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Power Engineering

Cistel has been actively conducting research in power engineering, more specifically in power electronics areas, since the inception of the company in 1995. The company has long-lasting and strong research collaboration with Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. The power engineering research mainly focuses in new technology development in the area of power converters for various Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications. Power converters are extensively used these days in medium to high power level applications. For most of these applications, particularly those of the computer and telecommunication systems, the most desirable features of the converter are high efficiency, high power density, high reliability and low EMI. The power engineering research is focused on these aspects for practical applications.Research in renewable energy has been growing at a fast rate in recent years due to economic and environmental concerns. The rapid growth of electricity consumption by ICT is also alarming. In the USA and Europe, the electricity consumption is increasing at a very high rate. Therefore, many companies are now looking into green ICT solutions especially for data centers and server rooms. Many mobile companies are also considering, and some have already started deploying, new green Base Trans-receiver Stations (BTS) while accommodating new subscribers. Cistel has started a project which seeks to significantly reduce energy consumption due to information technology (IT) while increasing energy generation capability of wind- and solar-based cleaner, environmental-friendly, green technologies. This will be accomplished by research and development of new power electronic technologies tailored to information processing centers (IPCs).
Within a time horizon of 3 to 5 years, this project aims at developing the following technologies:

new, ultra-reliable, wind- and solar-based systems to generate cost-effective green power for both large and small data and telecom centers
new frameworks through which power generated by these new systems will be distributed to the centers
new advanced system models that will allow for the design of state-of-the-art control, safety, and protection systems that ensure optimal energy generation and distribution
new power conversion systems, which serve as the interface between power storage devices, energy sources, and electrical equipment, that have dedicated software and intelligent integrated frameworks for information equipment

Publications

Osama S. Ebrahim, Praveen K. Jain, & Nishith Goel, “New Control Scheme for the Wind-Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generator under Normal and Abnormal Grid Voltage Conditions,” Journal of Power Electronics (JPE), vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 10-22, January 2008.

Qiu, M., Jain, P. and Zhang, H., “An AC VRM Topology for High Frequency AC Power Distribution Systems”, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 1, 2004.

Jain, N, Jain P., and Zoos G., “A Zero Voltage Transition Boost Converter Employing a Soft-Switching Auxiliary Circuit With Reduced Conduction Losse”, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 1, 2004.

Qiu, M., Jain, P. and Zhang, H., “An APWM Resonant Inverter Topology for High Frequency AC Power Distribution Systems”, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 1, 2004.

Mangat, S., Qiu, M and Jain, P., “A Modified Asymmetrical Pulse-Width-Modulated Resonant DC-DC Converter Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 1, 2004.

Jain, D., Jain P. and Zhang, H., “Analysis and design of an Auxiliary Commutated Full Bridge DC/DC Converter Topology including the effect of Leakage Inductance”, 24th Annual International Telecommunicaiton Energy Conference, pp. 240-247, 2002.

Musavi, F., Jain P. and Zhang, H., ” A Current Controlled AC/DC Converter for High Frequency Power Architecture”, IEEE 33rd Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference, vol. 3, pp: 1089 – 1094, 2002

Musavi, F., Jain P., Zhang, H., and Jain, D.,”A Resonant AC/DC Converter for High Frequency Power Architecture”, 24th Annual International Telecommunicaiton Conference, pp. 497-503, 2002.

Musavi, F., Jain P. and Zhang, H., “A Resonant AC/DC Converter for High Frequency Power Architecture”, 24th Annual International Telecommunicaiton Conference, pp.497-503, 2002.

Chavda, P., Jacob, J. and Agrawal, V.D., “Optimizing Logic Design Using Boolean Transforms”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on VLSI Design, 1998.

Rao P. S. and Jacob, J., “A Fast Two-Level Logic Minimizer”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on VLSI Design, 1998.

Jacob, J., Shivakumar, P.S. and Jain, P., “Adder and Comparator Synthesis With Exclusive-OR Transform of Inputs”, Proceedings on the 10th International Conference on VLSI Design, pp. 514-515, 1997.

Majhi, A.K., Jacob, J., Sivakumar, P.S., and Agrawal, V.D., “On Test Coverage of Path Delay Faults”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication, 1996.

Biswas, N.N, Srikanth, S. and , Jacob, J. “Cubical CAMP For The Minimization of Boolean Functions“, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on VLSI Design: VLSI in Mobile Communication, 1996.

Note: Cistel provides R&D support to various research organizations and universities. However, Cistel will not provide support for any overhead costs.