Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology
Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Use our experience and competence to advance your products.

Power electronics and drive systems

We are your reliable partner for questions regarding

  • Development of components in the field of electric mobility (cars, railways, maritime vehicles)
  • photovoltaic inverter
  • stand-alone grid and microgrid inverters
  • Ring machines and innovative drives
  • wind converters
  • and much more

We support you in

  • Development of highly efficient and compact power converters
  • Controls for stand-alone systems and in the interconnected grid
  • Electric machines with high torque and high reliability
  • Optimized software development for DSP and FPGA
  • Measurement technology for the precise characterization of power electronic components
  • Development, conceptual design, planning, installation and commissioning

Products & Services

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Power Converters

  • High efficient components from
    a few Watts to MW class
  • Numerous patented topologies
  • PV inverters
  • Bidirectional charging technologies
  • Uninterruptible power supply
  • Wireless power transfer systems
  • Battery power converters
  • Multilevel converters

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Electric machines and drives

  • Construction and electromagnetic design of ring generators and ring motors
  • Large drives
  • Gearless high-power applications
  • Maritime drive technologies
  • Extended maintenance intervals due to distributed electrical design and control
  • Extended lifetime due to axial oscillation control
  • Laboratory tests, proof-of-concept

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Converter control and embedded systems

  • Embedded control
  • Control of electrical machines
  • Parallel operation for grid building
    inverters in public and island grids
  • Ancillary services and power quallity
  • Patented control concepts (Selfsync)
  • Rapid prototyping

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Development of testing and measurement technology

  • Semiconductor switching cells
  • Calorimeter for power electronic components
  • Power hardware-in-the-loop systems
  • Testing technology for MPP tracking of PV systems - ISET MPP meter
  • Photovoltaic irradiation sensors - ISET sensor

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Hardware-in-the-loop systems and digital twins

  • Automation of test processes
  • Application of high-performance real-time systems
  • Provision of linear and clocked power amplifier systems with high dynamics
  • Development and operation of digital twins
  • Provision of modern test systems
  • Power Hardware-in-the-Loop systems (PHIL)
 

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Rapid Inverter Control Prototyping Solutions

  • Develop and test power system inverter controls quickly, reliably and safely.
  • High-performance power amplifiers
  • Integrated development environment
  • Licensable solutions
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