APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS LABORATORY

Non Conventional Energy – Modelling the steady state and dynamic characteristics of the PV, Fuel cell and wind energy sources – Power converter topologies for stand – alone and grid connected PV, FC and wind systems – Maximum Power Point Tracking Schemes – Microgrid Power Quality – Power factor correction techniques for AC to DC systems – Compensation Schemes for VAR, harmonics and phase imbalance Power conversion and Electric Drives – New power converter topologies and their analysis, modelling and simulation – High frequency link power conversion – ZVS, ZCS configurations – Advanced control schemes for power conversion (eg. Hybrid, QFT, Sliding mode etc.) – Switched capacitor DC – DC power converters – Sensor less control of electric drives Electronic Systems – GPS – INS Integration for navigation applications (eg. defense applications) – Intelligent transportation systems – Biomedical systems – Radiation effects on electronic and power electronic systems and components EMI/EMC – Analysis, measurement and mitigation of EMI in Electronic and power electronic systems – System design and optimization for reduced EMI – Design and development of measurement tools for EMI (e.g. E field probe, H field probe etc.)