Power Electronics Systems for Next Generation Electric Transport-ETUT

Venice 28th – 31st March 2023

Special Session on Power Electronics Systems for Next Generation Electric Transport-ETUT

To be organized by

Sohaib Qazi

email : Sohaib.Qazi@nottingham.ac.uk

and

Muhammad Jaseel K A

email: ezxmk16@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk

ETUT (European Training network in collaboration with Ukraine for electrical Transport) is a research project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program under the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks (MSCA- ITN) scheme.

The project, undertaken by a collaborative effort of the University of Twente, the University of Nottingham, and Ukrainian State University of science and Technologies, aims to develop efficient interfacing power electronics technology for more electric transport. 

Two of the work packages specially concentrate on the power electronics topologies for the Battery management system and charging of electrical transports such us trains and ships. At the moment, the battery management system (BMS) is a separate function, often housed within the battery housing. The BMS also tends to be dissipative when balancing the cell voltages, rather than redistributing the energy. Combining these functions will not only make the complete system lighter and low-cost but will optimize it for the application and increase the full system efficiency. Additional functionality including health management for the cells in the battery, as the information gathered in balancing the cells will also indicate issues that can be monitored and used to maximise battery lifetime as well as residual value, and the risk of thermal runaway.

On the other hand, currently used equipment tends to use thyristor-based power converters which are responsible for degrading the power quality at the input, and uni-directional power flow. By moving to switching power electronic converter topologies, possibly incorporating energy storage elements, it will be possible for railways to be good, collaborative customers rather than poor quality customers with transient loads. Power electronic converters for high power applications have been receiving a lot of research, development and implementation interest in the last 20 years. One un-exploited area of potential application is the supply of electrical energy to the railway network in the case of electrification. In this special session, Researchers from ETUT will be delivering a presentation of their preliminary findings and progress after the first 18 months of research in a nutshell.

Following are the specifics (focus of individual research) of each person: 1

1. Reyhaneh Eskandari: Smart Battery Management Systems with Integrated Onboard Charger
2. Sohaib Qazi: Multifunctional Onshore Ship Chargers
3. Regis Nibaruta: Battery Protection Systems with Reduced Number of Sensors
4. Muhammad Jaseel: High Frequency converter for DC traction supply system.
5. Peyman Koohi: Multiport DC/DC converters as an interface between energy storages and traction systems.
6. Pablo Briceno: wireless power transfer of AC traction supply system in nonelectrified railways.

All the instructions as for papers preparation and submission are given at the conference website http://www.esars-itec2023.com