Biography

Andrea Volpini (Student Member, IEEE) is a PhD Student at the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, where he received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc degrees in Industrial Engineering in 2019, and in Electrical Engineering in 2022, respectively. In 2022 he worked as a Research Assistant in PELAB, the Power Electronics group at the University of Pavia. His research interests include DC-DC isolated converters, wide band-gap semiconductors and model predictive control for power converters.

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Projects

Multilevel Converters for High Power Applications and Medium Voltage Drives

Multilevel Converters for High Power Applications and Medium Voltage Drives

Double-Stage 5 kW Charger for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Study, design, and development of a power converter optimized for grid integration of Vanadium Redox flow batteries

Advanced Model Predictive Control for Electrical Drives and Power Electronics Converters

Advanced Model Predictive Control for Electrical Drives and Power Electronics Converters

Isolated DC/DC LLC resonant GaN converter for motor sport applications

The study investigates an ISOP LLC resonant converter using GaN transistors for high-efficiency, high–power-density dc-dc conversion. It also analyzes module mismatches and employs a genetic algorithm to optimize losses, transformer volume, and efficiency

Enhanced STATCOM wiith Supercap: Design, Control and Real Time Simulator for Hardware In the Loop Test

Enhanced STATCOM wiith Supercap: Design, Control and Real Time Simulator for Hardware In the Loop Test

Design control and implementation of an LLC resonant converter using GaN technology

Design and implementation of a ISOP LLC resonant converter to test, at a real application system level, the use of GaN devices versus traditional technology and to investigate novel solutions for drivers, overcurrent protections and control

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