Mr Md Parvez Akter

Mr Md Parvez Akter

Casual Academic
Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

Md. Parvez Akter was born in Pabna, Bangladesh. He received the B.Sc.Eng. Degree in electrical & electronics engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh, in 2011 and the M.Eng.Sc. Degree in power electronics from the University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2015. He was a research assistant (RA) with the Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, the University of Malaya from 2013 to 2016.
Mr Parvez is currently a Scientia PhD Scholar and pursuing his PhD degree with the Process Control Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. He is an IEEE student member and also a Casual Academic in the School of Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. His research interests include Batter Energy Storage, Renewable Energy. Power Converters and Electrical Drives, Bidirectional Power Conversion, and Energy Efficiency.

Phone
+61416960808
  • Journal articles | 2021
    Xiao D; Akter MP; Alam K; Dutta R; Mekhilef S; Rahman MF, 2021, 'Cascaded Predictive Flux Control for a 3-L Active NPC Fed im Drives without Weighting Factor', IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36, pp. 1797 - 1807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2021.3065648
    Journal articles | 2020
    Osman I; Xiao D; Alam KS; Shakib SMSI; Akter MP; Rahman MF, 2020, 'Discrete Space Vector Modulation-Based Model Predictive Torque Control with No Suboptimization', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67, pp. 8164 - 8174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2946559
    Journal articles | 2020
    Xiao D; Alam KS; Akter MP; Shakib SMSI; Zhang D; Rahman M, 2020, 'Modulated Model Predictive Control for Four-Leg Inverters with Online Duty Ratio Optimization', IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56, pp. 3114 - 3124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2020.2971448
    Journal articles | 2020
    Xiao D; Alam KS; Osman I; Akter MP; Showybul Islam Shakib SM; Rahman MF, 2020, 'Low Complexity Model Predictive Flux Control for Three-Level Neutral-Point Clamped Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives without Weighting Factor', IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56, pp. 6496 - 6506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2020.3016617
    Journal articles | 2019
    Akter MP; Li Y; Bao J; Skyllas-Kazacos M; Rahman MF, 2019, 'Optimal charging of vanadium redox flow battery with time-varying input power', Batteries, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/batteries5010020
    Journal articles | 2019
    Li Y; Bao J; Skyllas-Kazacos M; Akter MP; Zhang X; Fletcher J, 2019, 'Studies on dynamic responses and impedance of the vanadium redox flow battery', Applied Energy, 237, pp. 91 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.015
    Journal articles | 2018
    Alam K; xiao DAN; Akter MDPARVEZ; zhang DAMING; fletcher JOHN; rahman FAZ, 2018, 'Modified Model Predictive Control with Extended Voltage Vectors for Grid-connected Rectifier', IET Power Electronics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2017.0883
    Journal articles | 2018
    Alam KS; Akter MP; Xiao D; Zhang D; Rahman F; Rahman F, 2018, 'Asymptotically Stable Predictive Control of a Grid-Connected Converter Based on Discrete Space Vector Modulation', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TII.2018.2876274
    Journal articles | 2016
    Parvez Akter M; Mekhilef S; Mei Lin Tan N; Akagi H, 2016, 'Modified Model Predictive Control of a Bidirectional AC-DC Converter Based on Lyapunov Function for Energy Storage Systems', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 63, pp. 704 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2015.2478752
    Journal articles | 2015
    Akter MP; Mekhilef S; Tan NML; Akagi H, 2015, 'Stability and performance investigations of model predictive controlled active-front-end (AFE) rectifiers for energy storage systems', Journal of Power Electronics, 15, pp. 202 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2015.15.1.202
    Journal articles | 2015
    Akter P; Mekhilef S; Tan NML; Akagi H, 2015, 'Model predictive control of bidirectional AC-DC converter for energy storage system', Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, 10, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2015.10.1.165
    Journal articles | 2015
    Akter P; Uddin M; Mekhilef S; Tan NML; Akagi H, 2015, 'Model predictive control of bidirectional isolated DC-DC converter for energy conversion system (vol 102, pg 1407, 2015)', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS, 102, pp. 1428 - 1428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2015.1040649
    Journal articles | 2015
    Akter P; Uddin M; Mekhilef S; Tan NML; Akagi H, 2015, 'Model predictive control of bidirectional isolated DC-DC converter for energy conversion system', International Journal of Electronics, 102, pp. 1407 - 1427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2015.1028479
  • Conference Presentations | 2020
    Akter MP; Bao J; Skyllas-Kazacos M, 2020, 'Charging Control of Vanadium Redox Batteries Under Time-Varying Input Power with Optimal Flow-Rate', presented at The International Coalition For Energy Storage And Innovation (ICESI-2020), Sydney, Australia, 02 March 2020 - 05 March 2020
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Akter MP; Bao J; Skyllas-Kazacos M; Alam KS; Xiao D; Rahman F, 2019, 'Capacitor-Less Bidirectional Synchronous Buck-Boost Converter for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery', in 2019 29th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Nadi, Fiji, presented at Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC-2019), Nadi, Fiji, 26 November 2019 - 29 November 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Akter MP; Li Y; Bao J; Skyllas-Kazacos M, 2019, 'The Effects of Ripple Current on Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries', in Proc. International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF-2019), Lyon, France, presented at International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF-2019), Lyon, France, 09 July 2019 - 11 July 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Alam K; Xiao D; Akter MP; Haque ME; Rahman F, 2019, 'Current Sensor-less Predictive Load Voltage Control for Four-leg Inverter with LC Output Filter', in 2019 29th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Nadi, Fiji, presented at Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC-2019), Nadi, Fiji, 26 November 2019 - 29 November 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC48547.2019.211835
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Alam KS; Xiao D; Akter MP; Showybul Islam Shakib SM; Rahman MF, 2019, 'Predictive Load Voltage Control for Four-leg Inverter with Fixed Switching Frequency', in 2019 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, ICPES 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPES47639.2019.9105482
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Showvbul Islam Shakib SM; Xiao D; Dutta R; Alam KS; Osman I; Rahman MF; Akter MP, 2019, 'An Analytical Approach to Direct Torque and Flux Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Deep Field Weakening Without Using Pre-calculated Lookup Tables', in ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, Busan, Korea, pp. 3196 - 3202, presented at ICPE, Busan, Korea, 27 May 2019 - 30 May 2019
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Akter F; Akter MP; Alam KS, 2018, 'Selective voltage vector based model predictive control for three-level active-NPC inverter', in ICECE 2018 - 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 241 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICECE.2018.8636771
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Akter F; Alam KS; Akter MP, 2018, 'Simplified model predictive control of four-leg inverters for stand-alone power systems', in ICECE 2018 - 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 261 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICECE.2018.8636741
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Akter M, 2018, 'Charging Control of Vanadium Redox Battery Based Energy Storage Systems with Variable Input Power', Cairns, Australia, presented at 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Cairns, Australia, 13 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Alam KS; Akter MP; Showybul Islam Shakib SM; Xiao D; Zhang D; Rahman MF, 2018, 'Lyapunov-Function Based Predictive Approach for Load Voltage Control of Four-Leg Inverter with an Output LC filter', in 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018, pp. 6880 - 6885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557385
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Akter MP; Lu DDC; Zhu J, 2017, 'Model predictive controlled three-level active-neutral-point-clamped inverter with improved computational speed and stability, and balanced DC-link voltages', in 2017 IEEE 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, IFEEC - ECCE Asia 2017, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, pp. 116 - 121, presented at 2017 IEEE 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia (IFEEC 2017 - ECCE Asia), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 03 June 2017 - 07 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IFEEC.2017.7992428
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Akter MP; Lu DDC, 2017, 'Model Predictive Controlled Active NPC Inverter for Voltage Stress Balancing among the Semiconductor Power Switches', in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Perth, Australia, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering, Perth, Australia, 12 June 2017 - 14 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/73/1/012019
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Parvez M; Mekhilef S; Tan NML; Akagi H, 2016, 'A robust modified model predictive control (MMPC) based on Lyapunov function for three-phase active-front-end (AFE) rectifier', in Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, pp. 1163 - 1168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2016.7468016
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Akter M, 2015, 'An improved active-front-end rectifier using model predictive control', Charlotte, NC, USA, presented at Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015 IEEE, Charlotte, NC, USA, 15 March 2015 - 19 March 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2015.7104341
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Akter M, 2014, 'A new transformerless inverter for grid connected photovoltaic system with low leakage current', Khulna, Bangladesh, presented at International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), 2013, Khulna, Bangladesh, 13 February 2014 - 15 February 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EICT.2014.6777840
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Akter M, 2014, 'Efficiency improvement of semi-bridgeless phase-shifted boost converter with power factor correction in energy storage system', Khulna, Bangladesh, presented at International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), 2013, Khulna, Bangladesh, 13 February 2014 - 15 February 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EICT.2014.6777836
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Akter M, 2014, 'Model predictive control of a bidirectional AC-DC converter for V2G and G2V applications in electric vehicle battery charger', Dearborn, MI, USA, presented at Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2014 IEEE, Dearborn, MI, USA, 15 June 2014 - 18 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ITEC.2014.6861795
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Akter M, 2013, 'Model predictive control of an active front end rectifier with unity displacement factor', Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presented at Circuits and Systems (ICCAS), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 September 2013 - 19 September 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CircuitsAndSystems.2013.6671612

  • Awarded Prestigious UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship, 2017
  • Awarded  IES Student Paper Travel Assistance, in 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2018), Cairns, Australia, 13-15 June 2018.  

 

Control of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery-Based Energy Storage Systems

The use of battery-based energy storage systems is rapidly increasing due to the vast integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) into the current electricity networks. The vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) has a deep discharging capability, long cycle life, and high energy efficiency. Moreover, the VRB system circulates all-vanadium species in both symmetrical half-cells to avoid the cross-contamination which allows it to decouple the rated power generation and energy capacity. The rated power of the battery system is determined by the size of the cell stack, while the storage tank size defines the total energy capacity. This characteristic attributes the vast scalability and flexibility in cell designing and makes them particularly suitable for the grid-tied energy storage systems. The intermittent nature of the RESs provides the time-varying power fluctuations to the electricity grid. These fluctuations in time-varying input power bring significant challenges to the conventional charging control schemes of the VRB based energy storage systems. To overcome these challenges, this research proposes an advanced charging control scheme for the VRB system to deal with the variable input power. The proposed approach determines the appropriate charging current and the optimal electrolyte flow rate based on the available time-varying input power. Moreover, the charging current is bounded by the limiting current, which prevents the gassing side-reactions and protects the VRB from overcharging.

The Effects of Ripple Current on Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

High-frequency current and voltage fluctuations created by the interfacing power converters can cause damages to many types of batteries, including lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. To suppress these fluctuations, the existing design of the power converters typically uses bulky filters (inductors and capacitors). The use of large electrolytic capacitors leads to increased cost and reduced system reliability. On the other hand, vanadium redox batteries (VRB) may not be adversely affected by the high-frequency ripple current as these batteries have much higher mass transfer capabilities due to their solution-based charge-discharge reactions. Our previous studies have shown that the impedances of the VRBs are typically much lower at high frequencies, potentially leading to low voltage fluctuations caused by ripples in charging/discharging current. This research reports the experimental studies conducted using a laboratory-scale single VRB system under ripple current. Capacitor-less bidirectional synchronous buck-boost dc-dc converters with different designs are developed to generate charging/discharging currents with fluctuations of different magnitude and frequencies. The results of this study will help improve the design and control of power electronic devices for VRB systems.

Capacitor-Less Bidirectional Synchronous Buck-Boost Converter for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

The reliability of power electronic converters is crucial for battery-based energy storage systems. This reliability is mostly influenced by the dc-link capacitors, which are employed for reducing the voltage and current fluctuations. The voltage or current ripples affect the battery state-of-health for different solid-state reaction-based battery technologies, including lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. However, unlike solid-state reaction-based conventional battery technologies, the vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) features solution-based charge-discharge reactions. Therefore, the VRB system possesses much higher mass transfer rates and may not be affected by the voltage or current ripples. Considering this characteristic of VRB, a capacitor-less bidirectional synchronous buck-boost dc-dc converter is proposed. The proposed converter is operated in current control mode to charge or discharge the VRB system up to a certain level of state-of-charge (SOC). The average charging or discharging current is controlled by a PI controller.