Achievements From - Chair of Power Electronics

Chair of Power ElectronicsChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKaiserstraße 224143 Kiel

Achievements From: The Highly Efficient And Reliable smart

Transformer (HEART), a new Heart for the Electric Distribution System

Chair of Power Electronics | Marco Liserre | [email protected] 1

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Chair of Power Electronics at CAU

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marco Liserre (Lehrstuhlinhaber) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Friedrich W. Fuchs (Pens.) Dr.-Ing. Markus Andresen, Dr.-Ing. Rongwu Zhu, Dr.-Ing. Giovanni De Carne Prof. Costas Vournas, NTUA, Griechland (Lehrauftrag + Gastprofessor), Prof. Hossein Immanini ,

University of Tehran, Iran, Nimrod Vazquez Nava, Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya, Mexico 3 Sekretärinnen + 2 Labortechniker 20 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter +


- Associate Prof. at Politecnico di Bari, Italy

- Professor – Reliable Power Electronics at Aalborg University, Denmark

- Professor and Head of Power Electronics Chair at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, September 2013

− Listed in ISI-Thomson report World’s Most Influential Minds

− Active in international scientific organization (IEEE Fellow, journals, Vice-President, conf. organization)

− EU ERC Consolidator Grant (only one in EU in the field of power sys.)

− Created or contributed to the creation of several scientific laboratories

Head of the Chair: Prof. Dr. Ing. Marco Liserre

Chair of Power Electronics at CAU

Senior People of the ChairDr.-Ing. Rongwu Zhu

− PhD in University of Aalborg

− Several Projects in Wind Power System

− 13 Journal articles

Dr.-Ing. Markus Andresen

− PhD from CAU Kiel

− Visiting scholar at University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA), 2017


Dr.-Ing. Giovanni De Carne

− PhD from CAU Kiel

− Visiting scholar at Georgiatech (USA), 2017



Chair of Power Electronics

50 (Year) 2 Mill Euro (Year)

People Funding

Cooperation with20 companies

60 articles every year(20 in journals)


Chair of Power Electronics

Competence in PE Applications

Wide-Band-Gap SemiconductorsElectric Vehicles, Electrical Drives, Aerospace

Isolated DC/DC-ConverterElectrical Vehicles, Active Grid, Aerospace

Control of Inverters

Industrial Drives, Active Grid, HVDC, Power Quality, Wind Energy, Electrical Vehicle,

Aerospace

Multilevel Modular Converters Wind Energy, Active Grid, HVDC

Lifetime and ReliabilityWind Energy, Industrial Drives, Active Grid,

HVDC, Aerospace


Grid Integration of inverters

in PSCAD in one of the seveninverters

Test of inverter in realistic grid conditions

Features:

RTDS with 2 racks

Power Amplifier voltage or current controlled

7 inverters controlled throughDspace


Thermal Analysis of power converters

Setup for „Thermal Characterization of powerelectronic Converters“ (TC-PEC)

• High speed IR Camera with positioningsystem, AC & DC Voltage Sources, Electronicloads, Oscilloscope, Power Analyzer,Synchronization & Control system

IR-camera with positioning system for junctiontemperature measurement in modular power

converters.


Medium-Voltage (MV) Laboratory

Planned Contruction Work in Building (Stand Oktober 2015).

Planned test for the MV Lab


The Highly Efficient And Reliable smart Transformer (HEART), a new Heart for the Electric Distribution System


Innovative idea and adopted methodologies

Design for reliability

Hosting capacity

Graph theory

Modular design

sensing and communication

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Press leseases related to HEART

1. News article “Die elektronische Energiewende” in “Kieler Nachrichten”on 16.06.2016 focusses on the close cooperation of EKSH with Chairof Power Electronics, University of Kiel.

2. A special feature on the HEART project was published on the occasionof 350 years of CAU Kiel with title “Wie das Stromnetz denken lernt” in“Kieler Nachrichten”, 200.000 copies.

3. Article about ”Intelligente Transformatoren steuern den Energiefluss“ inwww.springerprofessional.de highlighting the HEART project concept.

4. The 2 Million EUR HEART project was covered by “VDI Nachrichten”with an article titled “Smarte Transformatoren steuern den Stromintelligent”.

5. University of Kiel acknowledged the HEART project by an exclusivearticle titled “Ein neues Herz für das Stromnetz der Zukunft”.

6. “Hamburger Abendblatt” covered an article about HEART project withthe title “Smarte Trafos aus Kiel sollen Energiewende voranbringen”.

7. “Kieler entwickeln smarte Transformatoren” article in “KielerNachrichten“ provides an overview of the HEART project to the society.


Press leseases related to HEART

8. http://www.elektroniknet.de/preview/smarter-transformator-fuer-das-stromnetz-der-zukunft-152767.html with an artical titled „Smarter Transformator für das Stromnetz der Zukunft“

9. https://www.pv-magazine.de/2018/04/20/intelligenter-baustein-fuer-mehr-erneuerbare-und-mehr-elektroautos/

10. https://www.emobilitaetonline.de/news/forschungsprojekte/4560-smart-transformator-stromnetz

11. https://www.stromschnell.de/news/smart-transformator-fuer-ein-stabiles-stromnetz-_6571710_5093604.html

12. https://www.eksh.org/fileadmin/downloads/publikationen/Broschuere_Energieforschung_Final_Download_1804.pdf

13. https://www.google.it/amp/s/phys.org/news/2018-04-intelligent-components-power-grid-future.amp

14. http://content.energycentral.com/news/en/39263258/Kiel-University-Intelligent-components-for-the-power-grid-of-the-future-Kiel-research-team-presents-prototypes-at-the-Hannover-Messe?


Workshops, Special Sessions, Tutorials

So far, 13 activities in terms of Workshops, Special sessions and Tutorials on the topic of Smart Transformer have (will) been organized .

1. Special Session IEEE ECCE 2018 on "Smart Transformers: which impact of the SiCtechnology ? “ by Marco Liserre, Portland, Oregon, USA

2. Special Session IEEE IECON 2018 on “Smart Transformer: Design, Control and Impact on future disribution grid“ by Marco Liserre, Rongwu Zhu, Chunmin Tu, at Washington, USA

3. Special Session ICIEA 2018 on “Energy Router” by Chunming Tu, Rongwu Zhu, Zixin Li, at Wuhan, China

4. ICPS 2018 Tutorial on “The Smart Transformer- Impact on the Electrical Grids and TechnolgyChallenges” by G. Buticchi, G. De Carn, M. Liserre, Russia.

5. Special Session IEEE IECON 2017 on “Design, Operation and Control of Smart Transformer in Power Distributiion System” by Marco Liserre, Chandan Kumar and Mario Paolone, at Beijing, China.


Workshops, Special Sessions, Tutorials

8. Powertech 2017 Tutorial on “The Smart Transformer: Impacts on the Electric Grid andTechnology Challenges” by Marco Liserre, Costas Vournas, Giovanni De Carne, at UK

9. Special Session IEEE IECON 2016 on “Smart Transformers For Low-voltage Distribution Grids”by Giampaolo Buticchi and Marco Liserre, at Piazza Adua, Italy.

10. Special Section IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2016 on “New Technique Trends forPower Converters in Distributed Power Generation Systems” by Marco Liserre, Weimin Wu andShu-hung Henry Chung.

11. ECPE Workshop 2016 on “Smart Transformers for Traction and Future Grid Application 2016, byProf. Liserre, at Zurich, Switzerland.

12. INDIN 2015, Presentation on “The Smart Transformer and its Impact on the Electric Grid” byProf. Liserre. Cambridge, United Kingdom

13. Innovationscluster Leistungselektronik für Regenerative Energieversorgung 2015, MesseHusum, Presentation on “Leistungselektronik als Verbindung zwischen AC- und DC-Stromnetzen“ by Prof. Liserre, Germany.


Invited Presentations related to HEART

Industrial presentations: Danfoss (Denmark, Germany, USA), ABB (Switzerland, Sweden), Siemens (Germany), Hansewerke (Germany), EWE (Oldenburg).

Invited Scientific Presentations (10) Hannover Messe, Germany 2018, presentation on "A Semi-modular-based and SiC-based

Smart Transformer“ by Prof. Liserre

Keynote speeches IEEE eTD workshop 2017, presentation on “The Smart Transformer:impacts on the electric grid and technology challenges” by Marco Liserre, at Aalborg,Denmark.

ECPE Workshop 2016, Zurich, Switzerland, presentation on “Smart Transformers: System-Level Challenges” at “Smart Transformers for Traction and Future Grid Application” ECPEWorkshop by Prof. Liserre, and “The HEART Approach: Reliability through EnergyRouting”, ECPE Workshop by L. Costa and M. Andresen.


Invited Presentations related to HEART

Presentation in HuNan Univeristy, Changsha, China, 2017, "Smart Transformer Architecture andits impact on the furture electric grid" by R. Zhu.

Presentation in JiangNan Univeristy, Wuxi, China, 2017, "Smart Transformer Architecture and itsimpact on the furture electric grid" by R. Zhu.

Presentation in China Univeristy of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, 2017, "SmartTransformer Architecture and its impact on the furture electric grid" by R. Zhu.

International Summer School on Hybrid Microgrids 2016, Pavia, Italy, Presentation on “SmartTransformers-based hybrid microgrids” by Prof. Liserre.

PCIM Europe 2015, Munich, Germany, "The Smart Transformer and its impact on the electricgrid" presentation at “Fachforum für Podiumsdiskussionen und Fachvorträge” by Prof. Liserre.

INDIN 2015, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Presentation on “The Smart Transformer and itsImpact on the Electric Grid” by Prof. Liserre.

Innovationscluster Leistungselektronik für Regenerative Energieversorgung 2015, Messe Husum,Germany, Presentation on “Leistungselektronik als Verbindung zwischen AC- und DC-Stromnetzen“ by Prof. Liserre.


Publications from HEART

• Journal Papers: 41 in top peer-reviewd journals• Conference Papers: 55 in the international top conference


Industrial/PhD course for ST

The Industrial/PhD Course: The Smart Transformer: Impact

on the Electric Grid and Technology Challenges

Has be successfully held two times on 22-24 Feb. 2017 and 21-23 Feb. 2018.

The next year course is scheduled on 13-15 Feb. 2019.

Industrical/PhD course Flyer


Projects related to HEART

Life Wind150 k€

Reliability

HEART

Gridanalysis

Thermal based FCS-MPC

65 k€

Fault tolerant modular power converter 70 k€

&ERC PoC UHEART

ENSURE600 k€

Relink600 k€

Wind farm control strategy65 k€

PE region800 k€ Topologies

and devices

Reliability issues in Power electronics

12.5 k€

MV side ST services70 k€

Medium voltage laboratory1.030 k€


Awards connected to HEART

We have received 5 awards for our PhDs from the top conferences, and 3 Humboldt Research Fellowships (one for experienced researcher). PI has received 2 IEEE Awards and been listed Thomson Reuters for the high citation of his publications.

• PI has received “IEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems” in 2014 for the contributions to the integration of renewable energy sources into the smart power grid through the industrial electronics

• PI has selected as the 2017 winner of IEEE power Electronics Society’s Sustainable Energy Systems to acknowledge his contributions to control of renewable energy systems in the power grid.

• PI was listed Thomson Reuters “Highly Cited: The world’s most influential scientific minds” in 2014 based on the analysis of citation data over 11 years to identify those who published the highest impact work



5 awards for our PhDs from the top conferences

• Sebastian Brüske was recognized with “The IES Student Paper and Travel Assistance Grants " for IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2017.

• Johannes Falk was recognized with the “IES Student Paper Travel Award” at IECON 2015

• Markus Andresen received the “Best Presentation Recognition of IECON 2015 session”.

• Levy Costa received the “Best Presentation Award at APC 2016”.

• Levy Costa was recognized with the “APEC Student Travel Grant” at APEC 2017.



3 Humboldt Research Fellowships.

• Giampaolo Buticchi has received Humboldt Research Fellowship, title “Fault Tolerant Modular Power converter topologies for Smart Transformer”

• Chandan Kumar has received Humboldt Research Fellowship, title “Impact and Potentials of Smart Transformer in a Power Distribution System”.

• Hossein IMANEINI has received Humboldt Experienced Researchers Fellowship, title “An Improved Modular Multilevel Converter Topology with DC Fault Blocking Capability for High Voltage DC Systems”.


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