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Brendan McGrath

Brendan McGrath

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
11259
World Ranking
4016
National Ranking
129

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Brendan McGrath is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to microgrid control and optimization, smart grid energy management, HVDC systems and fault protection, as well as advanced battery technologies. Additional areas of work include islanding detection in power systems, advanced DC-DC converters, and energy load and power forecasting.

Frequent publication venues for McGrath's work include:

  • 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Energy Reports
  • 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)

They have collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Nameer Al Khafaf
  • Lasantha Meegahapola
  • D.G. Holmes
  • Mahdi Jalili
  • Peter Sokolowski

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Impact of battery storage on residential energy consumption: An Australian case study based on smart meter data," 2021, Renewable Energy
  • "A review of renewable hydrogen hybrid energy systems towards a sustainable energy value chain," 2023, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • "Feasibility of hydrogen hybrid energy systems for sustainable on- and off-grid integration: An Australian REZs case study," 2024, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Automatic Generation Control of Multi-area Power System with Network Constraints and Communication Delays," 2020, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
  • "Self-Synchronizing Stationary Frame Inverter-Current-Feedback Control for LCL Grid-Connected Inverters," 2021, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

McGrath has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an award dating back to 1933.

Best Publications

  • Multicarrier PWM strategies for multilevel inverters

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes

  • Optimized Design of Stationary Frame Three Phase AC Current Regulators

    D.G. Holmes;T.A. Lipo;B.P. McGrath;W.Y. Kong

  • Regions of Active Damping Control for LCL Filters

    Stewart Geoffrey Parker;Brendan P. McGrath;Donald Grahame Holmes

  • Optimized space vector switching sequences for multilevel inverters

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes;T. Lipo

  • Analytical Modelling of Voltage Balance Dynamics for a Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes

  • Opportunities for harmonic cancellation with carrier-based PWM for a two-level and multilevel cascaded inverters

    D.G. Holmes;B.P. McGrath

  • A General Analytical Method for Calculating Inverter DC-Link Current Harmonics

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes

  • Power converter line synchronization using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) based on a variable sample rate

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes;J.J.H. Galloway

  • Optimal Modulation of Flying Capacitor and Stacked Multicell Converters Using a State Machine Decoder

    B.P. McGrath;T. Meynard;G. Gateau;D.G. Holmes

  • A comparison of multicarrier PWM strategies for cascaded and neutral point clamped multilevel inverters

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes

  • Enhanced Load Step Response for a Bidirectional DC–DC Converter

    D. Segaran;D. G. Holmes;B. P. McGrath

  • Current Regulation Strategies for Vector-Controlled Induction Motor Drives

    D. G. Holmes;B. P. McGrath;S. G. Parker

  • The Benefits of SiC MOSFETs in a T-Type Inverter for Grid-Tie Applications

    Alexander Anthon;Zhe Zhang;Michael A. E. Andersen;Grahame Holmes

  • Reduced PWM harmonic distortion for multilevel inverters operating over a wide modulation range

    Brendan Peter McGrath;Donald Grahame Holmes;Thierry Meynard

  • Natural Capacitor Voltage Balancing for a Flying Capacitor Converter Induction Motor Drive

    B.P. McGrath;D.G. Holmes

  • Control of Active and Reactive Power Ripple to Mitigate Unbalanced Grid Voltages

    Roozbeh Kabiri;Donald Grahame Holmes;Brendan Peter McGrath

  • Enhanced Voltage Balancing of a Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter Using Phase Disposition (PD) Modulation

    B. P. McGrath;D. G. Holmes

  • An Improved Three-Phase Variable-Band Hysteresis Current Regulator

    D. G. Holmes;R. Davoodnezhad;B. P. McGrath

  • Dual AC-drive system with a reduced switch count

    E. Ledezma;B. McGrath;A. Munoz;T.A. Lipo

  • A Decentralized Controller Architecture for a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter

    Brendan P. McGrath;Donald Grahame Holmes;Wang Y. Kong

  • Opportunities for Harmonic Cancellation with Carrier Based PWM for Two-Level and Multi-Level Cascaded Inverters

    Donald G Holmes;Brendan Mcgrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinghuo Yu
Xinghuo Yu RMIT University
Liuping Wang
Liuping Wang RMIT University
Graham C. Goodwin
Graham C. Goodwin University of Newcastle Australia
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ricardo P. Aguilera
Ricardo P. Aguilera University of Technology Sydney
Michael A. E. Andersen
Michael A. E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Zhe Zhang
Zhe Zhang Technical University of Denmark
Pablo Lezana
Pablo Lezana Valparaiso University
Thierry Meynard
Thierry Meynard Laboratory on Plasma and Conversion of Energy
Daniel E. Quevedo
Daniel E. Quevedo University of Sydney

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