Thursday 23 January 2025 at 4:00 PM CET, 10:00 AM EST By Rajendra Singh, Satish Naik Banavath, Xiaoqing Song, Tanel Jalakas Register now using the link below: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5859074705691237470 Abstract: The solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) is celebrated for its ultra-fast fault tripping speed and arc-free current interruption, making it highly desirable for applications such as battery energy storage systems, renewable energy systems, and DC microgrids. Wide bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor devices, like SiC and GaN power devices, enhance the appeal of SSCBs due to their superior performance, including low conduction resistance and high blocking voltage capability. This webinar will be led by Prof. Rajendra Singh from Clemson University, and a team of young researchers, including Satish Naik Banavath from IIT Dharwad, India, Xiaoqing Song from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Tanel Jalakas from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. The team has extensive expertise and industrial experience in the field. The webinar will explore the potential opportunities of DC systems and SSCB technology, along with possible applications where SSCBs could thrive. Emerging standards governing SSCBs will also be briefly outlined. Additionally, the webinar will address barriers limiting the widespread adoption of SSCBs and highlight the technological challenges, despite the seemingly ...

Thursday 30 January 2025 at 4:30 PM IST, 12:00 PM CET, 6:00 AM EST By Chandan Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Register now using the link below: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3143096267134739803 Abstract: Significant installation of renewable energy sources, storage, and electric vehicles can induce problems such as voltage and current limit violations, reverse power flow, absence of inertia and consequent stability problems, poor power quality, etc. Smart transformer (ST) is a promising solution for avoiding such a changing grid scenario leading to strong grid reinforcements. The ST is a power electronics-based transformer with effective control and communication functionalities with the capability to control the voltage and power flow in electric grid. The ST provides features of conventional power transformer in a distribution grid, and also other benefits such as voltage control, frequency control, load compensation, and interfacing link for various ac and dc infrastructures, thus improving the flexibility of the system. In this talk, different possibilities and capabilities of ST in distribution grid to develop and realize meshed and hybrid distribution grids will be highlighted. Presenter’s bio: Chandan Kumar received the B.Sc. (Engineering) degree from the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur, India, in 2009, the M. Tech. degree from ...