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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 |
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| Repurposing EV batteries for stationary energy applications in NZ - Techno-commercial evaluation |
DARC Technology |
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| 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 |
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| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|
| Optimisation of a multiple tilt angle Solar system |
DARC Technology |
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| 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 |
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| Modelling controlled hot water systems |
EECA |
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| 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 |
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| Design and control of half-bridge DC connected dynamic braking system |
Solution development, GE |
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| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Three dimensional modelling of Joule heating in heterogeneous, anisotropic media, such as wood |
STIMBR |
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| Process heat and energy modelling |
IPL NZ, Boise-Cascade (USA) |
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| Process flow design, optimisation and instrumentation |
Petrofac LLC |
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| Design of pneumatic scheme for log heating rig |
STIMBR |
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| Optimisation of CAPEX and OPEX (including RAM) as a part of solution design |
GE Tenders and contracts |
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| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|
| Ultra high temperature brushless motors for geothermal industry, deployed internationally |
MB Century Ltd |
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| Novel single phase permanent magnet motor custom-designed for volume production |
Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd, Grundfos Management A/S |
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| Motor design consultancy |
UBCO Ltd, AuCom Ltd |
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| Actuator design consultancy |
PulseData/Humanware Ltd |
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| 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 |
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| Project | Client(s), Funder(s) and/or Supplier(s) | Related Programme |
|---|
| Near-field optical lithography using evanescent waves |
IBM |
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| Photonic crystal devices including a slow light device |
IBM |
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| World’s smallest SRAM cell (circa 2004) |
IBM |
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| Battery Go-Cart synchronous MOSFET chopper with regenerative braking driving PM 24V motor |
University of Canterbury |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Inverting Electromagnetics |
| Design and implementation of SCADA system implemented using Zigbee, MODBUS Ethernet and LabVIEW |
STIMBR |
Smart Electrode |
| Refrigerator fan motor drive COB update |
Wellington Drives |
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| 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 |
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| Design guideline package for LCC and VSC HVDC solutions |
GE |
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Ongoing Projects
Projects listed below are current programmes or projects that EPECentre is contributing to.
Past Projects
