17 March, 2024
The Power Electronics Engineering Department of Vishwakarma Government Engineering College organized a workshop on “Industrial Drives State of arts and industrial application” with the kind permission of Dr. N. N. Bhpatani Principal, VGEC and Prof. G.K.Shah, Convener VGEC Alumni Association. The talk was attended by 90 students and 10 faculty members who were interested in gaining insights into the latest Development of the field.
The speaker Ashwin D. Ruparelia managing director Eurotech Power Control and Alumni Rushikesh Bhagat of VGEC Chandkheda discussed about his experience in the industry.
POWER ELECTRONICS IS UNLOCKING SOCIAL BENEFITS
The presence and growth of Power Electronics in society come from its extreme flexibility and capability to adapt for the purpose. Power Electronics is a ‘multitool’ ready at hand for solving the many new challenges arising from a dynamic and accelerated transformation towards a carbon-neutral energy system. And the big winners are global society as well as the planet!
In the last twenty years, Power Electronics and its ability to enable game-changing technologies, bringing efficiency, compactness (less use of our planet’s land and resources) and reliability (keeping production on, even in extreme conditions) has strongly contributed to the journey towards carbon-neutral targets. Its speed of reaction, flexibility of control, and the scalability across power and voltage levels are key attributes that will ensure resiliency of the future energy system.
PE is enabling the electrification of remote urban areas, converting polluting industrial processes and transportation infrastructure toward greener alternatives and improving the wealth of the population through more affordable energy – in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.
The power semiconductors are at the heart of the converter for a full range of systems from kilo-watts to gigawatts. The transistor and diode manufacturing process starts with a pure silicon wafer, and then different elements and metal patterns are added to form the correct physical structure to control the flow of current. Some no larger than 5mm by 5mm, are less than 1mm thick, but are able to switch hundreds of amps and hundreds of volts in microseconds. The largest power devices can control gigawatts of power and are the diameter of a coffee cup
“Power Electronics, from kilowatts to gigawatts, plays a central role in converting, controlling and transmitting energy efficiently and flexibly between the power grid and the vehicles.”
Air conditioning systems in Air port, PVR Cinema Hall, Commercial Hotel Hayat and Metro Rails and Hospital are utilising the Power Electronics Drives.
– Ashwin Ruparelia , Managing Director, Eurotech Control Pvt. Ltd. Ahemadabad
For an optimal and cost-effective operation of the system, it is important that the Power Electronics solutions are adapted to the application they are used in.
– Dr. I. N. Trivedi, Professor, Power Electronics VGEC Chandkheda
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It is not surprising that 70% of electrical energy today is processed by Power Electronics and this will increase in the coming decades. – Rushikesh Bhagat (Alumna of VGEC Chandkheda)
