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Project description
Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering
The position will be located in the power electronics research group within the school of electrical engineering and computer science at KTH. The group carries out research in several fields, notably high power electronics for power transmission grids and applications of wide-bandgap power semiconductors.
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transmission is a key enabler for the transition of the world’s energy systems towards renewable energy sources. The development of HVDC over the last decades, involving modular multilevel converters, has extended the field of application radically, and for instance enabled the grid connection of offshore wind farms on a large scale. HVDC converters normally use very complex and distributed control systems with high requirements on reliability and latency. To continue and accelerate the deployment of HVDC it will be needed to connect the transmission links into a grid, often referred to as a supergrid. This will require interoperability between the control systems of the converter stations, often coming from different vendors, to allow for efficient and reliable operation and avoid instabilities. To achieve interoperability an approach will be studied where parts of the control system use open source software. This will allow for tapping the many benefits such software, which to date has not been made in most power system applications. These include having a much wider base of developers, which results in more reliable and robust systems. Also, having open access to the software code will allow the different parties involved (e.g. manufacturers, grid operators, consultants and researchers) to efficiently collaborate to solve problems of interoperability.
What we offer
Eligibility
To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:
Selection
In order to succeed as an doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. In the selection of the applicants, the following will be assessed:
We are looking for a person with good knowledge in power electronics and/or automatic control. Good networking skills are also very desirable here, since the student will interact with people from industry and utilities as well as other researchers.
Target degree: Doctoral degree
Information regarding admission and employment
Only those who are or have been admitted to third-cycle studies may be employed as a doctoral student. The term of the initial contract may not exceed one year and may thereafter be extended. Doctoral students may engage in teaching, research, and administration corresponding to a maximum of 20 % of a full-time position.
Union representatives
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Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.
Application
Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.
Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).
Applications must include the following elements:
Other information
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Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | As soon as possible |
Salary | Monthly salary according to KTH's doctoral student salary agreement |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Stockholm |
County | Stockholms län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | J-2018-2884 |
Contact |
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Published | 06.Dec.2018 |
Last application date | 31.Dec.2018 11:59 PM CET |