20241202 – IEEE Workshop – Smart Converters – Flyer

Date: Monday December 2^nd, 2024
Time: 14:00-16:00 CET
Location: Hybrid Event at KTH Campus and remotely via Zoom

Register by November 30th: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/447218

Welcome to join IEEE Workshop on Smart Converters for Sustainable Energy Systems with Keynote speeches: “Power-Electronics-Enabled Autonomous Power Systems: Next-Generation Smart Grids” by Dr. Qing-Chang Zhong, IEEE Fellow, Syndem LLC & Illinois Institute of Technology, USA and “Shifting to a Sustainable Transportation” by Dr. Vineetha Ravindran, Technical Project Lead, Scania, Sweden

Abstract: Power-Electronics-Enabled Autonomous Power Systems: Next-Generation Smart Grids

Power systems are going through a paradigm shift. Centralized large power plants are being replaced with millions of incompatible, relatively small distributed generators. At the same time, the number of loads is constantly increasing. These present unprecedented challenges to the operation of future power systems. In this talk, it will be revealed that the fundamental challenge behind this paradigm shift is that future power systems will be power-electronics-enabled with millions of heterogeneous active players, rather than electric-machines-based with thousands of homogeneous generators. A holistic grid architecture, referred to as the SYNDEM (meaning synchronized and democratized) grid architecture, together with its technical routes, will be presented to accelerate this paradigm shift. Millions of power-electronics-enabled active players, large or small, supplying or consuming, can be controlled to behave like virtual synchronous machines (VSM) so that they can equally, autonomously, and actively take part in the regulation of system frequency and voltage. Moreover, the communication infrastructure can be released from the low-level control of power systems. This opens up the prospect of achieving autonomous operation for future power systems without relying on communication networks and provides a low-cost and sustainable solution to provide electricity. This holistic solution could considerably enhance the stability, scalability, operability, security, reliability and resiliency of the next-generation smart grid. Efforts on education, workforce development, standardization and commercialization will be briefly covered.

Biography: Dr. Qing-Chang Zhong, Fellow of IEEE, is the Founder and CEO of Syndem LLC, USA, and the Max McGraw Endowed Chair Professor in Energy and Power Engineering and Management at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. He was educated at Imperial College London (PhD, 2004), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (PhD, 2000), Hunan University (MSc, 1997), and Hunan Institute of Engineering (Diploma, 1990). He is a world-leading multidisciplinary expert in control theory, power electronics, and power systems, having been recognized as a Distinguished Lecturer by IEEE Power and Energy Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Before moving to Chicago, USA, he was the Chair Professor in Control and Systems Engineering at The University of Sheffield, UK. He (co-)authored four research monographs, including Power Electronics-Enabled Autonomous Power Systems: Next Generation Smart Grids (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2020), Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2013), and Robust Control of Time-delay Systems (Springer, 2006). He was an Associate Editor for several leading journals in control and power engineering, including IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics and IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology. He proposed the SYNDEM (meaning synchronized and democratized) grid architecture for the next-generation smart grid based on the synchronization mechanism of synchronous machines, which unifies and harmonizes the interface and interaction of power system players with the grid to achieve autonomous operation, without relying on communication networks. His current research focuses on control and systems theory, power electronics, and the seamless integration of both to address fundamental challenges in energy and power systems. His vision is to advance global energy freedom for billions of people with access to low-cost clean electricity through education, workforce development, research, development and deployment of advanced technologies.

Abstract: Shifting to a Sustainable Transportation

In this talk, the speaker will like to discuss Scania’s way and goals to transition to a sustainable future in the automotive sector within the context of fully electric powertrain development.

Biography: Dr. Vineetha Ravindran is a Technical Project Lead in Scania, leading company’s development of next generation inverter systems for electric vehicles. She has also worked as a development engineer within electrical machine team with a focus on e-motor electromagnetic design and optimization. She has a PhD in power quality issues due to increased proliferation of power electronics in low voltage networks.

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