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PGS
Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems, RWTH Aachen University
Key areas of expertise
Power-electronics devices
Power-electronic converters and electrical drives for high-power applications
Related Projects
MVDC Collector Grid for Offshore Wind Farms
Medium-Frequency High-Power DC-DC Converter
Flexible Electrical Network (FEN)
FVA-Nacelle
Key infrastructure/tools
Facilites for power-electronic devices:
Clean room
Test-bench for characterization of power-electronics devices under normal and severe stress conditions
5 MW medium-voltage high-speed laboratory:
Testing power-electronic converters and electrical drives up to 3.3 kV (ac), 5 kV (dc) and 15.000 rpm
5 MW medium-voltage dc-dc converter
System-level wind-turbine test bench at the Center for Wind Power Drives
Contributions to VILLAS project
Modelling of power-electronic converters for off-line and real-time simulation
Developing and implementation of the control algorithm for the power-electronic converters considered in the VILLAS structure
Development of the interface between the converter controller and the real-time simulation platform
Analysis of the power-electronic converters behavior in the system