General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRT-26-0614
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
Optimized control of a modular energy hub with minimal EMC signature
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The integration of renewable energy sources (RES) has become an important issue for power converters. The increasing number of these converters and their average utilization rate allows for a rethink of energy exchange management at the system level. This leads us to the concept of an energy hub, which can interface, for example, a photovoltaic (PV) system, an electric vehicle, a grid, and stationary storage with loads.
The main objective of this thesis is to improve the efficiency, compactness, and modularity of the energy hub through control. Several ideas emerge to achieve this, such as advanced control to minimize losses, the use of AC input opposition to reduce electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filtering, series/parallel DC output configurations to address 400Vdc/800Vdc batteries, and increasing the switching frequency to reduce volume, etc.
Thus, this thesis will, in the medium term, lead to the development of an optimal converter in terms of both energy efficiency and environmental impact.
University / doctoral school
Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique, Traitement du Signal (EEATS)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2026
Person to be contacted by the applicant
CARCOUET Sébastien
sebastien.carcouet@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS/SSCE/L2EP
CEA Grenoble
Bât B2I, pièce D327
17, rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble Cedex 9
04 38 78 18 28
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
En savoir plus
https://www.leti-cea.fr/cea-tech/leti/Pages/recherche-appliquee/plateformes/electronique-puissance.aspx