IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine (IEEE IND ELECTRON M)

Publications in this journal

• Article: Expanding the Boundaries of the Classroom. Implementation of Remote Laboratories for Industrial Electronics Disciplines

  M. Tawfik, E. Sancristobal, S. Martin, G. Diaz, J. Peire, M. Castro
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2013;
• Article: Industrial laser cladding systems: FPGA-based adaptive control

  J.Rodríguez-Araújo, J.J.Rodríguez-Andina, J.Fariña, F.Vidal, J.L.Mato, M.Á.Montealegre
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 12/2012; 6(4):35-46.
• Article: CPE 2011 Held in the European Capital of Culture

  D. Vinnikov
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 11/2011; 5(3).
• Article: When Cars Went Electric, Part 2 [Historical]

  M. Guarnieri
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  ABSTRACT: A major boost to electrical cars was provided by efficient dc electrical motors, which were primarily introduced by Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) in France in 1873, and Plante's rechargeable lead acid battery, which was perfected into a successful product in the same country in 1881 by Camille Alphonse Faure (1840-1898). At the first Paris Exposition Internationale d'Electricite in 1881, the electrician Gustave Trouve (1839-1902) presented an electrical tricycle powered by this battery, while Charles Jean taud (1843-1906) built his first electric vehicle using a Gramme motor and similar battery.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 07/2011;
• Article: Rotor Position Estimation

  F. Briz, M.W. Degner
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  ABSTRACT: High-frequency excitation sensorless control methods measure the response of the machine to some form of high-frequency excitation from which the rotor position is estimated. The utilization of these meth ods is feasible in both induction and PMSMs. The design of the machine strongly influences its salient behavior, meaning that not all designs are adequate for their use in sensorless applications. All the methods respond to the same physical principles, with the main differences among them being the type of high frequency signal excitation and the type and number of signals that are measured. Stable operation, with similar values of accuracy, has been reported for PWM-based methods and for carrier-signal injection-based methods.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 07/2011;
• Article: Sensorless Drives in Industrial Applications

  M. Pacas
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  ABSTRACT: The changes in the market of motor drives over the last few years, especially the wish to complete the portfolio toward the satisfaction of most of the customer needs, have brought a new thrust in the area of drives and have favored the realization of procedures that were known from academic discussion. Under certain conditions, the injection sensorless control schemes that exploit the anisotropy of the AC machine and inject a test signal are now found in drives with permanent magnet synchronous machine, while the fundamental wave procedures seem to be the most common solution in the case of induction machines. In this paper, different aspects regarding the state of the art of sensorless drives in industrial applications and the reasons that determine the acceptance or refusal of the different solutions on the side of manufacturers of motor drives are explained and discussed.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 07/2011;
• Article: Going the Distance

  M. Aredes, R. Dias, A.F. Da Cunha De Aquino, C. Portela, E. Watanabe
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  ABSTRACT: The transmission of bulk power over long distances is a very current topic in the worldwide energy sector. An excellent example is the transmission system of Madeira River Hydropower Generation Project in Brazil, which includes two 2,400-km transmission lines, designed to transmit 3,150 MW through each HVDC link. In fact, long transmission trunks enable the use of natural resources that are far from major load centers as well as provide the interconnection of large power systems.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 04/2011;
• Article: Batteries Need Electronics

  J. Cao, A. Emadi
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  ABSTRACT: Energy-storage systems are critical elements of many products from consumer electronics to advanced electric drive vehicles. However, battery electronics and management systems are needed for proper operation of these energy storage systems with batteries. In this article, the BMS functions have been presented, and the design considerations have been reviewed. Three typical applications-cell phones, laptop computers, and hybrid EVs-have been explained in detail. For each application, a typical hardware topology has been explained, followed by a discussion on the corresponding functions and control strategies.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 04/2011;
• Article: FPGA-based Controllers

  E. Monmasson, L. Idkhajine, M.W. Naouar
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  ABSTRACT: This article presents the benefits of using field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based controllers for power electronics and drive applications. For this purpose, an algorithm perspective is first proposed, where it is stated that, depending on the intrinsic parallelism properties as well as level of complexity, it makes sense to implement each control algorithm on a specific hardware and/or software architecture to get the best performances in terms of execution time or the best ratio performance versus cost. Then, an application perspective is proposed where the constraints specifically linked to the control of power converters are discussed.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 04/2011;
• Article: Monitoring Services for Industrial

  N.M. Torrisi
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  ABSTRACT: The asynchronous JavaScript and extensible markup language (XML) (AJAX) technologies have revolutionized the world of Web applications in recent years. This work describes some technical issues from the CyberOPC application protocol based on reverse AJAX and JavaScript object notation (JSON) remote procedure call (RPC). Initially created for monitoring computer numerical control (CNC) tools, this application protocol adopts streaming techniques for industrial communication technologies over Internet protocol (IP)-based networks and represents an open and performing alternative for monitoring protocols such as OPC and MTConnect.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 04/2011;
• Article: Development of MCs and its Applications in Industry [Industry Forum]

  E. Yamamoto, H. Hara, T. Uchino, M. Kawaji, T.J. Kume, Jun Koo Kang, H.-P. Krug
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  ABSTRACT: An MC is a direct AC-AC converter that has benefits of high reliability, small size, and high efficiency over a conventional PWM converter-inverter system. This article introduced the Yaskawa MC product specifications, applications, and techniques that helped commercialization of a low-voltage and medium-voltage MC. The 9-114 kVA (200 V and 400 V classes) for a low voltage MC and 200-6,000 kVA (3.3 kV, 6.6 kV) for a medium-voltage MC have thus far been commercialized. Three typical applications of an MC were also introduced along with the related technology that helped to achieve desired results for each application. The application of an MC is still expanding to other fields in industry. Authors are continuing their efforts in improving performance and expanding the product lineup.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 04/2011;
• Article: Micro- and Nanomechatronics

  T. Fukuda, M. Nakajima, M.R. Ahmad, Yajing Shen, M. Kojima
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  ABSTRACT: The current and future technologies and issues of micro- and nanomechatronics, and nanobiotechnology based on the nanorobotic manipulation system are presented. The following are also discussed in detail: micromechatronics for industrial and research applications; nanomechatronics for industrial and research applications; single-cell surgery system based on the nanorobotic manipulation system; nanorobotic manipulation system; and single-cell analysis based on an environmental scanning electron microscope (E-SEM). Devices based on micro- and nanomechatronics technologies have great potential in advanced industrial applications that will realize high efficiency, high integration, high functionality, low-energy consumption, and low cost.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2011;
• Article: Hierarchical Control of Intelligent Microgrids

  J.C. Vasquez, J.M. Guerrero, J. Miret, M. Castilla, L.G. de Vicuña
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  ABSTRACT: Worldwide, electrical grids are expected to become smarter in the near future. In this sense, there is an increasing interest in intelligent and flexible microgrids, i.e., able to operate in island or in grid-connected modes. Black start operation, frequency and voltage stability, active and reactive power flow control, active power filter capabilities, and storage energy management are the functionalities expected for these small grids. This way, the energy can be generated and stored near the consumption points, thus increasing the reliability and reducing the losses produced by the large power lines. In this article, the main concepts related to the configuration, control, and energy management of intelligent microgrids are reviewed.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2011;
• Article: The Television: From Mechanics to Electronics [Historical]

  M. Guarnieri
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  ABSTRACT: The possibility of using electricity for transmitting still images was conceived by the prolific Scottish philosopher Alexander Bain.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2011;
• Article: A High-Power-Density Converter

  Rixin Lai, F. Wang, Puqi Ning, Di Zhang, Dong Jiang, R. Burgos, D. Boroyevich, K.J. Karimi, V.D. Immanuel
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  ABSTRACT: This article presents the development and experimental performance of a 10-kW high-power-density three-phase ac-dc-ac converter. The converter consists of a Vienna-type rectifier front end and a two-level voltage source inverter (VSΓ)To reduce the switching loss and achieve a high operating junction temperature, the SiC JFET and SiC Schottky diode are used. Design considerations for the phase-leg units, gate drivers, integrated input filter-combining electromagnetic interference (EMI) and boost inductor stages-and the system protection are described in full detail. Experiments are carried out under different operating conditions, and the results obtained verify the performance and feasibility of the proposed converter system.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2011;
• Article: Alternating Current Drives in the Steel Industry

  A.K. Chattopadhyay
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  ABSTRACT: In this article, a review of the state-of-the-art high-power devices, such as silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs), gate turn-off thyristors (GTOs), insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), integrated gate-commutated thyristors (IGCTs), and injection-enhanced gate transistors (IEGTs), converters, such as cycloconverters and three-level inverters, and control technologies adopted for such drives, such as the vector control (VC) and the direct torque control (DTC), is presented with brief features of the industrial ac drives developed for the steel industry by the leading drive manufacturers worldwide.
  IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 01/2011;