Training Course Design Optimization of Robust and Quiet Electric Machines

January 10, 2014 Sheraton Framingham 1657 Worcester Road Framingham, MA

Main Instructor Dan M. Ionel, Ph.D., FIEEE Regal Beloit Corporation and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ANSYS Expert

Dennis Steward Course is free of charge Class size is limited — Register soon https://marketing.ansys.com/go/ansysinc/epcoseotsn2600

Solutions for Real Industrial Applications

The course will provide know-how for applied theory and advanced simulation techniques for electric machines and power electronics drives. The lectures incor-porate case studies from industrial practice and research and development pro-jects. The attendees armed with the knowledge gained from this course will be able to apply simulation to their technical projects and help their companies streamline and shorten the cycle for delivering high quality products.

ANSYS

ANSYS, Inc. is the largest engineering simulation company in the world, serving more than 40,000 customers. ANSYS simulation software allows engineers to effi-ciently perform complex simulations involving the interaction of multiple physics including mechanical, fluid dynamics, electronics, and electromagnetic systems. In the area of electric machines and drives, leveraging advanced electromagnetics field simulators linked to powerful circuit and system simulation software enables accurate models of electromechanical components, power electronics and mecha-tronics systems.

Friday, January 10, 2014, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Sheraton Framingham, 1657 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01701

On Line Registration Course is free of charge. Class size is limited. Advanced registration is required: https://marketing.ansys.com/go/ansysinc/epcoseotsn2600

This advanced training one-day course is sponsored by ANSYS, Inc. The lectures of the main course instructor, industrial and academic expert, Dr. Dan M. Ionel, IEEE Fellow, will be complemented in mid-morning and mid-afternoon with short presentations by ANSYS expert, Mr. Dennis Steward. The course will equip attendees with theory, design recommen-dations, and advanced simulation tech-niques required to effectively design elec-tric machines and associated control sys-tems. The emphasis will be on timely top-ics related to electric machine design opti-mization and its integration with controls and power electronics.

Who Should Attend Design Engineers, Application and System Engineers, Technical Professionals and Graduate Engineering Students with a strong interest in Electric Machines and Power Electronics Drives. The technical and industrial application content of this course is significant and will build upon the knowledge typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related sciences.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) The participants will be awarded 0.8 CEUs by the IEEE Central Offices upon the com-pletion of this course.

Agenda

Classes begin at 8:00am and conclude at 5:00pm. Lunch and break refreshments will be provided.

The lectures of the main course instructor, industrial and academic expert, Dr. Dan M. Ionel, IEEE Fellow, Chief Engineer with Regal Beloit Corp. and Visiting Professor at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, will be complemented in mid-morning and mid-afternoon with short presentations by ANSYS expert, Mr. Dennis Steward. In addition to newly developed lectures, the course incorporates material taught in recent short courses at University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan.

Topics Include Fundamentals of electric machines and drives operation and simulation – ro-

tating fields, mmf, back emf, inductances, equivalent circuits, power flow, power electronics and topologies, control types, state-of-the-art electric ma-chine technologies

Robust design and optimization – FEA models for large scale optimization stud-ies, DOE and Six-Sigma methods, computational intelligence optimization, differential evolution algorithms, case studies for rare-earth material reduction and for non-rare earth machine alternatives

Electromagnetically generated forces, vibrations and noise – mechanism of production and transmission, design choices and recommendations, abnormal-ity and faults, condition monitoring

Advanced modeling techniques – multi-physics models for coupled electro-magnetic, mechanical and thermal problems, automation of post-processing tasks, machine parameters extraction, torque-speed curves, efficiency maps, coupled circuits for power electronics machine drives.

Main Instructor

Dr. Dan M. Ionel, IEEE Fellow, is currently Chief Engineer with Regal Beloit Corp. and Visiting Professor at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. For the last three years, he also served as instructor for short courses organized by ANSYS. Dr. Ionel has more than 25 years of experience with electrical machines and power electronic drives. After completing post-doctoral research in the SPEED Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK, he worked in industrial R&D for large corporations in the UK and the US, Invensys Brook Crompton, and A.O. Smith, respectively. More recently, he was the Chief Scientist of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas. Dr. Ionel’s design experience covers a wide range of electric machines and drives for various applications with power ratings between 0.002hp and 10,000hp. He has published more than 100 technical papers, including two winners of Best Paper Awards from the IEEE, and holds more than 30 patents. Dr. Ionel is the Chair Elect of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Electric Motor Subcommittee, Chair of the Milwaukee IEEE Power Electronics Chapter, and Editor-in-Chief of the Electric Power Components and Systems Journal.

ANSYS Expert

Dennis Steward joined ANSYS in 1998 where he has since worked in the Electrome-chanical group as a Senior Application Engineer. After completing his BSEE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992, he worked at an Electric Utility and a Pow-er Research Laboratory. Since joining ANSYS, he has pursued his MSEE at Carnegie Mellon University and MIT. Dennis works in the Boston office of ANSYS where he focuses on supporting the Low Frequency Electromagnetic simulation toolset.