User profiles for Luc Grégoire

Luc-André Grégoire

OPAL-RT Technologies Inc.
Verified email at ens.etsmtl.ca
Cited by 1417

Packed U cells multilevel converter topology: theoretical study and experimental validation

…, K Al-Haddad, LA Gregoire - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, authors propose a new power multilevel converter topology that is very competitive
compared to the existing ones. It consists of packed U cells (PUC). Each U cell consists …

A modular multilevel converter pulse generation and capacitor voltage balance method optimized for FPGA implementation

W Li, LA Gregoire, J Belanger - IEEE Transactions on industrial …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To generate numerous gating signals at a fast rate, industry controllers of modular multilevel
converter (MMC) usually implement the pulse generation function in field-programmable …

An FPGA-based real-time simulator for HIL testing of modular multilevel converter controller

W Li, LA Grégoire, S Souvanlasy… - 2014 IEEE Energy …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, two Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) projects are under construction in China.
Since these are the first two multi-terminal MMC projects in the world and the controllers are …

[PDF][PDF] Control and performance of a modular multilevel converter system

W Li, LA Gregoire, J Bélanger - CIGRÉ Canada, Conference on …, 2011 - researchgate.net
The Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) system has many advantages over conventional
voltage source converters and therefore can be used in dc power transmission, micro grid, or …

General-purpose reconfigurable low-latency electric circuit and motor drive solver on FPGA

…, S Cense, T Ould-Bachir, LA Grégoire… - IECON 2012-38th …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the specifications and general structure of an electric circuit and motor
drive solver on FPGA. The `Electric Hardware Solver' or eHS presented in this paper have …

Real-time simulation-based multisolver decoupling technique for complex power-electronics circuits

LA Grégoire, HF Blanchette, J Bélanger… - … on Power Delivery, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new method of decoupling and subdividing electrical circuits, containing
power-electronics devices, in order to achieve fast and accurate real-time simulation. In …

A new 7L-PUC multi-cells modular multilevel converter for AC-AC and AC-DC applications

…, K Al-Haddad, LA Grégoire… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new cell based Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) for AC-AC and AC-DC
applications is presented. The new topology makes use of an efficient Packed U-Cells (PUC) …

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) to reduce the development cost of power electronic converters

LA Gregoire, K Al-Haddad… - … Conference on Power …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a validation methodology for implementing solutions to challenges
involved with power electronic converter design. Typically, the design process consists of first …

[PDF][PDF] Real-time simulation of interleaved converters with decentralized control

LA Grégoire, M Cousineau, SI Seleme Jr, P Ladoux - ICREPQ, 2016 - icrepq.com
This paper presents a decentralized control algorithm for interleaved converters for high
reliability application. In previous literature, a master control provides information on the system …

A stability and accuracy validation method for multirate digital simulation

LA Grégoire, HF Blanchette, J Belanger… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new validation method to demonstrate the stability and accuracy of a
discretized system by using multiple sampling rates. Such multirate simulations are often …