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Projects and experience
27 August 2024
Find out about the research conducted at the EPECentre.
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Projects listed below are current programmes or projects that EPECentre is contributing to.
Previous projects & experience
Find below an extensive list of previous projects and experience for EPECentre researchers, grouped by area of expertise.
- 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
- 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
(See also Smart Electrode)
- High voltage testing
STIMBR
(See also Smart Electrode)
- HVDC and FACTS system design, power system integration studies, protection and control design
Utilities world wide, GE
- 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
(see also Green Grid)
- DGHost
Electricity Utilities and MBIE
(see also GREEN Grid)
- Distributed generation (PV) connection guidelines
EEA and MBIE
(see also GREEN Grid)
- Modelling NZ PV uptake
MBIE
(see also GREEN Grid)
- Optimising power system reserve for contingencies while considering response times
MBIE
(see also 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
(see also 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
- 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
(see also 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
(see also Smart Electrode)
- Model-based predictive control of heating of anisotropic materials such as wood
STIMBR
(see also 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
- High temperature brushless motor for driving jet liner engine actuator
Héroux-Devtek
(See also European Commission - NNEOS)
- A new electromagnetic imaging method for advanced food process optimization
MBIE
(see also Food Imaging)
- High magnetic field electric propulsion for space
MBIE
(see also Electrification of Transport)
- High efficiency, lightweight propulsion systems for electrification of transport
MBIE SSIF – AETP
(see also 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
(see also Smart Electrode)
- Patented magnetic components with optimally interleaved windings
Weir Electronics
- 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
(see also 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
(see also 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
(see also Power Quality)
- HVDC valve performance, rating and control
Utilities Worldwide, GE
- Design guideline package for LCC and VSC HVDC solutions
GE
