Xiaowei Cai

Mr. Xiaowei Cai


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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

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6 May 2022 in Applied Sciences
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XCXiaowei Cai
Xiaowei Cai
ZFZhihe Fu
Zhihe Fu
HXHuangsheng Xie
Huangsheng Xie
JXJiaxiang Xue
Jiaxiang Xue
DDDuhan Ding
Duhan Ding
GZGang Zhou
Gang Zhou
The coaxial cylindrical reactor with a rotary nozzle is proposed to be used as the plasma torch of the plasma cleaning machine. The phase-shifted full bridge series resonance circuit is used as the power circuit topology. Because the voltage source load resonance circuit technology is mature, the cycle and difficulty of research and development on this basis are relatively small, and the corresponding control strategy and algorithm are relatively easy to achieve. At the same time, the voltage source circuit is smaller than the current source circuit, in line with the development trend of plasma cleaning equipment. In this paper, based on the phase shift full bridge series resonant circuit, the control strategy is compared and analyzed. Considering the response speed, control precision and efficiency, a PSPWM-PFM (Phase Shift Pulse Width Modulation- Pulse Frequency Modulation) hybrid modulation control strategy is proposed, which makes the system not only have a fast response speed but can also construct a soft switch and has a high efficiency. A maximum power tracking algorithm based on a fuzzy PFM was proposed to solve the problem that the plasma power supply deviated from the resonant frequency point easily due to environmental perturbation, and thus deviated from the maximum power point.

11 December 2024 in Energies
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YFYibiao Fan
Yibiao Fan
LTLixia Tong
Lixia Tong
XWXiaoping Wang
Xiaoping Wang
XCXiaowei Cai
Xiaowei Cai
ZFZhihe Fu
Zhihe Fu
XMXingkui Mao
Xingkui Mao
Circulating current suppression can effectively improve the reliability and redundancy of parallel inverter systems. The mechanism and influencing factors of the low- and high-frequency zero-sequence circulating current (ZSCC) are analyzed in this study. Based on a mechanism analysis and the built mathematical model, the composite control strategy of zero-sequence voltage difference (ZSVD) compensation and virtual inductance is proposed to suppress the low- and high-frequency ZSCC. In the composite control strategy, the low-frequency ZCSS (LF-ZCSS) is suppressed by the ZSVD compensation method, and the HF-ZCSS is suppressed by the virtual inductance method. The ZSVD compensation is incorporated into the SVPWM as an input to regulate the modulation and suppress the LF-ZCSS, and virtual inductance is introduced into the current control loop to suppress the HF-ZCSS. A parallel system prototype composed of two 6 kW inverters is constructed. The experiments show that the ZSCC of the parallel system is reduced by 45%, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed composite control strategy.

29 May 2022 in Applied Sciences
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XCXiaowei Cai
Xiaowei Cai
ZFZhihe Fu
Zhihe Fu
HXHuangsheng Xie
Huangsheng Xie
JXJiaxiang Xue
Jiaxiang Xue
HLHaisong Luo
Haisong Luo
GZGang Zhou
Gang Zhou
In order to solve the problem that the traditional Proportional Integral (PI) controller cannot take into account both response speed and input current overshoot and cannot adapt to complex working conditions, an energy-feedback DC load simulation control algorithm based on fuzzy control was proposed. By adding a fuzzy adaptive PI setting to the traditional load simulation control algorithm, the dynamic response performance of the system and the accuracy of load simulation were improved. A small-signal model of a load analog boost circuit was established based on the state average method. Based on the phase margin, the PI parameter setting of series correction was completed, and the corresponding fuzzy control rules were formulated to identify the response state. Simulation results show that the regulation time of constant current load simulation based on a fuzzy control strategy is shortened by 75.2%, the steady-state error is reduced by 60%, and the overshoot is reduced from 28.3% to 7.47%. The prototype test results show that the maximum relative error of input current load simulation is only 4.50%, and the system response speed can meet the requirements of variable load simulation. The results show that the load simulation control algorithm based on fuzzy control has the characteristics of high precision and excellent dynamic characteristics.

13 September 2024 in Energies
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YFYibiao Fan
Yibiao Fan
LTLixia Tong
Lixia Tong
YLYingjie Lu
Yingjie Lu
XCXiaowei Cai
Xiaowei Cai
ZFZhihe Fu
Zhihe Fu
XMXingkui Mao
Xingkui Mao
With the development of power conversion systems or bidirectional grid-connected inverters characterized by high DC voltage, high efficiency, and high-power density, high-switching-frequency SiC power switches are being widely used, and these require a short computational time of control algorithm. Based on the sector judgment of a space voltage vector and the midpoint potential control balancing of a DC bus, an improved finite control set method prediction control (FCS-MPC) method was proposed for a T-type three-level PCS. This improved FCS-MPC first judges the sector of the space voltage vector and locates the position of the corresponding large sector according to phase lock information; then, it analyzes the sampled voltage of the upper and lower bus capacitors to obtain the midpoint potential situation and selects appropriate small vectors based on the midpoint potential situation. This simple improved strategy can reduce the computational complexity of traditional MPC for rolling optimization, resulting in a reduction in the vectors from 27 to 8. A SiC-based 10 kW bidirectional PCS prototype verified the improved FCS-MPC, and the computational time was reduced about by 56% in comparison to traditional FCS-MPC.

30 May 2025 in Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES)
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YFYibiao Fan
Yibiao Fan
ZJZhan Jin
Zhan Jin
ZFZhihe Fu
Zhihe Fu
XCXiaowei Cai
Xiaowei Cai
QLQi Lin
Qi Lin
In this paper, a low-profile broadband and high-gain circularly polarized (CP) metasurface antenna (MSA) is proposed. The characteristic mode analysis is employed to select the valuable modes for the 4×4 square metasurface elements printed on the top of the single-layer dielectric slab. The coplanar waveguide feeding structure combines a horizontal aperture and two slots rotated in a counter-clockwise direction is utilized to excite the CP radiation of the MSA. The proposed CP MSA is fabricated and measured, which achieves a -10 dB impedance bandwidth ranging from 4.83 GHz to 6.35 GHz, with a fractional bandwidth of 27.2%, the overlapped 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth is 20.1% (covers from 4.83 GHz to 5.91 GHz). Furthermore, the peak boresight gain measured at 5.2 GHz reaches 9.88 dBic. The average gain consistently maintains 8.94 dBic throughout the overlapped AR bandwidth, while the 3 dB gain bandwidth fully encompasses the entirety of the 3 dB overlapped AR bandwidth showing good performance for 5G Wi-Fi band utilization.