The research at Chalmers has its excellence in
renewable energy sources such as biomass, sun and wind, as well as
planning and integration of photovoltaics and wind power in the
electricity network. In addition, Chalmers conducts internationally high
level basic research in several areas such as physics, nuclear
chemistry, nuclear technology and fusion.
Focus is on technology
development for the conversion to electric power and on the integration
in the electricity network also the power quality and the reliability of
the system are treated. Another focus within the area is Smart Grids
that will be further developed in the following years. The area includes
interdisciplinary cooperation with research groups at Chalmers but also
with other national and international groups. The cooperation with
industry is extensive. There is also a strong research environment
related to district heating (DH) both concerning technological aspects
of heat generation and distribution and on systems aspects on the
development of long-term sustainable systems and the integration of
emerging technologies into the DH systems.
Active fields
Within each excellence
profile, several active fields symbolize research activities at
Chalmers. Active fields include excellence centres, research programs,
clusters of research groups and international networks, coupled with
education and innovation activities in collaboration with research
institutes, industry and society.
Smart Grid
• Intelligent power systems
• Distributed generation
• Measurement techniques
• Active demand
Wind Power
• Dynamic modeling
• Model validation
• Drive train design
• Reliability analysis
• Integration in power system
Solar heating and heat pump systems
• Component development
• Model development
• System simulation
• Integration in heating systems
District Heating systems
• Modelling
• Environmental assessments
• Renewable and efficient heat
Fission and fusion
• Nuclear reactor physics and safeguards
• Nuclear fuel
chemistry
• Nuclear material physics
• Plasma physics
Ocean Energy
• Hydrodynamics
• Electrical transmission
• System optimisation
Examples of excellence
The Swedish Wind Power Technology Centre
Sharp growth in the market for wind power technology has taken place in
recent years. The rate of growth has been around 20 % a year and it does
not seem to diminish. However, the large-scale production of wind
turbines is lacking in Sweden and, at the same time, there is surplus
capacity in the engineering industry. This clearly justifies the start
of a production of wind turbines. The Swedish Wind Power Technology
Centre will concentrate on wind turbines with an output of more than 2
MW, suitable for positioning in open countryside, in forests, in
mountains or off-shore. The research will be carried out together with
six to ten companies that are interested in wind turbine production.
Some ten senior researchers and ten postgraduate students at both
universities and in industry will be the core of this centre and about
the same number of researchers will be linked to the centre.
The
results from the centre will be increased knowledge and experience of
wind turbine design through development of design, calculation and
analysis methods and well verified component models. To have realistic
models is a task of utmost importance and measurements will be carried
out on wind turbines in normal operation as well as during fault
conditions.
Contact
For each Excellence Profile there are an Profile Manager and a Coordinator that coordinate and support the work within the profile as well as coordinate activities with other groups in academia, industry and society.
Ola Carlson
Excellence Profile Manager
Tünde Fülöp
Excellence Profile Coordinator