Dr Duncan Grant
B.Sc.(Manc.), Ph.D.(Bristol), C.Eng., M.I.E.E., M.I.E.E.E., Eur.Ing.
Expertise
Current positions
Visiting Associate Prof in Power Electronics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
The management of electrical energy at all power levels by means of power electronics.
This includes battery-powered products as well as products powered from alternative energy sources eg human powered, photovoltaic (solar) sources.
Also the control of mains electricity (power supplies, variable speed drives, pulsed power sources etc).
Electrorefining and electrowinning of metals. Power supplies for industrial electrochemical processes.
Ultra-conductive wire composites (copper and carbon nanotubes).
Electrochemical grid-scale energy storage.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
THE REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-POWERED PRODUCTS BY THE USE OF SWITCH MODE TECHNOLOGY
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
25/05/2000 to 25/05/2003
Publications
Recent publications
15/07/2015Method of measuring electric current flowing in an individual electrode in an electrolysis system and arrangement for the same.
High current interleaved power converter for metal processing applications
7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2014
Apparatus for the protection of anodes and cathodes in a system of electrolysis cells.
System for power control in cells for electrolytic recovery of metals
A Magnetically Isolated Gate Driver for High-Speed Voltage Sharing in Series-Connected MOSFETs
14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’11), Birmingham, UK
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