The research activities of the PESC group are related to the development, design, optimization and control of power electronic converters and systems. The goal is to provide innovative high efficiency environmental friendly solutions within production, distribution and use of renewable energy. This includes application areas such as onshore and offshore power systems, marine, oil & gas as well as transportation sectors. There is ongoing research and development of new technology and expertise in the following fields:

Power Electronic Converters:

• Design, analysis and testing of power electronic circuits with conventional and wide band-gap semiconductors
•  Medium voltage DC breakers
• Reliability assessment and lifetime estimation of power semiconductor devices

Digital Control of Electric Drives, Front End converters and Energy Storages:

• Designing, build and control of high power electric drives based on multi-phase machines
• Modern control- and estimation techniques for use in drives and front end converters
• Use of modern platforms as Systems on Chip (SoC); multi-core digital signal processors and field programmable array

Future Energy Systems utilizing Power Electronics:

• Marine ship power systems and marine oil & gas applications; AC- and DC-distribution systems
• Marine energy generation based on wind, wave, tidal, etc.
• High voltage AC and DC transmission systems - onshore and offshore
• Insolated and island operated power system
• Deep sea mining and underwater vehicles