Conferences

DR. JUAN DIXON

  • Diego Figueroa, Luis Morán, Pedro Ruminot y Juan Dixon, “A Series Active Power Filter Scheme for Current Harmonic Compensation”, Power Electronic Specialists Conference, Rodas, Grecia, Junio 2008.
  • Estanislao Echenique, Juan W. Dixon, Roberto Cárdenas y Rubén Peña: “Sensorless Control of a Switched Reluctance Wind generator, Based on Current Slopes and Neural Networks”, EVER’2007, Renewable Energies and Electric Vehicles, April 2008, Montecarlo, Mónaco.
  • J. San Martin, J. Pontt, J. Rodriguez and J. Dixon, “New Methodology for Analysis and Diagnosis of Sympathetic Interaction of Inrush Currents in Power Transformers for Detecting Abnormal Operating Conditions”,  IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2007, 4-7 June 2007.
  • Juan Dixon, Pablo Barriuso, Micah Ortuzar, Luis Moran, Jorge Pontt, Jose Rodriguez, “Fault Tolerant Reconfiguration System for Asymmetric Multilevel Converters Using Bi-Directional Power Switches”, 2007 Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’07, Taipei, Taiwan, Noviembre 2007, on CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Ian Nakashima y Micah Ortúzar: “Lightweight Urban Train Using Only Ultracapacitors as Energy Storage”, EVER’2007, Renewable Energies and Electric Vehicles, April 2007, Montecarlo, Mónaco.
  • Mauricio Rotella y Juan Dixon, “Simplified 27-Level Traction Drive System with Low Part Count and Single Battery Pack”, 22th Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS-22, Octubre 7-10 2006, Yokohama, Japón, en CD-ROM.
  • Juan Dixon, Fabián Arcos, Ian Nakashima y Micah Ortúzar, “Test Results in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using a Combination of Ultracapacitors and Zebra Battery”, 22th Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS-22, Octubre 7-10 2006, Yokohama, Japón, en CD-ROM.
  • Juan Dixon y Mauricio Rotella, “PWM Method to Eliminate Power Sources in a Non-Redundant 27-Level Inverters for Machine Drive Applications”, International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’2006, Julio 4-9 2006, Montral, Canadá, en CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Micah Ortúzar, Rodrigo Carmi, Pablo Barriuso, Patricio Flores y Luis Morán, “Static Var Compensator and Active Power Filter with Power Injection Capability, Using 27-level Inverters and Photovoltaic Cells”, International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’2006, Julio 4-9 2006, Montreal, Canadá, en CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Fabián Arcos, Ian Nakashima y Micah Ortúzar “ZEBRA Plus Ultracapacitors, a Good Match for Energy Efficient EVs”, 21th Electric Vehicle Sysmposium, EVS 21, April 2-6 2005, Montecarlo, Mónaco.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Luis Morán y Cristián Elgueta “Some improvements in 81-Level Inverters for Traction Applications”, 21th Electric Vehicle Sysmposium, EVS 21, April 2-6 2005, Montecarlo, Mónaco.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Alberto Zúñiga, Ángel Abusleme y Daniel Soto “Battery Powered Electric Car, Using Photovoltaic Cells Assistance”, 21th Electric Vehicle Sysmposium, EVS 21, April 2-6 2005, Montecarlo, Mónaco.
  • Franco Hernández, Luis Morán, José Espinoza and Juan W. Dixon, “A Multilevel Active Front-End Rectifier with Current Harmonic Compensation Capability”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON-2004, Nov. 2-6 2004, Busan, Korea.
  • Luis Morán, José Espinoza, Mauricio Ortíz, José Rodríguez and Juan W. Dixon, “Practical Problems Associated With the Operation of ASDs Based On Active Front End Converters in Power Distribution Systems”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS-2004, October 3-7 2004, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Micah Ortúzar and Luis Morán, “Drive System for Traction Applications Using 81-Level Converter”, IEEE Vehicular Power Propulsion, VPP-2004, 6-8 October 2004, Paris, France, on CD-ROM.
  • Micah Ortúzar, Jorge Moreno and Juan W. Dixon, “Report on Fire Event Originated by Ultracapacitors in an Experimental Electric Vehicle”, IEEE Vehicular Power Propulsion, VPP-2004, 6-8 October 2004, Paris, France, on CD-ROM.
  • Jorge Moreno, Juan Dixon and Micah Ortúzar, “Energy Management System for an Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Using Ultracapacitors and Neural Networks”, IEEE Vehicular Power Propulsion, VPP-2004, 6-8 October 2004, Paris, France, on CD-ROM.
  • Javier Ibáñez and Juan Dixon, “Monitoring Battery System for Electric Vehicle, Based On ‘One Wire’ Technology”, IEEE Vehicular Power Propulsion, VPP-2004, 6-8 October 2004, Paris, France, on CD-ROM.
  • Miguel López, Luis Morán, José Espinoza and Juan Dixon, “Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter for High Voltage Active Power Filter Applications”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’2003, November 2-6, 2003, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • Juan Dixon, Alberto Bretón, Felipe Ríos and Luis Morán, “High Power Machine Drive, Based on Three-Stage Connection of ‘H’ Converters, and Active Front End Rectifiers”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’2003, November 2-6, 2003, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • Micah Ortúzar, Rodrigo Carmi, Juan Dixon and Luis Morán, “Voltage Source Active Power Filter, Based on Multi-Stage Converter and Ultracapacitor DC-Link”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’2003, November 2-6, 2003, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • Micah Ortúzar, Juan Dixon, and Jorge Moreno, “Design, Construction and Performance of a Buck-Boost Converter for an Ultracapacitor-Based Auxiliary Energy System for Electric Vehicles”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON2003, November 2-6, 2003, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Felipe Ríos and Alberto Bretón, “Multi-Stage Converters: A New Technology for Traction Drive Systems”, 20th Electric Vehicle Symposium, November 15-19, 2003, Long Beach, California, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Micah Ortúzar and Jorge Moreno, “DSP Based Ultracapacitor System for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles”, 20th Electric Vehicle Symposium, November 15-19, 2003, Long Beach, California, USA, on CD-ROM.
  • V. Cárdenas, L. Morán, A. Bahamondes and J. Dixon, “Comparative Análisis of Real Time Reference Generation Techniques for Four Wires Shunt Active Power Filters”, 34th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Acapulco, México, June 2003, pp. 791-796.
  • Angel Abusleme, Juan Dixon and Daniel Soto, “Improved Performance of a Battery Powered Electric Car, Using Photovoltaic Cells”, IEEE Powertech 2003, Bologna, Italy, June 23-26, 2003, on CD-ROM.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Matías Rodríguez y Rodrigo Huerta, “Position Estimator and Simplified Current Control Strategy for Brushless DC Motors, Using DSP Technology”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’02, 5-8 Nov. 2002.
  • Juan W. Dixon y Luis Morán, “Multilevel Inverter, Base don Multi-Stage Connection of Three-Level Converters, Scaled in Power of Three”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’02, 5-8 Nov. 2002.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Matías Rodríguez & Rodrigo Huerta, “Simplified Sensorless Control for BLDC Motor”, The 19th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium , October 19 to 23 2002, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
  • Esteban J. Pino, Eduardo P. Wiechmann & Juan Dixon, “Electric Vehicle Performance in a Highly Polluted City”, The 19th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium , October 19 to 23 2002, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Micah Ortúzar & Jorge Moreno, “Monitoring System for Testing the Performance of an Electric Car Using Ultracapacitors”, The 19th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium , October 19 to 23, 2002, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Micah Ortúzar & Felipe Ríos, “Traction Drive System for Electric Vehicles, Using Multilevel Converters”, The 19th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium , October 19 to 23 2002, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
  • Moran, L.; Mahomar, J.; Dixon, J., “Selecting the best point of connection for shunt active filters in multi-bus power distribution systems”, Industry Applications Conference, 2002. 37th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record , Volume: 3 , 2002 Page(s): 1703 -1709 vol.3
  • Juan W. Dixon & Micah Ortúzar, “Tests Results with Regenerative Braking Based on Ultracapacitors and a Buck-Boost Converter”, EVS-18, 18th Electric Vehicle Symposium, Berlín Alemania, October 2001, en CD-ROM.
  • D. Rivas, L. Morán, J. Dixon & J. Espinoza, “Improving Passive Filter Compensation Performance with Active Power Filters”, IEEE 9th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, 1-4 October 2001, pp. 232-238.
  • R. Domke, L. Morán, J. Espinoza & J. Dixon, “A Simple Control Écheme fon an Active Power Filter Implemented with Three-Level NPC Inverter”, Proceedings of the European Power Electronics Conference, EPE 2001.
  • J. Dixon, Y del Valle, M. Orchard, M. Ortúzar, L. Morán & C. Maffrand, ” A Full Compensating System for General Loads, Based on a Combination of Thyristor Binary Compensator and a PWM-IGBT Active Power Filter”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’01, November 29- December 2, 2001, pp. 1150-1155.
  • F. Hernández, L. Morán, J. Espinoza & J. Dixon, ” A Generalizad Control Scheme for Active Front-End Multilevel Converters”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’01, November 29 – December 2, 2001, pp. 915-920.
  • J. Dixon, M. Ortúzar, I. Leal, A. Amaro, R. Schmidt, M. Rodríguez, G. Lazo & E. Wiechmann, “Performance Characteristics of the First, State-of-the-art Electric Vehicle Implemented in Chile”, EVS’17, 17th Electric Vehicle Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 13-18 October 2000.
  • J. Dixon, M. Ortúzar & E. Wiechmann, “Regenerative Braking for an Electric Vehicle, Using Ultracapacitors and a Buck-Boost Converter”, EVS’17, 17th Electric Vehicle Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 13-18 October 2000.
  • M. López, L. Morán & J. Dixon “A Three-Phase Active Power Filter Implemented with Multiple Single-Phase Modules in Series”, IEEE ISIE 2000, Pulola, Puebla, México, pp. 97-101.
  • D. Rivas, L. Morán, J. Dixon & J. Espinoza “A Simple Control Scheme for Hybrid Active Power Filter”, IEEE PESC’00, Power Electronics Specialista Conference, 18-23 June 2000, Galway, Ireland.
  • L. Morán, J. Dixon, J. Espinoza & R. Wallace “Using Active Power Filters to Improve Power Quality”, 5th Brasilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP’99, 19-23 September 1999, pp 501-511.
  • E. Cejas, C. Maffrand, & J. Dixon, “New Topology for the Commutation of Unidirectional Power Switches, without Harmonic Generation”, 5th Brasilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP’99, 19-23 September 1999.
  • L. Morán, J. Dixon, J. Espinoza, & R. Wallace, “Using Active Power Filtres to Improve Power Quality”, 5th Brasilian Power Electronics Conference, COBEP’99.
  • J. Dixon & R. Sáez, “120 kHz, 3 kW, Resonant Converter Using Modified McMurray Topology”, Australian Power Electronics Conference, AUPEC’98, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 1998, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, pp. 516-521.
  • J. Dixon & I. Leal, “A Simplified Modulation Technique for Brushless DC Motors”, Australian Power Electronics Conference, AUPEC’98, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 1998, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, pp. 654-658.
  • J. Dixon, C. Maffrand & L. Morán, “Non-Polluting, Binary Var Compensator Using a Novel Switched Capacitor Topology”, Australian Power Electronics Conference, AUPEC’98, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 1998, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, pp. 75-80.
  • C. Maffrand, J. Dixon & L. Morán, “Binary Controlled Static Var Compensator, Based on Electronically Switched Capacitors”, 29th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, May 17-22, 1998, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • J. Dixon, C. Maffrand & L. Morán, “A New Topology for Harmonic-Free, Dynamic Var Compensator Using Unidirectional Power Switches”, 29th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, May 17-22, 1998, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • C. Maffrand, D. Zárate, A. Fernández, A. Cejas, J. Aguirre, J. Dixon, & G. García, “Propuesta para la Corrección del Factor de Potencia en Parques Eólicos”, Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Energía Solar, ASADES, Volumen 1, Nº 2, 1997, Avances en Energías Renovables y Medio Ambiente, pp. 33-36
  • V. Aburto, M. Schenider, L. Morán & J. Dixon, “An Active Power Filter Implemented with a Three-Level NPC Voltage Source Inverter”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’97, St. Louis, Missouri, June 22-27, 1997, pp. 1121-1126.
  • J. Dixon, J. Contardo & L. Morán, ” DC Link Fuzzy Control for an Active Power Filter, Sensing the Line Curren Only”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’97, St. Louis, Missouri, June 22-27, 1997, pp. 1109-1114.
  • J. Vadell, I. Lira & J. Dixon, “CED: A New method for High Speed Steping Motor Driving”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC’97, Atlanta, Georgia, February 23-27, 1997, pp. 539-545.
  • V. Aburto, M. Schenider, L. Morán & J. Dixon, “An Active Power Filter Implemented with a Three-Level NPC Voltage Source Inverter”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’97, St. Louis, Missouri, June 22-27, 1997, pp. 1121-1126.
  • J. Dixon, J. Contardo & L. Morán, ” DC Link Fuzzy Control for an Active Power Filter, Sensing the Line Curren Only”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’97, St. Louis, Missouri, June 22-27, 1997, pp. 1109-1114.
  • J. Dixon & J. Rivarola, “An Improved Method to Measure Speed in Induction Motors, Based on Induced Irregularities”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC’96, March 3-7, 1996, San José, California, pp. 399-405.
  • L. Morán, R. Oyarzún, I. Pastorini, J. Dixon & R. Wallace, “A fault Protection Scheme for Series Active Power Filters”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’96, June 23-27, 1996, Baveno, Italy, pp. 489-493.
  • L. Morán, L. Fernández, J. Dixon & R. Wallace, “A Simple and Low Cost Control Strategy for Active Power Filters Connected in Cascade”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference. IECON’95, 6-10 November 1995, pp. 463-468
  • J. Dixon, G. Venegas & L. Morán, “A Series Active Power Filter Based on Sinusoidal Current-Controlled Voltage Source Inverter”, IEEE, Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON’95, Orlado, Florida, 6-10 de November de 1995.
  • L. Morán, P. Werlinger, J. Dixon & R. Wallace, “A Series Active Power Filter which Compensates Current Harmonics an Voltage Unbalance Simultaneously”, accepted for presentation at the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Coinference, PESC’95, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 18-22 de 1995.
  • S. Tepper, J. Dixon, G. Venegas & L. Morán, “A Simple Frequency Independent Method for Calculating the Reactive and Harmonic Current in a Nonlinear Load”, IEEJ/1995 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC’95, Yokohama, Japan, 3-7 April 1995, pp. 375-380.
  • J. Dixon & J. Rivarola, “A Wide Range Sensorless Speed Estimator, Based on Rotor Irregularities for Induction Motors”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC’95, Dallas, Texas, March 1995, e IEEJ/1995 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC’95, Yokohama, Japan, 3-7 April 1995, pp. 992-997.
  • J. Dixon & J. Rivarola, “Velocidad de Motores de Inducción, Estimación Precisa Mediante una señal de Frecuencia Fija”, Revista Ingeniería Hoy, año 4, Nº 12, Publicación de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay, 1994, pp. 16-21.
  • J. Dixon & J. Rivarola, “A Precise Induction Motor Speed Estimator, Based on a Fixed Carrier Frequency Signal”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Santiago, Chile, May 25-27 1994, pp. 199-203.
  • J. Dixon, D. Veas & B. T. Ooi, “A Symplified Control System for Series Connected, AC-DC PWM Converters, for Back-to-Back Multiterminal Systems”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Santiago, Chile, May 25-27 1994, pp. 182-187.
  • L. Morán, J. Dixon, S. Muller & R. Wallace, “An Active Power Filter Implemented with PWM Voltage Source in Cascade”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Santiago, Chile, May 25-27 1994, pp. 108-113.
  • Juan Dixon, Sebastián Tepper & Luis Morán, “Analysis and Evaluation of Different Modulation Techniques for Active Power Filters”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC’94, Orlando, Florida, 13-17 February 1994, pp. 894-900.
  • Juan W. Dixon, Jaime García & Luis Morán “A Control System foa a Three-Phase Active Power Filter which Simultaneously Compensates Power Factor and Umbalanced Loads”, IEEE IECON’93, Industrial Electronics Conference, Maui, Hawaii, 15-19 November 1993, pp 1083-1087.
  • Luis Morán, P. Godoy, V. Higueras, Rogel Wallace & Juan Dixon, “A New Control Strategy for Active Power Filters Using Three PWM Voltage Source Inverters”, IEEE PESC’93, Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 20-24 1993.
  • L. Morán, M. Díaz, V. Higueras, R. Wallace & J. Dixon, “A Three-Phase Active Power Filter Operating with Fixed Switching Frequency for Reactive Power and Current Harmonic Compensation”, IEEE IECON’92, Industrial Electronics Conference, San Diego, California, 9-13 November 1992.
  • L. Morán, E. Mora, R. Wallace & J. Dixon, “Performance Analysis of a Power Factor Compensator which Simultaneously Eliminates Line Current Harmonics”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’92, Toledo, Spain, June 29-July 3, 1992.
  • D. Veas, J. W. Dixon & Boon T. Ooi, “A Novel Load Current Control Method for a Leading Power Factor Voltage Source PWM Rectifier”, 7th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC-92, Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 23-27 1992, pp. 383-388.
  • B. T. Ooi, F. D. Galiana, D. McGillis, H. C. Lee, X. Wang, Y. Guo & J. W. Dixon, “Research in Pulse Width modulated HVDC Transmission”, 5th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, London, England, 17-20 September 1991, pp. 188-193.
  • Boon T. Ooi, Guo Y, Wang Xiao, H. C. Lee, H. L. Nakra & J. W. Dixon., “Stability of PWM HVDC Voltage Regulator Based on Proportional-Integral Control”, 4th European Conference on Power Electronics, Florencia, Italy, 3-6 September 1991.
  • Juan W. Dixon, “Feedback Control Strategies for Boost Type PWM Rectifiers”; 1990 South American Coloquium, Centro de Extensión Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, September 1990, pp. 5-10.
  • Juan W. Dixon & Diego Veas B., “Stability Analysis and Performance Characteristics of an Open-Loop PWM Var Compensator”, IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 8-12 Oct. 1990, pp. 1086-1091.
  • Boon T. Ooi, Xiao Wang & Juan W. Dixon, “Voltage Source Type HVDC Transmission System”, International Power Electronics Conference, Tokio, Japón, 3-6 April 1990, pp. 1251-1257.
  • Juan W. Dixon & Boon T. Ooi, “Dinamically Stabilized Current Controlled SPWM Boost Type Three-Phase Rectifier”, IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Oct. 1988.
  • J. W. Dixon & B. T. Ooi, “Series and Parallel Operation of Hysteresis Current-Controlled PWM Rectifiers”, IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Oct. 1987, pp. 641-647.
  • B. T. Ooi, J. C. Salmon, J. W. Dixon & A. B. Kulkarni, “A Three-Phase Controlled Current PWM Converter with Leading Power Factor”, IEEE-IAS (Industry Applications Society) Annual Meeting, October 1985, pp. 1008-1014.

DR. JAVIER PEREDA

  • J. Pereda and J. Dixon, “Cascaded Converters for EVs with Single Power Source and Increased Power Quality”, Montecarlo, Mónaco, Mar. 22-25, 2012.
  • J. Dixon and J. Pereda, “23-Level Inverter for EVs Using Only One Power Supply and Series Active Filters”, Montecarlo, Mónaco, Mar. 31 – Apr. 3, 2011.
  • J. Pereda and J. Dixon, “Sinusoidal Multilevel Converters for Electric Vehicle Motors”, Shenzhén, China, Nov. 5-9, 2010.
  • J. Dixon and J. Pereda, “27-Level Converter for Electric Vehicles Using Only One Power Supply”, pp. 1-7, Lille, Francia, Sep. 1-3, 2010.
  • J. Pereda, J. Dixon and M. Rotella, “Direct Torque Control for Sensorless Induction Motor Drives Using an Improved H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter”, pp. 1110-1115, Porto, Portugal, Nov. 3-5, 2009.