Medium Voltage Direct Current Technologies and Systems

Professor Drazen Dujic is Associate Professor and Head of Power Electronics Laboratory at EPFL, Zurich. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field, combined between industry and academia. He has authored more than 150 publications and has filled 16 patents. He publishes widely in MVDC. Dr Stefan Milovanovic is a researcher at Power Electronics Laboratory at EPFL. His PhD research project and current research activities are directly related to MVDC applications.

1. Introduction
2. High power semiconductors
3. Medium frequency transformers
4. Passive components: inductors and capacitors
5. DC circuit breakers
6. AC-DC power converters
7. DC-DC power converters
8. Solid State Transformers
9. MMC based solutions
10. Fractional vs Bulk Power Processing
11. MVDC power distribution networks
12. Wind collection and distribution DC grids
13. Photovoltaic collection and distribution DC grids
14. Marine power distribution networks
15. Utility DC grids
16. Standardization
17. Network layouts and configurations
18. Protection coordination
19. Insulation coordination
20. Summary and Outlook