloy Diaz-Dorado, David Alvira, Francisco D. Freijedo, Oscar Lopez, Jano Malvar, Alejandro G. Yepes

Fault-tolerance Abilities Implementation with Spare Cells in Bio-inspired Hardware Systems ........................................................3153Csaba Szasz, Virgil Chindris

Multi-objective Combinatorial Optimization for Designing Room Automation Systems by Using Evolutionary Algorithms .....................................................................................................................................................................................................3159

A. Cemal Oezluek, Uwe Ryssel, Klaus Kabitzsch

Special Session - Signal Processing, Sensors, Modeling and Mechatronics Design for Intelligent Machines......................................................................................................................................................................................................3165 A Novel Fault Finding and Identification Strategy Using Pseudorandom Binary Sequences for Multicore Power Cable Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................................................3167

Richard A. Guinee, Holger Geisler

A Smart Repeater for Weapon Location Radars Based on Time-frequency Analysis .........................................................................3173Hu Jurong

Ant Based Edge Linking Algorithm ...........................................................................................................................................................3177Aleksandar Jevtić, Ignacio Melgar, Diego Andina

Cooperation and Competition Based on Free Market in Swarm System Architectures for Air Defense ..........................................3183Ignacio Melgar, Juan Fombellida, Juan Seijas, Fernando Quintana

Development of Man-machine Interface Utilizing Myoelectricity ..........................................................................................................3189Masami Iwase, Hiroshi Kogure

General Block LMS Algorithm ...................................................................................................................................................................3195María Elena Domínguez, Wilmar Hernandez, Gabriela Sansigre

Higher Order Statistics Applied to Image Segmentation.........................................................................................................................3199Rafika Harrabi, Mounir Sayadi, Farhat Fnaiech

Low-power Front-end of Eddy Current Sensor Interface for Industrial Applications ........................................................................3205Mohammad Reza Nabavi, S. Nihtianov

New Shifting Method for Job Shop Scheduling Subject to Invariant Constraints of Resources Availability ...................................3211Amel Yahyaoui, Nader Fnaiech, Farhat Fnaiech

Novel Feature Selection Using Mutual Information and Fractal Dimension ........................................................................................3217Duc Pham, M. S. Packianather, Moisés Sánchez-García, Marco Castellani

Precise Optical Scanning for Multiuse .......................................................................................................................................................3223Oleg Sergiyenko, Wilmar Hernandez, V. V. Tyrsa, D. Hernández-Balbuena

Smoothing Exponential Techniques Applied for Pollutant Concentration Prediction ........................................................................3229M. G. Cortina Januchs, J. M. Barrón-Adame, A. Vega-Corona, D. Andina

Study on Modeling and Recognition of Human Behaviors by If-then-rules with HMM .....................................................................3234Kohjiro Hashimoto, Kae Doki, Shinji Doki, Shigeru Okuma

Sustainable Agriculture Using an Intelligent Mechatronic System ........................................................................................................3240J. B. Grau, J. M. Antón, M. S. Packianather, I. Ermolov, R. Aphanasiev, J. M. Cisneros, M. G. Cortina-Januchs, Aleksandar Jevtić, Diego Andina

Wood Defects Classification Using Artificial Metaplasticity Neural Network ......................................................................................3246Alexis Marcano-Cedeño, Joel Quintanilla-Domínguez, Diego Andina

Special Session - Diagnostic of AC Machine-based Complex Electromechanical Systems ..............................................3253 Analysis of Axial Voltages and Inter-bar Currents in Cast Copper Cage Rotors during DC Current Injection as an Aid to Identify Casting Faults .....................................................................................................................................................................3255

David Dorrell, Lucia Frosini, Marcello Bottani, Giacomo Galbiati, Min-Fu Hsieh

DC Offset Reference Correction in PWM Voltage Source Inverters .....................................................................................................3261Juriy Plotkin, Manfred Stiebler

Experimental Investigation of Stator Current Signature in Defective Induction Motor .....................................................................3267Mohamed El Kamel Oumaamar, Hubert Razik, Abdelmalek Khezzar

Load Influence on Induction Machine Torque and Stator Current in Case of Shaft Misalignment ..................................................3273Javad Rastegar, Humberto Henao, Gerard-Andre Capolino, Sophie Sieg-Zieba

Multi-domain Model for Fault Diagnosis on Electric Traction Drives Using Bond Graphs ...............................................................3279Luis Ignacio Silva, Pablo Martin de la Barrera, Cristian Hernán De Angelo, Guillermo Ruben Bossio, Guillermo Oscar Garcia

Starting Torque Analysis in Skewed-cage Induction Motor with Broken Bar Using a Combined Hybrid Analytical/Finite Element Technique .........................................................................................................................................................3285

David Dorrell, Lucia Frosini, Marcello Bottani, Giacomo Galbiati

Stator Fault Detection for Multi-phase Machines with Multiple Reference Frames Transformation ...............................................3291Claudio Bianchini, Emanuele Fornasiero, Torben Matzen, Nicola Bianchi, Alberto Bellini

The Combined Use of the Instantaneous Fault Frequency Evolution and Frequency Sliding for Advanced Rotor Fault Diagnosis in DFIM Under Time-varying Condition.......................................................................................................................3295

Yasser Gritli, Andrea Stefani, Abderrazak Chatti, Claudio Rossi, Fiorenzo Filippetti

Special Session - Electronic Ballasts and Lighting Applications ..............................................................................................3301 A High-brightness RGB-LED Lamp Using Palette and PNM Current Driver.....................................................................................3303

Yueh-Ru Yang

A New Integrated Variable Transformer Topology for Electronic Ballasts..........................................................................................3308Marina Perdigão, J. M. Alonso, E. Saraiva

A Single-stage PFC Converter for Solid-state Lighting Applications ....................................................................................................3314Ivan Codas, Cícero Postiglione, Arnaldo Perin, C. Nascimento

Compact Emergency Lamp Using Power LEDs .......................................................................................................................................3318Rafael Adaime Pinto, Marcelo Rafael Cosetin, Ricardo Nederson do Prado, Marcelo Freitas da Silva, Gustavo Weber Denardin, Alexandre Campos, Jeferson Fraytag

Control of the UV Emission of an Excimer Lamp by Means of a Current-mode Power Supply ........................................................3324Rafael Díez, Hubert Piquet, Sounil Bhosle

Design Procedure for a Compact Lamp Using High-intensity LEDs .....................................................................................................3330Rafael Adaime Pinto, Marcelo Rafael Cosetin, Tiago Bandeira Marchesan, Marcelo Freitas da Silva, Gustavo Weber Denardin, Alexandre Campos, Ricardo Nederson do Prado, Jeferson Fraytag

Effect of Electronic Ballast in Fluorescent Lamp Lifetime......................................................................................................................3336Felix Garcia, Nuria Martin, Miguel Angel Egido

Electronic Driver without Electrolytic Capacitor for Dimming High Brightness LEDs......................................................................3342Jorge Garcia, Antonio J. Calleja, Emilio L. Corominas, David Gacio, Javier Ribas

High-frequency Lamp Simulator for Testing Electronic Ballasts ..........................................................................................................3348Nan Chen, Henry Chung

Influence of Cold Starting on the Life of T5 Fluorescent Tubes and CFLs...........................................................................................3354Nikolaos Chondrakis, Frangiskos Topalis

Injection of Adjacent Frequency Signals for Acoustic Resonance Avoidance in HPS Lamp ..............................................................3361Labo Chhun, Pascal Maussion, Sounil Bhosle, Georges Zissis, Olivier Durrieu

Lighting System for Pattern Recognition. Workbench Based on a Tricolor LED Array. ...................................................................3369Mario Jesús Crespo Ramos, Rubén Muñiz Sánchez, Manuel Rico Secades, David Gacio Vaquero

Low Cost ZVS PFC Driver for Power LEDs.............................................................................................................................................3375Edilson Mineiro Sá, Cícero Postiglione, Fernando Antunes, Arnaldo Perin

Simplified Analysis of a PWM Controlled Parallel Resonant Inverter for Electronic Ballast Applications .....................................3381Christian Branas, Francisco J. Azcondo, Rosario Casanueva

Small Signal Characterization of Fluorescent Lamps in Dimmed Operation .......................................................................................3387Ramon E. Diaz, Javier Ribas, Antonio J. Calleja, J. M. Alonso, Jorge Garcia

Special Session - Energy and Information Technology ...............................................................................................................3393 Anticipative Virtual Storage Power Plants................................................................................................................................................3395

Peter Palensky, Dietmar Bruckner

Asset Management Software Implementation Challenges for Electricity Companies .........................................................................3399Taivo Kangilaski

Building ICT Systems for Managing Medium Voltage Active Distribution Grids ...............................................................................3405Qiang Yang, Javier Barria

Development of a 413 MW Railway Power Supply Converter ...............................................................................................................3411Holger Wrede, Niklaus Umbricht

Evaluation of Cooperative Demand Control on Micro Grid ...................................................................................................................3417Gouki Mine, Toshihiko Handa, Tomokazu Tachikawa, Yuji Watanabe, Jun-ichi Ichimura, Hiroaki Nishi

Issues on Performance of Wind Systems Derived from Real Exploitation Data...................................................................................3423Adriano Carvalho, Marcela Gonzalez, Paulo Costa, António Martins

Low Speed Wind Concentrator to Improve Wind Farm Power Generation. .......................................................................................3429José A. Orosa, Enrique J. García-Bustelo, Armando C. Oliveira

Real-time Power System Monitoring at Demand Sides by Campus Wide Area Measurement System .............................................3433Masahide Hojo, Keiichi Abe, Yasunori Mitani, Hiroyuki Ukai, Osamu Saeki

Selection of Storage Energy Technologies in a Power Quality Scenario - The AHP and The Fuzzy Logic .......................................3439Alexandre Barin, Luciane Canha, Alzenira Abaide, Karine Magnago

Special Session - New Challenges in Power Quality .....................................................................................................................3445 A Robust Nonlinear Controller for a StatCom Based on a 3-phase Neutral Point Clamped Converter. ..........................................3447

Francis Okou, Dominic Dupuis, Ouassima Akhrif, Mohammed Tarbouchi

A Space-vector Discrete Fourier Transform for Detecting Harmonic Sequence Components of Three-phase Signals...................3455Francisco Neves, Helber Souza, Emilio Bueno Pena, Mario Rizo, Fabricio Bradaschia, Marcelo Cavalcanti

Comparison of Three Control Theories for Single-phase Active Power Filters....................................................................................3461Telmo Santos, J. G. Pinto, Pedro Neves, D. Gonçalves, João Luiz Afonso

Design of a DSTATCOM Using a 5-Level Cascade Asymmetric Multilevel Converter.......................................................................3467Sergio A. González, María Inés Valla, Carlos Frede Christiansen

Development of an Electrical Power Quality Monitor Based on a PC ...................................................................................................3473Renato Alves, D. Gonçalves, J. G. Pinto, Jose Batista, João Luiz Afonso

Development of STATCOM with Gradationally Controlled Voltage Inverter .....................................................................................3478Yukimori Kishida, Nobuhiko Hatano, Akihiko Iwata

DSP Based Implementation of a Three-phase Four-wire DSTATCOM for Voltage Regulation and Power Quality Improvement .................................................................................................................................................................................................3484

P. Jayaprakash, Bhim Singh, D. P. Kothari

Electric Power Quality Monitoring Results in Different Facilities .........................................................................................................3490Renato Alves, Pedro Neves, D. Gonçalves, Gabriel Pinto, João Afonso

Impact of Microgeneration on the Quality of Power: Effect on the Voltage Waveform......................................................................3496Filipe Silva, Sónia Pinto, José Silva

On the Discrete-time Implementation of Resonant Controllers for Active Power Filters ...................................................................3503Alejandro G. Yepes, Francisco D. Freijedo, Jesus Doval-Gandoy, Oscar Lopez, Jano Malvar, Pablo Fernandez-Comesaña

Radio Frequency Power Generation under Power Curve Constraints ..................................................................................................3509Jan T. Bialasiewicz, William J. Bowers

Three-dimensional Analysis of an AC Electric Arc Furnace ..................................................................................................................3514Arash Kiyoumarsi, Abolfazl Nazari, Mohammad Ataei, Hamid Khademhosseini Beheshti, Houshang Karimi

Three-phase PWM Sinusoidal Current Rectifier with Power Conditioning Capability ......................................................................3520María Isabel Milanés Montero, Enrique Romero Cadaval, Víctor Manuel Miñambres Marcos, Miguel Ángel Guerrero Martínez

Special Session - Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles.......................................................................................................................3527 A Comparison of Converter Topologies for Vehicle-to-Grid Applications: Three-wire Converter versus H-bridge Converter.......................................................................................................................................................................................................3529

Xiaohu Zhou, Srdjan Lukic, Alex Huang

Drive System Analysis of a Novel Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle.......................................................................................................................3535Wei Xu, Jianguo Zhu, Youguang Guo, David Dorrell, Yongjian Li, Yi Wang

Efficiency Modeling and Analysis of a Switched Capacitor Converter for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Storage System ..............................................................................................................................................................................................3541

Zahra Amjadi, Sheldon Williamson

Energy Control Strategies Comparison for a City Car Plug-in HEV ....................................................................................................3547Marco Mauri, Ferdinando Mapelli, Davide Tarsitano

Flexible PWM Control of Three-level Inverters for Fuel Cell/battery Supplied On-board Drive......................................................3553Giovanni Griva, Valentin Oleschuk

Optimal Powertrain Component Sizing of a Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm ........................................................................................................................................................................................3559

Manu Jain, Chirag Desai, Nawwaf Kharma, Sheldon Williamson

Supercapacitors for Power Assistance in Hybrid Power Source with Fuel Cell ...................................................................................3565Toufik Azib, Olivier Bethoux, Claude Marchand, Eric Berthelot

Special Session - Power Electronic and Motion Control Applied to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles ..............................3571 A Compact Transient Electrothermal Model for Integrated Power Systems: Automotive Application............................................3573

Sabrine Mrad, Pierre Lefranc, Philippe Dessante, Philippe Chiozzi, Gael Blondel, Michel Fakes, Philippe Masson

A Contactless Charger with LLC Tank and Microcontroller .................................................................................................................3579Yueh-Ru Yang

A New Pre-sizing Approach of DC-DC Converters, Application to a Boost Converter for the Automotive Domain ......................3585Kamal Ejjabraoui, Chérif Larouci

A Regenerative Controllable DC Load for an Electric Vehicle Test Station.........................................................................................3591Michelle Thorne, Mehrdad Kazerani

An Integrated Parallel Synchronous Rectifier and Bi-directional Dc/Dc Converter System for Solar and Wind Powered Hybrid Electric Vehicle................................................................................................................................................................3597

Zhihao Li, Alireza Khaligh

Comprehensive Simulations and Comparative Analysis of the Electric Propulsion Motor for a Solar/battery Electric Auto Rickshaw Three-wheeler .....................................................................................................................................................3603

Priscilla Mulhall, Ali Emadi

Driving Performance on Bad Roads Which the Front-and-rear-wheel-independent-drive-type-eclectic Vehicle (FRID EV) Has .............................................................................................................................................................................................3609

Nobuyoshi Mutoh, Satoru Manaka

Evolving a Line Following Robot to Use in Shopping Centers for Entertainment ...............................................................................3615Ilknur Colak, Deniz Yildirim

Linear PDM-dual Control for Current-fed-inverter ................................................................................................................................3620Abdelhalim Sandali, Ahmed Cheriti, Loic Michel, Hassan Bazi

Multi-objective Optimization and Comparative Evaluation of Si Soft-switched and SiC Hard-switched Automotive DC-DC Converters .......................................................................................................................................................................................3626

Stefan Waffler, Matthias Preindl, J. W. Kolar

Practical Implementation of an Hybrid Electric-fuel Cell Vehicle .........................................................................................................3634Eugenio Dominguez, José I. León, Carlos Montero, David Marcos, Manuel Rodriguez, Carlos Bordons, Miguel A. Ridao, Eduardo Fernandez, Eduardo Lopez, Felipe Rosa

SiC Power Semiconductors in HEVs: Influence of Junction Temperature on Power Density, Chip Utilization and Efficiency .......................................................................................................................................................................................................3640

Benjamin Wrzecionko, Jürgen Biela, J. W. Kolar

Simulation of an Unified Control Scheme for Different Hybrid Electric Vehicles ...............................................................................3648Keyu Chen, Alain Bouscayrol, Philippe Delarue, Alain Berthon

Study on Open and Short End Helical Antennas with Capacitor in Series of Wireless Power Transfer Using Magnetic Resonant Couplings.....................................................................................................................................................................3654

Takehiro Imura, Hiroyuki Okabe, Toshiyuki Uchida, Yoichi Hori

Ultracapacitors as Unique Energy Storage for a City-car Using Nine-level Converter .......................................................................3660Juan Dixon, Sebastian Bosch, Carlos Castillo, Maximiliano Mura

Special Session - Generators and Drives for Renewable Energy and Electric/Hybrid Vehicles ....................................3666 2-D Mechanical and Magnetic Analysis of a 10 MW Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Direct-drive Wind Turbines.........................................................................................................................................................................................................3668

Vincenzo Delli Colli, Fabrizio Marignetti, Ciro Attaianese

A Space Vector-based Current Controller for Doubly Fed Induction Generators...............................................................................3673Mansour Mohseni, Syed Islam

An Improved Series Equivalent Circuit of a Single-sided Linear Induction Motor .............................................................................3679Wei Xu, Jianguo Zhu, Yongchang Zhang, David Dorrell, Yaohua Li, Yongjian Li

Comparison of Three and Nine-phase Hybrid Permanent Magnet Generator Designs ......................................................................3685Ahmed S. Al-Adsani, Nigel Schofield

Control Strategies for DFIG Wind Turbines Under Grid Fault Conditions .........................................................................................3691Alvaro Luna, Alejandro Rolan, Gustavo Medeiros, Pedro Rodriguez, Remus Teodorescu

Input-output Linearizing and Sliding Mode Control Schemes for a Self-excited Induction Generator ............................................3697Lamri Louze, Ahmed L. Nemmour, Abdelmalek Khezzar, Mohamed Boucherma

Operation of a Hybrid PM Generator in a Series Hybrid Electrical Vehicle........................................................................................3703Ahmed S. Al-Adsani, Nigel Schofield

Performance Analysis of a Self-excited Induction Generator under Nonlinear Loads Used Harmonic Suppression Methods .........................................................................................................................................................................................................3709

Robinson Camargo, Jacson Lemos, Maurício Campos, Alexandre Oliveira, Cursino Brandão Jacobina, Antonio Lima, Cassiano Rech

Performance Study of a Four-phase 8/6 Switched Reluctance Generator Using a Nonlinear Model Based on Magnetization Curves ..................................................................................................................................................................................3715

Hoang Le-Huy

Rotary-linear Actuators for Dual-function Wheel Drives in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles ................................................................3721Paolo Bolognesi, Ottorino Bruno, Lucio Taponecco

Special Session - Digital Ecosystems Applications for Industrial Processes .........................................................................3728 Developing A Rule Engine for Automated Feature Recognition from CAD Models ...........................................................................3730

Hao Lan Zhang, Christian Van der Velden, Xinghuo Yu, Cees Bil, Tim Jones, Ian Fieldhouse

Generic Management Services for DPWS-enabled Devices ....................................................................................................................3736Goncalo Candido, Francois Jammes, José Barata, Armando Colombo

Modeling of an Olive Oil Plant as a Digital Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................3742Gerardo González-Filgueira

Protocol: A Controlling Logic for First-responder Ecosystems ..............................................................................................................3748William A. Ross

Special Session - Industrial Electronics as Interface between Wind/Solar Energy and Energy Storage ....................3754 A Case Study on Improving ELCC by Utilization of Energy Storage with Solar PV ..........................................................................3756

Ali Esmaili, Adel Nasiri

Adaptive Notch Filtering Based Grid Synchronization Techniques for Converter Interfaced Distributed Generation Systems ......................................................................................................................................................................................3762

Davood Yazdani, Alireza Bakhshai, Praveen Jain

Anti-islanding Protection for Distributed Generation Systems Based on Reactive Power Drift ........................................................3769Yiding Jin, Qiang Song, Wenhua Liu

Control of a Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Converter for Grid Connection of Photovoltaic Systems ..............................................3775Samir Kouro, Alvaro Moya, Elena Villanueva, Pablo Correa, Bin Wu, Jose Rodriguez

Modeling and Experimental Verification of Potential EGS to Achieved Higher Efficiency................................................................3782Jan Leuchter, Pavel Bauer, Stephen Finney

Modeling of Zinc Energy Storage System for Integration with Renewable Energy .............................................................................3786Emad Manla, Adel Nasiri

Operations of DFIG with Simplified Rotor Current Reference Model and Solution to the Recent Grid Code Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................................................3792

Ajith Tennakoon, Atputharajah Arulampalam, Helder Leite, Janaka Ekanayake, Sunil Abeyratna

Power Electronics Intensive Solutions for Integrated Urban Building Renewable Energy Systems..................................................3797Arbi Gharakhani Siraki, Nathan Curry, Pragasen Pillay, Sheldon Williamson

Special Session - Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices and Systems ...........................................................3806 An Imaging Systen Based on a Single MEMS Scanner and Photodetector ...........................................................................................3808

Li Li, Lijie Li, Vladimir Stankovic, Lina Stankovic, Deepak Uttamchandani

Characterization of Integrated Thin Film Pt Heater and Temperature Sensors on Si Platform .......................................................3813Drago Resnik

Development of a Multi-level Repulsive Force Out-of-plane Micro Electrostatic Actuator................................................................3819Siyuan He, Ridha Ben Mrad

Differential Pressure Flow Sensor in PCB-Technology ...........................................................................................................................3823Stefan Gassmann, Lienhard Pagel

Lumped Parametric Model for an Electrostatic Induction Micromotor Using GA .............................................................................3828Francisco Jorge Santana, Jose Miguel Monzon, Santiago Garcia-Alonso, Juan Antonio Montiel-Nelson

Open Loop Compensation of the Quadrature Error in MEMS Vibrating Gyroscopes.......................................................................3833Riccardo Antonello, Roberto Oboe, Luciano Prandi, Carlo Caminada, Fabio Biganzoli

Solid-state Microcoolers and Thermal Energy Harvesting Microsystems.............................................................................................3839L. M. Goncalves, R. P. Rocha, J. P. Carmo, J. H. Correia

Special Session - Control of Switched Reluctance Machines .....................................................................................................3844 Comparative Study of Switched Reluctance Motors Performances for Two Winding Configurations and Excitation Modes .............................................................................................................................................................................................................3846

GuangJin Li, Xavier Ojeda, Sami Hlioui, Emmanuel Hoang, Mohamed Gabsi

Design of an Optimized SRM Control Architecture Based on a Hardware/software Partitioning ....................................................3852Mickaël Hilairet, Hala Hannoun, Claude Marchand

Influence of Electrical Eigenfrequencies on Damped Voltage Resonance Based Sensorless Control of Switched Reluctance Drives .........................................................................................................................................................................................3857

Kristof Geldhof, Alex Van den Bossche, Jan Melkebeek

Special Session - Electromagnetic Compatibility in Power Systems. Modeling, Design Optimization, Filtering and Suppression Techniques ...............................................................................................................................................3864 A Calculation Method of the Energy Quality Performance for Three-level Voltage Source Inverter as a Part of the Power-supply System ...................................................................................................................................................................................3866

Sergey Brovanov, Sergey Kharitonov, Maxim Dybko

Cable Parameter Variation due to Skin and Proximity Effects: Determination by Means of Finite Element Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................3872

André Cirino, Hélder de Paula, Renato Mesquita, E. Saraiva

Characterization of Differential-mode Filter for Grid-side Converters ................................................................................................3879W.-Toke Franke, Jörg Dannehl, F. W. Fuchs, Marco Liserre

Contribution to Conducted EMI Reduction in Multiconverter Topology .............................................................................................3885Juan Mon, David Gonzalez, Javier Gago, Josep Balcells, Raul Fernandez, Ignacio Gil

Coupling Inductor Models for EMI Filters ...............................................................................................................................................3891Jean-Luc Kotny, Xavier Margueron, Nadir Idir

Electromagnetic Compatibility Between Power Line Current and Powers Converters ......................................................................3897Djamel Guezgouz, Jean-Charles Le Bunetel, Yves Raingeaud

EMC Behavior of Static Converters Thanks to Radiated Field Modeling Using an Equivalent Electrical Circuit .........................3903Jeremie Aime, Vincent Ardon, Edith Clavel, James Roudet, Philippe Loizelet

EMI Analysis of a DC-DC Converter Using a Piezoelectric Transformer ............................................................................................3909Yuan-Ping Liu, Dejan Vasic, François Costa, Wen-Jong Wu

Modelling and Analysis of the Magnetic Field Radiated by a Switching Mode Power Supply ...........................................................3915Ouafae Aouine, Cecile Labarre, François Costa, Jacques Ecrabey

Research on Characteristics of Common-mode Voltage in Pwm Drive System and Its Cancellation................................................3921Jiang Yanshu, Liu Yu, Yu Xiaoyang

Study of EMI Produced by High Power Single-phase PFC Pre-regulators...........................................................................................3927Fernando Beltrame, Leandro Roggia, Alzenira da Rosa Abaide, Luciano Schuch, José Renes Pinheiro

Special Session - Building Automation and Smart Homes .........................................................................................................3934

Congestion Control in Building Automation Networks: Considerations for KNX...............................................................................3936Georg Neugschwandtner, Wolfgang Kastner

Gaussian Mixture Models and Split-merge Algorithm for Parameter Analysis of Tracked Video Objects......................................3942GuoQing Yin, Dietmar Bruckner

Special Session - Motion Control in Nonlinear Systems..............................................................................................................3946 A Fractional Order Model for Steer-by-wire Systems .............................................................................................................................3948

Farzad Tahami, Hamid Afshang

A Unified Control Frame for Stable Bipedal Walking.............................................................................................................................3954Barkan Ugurlu, Takahiro Hirabayashi, Atsuo Kawamura

An Approach for Bilateral Control Strategy in Nonidentical Master-slave System.............................................................................3960Hideaki Tai, Toshiyuki Murakami

Cooperative Transportation by Multi-robots with Selecting Leader .....................................................................................................3966Yoshitaka Tohyama, Hiroshi Igarashi

Driving Control of Electric Power Assisted Wheelchair Based on Neural Network Learning of Human Characteristics ..............................................................................................................................................................................................3972

Naoki Tanohata, Hirokazu Seki

Experimental Gait Designing for Biped Robot Based on Practical Examinations ...............................................................................3978Masaaki Shibata, Yoshihiko Hikari, Masahide Ito

Experimental Study of Walking Motion Stabilization for Biped Robot with Flexible Ankle Joints ..................................................3984Naoki Oda, Masanori Ito

Nonlinear Control of Induction Motor Based on the Combined Multi-scalar Machine Model and Backstepping Approach .......................................................................................................................................................................................................3990

Ahmed L. Nemmour, Fateh Mehazzem, Abdelmalek Khezzar, Mahieddine Hacil, Lamri Louze, Rachid Abdessemed

System of Automation of an Industrial Plant of Elaborating and Packing of Industrial Detergent...................................................3996Gerardo Gonzalez-Filgueira

Special Session - Intelligent Sensor and Control Applications in Motion Systems.............................................................4002 A Human Tracking Mobile-robot with Face Detection ...........................................................................................................................4004

Satoru Suzuki, Yasue Mitsukura, Hironori Takimoto, Takanari Tanabata, Nobutaka Kimura, Toshio Moriya

A Proposal of Multi-portal Human Interface System for Power Assist System....................................................................................4010Fumiya Shibukawa, Takayuki Tanaka, Shun'ichi Kaneko

A Study on Relationship between Personal Feature of EEG and Human's Characteristic for BCI Based on Mental State................................................................................................................................................................................................................4016

Shin-ichi Ito, Yasue Mitsukura, Katsuya Sato, Syoichiro Fujisawa, Minoru Fukumi

Aligning the Real Space with the Model on See-through Typed HMD for Mixed Reality ..................................................................4020Taiki Fuji, Yasue Mitsukura, Takanari Tanabata, Nobutaka Kimura, Toshio Moriya

Application of Shell-shaped Force Sensor to Touch Panel Interface......................................................................................................4026Toshiaki Tsuji, Tatsuya Ito

Development and Characterization of Touch Sensing Devices for Robotic Applications ....................................................................4032Ravinder S. Dahiya, Maurzio Valle, Roberto Oboe, Davide Cattin

Fuzzy Algorithm Based Obstacle Avoidance Control of Electric Powered Wheelchair Using Ultrasonic Sensor............................4038Hiroki Murakami, Hirokazu Seki

Out-of-focus Blur Image Restoration Using the Akamatsu Transform .................................................................................................4044Stephen Karungaru, Masakazu Sugizaki, Minoru Fukumi, Yasue Mitsukura, Norio Akamatsu

Reaction Force Control on Accelerator Pedal and Steering Wheel Based on Tire-road Friction Forces ..........................................4049Hiraku Ogura, Toshiyuki Murakami

Subliminal Calibration for Machine Operation........................................................................................................................................4055Hiroshi Igarashi

Visual and Tactual Recognition of Trunk of Grape for Weeding Robot in Vineyards ........................................................................4061Hisashi Igawa, Takayuki Tanaka, Shun'ichi Kaneko, Tatsumi Tada, Shin'ichi Suzuki

Visual Feedback of Power Assist Wheelchair with Visual Sensitivity Regulation ................................................................................4067Naoki Oda, Naoki Aizawa

Wrist EMG Signals Identification Using Neural Network ......................................................................................................................4073Tadahiro Oyama, Stephen Karungaru, Satoru Tsuge, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi

Special Session - Micro-Grid for Remote Communities...............................................................................................................4078 An Expert System for Optimal Scheduling of a Diesel - Wind - Energy Storage Isolated Power System .........................................4080

Michael Ross, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Chad Abbey, Geza Joos

Design and Operation of a Remote Microgrid ..........................................................................................................................................4086Shervin Mizani, Amirnaser Yazdani

Hierarchical Control of Droop-Controlled DC and AC Microgrids - A General Approach Towards Standardization.............................................................................................................................................................................................4092

J. M. Guerrero, Juan C. Vásquez, Remus Teodorescu

Modeling of an Autonomous Microgrid for Renewable Energy Sources Integration ..........................................................................4098Ioan Serban, Remus Teodorescu, J. M. Guerrero, Corneliu Marinescu

Special Session - Subsurface Defects Detection and Estimation ...............................................................................................4104 Characterization of Non-destructive Inspection Data from Composite Structure Defects..................................................................4106

Carina Calugcug, Wai Yie Leong

Subsurface Defects Detection ......................................................................................................................................................................4113Wai Yie Leong

Special Session - Petri Nets and Discrete Event Systems ............................................................................................................4118 A Reachability Graph Construction Technique for Supervisor Synthesis with Parameters...............................................................4120

Michel Embe Jiague, Benoît Fraikin, Richard St-Denis

Customizable Service-oriented Petri Net Controllers ..............................................................................................................................4128J. Marco Mendes, Francisco Restivo, Paulo Leitão, Armando Colombo

Development of a Petri Net-based Fault Diagnostic System for Industrial Processes ..........................................................................4134Jin-Shyan Lee, Chun-Chieh Chuang

Implementing PN-based Controller with Mutually Exclusive Transitions by SFC..............................................................................4140Abbas Dideban, Mohsen Kiani, Hassane Alla

Modeling Complex Petri Nets Operations in the Model-driven Architecture.......................................................................................4146Paulo Barbosa, Aniko Costa, Jorge Figueiredo, Frankilin Ramalho, Luis Gomes, Antonio Junior

New Trends and Solutions for the Simulation of Electrical Circuits Using a Discrete Event Approach ...........................................4152Laurent Capocchi, Dominique Federici, Amine Yazidi, Humberto Henao, Gerard-Andre Capolino

Performance Analysis and Management of an Automated Distribution Center ..................................................................................4158Mariagrazia Dotoli, Maria P. Fanti, Giorgio Iacobellis, Gabriella Stecco, Walter Ukovich

PNML Based Composition in Non-autonomous Petri Net Models .........................................................................................................4164Luis Gomes, Joao Barros

Synthesis of Distributed Safety Controllers with Incomplete State Observation..................................................................................4170Dirk Missal, Hans-Michael Hanisch

Special Session - Power Electronics and Control Systems for Ocean Energy Converters ...............................................4178 Design Proposal of Electrical System for Linear Generator Wave Power Plants.................................................................................4180

Cecilia Boström

Special Session - Biomedical Circuits and Electronics.................................................................................................................4186 CMOS Front-end Architecture for In-vivo Biomedical Implantable Devices .......................................................................................4188

Jordi Colomer-Farrarons, Pere Miribel-Catala, Ivon Rodríguez, Josep Samitier

Optimization of Duty Cycle of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners ................................................................................................4196Evgeniy N. Ivanov, A. Y. Pogromsky, J. E. Rooda, J. S. Brink

Study of Vital Sign Monitoring with Textile Sensors in Swimming Pool Environment .......................................................................4202Marcos Martins, Helder Carvalho, Andre Catarino, Ana Rocha, João Monteiro, Gianni Montagna

Special Session - Brushless Wind Generators.................................................................................................................................4208 Cogging Torque Reduction in Axial Flux Machines for Small Wind Turbines ....................................................................................4210

Min-Fu Hsieh, David Dorrell, Yu-Han Yeh, Samsul Ekram

Flux Observer Algorithms for Direct Torque Control of Brushless Doubly-fed Reluctance Machines.............................................4215Hamza Chaal, Milutin Jovanovic

Special Session - Energy Efficient Factories: The Role of Industrial Informatics..............................................................4222 Energy Efficiency Driven Process Analysis and Optimization in Discrete Manufacturing .................................................................4224

Alessandro Cannata, Stamatis Karnouskos, Marco Taisch

Material Flow Optimization under Aspects of Energy Efficiency ..........................................................................................................4230Uwe Schmidtmann, Gerhard Kreutz, Matthias Barkhoff, Kristian Virkus, Tobias Stöckmann, Marcel Jovic

Special Session - Matrix Converter Maturation and Future Prospects .................................................................................4236 A Fault Tolerant Space Vector Modulation Strategy for Matrix Converters .......................................................................................4238

Edorta Ibarra, Jon Andreu, Iñigo Kortabarria, Enekoitz Ormaetxea, Eider Robles

A New Hardware Solution for a Fault Tolerant Matrix Converter .......................................................................................................4244Jon Andreu, Iñigo Kortabarria, Edorta Ibarra, Iñigo Martínez de Alegría, Eider Robles

A Novel Control Method to Reduce an Inverter Stage Loss in an Indirect Matrix Converter ...........................................................4250Jun-ichi Itoh, Toshifumi Hinata, Koji Kato, Daisuke Ichimura

A Novel Integrated Three-phase, Switched Multi-winding Power Electronic Transformer Converter for Wind Generation System........................................................................................................................................................................................4256

Ranjan K. Gupta, Gysler F. Castelino, Krushna K. Mohapatra, Ned Mohan

A Novel Sparse Matrix Converter with a Z-Source Network .................................................................................................................4262Kiwoo Park, Kyo-Beum Lee

An Investigation on Direct Space Vector Modulation Techniques for Matrix Converters .................................................................4268Hoang M. Nguyen, Hong-Hee Lee, Tae-Won Chun

Common Mode Output Waveforms Reduction for Matrix Converters Drives ....................................................................................4274Jordi Espina, Antoni Arias, Josep Balcells, Carlos Ortega

Compensation Method of Matrix Converter Drive System for Commutation Voltage Error and Unbalanced Input Voltage ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................4280

Tomoaki Terunuma, Yoshiaki Konishi, Tomoaki Takada, Kouki Matsuse

Matrix Converter: Improvement of the Space Vector Modulation via a New Double-Sided Generalized Scalar PWM ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................4286

Fabricio Bradaschia, Edorta Ibarra, Jon Andreu, Iñigo Kortabarria, Enekoitz Ormaetxea, Marcelo Cavalcanti

Switch Current Harmonic Distortions in Classic and Capacitor-Clamped Multilevel Matrix Converters.......................................4292Janina Rząsa

Z-Source Matrix Converter with Unity Voltage Transfer Ratio ............................................................................................................4298Kiwoo Park, Sung-Tak Jou, Kyo-Beum Lee

Special Session - Grid Interconnection and Stand-alone Utilization Topologies for Wind and Solar Energy Harvesting Applications ..........................................................................................................................................................4304 A New Proposal for Ground Leakage Current Reduction in Transformerless Grid-connected Converters for Photovoltaic Plants .......................................................................................................................................................................................4306

Davide Barater, Giampaolo Buticchi, Andrea Stefano Crinto, Giovanni Franceschini, Emilio Lorenzani

A Single-stage Forward Inverter with High Frequency Isolation for Grid-connected Application ...................................................4312Li Zhang, Lanlan Feng, Yan Xing, Xudong Ma

Adjustable Speed Generation System for Wind Turbine Power Quality Improvement......................................................................4318Wlodzimierz Koczara, Grzegorz Iwanski, Zdzislaw Chlodnicki

An Integrated Hybrid Power System Based on Renewable Energy Sources.........................................................................................4323José Monney Paiva, Adriano Carvalho

An Overview of Anti-islanding Detection Algorithms in Photovoltaic Systems in Case of Multiple Current-controlled Inverters ......................................................................................................................................................................................4330

Emilio J. Estébanez, Víctor M. Moreno, Alberto Pigazo, Marco Liserre

Dynamic Model of a Grid-connected Photovoltaic Inverter with One Cycle Control..........................................................................4336Nicola Femia, Mario Fortunato, Giovanni Petrone, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Massimo Vitelli

Energy Efficiency Effective Design of DC/DC Converters for DMPPTPV Applications ....................................................................4341Nicola Femia, Giovanna Adinolfi, Giovanni Petrone, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Massimo Vitelli

Grid Connected Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) Control During Grid Faults and Voltage Dips ........................................................4346Ivan Jorge Gabe, Humberto Pinheiro, Fábio Fernando Künzel Palha

Hybrid Offshore Wind and Tidal Turbine Energy Harvesting System with Independently Controlled Rectifiers .........................4352Yao Da, Alireza Khaligh

Simulation of a High Penetration Wind Diesel System with a Ni-Cd Battery Energy Storage ...........................................................4358Rafael Sebastián, Rafael Peña

Single Phase Inverter Grid Connected, Controlled by Fundamental Harmonic Calculation .............................................................4364Paolo Lambruschini, Ivano Barbieri, Marco Raggio

Space Vector Modulated Cascade Multi-level Inverter for PMSG Wind Generation Systems ..........................................................4369D. M. Vilathgamuwa, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, U. K. Madawala

Synchronization Techniques for Grid Connected Wind Turbine...........................................................................................................4375Antonella Nagliero, Rosa A. Mastromauro, Marco Liserre, Antonio Dell'Aquila

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