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SUMMARY:Active Grid Technologies - Power Electronics for Generation\, Conv
 ersion and Storage
DTSTART:20130503T090000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Drazen Dujic\, ABB Corporate Research\, CH\nBio: Drazen Duj
 ic received his Dipl. Ing. and M.Sc degrees from the University of Novi Sa
 d\, Serbia\, in 2002 and 2005\, respectively\, and his PhD degree from the
  Liverpool John Moores University\, UK in 2008. From 2002 to 2006 he was w
 ith the Department of Electrical Engineering\, University of Novi Sad as a
  Research Assistant\, and from 2006 till 2009 with Liverpool John Moores U
 niversity as a Research Associate. Since 2009 he is with ABB Corporate Res
 earch Centre\, Baden-Dättwil\, Switzerland as Principal Scientist working
  on the power electronics related projects spanning the range from low vol
 tage/power SMPS in below kW range to medium voltage high power converters 
 in a MW range. During 2010-2011 he was a member of a project team responsi
 ble for development of the world’s first power electronic traction trans
 former successfully commissioned on the locomotive in cooperation with SBB
 .\nHis main research interests are in the areas of design\, optimization a
 nd control of advanced power electronics systems and high performance driv
 es. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 journal and conference pub
 lications\, and is inventor or co-inventor of several pending patents.\nWe
  are currently witnessing transformation in the electric energy sector and
  move from classical hierarchical structure between generation\, transmiss
 ion and utilisation\, to a more distributed structure thanks to the inclus
 ion and proliferation of embedded renewable energy sources. Various new co
 ncepts are emerging\, which address desire to reduce CO2 emission\, make e
 nergy sector more sustainable and improve overall efficiency along the who
 le path of electrical energy flow. Whatever the renewable source of prime 
 energy is (wind\, solar\, hydro\, geothermal\, ...) there is a need to tra
 nsform it\, at some stage\, into electrical energy by means of some sort o
 f power electronic converter in order to allow for connection to the grid 
 and power quality control. Multidisciplinary aspects make the research fie
 ld vast and challenging\, but certainly very interesting\, as there is a n
 eed for closer integration of developments of basic materials (semiconduct
 ors\, insulators\, magnetics\, photovoltaic\, battery technologies\,…) o
 n one side and various innovative proposals of system architectures for fu
 ture grids that are expected to be smart\, on the other side. The importan
 ce of power electronics\, being the one of providers of enabling technolog
 ies for the future active grids\, will be addressed in the first part of t
 he seminar. The second part of the seminar will provide some illustrative 
 examples of these emerging technologies\, based on speaker’s research po
 rtfolio.
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