Professor am EEH: HVL

Christian M. Franck was appointed Assistant Professor for High Voltage Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich on January 1, 2010.

He studied physics at the Universities of Bonn (Germany),  Edinburgh (Scotland), and Kiel (Germany) where he graduated 1999 with a diploma.  Afterwards he worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald (Germany) in the area of electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetized plasmas, receiving his Ph.D. in experimental physics in 2003. Then he worked at the ABB Research Center in Baden (Switzerland) in the area of current interruption, limitation and high voltage insulation. From 2005 on he headed the group for high voltage systems and gas circuit breakers. Dr. Franck is author and co-author of more than 30 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings and has filed/contributed to more than 15 patent applications. He is married and has two children.

The focus of his current research is to support the transformation of the electric energy transmission and distribution system towards a more sustainable and ecological one. First topics are high-voltage direct current (HVDC) networks, HVDC circuit breakers, and the substitution of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in gas-insulated equipment.

Curriculum Vitae/Fact Sheet

 

 

List of former publications:

Vorlesungen

• Electric Power Systems
• High Voltage Technology
• Technology of Electric Power System Components

Studien- und Masterarbeiten

• [Vergeben] Design and testing of an automatic contact resistance measuring device for temperature rise tests
• Machbarkeit der kapazitiven Entkoppelung von mehreren Elektroden [HVL:MA/SA]
• Mechanical and electrothermal modeling of stranded conductors [HVL:MA]
• Optimierte Form der Elektrodenspitze zur Reduktion der dielektrischen Verluste [HVL:MA/SA]
• [Vergeben] Optimum Integration of Renewable Energy Sources: Network or Storage? [HVL/Alstom:MA]
• Performance improvement of the Hydra Ruigtevallei 220kV line [MA/DA:HVL - ESKOM South Africa]
• Shunt Capacitor Bank designs with a surge arrestor impacting on protection stability [MA/DA - HVL/ESKOM in South Africa]
• Simulation der DC-Aufladungen von Feststoffisolatoren [HVL:SA]
• Simulation von AC/DC-Hybridleitungen [HVL:MA]

Publikationen

Artikel in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften

• C. M. Franck, HVDC Circuit Breakers: A Review Identifying Future Research Needs, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 26, No. 2, pp. 998-1007, April 2011 .

Konferenzbeiträge

• Dominik A. Dahl Christian M. Franck, Elektronenschwärme in elektronegativen Gasmischungen, Jahrestagung Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany, 11 - 15 March 2012.
• S. Adili C. M. Franck S. Bolat Sert L. G. Herrmann, Pulsed X-ray Induced Partial Discharge: Phase and Time-Resolved Measure, CEIDP 2011, Cancun, Mexico, 16 - 19 October 2011.
• M. Strobach U. Straumann C. M. Franck, Smart Energy Transmission: Dynamic Thermal Rating, SES 2011, Smart Energy Strategies, Zurich, Switzerland, 21 - 23 September 2011.
• M. Walter C. M. Franck, Influence of arc chamber parameters on passive resonance circuit of HVDC circuit breakers, Cigrè International Symposium THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE, Bologna 2011, Bologna, Italy, 13 - 15 September 2011.
• U. Straumann, C. Franck, Discussion of Converting a Double-Circuit AC Overhead Line to an AC/DC Hybrid Line with Regard to Audible Noise, Cigrè International Symposium THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE, Bologna 2011, Bologna, Italy, 13 - 15 September 2011.
• U. Straumann Ch. M. Franck, Finite element simulation of ion currents from coronating HVDC overhead lines, ISH 2011, Hannover, Germany, 22 - 25 August 2011.
• C.M. Franck, S. Adili, S. Bolat, H. Fuhrmann , Pulsed X-Ray Induced Partial Discharge Measurements (PXIPD), High Volt Colloquium, Dresden, 19 - 20 May 2011.
• M.M. Walter, C.M. Franck, Flexible Pulsed DC-Source for investigations of HVDC circuit breaker ARC resistance, XVIII International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications (GD 2010), Greifswald, Germany, 5 - 10 September 2010, .
• S. Adili, C.M. Franck, H. Fuhrmann, Pulsed X-Ray induced partial discharge measurements (PXIPD), XVIII International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications (GD 2010), Greifswald, Germany, 5 - 10 September 2010.
• P. Simka, C. M. Franck, Measuring breakdown probabilities ofSF6 insulated, low inhomogenous electrodes, XVIII International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications (GD 2010), Greifswald, Germany, 5 - 10 September 2010.

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Sonstige Publikationen

• Ch. M. Franck, Technologien für die zukünftige elektrische Energieübertragung , Eingeladener Vortrag / Invited Speech Physikalische Kolloquium der Universität Kiel 31 January 2012 Kiel, Germany.
• Ch. M. Franck, Röntgenpulsgetriggerter Teilentladungssatz in Mikrokohlräumen fester Isolierstoffe, Eingeladener Vortrag / Invited Speech, TU München, Lehrstuhl für Hochspannung- und Anlagetechnik, 10. November 2011, Munich, Germany.
• Ch. M. Franck, Ingenieurausbildung für die Energietechnik an der ETH Zürich, Eingeladener Vortrag / Invited Speech, swissTnet, 28 October 2011, Volketswil, Switzerland.
• Samuel Schläfli Ch. M. Franck, Schalter für das Supergrid, Connect, ETH Alumni, No 25/Mai 2011.
• Ch. M. Franck, Das "Supergrid", Eingeladener Vortrag/Invited Speech: Unterwerk Schlattingen /AXPO Schlattingen, Switzerland, 7 October 2010.