Automation and Industrial Electronics Group
Lines of research:
- Power Electronics. Design and realization of switched converters. DC-DC converters. corrugators. Rectifiers. photovoltaic applications. MPPT. Power factor correction. Electrical machines and converters for wind applications. Power conditioning for fuel cells.
- Power Electronics. Electrical architecture of motor vehicles. Continuous electrical energy distribution. Dual voltage system. Alternating power distribution. Load characterization. Simulation of electric power distribution systems in vehicles.
- Control of switched converters. Linear and nonlinear control. Control in sliding mode. Control by passivity. Robust control. Neural Networks. fuzzy control. H-infinity. Digital control. Current control. Input-state linearization. Implementation.
- New structures of switched converters. Bidirectional systems for charging and discharging batteries. Converters in 'interleaving'. resonant converters. Ground and aerospace industrial applications.
- Nonlinear dynamics of switched converters. Instability. Subharmonics. Characterization of the chaotic behavior of converters. Chaos applications: EMI reduction, power conversion. EMI measurement. Implementation of chaotic converters.
- Microelectronic design of controllers for switching converters. Analog microelectronic design of integrated circuits. Technology in current mode. Control in sliding mode. PWM control. fuzzy control.
Research Team:
Teaching staff
- Calvente Calvo, Javier
- Cantó Navarro, Enrique
- Cid Pastor, Ángel
- El Aroudi Chaoui, Abdelali
- Garcia Elvira, David
- Giral Castillon, Roberto
- González Molina, Francisco
- López Santos, Oswaldo
- Olalla Martínez, Carlos
- Sebastia Rullo, Max
- Valderrama Blavi, Hugo
- Vidal Idiarte, Enric
- Zambrano Prada, David A.
Postdoctoral researchers
- Kuntal, Mandal
- Martínez Salamero, Luis
PhD students
- EL Nouha, Mammeri
- Blanch-Fortuna, Alexandra
- Pisani-Orta, Miguel A.
- Cortada Torbellino, Maria
- Alfouly, Ahmed
- Shakir, Uzair
- Torres-Rabanal, Irene
technicians
- Haroun, Reham
