Title :
Technology advancement and trends in power electronics
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Power electronics play a significantly important role in global industrialization and energy conservation trends of the 21st century. The premier role of power electronics is inevitable in the energy and motion control systems of highly automated industries. The environmental pollution problems of fossil fuels and safety problems of nuclear plants are now major concerns in our society. Due to increasing cost of energy and environmental problems, energy conservation by improved utilization efficiency with widespread applications of power electronics is inevitable. This article presents the technology advancement and performance improvement in power electronics.
Keywords :
energy conservation; motion control; power control; power electronics; renewable energy sources; automated industries; energy conservation; energy control system; environmental pollution problems; fossil fuels; global industrialization; motion control system; nuclear plants; performance improvement; power electronics; safety problems; technology advancement; utilization efficiency; Electrical equipment industry; Electronics industry; Energy conservation; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Fossil fuels; Industrial control; Industrial pollution; Motion control; Motion planning; Power electronics;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2003. IECON '03. The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7906-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2003.1280729
