RESEARCH

Research Areas

Power Electronics

New power converter topologies (DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC), Multilevel Converters, Resonant and Soft-Switching Converters, Gate Drive Circuits, Power Supplies and New Modulation Methods.

Control in Power Conversion

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM, BLDC, etc.), Reluctance Motor and Generators, Induction Motors, Axial Magnetic Flux Electric Machines, Sensorless Control and Estimation, Direct Torque Control (DTC), Field Oriented Control (FOC), New AC Machine Drives and Position Sensors.

Control in Power Conversion

Conventional Control, Predictive Control, Intelligent Control, Expert Control, Multivariable Control, Adaptive Control, Vectorial Control, Model Estimation and Adaptation, Parameter Acquisition and Instrumentation, Digital Signal Processing, Microcontrollers, Field Programable Gate Array, Industrial Controllers and Embebed Systems.

Storage and Management of Energy

Battery Management Systems, Battery Chargers, Battery Equalisation, Integration and management of hybrid energy storage systems, Ultracapacitors, High Temperature Batteries and Lithium-ion Batteries.

Applications

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

State-of-the-art in technology and research (Energy Storage and Management, Power Converters, Motor Drives, Power Trains and Instrumentation).

Renewable Energies

Photovoltaic Cells, Wind Generation, Sea Energy and Micro-generation.

Utilities

Static Active Filters, Felixible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS), Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMS).

Industry

Electromechanical Process, Motion Control, Machine Drives and Industrial controllers.

Future Research Interest

Smart Grids

Sensors, Smart Meters, Advanced Control and Specific Power Converters.

Distributed Generation

Cogeneration, Vehicle to Grid Systems, Power Management, Independent and Central Control.

HVDC

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission and Interconnection, Current and Voltage Converteres, Multilevel Modular Converters (MMC), Power System Controls, Multi-grid HVDC and Semiconductors application (IGBTs, GTOs, IGCTs, etc.).

Energy Harvesting

Piezoelectric generators, Pyroelectric generators, Magnetic Induction, Pedal Power, Special Power Converters and Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS).

Fondecyt Projects

“Flexible Asymmetric Cascaded Multilevel Converters: Control and Modulation for Variable Voltage and Power Asymmetries in Real-time”
“Design and implementation of two electric cars, using state-of-the art-technologies: ultracapacitors and li-ion batteries for a pure electric vehicle and an efficient control system for a series hybrid plug-in prototype”.
Design and implementation of a small electric vehicle for low range and fast charge applications, using special converter topologies and ultracapacitors for energy storage”.
“Desarrollo de convertidores trifasicos de 81 niveles para accionamientos industriales y de vehiculos electricos, utilizando ultracapacitores”.
“Estudio y aplicación de nuevas tecnologías para el uso eficiente de la energía en vehículos eléctricos”.
“Implementación y pruebas de vehículo eléctrico en base a motores brushless dc”.
“Estudio y desarrollo de un sistema de tracción utilizando motores sincrónicos de imanes permanentes”.
“Desarrollo de sistemas de control para utilizar inversores estáticos en tracción eléctrica”.
“Estudio, diseño e implementación de un inversor transistorizado de potencia para usar maquinas de corriente alterna en tracción”.
“Desarrollo analítico y experimental de un rectificador trifásico bidireccional con control secuencial y factor de potencia adelantado”.

Fondecyt Projects (Co-researcher)

“Active compensation of sub and inter-harmonics in power systems”.
“Development of static converter topologies for medium and high voltage power systems active compensation”.
“Desarrollo de topologías estáticas en cascada para compensación dinámica de sistemas eléctricos de potencia en media y alta tensión”.
“Desarrollo de convertidores estáticos con capacidad de compensación activa para aplicaciones industriales”.
“Uso de filtros activos de potencia para mejorar la calidad de suministro de la energía eléctrica”.
“Desarrollo de nuevas topologías y estrategias de control para filtros activos de potencia”.
“Diseño y construcción de filtros mixtos para la compensación de sistemas de potencia”.
“Estudio y desarrollo de un filtro activo de potencia implementado con inversores de voltaje conectados en paralelo”.
“Estudio y desarrollo de un compensador estático de reactivos controlado por tensión y con capacidad para eliminar armónicas”.
“Estudio de un vehículo hibrido para el transporte urbano de pasajeros”.

Milenio

“Electrónica Industrial y Mecatrónica” (NEIM).
“Electrónica Industrial y Mecatrónica” (NEIM).

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