Phd defence Faisal Wani

“Improving the reliability to Tidal Turbine Generator Systems”.

M&TT, PhD Defence On Thursday, 08 April 2021, at 15:00, of Faisal Wani 

Before the defence (at 14:30), he will give a 15-min layman’s talk on his research.

The focus is on proposing and analyzing robust designs for the Generator and the Power Converter in a tidal turbine power take-off system. For the generator, design features of a novel Flooded generator are investigated. For the power converter, reliability of a passively cooled converter is compared with the commonly used forced water-cooled converter based on the lifetime estimated by considering thermal cycling as the main failure mode.

You can find the digital copy of the thesis here. I will also leave some hard copies of my thesis near the M&TT coffee bar on the 3rd floor (Building 34, Wing B) in the next couple of days, should you like to have one.  If you are not able to find it there, kindly let me know and I will arrange for one.

 You are welcome to attend the whole ceremony via the live stream.