Introduction of Power Electronics Lab
The Power Electronics Lab (PE Lab) focuses on research and development as well as high quality training and education for high-efficient and high reliable power electronics systems. The research scopes of our lab cover
1) design of a variety of power converters including ac-dc converters, dc-ac inverters, ac-ac matrix converters, multilevel converters, and resonant converters,
2) development of modern control algorithms and modulation techniques for power converters as well as their realization of DSP(Digital Signal Processor) boards,
3) condition monitoring, fault detection, and fault-tolerant control techniques of power converters,
4) artificial intelligence (AI) based reliability improvement techniques including embedded online AI board developments
Main research topics
Designs of topologies and control methods of single-phase and three-phase AC-DC converters and PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuits
Developments of structures and control algorithms for two-level and multilevel inverters and converters including Neutral Point Clamped Converters, Transistor Clamped Converter, Flying Capacitor Converters, Cascaded H-Bridge Converters, Modular Multilevel Converters etc.
Design and control of direct matrix ac-ac converters
Fault diagnosis, prognosis, and fault-tolerant control of power converters
Artificial Intelligence (AI) combined power electronics technologies
Developments of onboard artificial intelligence (AI) embedded power converters
Research for DC and AC arc fault detections using signal processing and AI
Research on degradation and reliability for power semiconductor devices including Si and SiC MOSFETS, and IGBTs, and GaN devices
Design of structures and controls for dc-dc converters and resonant converters