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The following publications are in a chronological order........

            2004 

  • E. R. Collins, Jr., “The Rockwell Automation Motors and Drives Laboratory at Clemson University,” NSF Workshop on Power Electronics, Las Vegas NV, February 2004.
2003
  • J. Jiang and E. R. Collins, Jr., “Modeling the Behavior of a Synchronous Distributed Generator During Fault Conditions,” Power Systems Conference 2003:  Distributed Generation and Advanced Metering, Clemson SC, March 2003. 
  • S. Middlekauff, E. R. Collins, and A. Mansoor, “Overvoltage from Single-Phasing of Ungrounded-Wye Delta Transformer Bank,” 2003 EPRI PQA North America Conference, Monterey CA, June 2003.
2002
  • E. R. Collins, Jr., R. Barnett, J. Jiang, J. Hinson, and R. L. Morgan, “Can a Distributed Generator Make a Voltage Sag Worse?,” EPRI PQA 2002 Conference, Portland OR, June 2002. 
  • E. R. Collins, Jr and R. Cao, “A Matlab-based Simulation Tool for Predicting the Behavior of Electirc Motors and Drives during Voltge Distrubances,” 2002 IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, October 2002.
  • E. R. Collins, Jr and N. S. Tunaboylu, “Predicting and Mitigating the Loss of Torque during Voltage Sags in High-Friction Loads,” 2002 IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, October 2002.
2001
  • E. R. Collins, R. L. Morgan, and J. Hinson, “Interfacing Standby Generation with the Utility Grid using Standard Regenerative AC Adjustable Speed Motor Drives,” EPRI PQA North America Conference, Pittsburgh PA, June 2001.
1999
  • S. W. Middlekauff, E. R. Collins, Jr, “System and Customer Impact:  Considerations for Series Custom Power Devices,” presented at the 1997 IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting (Berlin, July 1997) and published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol., no.3, July 1999, pp. 1181 – 1185.
1998
  • R. L. Langley, A. Mansoor, E. R. Collins, and R. L. Morgan, "Voltage Sag Ride-thru Testing of Adjustable Speed Drives Using a Programmable Dynamic Dynamometer" Proceedings of the EPRI 1998 Power Quality Assurance (PQA) Conference, Phoenix AZ, June 1998. 
  • R. L. Langley, A. Mansoor, E. R. Collins, and R. L. Morgan, "Voltage Sag Ride-thru Testing of Adjustable Speed Drives Using a Programmable Dynamic Dynamometer" Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Athens Greece, October 1998.
  • N. S. Tunaboylu, E. R. Collins, and P. R. Chaney, "Voltage Disturbance Evaluation Using the Missing Voltage Technique," Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Athens Greece, October 1998.
1997
  • E. R. Collins, Jr., and M. A. Bridgwood,“The Impact of Power System Distrubances on AC-Coil Contactors,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Textile, Film, and Fiber Industry Conference, Greenville SC, May 1997.
  • E. R. Collins, Jr. and A. Mansoor, “Effects of Voltage Sags on AC Motor Drives,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Textile, Film, and Fiber Industry Conference, Greenville SC, May 1997.
  • M. H. J. Bollen, A. Mansoor, and E.R. Collins, Jr.,“Characteristics of Voltage Sags Experienced by Single-Phase and Three-Phase Equipment,” Proceedings of PQA ‘97 - Europe (Power Quality Applications Conference), Stockholm, Sweden, June 16 - 18, 1997.
  • A. Mansoor, E. R. Collins, Jr., M.H.J. Bollen, S. Lahaie, “Behaviour of Adjustable Speed Drives During Phase Angle Jump and Unbalanced Sags,” Proceedings of PQA ‘97 - Europe (Power Quality Applications Conf.), Stockholm, Sweden, June 16 - 18, 1997.
  • A. Mansoor and E. R. Collins, Jr.,“Effects of Unsymmetrical Voltage Sags on Adjustable Speed Drives,” Proceedings of the Southern African Power Quality Conference, May 12 - 14, 1997. 
  • E. R. Collins, Jr. and F. Zapardiel, “An Experimental Assessment of AC Contactor Behavior During Voltage Sags,”  Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE ‘97), Guimaraes, Portugal, July 7- 11, 1997.
  • E. R. Collins, M. J. H. Bollen, and A. Mansoor, “Voltage Sags Experienced by Single-Phase and Three-Phase Equipment Recommendations for Immunity Tests,” accepted for presentation and publication in the 32nd Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC ‘97), University of Manchester, September 10-12, 1997, pp. 238 – 241.
1996
  • E. R. Collins, Jr., M. Sahpolat, E. Zapardiel, and R. L. Morgan, “Generating Unbalanced Voltage Sags with Synchronous Machines,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Las Vegas NV, October 1996.
  • A. Mansoor, E. R. Collins, Jr., and R. L. Morgan, “Effects of Unsymmetrical Voltage Sags on Adjustable Speed Drives,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Las Vegas NV, October 1996.
  • A. E. Turner and E. R. Collins, Jr., “The Performance of AC Contactors During Voltage Sags,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Las Vegas NV, October 1996.
  • N. S. Tunaboylu and E. R. Collins, Jr., “The Wavelet Transform Approach to Detect and Quantify Voltage Sags,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Las Vegas NV, October 1996.
  • E. R. Collins, Jr. and R. L. Morgan, “A Three-Phase Sag Generator for Testing Industrial Equipment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 11 (1): 526-532 (January 1996)
1994
  • E. R. Collins, Jr. and Y. Huang, "A Programmable Dynamometer for Testing of Rotating Machinery," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 9 (3):521-527, (September 1994).  This paper was originally presented at the 1994 IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, paper number 94 WM 116-4 EC.
1991
  • D. L. Lubkeman and E. R. Collins, Jr., "Hypermedia‑Based Courseware Development for Power Engineering Education," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 6 (3): 1259‑1265 (August 1991).  This paper was originally presented at the 1991 IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, paper number 91 WM 080‑2 PWRS. 

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