PEMD 2012 - 2012 IET 5th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines & Drives (PEMD 2012)

The PEMD organising committee welcomes abstract contributions, to be submitted by 28th September 2011.

Submitted papers may range from research concepts and ideas to technical issues and industrial applications.

Contributions are encouraged from, but not limited to, the themes and topics in the following areas:

Key conference themes

Theme A - Power electronics
Theme B - Machines and drives
Theme C - Transportation
Theme D - Renewable energy systems
Theme E - Generation, transmission and distribution
Theme F - Industrial applications

Theme A - Power electronics

A1 - Power semiconductor devices
A2 - Switch-mode power supplies
A3 - Novel converter topologies
A4 - Matrix and multi-level converters
A5 - Resonant converters
A6 - Converters for special applications
A7 - Power converter control
A8 - EMC and power quality
A9 - Thermal management
A10 - Passive components (capacitors, inductors, transformers etc)
A11 - Sensors

Theme B - Machines and drives

B1 - Induction, permanent-magnet and reluctance machines
B2 - Actuators and linear machines
B3 - Superconducting machines
B4 - Special machines
B4 - Advanced and sensorless machine control
B5 - Motion control systems
B6 - Fault tolerant drives
B7 - Sensors
B7 - Design and modeling
B8 - Condition monitoring

Theme C - Transportation

C1 - Railway Systems
C2 - Marine propulsion, drives and power systems
C3 - Aerospace
C4 - Starter / generator systems
C5 - Automotive systems
C6 - Electric/ fuel cell/ hybrid vehicles
C7 - Energy storage for vehicles
C8 - System control (including power management)

Theme D ? Renewable energy systems and fuel cells

D1 - Wind power (on-shore and off-shore)
D2 - Solar PV (including MPP schemes)
D3 - Tidal, wave, sea, river and hydro power systems
D4 - Energy storage
D5 - Fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors and other storage devices
D6 - Reliability and availability

Theme E - Generation, transmission and distribution

E1 - Synchronous machines and special generators
E2 - HVDC
E3 - Smart grids, FACTS, and micro-grids
E4 - Converters for grid connection
E5 - Power quality and protection (including power factor correction / active filters)
E6 - Energy efficiency and demand side control
E7 - Distributed generation
E8 - Control of power distribution

Theme F Industrial applications

F1 - Application case studies
F2 - Energy efficiency
F3 - Integrated drives

This topics guide is not exhaustive and is intended only to provide a guide to the scope of the conference