Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Control and Power Group
Head of research group: Professor Richard Vinter
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General Research Area: Power and Control Engineering
Specific Research Subjects: Modelling, analysis and control of energy supply systems, system wide security, linear and non linear oscillations in power systems, voltage and angle stability, robust damping of power system oscillations, interactions between markets and power systems, congestion monitoring and control, power electronics in power generations, transmission and distribution, flexible ac transmissions (FACTS), FACTS controllers, distributed generations (DG), micro grids, power converter for machines & drives, active power filters, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), control of power converters, electromagnetic fields problems.
Subject Area: Power systems, power electronics, electromagnetics, renewable energy, control theory and engineering
Specific Facilities: Electromagnetic field computation software, large-scale model reduction, small signal analysis and control design package for power system stability related problem
Location: London
Contacts: Dr Tim Green, Dr Bikash Pal, Dr Dragana Popovic