EMI and Insulation Related Challenges and Solutions for WBG based Power Electronic Systems
Organizers
Bulent Sarlioglu, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
Jin Wang, Professor, Ohio State University
Abstract
Wide bandgap device-based power converters are expected to bring significant efficiency and power density improvements for a wide range of applications. Through the effort from both industry and academia, many circuit implementation and system-level related challenges for implementing WBG devices have been solved. But EMI and insulation degradation are still two significant concerns because of the high dv/dt and di/dt switching of WBG devices. Thus, the organizers of this proposed special session have invited speakers from NASA, industry and academia to present details of EMI and insulation related challenges and solutions.
Short Bio of Organizers
Bulent Sarlioglu is a Jean van Bladel Associate Professor with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Associate Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium. From 2000 to 2011, he was with Honeywell International Inc.’s Aerospace Division, Torrance, CA, USA, most recently as a Staff Systems Engineer.
His expertise includes electrical machines, drives, and power electronics, and he is the inventor or co-inventor of 20 U.S. patents and many international patents. He has more than 200 technical papers that are published in conference proceedings and journals. Dr. Sarlioglu was the recipient of the Honeywell’s Outstanding Engineer Award in 2011, the NSF CAREER Award in 2016, and the 4th Grand Nagamori Award from Nagamori Foundation, Japan, in 2018.
Dr. Sarlioglu involves in many IEEE activities. He is currently one of the IEEE IAS distinguished lecturers. He serves as the Chair of the IAS Transportation Committee, Chair of PES Motor Subcommittee, one of the con-editors of the IEEE Electrification Magazine. Dr. Sarlioglu was the general Chair of ITEC 2018 and Technical Program Co-Chair for ECCE 2019 and special session chair in ECCE 2020. Dr. Sarlioglu is the recipient of IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Award in 2021.
Jin Wang (IEEE Fellow) received his Ph.D. degree from the Michigan State University in 2005. He worked at Ford for two years before joined the Ohio State University (OSU) in 2007 as an Assistant Professor. He became a Full Professor at OSU in 2017. His current research interests include wide bandgap power device based high-voltage and high-power converters, renewable energy integration, and transportation electrification. Dr. Wang has over 200 journal and conference papers and 9 patents.
Dr. Wang received the PELS Richard M. Bass Young Engineer Award in 2011, the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award in 2011, and the Nagamori Award in 2020.
Dr. Wang currently serves as the Chair for the Technical Committee on Aerospace Power (TC11). Before that, he had served as Chair for the Technical Committee on Emerging Technologies (2018~2020). Dr. Wang initiated the IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA) and served as the General Chair for the inaugural workshop in 2013 and the Steering Committee chair in 2014.
Speakers and Presentations
1. Dr. Isik C. Kizilyalli, the Associate Director for Technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
Reliability as a Barrier for More Electrification
2. Andrew Woodworth, Hybrid Electric Aircraft Materials Technical Lead, NASA Glenn Research Center
Challenges of Megawatt Scale Electric Aircraft Propulsion
3. Thierry Lebey, High Voltage Team Leader, Safran
Presentation Title: On Some Problems and Solutions Related to High Voltage in Aviation
4. Dr. Thomas M. Jahns, Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WEMPEC
Minimizing EMI Suppression Penalties in Motor Drive Applications using Wide-Bandgap Current Source Inverters
5. Chingchi Chen, Technical Leader, Ford Motor Company
EMI noise signatures of Si- vs. WBG-based traction inverters