IEEE PELS Newsletter 2005 4th Quarter

Forth Quarter 2005
Volume17, Number 4
ISSN 1054-7231
APEC 2006 Venue Changed
to Dallas, TX
Joint IAS/PELS/IES German
Chapter meets at EPFL,
Lausanne, Switzerland
Results of the 2005
International Future Energy
Challenge
Government's Role in Energy
Efficient Transportation
Photovoltaic Systems are
with Power Electronics
Nominations Welcome for
2007 IEEE William E. Newell
Technical Field Award and
Notice of INTELLEC
Fellowship
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From The Editor
John M. Miller
When this issue goes to press it
will have been just over one
month since hurricane Katrina
made landfall on Monday, Aug.
29th and devastated New Orleans
displacing nearly a half million of
its residents. The impact has been
felt far and wide, but no where so
deeply as by those who have lost
their homes and property. We are all deeply saddened
by the loss of life that always accompanies such disas-
ters. But New Orleans will be rebuilt and rise again to
greatness. Thankfully, many of its historic districts remain
largely intact. Business and government leaders are
already putting their visions onto paper of what New
Orleans will be in the twenty first century. But recon-
struction will take at least a decade and perhaps longer.
Hopefully, during this period of rebirth our professional
societies will continue to look at New Orleans as the
location for many conferences and expositions in the
coming years. Please see the change of venue
announcement in this issue and check the website fre-
quently for updates.
The newsletter production staff continues to
adhere as much as possible to providing diverse
themes for our quarterly issues. As editor-in-chief I
intend to follow this course to the extent that rele-
vant material is available. But there will be running
changes. For this issue the theme will focus on the
hydrogen economy and DOEs proactive involve-
ment. The revised theme outline for future issues is:
January 2006 extreme environment electronics, reliability
April 2006 energy storage technology
July 2006 power dense converters and inverters
October 2006 transmission and distribution of power
Errata: Front cover graphics on the 3rd quarter
issue, Vol. 17, No. 3, acknowledgements are:
Top picture of a dc-dc converter is by the authors
of the technical article, What is the best way to con-
struct a power electronic converter. Middle graphic
is courtesy, AT&T Microelectronics Power Systems
of Mesquite, TX. Bottom graphic is from Vicor
Corporation. Member contributions of graphics for
newsletter front cover artwork are always welcome
and the newsletter staff will continue to enhance the
cover with graphics relevant to the issue theme.
John M. Miller, EIC
pelsnews@ieee.org
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Fuel cell converter graphic
courtesy of BALLARD
Power Systems and special
thanks to Fred Flett.
Photovoltaic array photo
used with permission of
Remus Teodorescu and
Frede Blaaberg of Aalborg
University Institute of
Energy Technology.
From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Joint IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter meets at EPFL . . . . . . . .4
Results of the 2005 International Future Energy Challenge . . .6
Governments Role in Energy Effient Transportation . . . . . . .7
Photovoltaic Systems Are With Power Electronics . . . . . . . .10
PESC06 Call for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
ISPSD06 Call for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Meetings of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Nominations Open for 2007 IEEE Williams E. Newell
Technical Field Award and PELS Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Member Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
IPEMC 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
APEC 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Editorial Office
Closing Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
INTELEC Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
SDEMPED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
IEEE Power Electronics Society Officers
Rik DeDoncker President
Thomas Habetler Sr. Past President
Dean Patterson Jr. Past President
Vassilios Agelidis V.P. Operations
Grahame Holmes V.P. Meetings
Jan (Braham) Ferreira Treasurer
Ron Harley Publications Chair
Robert D. Lorenz Division II Director
Bob Myers Executive Officer
John M. Miller Editor-in-Chief
Juan C. Balda Associate Editor
Walter Chalupa Sales Manager - East
Mal Elgar Sales Manager - West
Issa Batarseh Electronic Media Editor
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4 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER Forth Quarter 2005
The international chapter meeting took
place in conjunction with a workshop and a
seminar program at Ecole Polytechnique
Fdrale de Lausanne, i. e. Swiss French
speaking technical university on June 2-3,
2005. Many international guests attended
the workshop and technical seminar on
June 2nd, 2005.
Mr. Christoph Weissbacher presented the
actual research results of the German FH
Kln/RWTH Aachen team participating in
the IEEE Future Energy Challenge 2005 con-
test. The FH Kln/RWTH Aachen team sim-
ulated a single phase inverter to be used in
photovoltaic applications of 1 kW, for both
220 Volt / 50 Hz and 110 Volt / 60 Hz in
both stand-alone and grid operation. The
objective of the work was to find control
parameters for voltage (stand-alone) and
current (grid) control and to verify them
with the PSIM simulation environment.
In the sequel Mr. Olivier Toury gave a
lecture about PSIM virtual machinery of a
cruise ship for dynamic performance studies.
The lecture presented the design and the
results of a virtual machinery tool developed
with PSIM software dedicated to transient
analysis of All Electric Ship power networks.
Dr. K. S. Rajashekara of Delphi Corporation
followed with a guest lecture about hybrid
fuel cells for transportation and stationary
power generation. A hybrid power system
consists of a combination of two or more
power generation technologies to best make
use of their operating characteristics and to
obtain efficiencies higher than that could be
obtained from a single power source. Since
fuel cells directly convert fuel and an oxidant
into electricity through an electrochemical
process, they produce very low emissions and
have higher operating efficiencies. Hence
combining fuel cells with other sources, the
efficiency of the combined system can be fur-
ther increased or extend the duration of the
available power to the load as a back-up
power. Different types of fuel cell hybrid sys-
tems for the mentioned applications have
been presented.
The next highlight was the distinguished
lecture of Prof. Deepak Divan of Georgia
Tech about the opportunities and market
needs for power electronics and power sys-
tems. The transmission and distribution
infrastructure is aging and congested, and in
urgent need of modernization. Power elec-
tronics may offer a new approach for reliev-
ing fundamental bottlenecks that have dis-
torted the electricity market and have
degraded system reliability. A new category
of solutions, Distributed FACTS or D-FATS,
have been presented as a potentially cost-
effective alternative for controlling power
flow on the grid, improving system reliabil-
ity and utilization of existing assets.
The social meeting took place at the
restaurant de Dorigny of EPFL with a view
on the beautiful scenery of lake Leman up
to Mont Blanc massif. Local organizer Prof.
Rufer of EPFL opened the banquet.
Interesting discussions about technical and
other issues developed. Society presidents
of IAS (Landis Floyd), PELS (Rik De
Doncker), IES (Charles Einolf) and also past
IAS 2000 president (Caio A. Ferreira) were
present at the banquet. The organisers' grat-
itude for support of the meeting was
expressed during an awards ceremony.
About 60 participants listened to the dif-
ferent lectures at EPFL on June 3rd, 2005.
First Prof. Paul Sunderland gave an
overview about the school of engineering of
the EPFL, consisting of 4 sections with 8 dif-
ferent institutes, headed by 62 professors
out of 200 in total. The school of engineer-
ing has an annual budget of about 90 mil-
lion US$. Research topics besides are reflect-
ed in different trans-disciplinary centers,
namely space, brain & mind, Bernoulli, bio-
logical engineering and energy. According
to the Bologna declaration the curriculum is
divided in a 3 year bachelor and a 5 year
master program in engineering. EPFL in sum
has 6400 students (2004) and 3120 employ-
ees. Faculty members come up to 50% from
Switzerland, up to 25% from USA and up to
20% from all over Europe, where it has been
ranked within the top 10 universities.
The second lecture given by Dr. Francois
Marechal introduced the institute of energy
Joint IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter meets
at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
By Dr. Ingo Hahn
Small talk in front of the awards. Left to Right, Prof. Alfred Rufer
(EPFL), Dr. Peter Magyar (IAS Region 8 chapter area chair/West).
Discussion on special topics during the social meeting. Left to
Right, Prof. Carlo A. Nucci (Univ. Bologna), Dr. Charles Einolf (IES
President-elect), Prof. Rik De Doncker (PELs President), Dr.
Andreas Luxa (German PES Chapter Chair), Prof. Anthony C.
Davies (past Region 8 director).
Forth Quarter 2005 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER 5
sciences. Dr. Marechal explained the differ-
ent research topics, being related to each
other, i. e. systems analysis, electromagnet-
ics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer
and thermodynamics.
In the following Prof. Jean-Jacques
Simond, head of the laboratory for electrical
machines, presented insights about the
modern design of high power generators.
His special approach to solve the design of
a 6-phase synchronous machine for a 20
MW gas compressor turbine is a machine
with solid iron rotor with excitation and
damper windings. Within the stator a
double winding scheme is used, where
the first three phases are translated against
the second three phases by an angle of 30
to eliminate the 5th and 7th harmonics of
the flux linkage. With this translated double
stator structure it is possible to suppress the
6th harmonic of the produced torque. Prof.
Simond presented a numerical test platform
for the developed turbo generators, parame-
terized by mechanical dimensions of the
iron and copper parts of the respective elec-
trical machine; the user can calculate differ-
ent operational modes.
The next lecture (was) given by General
Chairman and host Prof. Alfred Rufer
decribed an example of multi-disciplinary
research in the field of a hybrid energy stor-
age system. His approach uses compressed
air and super-capacitors. Prof. Rufer
explained the thermodynamics of pneumatic
energy storage with some examples for the
adiabatic, the isochoric and the isobaric state
transitions needed to understand the hybrid
energy storage system, and presented a
novel UPS with compressed air and super-
capacitors which uses a maximum efficiency
point tracking control. The efficiency of the
pneumatic motor is less than 20%, leading to
the suggestion to replace it by a hydraulic
motor. This system and further setups for
research and education - such as a model
railway or an electric scooter - have been
demonstrated during a subsequent lab tour.
In the following Dr. Eric Carroll of ABB
Switzerland gave an overview about high
power semiconductor development and
manufacturing. After a comparison of the
safe operating areas (SOA) of IGBTs and
IGCTs insights in the most advanced devel-
opment of high SOA IGBTs with special
switching self-clamping mode (SSCM) have
been given. The presentation of the leading
Swiss Power Semiconductor company con-
cluded with an introduction to new diode
developments, optimizing especially critical
snap off behavior.
The digest of Swiss and European High
Tech research and development was com-
plimented by the presentation of Prof.
Johann Kolar, ETH Zrich. After an intro-
duction to ECPE, the European Center for
Power Electronics - aiming at the promotion
of research, innovation, education, publicity
and technology transfer in the area of power
electronics in Europe - he described partic-
ular research work carried out in coopera-
tion with ECPE at his Power Electronic
Systems Laboratory: This comprised topics
like hybrid EMI filtering and matrix convert-
ers - especially sparse matrix converters
including all-SiC versions to be operated at
150 kHz switching frequency. By successful
integration, a power density of 25 kW/l has
already been achieved, being a basis to
work on the challenging number of 50 kW/l
for the future.
An unforgettable highlight of the chapter
meeting was the visit of European Research
Center CERN in Geneva.
For further information about the IEEE
IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter please visit our
homepage at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/
r8/germany/ias-pels
Dr. Ingo Hahn
IEEE IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter
The 2005 Future Energy Challenge (FEC) was held August 15-19
and was a tremendous success. The challenge focused upon two
topics near and dear to the hearts of many PELS members: (a) the
design of motors and motor drive systems that produce deep cuts
in losses and costs for home appliance use, and (b) the design of
a flexible utility interactive inverter for small distributed generation.
The design constraint posed for Topic A was to create a combi-
nation motor, power electronic driver, and controller that can oper-
ate from a single-phase residential source, deliver rated shaft load of
3/4 HP (or 500 W) at 1500 RPM, exhibit a useful speed control range
of at least 150 RPM to 5000 RPM, and provide power efficiency of at
least 70% for loads ranging from 50 W to 500 W at any speed in the
specified range for less than $40US. MPC Products Corporation
(MPC) and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) hosted the competi-
tion. Piyush Desai (MPC), Ali Emadi (Topic A Coordinator - Illinois
Institute of Technology), Mehdi Ferdowsi (University of Missouri-
Rolla), Nick Nagel (MPC), Shailesh P. Waikar (Black & Decker), and
Jia Xiaochuan (Regal-Beloit Corporation) served as judges. The
University of Belgrade, the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, and the University of South Carolina demonstrated their
motor/drive designs. At the end of the three-day competition, the
judging committee presented the following awards:
Topic A Motor/Drive Design
First Place ($10,000) - University of Belgrade, Serbia
Outstanding Design Innovation ($6,500) - University of South
Carolina, USA
Outstanding Educational Impact ($2,000) - University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Outstanding Presentation ($2,000) - University of Belgrade,
Serbia
Outstanding Technical Report ($2,000) - University of Belgrade,
Serbia
For Topic B, the design goal was to create an inverter that can
operate from a dc input voltage varying from 30 volts to 60 volts
to supply up to 1000W of power to a single-phase utility line
(efficiency of at least 90%) for under $200US. The National
Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado School of Mines
(CSM) hosted the competition. Marcelo Simoes (CSM) served as
the Topic B Coordinator. Nick Josefik (CERL), Paul Nielsen
(CERL), Don Collins (NETL), Steve Pekarek (Purdue University),
and Matt Zolot (NREL) served as judges. Seven schools from five
countries brought their inverters for testing. After three days of
testing and presentations, the judging committee presented the
following awards:
Topic B Inverter Design
1st Place - Monash University, Australia ($10,000)
2nd Place - Seoul National University of Technology, South
Korea ($8,000)
3rd Place - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA ($5,000)
Outstanding Presentation - University of Applied Sciences
Cologne / RWTH Aachen University, Germany ($2,000)
Outstanding Technical Report - University of Applied Sciences
Cologne / RWTH Aachen University, Germany ($2,000)
Outstanding Educational Impact Federal University of Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil ($1,500)
Innovative Design - University of Central Florida, USA ($1,500)
Innovative Packaging - University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
($1,000)
Outstanding Teamwork - Monash University, Australia, USA
($1,000)
Honorable Mention - Bangladesh University of Engineering &
Technology, Bangladesh
The organizing committee thanks the management and engi-
neers of MPC and NREL, particularly Nick Nagel, Piyush Desai,
Brianna Swenson, Ben Kroposki, and Christopher Pink for their
excellent job in preparing the experimental setup and testing the
motor drive and inverter systems. The Generous support of MPC,
NREL, PELS, IAS, and PES, IITs Armour College of Engineering,
and CSM is also gratefully acknowledged.
Based upon the significant interest of this years competition
another Future Energy Challenge will be issued for 2007. More
information on the competitions can be found at http://www.ener-
gychallenge.org/.
Prof. Steve Pekarek, Purdue University
Prof. Marcelo Simoes, Colorado School of Mines
Prof. Ali Emadi, Illinois Institute of Technology
Results of the 2005 International Future Energy
Challenge
University of Belgrade receiving the First Place Award (Topic A)
from judges.
Inverter competition (Topic B) teams and their hardware at the
awards ceremony.
Abstract:
There has been a great deal of talk over the
past few years revolving around the concept of
the upcoming hydrogen economy. For a myr-
iad of reasons the need to develop new forms
of energy are becoming increasing vital. Global
political, environmental, and security issues are
forcing us to look beyond the use of fossil
fuels to feed our growing energy needs. It is
apparent that a concerted effort is going to be
required to force the movement to new forms
of energy for our next generation vehicles.
To accelerate the movement to hydrogen as
a form of fuel, the government has been taking
an increasing role in promoting the develop-
ment of technologies necessary to achieve the
goals for this evolutionary technological leap.
This paper summarizes the existing and
rapidly approaching problems with our pres-
ent automotive fossil fuel resources, discusses
some of the benefits and issues with converting to fuel cell auto-
mobiles, and presents some of the efforts currently being funded by
the government to overcome these hurdles.
The Problem:
Some alarming facts:
The US presently consumes approximately 22 million barrels of
oil a day. America comprises less than 5% of the worlds popu-
lation while using roughly 25% of its oil, the vast majority of
which must be imported.
We spend nearly $300,000/minute overseas to purchase foreign
oil, much of it from parts of the world controlled by unstable
governments, or governments with somewhat questionable alle-
giance to the US.
Oil consumption in the developing world, particularly in China and
India, represents the fastest growing increase in the demand for oil.
These countries are expected to continue their industrial growth
and increase their energy needs at a rate of 7% and 5.5% per year
respectively.
The International Energy Agency recently announced that the
demand for energy is growing at the fastest rate in 24 years. It is
anticipated that worldwide oil consumption will only increase.
It is projected we may only have approximately 40 years of rea-
sonably cheap recoverable crude oil remaining.
Highway vehicles are currently responsible for over 60% of the
carbon monoxide and about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions
produced in the US.
The transportation sector is the largest oil consumer in the US. It
accounts for 2/3rds of our annual oil consumption.
Against this backdrop of disturbing statistics, the necessity for
developing new forms of energy to fuel our increasing automotive
needs is glaringly obvious.
By converting to alternate fuel forms, specifically hydrogen, we
have the opportunity to accomplish significant benefits.
Reducing Dependency on Foreign Oil
Reliance on foreign oil threatens US economic stability due to the
uncertainties surrounding available supplies and unpredictable costs
in the marketplace. Ramifications of an uncertain oil supply, to an
economy that depends on this source of energy for nearly 3/4ths of
its power production, can present serious economic consequences
as fluctuations occur.
Governments Role in Energy Efficient Transportation
By: Laura Marlino
US Oil Consumption, 2005
Total: 21,930,000 barrels per day
DOMESTIC
8.71 million
b/d, 40%
IMPORTS
13.21
million b/d,
60%
Fig. 1 U.S. oil consumption in bbl/day
Table 1. Source of U.S. oil imports
Fig. 2 U.S. oil imports by source
Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Every gallon of gasoline consumed in an automobile results in
the emission of approximately 21 lbs of carbon dioxide gas into the
atmosphere (Editor note: each kilogram of fuel requires about 15
kilogram air in a naturally aspirated engine at an equivalence ratio
of 0.8 the emissions of which CO2 represents 19%). It is believed
these emissions are gradually raising the temperature of the planet.
It is postulated that dramatic climate changes will ultimately occur
causing severe environmental effects unless this process is curtailed.
Reducing Air Pollution
Internal combustion engines produce poisonous carbon monox-
ide, nitrogen oxides, and unburned hydrocarbons. These last two
components combine in sunlight to create smog and can result in
serious health problems including emphysema, chronic respiratory
diseases, and fibrosis.
Improvements in Energy Efficiency
IC engines capture less than 30% of the energy in the gasoline
they consume. Fuel cells can convert 40-65% of hydrogens energy
into electricity.
The Hydrogen Alternative:
An affordable source of hydrogen and the development of reliable,
cost effective fuel cells are the keys to achieving the goals of a
hydrogen economy.
Although hydrogen exists as the most plentiful element in the uni-
verse, reserves of it dont occur naturally on Earth. Hydrogen must be
extracted from other sources containing hydrocarbons such as natural gas
or oil, or from water, which involves expending energy. Today approxi-
mately 70% of the electricity in the US comes from coal and natural gas
power plants. To convert to hydrogen powered automobiles, our nation-
al electrical generating capacity would need to increase significantly.
Serious problems exist with utilizing hydrogen as an energy car-
rier in automotive applications, even if production issues are over-
come. It is a general consensus that to make automobiles acceptable
to consumers in the marketplace they need the ability to travel at
least 300 miles between refueling. A gallon of gas contains about
2600 times the energy of a gallon of hydrogen (Ed. Note.
Gravimetrically liquid H2 stores 33.2 kWh/kg versus reformulated
gasoline at 12 kWh/kg). To achieve anywhere close to the energy
density needed to emulate that of gasoline, the hydrogen gas will
need to be compressed and stored at extremely high pressures. At
these high pressures cars will require much larger fuel tanks, taking
up to several times the volume of a present day gas tank.
Aside from production and storage issues, delivery, safety, and
public acceptance loom as formidable obstacles to overcome. Not to
mention cost and reliability. Current fuel cell technologies are
expensive and high temperature fuel cells are prone to material
breakdown and shortened operating lifetimes.
The Government Role:
The need for alternative automotive technologies to power the next gen-
eration of vehicles has been foreseen for some time. In 1993 The
Clinton/Gore Administration initiated the Partnership for a New
Generation of Vehicles (PNGV), a partnership between the federal gov-
ernment and the US Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), whose
members include DaimlerChryser, Ford and General Motors. The goal of
the partnership was to plan and manage research and development activ-
ities resulting in increasing the efficiency of conventional vehicles, and
develop technologies for a new class of vehicles with up to 80 mpg with-
out sacrificing affordability, utility, safety and comfort. There were specif-
ic targets and milestones created to chart the progress of this program to
Fig. 3 Known oil reserves through 2025
History: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review
2003, DOE/EIA-0384(2003) (Washington, DC, September 2004).
Projections: Table A11. Released: February 2005
Fig. 4 U.S. petroleum consumption by industry sector
Fig. 5 Growing oil gap
2004, at which time production vehicles were to be on the road. Although
the program began without a targeted vehicle technology, during the first
few years the focus was channeled primarily into ICE /hybrid vehicles.
In 2001 when the Bush Administration came to Washington, the
PNGV program was reinvented. The Partnership for a New
Generation of Vehicles evolved into the FreedomCAR program. No
longer was a midsize sedan the overriding vehicle target. By this
time the popularity of the SUV had greatly diminished the market
acceptance of the sedan. The program became concentrated on
technologies rather than a single vehicle, with the understanding
that technological advances could be applied across different vehi-
cle platforms. It also took on 2010 and 2015 targets addressing both
hybrid and fuel cell powered vehicles along with technology targets
to enable the transition to a hydrogen economy.
Today, the Department of Energys FreedomCAR and Vehicle
Technologies Program (FCVT) oversees and coordinates research
activities in four major areas. Within each of these areas, multiple
sectors of research have been identified.
Vehicle Systems Technologies
o Heavy Vehicle Systems
o Energy Storage Technologies
o Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines
o Hybrid Systems
o Testing and Evaluation
o Electric Vehicles
o Ancillary Systems
Advanced Materials Technologies
o Propulsion Materials
o Lightweight Material
o High Temperature Materials
Fuels Technologies
o Advanced Petroleum Based Fuels
o Non Petroleum Based Fuels
o EPAct
o Environmental Impacts
Engine and Emission Control Technologies
o Combustion and Emission Control
o Light Truck Engine
o Heavy Truck Engine
o Engine Boosting
o Off Highway Vehicles
Power Electronics and Electric Machinery research is devoted to
realizing the FCVT goal of achieving future fuel cell powertrains with
costs comparable to convention internal combustion engine/automat-
ic transmission systems. Specifically, the propulsion system must
deliver at least 55 kW for 18 seconds and 30 kW continuous power
at a system cost of $12/kW peak while maintaining a 15 year life.
In the interim, before the move to the hydrogen economy,
FreedomCAR goals have been established for both hybrid electrics
and IC engines operating on hydrogen.
Specific areas of research in power electronics are concentrated
on long term novel advances in the field. Challenges exist in
expanding temperature capabilities of electronic systems, develop-
ing cost effective motors, and reducing the weight and volume of
both power electronics and motors. Currently research is being per-
formed at National Laboratories, universities, and within industry on
all facets of these challenges.
Efforts are underway to develop new inverter topologies. These
include combining functionalities within modules to reduce size and cost.
Ongoing projects include tasks aimed at the integration of multiple invert-
ers into a single unit which shares components to reduce size and cost,
the development of a novel power conversion module which combines
a converter in the front end of an inverter with minimal components and
increased reliability, as well as new cascade inverter topologies.
Dc-dc converter research efforts have increased over the past few
years as new hybrid systems with varying dc bus voltage levels are
emerging. Both unidirectional and bidirectional topologies are being
developed under the FCVT program. Integration and modularity in
designs are being optimized as well as the development of new topolo-
gies and innovations to reduce or eliminate magnetic components.
New semiconductor materials are being examined for use in these
applications. SiC and GaN switches and diodes are being evaluated to
determine their benefit in future automotive applications. The ability
of these wide bandgap devices to operate at higher temperatures and
faster switching speeds with lower losses are currently being assessed.
Ultimately the use of these components may result in significantly
reduced cooling requirements, and a reduction in the size of passive
components thereby leading to cost and volume benefits.
Capacitor research is a strong emphasis, as is the need for high-
er temperature, smaller, less costly dc bus capacitors, all of which
have been realized. Film and ceramic capacitors are being devel-
oped to tolerate the harsh environmental conditions that fuel cell
and hybrid vehicles will be subjected to. Investigations are under-
way on new dielectric materials to minimize size while increasing
the operational temperatures of these components.
As part of the FCVT Program, research is ongoing to develop low
cost, high temperature bonded and sintered magnets for use in per-
manent magnet motors.
In concert with the pursuit for new magnetic materials, novel
new motor designs are continually being developed. R&D efforts are
underway on new high speed motors as well as different methods
of extending the constant power speed ratio through innovations in
motor and inverter designs.
High temperature packaging is an area in which a lot of attention
is now being directed. New methods to reduce the thermal resist-
ances between dies and the base plates are being investigated.
Means of eliminating wire bonds and achieving double sided cool-
ing of devices are being studied. In the field of thermal control, new
packaging methodologies for inverters, as well as different cooling
methods that utilize two-phase techniques, such as spray, and jet
impingement cooling, are being researched.
Efforts continue to reduce the size, weight, and volume of the dri-
vetrain system. The improvements noted above must be realized, while
simultaneously reducing costs, in order to gain customer acceptance of
these advanced electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles of the future.
Summary:
The transportation sector currently consumes two-thirds of the
petroleum used in the United States. America's transportation system
is over 95% dependent on petroleum as an energy source. Highway
vehicles are responsible for over 60% of the carbon dioxide emis-
sions and approximately 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions.
The FreedomCAR program is pushing technological advances
through its commitment to the advancement of hydrogen fueled vehi-
cle technologies. The program is focused on long term and far reach-
ing advanced automotive developments which will ultimately lead to
reductions in oil imports, and air pollutants resulting in a more stable
economy, increased domestic security, and a healthier populous.
However, the move to a hydrogen economy is still in its early
stages. Considerable problems exist with the development of this
vision. Hydrogen production, delivery, and storage, fuel cell cost
and durability, safety and public acceptance of this technology all
present hurdles that must be overcome.
In the interim, research and development resulting in continued
innovations which serve near term hybrid vehicle development can
provide stepping stones in the move to fuel cell vehicles to ultimately
provide a clean and sustainable transportation energy future.
Bio. Laura Marlino
Following a tour of duty in the US Air Force Laura studied Electrical
Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the
University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She
received her Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from
UNM in 1983. Following graduation she worked as an analog
design engineer with Teledyne Camera Systems in Arcadia,
California. She later returned to New Mexico to work at Honeywell
Aerospace and Marine in Albuquerque. During this time she per-
formed duties as both a test engineer and a digital design engineer
working on flight management systems and video cockpit displays.
She returned to the University of Tennessee and earned her
Masters in Electronics Engineering in 1991 with an emphasis in
analog electronics and device physics. Since then she has been
employed with Flextronics doing ASIC design work and at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She is currently employed at
ORNL as the Technical Program Manager for the FreedomCAR
program.
Photovoltaic Systems Are With Power Electronics
By
Remus Teodorescu and Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University Institute of Energy Technology
Dept. of Electrical Energy Conversion
I. Introduction
In these days of increasing environmental concern, governments
and the scientific community work to maximize the use of renew-
able energy resources. There is a growing recognition of the valu-
able role solar power can play in reducing pollution - particularly
in the effort to stabilize the carbon dioxide levels. The technology
is now available for industrial, commercial and residential con-
sumers. Photovoltaic (PV) power supplied to the utility grid is gain-
ing more and more visibility due to many national incentives. With
a continuous reduction in system cost (PV modules, dc/ac invert-
ers, and installation), the PV technology has the potential to
become one of the main renewable energy sources for the future
electricity supply. The market for grid-connected PV power appli-
cations continues to develop at a high rate. Between 2002 and 2003
the total installed capacity in the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS) countries grew by 36 %, reach-
ing 1,809 MW. The direct conversion of sunlight into electrical ener-
gy undoubtedly has the potential to contribute substantially to the
world-wide electricity production in the middle and long term.
In contrast with wind power the PV power production can be
much more precisely predicted with an error lower than 2% over 5
years. PV power plants in the range of 5 MW are currently succes-
fully operating in Germany and USA (Fig. 1a) . As the only renew-
able energy source that can be widely deployed in towns and cities,
building integrated PV can make a unique contribution towards a
better environment. Grid-connected PV systems offer the opportu-
nity to generate significant quantities of high-grade energy near the
consumption point, avoiding transmission and distribution losses.
These systems operate in parallel with existing electricity grids,
allowing exchange of electricity to and from the grid.
Building integration adds some advantages to grid connected PV
systems (Fig. 1b). The most important is the cost displacement gained
by integrating PV materials into the construction of buildings, especial-
ly into commercial buildings with expensive cladding. Building inte-
grated systems are expected to be the first cost effective application of
grid connected PV in the developed world and will become a small,
but important source of electricity generation in the next century.
Fig 1. PV systems in small and large scale; a) 5MW PV power
plant in Tucson USA b) Roof-integrated PV system for buildings;
a
b
Fig.2. Characteristics of a PV cell. Power at standard test condition
(1000 W/m2 irradiation and a cell temperature of 25 C): 170 W
@ 36.0 V [1].
Usually the power converter interface from
the PV panel string to the load and/or to the
grid consists of a two-stage converter: dc-dc
converter and dc-ac converter [1]- [4]. The dc-
dc converter is used to boost the dc voltage
produced by the PV panels to a level higher
than the grid voltage peak and also to control
the input power using a Maximum-Power-
Point-Tracking (MPPT). This is because the PV
panels exhibit a nonlinear current-voltage char-
acteristic as shown and yield maximum power
for a certain temperature and irradiance level at
a unique point in the power-voltage character-
istic called Maximum Power Point (MPP) as
shown in the Fig. 2
The dc-ac inverter is typically a current con-
trolled voltage source inverter capable of
injecting a synchronized current into the grid
and complying with some power quality stan-
dards like IEEE 1574 [6].
II. Power Configuration for
PV Systems
A. PV array configuration
The PV array can be a single panel, a string of
PV panels or many parallel strings of PV pan-
els. Centralized or not PV systems can be used
as depicted in Fig.3
1. Central inverters for PV power plants
In this topology which is used for PV power
plants (three-phase systems, typical > 10 kW)
the panels are arranged in several parallel
strings connected to a single central inverter on
the DC-side (Fig. 3a). These high power invert-
ers are characterized by high efficiency and
low specific cost. However, the energy yield of
the PV plant decreases due to module mis-
matching and potential partial shading condi-
tions. Also the reliability of the plant may be
limited due to the dependence of power gen-
eration on a single component: the failure of
the central inverter will stop the whole sys-
tem.For higher power levels (MW) several cen-
tral inverters in the range of 100-250 kW are
connected in parallel.
2. String inverter- for residential PV applications
Similar to the central inverter, the PV plant is divided into several
parallel strings. Each of the PV strings is assigned to a designated
inverter, the so-called "string inverter" (see Fig. 3b). String inverters
have the capability of a separate MPPT of each PV string. This
increases the energy yield via the reduction of mismatching and
partial shading losses and enhances the supply reliability. String
inverters have now evolved as a standard in PV system technology
for grid connected PV plants.
The multi-string inverter is an evolution of the string technolo-
gy applicable for higher power levels [1]. It allows the connection
of several strings with separate MPPT systems (via dc/dc convert-
er) to a common dc/ac inverter. Accordingly, a compact and cost-
effective solution which combines the advantages of central and
string technologies is achieved. This multi-string topology allows
the integration of PV strings of different technologies and of vari-
ous orientations (South, North, West and East). The application
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Fig. 3. General schemes for grid connected photovoltaic systems:
a) Central inverter, b) String inverter, c) Module integrated inverter.
area of the multi-string inverter covers single-phase PV plants in the
power range of 1.5-5 kW, typically for residential applications.
3. Module integrated inverter
This system uses one inverter for each module (see Fig. 3c) . The
topology optimizes the adaptability of the inverter to the PV
characteristics, since each module has its own MPPT. Although
the module-integrated inverter optimizes the energy yield, it has
a lower efficiency than the string inverter. Module integrated
inverters are characterized by more extended ac-side cabling,
since each module of the PV plant has to be connected to the
available ac grid (e.g. 230 V/ 50 Hz). Also, the maintenance
process is quite complicated, especially for facade-integrated PV
systems. This concept can be implemented for PV plants of about
50- 400 W peak.
B. PV inverter topology
The PV inverter technology has evolved quite a lot during the last
years [3]. Different power configurations are possible as shown in
Fig. 4.
The question of having a dc-dc converter or not is first of all
related to the PV string configuration. It is possible to avoid the
boost function of the dc-dc converter by using more panels in
series or by having a lower grid voltage, like in US or Japan. Thus
a single stage PV inverter can be used leading to a higher efficien-
cy in those cases.
The issue of isolation from the mains is mainly related to safety
standards and is for the moment only required in US. The draw-
back of having more panels in series is that MPPT is harder to
achieve especially during partial shading.
In Fig. 5, some typically PV inverter topologies are shown for
the case with isolation (a) and without isolation (b). In the first case
a push-pull dc-dc boost converter with high frequency transformer
is used. PWM IGBT inverters switched at 10-20 kHz are used as dc-
ac inverter in order to obtain high levels of power quality. In the
second case without isolation, a standard boost converter can be
used as shown in Fig. 5b.
For the case of high-power central PV inverters due to the large
number of PV panels available, the boost converter can be avoid-
ed and the topology used is again the three-phase full-bridge PWM
inverter with current control. A LC or LCL filter is used at the inter-
face with the grid. Isolation may not be required as the power plant
Fig. 4. Power configurations for PV inverters with and without gal-
vanic isolation.
Fig. 5. Typical two-stage PV inverter for residential applications. a)
with isolation; b) without isolation
a
b
a
b
c
Fig. 6. a) Experimental test setup of the 1.5 kW PV inverter; b) The
solar panels string mounted on the roof of the laboratory.c) Test
results for grid connection
can connect directly to the MV transformer.
For the case of module-integrated PV inverters, there are many
topologies proposed [1]. A typical topology is push-pull or flyback
dc-dc converter and full-bridge unfolding inverter switched at line
frequency.
III. Green Power Laboratory at Aalborg
University
A laboratory for the study of grid-connected inverters used in PV
has been developed at Aalborg University [5] to teach and investi-
gate how to improve the grid interaction of PV systems.
In Fig. 6a a PV inverter setup is shown.The voltage-source-
inverter (VSI) is the power stage of a Danfoss VLT 5004 rated
400V/10A which is controlled using a DS1103 dSPACE controller.
The switching frequency of the inverter was 10 kHz. Sixteen solar
panels connected in series and mounted on the roof of the labora-
tory have been used (see Fig. 4b). The solar panels are BP-MX120
type having 120Wpeak each. Due to the large number of panels no
boost converter is required.
The setup is very flexible in terms of control implementation
due to the fact that the dSPACE controller uses Simulink for pro-
gramming. Different MPPT, current control strategies and grid syn-
chronization methods can be easily tested and evaluated by means
of this setup.
References
[1] F. Blaabjerg, Z. Chen and S.B. Kjaer, Power Electronics as
Efficient Interface in Dispersed Power Generation Systems, IEEE
Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2004, pp. 1184-1194.
[2] F. Blaabjerg, R. Teodorescu and Z. Chen, Power Converters and
Control of Renewable Energy Systems, Proc. of ICPE04, Vol. 1,
pp. 2 20.
[3] H. Haeberlin, Evolution of Inverters for Grid connected PV
systems from 1989 to 2000, Proc. of Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conference, 2001.
[4] M. Calais, J. Myrzik, T. Spooner and V.G. Agelidis, Inverters for
single-phase grid connected photovoltaic systems-an overview,
Proc. of PESC 02, 2002, Vol. 4, pp. 1995 2000.
[5] R.Teodorescu, M. Lungeanu, F. Blaabjerg, Advanced education
facilities for power electronics and renewable energy systems at
Aalborg University, Proceedings of IPEC 2005, Niigata.
[6] IEEE Std 1574 IEEE Standard for Interconnecting Distributed
Resources with Electrica Power Systems, 2003, ISBN 0-7381-3720-0
Frede Blaabjerg
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Aalborg University
Institute of Energy Technology
Dept. of Electrical Energy Conversion
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KOREA NATIONAL TOURISMORGANIZATION
Second Call for Papers
Topics of Interest
- Aerospace Power Applications - Alternative Energy Resources / Distributed Generation
- Automotive Applications - Consumer Application
- DC-DC Converters - Digital Techniques Applied to Power Electronics
- Education - EMI-EMC
- Energy Storage - Integration, Packaging and Modules
- Inverters and Inverter Control Techniques - Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
- Motor Drives - Passive Components
- Power Quality and Utility Applications - Power Semiconductor Devices
- Rectifiers and AC-AC Converters - Resonant Converters
- Other Power Electronic Applications
Paper Submission
To be considered for the conference program, authors should submit electronically in pdf format only:
- An abstract of 300 words maximum. The abstract should contain the title, authors name(s), affiliation(s), contact
author and his/her, mailing address, and telephone and fax numbers. Abstracts exceeding the maximum length
will not be considered.
- A digest of 5 pages maximum. Outlining the work to be presented, it
should consist of the objectives of the paper and the results obtained.
Key equations, figures and tables should be included within the page
limit (reference list should be submitted as a separate page). Digests
exceeding the maximum length will not be considered.
Paper submissions will be accepted electronically. Detailed instructions
will be available on the PESC06 website. (Technical Program Chair: Prof.
Seung-Ki Sul / E-maii: sulsk@plaza.snu.ac.kr)
Important Dates
- Submission of Abstract and Digests
November 4th, 2005
- Authors Notification of Acceptance
February 17th, 2006
- Submission of Final Manuscripts
April 21st, 2006
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The 37th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
June 18~22, 2006
International Convention Center Jeju, Jeju, Korea
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June 18~22, 2006
International Convention Center Jeju, Jeju, Korea
Tutorials
The conference will feature several tutorials. If you are interested in organizing a tutorial, please contact the tutorial
chairman. (Tutorial Chair: Prof. Hyosung Kim / E-mail: hyoskim@cntc.ac.kr)
Registration
All PESC06 participants must register. At least one author of each paper must
register for the conference with a full registration, but it is not required for the
submitting author to be the recorded registrant for the paper. Registrants may
register more than one paper with no additional paper fees. Student registration
is allowed at a reduced rate but this does not replace the full registration required
for at least one author of every paper. On behalf of the conference quality it is
strongly recommended that authors with more than three accepted papers
provide additional registrants. The quality of discussion is inevitably lowered
when more than two Poster papers are presented by the same author even when those papers are located close to
each other in the poster session.
Exhibition
Exhibits of commercial products related to the conference topics will be held concurrently. We are expecting an
enthusiastic collection of vendors and conference registrants. If you would like to know more about the exhibition,
please contact the chairs of the exhibition. (Exhibition Co-chairs: Dr. Dongwook Yoo and Prof. Hyung Soo Mok / E-
mail: dwyoo@keri.re.kr, hsmok@kkucc.konkuk.ac.kr)
Venue
PESC06 will be held at International Convention Center Jeju (ICC Jeju) in Jeju,
Korea. ICC Jeju is one of the premier international convention and exhibit centers
in Korea. At the forefront of globalization, ICC Jeju will continue to provide a high-
tech venue for international exhibitions, meetings, and cultural events in the 21st
century.
Sponsors
- IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)
- The Korean Insititute of Power Electronics (KIPE)
- IEEE Seoul Section
- Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF)
- Seoul National University (SNU)
For Further Information, Please Contact PESC06 Secretariat
Technical Program Chair: Prof. Seung-Ki Sul
Tel: +82-42-472-7460 / Fax: +82-42-472-7459
Web Site: http://www.pesc06.org / E-mail: pesc06@pesc06.org
http://www.pesc06.org
Announcement and Call For Papers
The 18th International Symposium on Power
Semiconductor Devices and ICs
(ISPSD06)
Napoli - Italy 4 to 8 June 2006
Book Reviews:
Three recent
books about
dc-dc converters
By: Prof. Serban Birca-Galateanu
Again similar titles for completely different books recently pub-
lished by M. Dekker and CRC Press.
William Shepherd, Li Zhang
Power Converter Circuits
M. Dekker Inc., E E E Series / 119 , March 2004
540pp., 178 illus., $165. ISBN: 0-8247-5054-3
This is a classic handbook of Power Electronics, aimed for pro-
fessors, undergraduate and graduate students in electrical, power
and also electronic engineering, and for university libraries. Many
worked examples and problems are included in each chapter,
which are particularly useful for didactic purposes.
Key properties and characteristics are considered for compo-
nents, not second-order features. Clear, basic relationships are
obtained by analytic methods. Even home-studying scholars can
understand them.
The first half of the book covers uncontrolled (diode) and con-
trolled (thyristor) rectifiers with passive (LC) load, supplied by the
mains network. Single- and three-phase circuits, as well as pulse-
width modulated rectifiers are presented. It is then the turn of dc
to three-phase ac converters (inverters) operating at mains fre-
quency, with natural and controlled commutation. Phase-controlled
and envelope cycloconverters are presented, as well as basics of
matrix converters. The book covers power factor and harmonic
performance.
Finally, dc-to-dc converters and switch-mode power supplies
are briefly treated.
Numerical results of the problems are given at the end of the
book. References listed are either used in the book or intended for
further in-depth study.
Simon S. Ang, Aljandro R. Oliva
Power-Switching Converters
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Electrical and Computer Eng.
Series nr. 123, 2nd ed., Feb 2005
560pp., 440 illus., $100. ISBN: 0-8247-2245-0
This is a high-level monography for high-frequency dc-dc convert-
ers, interesting for: electronics design engineers, technicians, pro-
fessors, graduate students, and for technical libraries. Problems are
included, which are particularly useful for didactic purposes.
State-of-the-art is presented, then a comparison between linear
and switching converters and the principles of analysis. Operation
of basic topologies is explained, in continuous and discontinuous
modes, utilization of synchronous rectifiers, then transformerized
switching converters. Control techniques are illustrated by industri-
al wide-spread dedicated integrated circuits.
Modern circuits, as interleaved converters and switched-capaci-
tor converters are explained.
Zero-voltage and zero current switching quasi-resonant and res-
onant converters are extendedly covered.
Particularly in-depth study of the switching converters dynamic
behavior, in the frequency and in the time domain (using analytic,
respectively numerical calculus) corresponds to the unavoidable
difficulties met in practice by all the converter designers.
The text includes the use of Pspice, Matlab and step-by-step
design and simulation.
The large number of case studies are a consistent help for
switching regulator designers, hence increase the book quality and
usefulness for specialists. More tools are available on Internet.
The book is clear, complete, up-to-date. A list of references is
mentioned in each chapter.
Fang Lin Luo, Hong Ye
Advanced AC/DC Converters
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Power Electronics and
Applications Series nr. 1, March 2004
782pp., 320 illus., 60 tab., $190. ISBN: 0-8493-1956-0
This is a book for those who already have a basic knowledge
of the high-frequency dc-dc converters and are interested in further
study: professors, electronics design engineers, experts, upper-level
students in HF power electronics. Authors personal research
experience and in education is the source of the over 500 topolo-
gies presented or suggested, logically classified in 6 generations.
First, basic dc-dc converter circuit, operation, parameters and
methods are discussed, followed by voltage-lift converters. Then,
the variety of converter topologies is passed in review, one gener-
ation after another, with a precise, analytical presentation of the
ideal circuits. Many new ideas and more than 100 new topologies
are introduced. EMI/EMC reduction and the voltage sources for the
converters are discussed.
Multiple-stage (cascaded) converters are presented, with very
large output-to-input voltage ratio (the Luo converters). More
information would have been useful about their efficiency.
More than 400 references are mentioned, spread in the 12 chapters.
The book is written in a deep analytical spirit.
Serban Birca-Galateanu, Assoc Prof,
IUFM of Nantes Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept.
4, ch Launay Violette, 44322 Nantes, FRANCE
e-mail : serban_birca@yahoo.com
International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems,
PEDS05, is being held 28 Nov. to 1 Dec. 2005 in Kuala Lampur.
US-UAE Workshop: Recent Research and Education, Activities
in Power Electronics and Drives, to be held at the American
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), 13-15 December,
2005. US-UAE is sponsored by the University of Central Florida
(UCF), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the IEEE UAE-
Section. For more information contact Prof. Rached Dhaouadi, Dept.
of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE, at
rdhaouadi@ausharjah.edu, or phone: +971 6 5152729.
APEC 2006, The 21st Annual Applied Power Electronics
Conference and Exposition. Change of Venue due to hurricane
Katrina: Originally scheduled for 19-23 February 2006 at the
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA is now moved to
Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel and rescheduled to one week earlier on
12-16 Feb. 2006. APEC is co-sponsored by IEEE PELs and IAS soci-
eties and by Power Sources Manufacturers Association, PSMA. For
more details see: www.apec-conf.org.
PEMD 2006, 2nd IEE International Conference on Power
Electronics, Machines and Drives, will be held at Clontarf Castle,
Dublin, Ireland on 4-6 April 2006. PEMD 2006 is organized by the
IEE Power Conversion & Applications Professional Network and is
technical co-sponsored by the IEEE IEMDC. For additional infor-
mation please see: http://conferences.iee.org/pemd
18th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor
Devices and Integrated Circuits (ISPSD06), will be held 4-8
June, 2006 in Napoli, Italy. This edition of ISPSD will have a joint
session on Power Integration with the Conference on Integrated
Power Systems, CIPS, that will be held in Napoli, Italy on 8-9 June
2006. IEEE PELs is technical co-sponsor of ISPSD06. For more
information visit www.ISPSD2006.it or contact the General
Chairman, Prof. Paolo Spirito.
NORPIE 2006, the Nordic Workshop on Power and Industrial
Electronics, takes place from 14 16 June 2006 at the Lund Institute
of Technology, Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and
Automation, Lund, Sweden. The IEEE Power Electronics Society is a
technical co-sponsor. Deadline for summaries: January 15, 2006, and
further timetable at: http://www.iea.lth.se/norpie2006. For addition-
al information visit: www.iea.lth.se/norpie2006/.
PESC 2006, the 37th Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists
Conference, will be held June 18-22, 2006 at the International
Convention Center Jeju, Jeju, Korea. PESC is sponsored by the IEEE
Power Electronics Society. For more information on the PESC2006
program visit http://www.pesc06.org or contact the PESC06
Secretariat at +82 42 472 7460 or via email: pesc06@pesc06.org.
EPE-PEMC 2006, the 12th International Power Electronics and
Motion Control Conference, will be held 30 August - 1 September
2006 at the Congress Centre Bernardin Portoroz, Slovenia. EPE-
PEMC 2006 is technical co-sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics
Society and Industrial Electronics Society. Visit http://www.ro.feri-
uni.mb.si/epe-pemc2006 for more details. Prof. Dr. Karel Jezernik,
University of Maribor is EPE-PEMC2006 General Chair and may be
contacted at: karel.jezernik@uni-mb.si
International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC
2007, is scheduled for 3-5 May 2007 in Antalya, Turkey. IEMDC
2007 is co-sponsored by IEEE PELs, IAS, PES and IE. Conference
details can be found at www.iemdc07.org or by contacting Prof.
Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University at o.kaynak@ieee.org
Meetings of Interest
Nominations for the 2007 IEEE William E.
Newell Power Electronics Award will be
accepted until January 31, 2006. PELS spon-
sors this award, which was recently elevat-
ed to an IEEE Technical Field Award. The
award will be presented for the first time in
2006. The new process for nominating
someone for the award requires five letters
of recommendation, so it takes a little more
planning than when it was a PELS award,
but the award comes with even greater
prestige. For more information on the 2007
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics
Award go to http://www.ieee.org/awards,
click on Technical Field Award and then
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics
Award to get more information and access
the Nomination form.
Nominations are also open for the 2006
Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power
Electronics Engineer Award and the 2006
Distinguished Service Award. For more
information on these awards go to the
PELS website.
Nominations Open for 2007 IEEE William
E. Newell Technical Field Award and PELS
Awards
By: Randy Frank
Members on the Move
This column is updated quarterly with input
from you, the PELs members, about mem-
bers who have recently moved, assumed
new employment positions, taken on differ-
ent professional roles or retired. Please
send your inputs along with a brief com-
ment and include a color photo of the indi-
vidual involved, which could be yourself, to
PELs newsletter editor-in-chief at pel-
snews@ieee.org.
John M. Miller has joined Exponent
Failure Analysis Associates in Phoenix, AZ,
where he is senior managing engineer in
the electrical practice. At Exponent, Dr.
Miller will continue his exploration of
hybrid propulsion system technology and
the application of ultracapacitors to hybrid
and conventional vehicles. Prior to joining
Exponent, Dr. Miller was principal engi-
neer at J-N-J Miller, PLC, located in Cedar,
MI. He continues his service to IEEE as
Editor-in-Chief, Power Electronics Society
newsletter.
Member Update
CALL FOR PAPERS

Sponsored by
China Electrotechnical Society (CES)
IEEE Power Electronics Society
In cooperation with
National Natural Science Foundation of
China (NSFC)
IEEE Beijing Section
Organized by
Shanghai J iao Tong University
Shanghai University
General Chairman
Fred C. Lee Virginia Tech, USA
Co-Chairs
Akagi, Hirofumi
Tokyo Institute of Technology, J apan
De Doncker, Rik W.
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Zhen, Yuanfang
Shanghai J iao Tong University, China
International Steering Committee
Chairman Qian, Zhaoming
Zhejiang University, China
National Steering Committee
Chairman Wang, Zhaoan
Xian J iaotong University, China
Organizing Committee Chairman
Pan, Chongyi
China Electrotechnical Society. China
Technical Program Chairman
Jiang, Jianguo
Secretary-General Pan, Junmin
Contact Information
WebSite: http://ipemc2006.sjtu.edu.cn/
Email: ipemc2006@sjtu.edu.cn
Tel: +86-21-62932380
Fax: +86-21-62932380
Mailing Address: IPEMC2006
Department of Electrical Engineering
Shanghai J iao Tong University
1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai
200030 P. R. China

The 2006 CES/IEEE-PELS
International Power Electronics and
Motion Control Conference

13~16 August, 2006 Shanghai, P. R. China
Scope
The conference will include regular sessions on major aspects of the theory, analysis,
design, and applications of power electronics and motion control, the following
catalogs provide you referenced, but not limited topics:
1. Power electronic devices 2. Device measurements
3. Modeling, analysis and simulation 4. DC-DC converters
5. Soft switching converters 6. Power factor correction
7. Power electronics in power engineering
8. Switched mode power supplies and UPS 9. Modulation and control strategies
10. Active power filters and reactive power compensators
11. Electric machinery 12. Motion control
13. Synchronous and reluctance motor drives 14. Induction motor drives
15. Power IC
16. Other applications of power electronics and motion control

Paper Submission
Please submit one electronic file in PDF or MS-DOC format including:
1. One page including Title, Author name(s), Affiliation(s), Contact Author, Mailing
address, the number belongs to which field in scope above, Telephone and Fax
numbers and email address.
2. Five (5) page digest, 1 spaced on standard Letter/A4 size, outlining the work to
be presented, the objectives of the paper and the goals achieved. Key equations,
figures, tables and references should be included, all within the page limit.
Paper format can be download from http://ipemc2006.sjtu.edu.cn/
Paper submissions will be accepted by email: ipemc2006@sjtu.edu.cn

Important Dates
15 January 2006 Deadline for submission of abstract and digest
1 March 2006 Authors notified of acceptance
15 April 2006 Deadline for submission of final manuscripts
14 August 2006 Conference commence
Dr. van Wyks Editorial Office of the IEEE
Transactions on Power Electronics will be
closed from December 21, 2005 until
January 4, 2006. Dr. van Wyk will stop
accepting new paper submissions on
December 20, 2005. He will continue in his
capacity as Editor in Chief until June 15,
2006, processing all papers received prior
to December 21, 2005.
New paper submissions will resume on
January 1, 2006 with Professor Frede
Blaabjerg as the new Editor-in-Chief. From
January 1, 2006 forward, all paper submis-
sions will be accepted on line at
Manuscript Central.
During the transition period, January 1,
2006 to June 15, 2006, all correspondence
to both Dr. van Wyk and Professor
Blaabjerg will be conducted using the
existing Editors e-mail address: peledi-
tor@ieee.org.
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Editorial Office Closing Announcement
The INTELEC Advisory and Conference
Executive Committees sponsor the Joseph J.
Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship in Power
Electronics. This fellowship is named in
honor of the late Dr. Joseph Suozzi, a
founder and long-time leader of INTELEC.
This grant of $10,000 is made annually to an
electrical engineering graduate student
studying in an area of power electronics
applicable to communications systems.
Such systems include wireline, optical, wire-
less or combinations of such systems such
as the Internet or embedded telecommuni-
cations infrastructures. Alternative energy
systems for communications networks or
network elements is also a suitable area.
This fellowship is international and is
therefore open to electrical engineering
graduate students in all countries. It is a
one-time grant to an individual and is not
renewable.
Interested electrical engineering graduate
students should submit:
an essay not exceeding one page in
length that explains how his/her pro-
posed project can be applied to power-
ing of communications systems
a transcript of his/her grades
a letter of support from his/her Faculty
Advisor.
These materials should be sent by 1
February 2006 to the Chair of the IEEE
Power Electronics Society Educational
Activities Committee:
Leon M Tolbert, P.E., Ph.D.
Chair, PELS Educational Activities
Committee
The University of Tennessee
Electrical and Computer Engineering
311 Ferris Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-2100 USA
The recipient of the 2006 INTELEC fel-
lowship will be notified by 22 April 2006.
INTELEC Fellowship
The fifth IEEE Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric
Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED
The SDEMPED 2005 was held in Vienna,
Austria, from September 7-9. The official
venue was the Parkhotel Schnbrunn,
which is located next to the UNESCO World
Heritage Site of the baroque Schnbrunn
Palace. The Parkhotel Schnbrunn offers
romantic ambience and a wonderful confer-
ence room, which is used as a ball room
during Viennas ball season.
The technical program included 60
papers from 24 different countries. From the
contributing authors, 67% were from Europe,
19% from America, 9% from Africa and 5%
from Asia. The organizing committee was
very pleased that representatives from uni-
versity and industry attend the conference,
which emphasizes the important role of
monitoring and diagnostics for academic
research and industrial applications. We
were also very proud that SDEMPED was
financially sponsored by the IEEE Power
Electronics Society and arsenal research,
Vienna, and technically co-sponsored by the
IEEE Industry Applications Society.
This year's plenary session was entitled
Automotive Applications and Electric
Machine Modelling. New applications,
especially in the automotive field, are a chal-
lenge to monitoring and fault diagnostic
techniques, since high reliability and the
ability to work even during transient operat-
ing states are the key indicators of such
applications. The organizers were glad to
have many interesting papers in the plenary
and other sessions which introduced new
technologies and techniques for this kind of
applications. It was also a pleasure to listen
to many good quality presentations and
vivid discussions and disputes.
Two social events were part of the sym-
posium program. On September 7 the atten-
dees were invited to a reception at the
Vienna City Hall. The guests enjoyed finger
food, wine and piano music in this beautiful
neo-Gothic building. The gala dinner was
arranged in a typical Viennese vine tavern
(Heuriger) on September 8. In this
Heuriger local specialties and homemade
wine were served. The guests were enter-
tained by two typical Viennese musicians
playing an accordion and a guitar.
Finally we would like to thank all the
members of the committee, and in particular
the local organizational team, Veronika
Roscher, Silke Schrdl and Doris Steinbach
for their effort in organizing this conference.
The symposium was a great joy for us. We
hope that the attendees were drawing a lot
of inspiration from this symposium and
enjoyed their stay in Vienna.
Dr. Christian Kral
Senior Scientist
Austria, 1030 Vienna, Faradaygasse 3,
Object 221
ph: +43 (0) 50550-6219,
f: +43 (0) 50550-6595
mobile: +43 (0)664/ 62 07 837
christian.kral@arsenal.ac.at
www.arsenal.ac.at
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APEC 2006 Change of Venue
Our hearts go out to the people of New Orleans as they struggle to
recover. The APEC 2006 organizing committee is currently deliber-
ating a venue change for one of PELs premier events for 2006.
At this point, the hotel arrangements are being made with the Hyatt
Regency in Dallas, TX. The date will be four weeks later than origi-
nally scheduled at the Sheraton New Orleans. Planned date is now 19-
23 March, 2006. Readers are requested to please check the website
www.apec-conf.org frequently for updates and the latest information.

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