Control and Reliability Research Group
High-efficiency Off-grid Multi-source Electrical Systems (HOMES)
Power Systems Warehouse of Louth, Lincolnshire, is a market leading company specialising in cutting-edge emergency lighting systems and off-grid power systems, in which inverter technology plays a key role.
Inverter technology also plays a key role in renewable energy applications because the electricity generated from sources such as wind, solar and wave is not compatible with conventional appliances. PSW linked up with the University to develop innovative new inverter products that will considerably improve the efficiency of the current emergency lighting systems and off-grid power systems.
It will also equip the products with advanced functions, such as the capabilities to quickly clear faults and to reduce the stand-by energy consumption. The inverter being developed can also be operated in parallel with another power source to boost its capacity. For example, it can work with a synchronous generator driven by an engine, which helps reduce the size of the engine.
- Funding bodies
- TSB, EPSRC and PSW
- Project duration
- 27 months
- Project team (researchers)
- Professor Qing-Chang Zhong, Graham Chapman (PSW) and Zhi Hou
- Industrial collaborators
- Power Systems Warehouse
- Contact
- Professor Qing-Chang Zhong
Project outputs / results
- A train of inverters which have the ability to reduce the cost of manufacture significantly and also to be more competitive and offer higher performance