Research Group for Advanced Industrial Systems is conducting research in fields of electrical machines, power electronics, electrical and process measurements, materials and industry ecology which are integrated in research of industrial drives as a foundation of industry production. Afore mentioned research is coherent with modern trends in ecology, energy efficiency improvement and complex system optimization in accordance with digital transformation principles.
Research in field of electrical machines is concerned with electrical machines modelling and parameter identification, as well as with advanced electrical drives control methods with purpose of industry drive operation optimization and energy efficiency improvement. The research is complemented with modern developed RCP and HIL systems application for research verification, product testing and teaching in fields of electrical drives.
Research in field of modelling and parameter identification is strongly supported by research in field of numerical methods. Research in field of numerical methods is oriented to mathematical modelling, simulation and analysis of electrical devices (electromagnetic fields, thermal and mechanical stresses). The numerical methods and optimization techniques are also extensively used for solving the optimization and estimation problems in electrical power grid through developed co-simulation approaches.
In field of industrial measurements, the emphasis is on new measurement methods development for electrical and non-electrical values in industrial facilities, as well as on development of new methods for estimation and expression of measurement uncertainty. Researches in this field also cover connection of business logistics with production process and improvement of industrial systems in accordance with digital transformation principles. The information technology application for digital transformation of metrology in broader context should also be pointed out, including the cyber security issues as well.
In field of power electronics research is specifically oriented to three-phase voltage converter control methods for energy storage, so called battery energy storages, using HIL methods. According to growing trends of renewable energy sources applications, the emulation procedures for electrical energy production process in photo-voltaic systems are developed. Additionally, the bifurcation behavior for one-quadrant chopper without galvanic isolation and rectifier feedback effects on AC power grid are investigated.
The reserach group works through four laboratories:
- Electrical machines and drives laboratory
- Power electronics laboratory
- Industrial measurements laboratory
- Applied numerical analysis in electrical engineering laboratory
- Materials and industrial ecology laboratory
