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Conductive Charging of Electrified Vehicles:  Challenges and Opportunities

Joint Webinar with IEEE Power Electronics Society
Presenter:  Dr. Haoyu Wang, Shanghai Tech University
Date:  Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 8:00am New York Time

Abstract: The transportation sector consumes approximately 28% of the total energy consumption. The most prominent sustainable solution to profoundly reduce both oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions lies in grid-enabled electric vehicles (EVs). These vehicles are propelled either partially or fully by electricity through energy storage systems such as electrochemical batteries, which need to be charged from the grid. One of the most important realities that will facilitate the adoption of grid-enabled plug-in EVs (PEVs) is the method by which these vehicles will be charged. Currently, conductive charging is the dominant charging technology in commercially available PEVs. 

In this webinar, I will give an extensive overview of the conductive charging technology of PEV from the perspective of a power electronics professional.  The background review covers the charging power levels, PEV charger architectures, charging profiles of Lithium-ion batteries, as well as the challenges and opportunities. Followed by is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art emerging solutions to those technological challenges. The advanced topics include innovative circuit topologies, advanced control strategies, integrated architectures wide bandgap devices, and boosted power density with high switching frequency. Furthermore, I will give an introduction to our recent related research works. Finally, the webinar concludes with an outlook on future technology trends. 

Biography:

Dr. Haoyu Wang is an assistant professor and the director of Power Electronics And Renewable Energies Lab (PEARL) at Shanghai Tech University. Dr. Wang received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and distinguished honor degree in Mixed Class at Chu Kochen Honors College, from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. He received his master's and Ph.D. degrees both in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. He joined the School of Information Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University as a tenure-track assistant professor in September 2014. He received the Outstanding Bachelor's Thesis Award from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. His research interests include power electronics, plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles, the applications of wide band-gap semiconductors, renewable energy harvesting, and power management integrated circuits. Dr. Wang is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Senior Member of China Power Supply Society. He serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, and an Associate Editor of CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications. He also serves as the Track Chair for IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC).

 

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New Technologies and Global Energy Efficiency Regulation Developments for Electric Motors and Drives

Sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications Society
Presenter:  Anibal T. De Almeida, University of Coimbra:  Institute for Systems and Robotics
Date:  Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11:00am EST

 Abstract:  Energy-efficient motor systems have a huge electricity savings potential, presenting a cost-effective option for reducing GHG emissions. The electric motor market has witnessed a major change in the last decade in several aspects: in technology leading to the availability higher efficiency models, in content with energy-efficiency policies, the need for more sustainable industrial production and in its economy due to increasing electricity prices, all aspects contributing to push the market towards more energy-efficient electric motors.

Additionally, the growing market penetration of Variable Speed Drives (VSD), introducing large energy savings in systems with variable loads, was accompanied by a growing concern over their operating efficiency in full and especially in part-load, as well as in standby mode.

In Europe, recent developments in motors and drives efficiency regulation under the umbrella of the Ecodesign Directive have highlighted the significant savings that can still be achieved in the field by raising the minimum efficiency performance standards (MEPS) for motors and introducing new standards for Variable Speed Drives (VSDs).

This webinar presents an overview of minimum efficiency standards around the World, analyses the relationship between the introduction of new regulations and the development of new technologies, as well as the potential impact in terms of electricity savings and corresponding reduction in GHG emissions.

The increasing number of countries implementing MEPS for motors, together with the growing awareness within governments and industry towards the importance of energy-efficiency and its multiple benefits, has led to the market introduction of new technologies with great improvements in the energy efficiency of motors, which now reach levels well above the IE3 level, known as Super- and Ultra-Premium Efficiency Motors (IE4 and IE5, respectively), and of high-efficiency VSDs.

Biography:  Anibal T. De Almeida (Ph.D.) is a Full Professor in the University of Coimbra and Director of the Institute for Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal.  He has been responsible for over 50 funded national and international projects in the areas of industrial technologies, energy-efficient technologies, motors, and drives.

He has been Associate Editor of the journal IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Energy Efficiency Journal from Springer Nature.  He was General Chair of major IEEE conferences: IEEE EPQU 2011 and IEEE IROS 2012 (IROS is the largest robotics conference in the World). He is a Member of the IROS Advisory Committee (2015-to present).  He is co-author of six books and over 300 papers in international journals and conferences with over 4500 citations.  He was a Member of the High Technology Panel of NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division 1993-2000. 

He is the Co-Chairman of the IEEE Technical Committee on Energy, Environment and Safety of the Robotics and Automation Society, 2014-to present.  Since 2018 he is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.  In 2015 he received a CEMRA award of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for his work on educational materials on energy harvesting integration in mobile robots.  He is a consultant of international institutions including the European Commission, US-Department of Energy, US-Agency for International Development, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, California Institute for Energy Efficiency, Electric Power Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, UNDP, UNIDO GEF, and CLASP. He is a regular evaluator of research proposals both for the European Union and for national governments (USA, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Chile, Kazakhstan, and Portugal).  He is a member of the Board of Directors of CLASP (Washington, USA) a major player at an international level to advance sustainable energy technologies around the World (2014-to present).  

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