Prof. Leopoldo G. Franquelo,
University of Seville, Spain
IEEE Fellow, President of IEEE IES
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Facing the Challenges of the Current Energy Scenario: The Power Electronics Contribution Abstract: The current energy scenario has introduced several challenges to be solved such as the integration of clean energy generation and distribution systems and the use of efficient high-power and energy storage systems. The energy industry has to face the problems introduced by the integration of renewable energy systems in terms of reliability and stability of the power grid. In addition, energy transportation systems based on the HVDC topology are being installed all over the world. On the other hand, it becomes extremely important to use energy storage systems in order to stabilize and improve the efficiency of the power systems using ultimate generation batteries, ultracapacitors, hydrogen based systems, mechanical systems... Nowadays, the power electronics offers efficient solutions to be applied to the new distributed energy grid concept. This presentation reviews briefly the current scenarios where power electronics converters are being applied. In the presentation, the main focus moves towards the high-power applications, reviewing the different alternatives and topologies, already as industrial products or still as research lines in the academia. Among them, it will be illustrated that the multilevel approach appears as a good solution to face the challenges that medium-voltage high-power applications requires. |
Was born in Malaga, Spain. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain in 1977 and 1980 respectively. In 1978 he joined the Universidad de Sevilla as Research Assistant, becoming Associated Professor in 1982 and Professor since 1986. From 1998 to 2005 was Director of the Electronics Engineering Department. poster (A3 size, PDF
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