Several tutorials will be organised on Monday 7 September 2020.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, no live event is organized in Lyon. The Tutorials will take place online.

The following tutorials are proposed:

TUTORIAL N° 1 – Characterization and impact of SiC and GaN on Power Drive Systems
(Morning – 9:30 >> 13:05)

  • Bernardo Cougo, IRT Saint-Exupery (in Toulouse, France)

TUTORIAL N° 2 – From offline to real-time simulations to support HVDC integrations in transmission system – TSO’s experience
(Full day) 

TUTORIAL N° 3 – Control of Modular Multilevel Converters for Variable-Voltage Variable-Frequency Applications
(Full day – 9:30 >>13:05 & 14:00 >> 17:30)

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
  • Dr.-Ing. Jakub Kucka, Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
  • Dr.-Ing. Dennis Karwatzki, Siemens AG, Large Drive Applications, Nuremberg, Germany

TUTORIAL N° 4 – Electronic Design Automation and optimization algorithms for the next generation of optimal power converters
(Morning – 9:30 >> 13:05)

  • Dr. Ing. Timothe Delaforge, Senior researcher Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

TUTORIAL N° 5 – Model Predictive Control of Power Electronic Systems
(Full day – 9:30 >>13:05 & 14:00 >> 17:30)

  • Tobias Geyer, ABB Corporate Research, ABB Switzerland Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
  • Petros Karamanakos, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, 33101 Tampere, Finland

TUTORIAL N° 6 – Capacitor Voltage Control in NPC and Hybrid Multilevel Converters: Where are we now?
(Afternoon) 

TUTORIAL N° 7 – Reliability-Oriented Thermal Modelling of Power Electronics Systems
(Afternoon – 14:00 >> 17:30)

  • Dr. Amir Sajjad Bahman, Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Prof. Francesco Iannuzzo, Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Aalborg University, Denmark