Energy Innovation Center (EIZ) hosts international PhD Summer School in Cottbus

From June 27 to 29, the Energy Innovation Center (EIZ) of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg organized the first "EIZ PhD Summer School" on the topic of observer techniques applied to control systems for linear and nonlinear systems in Cottbus. The Summer School was led by Professor Jaime Moreno,  Professor of automatic control and the Head of the Electrical and Computing Department, Institute of Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. Among the 20 participants were doctoral candidates from TU Berlin, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, TU Chemnitz, TU Ilmenau and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

In a total of 6 modules, the participants first learned the system theoretical basics for the observation of dynamic systems. Based on this, established concepts such as the Kalman and Luenberger observers were motivated and derived. In the further course, modern observer concepts suitable for nonlinear systems such as the high-gain and the sliding state observer as well as observers based on dissipativity properties were introduced.

The topic of state and parameter reconstruction by observers is highly topical, in particular in the context of the energy transition and the accompanying changes in power systems. In these systems, there are a large number of states that are only insufficiently measurable and many stability-critical parameters are not known or only with insufficient accuracy. In order to be able to operate these systems reliably in the future, the use of modern observation techniques is essential.

About the Energy Innovation Center

The Energy Innovation Center focuses on targeted innovations, industry-oriented, product-oriented technology development and transfer, and education and training programs for industry and science. The focus is on technical as well as economic, political and social issues of the energy transition with special reference to structural development. The center is intended to serve as a platform for transferring the approaches and technologies developed to other regions and to the European level.

The EIZ consists of six networked institutions with their own thematic focuses, four of which will form a campus-wide large-scale energy technology laboratory. With 14 chairs of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and more than 40 partners from industry and science, the EIZ is optimally positioned for interdisciplinary research. Consortium partners include 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Ingenieurgesellschaft für Energie- und Power Station Technology mbH (IEK) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG.