Christoph Braun

Research Intern 

Starting Date: Spring 2015

Research Topic: Modeling of overhead transmission line

Christoph joined the Power Delivery Innovation Group in April 2017 for an intership from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.

He received his bachelor´s degree from KIT in mechanical engineering. During his bachelor studies he interned at Wenger Engineering, working on projects concerning heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He is now a graduate student at KIT in mechanical engineering focusing on topics of energy supply and fluid dynamics.

Christoph is assisting Mahbubur Rahman working on temperature dependent modeling of transmission lines.

Publications:

  1. M. Rahman, C. Braun and V. Cecchi, “Study of the Impact of Load Step Changes on Thermal and Voltage Stability Limits of Overhead Transmission Lines”, Submitted for 2018 IEEE SoutheastCon, Tampa Bay Area, FL, 2018.  
  2. M. Rahman, C. Braun and V. Cecchi, “Determination of Transmission Line Power Transfer Capabilities Using Temperature Dependent Continuation Power Flow”, Accepted for 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.  
  3. C. Braun, M. Rahman and V. Cecchi, “An Evaluation of Transmission Line Models Incorporating Longitudinal Temperature Variations”, Accepted for IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2018, Florence, Italy, 2018.  
  4. C. Braun, M. Rahman and V. Cecchi, “A transmission line model with non-uniformly distributed line impedance,”2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Morgantown, WV, 2017, pp. 1-6.
  5. M. Rahman, C. Braun and V. Cecchi, “Study of the impact of longitudinal variations in ambient conditions on transmission line voltage stability margin,” 2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Morgantown, WV, 2017, pp. 1-6.