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SUMMARY:Power Electronics pervades modern power systems
DTSTART:20140128T100000
DTSTAMP:20260407T025853Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Marta Molinas\, Norwegian University of Science and Tech
 nology\nBio: Marta Molinas received the Doctor of Engineering Degree from 
 Tokyo Institute of Technology\, Japan\, in 2000. In 1998 she stayed at the
  University of Padova\, Italy as a guest researcher. From 2004 to 2007 she
  was a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and
  Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim\, Norway. Since 2008 she is Professor at N
 TNU in Power Electronics for Power Systems. From 2008-2009 she was a JSPS 
 (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellow at the Energy
  Technology Research Institute of The National Institute of Advanced Indus
 trial Science and Technology (AIST)\, in Tsukuba\, Japan. She is currently
  on her sabbatical year at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the
  Kingdom of Bhutan collaborating within the Millennium Village Project wit
 h power electronics in Microgrids. Her research interest is in power elect
 ronics applications in power systems\, renewable energy sources with focus
  on wind/wave energy conversion systems and the stability of power electro
 nics systems. She is Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. of Power Electron
 ics and Editorial Board member of Elsevier Journal Electric Power Systems 
 Research.\nA forthcoming situation requiring new ways of thinking\nThe tal
 k will cover aspects of the new dimension that the pervasive use of power 
 electronics is introducing in modern power systems\, pointing at new avenu
 es for research by identifying the challenges and opportunities posed by t
 he new scenario.\nThe use of power electronics in power systems has for lo
 ng time been increasing due to the widespread application of electric driv
 es and switch mode power supplies. More recently\, this presence of power 
 electronics has been experiencing a boost with the integration of renewabl
 e energy sources due to the basic incompatibility of these sources with th
 e grid requirements. Power electronics enables in that case a very effecti
 ve and flexible coupling with the system offering high controllability and
  buffering capabilities. The range of applications has however been moving
  beyond the domains of generation and traditional loads\, migrating into c
 ompensation devices (FACTS)\, actively controlled loads\, harmonic filters
 \, DC circuit breakers\, electronic transformer\, HVDC\, energy storage an
 d transportation in the form of moving loads in the system.\nWhen this per
 vading presence of power electronics combines with other features such as 
 nonlinear time-varying loads and equipment in modern power system\, the ne
 w properties introduced by the cybernetic nature of power electronics are 
 defining the overall behavior of the system\, making it an increasingly co
 mplex issue. The presentation will give a highlight of the research findin
 gs in some of the above areas of application of power electronics concludi
 ng with the identification of new avenues of research triggered by the man
 y challenges of the new scenario.
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