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Projects

Future Projects

  • Safety and cost improvements for single wire earth return, (SWER), earth electrode design;
  • Hanging wire detection in rural power systems;
  • Network control theory applications to the maangement of distributed PV inverter VAR capability;
  • Distributed maximum power tracking for building integrated PV systems

Current Projects

  • Distributed control of PV inverter VAR capability for distribution system voltage profile control;
  • Diurnal optimization of distributed energy storage;
  • Integration of storage within residential PV inverters;
  • Four-leg distribution level STATCOM design using silicon carbide devices;
  • Bush fire safety improvements through high Impedance fault detection in rural power lines.

Past Projects

  • Distributed Generation Evaluation Facility and Power Control – ARC LIEF with Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland;
  • Capacity Enhancement, Energy-Loss Reduction and Voltage Control for Remote Three-Phase Distribution Feeders Supplying Electrical Power to Single-Wire Earth-Return Systems, Ergon Energy/ARC
  • Thyristor controlled Reactor for SWER Voltage Regulation Demonstration, Ergon Energy
  • Intelligent Power Processing for Solar Vehicle Arrays, Queensland Department of Housing
  • Web Based Data System for a Sustainable House, Queensland Department of Housing
  • Low Cost Inverters for RAPS, Office of Sustainable Energy
  • Hybrid Diesel Battery Electric Shunting Locomotive Study, Queensland Rail;
  • Energy Storage for Overhead Rail Power System, Queensland Rail
  • Mindi, Bolingbroke and Dalrymple Bay Feeder Station 50kV Harmonic Filter Designs – ABB, Queensland Rail and Powerlink.
  • Hail Creek Switched Capacitor Voltage  Regulator – ABB and Queensland Rail.