Hannover Messe 2018, 23 - 27 April
Apr 19, 2018
When and Where: 24 Apr. 2018, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM , 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Hall 2, Stand C07
Language: English
Topic: Energy, Integrated Industry, Predictive Maintenance
Title: A Semi-modular and SiC-based Smart Transformer
Contents:
In the lecture, the concept of a Smart Transformer (ST) Demonstrator is presented. This hardware prototype, developed at Chair of Power Electronics of Kiel University, demonstrates the high potential of such systems, as well as the high performance of the architecture proposed by the research group. The architecture is based on the modular concept using a specific topology, providing high performance and economic advantages. Thus, it is very appealing for industry application. Among the several advantages, the easy maintenance is highlighted. The ST Demonstrator is a three-phase system and it connects a low voltage dc with value of 800V and a medium voltage ac with output voltage level of 2.6 kV line-to-line. Moreover, the system can process up to 100 kW of output power.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Marco Liserre
Head of the Chair,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Presentation Prof. Ramon Blasco (8th December, 2017)
Dec 04, 2017
When and Where: Friday 8 December 2017 at 10.30 at CAU, Faculty of Engineering, Kaiserstraße 2, 24143 Kiel – Building B
Title: Control of wind power plants for integration to HVDC transmission systems
Contents:
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HVDC connection of off-shore wind power plants
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Control of wind power plants with VSC-HVDC converters
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Control of wind power plants with Diode Rectifier HVDC converters
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Expected impact and conclusions
Short Bio:
Ramón Blasco-Gimenez obtained his BEng degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, in 1992 and his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, U.K., in 1996. From 1992 to 1995 he was a Research Assistant at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Nottingham. In 1996 he joined the Department of Systems Engineering and Control of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, where he is currently a professor in the Institute of Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics. His research interests include Control of HVdc systems, Wind Power Generation and Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Systems. He is a co-recipient of the 2005 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award. He has been guest co-editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and the Mathematics and Computers in Simulation journals. He is a Chartered Engineer (U.K.), IET member, IMACS TC1 Committee member and former Chair of the Renewable Energy Technical Committee of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Infoblatt zum EKSH Projekt "Kleinwindenergieanlagen"
Nov 14, 2017
Am Lehrstuhl wurde das Projekt "Analyse und Optimierung eines Kleinwindenergieanlagensystems", von Frau M.Sc. Kristina Köster unter der Leitung von Prof. Fuchs erfolgreich durchgeführt. Es wurde von der EKSH (Gesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz Schleswig-Holstein GmbH) finanziert. Zu diesem Projekt wurde vom Mittelgeber jetzt ein interessantes Informationsblatt erstellt. Es ist unter link
IEEE PELS Sustainable Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award 2017
Nov 09, 2017
Prof. Liserre has been selected as the 2017 winner of IEEE Power Electronics Society's Sustainable Energy Systems Award. This is in acknowledgement for Prof. Liserre's “contributions to control of renewable energy system in the power grid".
ECCE - 2017 in Cincinnati, USA
Oct 17, 2017
Oct. 7, 2017
Four staff members of the chair visited the foremost technical conference and exposition around electrical and electromechanical energy conversion in Cincinnati, USA. The chair of power electronics published 7 papers in the field of power systems, reliability and control of power converters.
PhD Defence of Sandro Günter
Sep 25, 2017
Am 04.09.2017 wurde Herr M.Sc. Sandro Günter aus dem Team von Prof. Fuchs mit seiner Schrift "Entwicklung eines dreistufigen netzgebundenen Stromrichters zur Messung der frequenzabhängigen Netzimpedanz und aktiven Oberschwingungsfilterung" zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Link
PhD Defence of Simon Jensen
Sep 22, 2017
Am 30.06.2017 wurde Herr Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Simon Jensen aus dem Team von Prof. Fuchs mit seiner Schrift "Aspekte der Netzintegration von Windenergieanlagen" zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch.
PhD Defence of Berthold Benkendorff
Sep 22, 2017
Am 27.06.2017 wurde Herr Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Berthold Benkendorff aus dem Team von Prof. Fuchs mit seiner Schrift "Konzipierung, Optimierung und Realisierung eines hocheffizienten dreistufigen Niederspannungsstromrichters für MW-Windenergieanlagen" zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Link
PhD Defence of Markus Andresen
Sep 22, 2017
Am 26.06.2017 wurde Herr M.Sc. Markus Andresen aus dem Team von Prof. Liserre mit seiner Schrift "Active Thermal Control of Power Electronic Modules in Smart Transformer Applications" zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Link
ISIE 2017, Edinburg, Scotland
Sep 05, 2017
Dr.-Ing. Giampaolo Buticchi from the chair of power electronics at the 26th IEEE 'International Symposium on Industrial Electronics' held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The chair presented three publications on the topics of QAB Electrical power distribution system for more electric aircrafts, multibus distribution system for MEA using DAB and on Smart transformer.
PE: Region workshop, Prof. Robert D. (Bob) Lorenz - “Disruptive Paradigm Changes for Electrical Machines and Electrical Drives”:
Jun 27, 2017
When and Where: Friday 23 June 2017 at 13.00 at CAU, Faculty of Engineering, Kaiserstraße 2, 24143 Kiel – Building D – The Aquarium
Prof. Lorenz and Prof. Liserre at the PE: Region Seminar held at CAU, Kiel, Germany
Abstract: Electric machine design paradigms have been dramatically changed by the need to meet the demands for minimizing losses and smooth torque control during driving cycles with widely vary loads and speeds. Simultaneously, new drive control paradigms systematically out-perform industry standard field oriented control (FOC) and simultaneously solve several classical problems with FOC. In addition, the internet of things is opening expansive opportunities for motor drives. This presentation with focus on these disruptive changes in the paradigms for electric machines and electrical drives and explore the opportunities for innovation that these technologies provide.
Short Bio of Prof. Lorenz:
Prof. Robert D. (Bob) Lorenz is a Life Fellow of IEEE, Past President of IEEE IAS, and Past Member of the IEEE Board of Directors. He is a Chaired Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Co-Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC) which just celebrated its 36th Anniversary with over 85 international sponsor firms. He has pioneered core technologies for physics-based control design, self-sensing, flux observers, current regulators, deadbeat-direct torque and flux control, variable flux and variable magnetization state PM machines and power semiconductor temperature and strain control and has won 33 prize paper awards from the IEEE.
PCIM 2017, Nuremberg, Germany
Jun 05, 2017
Two PhD students of the chair of Power Electronics visited and participated the outstanding user-oriented PCIM Europe Conference on power electronics in Nuremberg. They presented three publications on the topics of Modular Power Converters, Power Routing, Thermal and Reliability Evaluation, Smart Transformer, and Hardware-in-Loop.
From left to right: Vivek Raveendran, Frederik Hahn
Infoblatt zum EKSH Projekt "Induktives Laden"
Apr 12, 2017
Am Lehrstuhl wurde das Projekt "Optimierung induktiver Ladeverfahren für Elektrofahrzeuge zur energieeffizienten Unterstützung des Versorgungsnetzes (Vehicle-to-grid)" von Herrn Dipl.-Ing. Marinus Petersen unter der Leitung von Prof. Fuchs erfolgreich durchgeführt. Es wurde von der EKSH (Gesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz Schleswig-Holstein GmbH) finanziert. Zu diesem Projekt wurde vom Mittelgeber jetzt ein interessantes Informationsblatt erstellt. Es ist unter EKSH Infoblatt Induktives Laden abrufbar. Die Ergebnisse sind detailliert in der Dissertsationsschrift von Herrn Petersen enthalten Link.
"The IES Student Paper and Travel Assistance Grants " for Sebastian Brüske
Apr 03, 2017
Sebastian
Industrial/ Ph.D course in the Smart Transformer
Mar 29, 2017
The international three-day Industrial/ Ph.D. course in “the Smart Transformer, its Impact on the Electric Grid and Technology Challenges” took place between 22th and 24th of February at the Chair of Power Electronics of Kiel University. This course was offered as a part of running project ,“the Highly Efficient And Reliable smart Transformer (HEART), a new heart for the Electric Distribution System”, funded by European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant.
The Smart Transformer (ST), a power electronics-based transformer, can provide ancillary services to the distribution grids to support the grid management, in addition to the voltage adaptation. The Smart Transformer is a natural connection point for hybrid (AC and DC) grids both at MV and LV levels and is supposed to reach a market of US$204.3 million by 2020.
The Smart Transformer possible services to the electric grid plus the power electronics technologies which could enable these services were the main focus of this course. The course contained lectures and laboratory experiments .The instructors were Prof. M. Liserre from Kiel University; Prof. C. Vournas from university of Athens, and Dr. G. Buticchi form Kiel University.
Schleswig-Holstein is funding the construction of a medium voltage laboratory
Mar 27, 2017
The state is co-funding the construction of a medium voltage laboratory at the chair of power electronics from the “Landespgroamm Wirtschaft” (EFRE). This project follows the target to extend the research for the grid integration of renewable power plants to medium voltage, where already today all large plants are connected. With the availability of this infrastructure, it will be possible to investigate and solve problems in the actual electrical distribution grid. The laboratory will enable to test power electronics up to 10 kV AC and up to 1 MW power. Read more
Kopernikus project at CAU focuses on advanced technologies for Energiewende
Feb 21, 2017
Read full article here
Kolloquiumsvortrag, Prof. Tamas Kerekes - "Design of residential Photovoltaic systems – a guideline"
Feb 13, 2017
When & Where : 13.02.2016 , 17:15 - 18:45 , Technische Fakultät, Institut für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Kaiserstr. 2, Kiel, Raum: "Aquarium", Geb. D
Abstract: Photovoltaic technology continues to increase its share in the global energy market, with an exceptionally fast growth in the last few decades reaching a cumulative capacity of 227 GW by the end of 2015, with a predicted extra 50GW of new installations for 2016. Residential PV systems are a key element in the success story of PV rooftop installations and large utility scale plants share about 50% of new installations today. ENTSO_E forecasts that by 2025 European power generation will have over 50% renewable, where solar will be expected to have a major role. If we combine the solar increase with even more wind penetration, then this will require a much more flexible system in order to make the best use of renewable energy sources when they are available. By making the best use of cheap renewable electricity when it is available, storage can make the energy system more cost-effective. By adapting to demand and limiting the possibility of peak pricing, storage will also have a balancing effect on prices throughout the day. If solar is combined with storage then this will act as a bridging technology between the electricity, heating and cooling as well as transport sectors. Besides the rapidly developing battery storage capacity, the electrification of the transport sector and the use of electricity for heat purposes allow for an integrated approach of the energy system. This will provide new opportunities for European consumers and businesses, whilst potentially offering a variety of services to grid operators.
Sonderkolloquium, Prof. Concari, University of Parma - "Fault Diagnosis of Electrical Machines"
Feb 07, 2017
When & Where - 21.02.2017 ,15:00 - 16:30, Technische Fakultät, Kaiserstr. 2, Kiel, Raum: "Aquarium", Geb. D
Abstract: The fault diagnosis of electrical machines has been the subject of intensive research for several decades. Being able to detect or predict incipient faults before they impair the ability of the machines to function properly is a very welcome feature in industrial environments, where unscheduled downtime can cause production and financial loss.
Electrical machine faults include electrical stator faults, electrical rotor faults, eccentricity, bearing faults. Diagnostic techniques for the detection of such faults in electrical machines are reviewed, and their effectivity is assessed in different operating conditions, including closed-loop inverter-fed operation. Furthermore, the impact of wide-bandgap devices is discussed and prognostic techniques are reviewed, with particular focus on aerospace applications.
Disputation Stephan Brüske
Apr 12, 2017
Am 15.09.2016 wurde Herr Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Stephan Brüske mit seiner Schrift "Bauleistungsvergleich und Neutralpunkt-Balancierung für 3-Level-Wechselrichtertopologien für den Einsatz in Elektrofahrzeugen" Link zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch.
PhD Defence of Marinus Petersen
Dec 05, 2016
Am 23.11.2016 wurde Herr Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Marinus Petersen mit seiner Schrift "Übertrager und Leistungselektronik In induktiven Energieübertragungssystemen zur Ladung von Elektrospeicherfahrzeugen" zum Doktoingenieur promoviert. Herzlichen Glückwunsch.
HEART Review Meeting on September 2016
Oct 17, 2016
The Highly Efficient and Reliable smart Transformer project funded by ERC Consolidator Grant (2 Mio € ) is one of the most prestigious project of the Chair of Power Electronics. The number of Journals and conferance articles published under the HEART project has increased tremendously since the project starting in May 2014. The publication list is available here.
The review meeting to evaluate the project progress was carried out on 9 September 2016. The review panel consisted of Prof. Fred Blaabjerg (Aalborg University), Dr. Tamas Kerekas (Aalborg University), Dr. Huai Wang (Aalborg University), Dr. Ke Ma (Aalborg University), Prof. Alex Q. Huang (NCSU, USA), Biskoping Matthias (ABB), Joachim Bergmann (WTSH) and January Cornils (WTSH). The panel was impressed about the current status of the HEART project and gave technical suggestions for further reserach.
Prof. Alex Q. Huang (FREEDM Center, North Carolina, USA) Visit
Oct 17, 2016
Prof. Alex Hunag is an IEEE fellow and the Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He established NSF Engineering Research Center (FREEDM Systems Center) at NCSU. He is a highly reputed researcher in semiconductor devices, solid state transformer and power electronics. Dr. Huang was available at Chair of Power Electronics as a visiting scientist from August to September. His valuable expertise and experience gave an additional momentum to the research projects in various disciplines of power electronics. He also gave a presentation on "15 kV SiC MOSFET Based Medium Voltage DC/DC Converter".
ECCE - 2016 in Milwaukee, USA
Sep 26, 2016
This year Prof. Liserre and five PhD students of the chair visited the foremost technical conference and exposition around electrical and electromechanical energy conversion in Milwaukee, USA. The chair of power electronics published 8 papers in the field of power systems, reliability and wide bandgap power semiconductors.
EPE 2016 ECCE in Karlsruhe:
Sep 16, 2016
Four PhD students of the chair of Power Electronics visited and participated the most important European Conference on power electronics in Karlsruhe. They presented six publications on the topics of Smart Grids, Advanced control techniques, HVDC, and Power Systems for Electric Vehicles.
From left to right: PhD students Stefan Walz, Sandro Günter, Lars Jessen, und Frederik Hahn at the EPE 2016 in Karlsruhe
PhD Defence of Stephan Brüske
Mar 10, 2017
Am 15.09.2016 wurde Herr DDipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Stephan Brüske aus dem Teamteil von Prof. Fuchs mit seiner Dissertation zum Thema "Bauleistungsvergleich und Neutralpunkt-Balancierung für 3-Level-Wechselrichtertopologien für den Einsatz in Elektrofahrzeugen" zum Doktoringenieur promoviert. Wir gratulieren!
Nachwuchstalente mit Power
Jul 29, 2016
Bei den „Power Girls & Power Boys Tagen“ am 18. und 19. Juli in der Technischen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) war Fingerspitzengefühl gefragt. Schülerinnen und Schüler der fünften und sechsten Klassen aus Kiel und dem Umland stellten ihr Können unter Beweis. Getreu dem Motto „Ausprobieren und Selbermachen“ erhielten die jungen Nachwuchstalente bereits zum achten Mal spannende Einblicke in Technik, Energiegewinnung und Elektronik. Angeleitet wurden sie von wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern des Fachbereichs Leistungselektronik.
Die Kinder verkabelten zum Beispiel Handtaschenlampen, bauten solarbetriebene Windenergieanlagen und löteten Herzen aus LED-Leuchten. Unter den 27 Schülerinnen und Schülern war Enrico von der Peter-Ustinov-Schule in Eckernförde einer der schnellsten Tüftler. „In der Schule haben wir sowas noch nicht gemacht“, berichtete der Zwölfjährige. Er sei ebenso wie sein Tischnachbar Felix Lewe (11) von der Gemeinschaftsschule Hassee begeisterter Hobby-Elektrotechniker. Auch bei den Mädchen waren Interesse und Konzentration groß. Der wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter Stefan Walz freute sich über die rege Teilnahme an dem Projekt und die gute Zusammenarbeit mit den teilnehmenden Schulen: „Die Schülerinnen und Schüler werden dafür anlässlich von Projekttagen extra vom Unterricht freigestellt.“ Die selbstgebauten Geräte konnten die „Power Girls“ und „Power Boys“ am Ende mit nach Hause nehmen. Die Handtaschenlampen sorgen sicher noch weit über die lang ersehnten Sommerferien hinaus für die eine oder andere Erleuchtung.
Die „Power Girls und Power Boys Tage“ werden vom Fachbereich Leistungselektronik veranstaltet und von der Firma Jungheinrich und der Gesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz Schleswig-Holstein (EKSH) unterstützt.
Link zur Pressemitteilung: http://www.uni-kiel.de/pressemeldungen/index.php?pmid=2016-256-power
EKSH visit to Chair of Power Electronics
Jun 21, 2016
Prof. Liserre (right most), Head of Chair of Power Electronics, Kiel University and PhD students of the chair with EKSH – Geschäftsführer Stefan Slevers (second from right) in our Laboratory during visit of EKSH members (Gesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz GmbH) to Chair of Power Electronics, Kiel University.
Hannover Messe 2016
May 06, 2016
Hannover Messe 2016: This year as well the Chair of Power Electronics at CAU and Tec 2 You has organized trips and guided tours respectively to Hannover Messe for pupils in the senior grades. The Chair highly regards this as a great opportunity for the budding engineers and scientists to get in touch with cutting edge technology and developments in the industrial world and get inspired to take up a technical major. Special thanks goes to company Harting (AG) which sponsored this visit.
The 44 pupils from senior grades were accompanied by 4 staff members from the Chair and 2 members from Tec 2 You.
APEC 2016, Long Beach, USA
Apr 20, 2016
APEC 2016: The members of the Chair of Power Electronics, PhD students Levy Ferreira Costa and Youngjong Ko, participated in the APEC 2016 in Long Beach, USA. Also our PhD student Levy Ferreira Costa received the “Outstanding presentation award" for the presentation of his paper entitled: "Quadruple Active Bridge DC-DC Converter as the Basic Cell of a Modular Smart Transformer”.
PhD Examination Dipl.-Ing. Mattias Böttcher
Jun 21, 2016
Dipl.-Ing. Mattias Böttcher aus dem Team von Prof. Fuchs hat seine Doktorprüfung erfolgreich bestanden. Die Arbeit befasste sich mit dem Gebiet der Erhöhung der Zuverlässigkeit durch Redundanz bei Dreistufenumrichtern für Windenergieanlagen. Die Arbeit bestand aus umfangreichen theoretischen Untersuchungen und praktischen Untersuchungen an einem komplexen selbsterstellten Laboraufbau. erfolgreich bestanden.
Erfolgreicher Abschluss des Kooperationsprojektes Elektromobilität (Universität Kiel mit der Industrie)
Feb 22, 2016
Das dreijährige
Kooperationsprojekt Elektromobilität wurde mit einem Abschlusstreffen am
06.11.2015 abgeschlossen. In diesem Projekt wurde am Lehrstuhl für Leistungselektronik
an der Optimierung des Antriebsstranges und am berührungslosen Laden für
Elektrofahrzeuge geforscht. Dies wurde gefördert durch öffentliche Programme
wie EU-Interreg, in einem grenzüberschreitenden deutsch-dänischen Projekt,
sowie über die Stiftung Energie-und-Klima-Schleswig-Holstein. Die Forschung
wurde von drei Industriefirmen eng begleitet. Die Ergebnisse wurden in einem
Kreis Universität – Industrie regelmäßig präsentiert und diskutiert. Teilergebnisse
wurden in die Industrie transferiert. Die Gesamtergebnisse dienten der
Industrie zur Orientierung auf diesen Feldern. Zudem wurde einer der
entwickelten Musterumrichter beim Kooperationspartner Kristonics industriell
gefertigt, um die Umsetzung überprüfen zu können. Als Kooperationspartner, die
sich auch finanziell beteiligten, waren die Firmen ESW, Jungheinrich und
Kristonics beteiligt.
ECPE workshop on "Smart Transformers for Traction and Future Grid Application"
Feb 15, 2016
On 4-5 Feb. 2016 the ECPE workshop on "Smart Transformers for
Traction and Future Grid Application" was held in Zurich,
Switzerland. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Kolar (ETH Zurich)
and Prof. Liserre. Among the 122 participants from universities and
global well-known companies, four members of the chair of power
electronics (M. Liserre, G. De Carne, M.
Andresen, L. Ferreira Costa) participated the workshop and
gave two presentations. Prof. Liserre reported about system level
challenges of Smart transformers, while Levy Ferreira Costa and
Markus Andresen presented the HEART approach: Reliability through
Energy Routing.
IECON 2015 in Yokohama, Japan
Feb 15, 2016
At the IECON 2015 in Yokohama, PhD student Markus Andresen was
awarded with the "Best presentation recognition" in the session
"Power Electronics Applications III" for his
presentation with the title "Design
of a Grid Adaptive Controller for PWM Converters with LCL
Filters" by the
authors Markus Andresen, Nils Hoffmann, Marco Liserre and
Friedrich W. Fuchs.
Circulation power test run of 1MVA 3-level NPC Power-Stack:
Dec 10, 2015
At Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH in Flensburg senior engineer Dr. Toke
Franke and PhD student Berthold Benkendorff tested the 1MVA three-level
power-stack inverter out of the "innovation cluster project" for wind
power application at more than 800kVA in a circulation power test.
IECON 2015 Japan
Nov 16, 2015
IECON: Four PhD students of the Chair of Power Electronics
participated the IECON 2015 in Yokohama, Japan. Johannes Falck
received the
"IES Student Paper Travel Award - IECON 2015" for up to 2000 US$
travel cost reimbursements and Markus Andresen was awarded with the
best presentation recognition in his session.
ECCE 2015 in Montreal, Canada
Nov 11, 2015
ECCE:
Visit and participation of the foremost technical
conference and exposition around electrical and electromechanical
energy conversion in Montreal, Canada by Prof. Liserre, Prof. Fuchs
and five PhD students
EPE 2015 in Geneve
Nov 11, 2015
EPE: Visit and participation of the most important European
Converence on power electronics in Geneve, Switzerland by three
PhD students
Levy Costa, Stephan Brüske and Berthold Benkendorff at the EPE'15 in Geneve
Power Girls & Power Boys Days 2015
Jul 29, 2015
The well-established "Power Girls & power Boys Days" took place again at the Chair of Power Electronics on 13th and 14th July introducing the world of electrical engineering to pupils of 5th and 6th grade.
The report of Power Girls & power Boys Days 2015 can be found here.
Lecture Prof. Nicola Femia
Jul 20, 2015
On July 20th Prof. Nicola Femia
(University of Salerno) will give a presentation with the title "Power
Magnetics and Wireless Power" from 10.30 to 11.30 in the Acquarium,
describing his activities in the power electronics research group in
Salerno.
Lecture Dr. Davide Barater
Jul 08, 2015
On July 6th Dr. Davide Barater
(Department of Information Engineering of the University of Parma) will
give a presentation with the title "Accelerated Life tests for electric
drives in Aircrafts" from 17.15 to 18.15 in the Acquarium.
Presentation of Dr. Gonzalez-Espin UTRC
Jul 08, 2015
At 2 p.m. will be
held the presentation of the United Technologies Research Centre in
Dublin by Dr. González-Espín in our library. They are doing reseach in
several fields of power electronics and he is showing an overview of
their activities.
Lecture Prof. Tamas Kerekes
Jul 07, 2015
On June 8th Prof. Tamas Kerekes
(Aalborg University) will give a presentation within the Problem Based
Learning (PBL) project with the title "Problem Based Learning - the
Aalborg way" from 17.15 to 18.15 in the Acquarium.
Lecture Prof. Mariusz Malinowski
Jan 23, 2015
On January 26th, Prof. Mariusz Malinowski (Warsaw University of Technology) will give a colloquium presentation with the title "Topologies and control methods of Modern PWM
Converters for Renewable Energy" from 17:15 to 18:15 in the Aquarium. From 16:45 there will be coffee and the opportunity to meet Prof. Malinowski in the "Eisdiele" (entrance of building D). Please feel invited to join this colloquium.
Start of LIFE-WIND project
Jan 21, 2015
On January 15th, in collaboration with three companies from Schleswig-Holstein the Chair of Power Electronics started the two-years project "LIFE-WIND" (LIFEtime-enhanced Components for WIND Turbines).
The project is funded by the Gesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (EKSH).
PhD examination Nils Hoffmann
Dec 11, 2014
On 01.12.2014 Nils Hoffmann passed his PhD examination on the
subject: "Grid Adaptive Control and Active Filter Functionality of
Grid Connected Converters in Renewable Energy Generation",
supervised by Prof. Fuchs. Congratulations from the team. The thesis
will be published in the university open internet library probably
in February 2015.
Seminar Prof. Pigazo
Dec 08, 2014
On December 19th, Prof. Pigazo (Universidad de Cantabria) will give a seminar on "Power Quality and Active Power Filtering" from 8:30 to 11:30 in the PC lab (KS2/Geb.B - PC-Labor).
Lecture Prof. Martínez de Alegría
Dec 08, 2014
On December 12th, Prof. Iñigo Martínez de Alegría (University of the Basque Country) will give a lecture with the title "DC power distribution: opportunities and challenges" from 11:00 to 12:00 in the Aquarium. Please feel invited to join this lecture.
Lecture Prof. Fernando Briz
Dec 03, 2014
On December 5th, Prof. Fernando Briz (Universidad de Oviedo) will give a lecture with the title "Operation and
control of MMCs using cells with power transfer capability" from 10:30 to 11:30 in the Aquarium. Please feel invited to join this lecture.
Lecture Prof. Tamas Kerekes
Nov 27, 2014
On November 28th, Prof.
Tamas Kerekes (Aalborg University) will give a lecture with the title "Grid
interactive PV inverters" from 12:00 to 13:00 in the Aquarium. Please feel invited to join this lecture.
Lecture Prof. Tamas Kerekes
Nov 27, 2014
On November 28th, Prof.
Tamas Kerekes (Aalborg University) will give a lecture with the title "Grid
interactive PV inverters" from 12:00 to 13:00 in the Aquarium. Please feel invited to join this lecture.
Visit of Prof. Ferreira on September 26th
Sep 16, 2014
On September 26th, Prof. Ferreira (TU Delft) is visiting our Chair. He will
give a lecture with the title "Multi-Frequency? Power Systems and
Components" from 11-12 am in the Aquarium. You are all invited to join
his presentation.
Nils Hoffmann receives ETG-Literaturpreis 2014
Aug 28, 2014
Dipl.-Ing. Nils Hoffmann is awarded with the ETG-Literaturpreis 2014 for his scientific contribution to the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics with the title "Minimal Invasive Equivalent Grid Impedance Estimation in Inductive-Resistive Power Networks Using Extended Kalman Filter" (VDE announcement).
On behalf of the Chair of Power Electronics: Congratulations!
Giampaolo Buticchi has received Humboldt Research Fellowship
Jul 25, 2014
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Our Post-Doc Giampoalo Buticchi has received the "Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers". Congratulations!
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Presentation: Prof. Cecati
Sep 04, 2014
On July 21st Prof. Cecati (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics) visited the Chair and, as part of the special colloquium of the TF, gave a lecture on "Optimization of conversion of energy produced by renewable energy".
Prof. Liserre receives the Dr. Bimal Bose Energy Systems Award
Jul 08, 2014
is given "For contributions to the integration of renewable energy sources into the smart power grid through industrial electronics”
The ceremony will take place during the banquet of the IECON'2014, Dallas, TX - USA, October 28 - November 1, 2014. Congratulations!
ISI Thomson listed Prof. Liserre in their report
Jul 08, 2014
Power-Boys and Power-Girls Day 2014
Jul 01, 2014
This year again, the Power-Boys and Power-Girls day will take place on campus. On July 7th and 8th, 30 pupils of 5th and 6th grade are playfully introduced by the Chair of Power Electronics to topics like electrical engineering and renewable energy.
You can find the report of Power-Boys and Power-Girls Day 2013 here (German).
Update: The report of 2014 can be found in School and Pupils.
Presentation: Prof. Paolone
Jun 26, 2014
On June 18th Prof. Paolone (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) visited the Chair and gave a presentation.
Chair's Day and inaugural course of Prof. Liserre
Jun 16, 2014
On Monday, June 16th, the Chair for Power Electronics will present itself in the course of a “Chair’s Day”.
Following the information lecture for Bachelor’s students which is held by Prof. Liserre during the course “Elektrische Energietechnik” the students are welcome to join a barbecue starting approx. at 12 p.m. Within this relaxed atmosphere the Chair as well as invited guests from industry will introduce themselves.
At approx. 2 p.m. students and guests are welcome to join a guided laboratory tour. Afterwards, Prof. Liserre will give his inaugural lecture in the course of the colloquium of the Faculty of Engineering.
Presentation: Prof. Casadei
May 22, 2014
On May 5th Prof. Casadei (University of Bologna) visited the Chair and, as part of the special colloquium of the TF, gave a lecture on "Multi-phase Power Converters".
Guided tour for pupils to Hannover fair 2014
Jun 26, 2014
As in previous years, the guided tour for pupils to Hannover fair took place on April 9th. Within the framework of the project "Tec2You" Member of the chair accompanied the students visit of Europe's biggest industrial fair.
The full report is shown here (German).
New scientific staff members
May 22, 2014
Scince a new professor has got new tasks and new research projects he also needs new scientific stuff members. So we welcome Mr. Markus Andresen, Mr. Giovanni De Carne, Mr. Holger Jedtberg and Mr. Sebastian Brüske to the team. We also welcome Mrs. Giusi Quartarone. She will be a visiting scientist at the chair for three month.
1st Place Poster Award
May 22, 2014
Sönke Grunau, Jan Reese, Lars Jessen and Friedrich W. Fuchs won the 1st Place Poster Award at the ETG 2013 in Berlin for their Poster and Paper "Aspects of Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in Weak Power Systems". Congratulations!
