EE Distinguished Speakers Seminar: Solid State Transformers – The Holy Grail of Power Electronics?
Event details
| Date | 13.03.2020 |
| Hour | 13:15 › 14:15 |
| Speaker | Drazen Dujic is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Power Electronics Laboratory at EPFL. He received the Dipl.Ing. and MSc degrees from the University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia in 2002 and 2005, respectively, and the PhD degree from Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK in 2008. From 2003 to 2006, he was a Research Assistant with the Faculty of Technical Sciences at University of Novi Sad. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Research Associate with Liverpool John Moores University. After that he moved to industry and joined ABB Switzerland Ltd, where from 2009 to 2013, he was Scientist and then Principal Scientist with ABB Corporate Research Center in Baden-Dättwil, and from 2013 to 2014 he was R&D Platform Manager with ABB Medium Voltage Drives in Turgi. He is with EPFL since 2014. His research interests include the areas of design and control of advanced high power electronic systems and high-performance drives, predominantly for the medium voltage applications related to electrical energy generation, conversion and storage. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific publications and has filed 14 patents. In 2018 he received EPE Outstanding Service Award and, in 2014 The Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award for Outstanding Achievement in Power Electronics. He is Senior Member of IEEE, EPE Member, and serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IET Electric Power Applications and EPE Journal. |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract: Power electronics based, electrical energy conversion, technologies have been deployed in various applications, from very low power levels in range of mWs to very high GW rated installations. With increasing proliferation of power converters into power system, limits of conventional conversion technologies become apparent and new solutions are required. Solid State Transformers (SST) - a new breed of conversion technologies, has been recently attracting attention of researches, both in academia and industry. While these conversion structures offer many attractive features, high conversion flexibility, there are also many challenges that must be overcome to take advantages and benefits. Irrespectively of adopted SST concept, these structures are characterized as being modular and having inherently built-in galvanic isolation at medium or high frequency. This brings challenges associated with electrical, magnetic, dielectric and thermal performances, that all must be simultaneously addressed. Talk will provide an overview on this highly attractive field, address challenges previously mentioned, and offer possible solutions to address them. Multiple illustrative examples and achievements, related to SST technology, coming from the research work conducted at EPFL will be presented.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- IEL Institute - Prof. Elison Matioli
Contact
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