The SCENT doctoral training objectives were:
• Create the European Graduate School for conducted EMC
• Develop a structural doctoral programme in conducted EMC by 3 leading research groups, in close collaboration with industry
• Strengthen and structure the initial training of researchers in conducted EMC at European level
• Provide trained researchers with the necessary skills to work in industry
• Improve career perspectives by broad skills development, and building a durable consortium in research and training
The SCENT ESRs have been sent to industry several times. ESR1 and ESR2 already delivered their thesis. ESR1 is hired by the Hogeschool Saxion in Enschede (NL). ESR2 is with the research laboratory of dr. Racek (DE), ESR5 joined the school of mathematics at the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow, ESR7 and ESR8 will continue their career at the Technical University of Indonesia, Bandung, and BRIN in Serpong, and ESR9 will continue as lecturer at the University of Twente. Also, SCENT resulted in a standard Tutorial, supported by the IEEE EMC Society TC7, at the international conferences, and parts of these lectures are embedded in the lectures of the universities involved. All ESRs followed courses from the other universities creating the European Graduate School.
The SCENT scientific objectives were to develop and integrate advanced methods to model, design, evaluate, measure and monitor economic measures for a safe, reliable, efficient and greener electrical power system:
• Advanced models and simulation methods allowing for uncertainty for connected devices and systems, including T-F and V-I using multi-channel fast digitisers with over-sampling algorithms
• developing T-F and V-I models and simulation methods for power distribution in complex installations
• full experimental evaluation and characterisation of equipment and complex installations, incl. platforms
• effective and economical compensation and correction methods to reduce EMI and improve PQ
The many publications (OA) show that the objectives have been achieved, but also that more work is needed. W.r.t. to the first objective, several techniques have been developed for including the uncertainty, as well as the multichannel methods. An open source toolbox with techniques for statistical analysis and optimisation has been made available for industry and academia. The papers indicating drawbacks of frequency domain measurements in systems consisting multiple power electronic converters have been published in scientific journals. The second objective was partly achieved, as we need more research on this complicated topic. The paper concerning time domain model of data transmission reliability in a presence of EMI was published. The third objective has been achieved, as several measurements and simulations have been carried out for complete platforms such as naval vessels. The measurements were made in collaboration with industrial partners, e.g. EMC tests of electric vehicle charging stations produced by Ekoenergetyka, EMI tests on 1MW photovoltaic power stations connected to the ENEA grid (published). The fourth objective was achieved: novel filters have been modelled, simulated, built and tested in real applications. Also new filter topologies are now being used by industry, like the X-capacitors in floating y configuration. Dynamic Statcoms and active filters with local energy storage have been investigated.
