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Two weeks ago, Paula Muñoz from CITCEA-UPC attended the CIRED (International Community on Electricity Distribution) 2024 Vienna, focused on increasing distribution network hosting capacity. Paula Muñoz presented our paper entitled “Multiport Converter Design and Optimal Location in Distribution Grids”, co-authored by Marc Cheah Mañé, Eduardo...

🌐 Our project was represented by Yahia (UNIPD) at the PEMD 2024 Conference held at the PEMD | International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (theiet.org), Nottingham (UK)! 🇬🇧 Yahia, presented a comprehensive study which evaluates #semiconductor device stresses, losses, total chip area and magnetic element size. The main...

Have a look to this event organized by our colleagues from AGISTIN (Horizon Europe project). In iPLUG-HE we are also interested in #gridcodes for #MultiportConverters. This has been covered in WP1 and will be soon available in D1.1. Future grid codes for Multiport Converters must also consider existing requirements from #storage devices as...

In April 2024, Sergio Costa from Typhoon-Hil visited IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya and CITCEA-UPC. Please find as follows a short summary of his visits at both institutions. During his first visit at IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, a 1-hour tour of IREC´s labs was organized following a discussion of the...

    Two weeks ago, Marti Dominguez from CITCEA-UPC presented at the HVDC Colloquium held at ETSEIB, UPC. This colloquium is organized by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, KU Leuven, Imperial College London, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd and Centrale Lille and it was a great opportunity to share research between academics...

Last week, the third General Assembly of the project iPLUG was hosted by IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya in Sant Adria de Besòs and Anell in Granollers. During the first day at IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, there was an extensive review of the Work Packages and technical discussions...

The second day of the General Assembly 03 of the project iPLUG´s has already started hosted by Anell in Granollers, Barcelona. #horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, University of Strathclyde, INFRAESTRUCTURES DE...

The first day of the General Assembly 03 of the project iPLUG’s has already started hosted by IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya in Sant Adria de Besòs, Barcelona. #horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de...

    Last week Matthew Deakin from University of Newcastle spent some days at CITCEA-UPC and IREC.  Please find as follows a short summary of his visit at both institutions.  During his visits he presented his recent work from RAEng fellowship and EPSRC MC2 project on reconfigurable power electronics and discussed several potential...

   📢 Exciting News!  AGISTIN (Horizon Europe project) shows a great application of the multiport converters. Our collaboration will help to smooth the grid transition with larger penetration of renewable generation. #iPLUG #AGISTINproject #collaboration Find out more about iPLUG at https://iplug-he.eu/ You can also find more information...

📢 Exciting News!  We are happy to announce a new collaboration with HE SSTAR project. Please find as follows a short SSTAR summary: Considering the needed transition towards a low-carbon economy, SSTAR project is contributing to change the energy industry infrastructure, starting from Solid-State Transformers (SSTs). The SST is a quite recent...

🌐 Our project was represented by Yahia (UNIPD) at the 8th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2023) held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany! 🇩🇪 Sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), this workshop served as a pivotal platform for industry professionals and...

📢 Exciting News! Newsletter #2 is here! 📰 Dive into our latest update, covering two major events and essential technical details about MultiPorts. Stay informed and engaged with our progress. Check it out now! Access here to read the full newsletter. #horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers...

How the use of multiport converters will reduce grid congestion and increase the efficiency of renewable energy integration? #horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, University of Strathclyde, INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA...

Hierarchical, distributed grid intelligence will play an important role in the future of low inertia, converter-dominated power systems.In iPLUG's vision of the future distribution grids, the Multiport Converters will stand as critical intelligent and autonomous agents which act as local "brains" managing multiple distributed energy sources and...

Two weeks ago, Typhoon HIL, Inc. hosted the 02 General Assembly, in Novi Sad, Serbia. On the first day, there was an extensive review of the Work Packages and technical discussions regarding Multiport converters sizing and topologies for medium voltage applications. Later in the day, attendees had the opportunity to tour Typhoon HIL facilities...

The second day of the General Assembly concluded, marked by numerous productive technical discussions on multiport converter topologies and control.#horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, University of...

The 02 iPLUG’s GA has already started, Hosted by Typhoon HIL, Inc. in Novi Sad, Serbia.#horizoneurope #energy #powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Università degli Studi di Padova, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, University of Strathclyde, INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA...

Last week, IPLUG attended the E-smarter Europe event at Messe München, which took place from June 14 to 16, 2023. 🌍🔌 This event, themed "Creating a new energy world," stood as Europe's largest platform for the energy industry and drew an impressive attendance of over 100k visitors. It focused on renewable energies, decentralization, and...

iPLUG wants to express our sincere gratitude for your attendance and participation at The smarter E event. Your presence and engagement made it a remarkable success! A special thanks to Alessandro, Maria Laura and Edoardo for organizing and the support given through the event, as well as all the other 7 EU...

Today our colleague Dr Marc Cheah Mañé from CITCEA-UPC participated in the panel session “Flexibility and retail market options for DSO - Replicable solutions for a cross-sector compliant energy ecosystem” organized by CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency Bridge ETIPSNET,...

CITCEA-UPC is representing the iPLUG-HE project at The smarter E event, taking place in Munich, Germany. Feel free to reach out to us in, European Commission BRIDGE ETIP SNET CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency zone (booth B5.220A), and let's seize this opportunity...

We are thrilled to share the first iPLUG project newsletter! 🎉 Our newsletter provides insights into the objectives, impact, and partners of this EU-funded project. iPLUG is developing cutting-edge power electronics based on multiport converters that enable the integration of renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and loads to the...

The WP3 objectives are: • Reviewing multiport power converter topologies for LV applications and compared them in terms of efficiency, power density, component count and controllability.• Power Converter modelling and control to ensure Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS), wide bandwidth current/voltage control and impedance passivity at converter...

We're excited to share that iPLUG-HE has started the activities of WP3: the development of efficient multiport power converters for low voltage applications. Our goal is to create a solution that is more efficient, smaller, and easier to scale than traditional setups that require dedicated power converters for each port. Our multiport structures...

The objectives of WP2 are:• Reviewing multiport converter topologies based on #modularconverters with parallel/series cell connections and #isolation options for various ports• Development of control and modulation strategies to achieve #functionalities at the different ports• Selection of topologies based...

Last month iPLUG-HE started WP2 led by Chalmers tekniska högskola. This WP addresses the design and development of #reliable, #efficient, #modular and #highpowerdensity #multiportconverter topologies for medium voltage distribution grids as compared with the more traditional solutions where a dedicated converter is used to interface sources and...

#Multiportconverters will integrate 3 or more ports (each with associated energy sources/sinks) with potentially multiple networks and can have time-varying objectives. As a result, the definition of interconnection requirements for multiport converters will be difficult compared to conventional converter-interfaced devices, whose requirements...

Last week the first iPLUG-HE General Assembly meeting was held on the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The first day, a brief review of current activities was presented with focus on the results from WP1. In particular, the study cases, potential KPIs and grid requirements for #multiportconverters were summarised. The second day, different...

The iPLUG-HE 01 GA is about to start, hosted by University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. #horizoneurope#energy#powerelectronics CITCEA-UPC, Chalmers University of Technology, IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, Anell, Typhoon HIL, Inc., INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA SAU, Università degli Studi di Padova...

Third group of scenarios examines introduction of Multiport Power Converter within #offgrid communities currently powered by on-site generation. Such #microgrid systems are predominant source of electricity within some #ruralcommunities in Scottish Highlands as well as across the Global South. Adoption of MPC could significantly improve power...

Multiport Power Converter for Household Applications.Second group of case studies investigated by iPLUG-HE considers scenarios where Multiport Power Converter is used within #Household Applications to integrate local #PV, #Electric Vehicle and #Battery Energy Storage Systems. Initial analysis confirms that introduction of Multiport Power...

Introduction of Multiport Power Converter within MV networks shows a potential for greater power flow balancing between feeders operating either at the same or different voltage levels. In such cases, additional ports of the converter can be used to utilise local #renewablegeneration, adapt backup #energystorage devices or support #EV charging...

Who is CITCEA-UPC?CITCEA-UPC is a research centre created in 2001 and based in Barcelona, Spain. The centre is devoted to #research, #innovation and #technologicaltransfer to the industry. Currently, 10 CITCEA-UPC members belong to the staff of professors of UPC, and the rest of the team consists of engineers, PhD students and master students,...

Who is Università degli Studi di Padova ?Celebrating in 2022 eight hundred years from its foundation, the University of Padova (UNIPD) is one of the leading Universities in #Italy and has a long tradition and consolidated reputation for #scientific excellence. Its 32 departments, 40 doctoral degree courses and 4 interdisciplinary research and...

INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA SAU (ICAT) is the entity of the Generalitat de Catalunya that manages most of the constructions of the #Catalan Administration. It participates in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance phase of buildings and infrastructure driven by the Generalitat. The main strategic mission of...

Tajfun HIL d.o.o. is a fully owned #Serbian subsidiary of Typhoon HIL, Inc., and a market and #technology leader in the rapidly growing field of ultra-high-fidelity Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) simulation for #powerelectronics and #microgrids. Typhoon HIL delivers industry-proven, vertically integrated real-time test solutions that...

Who is Anell?Aněll (ex Estabanell Distribució) is a Distribution System Operator based in #Catalonia, Spain. Its electrical grid was initially built more than 100 years ago to supply electricity to the textile industry and was later expanded to supply electricity to other towns and end users. Aněll has more than 120 km of 40 kV sub-transmission...

Who is IREC?IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya is the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, a Catalan research centre, part of the ICERCA - Centres de Recerca de Catalunya institute. Its mission is to contribute to the sustainable development of our society implementing industrial competitiveness, generating scientific...

Who is Chalmers tekniska högskola ?Chalmers University of Technology is a Swedish university based in #Gothenburg. The researchers involved in the project belong to the division of Electric Power Engineering in the department of Electrical engineering and conduct research within a broad range of topics in electric power technology. Research...

Who is the University of Strathclyde?The University of Strathclyde is a world-leading technological university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Strathclyde is one of Europe's largest energy research clusters, with a core focus on power engineering. Strathclyde is home to the state-of-the-art megawatt range research facilities PNDC and the DER...

-What is a Multiport Converter?#powerelectronics have an important role on improving the operation of the distribution grid. A Multiport Converter considers the possibility to integrate multiple ports with AC and DC outputs, which could be used to introduce #storage or DC loads, such as #electricvehiclecharging stations, between AC feeders...

Last September 22 and 23 we kicked off the Horizon Europe IPLUG project in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya  CITCEA-UPC. The project is entitled "Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks". The consortium is led...