Linking Electrical Sciences to Electrochemistry in Energy Storage Systems
Tuesday, 03/Sept/2024: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: 2.03 vanadium

The goal of the special session is to discuss and understand the importance of energy storage systems. Batteries for grid energy storage, sizing, BMS, SoX estimations are all part of the special session. Linking the electrochemical world to the world of electrical engineering stands as a key aspect of this multi-disciplinary session. Technologies beyond the traditional Li-ion chemistries will be detailed.

Grid-Forming Converters: Testing and Implementation
Time: Tuesday, 03/Sept/2024: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 2.02 chromium

Grid-forming converters are widely deemed as a critical building block for future renewable powered systems. In this special session, three invited presentations from industry and academia will share the latest advancements and challenges with testing and implementation of grid-forming converters.

Insulation Aspects of High Frequency and Pulsed Voltage Stresses
Time: Wednesday, 04/Sept/2024: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: 2.03 vanadium

Increased use of power electronics systems in particular wide band gap devices with increasing voltage ratings exposes internal insulation systems (related to the packaging of the power electronic modules) as well as external insulation systems (related to different high voltage equipment such as motor windings) to high frequency repetitive pulsed voltages with large rates of changes of voltage. The relevant physical mechanisms of degradation and breakdown under these new stresses are addressed in this special session.

EMC in Power Electronics: from Converter to System Level Vision
Time: Wednesday, 04/Sept/2024: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 2.03 vanadium

1) "Advanced EMI Prediction in Three-Phase Motor Drive Systems: A Unified Approach for CM and DM Noise Modeling", Allioua, Abdelmoumin, TU Darmstadt

2) "Which Strategies can Reduce EMI Filter Effort?", Eckart Hoene, Fraunhofer IZM

3) "ED-14/DO-160: Relaxation opportunities for Helicopters and VTOL applications", Marc Meyer, Airbus Helicopters

Cybersecurity in Power Electronic Dominated Grids
Time: Thursday, 05/Sept/2024: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: 2.02 chromium

This session will cover the complete landscape of cybersecurity diagnosis and prognosis in complex energy systems. The invited presentations will focus on the recent advances in the field of data analysis, control and protection, and data sovereignty driven by the recent policies. Finally, a panel discussion on pathways towards a monolithic cybersecurity landscape for power electronics will be discussed covering an industry-wide perspective.

Smart Energy Conversion
Time: Thursday, 05/Sept/2024: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 2.02 chromium

We discuss the latest technological advances and explore both the opportunities and challenges in smart energy conversion and sustainability. We address cutting-edge innovations in the development and operation of energy conversion systems and highlight customer application examples where those innovations provide value already today.

IEEE Empower a Billion Lives 2025 (EBL 2025) Participation Guidelines
Time: Wednesday, 04/Sept/2024: 4:40pm - 5:50pm
Location: 3.05 radon

This session will focus on an in-depth presentation of the participation in the  IEEE Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) Global Competition to Crowdsource Energy Access Solutions. IEEE Power Electronics Society’s Empower a Billion Lives initiative is a recurring competition to foster interdisciplinary innovation in the global community to develop and demonstrate solutions to energy access that are designed to scale, regionally relevant, holistic, and leverage 21st century technologies that feature exponentially declining prices. The EBL 2025 competition invites global participation of passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals and teams (including student teams) to create transformative solutions that blend technical, business, and regional expertise. The session will be a deep-dive on the scope, requirements, resources and timeline of the competition and invite the power electronics community to engage with EBL and the PELS technical committee TC-12 Energy Access and Off-grid Solutions.