Al Watson
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Biography
Al Watson received my MEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2004, before pursuing a PhD in Power Electronics here too. In 2008, after completing his PhD, he became a Research Fellow in the Power Electronics Machines and Control Group, working on the UNIFLEX project (http://www.eee.nott.ac.uk/uniflex/). Since 2008 he have worked on several projects in the area of high power electronics including high power resonant converters, high voltage power supplies, and multilevel converters for grid connected applications such as HVDC and FACTS. In 2012 he was promoted to Senior Research Fellow before becoming a Lecturer in High Power Electronics in 2013. his interests are in development and control of advanced high power conversion topologies for industrial applications, future energy networks, and HVDC-VSC.
Research Interest
High Voltage Resonant Power Converters for Industrial Applications -High Voltage Transformer structures for High Voltage Circuits -High Voltage DC Transmission using Voltage Sourced Converters -Multi-level Power converters for Electrical Energy Distribution/Transmission and Automotive applications
Publications
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EFFAH FB, WATSON AJ, JI C, AMANKWAH E, JOHNSON CM, DAVIDSON C, CLARE J. Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives IET POWER ELECTRONICS. 9(2), 228-236.(2016).
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EFFAH FB, WATSON AJ, JI C, AMANKWAH E, JOHNSON CM, DAVIDSON C, CLARE J. Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives IET POWER ELECTRONICS. 9(2), 228-236.(2016).
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LEE Y, VAKIL G, WATSON AJ, WHEELER PW. An Analytical Modeling and Estimating Losses of Power Semiconductors in a Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converter for MVDC Grids 2017 IEEE POWER AND ENERGY CONFERENCE AT ILLINOIS (PECI).(2017).
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JANKOVIC M, COSTABEBER A, WATSON A, CLARE J. Arm Balancing Control and Experimental Validation of a Grid Connected MMC with Pulsed DC Load IEEE Transactions in Industrial Electronics.(2017).
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GU C, WHEELER P, CASTELLAZZI A, WATSON AJ, EFFAH F. Semiconductor Devices in Solid-State/Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Current Status and Future Trends Energies. 10(4).(2017).
