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Reference Number	EP/D078792/1
Title	Platform: Future Technologies in Power Electronics
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 10%; Not Energy Related 85%; Energy Efficiency 5%;
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	Professor J (Jon ) Clare No email address given Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Nottingham
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	02 October 2006
End Date	01 October 2010
Duration	48 months
Total Grant Value	£758,646
Industrial Sectors	Energy
Region	East Midlands
Programme	Manufacturing: Engineering
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor J (Jon ) Clare , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (99.994%)
	Other Investigator	Dr P Zanchetta , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Dr C Klumpner , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Dr M Sumner , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Dr P Wheeler , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Professor G Asher , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Dr KJ Bradley , Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
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Objectives
Abstract	To date, the PG has enabled blue-sky and applied research in AC-AC conversion, the latter, in particular, enabling growth of strategic collaborations in the aerospace, RF and energy sectors. Whilst the Group's strategic integration into the international aerospace sector is well advanced, that into the RF and energy sectors is at an early stage; this is because the mass penetration of power electronic conversion in to the respective markets has yet to be realised. The market potential andthe opportunities for new partnerships and strategies are discussed in Section 2.Scientifically, the existing PG has enabled the PEMC Group to grow its base-expertise and knowledge transfer potential to span the spectrum of power electronic technologies in which AC-AC and multi-level, multi-cellular topologies are seen as particular solutions dependent on the nature of the application performance specifications. For example, in RF power electronics, all three topologies (and other paradigms) can be applied.The broad aim of the Platform Grant Renewal (PGR) is to provide the manpower base to exploit the Group's increased scientific potential in addressing existing and future challenges in power electronic conversion; and to apply this potential to selected application areas in order to develop new and existing strategic collaborations with industry and institutions, both within the UK and internationally
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Added to Database	01/01/07