Archive – Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics

Power Electronics and Drive Control

Benchmark between power devices with GaN, SiC and Si

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Julius Wiesemann, M. Sc.

Year: 2022

Funding: FVA 958I

Duration: 01.08.2022 – 28.02.2023
637 V - Optimisation of the design and components of EMC filters

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Friebe

Team: M.Sc. Mohammad Ali

Year: 2020

Funding: FVA

Duration: 01.10.2020 – 31.12.2021
Magnetic materials and components for next-generation power electronics

Led by: Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Friebe

Year: 2020

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2022
E²AGLE – Electric Aircraft Ground Lab Environment

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M.Sc. Malte Lorenz

Year: 2020

Funding: DFG

Duration: 15.07.2020 – 31.12.2022
Collaborative project: RuBICon - Rule-Based Initialisation of Converter Dominated Grids; Sub-project: Methods for grid reconstruction by decentralised generation plants

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M.Sc. Mina Mirzadeh

Year: 2019

Funding: BMWi

Duration: 01.10.2019 – 30.09.2022
Joint project: ReCoWind - Reliable frequency converters for wind turbines; sub-project: Measurement and modelling of moisture ingress at component and system level

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M.Sc. Benedikt Kostka, B.Sc. Johannes Wenzel

Year: 2019

Funding: BMWi

Duration: 01.12.2018 – 30.11.2021
Collaborative project: ZuLeSELF - Condition monitoring of power electronics for electric vehicles; sub-project: Measurement electronics for temperature-sensitive parameters

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Robert Meyer

Team: M.Sc. Daniel Herwig

Year: 2019

Funding: BMBF

Duration: 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2021
Multiphase modular multilevel direct converters with reduced number of branches - a systematic approach for a class of modular multilevel converters

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M. Sc. Rebecca Dierks, M. Sc. Dennis Karwatzki, M. Sc. Bakr Bagaber

Year: 2018

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.08.2014 – 31.03.2021
Collaborative project: RABBIT - Wheel hub drive without brake / brake resistor integrated in thermal management; sub-project: Power electronics and fault diagnosis

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Robert Meyer

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Krone; Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Oelkers; M. Sc. Christian Sommer; M .Sc. Yongtao Cao

Year: 2017

Funding: BMWi

Duration: 01.04.2015 - 31.08.2020
Sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous machines with FPGA-based current detection

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M. Sc. Georg Lindemann

Year: 2017

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.12.2016 - 31.03.2022
MIGRATE - Massive InteGRATion von leistungselektronischen Geräten

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Robert Meyer

Team: M. Sc. Daniel Herwig, M. Sc. Frederik Stallmann

Year: 2017

Funding: EU

Duration: 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2019
FVA 637 IV - Electromagnetic effects of fast-switching wide-bandgap semiconductors on drive systems and their prediction based on geometry data

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Friebe

Team: M. Sc. Mohammad Ali, Dipl.-Ing. Jan Müller, M. Sc. Benjamin Knebusch

Year: 2017

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.01.2017 - 30.09.2020
Collaborative project: Air-cooled wide band gap power electronics and mechatronics - air flow -; sub-project: Design methodology of air-cooled chargers

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Silvia Zulk

Year: 2017

Funding: BMBF über VDI/VDE

Duration: 01.01.2015 - 31.03.2018
Stability in electrical energy grids with high penetration of decentralised energy sources

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Mertens

Team: M. Sc. Marc Dokus

Year: 2017

Duration: 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2018
Reliable operation of inverter-dominated and ICT-permeated energy systems - from centralised structures to agent-based decentralised control

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. A.Mertens

Team: M. Sc. Marc Dokus, M. Sc. Niklas Himker, M. Sc. Robin Strunk

Year: 2017

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.08.2017 - 31.10.2021

Electrical Machines and Drive Systems

MaNuK - etaEM Research and modelling of the electromagnetic operating characteristics of electrical machines with magnetic slot lock wedges manufactured in a continuous production process

Led by: Prof Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Martin Gerlach, Ralf Keuter

Year: 2022

Funding: ZIM

Duration: 01.01.2022 – 01.12.2023
ModuAnSystemos - Development of a modular drive system for muscle-assisted and purely electromagnetic mobility based on an electric machine network for power input (800 W) and output (4000 W) with a control time of max. 5 ms

Led by: Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Amir Ebrahimi

Team: Przemyslaw Lesniewski, Allan de Barros, Jonas Jansen

Year: 2022

Funding: ZIM

Duration: 01.11.2021 – 01.11.2023
Collaborative project: ARESS - The asynchronous, rotating energy system stabiliser (ARESS) - A genuine ‘fully integrated network component’ for grid support; sub-project: Predicting the steady-state operating behaviour and losses of DFIG

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M.Sc. Xi Zhu

Year: 2022

Funding: BMWK über PTJ

Duration: 01.01.2022 – 30.09.2024
StaND - EkusUm - Analysis and specification of isolated stators

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M.Sc. Daniel Heide

Year: 2020

Funding: ZIM

Duration: 01.06.2020 – 31.05.2023
Additive manufacturing in electrical engineering: Exploring the potential of additive manufacturing in rotors of permanent magnet synchronous machines

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M.Sc. Stefan Urbanek

Year: 2019

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.12.2018 – 31.05.2020
Development and validation of a linear direct drive for conveyor belts

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M. Sc. Alexander Hoffmann

Year: 2017

Funding: DFG

Duration: 15.04.2017 - 31.01.2020
Collaborative project: Modular drive topologies for high vehicle performance - HV-ModAL -; sub-project: Creation of scalable, modular simulation models for e-machines

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M. Sc. Elmar Haschen

Year: 2017

Funding: BMBF über VDI/VDE

Duration: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2017
Hybrid spindle: Process-dependent adjustment of spindle dynamics to increase productivity in machining

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M. Sc. Jan Königsberg

Year: 2017

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.06.2017 - 31.05.2019
FVA 800 I - Electric drives with extreme torque density

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M. Sc. Constantin Wohlers

Year: 2017

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.06.2017 - 31.05.2019

Drive Systems and Power Electronics

InMinSys: Overview of possible drive topologies for industrial applications

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Prof Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Constantin Schepe, Max Hagedorn

Year: 2023

Funding: FVA-959I

Duration: 01.03.2023 – 31.08.2023
Stabilisation of E-Workbench

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Bakr Bagaber, M. Sc., Matthias Kalla, M. Sc.

Year: 2022

Funding: FVA 827 III

Duration: 01.03.2022 – 31.08.2022
FVA 827 II - Simulation platform with automated model handling

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: M.Sc. Bakr Bagaber, M.Sc. Matthias Kalla

Year: 2020

Funding: FVA

Duration: 01.04.2020– 30.09.2021
Collaborative project: UmSiChT - Inverter with SiC-based power electronics and double-sided cooled power module; sub-project: Effects of SiC switching edges on the electric traction drive

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Robert Meyer

Team: M.Sc. Hedieh Movagharnejad, M.Sc. Benjamin Knebusch

Year: 2019

Funding: BMBF

Duration: 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2021
FVA 827 I - Development of cross-system simulation models for electric drive systems

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens,

Team: M. Sc. Olga Korolova, Dipl.-Ing. Malte John, M. Sc. Matthias Kalla

Year: 2018

Funding: FVA

Duration: 01.04.2017 - 31.03.2020
Collaborative project: Speed4E - Hyper-high speed for the electrified automotive powertrain to achieve maximum ranges; sub-project: Electric drive components and switchable drivetrain

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Robert Meyer

Team: M. Sc. Martin Gerlach; M. Sc. Alexander Hoffmann; M. Sc. Christian Sommer; M. Sc. Georg Lindemann; M. Sc. Dominik Reitmeier, M. Eng. Julius Wiesemann

Year: 2018

Funding: BMWi

Duration: 01.01.2017 – 30.06.2021
ventus efficiens - Collaborative research to increase the efficiency of wind turbines in the energy system

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: M. Sc. Niklas Himker, M. Sc. Daniel Herwig, Tim Bergte

Year: 2017

Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur

Duration: 01.12.2014 - 30.06.2020
Test centre for load-bearing structures - Generator converter test bench

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Tim Bergte

Year: 2017

Funding: BMWi über Projektträger Jülich

Duration: 01.01.2012 - 31.03.2017
Joint project: SkyPower100 - Pilot plant for energy generation from high-altitude wind; sub-project: Drive train concepts of airborne wind turbines for 1 to 5 MW and their validation on the SkyPower100 pilot plant with a rated power of 100 kW

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Mertens, Dr.-Ing. Jörn Steinbrink

Team: M. Sc. Bakr Bagaber, M. Sc. Daniel Heide, M. Sc. Stefan Urbanek

Year: 2017

Funding: BMWi

Duration: 01.01.2017-30.06.2022

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Fully Actuated Electromagnetic Bending Actuator for Endoscopic Applications

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Michael Dörbaum, M. Sc. Simon Weber, Dipl.-Ing. Svenja Tappe (IMES)

Year: 2015

Funding: DFG

Duration: 01.07.2013 - 30.06.2015
Research Association Smart Nord ZN 2896 Grid Support System Services (Smart Nord)

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Felix Fuchs, René Dietz

Year: 2014

Funding: MWK via Uni Oldenburg

Duration: 01.03.2012 - 31.08.2015
Feasibility Study for 3D Printing of Electric Motors

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Francesco Quattrone

Year: 2014

Funding: FVA

Duration: 01.01.2015 - 30.11.2015
Adaptive Efficiency and Temperature Management for Electric Traction Drives

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Arvid Merkert, Bernhard Ullrich, Dennis Kaczorowski

Year: 2014

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.03.2013 - 28.02.2015
Increase in Torque Density of High-Efficiency Electric Motors Considering their Suitability for Highly Automated Mass Production

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Kacper Emmrich

Year: 2014

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.03.2013 - 28.02.2015
Increase in Torque Density of High-Efficiency Electric Motors Considering their Suitability for Highly Automated Mass Production

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick

Team: Kacper Emmrich

Year: 2014

Funding: AiF

Duration: 01.03.2013 - 28.02.2015
Functional Safety Improvement of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines in Traction Drives (ATEM FuSy, Improved Functional Safety in Drive Converters)

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Tobias Krone, Alexander Rosen, Fabian Oelkers

Year: 2013

Funding: BMWi, DLR

Duration: 01.11.2012 - 31.10.2014
Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines, Sub Project 8 - Reliability of Grid Connection

Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Felix Fuchs

Year: 2012

Funding: ForWind