Innovates power electronics' converters for IoT/Telecom, Smart Grid, and transportation electrification
Our vibrant team at Power Electronics and Drives Applications Lab (PEDAL) enjoys exploring and inventing power electronics converters for the IoT/Telecom, Smart Grid and Transportation Electrification. This multimillion-dollar facility thrives off our team spirit, passion and belief and allows us to satisfy the industry needs.
Current research:
- Power Electronics Applications in the area of Internet of Things (I)/5G.
- Power train/Drives packages for automotive and railway.
- Inverters for Smart Grid applications.
Our facility is currently working on:
- Charging stations for electric vehicles
- Innovations in the area of railway cars and Hyperloop design
- Energy management solutions for electric vehicles
- Innovative solutions in Transportation Electrification
- Solutions for smart motor drives
- Power supply for IoT applications
- Automotive
- Clean technology
- Construction (including building, civil engineering, specialty trades)
- Environmental technologies and related services
- Information and communication technologies and media
- Professional and technical services (including legal services, architecture, engineering)
Specialized labs and equipment
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Equipment |
Function |
|---|---|
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Wind Turbine Test Module |
Test wind turbine modules |
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Photovoltaic Inverter Test Module |
Test solar inverters |
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Linear Motor Test Rig |
Magnetic modeling and testing of newly developed motors |
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Hyperloop Test Track |
Hyperloop prototype integration station |
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Electric Car Propulsion Simulator |
Electric car testing module used mainly in the on-campus electric car testing facility ACE for our projects |
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Typhoon Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) prototyping stations |
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) module |
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Bidirectional Power Interface Testing Prototype |
Charging station interface protocol |
Private and public sector research partners
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE)
- Mitacs
- Grundfos
- Armstrong Fluid Technology
- Transport Canada
- Bombardier (currently Alstom Transport)
- Inmotive Inc.
- Emphatec Inc.
Additional information
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Title |
URL |
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On the road to 100 per cent Canadian electric vehicles |
https://news.ontariotechu.ca/archives/2018/10/on-the-road-to-100-per-cent-canadian-electric-vehicle… |
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Water is life: Engineering researcher pumped about the future |
https://news.ontariotechu.ca/archives/2016/10/water-is-life-engineering-researcher-pumped-about-the… |
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PEDAL Media |
https://engineering.ontariotechu.ca/research/research-labs/pedal.php#tab1-5 |