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Power Applications Research Group Publications

Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Idaho, PO Box 441023
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1023
parg@ee.uidaho.edu

Selected Publications

Note, the IEEE Transactions papers are available in electronic form at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org if you are a member of IEEE and subscribe to those journals.

  1. P. Ribeiro, B. Johnson, M. Crow, and A. Arsoy, "Energy Storage Systems for Advanced Power Applications," Accepted for Publication in Proceedings of the IEEE.
  2. Brian K. Johnson, Joseph D. Law, Gerald P. Saw, "Using a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Coil to Improve Efficiency of a Gas Turbine Powered High Speed Rail Locomotive," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2001, pp. 1900-1903.
  3. B.K. Johnson and H.L. Hess, "Active Damping for Electromagnetic Transients in Superconducting Systems," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 318-321, June 1999.
  4. B.K. Johnson and G. Venkataramanan, "A Hybrid Solid State Phase Shifter Using PWM AC Converters," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 1316-1321, October 1998.
  5. B.K. Johnson, R.H. Lasseter, and F.L. Alvarado, ``Incorporation of a SMES Coil into a Superconducting LVDC Transmission System,'' IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Vol. 7, No. 2, Part 1, pp. 419-422, June 1997.
  6. A. Miller, E. Muljadi, and D.S. Zinger, ``A Variable Speed Wind Turbine Power Control,'' IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 181-186, June 1997.
  7. G.Venkataramanan and B.K. Johnson, ``A Pulse Width Modulated Power Line Conditioner for Sensitive Load Centers,'' IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 844-849, April 1997.
  8. R.W. Wall and B.K. Johnson, ``Using TACS Functions Within EMTP to Teach Protective Relaying Fundamentals,'' IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 3-10, February 1997.
  9. G. Venkataramanan, B.K. Johnson, A. Sundaram, ``An AC-AC Power Converter for Custom Power Applications,'' IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 1666--1671, July 1996.
  10. R.W. Wall and H. Hess, ``An Intel 80C196KD Embedded Microcontroller Implementation of a Three Phase SCR Power Converter for Industrial Applications,'' Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers. June 1996.
  11. J.D. Law, T.J. Busch, and T.A. Lipo. ``Magnetic Circuit Modeling of the Field Regulated Reluctance Machine-Part I: Model Development,'' IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion. Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1996, 49-55.
  12. T.J. Busch, J.D. Law, and T.A. Lipo. ``Magnetic Circuit Modeling of the Field Regulated Reluctance Machine-Part II: Saturation Modeling and Results,'' IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion. Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1996, 56-61.
  13. B.K. Johnson, R.H. Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, and R. Adapa, ``Superconducting Breakers and Current Transfer Devices For Use with a Superconducting LVDC Mesh,'' IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 216-222, December, 1994.
  14. B.K. Johnson, R.H Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, D.M. Divan, H. Singh, M.C. Chandorkar, R. Adapa, ``Superconducting Low Voltage DC Transmission Networks,'' Journal of Electric Machines and Power Systems. Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 629-645, November-December, 1994.
  15. H. Hess, D.M.Divan, and Y.H Xue, ``Modulation Strategies for a New SCR-Based Induction Motor Drive System with a Wide Speed Range,'' IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. November/December 1994, pp. 1156-1163.
  16. J.D. Law, A. Chertok, and T.A. Lipo. ``Design and Performance of the Field Regulated Reluctance Machine,'' IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications. Vol. 30, No. 5, September/October 1994, pp. 1185-1192.
  17. B.K. Johnson, R.H Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, D.M. Divan, H. Singh, M.C. Chandorkar, and R. Adapa, ``High Temperature Superconducting DC Networks,'' IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 115-120, September 1994.
  18. P. Jansen, J.D. Law, and V. Naicker. ``Traction Alternator Short Circuit Simulation: Description and Results,'' MK Rail Corporation, Internal Report, March 1994, 10 pp.
  19. B.K. Johnson, R.H. Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, and R. Adapa, ``Expandable Multiterminal DC Systems Based on Voltage Droop,'' IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1926-1932, October 1993.
  20. J.D. Law, ``Traction Effort Reduction for Two Inverter Locomotives with respect to Six Inverter Locomotives,'' MK Rail Corporation, Internal Report, September 1993, 30 pp.
  21. J.D. Law and T.A. Lipo. ``Field Regulated Reluctance Machines, Performance Characteristics and Design Considerations,'' US Windpower Inc., Internal Report, March 1990, 153 pp.
  22. J.D. Law, and T.A. Lipo. ``A Single Phase Voltage Controller with Improved Performance,'' IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics. Vol. PE-1, October 1986, pp. 240-247.
  23. S.D. Umans and H. Hess, ``Modeling and Analysis of the Wanlass Three Phase Motor Configuration,'' IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems. September 1983, pp. 2912-2921.