Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation (IEA) is engaged in studies of the conversion and transport of electric energy, and the automation of industrial processes and waste water treatment. The Department’s activities are ultimately aimed at sustainable development through reducing the consumption of energy and materials.

The Department has about 30 employees. Courses are given for several undergraduate programmes, but mainly for Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Research groups within the Department collaborate with each other and with Swedish industry. All our research is based on industrial problems, and results in the possibility of constructing prototypes, and carrying out experiments in the laboratory and on full scale.

 Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation (IEA)

Research is made in the following areas:

Electric power plants

Existing and new technical solutions are being used to ensure safe, reliable and resource-efficient electricity supplies. An important issue is the occurrence of power cuts, how they can be prevented and how the consequences can be minimized.
Keywords: power system analysis, relay protection, stability, distributed generation, wind power
 

Power electronics drives

Power electronics is used for the control of motors with powers of several kilowatts. Motors, power electronics and their control systems are developed at the Department, for use in, for example, electrical hybrid vehicles and small power stations.
Keywords: FEM calculations, distributed generation, voltage source converters, reluctance motors, batteries, soft magnetic materials
 

Wastewater treatment

Control of wastewater treatment plants for the efficient treatment of sewage. The aim is for the treated water to have a high quality, regardless of the amount of wastewater entering the treatment plant and how polluted it is. The use of chemicals should also be kept to a minimum.
Keywords: biological wastewater treatment, sedimentation

 

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