publications

books
  1. s. du, a. dekka, b. wu, and n. zargari, ``modular multilevel converters: analysis, control, and applications,'' wiley-ieee press, 368 pages, january 2018, isbn: 978-1-119-36630-0.

book chapters
  1. v. yaramasu, a. dekka, m. rivera, s. kouro, and j. rodriguez, ``model predictive control of multilevel diode-clamped converters,'' in multilevel inverters: control methods and advanced power electronic applications, academic press, uk, 2021, pp. 97-128. [online]. available: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-90217-5.00004-6.
  2. a. dekka, v. yaramasu, r. l. fuentes, and d. ronanki, ``model predictive control of modular multilevel converters,'' in multilevel inverters: control methods and advanced power electronic applications, academic press, uk, 2021, pp. 129-153. [online]. available: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-90217-5.00001-0.
  3. v. yaramasu, a. dekka, and s. kouro, ``multilevel converters for renewable energy systems,'' in multilevel inverters: control methods and advanced power electronic applications, academic press, uk, 2021, pp. 155-184. [online]. available: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-90217-5.00007-1.
  4. a. dekka, v. yaramasu, r. l. fuentes, and d. ronanki, ``modular multilevel converters,'' in multilevel inverters: introduction and emergent topologies, academic press, uk, 2021, pp. 147-179. [online]. available: https://doi.-org/10.1016/b978-0-12-821668-2.00004-0.
  5. v. yaramasu, s. kouro,  a. dekka, s. alepuz, j. rodriguez, and m. duran, ``power conversion and predictive control of wind energy conversion systems, '' in  advanced control and optimization paradigms for wind energy systems, springer singapore, 2019, pp. 113–139. [online]. available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5995-8_5.
  6. v. yaramasu, m. rivera, a. dekka, and j. rodriguez, ``predictive control of four-leg converters for photovoltaic energy systems,'' in solar photovoltaic power plants: advanced control and optimization techniques, springer singapore, 2019, pp. 45–69. [online]. available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6151-7_3.

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journal papers
  1. a. dekka, a. bahrami and m. narimani, ``direct predictive current control of a new five-level voltage source inverter," in ieee transactions on industry applications, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 2941-2953, may-june 2021, doi: 10.1109/tia.2021.3065320.
  2. r. lizana f, s. rivera, z. li, a. dekka et al., ``modular multilevel series/parallel converter for bipolar dc distribution and transmission," in ieee journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1765-1779, april 2021, doi: 10.1109/jestpe.2020.2998738.
  3. a. dekka, a. ramezani, s. ouni and m. narimani, ``a new five-level voltage source inverter: modulation and control," in ieee transactions on industry applications, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 5553-5564, sept.-oct. 2020, doi: 10.1109/tia.2020.3000712. 
  4. a. dekka, o. beik and m. narimani, ``modulation and voltage balancing of a five-level series-connected multilevel inverter with reduced isolated direct current sources," in ieee transactions on industrial electronics, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 8219-8230, oct. 2020, doi: 10.1109/tie.2019.2949537.
  5. a. dekka, b. wu, and m. narimani, ``a series-connected multilevel converter: topology, modeling, and control,'' in ieee transactions on industrial electronics, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 5850-5861, aug. 2019. doi: 10.1109/tie.-2018.2875642.
  6. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, and n. r. zargari, ``corrections to model predictive control with common-mode voltage injection for modular multilevel converter,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 5007-5008, may 2019. doi: 10.1109/tpel.2018.2868888.
  7. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, r. l. fuentes, and n. r. zargari, ``model predictive control of high-power modular multilevel converters -- an overview,'' in ieee journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 168-183, march 2019. doi: 10.1109/jestpe.2018.2880137.
  8. a. dekka and m. narimani, ``capacitor voltage balancing and current control of a five-level nested neutral point clamped converter,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 10169-10177, dec. 2018. doi: 10.1109/tpel.2018.2810818.
  9. a. dekka, r. l. fuentes, m. narimani, and b. wu, ``voltage balancing of a modular neutral point clamped converter with a carrier-based modulation scheme,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 8208-8212, oct. 2018, doi: 10.1109/tpel.2018.2807800.
  10. a. dekka, b. wu, r. l. fuentes, m. perez, and n. r. zargari, ``evolution of topologies, modeling, control schemes, and applications of modular multilevel converters,'' in ieee journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1631-1656, dec. 2017, doi: 10.1109/jestpe.2017.2742938.
  11. v. yaramasu, a. dekka, m. j. duran, s. kouro, and b. wu, ``permanent magnet synchronous generator--based wind energy conversion systems: survey on power converters and controls,'' in iet electric power applications, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 956-968, july 2017, doi: 10.1049/iet-epa.2016.0799.
  12. a. dekka, b. wu, r. l. fuentes, m. perez, and n. r. zargari, ``voltage balancing approach with improved harmonic performance for modular multilevel converters,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol.~32, no.~8, pp. 5878--5884, aug. 2017, doi: 10.1109/tpel.2017.2661245.
  13. a. dekka, b. wu, and n. r. zargari, ``start-up operation of modular multilevel converter with flying capacitor submodules,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 5873--5877, aug. 2017, doi: 10.1109/tpel.2017.2660399.
  14. a. dekka, b. wu, and n. r. zargari, ``minimization of dc-bus current ripple in modular multilevel converter under unbalanced conditions,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 4125--4131, june 2017. doi: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2630921.
  15. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, and n. r. zargari, ``model predictive control with common-mode voltage injection for modular multilevel converter,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1767--1778, march 2017. doi: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2558579.
  16. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, and n. r. zargari, ``integrated model predictive control with reduced switching frequency for modular multilevel converters,'' in iet electric power applications, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 857--863, may 2017. doi: 10.1049/iet--epa.2016.0454.
  17. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, and n. r. zargari, ``dual-stage model predictive control with improved harmonic performance for modular multilevel converter,'' in ieee transactions on industrial electronics, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6010--6019, oct. 2016. doi: 10.1109/tie.2016.2571259.
  18. a. dekka, b. wu, n. r. zargari, and r. l. fuentes, ``a space-vector pwm-based voltage-balancing approach with reduced current sensors for modular multilevel converter,'' in ieee transactions on industrial electronics, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 2734--2745, may 2016. doi: 10.1109/tie.2016.2514346.
  19. a. dekka, b. wu, and n. r. zargari, ``a novel modulation scheme and voltage balancing algorithm for modular multilevel converter,'' in ieee transactions on industry applications, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 432--443, jan.--feb. 2016. doi: 10.1109/tia.2015.2477481.
  20. a. dekka, b. wu, n. r. zargari, and r. l. fuentes, ``dynamic voltage balancing algorithm for modular multilevel converter: a unique solution,'' in ieee transactions on power electronics, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 952--963, feb. 2016. doi: 10.1109/tpel.2015.2419881.
  21. a. dekka, a. r. beig, s. kanukollu, and m. s. al rahis, ``retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: challenges and solutions,'' in ieee transactions on industry applications, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 142--154, jan.-feb. 2014. doi: 10.1109/tia.2013.2269895.
  22. a. r. beig, s. kanukollu, k. al hosani, and a. dekka, ``space-vector-based synchronized three-level discontinuous pwm for medium-voltage high-power vsi,'' in ieee transactions on industrial electronics, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 3891--3901, aug. 2014. doi: 10.1109/tie.2013.2288194.
  23. a. r. beig, s. kanukollu, and a. dekka, ``space vector-based three-level discontinuous pulse-width modulation algorithm,'' in iet power electronics, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 1475--1482, september 2013. doi: 10.1049/iet--pel.2012.0405.
  24. a. r. beig and a. dekka, ``experimental verification of multilevel inverter-based standalone power supply for low-voltage and low-power applications,'' in iet power electronics, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 635--643, july 2012. doi: 10.1049/iet--pel.2011.0301.
conference papers
  1. h. le and a. dekka, ``multicarrier-based capacitor voltage balancing approach for a new four-level multilevel converter," iecon 2021 – 47th annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/iecon48115.2021.9589589.
  2. d. ronanki, k. r. pittam, a. dekka, p. perumal and a. r. beig, ``phase current reconstruction algorithm for four-phase switched reluctance motor under direct torque control strategy," 2021 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), 2021, pp. 1086-1090, doi: 10.1109/apec42165.2021.9487250.
  3. d. ronanki, a. dekka and a. r. beig, ``comprehensive evaluation of phase current reconstruction strategies for four-phase switched reluctance motor drives," 2020 ieee industry applications society annual meeting, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ias44978.2020.9334822.
  4. v. yaramasu, a. dekka, t. dragicevi, c. zheng and j. rodriguez, ``modulated model predictive control of an lc-filtered neutral-point clamped converter," 2020 ieee 21st workshop on control and modeling for power electronics (compel), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/compel49091.2020.9265779.
  5. v. yaramasu, a. dekka and j. rodriguez, ``modulated model predictive torque and current control of squirrel cage induction generator-based wind power generation system," 2020 ieee 21st workshop on control and modeling for power electronics (compel), 2020, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/compel49091.2020.9265656.
  6. k. milev, v. yaramasu, a. dekka, s. kouro, t. dragicevic and j. rodriguez, ``modulated model predictive torque and power control of gearless pmsg wind turbines," 2020 ieee 11th international symposium on power electronics for distributed generation systems (pedg), 2020, pp. 352-357, doi: 10.1109/pedg48541.2020.9244307.
  7. a. dahlmann, v. yaramasu, a. dekka, s. kouro and s. padmanaban, ``predictive control of two-stage grid-connected photovoltaic energy system with constant switching frequency," 2020 ieee 11th international symposium on power electronics for distributed generation systems (pedg), 2020, pp. 346-351, doi: 10.1109/pedg48541.2020.9244445.
  8. d. ronanki, a. dekka, p. perumal and a. r. beig, ``direct instantaneous torque control of five-phase segmented switched reluctance motor with bipolar excitation for in-wheel electric vehicles," 2020 ieee energy conversion congress and exposition (ecce), 2020, pp. 5341-5346, doi: 10.1109/ecce44975.2020.9236042.
  9. v. yaramasu, k. milev, a. dekka and j. rodriguez, ``modulated predictive current control of npc converter-based pmsg wind energy system," 2020 ieee energy conversion congress and exposition (ecce), 2020, pp. 75-80, doi: 10.1109/ecce44975.2020.9236225.
  10. a. dekka, d. ronanki, k. r. pittam, p. perumal and a. r. beig, ``modified direct torque and flux control of switched reluctance motor drive with reduced source current ripple for vehicular applications," 2020 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), 2020, pp. 2920-2925, doi: 10.1109/apec39645.2020.9124380.
  11. a. dekka, a. bahrami and m. narimani, ``model predictive control of a new five-level voltage source converter," 2020 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), 2020, pp. 2542-2547, doi: 10.1109/apec39645.2020.9124308.
  12. k. milev, v. yaramasu, a. dekka and s. kouro, ``modulated predictive current control of pmsg-based wind energy systems," 2020 11th power electronics, drive systems, and technologies conference (pedstc), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/pedstc49159.2020.9088365.
  13. v. yaramasu, k. milev, a. dekka, m. rivera, j. rodriguez and f. rojas, ``modulated model predictive current control of a four-leg inverter," 2020 11th power electronics, drive systems, and technologies conference (pedstc), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/pedstc49159.2020.9088499.
  14. k. milev, v. yaramasu, a. dekka and s. kouro, ``predictive control of multichannel boost converter and vsi-based six-phase pmsg wind energy systems with fixed switching frequency," 2020 11th power electronics, drive systems, and technologies conference (pedstc), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/pedstc49159.2020.9088419.
  15. v. yaramasu, a. dahlmann, a. dekka, m. rivera, t. dragicevic and j. rodriguez, ``modulated predictive voltage control of a four-leg inverter with fixed switching frequency," 2020 11th power electronics, drive systems, and technologies conference (pedstc), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/pedstc49159.2020.9088438.
  16. a. dahlmann, v. yaramasu, a. dekka and k. yadlapati, ``modulated model predictive control of a two-level inverter with even-order harmonic elimination," 2020 international conference on power electronics & iot applications in renewable energy and its control (parc), 2020, pp. 508-513, doi: 10.1109/parc49193.2020.236665.
  17. v. yaramasu, a. dekka and k. yadlapati, ``fixed switching frequency predictive control of boost converter interfaced pmsg wind turbines," 2020 international conference on power electronics & iot applications in renewable energy and its control (parc), 2020, pp. 518-523, doi: 10.1109/parc49193.2020.236667.
  18. h. muñoz, a. dekka and r. lizana, ``voltage balancing of 5 level modular flying capacitor converter with a carrier-based modulation scheme," 2019 ieee chilean conference on electrical, electronics engineering, information and communication technologies (chilecon), 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/chilecon47746.2019.8987717.
  19. richa, a. r. beig, a. dekka and r. jayashree, ``operation of mmc based unipolar hvdc under sm failure," iecon 2019 - 45th annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, 2019, pp. 6133-6138, doi: 10.1109/iecon.2019.8927428. 
  20. a. dekka, r. ali, s. ounie, and m. narimani, ``a new 5-level voltage source inverter,'' in 2019 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), anaheim, ca, usa, 2019, pp. 2511-2515. doi: 10.1109/apec.2019-.8721809.
  21. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramasu, a. r. beig, and n. r. zargari, ``indirect control of capacitor voltage ripple and circulating current in a modular multilevel converter,'' in iecon 2018 - 44nd annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, dc, usa, 2018, pp. 3955-3960. doi: 10.1109/iecon.2018.8591523.0.
  22. a. dekka and m. narimani, ``model predictive control of a five-level nested neutral point clamped converter,'' in 2018 ieee international conference on industrial technology (icit), lyon, france, 2018, pp. 759-763. doi: 10.1109/icit.2018.8352273.
  23. o. beik,  a. dekka, and m. narimani, ``a new modular neutral point clamped converter with space vector modulation control,'' in 2018 ieee international conference on industrial technology (icit), lyon, france, 2018, pp. 591-595. doi: 10.1109/icit.2018.8352244.
  24. r. l. fuentes, m. perez, a. dekka, and b. wu, ``capacitor voltage balancing method for modular multilevel converter with flying capacitor submodules,'' in 2017 ieee international conference on industrial technology (icit), toronto, on, canada, 2017, pp. 60--65. doi: 10.1109/icit.2017.7913059.
  25. r. lizana, a. dekka, s. rivera, and b. wu, ``modular multilevel converter based on 5-level submodule with dc fault blocking capability,'' in iecon 2016 - 42nd annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, florence, italy, 2016, pp. 3482-3487. doi: 10.1109/iecon.2016.7793119.
  26. a. dekka, b. wu, r. lizana, and n. r. zargari, ``a comparison of voltage balancing versus energy balancing approach for modular multilevel converters,'' in iecon 2016 - 42nd annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, florence, italy, 2016, pp. 3117-3122. doi: 10.1109/iecon.2016.7794024.
  27. a. dekka, b. wu, and n. r. zargari, ``an improved indirect model predictive control approach for modular multilevel converter,'' in iecon 2016 - 42nd annual conference of the ieee industrial electronics society, florence, italy, 2016, pp. 5959-5964. doi: 10.1109/iecon.2016.7793081.
  28. a. dekka, b. wu, v. yaramsu, and n. r. zargari, ``dual-stage model predictive control of modular multilevel converter,'' in 2016 ieee international conference on industrial technology (icit), taipei, taiwan, 2016, pp. 1073--1078. doi: 10.1109/icit.2016.7474903.
  29. a. dekka, r. ghaffari, b. venkatesh, and b. wu, ``a survey on energy storage technologies in power systems,'' in 2015 ieee electrical power and energy conference (epec), london, on, 2015, pp. 105--111. doi: 10.1109/epec.-2015.7379935.
  30. a. dekka, b. wu and n. r. zargari, ``a novel modulation scheme and voltage balancing algorithm for modular multilevel converter,'' in 2015 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), charlotte, nc, 2015, pp. 1227--1233. doi: 10.1109/apec.2015.7104504.
  31. r. l. fuentes, a. dekka, b. wu, and m. perez, ``control of hvdc transmission system based on mmc with three-level flying capacitor submodule,'' in 2015 ieee international conference on industrial technology (icit), seville, 2015, pp. 3046--3051. doi: 10.1109/icit.2015.7125548.
  32. a. dekka, b. wu, and n. r. zargari, ``dynamic voltage balancing algorithm for modular multilevel converter with three-level flying capacitor submodules,'' in 2014 international power electronics conference (ipec-hiroshima 2014 - ecce asia), hiroshima, 2014, pp. 3468--3475. doi: 10.1109/ipec.2014.6869994.
  33. a. dekka, a. r. beig, y. a. magid, and m. s. al rahis, ``harmonic power filters for oil drilling rigs: a case study,'' in 2012 ieee industrial electronics conference (iecon), montreal, canada, 2012, pp. 1306--1311. doi: 10.1109/iecon.2012.6388550.
  34. a. dekka and a. r. beig, ``retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: challenges & solutions,'' in 2012 ieee applied power electronics conference and exposition (apec), orlando, fl, 2012, pp. 1424--1430. doi: 10.1109/apec.2012.6166007.
  35. a. dekka, a. r. beig, and m. poshtan, ``comparison of passive and active power filters in oil drilling rigs,'' in 2011 ieee international conference on electrical power quality and utilisation, lisbon, portugal, 2011, pp. 1--6. doi: 10.1109/epqu.2011.6128815.
  36. n. n. v. s. babu, a. dekka, and b. g. fernandes, ``a new multilevel statcom based on cascaded two-level inverters,'' in 2011 international conference on power engineering, energy and electrical drives, malaga, spain, 2011, pp. 1--6. doi: 10.1109/powereng.2011.6036464.
  37. n. n. v. s. babu, a. dekka, and b. g. fernandes, ``asymmetrical dc link voltage balance of a cascaded two-level inverter based statcom,'' in 2010 ieee region 10 tencon conference, fukuoka, japan, 2010, pp. 483--488. doi: 10.1109/tencon.2010.5686708.
  38. a. dekka and b. g. fernandes, ``cascaded two-level inverter based with isolated dc sources,'' in 2010 national power electronics conference, roorkee, india, pp. 1--6.