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Our mission is to offer value-added technologies and services to support our clients in the development of electric power systems that aim to increase energy efficiency and integrate renewable resources into the grid on a wide scale.
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Spotlight on SuperGrid Institute’s PhDs concluding in 2022
The following PhD students are nearing the end of their research and will be presenting their final theses over the course of 2022.
PhD Somya Anand: “Study and characterization of insulating material using partial discharge measurements for power electronic applications in HVDC and MVDC”
This thesis aims to investigate the partial discharge mechanism under square voltage waveform to address power electronic applications.
PhD Arthur Boutry: “Theoretical and experimental evaluation of the Integrated gatecommutated thyristor (IGCT) as a switch for Modular Multi Level Converters (MMC)”
This manuscript investigates the potential of Integrated Gate-Commutated Thyristors (IGCT) for Modular Multi-Level Converters (MMC).
Latest Publications
Partial discharge measurement in DC GIS: comparison between conventional and UHF methods
The aim of this paper is to investigate the partial discharge signals recorded with both conventional and UHF methods in DC voltage.
DC segmentation: a promising solution to improve angle stability of stressed power systems
The new approach is to segment large AC grids into a set of asynchronously operated AC grids interconnected by HVDC links.
Analysis and design of modular multilevel converters with partial integration of energy storage systems
This paper presents a novel design methodology for a 3-phase Modular Multilevel Converter with partial integration of energy storage.
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