Karol Najdek

Mr. Karol Najdek

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 December 2020 in Energies
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Karol NajdekKarol Najdek
Karol Najdek
KWKarol Wróbel
Karol Wróbel
Krzysztof SzabatKrzysztof Szabat
Krzysztof Szabat
In this work, issues related to the application of the D-decomposition technique to selection of the controller parameters for a drive system with flexibility are presented. In the introduction the commonly used control structures dedicated to two-mass drive systems are described. Then the mathematical model as well as control structure are introduced. The considered structure has only basic feedbacks from the motor speed and PI type controller. Due to the order of the closed-loop system, the free location of the system’s poles is not possible. Large oscillations can be expected in responses of the plant. In order to improve the characteristics of the drive, the tuning methodology based on the D-decomposition technique is proposed. The initial working point is selected using an analytical formula. Then the value of controller proportional gain is decreasing, until the required value of overshoot is obtained. In the paper different advantages of the D-decomposition technique are presented, for instance calculation of global stability area for the selected gain and phase margin, the impact of parameter changes, and additional delay evident in the system. Theoretical considerations are confirmed by simulation and experimental results.

31 December 2020 in Energies
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BSBłażej Strong
Błażej Strong
In this paper the D-decomposition technique is investigated as a source of non-linear boundaries used with the Genetic Algorithm (GA) search of a PI voltage compensator gains of the boost converter operating in Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM). The well known and appreciated boost converter has been chosen as a test object due to its right-half plane zero in the control-to-output (c2o) voltage transfer function. The D-decomposition, as a technique relying on the frequency sweeping, clearly indicates not only the global stability but, in its extended version, regions satisfying the required gain (GM) and phase (PM) margins. Such results are in form of easy to interpret functions KI=f(KP). The functions are easy to convert to the GA constraints. The GA search, with three different performance indexes as the fitness functions, is applied to a control structure with time delays basing on identified c2o voltage transfer functions. The identification took place in an experiment and in simulation. Outcomes of the identification are compared to mathematically derived formula taking into account certain parasitics. A complete set of practically useful mathematical formulas together with their validation in simulation and experiment is included.

5 March 2019 in PRZEGLĄD ELEKTROTECHNICZNY
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Karol NajdekKarol Najdek
Karol Najdek
Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT wydaje czasopisma fachowe informuj?ce swoich czytelnik?w o najnowszych osi?gni?ciach naukowych i nowoczesnych rozwi?zaniach technicznych w Polsce i na ?wiecie, popularyzuje problemy techniczne oraz poszerza wiedz? i kultur? techniczn?.

1 January 2019 in PRZEGLĄD ELEKTROTECHNICZNY
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This article presents the Neimark's D-decomposition method for a PI compensator gains selection. The method has been used for the Dual Active Bridge converter output voltage regulator gains selection. The selection was basing on an experimentally identified transfer function. The obtained results were subjects to experimental verification. Elaborated mathematical and simulation models were also confirmed experimentally.

20 August 2025 in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
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Karol NajdekKarol Najdek
Karol Najdek
This paper presents a systematic and innovative data–driven framework for constructing Mutual Information–enhanced NARX–NN Digital Twins (DTs) of power electronic converters, demonstrated on a DC–DC boost converter in continuous conduction mode under closed–loop voltage control. A Digital Twin Instance (DTI) of the inductance current is built via time–delay embedding of hidden dynamic attractors. Sampling frequency is optimized using self–Mutual Average Information (sMAI) to capture intra–cycle Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) dynamics. Input preselection uses correlation analysis and Variance Inflation Factor (VIF), followed by delay assignment via sMAI and cross-MAI (cMAI). The False Nearest Neighbours (FNN) criterion determines the minimal embedding dimension. Two NARX–NN configurations (4D and 5D) are trained on a high–fidelity MATLAB–SIMULINK model including parasitics, filtering, and non–idealities. Although thermal and voltage variations are excluded to isolate modelling effects, the 5D model outperforms the 4D under both nominal and perturbed loads. In the frequency domain (up to 50 kHz), it improves amplitude tracking. Experimental validation via offline transfer learning reduces steady–state error to approximately $\pm \,1\%$ and transient errors to a few percent, peaking at -13% in unseen saturation case. The resulting DTIs are lightweight (<1 GFLOPS), delay-aware, and interpretable, enabling scalable real–time integration into converter–centric smart grid digital twin architectures without solving differential equations.

25 April 2021
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KWKarol Wróbel
Karol Wróbel
Radosław NalepaRadosław Nalepa
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Karol NajdekKarol Najdek
Karol Najdek
Krzysztof SzabatKrzysztof Szabat
Krzysztof Szabat
The paper presents the application of the D-decomposition method to the selection of parameters of the speed control structure of the drive system with an elastic coupling. After an introduction where the issue of control structures of drive systems with an elastic joint is briefly presented, the main point of the paper is described. Then the mathematical model of the two-mass drive system is demonstrated. Next, the control structure with PI controller and additional feedback from the shaft torque is shown. Next, the idea of a D-decomposition is discussed. Then the simulation and experimental results showing the properties of the presented methodology are demonstrated.