TU Delft, 25th March 2019
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What is the future of the distribution grids? What are the advantages of DC over AC?
Development of a smart DC distribution grid requires not only technology development. To be competitive, DC smart grid requires novel market solutions and adequate stakeholder adoption.
To understand how these layers are interconnected, join the symposium on DC distribution smart grids where experts discuss opportunities and obstacles for the DC distribution grids.
Program
Time | Activity |
9.15 – 9.30 | Opening Prof. Pavol Bauer |
9:30 – 10:00 | The progress of DC: Standardization and use-cases Keynote 1, Ing. Harry Stokman, DCBV |
10:00 – 10:30 | Roadmap for DC Keynote 2, Prof. Pavol Bauer, TU Delft |
10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11:00 – 12:30 | Presentation Session 1 |
11:00 – 11:30 | Modular power electronic devices for LVDC grids Pavel Purgat, TU Delft |
11:30 – 12:00 | Universal DC Distribution Grids: Modelling, Stability and Control Nils van der Blij, TU Delft |
12:00 – 12:30 | Bipolar regional and local DC grids – balancing converter, power management Matthias Shultz, Fraunhofer |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch |
13:30 – 14:30 | Presentation Session 2 |
13:30 – 14:00 | The spatial dimension of energy consumption Bardia Mashhoodi, TU |
14:00 – 14:30 | Electricity Markets for DC distribution systems Longjian Piao, TU Delft |
14:30 – 15:00 | Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Interfacing Local Storage in Two-Phase DC Grids Keynote 3, Dr. Gabriel Tibola, TU Eindhoven |
15:00 – 15:30 | Power Electronics as a key element between future public and local DC grids Keynote 4, Dr. Bernd Wunder, Fraunhofer IISB |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 – 16:30 | Poster session |
16:30 – 17:00 | DC distribution grid: Opportunity or Adversity Panel Discussion, Moderator: Ing. Marko Kruithof (Dutch Power) |
17:00 – 17:15 | Closing |
17:15 – 18:15 | Drinks |
Venue

TU Delft
Aula Congress Center, Mekelweg 5,
2628 CC, Delft
(room: Commissiekamer 3)
Link to the website with more information on how to reach the congress center Aula.
Useful Information
Accomodation
- Hotel De Plataan (website)
- Hotel Hampshire (website)
- Hotel De Koophandel (website)
- Hotel de Emauspoort (website)
- Hotel Johannes Vermeer (website)
- Hotel Grand Canal (website)
- Hotel Bridges House Delft (website)
- Best western museumhotels (website)
Transportation
Public Transportation
If you are coming by public transport, take the train or bus to Delft Central Station. The following buses travel between Delft Central Station and the Aula on the TU Delft campus.
- Bus 69: get off at bus stop “TU Aula”
- Bus 40 : get off at bus stop “TU Aula”
- Bus 55: get off at bus stop “TU Aula”
Availability, schedule and the prices for public transportation in the Netherlands is available on https://9292.nl/en/. For availability and schedule of trains visit https://www.ns.nl/en.
If you have a smartphone with Android or IOS operating system, both apps are available in the respective app stores. The smartphone applications are very comprehensive and combine the information from both websites.
Taxi
De Roo taxi
- Tel: +31(0)174624441
- Website: https://www.taxiautoverhuur.nl/en
Tourist information
For tourist information about Delft visit the website of Delft Tourist Organization