Research

 

Disciplinary area: ELECTROTECHNICS


POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

Research staff:

 

 

Gabriele GRANDI

Ugo REGGIANI

Giuseppe SANCINETO

Domenico CASADEI

Researc topics:

Claudio ROSSI

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Renewable energy sources  

Photovoltaic panels

  • mathematic and circuit modeling
  • on-line maximum power extraction (MPPT)
  • single-stage converters for grid-connected applications

Fuel cells

  • steady-state and transient analysis
  • mathematic and circuit modeling
  • energy management
Switching converter modeling  
  • circuit modeling
  • avereged and high-frequency modeling
  • parasitics modeling
  • conducted EMI analysis
  • pSpice and Simulink implementation
Power conditioning systems  

Active filters

  • load harmonics compensation
  • flicker and unbalance compensation
  • power injection control

Energy storage

  • supercapacitors
  • flywheels
  • superconductive magnetic storage
Direct ac/ac converters  
  • single- and three-phase ac choppers
  • space vector modulation for matrix converters
    
Topics under development  
  • comparison between matrix and back-to-back converters
  • modulation strategies for multilevel inverters
  • new converter topologies for renewable energy sources