About the project
This project will explore how we can deploy unprecedented levels of renewable energy into the electric grid. It will focus on the controller design of pants like solar and wind to ensure stable and reliable power system. This is a project within the Doctoral Centre for Advanced Electrical Power Engineering.
The recent commitments by the UK government and worldwide for rapid decarbonization of the energy sector have incentivised massive deployment of renewable energy resources (RESs), such as wind farms or solar plants, and other inverter-based resources (IBRs), such as electric vehicles or battery energy storage systems), into the power system. However, the inherent variable nature of RE generation and the operating principles of IBRs introduce limitations on their integration levels in the electrical network. The scientific community is actively looking how we can have more RESs and IBRs in an economic and stability-guaranteed way.
This project will focus on the stability challenges arisen in the power system with massive amounts of variable RES and other IBRs. Special focus will be given on the inverter controller design, such ‘grid-following’, ‘grid-forming’ and variants, aiming at reliable operation at various conditions. This PhD will be carried out within the framework of the UKRI-funded UNIFORM project (Grid-FOllowing And Grid-foRMing Control In Inverter-based Resources).
You will define the research questions and plan. You will review literature and conduct independent research. You will report progress and disseminate results in high-impact journals, conferences and other gatherings. You will be based at Highfield campus, but you may also travel occasionally to research partners for short-term visits.
