Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
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.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Interested in supervising students studying;
- Power electronics and drives
- Switch-mode power converters and amplifiers
- Power semiconductor application.
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Francis Robinson is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 8 Similar Profiles
Projects
- 3 Finished
KTP with Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited
Dunn, R. & Robinson, F.
16/01/12 → 15/01/14
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
KTP with Sonic systems Ltd
Robinson, F. & Shepherd, P.
14/09/09 → 13/09/12
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
THE ENERGY STORAGE CONSORTIUM - SUPERGEN LINKED WITH SC236X COLLABORATION - SUPERGEN CONSORTIUM OTHER UNIS
Dunn, R., Robinson, F., Rodger, D. & Wang, H.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
14/02/06 → 13/10/10
Project: Research council
Research Output
Active-reactive power approaches for optimal placement of charge stations in power systems
Wang, C., Dunn, R., Robinson, F., Lian, B., Yuan, W. & Redfern, M., 1 Jan 2017, In : International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 84, p. 87-98 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
7
Citations
(Scopus)
A superconducting magnetic energy storage-emulator/battery supported dynamic voltage restorer
Gee, A. M., Robinson, F. & Yuan, W., 31 Mar 2017, In : IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 32, 1, p. 55-64 10 p., 7567599.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
37
Citations
(Scopus)
94
Downloads
(Pure)
Design and test of a new droop control algorithm for a SMES/battery hybrid energy storage system
Li, J., Yang, Q., Robinson, F., Liang, F., Zhang, M. & Yuan, W., 1 Jan 2017, In : Energy. 118, p. 1110-1122 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
52
Citations
(Scopus)
Using historical data processing method to optimize energy hub
Yu, D., Robinson, F., Zha, W. & Le Blond, S., 1 Sep 2015, 50th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2015. IEEE, 30Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Maximum power point tracking of PV water pumping system using artificial neural based control
Aashoor, F. & Robinson, F., 24 Sep 2014, 3rd Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2014). Naples: IETResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
8
Citations
(Scopus)
Thesis
Control Strategies for Using Battery Energy Storage Systems for Grid-scale Enhanced Frequency Response
Author: Ou, W., 29 May 2019Supervisor: Dunn, R. (Supervisor) & Robinson, F. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › MPhil
File
Design, Build & Test of an HTS Machine A.C. Loss Measurement Platform: Aircraft Applications
Author: Patel, J., 19 Jun 2019Supervisor: Robinson, F. (Supervisor) & Eastham, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
File
Design and Assessment of a Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage System for Remote Area Wind Power Systems
Author: Gee, A., 8 Oct 2012Supervisor: Dunn, R. (Supervisor) & Robinson, F. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
File
Design and assessment of SMES and battery hybrid energy storage for microgrid applications
Author: Sun, Q., 29 May 2019Supervisor: Robinson, F. (Supervisor) & Pei, X. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
File
Domestic Demand Response to Increase the Value of Wind Power
Author: Hamidi, V., 1 Nov 2009Supervisor: Li, F. (Supervisor), Robinson, F. (Supervisor) & Natarajan, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
File