Vijay Bhavaraju of Eaton Corporation, USA

The power distribution system is no longer powered by AC generators. It is not only DC energy resources the loads on the distribution system are becoming DC. Power distribution challenge is in managing DC distributed energy and emerging DC loads like electrical vehicles and data centers. Can DC distribution provide efficiency along with the demanding high resiliency? From USB-C that can power up to 100W loads, 100MW, 1500Vdc solar power plants,  and 300kV DC for off-shore wind the distribution is ready to go DC or at least a mix of AC and DC.  

Biography:

Vijay Bhavaraju received his B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in 1976; M.S. degree in power system operation and controls from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, in 1988; and Ph.D. degree in power electronics from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, in 1994.
He developed the early power converters for IEEE 1547 in 2002 for microturbines, Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Photovoltaics. At Eaton he led a team to develop a 250kW PV Inverter in 2011. He was the principal investigator and technical lead on many microgrid projects. He designed North America’s first 5MW Li Ion utility scale energy storage system at Salem OR – completed 2013. He is currently leading two teams in implementing a microgrid at a critical facility with cybersecurity and another developing a medium voltage solid state transformer for extreme fast EV charging infrastructure.

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