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Personal Statement
Dr Agustí Egea-Àlvarez is a Professor at the electronic & electrical engineering department and a member of the PEDEC (Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Conversion) group. Also, he was a holder of a Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship with ScottishPower between 2022 and 2024.
He obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD from the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona in 2008, 2010 and 2014 respectively. In 2015 he was a Marie Curie fellow in the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI). In 2016 he joined Siemens Gamesa as converter control engineer working on grid forming controllers and alternative HVDC schemes for offshore wind farms. He is a member of IEEE, IET and has been involved in several CIGRE working groups.
Research Interests
His current research interests are:
- Grid forming and Virtual Synchronous Machine converter control algorithms.
- Control of Voltage Source Converters to weak grids and low inertia systems.
- Alternative HVDC connection schemes for offshore wind farm.
- Control and operation of DC-DC converters for HVDC systems.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Multi-port DC-DC Converter for Future All-Electric Ships
Ahmed, K. (Principal Investigator), Egea Alvarez, A. (Co-investigator) & Xu, L. (Co-investigator)
Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Limited
1/11/24 → 30/04/25
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy)
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Hybrid generation load site control and grid code compliance
Ahmed, K. (Principal Investigator), Campos-Gaona, D. (Co-investigator), Egea Alvarez, A. (Co-investigator) & Xu, L. (Co-investigator)
1/06/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy)
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Stability assessment and improvement of MTDC system connected with offshore wind farms
Chen, Y., Xu, L., Egea-Àlvarez, A., Hodge, E., Sajedi, S., McCullough, K., McKeever, P. & Smailes, M., 1 Dec 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 39, 6, p. 3347-3360 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving energy efficiency for suburban railways: a two-stage scheduling optimization in a rail-EV smart hub
Chen, Y., Chen, M., Lu, W., Egea-Àlvarez, A. & Xu, L., Dec 2024, In: eTransportation. 22, 100366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtual Synchronous Machine (VSM) and Power Voltage Current Control + Inertia (PVCCI) Models and Initialisation Scripts
Harrison, S. (Creator) & Egea Alvarez, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 6 Oct 2021
DOI: 10.15129/87efe3ab-c349-4354-9f76-aa9b4c21192f
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Data for: "Robustness testing of two impedance estimation techniques in weak grids"
Kervyn de Meerendre, M. (Creator) & Egea Alvarez, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 17 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.15129/4a7c2b95-42d0-4d53-bd4e-fc98f1ac2cf0
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Prizes
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Best Paper wind integration workshop 2019
Egea Alvarez, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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'Sustainable Impact by Design' Team, Strathclyde Medal
Egea Alvarez, A. (Recipient), Cunningham, M. R. (Recipient), Essex, J. (Recipient), Hendry, M. (Recipient), Ivaturi, A. (Recipient), Somorin, T. (Recipient), Yue, H. (Recipient) & Maddock, C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems (Journal)
Egea Alvarez, A. (Peer reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial board member
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Demystifying grid forming converters challenges and opportunities of a new converter control technology
Egea Alvarez, A. (Speaker)
Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk