PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students studying;
- Power electronics and drives
- Switch-mode power converters and amplifiers
- Power semiconductor application.
Dr Francis Robinson
BSc, PhD, CEng, MIET, MIEEE
Profile
Dr Robinson worked as a design engineer before joining the University of Bath as a lecturer.
He worked on high-frequency power converters and controls for the machine-drives industry, and specialised power electronics for the control of electromagnetic fields at the Science and Engineering Research Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Oxfordshire.
He was responsible for the design and development of the 0.8 MW AC power-supply for the main beam-line magnets of the ISIS proton synchrotron operating at RAL, Oxfordshire. He has a PhD from Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Research
- Analysis and design of power electronics for high performance motor drives, power-factor correction and power conversion systems.
- The application and low-noise switching of modern power semiconductor devices. Optimising the electrical and thermal utilisation of modern power-semiconductor-devices, e.g. power MOSFET, IGBT, IGCT, GCT, FRED diodes in high-frequency machine inverters, active filters and switching amplifiers.
- Modelling and simulation of power-semiconductor effects and power electronics systems.
Teaching units
- Circuit theory
- Control theory
- Electronic control system design
- Elect. systems and power electronics
- Power electronics and drives 1
- Power electronics and drives 2
- Power electronics and machines
Publications
Book Sections
Aashoor, F.A.O. and Robinson, F.V.P., 2012. A variable step size perturb and observe algorithm for photovoltaic maximum power point tracking. In: Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference. IEEE.
Wang, Y., Draper, M.J., Denley, S.M., Robinson, F.V.P. and Shepherd, P.R., 2012. Control scheme evaluation for class-D amplifiers in a power-ultrasonic system. In: 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012). IET, A113. (IET Conference Publications; 2012/CP592)
Gee, A., Robinson, F. V. P. and Dunn, R. W., 2011. Sliding-mode control, dynamic assessment and practical implementation of a bidirectional buck/boost DC-to-DC converter. In: Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2011. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1-10.
Zubi, H. M., Dunn, R. W., Robinson, F. V. P. and El-Werfelli, M. H., 2010. Passive filter design using genetic algorthims for adjustable speed drives. In: Published in Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE. IEEE.
Articles
Gee, T., Robinson, F. and Dunn, R., 2013. Analysis of battery lifetime extension in a small-scale wind-energy system using supercapacitors. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 28 (1), 6407980.
Najafi, H. R., Samadi, A. A., Dastyar, F. and Robinson, F., 2010. Sensitivity study of parameters influencing large-disturbance stability of wind-farm implemented with DFIG. International Journal of Electrical Engineering, 17 (2), pp. 99-107.
Hamidi, V., Li, F. R. and Robinson, F. V. P., 2009. Demand response in the UK's domestic sector. Electric Power Systems Research, 79 (12), pp. 1722-1726.
Conference or Workshop Items
Hamidi, V., Li, F. and Robinson, F., 2008. Responsive demand in networks with high penetration of wind power. In: Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2008. T&D. IEEE/PES, 2008-04-21 - 2008-04-24, Chicago.
Hamidi, V., Li, F. and Robinson, F., 2008. The Effect of Responsive Demand in Domestic Sector on Power System Operation in the Networks with High Penetration of Renewables. In: Energy, S., ed. General Meeting of the IEEE Power and Energy Society, 2008-07-20 - 2008-07-24, Pittsburgh, PA.
Najafi, H. R., Samad, I. A. A., Dasttyar, F. and Robinson, F. V. P., 2008. The impact of a wind farm with doubly-fed induction generator on power grid. In: Institute of Electrical Engineers Japan International conference on Electrical Engineering(ICEE 2008), 2008-01-01, Japan.
Robinson, F. V. and Hamidi, V., 2007. Series connecting devices for high-voltage power conversion. In: Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2007. UPEC 2007. 42nd International, 2007-01-01.
Robinson, F., 2007. Voltage sharing scheme for series-connected power semiconductors. In: 20th IET symposium on pulsed power 2007, 2007-01-01.
Rodger, D., Lai, H. C., Hill-Cottingham, R. J., Coles, P. C. and Robinson, F., 2006. A New High Efficiency Line Start Motor with High Starting Torque. In: Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2006. The 3rd IET International Conference on, 2006-01-01.
Najafi, H. R. and Robinson, F., 2006. Design of a New Nonlinear Fuzzy State Feedback Controller for HVDC Systems. In: Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2006 1ST IEEE Conference on, 2006-01-01.
Najafi, H., Robinson, F. and Jahed Motlagh, M., 2004. Novel dynamic modelling of parallel HVAC/HVDC. In: Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2004, 2004-01-01.
Najafi, H. and Robinson, F., 2004. Oscillation analysis in parallel AC/DC system by a novel dynamic model. In: PowerCon 2004,, 2004-01-01.
Redfern, M. A., Terry, S. C. and Robinson, F. V. P., 2004. The application of distribution system current transformers for high frequency transient based protection. In: Developments in Power System Protection, 2004. Eighth IEE International Conference on, 2004-01-01.
Redfern, M., Terry, S., Robinson, F. and Bo, Z., 2003. Laboratory investigation into the use of MV current transformers for transient based protection. In: ISPT2003, 2003-01-01.
Terry, S., Redfern, M. and Robinson, F., 2001. Investigations into the response of distribution system current transformers to fault generated high frequency signals. In: Proc 36th Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2001) Session 3D, paper 5, CD ROM, 2001, 2001-01-01.
