PhD Courses in Denmark

Reliability in Power Electronics Systems (2024)

Doctoral School of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University

Organizer: Professor Huai Wang, hwa@energy.aau.dk

Lecturers:
Prof. Huai Wang, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Francesco Iannuzzo, Aalborg University, Denmark
Reliability Consultant Peter de Place Rimmen, Denmark
Associate Prof. Dao Zhou, Aalborg University, Denmark
Assistant Prof. Ariya Sangwongwanich, Aalborg University, Denmark
Assistant Prof Yi Zhang, Aalborg University, Denmark
Assistant Prof Shuai Zhao, Aalborg University, Denmark

ECTS: 4

Date/Time: November 19-22, 2024

Deadline: 29 October 2024

Place: AAU Energy, Pontoppidanstraede 101 room 1.015, Aalborg, Denmark

Max no. of participants: 40

Description: The course will be the latest research outcomes of the Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE). Since 2013, more than 250 participants from universities and companies have been trained in this 3-day course. By considering the feedbacks from participants and newly obtained research results from CORPE in the last few years, the 2023 version of the course will be 4 days focusing on failure mechanisms and degradation models of active power devices and capacitors, system-level reliability assessment and design tools, and reliability testing methods.

The course will have the following five main parts:

  • Introduction to modern reliability and robustness approach
  • Reliability testing methods and testing data analysis
  • Long-term wear out and single-event abnormal operation of active power modules and capacitors
  • Design tools and reliability analysis of power electronic systems
  • Condition monitoring and operation optimization of power electronic components and converters

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of power electronics, power semiconductor devices, capacitors, and basic statistics.

Form of evaluation: Case study exercise and report submission