TU1. Three-Phase PFC Rectifier Systems

Date: April 2, 2002　9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration Fee: JPY12,000 (Student: JPY6,000)

Instructors:
Uwe DROFENIK (Assistant Professor & Dr.: Swiss Federal Institute of Technolog, Switzerland)
Johann Water KOLAR (Professor & Dr.: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland)
Yasuyuki NISHIDA (Associate Professor & Dr.: Nihon University, JAPAN)
Yasuhiro OKUMA (Research Engineer, Fuji Electric Co. Research and Development, Ltd., JAPAN)
Jian SUN (Dr.: Principal Engineer, Advanced Technology Center, Rockwell Collins, USA))

Contents:
1. Improving Diode-Bridge Rectifiers
2. PWM Rectifiers
3. Space Vector Methods for PWM Rectifiers+ Demo of New Interactive Animation Program “iPES”
4. VIENNA Rectifier
5. Buck-Mode Schemes
6.Transformer-Isolated Topologies

Who should attend?: Designers and students working on switch-mode rectifiersandpower supply systems employing power factor correction.

TU2. Simulation Technologies of Power Electronic Systems

Date: April 2, 2002　1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: JPY6,000 (Student: JPY3,000)

Instructors:
Toshiji KATO (Professor & Dr.: Doshisha University, JAPAN)
Yasuaki KUROE (Associate Professor & Dr.: Kyoto Institute of Technology, JAPAN)
Mikihiko MATSUI (Associate Professor & Dr.: Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics., JAPAN)

Contents:
1. Simulation technologies in power electronics - Difficulties and keys-
2. Numerical methods used for simulation of power electronic systems
3. Features of various simulators used for power electronic systems

Who should attend?: All engineers, professors and students, who have to deal with the design or application of power electronic systems and want to usesimulators.
*This tutorial is organized by the cooperative research committee on modeling and simulation technologies of power electronics, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.

TU3. The New Ways of Teaching Power Electronics and Electric Drives

Date: April 2, 2002 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Registration Fee: JPY10,000 (Student: JPY5,000)

Instructor: Ned MOHAN (Professor & Dr.: The University of Minnesota, USA)

Contents:

1. Understanding and designing of switch-mode power electronics simplified using a building-block approach, assisted by PSpice modeling.

2. Understanding of electric drives using a unique physical approach: from basics to vector and sensor-less control, and modeling using SIMULINK.

3. Discussions on the new teaching ways and the teaching way in graduate-level courses.

Who should attend?: All professors, instructors and engineers teaching power electronics, electric machines and drives at universities and companies. Students who are interested in teaching method are also welcome.