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Citations
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4886
National Ranking
91

Overview

Pedro Alou is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering. The scope of their work extends into several subfields including mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, and radiation.

The scientist's work addresses multiple technical topics, with a notable focus on advanced DC-DC converters and wireless power transfer systems. Other significant topics include energy harvesting in wireless networks, silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, multilevel inverters and converters, microgrid control and optimization, and advanced battery technologies research.

Pedro Alou has contributed to various reputed scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Nature Photonics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Access

Their recent papers cover a range of topics within electrical engineering and related areas. Recent publications include:

  • "A MHz-repetition-rate hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a superconducting linear accelerator," 2020, Nature Photonics
  • "A Self-Adaptive Wireless Power Transfer System to Cancel the Reactance," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • "Droop-Inspired Nonlinear Control of a DC Microgrid for Integration of Electrical Mobility Providing Ancillary Services to the AC Main Grid," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • "Control Design of a Single-Phase Inverter Operating With Multiple Modulation Strategies and Variable Switching Frequency," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "A Wireless Power Transfer System With Inverse Coupled Current Doubler Rectifier for High-Output Current Applications," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Pedro Alou's research endeavors. Frequent co-authors include:

  • J.A. Cobos
  • Alberto Delgado
  • J. A. Oliver
  • Miroslav Vasić
  • Regina Ramos

Best Publications

  • Single phase power factor correction: a survey

    O. Garcia;J.A. Cobos;R. Prieto;P. Alou

  • A MHz-repetition-rate hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a superconducting linear accelerator

    W. Decking;S. Abeghyan;P. Abramian;A. Abramsky

  • Multilevel Power Supply for High-Efficiency RF Amplifiers

    Miroslav Vasic;Oscar Garcia;Jesus Angel Oliver;Pedro Alou

  • Analysis of the Buck Converter for Scaling the Supply Voltage of Digital Circuits

    A. Soto;A. de Castro;P. Alou;J.A. Cobos

  • Power factor correction: a survey

    O. Garcia;J.A. Cobos;R. Prieto;P. Alou

  • Nonlinear digital control breaks bandwidth limitations

    A. Soto;P. Alou;J.A. Cobos

  • Buck+half bridge (d=50%) topology applied to very low voltage power converters

    P. Alou;J. Oliver;J.A. Cobos;O. Garcia

  • A new family of single stage AC/DC power factor correction converters with fast output voltage regulation

    O. Garcia;J.A. Cobos;P. Alou;R. Prieto

  • A simple single-switch single-stage AC/DC converter with fast output voltage regulation

    O. Garcia;J.A. Cobos;P. Alou;R. Prieto

  • A new driving scheme for synchronous rectifiers: single winding self-driven synchronous rectification

    P. Alou;J.A. Cobos;O. Garcia;R. Prieto

  • Minimum Time Control for Multiphase Buck Converter: Analysis and Application

    Pengming Cheng;Miroslav Vasic;Oscar Garcia;Jesus Angel Oliver

  • Current Self-Balance Mechanism in Multiphase Buck Converter

    O. Garcia;P. Zumel;A. de Castro;P. Alou

  • Flyback with active clamp: a suitable topology for low power and very wide input voltage range applications

    P. Alou;O. Garcia;J.A. Cobos;J. Uceda

  • DC transformer for DC/DC connection in HVDC network

    M. Jimenez Carrizosa;A. Benchaib;P. Alou;G. Damm

  • Hybrid Wiener-Hammerstein Structure for Grey-Box Modeling of DC-DC Converters

    J. A. Oliver;R. Prieto;J. A. Cobos;O. Garcia

  • Comparison of current doubler rectifier and center tapped rectifier for low voltage applications

    P. Alou;J.A. Oliver;O. Garcia;R. Prieto

  • Nonlinear Control for DC–DC Converters Based on Hysteresis of the $C_{ m OUT}$ Current With a Frequency Loop to Operate at Constant Frequency

    S Concepción Huerta;P Alou;J A Oliver;O Garcia

  • Grid-Connected Forward Microinverter With Primary-Parallel Secondary-Series Transformer

    David Meneses;Oscar Garcia;Pedro Alou;Jesus A. Oliver

  • Hysteretic Mixed-Signal Controller for High-Frequency DC–DC Converters Operating at Constant Switching Frequency

    S. C. Huerta;P. Alou;O. Garcia;J. A. Oliver

  • Design of a low output voltage DC/DC converter for telecom application with a new scheme for self-driven synchronous rectification

    P. Alou;J.A. Cobos;J. Uceda;M. Rascon

  • Nonlinear Control for DC Microgrids Enabling Efficient Renewable Power Integration and Ancillary Services for AC Grids

    Alessio Iovine;Miguel Jimenez Carrizosa;Gilney Damm;Pedro Alou

Frequent Co-Authors

J.A. Cobos
J.A. Cobos Technical University of Madrid
J. Uceda
J. Uceda Technical University of Madrid
David Díaz Díaz
David Díaz Díaz University of La Laguna
Fernando Calle
Fernando Calle Technical University of Madrid
Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue
Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue University of Paris-Saclay
Martin Ordonez
Martin Ordonez University of British Columbia
Michael A. E. Andersen
Michael A. E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Dominik Bortis
Dominik Bortis ETH Zurich
Eduard Alarcon
Eduard Alarcon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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