A joint PhD position in Power Quality for efficiency and compliance testing of grid-forming converters

Are you inspired by developing testbeds for measurements of grid-forming converters and realizing the possibility to do on-site compliance tests?

Grid-forming converters are key to transforming our electricity grid. However, their performance needs to be evaluated more critically before they can be applied in the grid. We aim realizing the required testbeds at the Power Quality lab at the University of Technology in Eindhoven in cooperation with the University of Twente, where the focus is on the efficiency of the grid-forming inverters. The compliance process is described in general terms in the RfG (Requirements for Generators) and the Dutch Grid Code.

The process of compliance test is a challenging process, certainly with the on-site measurements where different parameters such as voltage and frequency can change in time and the response of the converters should be determined in dependency on both these parameters.

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We offer a fully-funded PhD position of 4 years in a joint cooperation between the University of Technology Eindhoven and University of Twente. You will start by building the testbed(s), and continue with testing grid-forming converters on their characteristics. The location of the work will mainly be in Eindhoven.
The work will be done in cooperation with VSL (the Dutch Metrology Institute) and will be part of the European GridForm project.

You will join the active and growing research teams specialized in Power Conversion and Power Quality within the Electrical Energy System (EES) group of TU/e and the Power Electronics group of UT (University of Twente).
Besides research you will also contribute to education within the department. Apart from supervising BSc and MSc students in their research projects, other assistance in education, e.g. in bachelor courses, is usually limited to around 10% of your contract time.