Thesis supervisor: Péter Tamás Szemes
Location of studies (in Hungarian): University of Debrecen Abbreviation of location of studies: DE
Description of the research topic:
Renewable energy sources and utilization is a great development potential for rural areas and developing countries. In those countries, the one main barrier of economic grow is lack of stable utility network of electricity.
The aim of the PhD research is to develop control strategies for renewable energy utilisation systems, which is able to provide stable electrical and/or heat and/or cool energy. The renewable energy utilisation is a network of engines and technologies what can be, but not limited to: PV panels, PV-T (Photovoltaic-Thermal) panel, and ait-to-air of ait-to-water heat pumps.
The development of control strategies consists two main component: (1) automatic classification and building of energy consumption patterns of users, and group of users; (2) distributed control strategy to maintain the stability of the network, while maintain energy distribution from generation nodes to demand nodes.
The following skills will be acquired during PhD study:
(1) modelling skills of buildings, PV, PV-T panels, heat pumps, environmental conditions, energy consumption patterns, and BMS (Building Management Systems),
(2) distributed measurement with sensors and actuators, Wireless Sensor Networks
(3) automated (unsupervised) classification of measurement data,
(4) real-time performance evaluation of engineering systems and networks,
(5) stable and robust network communication and data sharing using wired and/or wireless field networks,
(6) National Instruments Real-Time and Embedded control system programming with LabView
Required background knowledge: Any master degree are welcome from the following field: energy engineering, building automation, computer science, mechanical engineering. Master in Mechatronics is the preferred.
Research Infrastructure:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics operates Building Mechatronics Research Centre, what is a 1200 m2 large building with renewable energy utilisation engines. Intelligent control and measurement is partially done with National Instruments devices.
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