IEEE Hrvatska sekcija, Odjel za upravljačke sustave, ACROSS CoE - Centre of Excellence for Autonomous and Cooperative Robotic Systems i ZCI-DATACROSS Vas pozivaju na predavanje:
Resilient Power Electronics Systems for the Energy Transition
koje će održati George Papafotiou, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Predavanje će se održati u utorak, 20. rujna 2022. s početkom u 09:00 sati u Sivoj vjećnici na Fakultetu elektrotehnike i računarstva. Više informacija o predavaču i predavanju možete naći u nastavku obavijesti.
Abstract: As the world is moving towards a more sustainable use of energy in general, and electricity in particular, energy processing systems (EPSs) based on power electronics (PE) technology are in the heart of a far-reaching transformation that spans across many different applications and power levels, supporting the electrification of a wide range of human activities. A key enabler for many of the changes under way, PE technology is also however heavily affected by them, as requirements for high efficiency, increased productivity and flexible operation become ever more demanding. Underpinning these requirements is the need for the new EPSs to operate reliably, and demonstrate resilience by maintain their availability for the users even in the presence of some faults or component failures. But how do these systems fail and what reliability challenges are they facing in industrial applications today? And what opportunities for increased resilience arise from the advances in computational intelligence that is either embedded in today’s EPSs or easily accessible to them by exploiting the available modern connectivity options? In this talk we will provide an overview of these questions and attempt to showcase some of the possibilities that exist.
Bio: Georgios Papafotiou obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering, focusing on Automatic Control and Power Electronics Systems, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2002. From 2002 to 2006 he was with the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he worked on the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for Power Electronics Systems. From 2006 to 2021 he was with ABB. There, he held various positions, starting from Scientist and Principal Scientist to Group Leader of the Power Electronics team in the Swiss Lab of ABB Corporate Research, to Global R&D Manager for SW and Control HW with Medium Voltage (MV) Drives and finally Quality and Customer Experience Manager for the System Drives Division. Since 2021, Papafotiou is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and the Head of the Power Electronics Lab at TU/e.
