Supergrid Architecture & Systems
“How should a supergrid system be technically designed and operated? The Supergrid Architecture and Systems research department aims to answer this question by developing control and protection concepts for HVDC systems, and by defining the requirements for the key components of the system.”
Bruno Luscan, Department Director – Supergrid Architecture & Systems
SuperGrid Institute’s experts work to overcome the technical challenges confronting DC grids. We develop technologies to control and protect the stability of HVDC and MVDC networks, which need to be much more dynamic than AC networks. Defining the requirements for the key components of DC grids or combined AC-DC power systems and designing and simulating the technical performance of these systems are key to our work.
We employ real-time, electromagnetic transient simulations with accurate, built-in models of power converter control systems to demonstrate how a system will perform when a new technology is integrated into the network (for example, a new protection strategy).
Recent publications
Shaping Europe’s energy future : sharing our strategic vision with the European Commission
Our CTO Bruno Luscan was recently invited to participate in a workshop to discuss the needs and deployment of carbon neutral power systems.
Managing turbine fatigue while maximizing solar energy use: adding a battery to the system
The use of a 15-minute solar forecast obtained from real-time sky video is analysed to minimize this overloading of the actuators.
Sébastien Silvant received the IEEE PES 2024 Outstanding Engineer Prize for his work on HVDC network interoperability!
Congratulations to Sébastien Silvant, who has been awarded the IEEE PES 2024 Outstanding Engineer Prize for his work on HVDC network interoperability!
