Research topics | Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology

Prospective PhD students can select from a variety of topical areas including the following:

• Application of FACTS devices and HVDC systems in power systems,
• Use of static VAR compensators for damping oscillations of generator rotors,
• Influence of shunt compensators on resonance risk in power systems,
• Integration of photovoltaic power plants, wind off- and on-shore farms with the power system,
• Frequency stability of power systems under high penetration of renewable energy sources,
• Monitoring and control o low voltage networks,
• Reactive power compensation in high-voltage transmission lines,
• Methods of assessing the effectiveness of anti-shock protection in low and high voltage devices,
• Problems of long-term current carrying capacity of power cables.