Accionamientos Eléctricos y Convertidores de Potencia

Power Converters and Electric Drives

research group

University of Oviedo

SPAIN

ABOUT AECP RESEARCH GROUP

AECP is a research group founded in 1999. In 2011 was certified by the National Agency of Accreditation (ANECA). Initially research and collaborations with industry were focused on AC drives control. Further, its scope was extended to a much wider range of applications, including:


Partners and Projects with industry

Design, modeling and control of electric drives

Power Converters (AC, DC, Multilevel)

FORMULA STUDENT UNIOVI ETECH RACING

AECP Collaborates with the Formula Student teams in the design, control and commisioning of :

2023 Edition

2022 Edition

2021 Edition

Electrical noise (conducted emissions) audits and studies in high-power photovoltaic plants 

LATEST NEWS

Marcos Orviz Zapico PhD thesis defence

Feb 19th 2024

Dr Marcos Orviz Zapico defended his PhD Thesis entitled "Control, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Using Search Coils" supervised by Prof. David Díaz Reigosa and Prof. Juan Manuel Guerrero. The PhD dissertation was graded with the highest grade with Cum Laude Mention and proposed for Extraordinary Award. Congratulations Marcos!

Visiting Professor Roberto Cardenas Dobson

Dec 22th 2023

Distinguished Professor Roberto Cárdenas Dobson will join the AECP research group at our University for a two-month period. Hailing from the University of Chile, he is renowned for his expertise in power converters and control of electric drives. His personal webpage can be accessed here.

Paul Alejandro Frutos PhD thesis defence

Dec 14th 2023

Dr. Paul Alejandro  defended his PhD Thesis entitled "Stability analysis and Control Methods to Mitigate Low Frequency Oscillation in High Speed Trains" supervised by Prof. Fernando Briz and Prof. Juan Manuel Guerrero. The PhD dissertation was graded with the highest grade with Cum Laude Mention. Congratulations Paul!

AECP members attended ECCE 20223 conference in Nashville

Oct 29th 2023

AECP members and people from other research groups from the University of Oviedo, traveled to IEEE ECCE congress held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. AECP members presented several research papers in the field of permanent magnet machine drives control, diagnostics power converters.

Ahmed Abouzeid PhD thesis defence

May 3rd 2023

Dr. Ahmed Abouzeid defended his PhD Thesis entitled "Optimization of Torque and Adhesion Control Capabilities for Railway Traction Drives" supervised by Prof. Fernando Briz and Prof. Juan Manuel Guerrero. The PhD dissertation was graded with the highest grade with Cum Laude Mention and proposed for Extraordinary Award. Congratulations Ahmed!

Carlos Lumbreras received the PhD outstanding award

January 28th 2023

Once a year the Universidad de Oviedo organizes a ceremony to commemorate the best PhD dissertations. On 2023 edition, Carlos Lumbreras Iglesias, past PhD from AECP, was awarded with the PhD extraordinary award, the highest recognition for the thesis "Alternativas de diseño y control de sistemas de microgeneración eólica". Congratulations, Carlos!

Anti-slip control for railways

February 5th 2023

Ahmed Abouzeid, member of AECP reasearch group presents in a video an anti-slip control system for railways. This is a scaled roller-rig that emulates the behaviour of wheel-rail contact under several conditions: dry, wet, grease and more. It includes live monitoring and data analysis. 

AECP is collaborating with BLOWIND 

May 23rd 2022

AECP is collaborating with BLOWIND in the desing of a superconductive-based machine. The purpose of this project is to extend the rage of electric vehicles. Check the link for more information:

Blowind – Autonomía de vehículos eléctricos 

The electric drives lab includes now a section for characterizing magnetic materials with high precision

February 8th 2022

The electric drives lab has been equipped with a high power magnetizer for soft and hard magnetic materials, i.e. NdFeB, SmCo, AlNiCo, etc. and with a Hysteresisgraph AMH-500 BH for the characterization of permanent magnets and ferromagnetic material with high precision. 

María Martínez received the PhD outstanding award

January 28th 2022

Once a year the University of Oviedo organizes a ceremony to commemorate the best PhD dissertations. On 2021 edition, María Martínez, member of AECP research group, was awarded with the PhD extraordinary award, the highest recognition for the thesis "Torque Estimation in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines". Congratulations, María!

Carlos Lumbreras PhD thesis defense

October 30th 2020

Carlos Lumbreras PhD thesis dissertation entitled "Alternativas de diseño y control de sistemas de microgeneración eólica" was defended and received the maximum mark.


Cristina González PhD thesis defense

July 23rd 2020

Cristina González PhD thesis dissertation entitled "3-Phase 4-Leg (3P4L) Converters Control for Massive Electric Energy Storage Systems Integration in Low Voltage Grids " was defended and received the maximum mark.


The AECP's reasearch is in the news (Spanish) 

July 7th 2020

La Universidad de Oviedo desarrolla algoritmos para optiomizar la tracción de los trenes de alta velocidad.

Link

Maria Martínez, received an IEEE PELS award

July 1st 2020

María Martínez received an IEEE Power Electronics Society award: the IEEE PELS 2020 PhD Thesis Talk Award (P3 Talk) for the thesis entitled "Torque Estimation in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines".

Video

Daniel Fernández Alonso Universidad de Oviedo Ingeniero Gijón

Maria Martínez, first online PhD thesis defense at the University of Oviedo

April 1st 2020

María Martínez became the first PhD student to defend her dissertation online. Her thesis, entitled "Torque estimation in permanent magnet synchronous machines " received the Cum Laude distinction.

Local newspaper; National newspaper.

Professor David Reigosa is awarded engineer of the year

November 20th 2019

Professor David Reigosa was awarded for contributions to energy efficiency, machine design and control of electrical drives.

Real Academia de Ingeniería

Daniel Fernández Alonso Universidad de Oviedo Ingeniero Gijón

AECP members attended ECCE conference in Baltimore

September 29th 2019

AECP members and people from other research groups from the University of Oviedo, traveled to IEEE ECCE congress held in Baltimores, Maryland, USA. AECP members presented several research papers in the field of permanent magnet machine drives control and diagnostics and energy storage based on Lithium batteries.

AECP members attended  IEEE SLED conference in Torino

September 9th 2019

AECP members traveled to IEEE SLED congress held in Torino, Italy, to present several research papers in the field of sensorless control of permanent magnet machine drives.

Daniel Fernández Alonso Universidad de Oviedo Ingeniero Gijón

Daniel Fernandez received the PhD outstanding award

January 30th 2019

Once a year the University of Oviedo organizes a ceremony to commemorate the best PhD dissertations. On 2019 edition, Daniel Fernandez, a member of AECP research group, was awarded with the PhD extraordinary award, the highest recognition for the thesis "Control and supervision of permanent magnet synchronous machines using high frequency signal injection".

Seminar of Dr. Takashi Kato 

December 11th 2018

Dr. Takashi Kato is a currently a Research Manager of the Electric Vehicle system Laboratory at Nissan Advanced Research Center in Atsugi, Japan. AECP Research group collaborates with Nissan in the field of control and diagnostics of permanent magnet synchronous machines for traction applications in Electric Vehicles.

Daniel Fernández Alonso Universidad de Oviedo Ingeniero Gijón

AECP members attended ECCE conference in Portand

September 23th 2018

AECP members traveled to IEEE ECCE congress held in Portland, Oregon, USA to present several research papers in the field of permanent magnet machine drives control and diagnostics, control of power converters and energy storage based on Lithium-ion batteries.

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Grupo de Investigación Accionamientos Eléctricos y Convertidores de Potencia AECP Universidad de Oviedo Fernando Briz del Blanco David Díaz Reigosa Juan Manuel Guerrero Muñoz Daniel Fernández Alonso Universidad de Gijón Universidad de Oviedo María Martínez Gómez Alberto Benjamín Díez

Accionamientos Eléctricos Diseño de Máquinas Eléctricas Diseño de Máquinas de Imanes Permanentes Convertidores Eléctricos de Potencia Inversores trifásicos Supervisión de procesos industriales 

Grupo de Investigación AECP Universidad de Oviedo Fernando Briz del Blanco David Díaz Reigosa Juan Manuel Guerrero Muñoz

Daniel Fernández Alonso Gijón Universidad de Oviedo María Martínez Gómez Alberto Benjamín Díez

Accionamientos Eléctricos Diseño de Máquinas Eléctricas Diseño de Máquinas de Imanes Permanentes Convertidores Eléctricos de Potencia Inversores