Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/F069871/1 | |
| Title | Reliable Power Systems and Integrated Circuits | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr P Wilson No email address given Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2008 | |
| End Date | 31 December 2008 | |
| Duration | 9 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £6,040 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Electronics; Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Information & Communication Technology | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr P Wilson , Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | This research is intended to research ways in which existing energy can be reliably controlled and directed to domestic power users. The source of the energy could be mains, or variable sources such as renewable energy.The way the research can make an impact is by using smart power switches with on board processors (like in a PC) to manage the power flow in an intelligent way.One of the key issues is making this type of system reliable in the field - it has to work all the time - and so one specific aspect will be to improve the reliability of the basic power switches and to deal with outages properly.Normally in this type of system, the complex electronics tends to be taken seperately from the high power side, but one novel aspect of this proposed work is the ability to use high performance on board instrumentation of the power electronics using "low" power processing.The teams in the collaboration have complementary expertise in Power Electronics, IC Design and Devices which make this a unique opportunity in many respects to take some important steps forward | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 28/04/08 | |
