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Invited Presentations

Prof. Pavol Bauer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

DC systems and Storage integration: Two key technologies for energy transition

Abstract

DC grids and storage are considered to be two key technologies for the connection, collection and integration of renewable energy resources, for the realization of integrated power systems, for mobile applications (electric ships, aircrafts), for new types of urban and industrial distribution power networks and to bridge and support existing AC systems. Advanced power electronic components, power converters and system protection are enabling DC grids on multiple voltages levels. Especially medium voltage DC grids are expected to play a key role in managing the higher power flows in our future distribution grids.

Roadmap for DC and storage, different steps and research at the TUD is presented with focus on DC grids and DC microgrids and storage integration.

Short bio :

Pavol Bauer is currently a full Professor with the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy of Delft University of Technology and head of DC Systems, Energy Conversion and Storage group. He received Masters in Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Kosice (‘85), Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology (’95). He is also professor in Czech Republic at the Brno University of Technology (2008) and honorary professor at Politehnica University Timisoara in Romania (2018). From 2002 to 2003 he was working partially at KEMA (DNV GL, Arnhem) on different projects related to power electronics applications in power systems. He published over 110 journal and 450 conference papers in his field (with H factor Google scholar 51, Web of Science 31), he is an author or co-author of 8 books, holds 9 international patents and organized several tutorials at the international conferences. He has worked on many projects for industry concerning wind and wave energy, power electronic applications for power systems such as Smarttrafo; HVDC systems, projects for smart cities such as PV charging of electric vehicles, PV and storage integration, contactless charging; and he participated in several Leonardo da Vinci, H2020 and Electric Mobility Europe EU projects as project partner (ELINA, INETELE, E-Pragmatic, Micact, Trolly 2.0, OSCD) and coordinator (PEMCWebLab.com-Edipe, SustEner, Eranet DCMICRO and Flexinet). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE (’97), former chairman of Benelux IEEE Joint Industry Applications

Invited Papers

  • Prof. Elisabetta Tedeschi
    A Real-Time Simulation Platform for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems in Oil and Gas Installations

  • Prof. Stig Munk-Nielsen
    Test Platform for Comparative Evaluation of 690 V and 4160 V Power Electronic Converter Systems

  • Prof. Sudip Mazumder
    Input Filter Design for Capacitive-Link Transformer-less EV Battery Supercharger

  • Prof. Xavier Guillaud
    PQ Decoupling on Grid-Forming Converter Connected to a Distribution Network

  • Prof. Pedro Roriguez
    Small-Signal Modeling of Grid-Forming Power Converter

  • Prof. Xiongfei Wang
    Converter Control Impacts on Efficacy of Protection Relays in HVDC-Connected Wind Farms
    Black Start Strategy for Grid-Forming Offshore Wind Power Plant
    Impact of Reactive Current Injection Mode on Transient Stability of Grid-Following VSCs

  • Prof Josep Pou
    Negative-Sequence Current Compensation in Low-Capacitance StatComs with Arm Current Limitation
    Comparison of Three-Level and Two-Level Clamping Discontinuous Modulation

Special Sessions

  • SS on Power Electronics Technologies for Green Airports – Prof. Giampaolo Buticchi

  • SS on Power electronics solutions for hybrid electric distribution grid – Prof. Chandan Kumar

  • SS on Modeling and stability of modern distribution grid with high penetration of power electronics interfaces – Prof. Zhixiang Zou

  • SS on Real Time Systems and Hardware In the Loop testing of power electronics – Dr.-Ing. Giovanni De Carne

  • SS on Power Electronics for Green Energy Transition in the Baltic Region – Dr. Andrei Blinov, Prof. Dmitri Vinnikov

  • SS on System-level power electronics solutions for 100 % electric grid – Prof. Marcelo Perez, Dr. Marius Langwasser

    Power electronics converters are increasingly found in power systems improving efficiency, reliability, and power quality.
    The high voltage and power rating and the fast dynamical currents control make these devices at distribution and transmission levels.
    This special session is focused on power converters topologies employed in power systems, including modeling, control, and integration of these devices into the power grids. The topic of interest include, but are not limited to: Power converters topologies for medium and high voltage (HVDC, STATCOM, Smart Transformers, etc.), control methods for grid-connected converters (grid forming, grid following), power quality compensation techniques (Voltage support, Fast frequency response, synthetic inertia, etc.) and others .

  • SS on Optical measurement to improve the reliability of power electronics in distributed generation systems – Prof. Ke Ma