“The BLACK BOX”

Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronics

Aonedaycourse

Saturday, September17,2016
(Prior to ECCE 2016 Milwaukee)

Breakfast:8:00am Course:9:00am–5:00pm

Hyatt RegencyMilwaukee

“CrystalRoom”

333 WestKilbournAvenue

Milwaukee,WI53203

Phone+1414‐276‐1234

Presentedby:

Professor PeterReidWilson

ElectronicandElectricalEngineering,UniversityofBath,UK

Afulldaycreditedcourse(8hours)priorto ECCE2016hasbeenorganizedtoofferContinuing

EducationUnits(CEUs)toengineers.

Earn 0.8 CEUs / 8 PDHs for participating

Cost for the course: $185

(*Breakfast,Lunchand2CoffeeBreaksincluded)

For additional information contact Donna or call +1 732 465 6480

Abstract

Apersistentproblemfordesignersofpowerelectronicsystemshasbeenthedifficultyincarryingout accurateandrobustsimulationsofacompletepowernetwork,whileincludingnumerousmodels fromavarietyofindividualequipmentsuppliers.Oftenthemodelsareofvariableorlowquality,with ill‐definedparametersorbehavior,andinmanycasesofthewronglevelofabstractiontobe appropriateforlargescalenetworksimulations.Inaddition,individualequipmentsuppliersoften providepoormodelsfornetworkintegration,withacommonissuebeinglowrobustnessofmodels leadingtolackofconvergence,excessivesimulationtimesanddelaysindevelopmentduetotheneedforreworkandextensivetestingofthesemodels.

Thistutorialwilldescribethetechniquesusedtoachievemorerobustmodelsforpowerelectronic systems,usingmodelbasedengineering,theintegrationofspecificequipmentmodelsintothe completepowernetworkandthevalidationofthebehavior.Thetutorialwillprovideacasestudyof acompleteaircraftpowernetworkhighlightinghowindividualmodelswereintegratedintothe overallaircraftpowernetworkmodelandtheinherentrobustnessoftheindividualmodelsensured effective,accurateandrobustsimulations.

Thetutorialwillprovidedetailedinstructionsonhowtousemodellingtools(ModLyng,Model ArchitectandParagon)andintegratethemodelsintosimulationsusingtheSabersimulator(a requiredstandardforAirbusandGM),althoughthetechniquesareapplicableingeneraltomost circuitsimulatorsavailable.

SCHEDULE

09:00–10:30 Part1:

1.0 ModelingandSimulatingPowerElectronicDevicesandCircuits

1.1PowerDiodes

1.2PowerMOSFETs

1.3IGBTs

1.4SimplifiedSwitchmodelingforfastsystemsimulation

1.5Electric‐ThermalModelingofDevices

1.6GraphicalToolsforModelingPowerElectronicDevicesandComponents

2.0 Electro‐MagneticModeling

2.1NonLinearMagneticMaterialModelingTechniques

2.2Inductors

2.3Transformers

10:30–10:45 Coffeebreak

10:45‐12:00 Part2:

3.0 ACtoDCconversion

3.16PulseRectification

3.212PulseRectification

3.3AdvancedRectificationSchemes

4.0DCtoDCconversion

4.1BuckConverters

4.2BoostConverters

4.3ForwardConverters

4.4BehavioralModelsofDC/DCconverters–includingaveragedmodelsandfastanalogtechniques

12:00‐13:00Lunch

13:00‐14:30Part3

5.0DCtoACConversion

5.1SinglePhaseInverter

5.2ThreePhaseInverter

6.0Machines,GeneratorsandLoads

6.1FundamentalPrinciplesandmixeddomainmodellingtechniques

6.2 DCMotors

6.3ACMotors

6.4MechanicalLoads

6.5VariableFrequencyStarterGenerators

7.0PowerElectronicDriveSystems

7.1ChopperCircuit

7.2ThreePhasebridgecircuit

7.3 MixedSignalModelingandControl

14:45‐15:00Coffeebreak

15:00–17:00Part4

8.0AdvancedDesignTechniques

8.1Reliabilitymodeling

8.2Thermalcharacteristics

8.3Stressandderating

8.4CaseStudy:AircraftVariableFrequencyStarterGeneratorsandNetworkSimulation

17:30Endofcourse:

About TheAuthor:

Professor Peter Reid Wilson
Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK

Professor at the University of Bath, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Extensive Academic and Industrial Experience of over 25 years

  • Strong Background in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, in particular Power Electronics, Magnetic Devices, and Integrated Circuit Design (Digital, Analogue and Mixed Signal)
  • More than 100 Journal, Conference and other Articles, book chapters, 3 Books & 1 patent
  • Executive Vice President of IEEE Power Electronics Society (Standards)
  • Fellow IET, Fellow BCS and Senior Member IEEE
  • Academic Lead £1M EPSRC Funded Integrated Structures and Sensors Facility (ISSF)
  • PI on 9 Grants (including EPSRC/EU), CI on numerous Grants (EPSRC), and external Industrial Funding
  • Course Founder and Leader, MSc “System on Chip”, Course Leader MSc “Microelectronics Systems Design”, Course Founder and Leader “Erasmus Mundus Programme on Embedded Systems - EMECS”
  • Team Director – University of Southampton Solar Electric Boat Team (2009,2010,2012 World Championships – Silver Medallists 2010)
  • IEEE Award for technical contribution to IEEE Standard 1076.1.1 - 2006
  • University of Southampton Vice Chancellor’s Award 2008 for Teaching
  • University of Southampton Vice Chancellor’s Award 2010 for Contribution to the University