The Chair introduces itself
Power electronics enables the conversion and regulation of electrical energy with low losses. Power electronics is therefore indispensable in numerous areas such as industry, energy, transportation, medicine and communication. The increase in energy efficiency required to protect the climate and the worldwide expansion of the use of regenerative energy sources mean that the importance of power electronics will continue to grow rapidly.
The Chair of Power Electronics combines research and teaching, creates innovations and transfers these into industrial practice.
© TUDLE, Martin Buschendorf
A kind of profile!
The research activities at the Chair of Power Electronics are carried out in the following fields:
- Application of power semiconductors,
- Converters,
- Special power supplies and
- Control close to converter.
In order to create a connection between theory and practice, specialised laboratories and test rigs have been set up at the Chair of Power Electronics. Power semiconductors and semiconductor-related electronics can be thoroughly investigated in the medium-voltage laboratories. In the Power Converter Laboratory, new power electronic concepts and applications are researched and verified on real structures. Furthermore, a test rig is available for testing control algorithms for active rectifiers and electrical drives with different converter concepts.
In order to do justice to the importance of power electronics in teaching, the Chair of Power Electronics addresses a broad audience and familiarises them with the subject. In addition to events for students of electrical engineering with a specialisation in power engineering, courses are offered - among other things - for the interdisciplinary study programmes in mechatronics and regenerative energy systems, as well as for interested students of transport and traffic sciences and industrial engineering.