A High-Efficient High-Reliable GaN-Based Multilevel Inverters for Renewable Energy Application

Burning of fossil fuels causes serious problems including air pollution and global warming. As a result, harvesting and employing of clean and renewable energies including photovoltaic and wind energies are getting vital and necessary. Harvesting of these energies, although, has its own issues. These clean energies should be converted to the proper form of energy and then they can be used. This is why some converters are needed to be designed. In these converters, the efficiency and reliability are two main concerns. The efficiency affects the reliability of the system and as the efficiency increases, the reliability increases too. A higher reliability also leads to a lower maintenance cost. In this project, we will be working on the efficiency and reliability improvement of these converters and we will propose a high-reliable high-efficient converters.

Faculty Supervisor:

Alireza Bakhshai

Student:

Partner:

Infineon Technologies Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Green/Alternative Energy; Energy and Utilities; Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program: