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Power Electronics in Automobiles - The Next and Biggest Market for
Consumer Power Electronics.
Moderator: John M. Miller, Ford Scientific Research
Laboratory
During the past two decades the electronics content in automobiles has
increased by 21%/yr, but it is primarily applied to information
processing, rather than power management. Power electronics in computers
and telecommunications costs between $0.10 and $0.15/Watt. This is too
high for automotive functions by a factor of five. Can we really envision
an electrified car in which steering, braking, climate control and engine
fluid pumping are electric driven? Is the automobile ready for power
electronics? |
Technology & Applications of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives:
Facts & Fiction
Moderator: Mehrdad Ehsani, Texas A&M University
The Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive is being built or considered
for consumer products, manufacturing, computing, aerospace and land
vehicles, from a few Watts to over 1MW! Early fears about noise, torque
pulsation, efficiency, geometry etc have proven to be fictional. Today,
the SRM drive is mature, applicable technology. This RAP session will
address both real and fictional issues for the SRM. Questions will be
answered directly if possible, or skillfully evaded if not! |
The PEBB Program - Setting Future Directions for Power
Electronics
Moderator: Narain G. Hingorani, NGH Power
Electronics
The Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) concept increases
modularity and multi-functionality while reducing cost, losses, size,
weight, and device stresses. It does this by integrating gate drives, bus
work and passive components using advanced packaging, and standardized
interfaces. The US Office of Naval Research has driven the PEBB Program,
with the support and involvement of many others. Such integration has
begun in commercial products. The concept has taken root and there is no
turning back. |
