Projects & Experience
Find below an extensive experience list and links to large projects involving EPECentre researchers.
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Experience
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| Network Waitaki - Probabilistic EV Hosting Study | Network Waitaki | |
| EV charger testing | EECA | |
| International HVDC Consulting services and special study project | Industry consulting | |
| Architecture of the Future Low Carbon, Resilient, Electrical Power System (FAN) | MBIE SSIF - AETP | FAN |
| EV hosting study | Orion | |
| Investigation of low voltage distribution pedestals | Unison | |
| Repurposing EV batteries for stationary energy applications in NZ - Techno-commercial evaluation | DARC Technology | |
| High power testing (as a test engineer) | DNV-GL (formerly KEMA), STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| High voltage testing | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| HVDC and FACTS system design, power system integration studies, protection and control design | Utilities world wide, GE |
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| NZ-German Platform for Green Hydrogen Integration (HINT) | Catalyst Funding | |
| Evaluation the opportunity to engineering transition to a low-carbon freight transport system in NZ | Swire Shipping | |
| Optimisation of a multiple tilt angle Solar system | DARC Technology | |
| Solar calculator | EECA | GREEN Grid |
| DGHost | Electricity Utilities and MBIE | GREEN Grid |
| Distributed generation (PV) connection guidelines | EEA and MBIE | GREEN Grid |
| Modelling NZ PV uptake | MBIE | GREEN Grid |
| Optimising power system reserve for contingencies while considering response times | MBIE | GREEN Grid |
| Fault location in distribution networks | Tait Electronics | |
| Modelling controlled hot water systems | EECA | |
| High resolution spatial and temporal solar, wind and wave power data series for New Zealand | MBIE | GREEN Grid |
| Design and execution of the solution to integrate off-shore windpark into an onshore grid | Tennet, GE | |
| Design and control of half-bridge DC connected dynamic braking system | Solution development, GE |
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| Design and implementation of electric and magnetic field measurement array to measure spatial current distribution in and potential distribution across isotropic or anisotropic media with electrical excitation | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| Design of wide range of signal conditioners and converters for thermo-couples and other sensors | Industrial Interface (UK) | |
| Novel cascaded CT-based current sensors, with bilateral depletion FET switches for measuring current distribution in and voltage distribution across novel (patented) segmented electrodes | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| Model-based predictive control of heating of anisotropic materials such as wood | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| Development of one dimensional model to predict the heating of anisotropic materials such as wood | STIMBR | |
| Three dimensional modelling of Joule heating in heterogeneous, anisotropic media, such as wood | STIMBR | |
| Process heat and energy modelling | IPL NZ, Boise-Cascade (USA) | |
| Process flow design, optimisation and instrumentation | Petrofac LLC | |
| Design of pneumatic scheme for log heating rig | STIMBR | |
| Optimisation of CAPEX and OPEX (including RAM) as a part of solution design | GE Tenders and contracts |
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical motor prototype development | Heroux-Devtek | |
| A new electromagnetic imaging method for advanced food process optimization | MBIE | Food Imaging |
| High magnetic field electric propulsion for space | MBIE | Electrification of Transport |
| High efficiency, lightweight propulsion systems for electrification of transport | MBIE SSIF - AETP | Electrification of Transport |
| Testing of FET Switching Thermal Performance | Industry consulting | |
| Ultra high temperature brushless motors for geothermal industry, deployed internationally | MB Century Ltd | |
| Novel single phase permanent magnet motor custom-designed for volume production | Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd, Grundfos Management A/S | |
| Motor design consultancy | UBCO Ltd, AuCom Ltd | |
| Actuator design consultancy | PulseData/Humanware Ltd | |
| Three-dimensional modelling of electromagnetic field distribution in heterogeneous, anisotropic media, such as wood | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| Patented magnetic components with optimally interleaved windings | Weir Electronics |
| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|---|---|
| FET education tool | Energy Education Trust NZ | |
| Near-field optical lithography using evanescent waves | IBM | |
| Photonic crystal devices including a slow light device | IBM | |
| World’s smallest SRAM cell (circa 2004) | IBM | |
| Battery Go-Cart synchronous MOSFET chopper with regenerative braking driving PM 24V motor | University of Canterbury | |
| Novel fluorescent tube replacement system with 3 LED strings (White, Cyan-Blue, Red-Orange) driven by single modified dual-mode buck/flyback-converter | Solar Bright - LED lighting | |
| Development of trapezoidal current driver for large electromagnet - resulting in the invention of a novel BH-bridge | SfTI National Science Challenge | Inverting Electromagnetics |
| Design and fabrication of a new generation of off-line switch-mode power supplies | Weir Electronics | |
| Design and implementation of SCADA system implemented using Zigbee, MODBUS Ethernet and LabVIEW | STIMBR | Smart Electrode |
| Refrigerator fan motor drive COB update | Wellington Drives | |
| Performance evaluation of household technologies such as LED bulbs, heat-pumps and PV inverters | MBIE | Power Quality |
| HVDC valve performance, rating and control | Utilities world wide, GE | |
| Design guideline package for LCC and VSC HVDC solutions | GE |
Ongoing Projects
Projects listed below are current programmes or projects that EPECentre is contributing to.
