PPPEAC hosts a free IEEE PELS Distinguished Lecture webinar with the IEEE Connecticut Section PELS Chapter. Dr. Frans Dijkhuizen of Hitachi Energy Research will speak. HVDC links carry more long-distance and offshore power each year, and each one depends on power electronics at the converter station.<\/p>\n
Over the next decades, the grid needs three times today’s transmission capacity to follow demand growth. Operators must keep power in balance, keep generators in synchronism, and return to steady state fast after disturbances. This talk covers HVDC and STATCOM, two technologies that ease AC grid operating limits, free up grid capacity, and improve power system stability.<\/p>\n
The talk gives a general introduction to the fundamentals, a technology update, and an outlook on DC grid solutions. It also covers future scenarios for energy grids, including national distributed hubs, centralized hubs, and meshed offshore grids. It stresses how these scenarios strengthen energy markets and help integrate renewables.<\/p>\n
Dr. Frans Dijkhuizen<\/strong> is a Research Fellow at Hitachi Energy Research in Sweden and an IEEE PELS Distinguished Lecturer. He has 25 years of industrial experience in research and development of high-power electronics for HVDC and power quality solutions. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He joined ABB Corporate Research in Västerås, Sweden, in 2001 and has worked at Hitachi Energy Research since 2019. He is vice-chair of the IEEE PELS International Technology Roadmap for High-Power Electronics for Modern Energy Grids (ITRG) and of IEEE PELS TC8. He is also a working group member of IEC TC115-WG15.<\/p>\n PPPEAC hosts a free IEEE PELS Distinguished Lecture webinar with the IEEE Connecticut Section PELS Chapter. Dr. Frans Dijkhuizen of Hitachi Energy Research will speak. HVDC links carry more long-distance and offshore power each year, and each one depends on … Continue reading Links<\/h3>\n
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