The 3rd IEEE International Power Electronics and Application Symposium

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Dr. Dushan Boroyevich

Dr. Dushan Boroyevich

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA

Former President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society

IEEE Life Fellow; CSEE Fellow

Title: Power Electronics: From Power Converters to Electronic Power Systems.

Abstract:

Traditionally, power electronics has been focused on switching-power-converters assuring desirable dynamic behavior of the load (or source), assuming ideal characteristics of the source (load), while optimizing utilization of the converter internal components, e.g. efficiency, power density, safety and reliability, etc. However, the anticipated energy transition necessary for alleviating global warming may require modern electronic power systems 4-10 times larger than the existing electrical grid. In order to enable their effective design and integration, the power converters comprising them could be considered just components, characterized by low-frequency relationships between input, output, and external control variables, regardless of how these terminal characteristics are attained through high-frequency control of the converter internal components.

This presentation will contemplate possible structures/architectures of the future additional networks for making, moving and serving of electrical energy, that could be developed by using the existing electronic technologies, instead of utilizing outdated, constant frequency synchronous AC electromechanical power systems. The basic premises are that to optimize the utilization of primary energy sources there will be a power electronics converter at every source, and to optimize the performance of final energy consumers there will be a power electronics converter at every load. Thence, to optimize the energy transport between source and load converters, and optimize the utilization of electrical cables between them, the proposed architecture would be based on point-to-point energy transfer among intelligent electronic energy routers, forming a hierarchical network of dynamically-decoupled, electronically-interconnected, sub-networks.

Biography：
Dushan Boroyevich received the Dipl.Ing. degree from the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia), in 1976, the M.S. degree from the University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 1986.
From 1986 to 1990, he was an Assistant Professor with and the Director of the Power and Industrial Electronics Research Program, Institute for Power and Electronic Engineering, University of Novi Sad, where he later became the Acting Head of the institute. He then joined the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, as an Associate Professor. He is currently the American Electric Power Professor with the same department, where he is also the Director Emeritus of the Center for Power Electronics Systems. His research interests include multiphase power conversion, electronic power distribution systems, power electronics systems modeling and control, and the integrated design of power converters.
Dr. Boroyevich was the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He was a recipient of the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Technical Field Award and IEEE Power Electronics Society's Harry A. Owen Distinguished Service Award.

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