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Proposal APERTURES. PART B Priority6.1.3.1.1.2 - FP6-2005-TREN-4 p 14 of 49
APERTURES complies with The European Directive n°2001/77/CE. APERTURES aims at adding value to all
the below national and European research activities which already involve each partner as shown in the following:
The ISSIA-CNR Group is actively involved in research activities dealing with renewable sources. The CNR
3-year Research Plan fits into the 3-year strategic research Plan of the Italian Ministry of the Research and the
University (MIUR) which is also involved in RES Supply. ISSIA-CNR is moreover funded by MIUR in a
project dealing with:
o Modelling of RES sources (eoilic, photovoltaic and Fuel-cells) and development of suitable hardware
emulators.
o Development of control techniques of wind generators with induction machines and photovoltaic plants, in
compliance with power quality and EMC issues.
o Development of control techniques for the optimal exploitment of the single RES units and their contemporary
use.
o Design and prototyping of novel power converters for interfacing multiple RES units with the grid and their
correponding control techniques.
o Optimisation of energy fluxes produced by RES from and to the utility grid.
The PEMC Group at the University of Nottingham is actively involved in research encompassed by the
sustainable energy strategy. Current and recent government/industrially funded projects include
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o Control of Wind Farm Grids with HVDC Link (including an EU 6 framework project)
o Grid interface for Electrochemical Energy Storage Plant
o Multi-cellular converters for 128kV - 11kV solid-state substations
o Stability of Networks with Distributed Generation and Power Converter Interface
o Precision loss measurement for motors and drives (by advanced calorimetry)
o Power system impedance measurement for power quality control
o Power system fault detection and protection
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The SME CIRTEM has several terminated & on going national and international projects on the following
themes :
o Active filters for low voltage distribution network
o Converters for “supercapacitor” storage devices for embarked networks (300KW)
o New topologies of reversible -AC/DC- conversion and -AC/AC- for compensator
o Converters for fuel cells
The Institute of Robotics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor,
Slovenia is actively involved in research activities dealing with the power electronics and control of AC drives.
The team has many terminated and ongoing local and international projects (industrially and government
founded) on the following themes:
o Control of induction motor and PMSM drives, especially speed sensorless
o New topologies of DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC converters, design and control, LV and HV
o Design of Electric Vehicles
o Design of Real-time controllers for Embedded Systems (DSP, FPGA)
o Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle System Component Development
o Rapid control prototyping / Industrial informatics, teleoperation / E-education / Mechatronics and robotics
SLOVENIA

The Power laboratory, , Institute Power engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, University of Maribor, Slovenia is actively involved in research activities dealing with the power
engineering, RES technologies and power flow calculations. The team has many terminated and ongoing local
and international projects (industrially and government founded) on the following themes:
o Electrical parameters of three phase distribution lines
o Computer investigation of crown influence on traveling wave
o Planning of electromechanical regulation devices
o Problems by application of automation in Slovenia
o Probabilistic load flow
o System researches in Slovenian power supply
o Systematic use of energy with application of new controlling technology
o Research on periodical and a periodical uncleanliness in sinusoidal voltage of EES
o Research on possibilities of direct connection of solar generator on electrical system
o Oscillation reduction of voltage (draft of regulations)
The Institute of Robotics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor,
Slovenia is actively involved in research activities dealing with the power electronics and control of AC drives.