Soler, Victor (Date of defense: 2019-11-26)
A sustainable future requires efficient power electronic converters at any stage of the electrical energy consumption. Silicon carbide (SiC) is one of the most technologically advanced wide bandgap ...
Garnica López, Miguel Andrés (Date of defense: 2019-01-11)
The present doctoral thesis focuses on designing control schemes for three-phase three-wire voltage-sourced inverters connected to the grid under voltage disturbances. The research recognizes the ...
Araguz López, Carles (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
Satellite imagery has become an essential resource for environmental, humanitarian, and industrial endeavours. As a means to satisfy the requirements of new applications and user needs, novel Earth ...
Ghorbani, Hamidreza (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power semiconductors are widely employed in industrial applications. This power switch capability in high voltage blocking and high current-carrying has expanded ...
Masmitjà Rusiñol, Gerard (Date of defense: 2019-09-25)
The photovoltaic industry is mainly dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, in which contact selectivity is usually achieved by doping the wafer surfaces with phosphorous (n+) and boron ...
Cabello Fusarés, Maria (Date of defense: 2019-12-02)
Although silicon (Si) is used in most current commercial power semiconductor components, Si capabilities are insufficient for new energy conversion requirements. Some of its important limitations are ...
Barrenechea Gruber, Roberto Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-01-11)
In this work, a new algorithm for the multiobjective optimization of low and medium voltage electrical grids and microgrids is proposed. The originally nonlinear planning model is linearized using the ...
Borràs Cristòfol, Ramon (Date of defense: 2019-03-22)
La recerca duta a terme en aquesta tesi doctoral ha tingut com a principal objectiu millorar els sistemes de test i de caracterització de la resposta òptica dels díodes làser. La recerca s'ha orientat ...
Tapia Tlatelpa, Tecilli (Date of defense: 2019-10-03)
Water pollution is an alarming problem that endangers the health of all living beings. The textile industry is listed as one of the most contaminating industries, since in order to carry out its dyeing ...
Piñal Moctezuma, Juan Fernando (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
When fatigue is considered, it is expected that structures and machinery eventually fail. Still, when this damage is unexpected, besides of the negative economic impact that it produces, life of people ...