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Dr Yihua Hu PhD

Lecturer Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Research

power electroncis topology and control

new topology for renewable generation. Such as high step-up, step-down topology for photovoltaic application.
Special power supply desgin, e.g. power supply for plasma

electrical vehicle (EV), hybrid electrical vehicle (HEV)

swithced reluctanced motor based EV and HEV technology.
including motor desgin, motor control, on-board energy conversion and energy management.
This technology also can be used in all electricity or more electricity ship/airplane.

photovotlaic (PV) generation and offshore wind generation.

photovoltaic generation: PV array management technology, including PV array fault diagnosis technology; PV array rearrangement technology.
Offshore wind generation: HVDC technology for offshore wind generation,

Research Grants

Hybrid bridge arm based fault tolerance solid state transformer (SST)

ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)

August 2017 - August 2018

Portable and low-cost Mass Based Sensing of Hydrocarbons

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

February 2018 - September 2018

Design and maintenance optimisation for large-scale PV arrays

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)

March 2018 - February 2020