Conference Topics
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Electrical Machines:
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Condition monitoring, fault diagnosis and prognosis of rotating and linear electrical machines.
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Analytical and numerical, electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical modelling of electrical machines under faulty conditions.
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Fault signatures detection and identification in the signals of operating electrical machines.
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Fault tolerant/reliable electrical machine designs and operational strategies.
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Degradation and ageing of electrical machines.
2. Power Electronics:
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Condition monitoring of Si and WBG power devices, capacitors, magnetic components and batteries.
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Failure mechanism and failure modes, identification and characterization of fault precursors.
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Fault tolerant inverters/converters and control schemes.
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Lifetime modelling and RUL estimation tools, life extension techniques.
3. Adjustable Speed Drives:
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Fault diagnosis and condition monitoring of motor drives, power converters and drive sensors.
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Fault tolerant drives and control schemes.
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Drive integrated, in-circuit and stand-alone monitoring tools.
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IoT solutions, sensor data transfer and on-chip/cloud data processing.
4. Methods and Tools for Condition Monitoring:
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Advanced signal processing methods for condition monitoring.
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Data analytics and information fusion for condition monitoring.
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning assisted solutions for fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis.
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Data-light and computationally light machine learning tools.
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System/parameter identification tools and observers.
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Tests, sensors and instrumentation for diagnostics and predictive maintenance.
5. Materials for Electrical Machines and Power Electronics:
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Multi-physical analysis of electrical machines and power electronics materials and components.
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Degradation and ageing of insulating and magnetic materials.
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Degradation and ageing of bearings and lubricants.
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Electric conduction mechanisms, space and surface charge dynamics.
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Ageing and lifetime prediction.