Publications

Selected Publications

Monograph

1. Y. Yang, K. A. Kim, F. Blaabjerg, and A. Sangwongwanich, Advances in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Conversion Systems. London, UK: Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier), Sept. 2018. ISBN: 978-0-08102-339-6.
2. K. Zhou, D. Wang, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, Periodic Control of Power Electronic Converters. London, UK: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 250 pages, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-84919-932-2.
3. Y. Yang, “Advanced control strategies to enable a more wide-scale adoption of single-phase photovoltaic systems,” Ph.D. dissertation, Aalborg University, advised by Prof. Frede Blaabjerg. Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 180 pages, Aug. 2014. ISBN: 978-87-92846-40-2.

Journals

1. A. Sangwongwanich, Y. Yang, D. Sera, H. Soltani, and F. Blaabjerg, “Analysis and modeling of interharmonics from grid-connected photovoltaic systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 8353-8364, Oct. 2018. [Open Access: Full Texts]
2. A. Sangwongwanich, G. Angenendt, S. Zurmuhlen, Y. Yang, D. Sera, D. U. Sauer, and F. Blaabjerg, "Enhancing PV inverter reliability with battery system control strategy," CPSS Trans. Power Electron. Appl., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 93-101, Jun. 2018. [Open Access: Full Texts]
3. A. Sangwongwanich, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, “A sensorless power reserve control strategy for two-stage grid-connected PV systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 8559–8569, Nov. 2017.
4. Y. Yang, E. Koutroulis, A. Sangwongwanich, and F. Blaabjerg, “Pursuing photovoltaic cost-effectiveness: Absolute active power control offers hope in single-phase PV systems,” IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 40–49, Sept./Oct. 2017.
5. H. Liu, Y. Yang, X. Wang, P. C. Loh, F. Blaabjerg, W. Wang, and D. Xu, “An enhanced dual droop control scheme for resilient active power sharing among paralleled two-stage converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 6091–6104, Aug. 2017.
6. F. Blaabjerg, Y. Yang, D. Yang, and X. Wang, “Distributed power generation systems and protection,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 105, no. 7, pp. 1311–1331, Jul. 2017. [Open Access: Full Texts]
7. W. Yao, Y. Yang, X. Zhang, F. Blaabjerg, and P. C. Loh, “Design and analysis of robust active damping for LCL lters using digital notch filters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 3, Mar. 2017.
8. Y. Yang, K. Zhou, and F. Blaabjerg, “Frequency adaptability of harmonics controllers for grid-interfaced converters,” International Journal of Control, vol. 90, no. 1, pp. 3–14, Jan. 2017. [Highly-Cited Paper in 2017]
9. Y. Yang, A. Sangwongwanich, and F. Blaabjerg, “Design for reliability of power electronics for grid-connected photovoltaic systems,” CPSS Trans. Power Electron. Appl., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 92–103, Dec. 2016. [Open Access: Full Texts]
10. Y. Yang, K. Zhou, and F. Blaabjerg, “Enhancing the frequency adaptability of periodic current controllers with a fixed sampling rate for grid-connected power converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 7273–7285, Oct. 2016.
11. Y. Yang, F. Blaabjerg, H.Wang, and M. Simoes, “Power control flexibilities for grid-connected multi-functional photovoltaic inverter systems,” IET Renew. Power Gener., vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 504–513, Apr. 2016. [IET Premium Award for Best Paper in 2018]
12. Y. Yang, K. Zhou, and F. Blaabjerg, “Current harmonics from single-phase grid-connected inverters – examination and suppression,” IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Top. Power Electron., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 221–233, Mar. 2016.
13. A. Sangwongwanich, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, “High-performance constant power generation in grid-connected PV systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1822–1825, Mar. 2016. [Open Access: Full Texts]
14. Y. Yang, P. Davari, F. Zare, and F. Blaabjerg, “A DC-link modulation scheme with phase-shifted current control for harmonic cancellation in multi-drive applications,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1837–1840, Mar. 2016.
15. A. Anurag, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, “Thermal performance and reliability analysis of single-phase PV inverters with reactive power injection outside feed-in operating hours,” IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Top. Power Electron., vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 870–880, Dec. 2015.
16. K. Zhou, Y. Yang, F. Blaabjerg, and D. Wang, “Optimal selective harmonic control for power harmonics mitigation,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 1220–1230, Feb. 2015.
17. Y. Yang, P. Enjeti, F. Blaabjerg, and H. Wang, “Wide-scale adoption of photovoltaic energy: Grid code modifications are explored in the distribution grid,” IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 21–31, Sept./Oct. 2015.
18. Y. Yang, K. Zhou, H. Wang, F. Blaabjerg, D. Wang, and B. Zhang, “Frequency adaptive selective harmonic control for grid-connected inverters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 3912–3924, Jul. 2015.
19. Y. Yang, H. Wang, F. Blaabjerg, and T. Kerekes, “A hybrid power control concept for PV inverters with reduced thermal loading,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 6271–6275, Dec. 2014. [Open Access: Full Texts]
20. Y. Yang, H. Wang, and F. Blaabjerg, “Reactive power injection strategies for single-phase photovoltaic systems considering grid requirements,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 4065–4076, Nov./Dec. 2014.
21. Y. Yang, F. Blaabjerg, and H.Wang, “Low-voltage ride-through of single-phase transformerless photovoltaic inverters,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1942–1952, May/Jun. 2014.
22. Y. Yang, F. Blaabjerg, and Z. Zou, “Benchmarking of grid fault modes in single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic systems,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 2167–2176, Sept./Oct. 2013.

Conference Papers

1. Y. Yang, K. Zhou, and F. Blaabjerg, “Analysis of dead-time harmonics in single-phase transformerless full-bridge PV inverters,” in Proc. IEEE APEC, pp. 1310-1315, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 4-8 Mar. 2018.
2. K. Li, Y. Shen, Y. Yang, Z. Qin, and F. Blaabjerg, “A transformerless single-phase symmetrical Z-source HERIC inverter with reduced leakage currents for PV systems,” in Proc. IEEE APEC, pp. 356-361, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 4-8 Mar. 2018.
3. H. D. Tafti, A. Sangwongwanich, Y. Yang, G. Konstantinou, J. Pou, and F. Blaabjerg, “A general algorithm for flexible active power control of photovoltaic systems,” in Proc. IEEE APEC, pp. 1115-1121, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 4-8 Mar. 2018.
4. W. Wang, F. Gao, Y. Yang, F. Blaabjerg, R. Li, and W. Bai, “Cascaded H7 current source converter based power transmission system and fault analysis,” in Proc. IEEE SPEC, pp. 1-7, Puerto Varas, Chile, 4-7 Dec. 2017.
5. K. Li, Y. Yang, Z. Qin, and F. Blaabjerg, “A family of cost-effective magnetically-coupled impedance source inverters,” in Proc. IEEE IECON, pp. 7679-7684, Beijing, China, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 2017.
6. K. Li, A. Abdelhakim, Y. Yang, Z. Qin, and F. Blaabjerg, “Analysis of magnetically-coupled impedance source three-phase four-switch inverters,” in Proc. IEEE IECON, pp. 852-857, Beijing, China, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 2017.
7. Y. Zhang, H.Wang, Y. Yang, Z.Wang, and F. Blaabjerg, “The impact of mission profile models on the predicted lifetime of IGBT modules in the modular multilevel converter,” in Proc. IEEE IECON, pp. 7980-7985, Beijing, China, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 2017.
8. G. Zhang, J. Yang, Y. Yang, D. Zhou, and F. Blaabjerg, “Common-mode voltage reduction of the three-to- ve phase indirect matrix converter with zero current vector modulation,” in Proc. IEEE IECON, pp. 7326-7331, Beijing, China, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 2017.
9. Y. Yang and F. Blaabjerg, “Power factor correction capacitors for multiple parallel threephase ASD systems: Analysis and resonance damping,” in Proc. IEEE ECCE, pp. 3398-3404, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1-5 Oct. 2017.
10. A. Sangwongwanich, Y. Yang, D. Sera, and F. Blaabjerg, “Impacts of PV array sizing on PV inverter lifetime and reliability,” in Proc. IEEE ECCE, pp. 3830-3837, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1-5 Oct. 2017.

Book Chapters

1. R. Heydari, S. Peyghami, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, "DC micro-grids for photovoltaic powered systems," in DC Distribution Systems and Microgrids, T. Dragičević, P. Wheeler, and F. Blaabjerg, Eds. IET Publisher, in press, 2018.
2. Y. Yang and K. Zhou, “Modelling and control of single-phase AC/DC converter including phase locked loop,” in Control of Power Electronic Converters and Systems, vol. 1, F. Blaabjerg, Ed. Elsevier Inc., 2018, pp. 93-115.
3. A. Sangwangwanich, A. Abdelhakim, Y. Yang, and K. Zhou, “Control of single-phase and three-phase DC/AC converters,” in Control of Power Electronic Converters and Systems, vol. 1, F. Blaabjerg, Ed. Elsevier Inc., 2018, pp. 153-173.
4. Y. Yang, K. A. Kim, , and T. Ding, “Modelling and control of PV systems,” in Control of Power Electronic Converters and Systems, vol. 1, F. Blaabjerg, Ed. Elsevier Inc., 2018, pp. 243-268.
5. Y. Yang, H. Wang, A. Sangwongwanich, and F. Blaabjerg, “Design for reliability of power electronic systems,” in Power Electronics Handbook, 4th ed., M. H. Rashid, Ed. Elsevier Inc., 2017, pp. 1423–1440.
6. F. Blaabjerg, D. M. Ionel, Y. Yang, and H. Wang, “Renewable energy systems – technology overview and perspectives,” in Renewable Energy Devices and Systems with Simulations in MATLAB and ANSYS, F. Blaabjerg and D. M. Ionel, Eds. CRC Press, 2017, pp. 1–16.
7. K. A. Kim, K. Mentesidi, and Y. Yang, “Solar power sources – PV, concentrated PV and concentrated solar power,” in Renewable Energy Devices and Systems with Simulations in MATLAB and ANSYS, F. Blaabjerg and D. M. Ionel, Eds. CRC Press, 2017, pp. 17–40.
8. Y. Yang and F. Blaabjerg, “Overview of single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic systems,” in Renewable Energy Devices and Systems with Simulations in MATLAB and ANSYS, F. Blaabjerg and D. M. Ionel, Eds. CRC Press, 2017, pp. 41–66.
9. S. Peyghami, H. Mokhtari, F. Blaabjerg, and Y. Yang, “Grid synchronization for distributed generations,” in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, M. A. Abraham, Ed. Elsevier Inc., 2017, pp. 179–194.
10. F. Blaabjerg, K. Ma, D. Zhou, and Y. Yang, “Mission profile-oriented reliability design in wind turbine and photovoltaic systems,” in Reliability of Power Electronic Converter Systems, H. S.-H. Chung, H. Wang, F. Blaabjerg, and M. Pecht, Eds. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015, pp. 355–390.
11. K. Ma, Y. Yang, and F. Blaabjerg, “Introduction to renewable energy systems,” in Advanced and Intelligent Control in Power Electronics and Drives, T. Orłowska-Kowalska, F. Blaabjerg, and J. Rodríguez, Eds. Springer International Publishing, 2014, vol. 531, pp. 3–40.
12. Y. Yang, W. Chen, and F. Blaabjerg, “Advanced control of photovoltaic and wind turbines power systems,” in Advanced and Intelligent Control in Power Electronics and Drives, T. Orłowska-Kowalska, F. Blaabjerg, and J. Rodríguez, Eds. Springer International Publishing, 2014, vol. 531, pp. 41–89.
13. K. Ma, Y. Yang, H. Wang, and F. Blaabjerg, “Design for reliability of power electronics in renewable energy systems,” in Use, Operation and Maintenance of Renewable Energy Systems, M. A. Sanz-Bobi, Ed. Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp. 295–338.