Week of Events
“New Challenges in Transportation Electrification, Powertrain Drives & New Power Electronics Architectures”: GBS PES WEEK Presentation
“New Challenges in Transportation Electrification, Powertrain Drives & New Power Electronics Architectures”: GBS PES WEEK Presentation
This is the first of the three presentations during the GBS PES WEEK Electrification of the transportation industry and large-scale integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid represent some of the most disruptive transformations of our time. This engineering field brings ideas from Computational electromagnetics, power and energy, electromechanics, IoT, and artificial intelligence. This enables the creation of efficient, reliable, safe, and environmentally friendly means of implementing these ideas in new applications. In this talk, we will share our views on the future of these applications through a detailed discussion of the roles of computational modeling, Power electronics architectures, devices, the embedding of components, challenges of utilizing magnetics, and thermal management under higher operational frequencies, currents, and voltages. We will discuss packaging issues and describe some applications requiring increased power densities. This part of the presentation will identify the areas of research, which hold the promise of high impact and potential for achieving improved performance. Speaker(s): Prof Mohammed, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318812
Grid Modernization: Technological Advancements Beyond Smart Grid: GBS POWER AND ENERGY WEEK WEBINARS
Grid Modernization: Technological Advancements Beyond Smart Grid: GBS POWER AND ENERGY WEEK WEBINARS
This is the second of the three presentations of GBS POWER AND ENGINEERING WEEK This talk will familiarize participants with a vision for Grid Modernization, focusing on technological advancements beyond Smart Grid. The technological advancements include discussions of key industry/societal trends, Smart Grid concepts, holistic solutions, integration of microgrids and distributed generation, and Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) software applications. The talk will also cover feeder automation business models, managing different types of data, big data, analytics, enterprise data management, Smart Grid standards and interoperability, and Smart Grid deployments and lessons learned. Speaker(s): John, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318560
Impact Analysis of EV load on Low-Voltage Distribution Systems”: GBS POWER AND ENERGY WEEK PRESENTATION
Impact Analysis of EV load on Low-Voltage Distribution Systems”: GBS POWER AND ENERGY WEEK PRESENTATION
This is the third and final presentation of GBS POWER AND ENERGY WEEK. Achieving net-zero emissions is a global challenge, requiring technical innovations, policy making, investment, and cultural change. A major aspect of this challenge is the electrification of aerial, marine, and ground transportation. The past decade has witnessed the exponential growth of electric vehicles (EVs), aided by improved design, cost reduction, tax credits, and environmental awareness. To meet this growth rate, charging infrastructure must be developed, modernized, and improved as per the charging demand. However, the impact of adding EVs as charging loads to the utility grid makes this infrastructure update more complex, especially in low-voltage distribution systems. Thus, to address this complex process, a thorough understanding of the underlying charging speeds, existing load demand, and voltage profile/power quality of the utility grid is necessary. This talk focuses on exploring the key players of EV impact on utility grids. Different charging strategies to demonstrate the power variance as a function of charging speed will be discussed, followed by design requirements of onboard vs offboard chargers. Datasheets of a few commercial chargers will be examined. The impact of adding EVs on the grid vitals like voltage profile, peak load, average demand, and unit pricing will be analyzed. Finally, case studies of a 33-bus IEEE system, with an estimation of EV penetration capability, and potential solutions to maximize the penetration will be Speaker(s): SYED, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318561