Typhoon HIL Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award

• Heterogeneous Microgrids: Centralized Control Strategy with Distributed Grid-Forming Converters, paper by Lucas Savoi Araujo, João Marcus Soares Callegari, Braz de Jesus Cardoso Filho, and Danilo Brandao, with the award going to the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil [Access Paper]
• Simple Fuzzy Logic-Based Energy Management for Power Exchange in Isolated Multi-Microgrid Systems: A Case Study in a Remote Community in the Amazon Region of Ecuador, paper by Mauricio Rodriguez Cesen, Diego Arcos Avilés, and Francesc Guinjoan, with the award going to the University of the Armed Forces (ESPE), Ecuador [Access Paper]
• Economic Operation Optimization Under Real-Time Pricing for an Energy Management System in a Redundancy-Based Microgrid, paper by Thales Fagundes, Guilherme Henrique Favaro Fuzato, Rafael Magossi, Manuel Antonio Barrios Flores, Juan Carlos Vasquez, Josep M. Guerrero, and Ricardo Quadros Machado, with the award going to the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil [Access Paper]

🏅 Outstanding Paper Award

• Fixed Switching Frequency Model Predictive Control for Grid-Forming Inverters, paper by Fernanda Carnielutti, Tiago Davi Curi Busarello, Ênio Costa Resende, Qudrat Ullah, and Marcelo Godoy Simões, with the award going to the University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil [Access Paper]
• Cost and Cybersecurity Challenges in the Commissioning of Microgrids in Critical Infrastructure: COGE Case Study, paper by Rodrigo Antonio Sbardeloto Kraemer, Douglas Pereira Dias, Alisson Carlos da Silva, Marcos Aurelio Izumida Martins, and Mathias Arno Ludwig, with the award going to the CERTI Foundation, Brazil [Access Paper]

🎓 Honorable Mentions

• A Transient Stability Enhancement Method for Grid-Forming Converters Enabling Operation Across the Four-Quadrant Range of Power Angle, paper by Armando J. G. Abrantes-Ferreira, Alexandre C. Oliveira, Antonio M. N. Lima, and Xiongfei Wang, with the award going to the Federal University of Campina Grande (UCFG), Brazil [Access Paper]
• Unified Centralized/Decentralized Voltage and Frequency Control Structure for Microgrids, paper by Paulo T. de Godoy, Adriano B. de Almeida, A.C. Zambroni de Souza, Diogo Marujo, and Jonas V. Souza, with the award going to the Western Paraná State University (UNIOESTE), Brazil [Access Paper]
• Design Guide for Integral CCS-MPC Applied to a Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with HiL Implementation, paper by Arthur G. Bartsch, Rodrigo Trentini, Ademir Nied, José de Oliveira, Filipe Fernandes, Sabrina F. dell Agnolo, and Mariana S. M. Cavalca, with the award going to the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC), Brazil [Access Paper]

Best Paper Award

• A Real-time Prognostic-Based Control Framework for Hybrid Electric Vehicles, paper by Laxman Timilsina, Phuong H. Hoang, Ali Moghassemi, Elutunji Buraimoh, Phani Kumar Chamarthi, Gokhan Ozkan, Behnaz Papari, and Christopher S. Edrington [Access Paper]
• GaN Four-leg Inverter Implementing Novel Common Mode Elimination using a Hardware-in-the-loop System-Level Controller, paper by Caleb Li, Annette von Jouanne, Giovanna Oriti, Alex Julian, Emmanuel Agamloh, and Alex Yokochi [Access Paper]
• Advancing Power System Time Synchronization: A PTP-Based Solution With Hardware-in-the-Loop, paper by Yifu Li, Abouzar Estebsari, Richard Hoptroff, Payman Dehghanian, and Mohannad Alhazmi [Access Paper]

🏅 Outstanding Paper Award

• Query-and-Response Digital Twin Framework Using a Multidomain, Multifunction Image Folio, paper by Kerry Sado, Jarrett Peskar, Austin R. J. Downey, Herbert L. Ginn, Roger Dougal, and Kristen Booth [Access Paper]
• Optimal Design and Modeling of a Hybrid Energy Storage System Including Battery and Hydrogen in DC Microgrids, paper by Massiagbe Fatoumata Diabate, Harish Sarma Krishnamoorthy, and Jian Shi [Access Paper]

🎓 Distinguished Paper Award

• Development, Integration, and Flight Testing of a Silicon Carbide Propulsion Drive for a Hybrid Electric Aerospace Application, paper by Chris Farnell, Anna Corbitt, Wesley G. Schwartz, Asif Faruque, Yue Zhao, David Huitink, Nenad Miljkovic, and H. Alan Mantooth [Access Paper]
• Hierarchical Partial Power Processing of Second-Life Battery-Integrated Grid-Connected Multilevel Inverters via Statistical Design, paper by Rupeng Duan, Xiao Sun, and Xiaofan Cui [Access Paper]
• A Novel Digital Twin for Diesel Generator in Microgrids, paper by Renuka Loka, Mahmoud Kabalan, Thomas Holliday, Rakesh Shamrao Patekar, Mohanad Elsayed, Mohamed M. Zakaria Moustafa, and Thomas Bozada [Access Paper]