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Overview

Ruben Pena is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and medicine, with a predominant focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as control and systems engineering. Their research also spans renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery.

Their work is primarily situated within the main topics of microgrid control and optimization, multilevel inverters and converters, HVDC systems and fault protection, advanced DC-DC converters, photovoltaic system optimization techniques, islanding detection in power systems, and wind turbine control systems.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ruben Pena include:

  • Javier Riedemann
  • Iván Andrade
  • Ramón Blasco-Giménez
  • Cristián Pesce
  • Werner Jara

Ruben Pena has published in various scientific venues, with multiple works appearing in Electronics, Applied Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. Other publication venues include Neumología Pediátrica and Cleaner Engineering and Technology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ruben Pena include:

  • The use of solar energy in the copper mining processes: A comprehensive review (2021, Cleaner Engineering and Technology)
  • Small-signal stability and fault performance of mixed grid forming and grid following offshore wind power plants connected to a HVDC-diode rectifier (2020, IET Renewable Power Generation)
  • An Active/Reactive Power Control Strategy for Renewable Generation Systems (2021, Electronics)
  • Model-Based Predictive Rotor Current Control Strategy for Indirect Power Control of a DFIM Driven by an Indirect Matrix Converter (2020, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion)
  • A Modified Multi-Winding DC-DC Flyback Converter for Photovoltaic Applications (2021, Applied Sciences)

Best Publications

  • Doubly fed induction generator using back-to-back PWM converters and its application to variable-speed wind-energy generation

    R. Pena;J.C. Clare;G.M. Asher

  • Overview of Control Systems for the Operation of DFIGs in Wind Energy Applications

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;S. Alepuz;G. Asher

  • A doubly fed induction generator using back-to-back PWM converters supplying an isolated load from a variable speed wind turbine

    R. Pena;J.C. Clare;G.M. Asher

  • Sensorless vector control of induction machines for variable-speed wind energy applications

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena

  • Control of a switched reluctance generator for variable-speed wind energy applications

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;M. Perez;J. Clare

  • MRAS observer for sensorless control of standalone doubly fed induction generators

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;J. Proboste;G. Asher

  • MRAS Observers for Sensorless Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;J. Clare;G. Asher

  • Power smoothing in wind generation systems using a sensorless vector controlled induction Machine driving a flywheel

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;G. Asher;J. Clare

  • Control strategies for enhanced power smoothing in wind energy systems using a flywheel driven by a vector-controlled induction machine

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;G. Asher;J. Clare

  • Wind–Diesel Generation Using Doubly Fed Induction Machines

    R. Pena;R. Cardenas;J. Proboste;J. Clare

  • Stability Analysis of a Wind Energy Conversion System Based on a Doubly Fed Induction Generator Fed by a Matrix Converter

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;G. Tobar;J. Clare

  • Control of the Reactive Power Supplied by a WECS Based on an Induction Generator Fed by a Matrix Converter

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;P. Wheeler;J. Clare

  • Control System for Unbalanced Operation of Stand-Alone Doubly Fed Induction Generators

    R. Pena;R. Cardenas;E. Escobar;J. Clare

  • Control strategies for power smoothing using a flywheel driven by a sensorless vector-controlled induction machine operating in a wide speed range

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;G.M. Asher;J. Clare

  • A cage induction generator using back to back PWM converters for variable speed grid connected wind energy system

    R. Pena;R. Cardenas;R. Blasco;G. Asher

  • Nonlinear control strategies for cascaded multilevel STATCOMs

    D. Soto;R. Pena

  • Sensorless Control for a Switched Reluctance Wind Generator, Based on Current Slopes and Neural Networks

    E. Echenique;J. Dixon;R. Cardenas;R. Pena

  • Power Smoothing Using a Flywheel Driven by a Switched Reluctance Machine

    R. Cardenas;R. Pena;M. Perez;J. Clare

  • Control strategy for a doubly-fed induction generator feeding an unbalanced grid or stand-alone load

    Rubén Pena;Roberto Cardenas;Enrique Escobar;Jon Clare

  • Vector controlled induction machines for stand-alone wind energy applications

    R.S. Pena;R.J. Cardenas;G.M. Asher;J.C. Clare

  • Overview of control systems for the operation of DFIGs in wind energy applications

    Ruben Pena;Roberto Cardenas;Greg Asher

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Clare
Jon Clare University of Nottingham
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick Wheeler University of Nottingham
Greg Asher
Greg Asher University of Nottingham
Roberto Cardenas
Roberto Cardenas University of Chile
Marco Rivera
Marco Rivera University of Nottingham
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez San Sebastián University
Jose Espinoza
Jose Espinoza University of Concepción
Marcelo A. Perez
Marcelo A. Perez Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Tim C. Green
Tim C. Green Imperial College London
Luis Moran
Luis Moran University of Concepción

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