Publications

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CENTER SEC

Journals 2021

IEEE Access , "Review of Dynamic and Transient Modeling of Power Electronic Converters for Converter Dominated Power Systems".

Applied Sciences,2021, 11(13), 5766, "Comparative and Cost Analysis of a Novel Predictive Power Ramp Rate Control Method: A Case Study in a PV Power Plant in Puerto Rico".

Journals 2020

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics ( Volume: 36, Issue: 6, June 2021), "A Linear Quadratic Regulator with Optimal Reference Tracking for Three-Phase Inverter-based Islanded Microgrids".

Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 6730, "An Optimal Power Control Strategy for Grid-Following Inverters in a Synchronous Frame".

Energies 2020, 13(12), 3279, "A State-Space Model of an Inverter-Based Microgrid for Multivariable Feedback Control Analysis and Design".

DYNA Energía y Sostenibilidad 9, no. 1 (2020), "Pitfalls of Renewable Energy Policies and Development: A Case Study from Puerto Rico".

Journals 2019

IEEE Power and Energy Technology Systems Journal, "Hurricane Maria Effects on Puerto Rico Electric Power Infrastructure".

Journals 2018

Inventions, vol. 3, no. 3, 2018, "Gorilla: An Open Interface for Smart Agents and Real-Time Power Microgrid System Simulations".

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 2276-2283, May 2018, "Multiobjective Optimization of Multi-Carrier Energy System using a Combination of ANFIS and Genetic Algorithms".

Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil 2018, "Analysis of the difficulties in reconstructing the infrastructure damaged by natural disasters in New Zealand and Puerto Rico".

Journals 2016

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 1736-1749, March-April 2016, "Flexible System Integration and Advanced Hierarchical Control Architectures in the Microgrid Research Laboratory of Aalborg University".

Journals 2014

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.29, no.2, pp.344,353, 2014, "New Model of a Converter-Based Generator Using Electrostatic Synchronous Machine Concept".

Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 9-14, 2014, "A Combined Methodology of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Genetic Algorithm for Short-term Energy Forecasting".

Journals 2013

Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering Journal, ISSN 1582-7445. 3/2013, "Stability Analysis of a Microgrid System based on Inverter-Interfaced Distributed Generators".

Journals 2012

Expert Systems with Applications Journal. Editorial “Elsevier "Load Forecasting Framework of Electricity Consumptions for an Intelligent Energy Management in the User-side,".

Congress 2020

IECON 2020 is the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2020, "A Design Algorithm for Multivariable Linear Quadratic Integral Controllers in Voltage-Source Converters".

IECON 2020 is the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2020, "Formal Design Methodology for Discrete Proportional-Resonant (PR) Controllers Based on Sisotool/Matlab Tool".

Proceedings Article published in 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings, 2020, "Design and Assessment of Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) Curricula for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure".

2020 Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE20) Lyon, France, 2020, "Control of Parallel Connected Voltage Source Inverters in a Microgrid for Experimental Testing".

2020 Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE20) Lyon, France, 2020, "Development and Implementation of a Low-Cost Research Platform for Control Applications for Inverter-Based Generators".

2020 Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE20) Lyon, France, 2020.E, "Control of Parallel Connected Voltage Source Inverters in a Microgrid for Experimental Testing".

2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 2020, pp. 1-5, "Best Practices for Microgrids Applied to a Case Study in a Community".

Congress 2019

IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 2271-2276 "A Novel Methodology for Determination of Soiling on PV Panels by Means of Grey Box Modelling".

IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society "An Optimal Tracking Power Sharing Controller for Inverter-Based Generators in Grid-connected Mode".

2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5, "Energy Management System for a Residential Microgrid in a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Platform".

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, "Developing a Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure".

Congress 2018

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Energy Conversion, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 12-15 November 2018 (MEDPower 2018), "Characteristics of residential battery storage system for better integration with electric distribution system"

Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2018), "Advanced metering applications in microgrids: A hardware-in-the-loop electric power setup"

Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2018) "A case study of residential electric service resiliency through renewable energy following Hurricane Maria"

2018 IEEE ANDESCON, "An AC Microgrid Testbed for Power Electronics Courses in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez"

2018 IEEE ANDESCON, Santiago de Cali, 2018, pp. 1-5, "LQR Controller with Optimal Reference Tracking for Inverter-Based Generators on Islanded-Mode Microgrids"

2018 IEEE ANDESCON, Santiago de Cali, 2018, pp. 1-5, "A Loop Shaping Control Strategy for Boost-Inverter Topology Applied to Wind Turbine Generators"

Congress 2016

IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, "Multi-carrier optimal power flow of energy hubs by means of ANFIS and SQP".

2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), "An intelligent Battery management system for home Microgrids"

2016 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), "Global data prefetching using BitTorrent for distributed smart grid control"

2016 IEEE ANDESCON, "An intelligent battery management system based on fuzzy controller for home microgrid working in grid-connected and island mode"

2016 IEEE ANDESCON, "Energy hub optimization applied on car manufacturing plants"

2016 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), "A case for Open Access Smart Grids (OASIS)"

Congress 2015

2015 9th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE-ECCE Asia), "Economic power dispatch of distributed generators in a grid-connected microgrid".

2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), "Microgrid central controller development and hierarchical control implementation in the intelligent microgrid lab of Aalborg University"

2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, "Provision of Flexible Load Control by Multi-Flywheel-Energy-Storage System in Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations"

Congress 2014

IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, "Study of large-signal stability of an inverter-based generator using a Lyapunov functions".

IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, "Distributed consensus-based control of multiple DC-microgrids clusters"

IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, "Multiagent based distributed control for state-of-charge balance of distributed energy storage in DC microgrids"

Congress 2013

4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, "New mathematical model of an inverter-based generator for stability studies of microgrid systems".

Congress 2012

2012 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), "Modeling and studying of power flow in a parking lot with plug-in vehicles and the impact in the public utility".

Congress 2011

World Renewable Energy Congress WREC2011 – Sweden., "Study of transient stability for parallel connected inverters in Microgrid system works in stand-alone".

Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, "Transient stability analysis of inverter-interfaced distributed generators in a microgrid system ".

Congress 2009

2009 35th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics, "A genetic algorithm approach to optimization of power peaks in an automated warehouse".