The large-scale integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) and the increasing number of energy-storage (ES) systems connected to the grid will create a big challenge for power flow management at the distribution level. In this new scenario, a solid-state transformer (SST) will be a highly efficient key element for providing highly efficient and controllable power flow in distribution grids. SSTs

The starter/generator (SG) system is widely used in various applications, including more-electric/hybridelectric aircraft (MEA/HEA) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). The electric machine operates as a motor to provide the required torque to start the engine. Once the engine starts, the same electric machine transforms to a generator to produce electrical power. With the advantages of a simple and

As the world of transportation keeps moving toward greater electrification, the main design objectives in terms of power density and efficiency of system components are becoming increasingly important. Meanwhile, transportation applications are also very safety critical. The extra stresses being seen by important components, such as electrical machines (EMs) and their insulation systems, to achieve

With the introduction of computers occurring more than 50 years ago, automation systems have become more powerful, comprehensive, and complex. The key to handling this complexity was the introduction of many aspects, including architecture models that structure and standardize functions, information, and its exchange; procedures; and the interaction of subsystems. With the recent Industry 4.0 and industrial

Motion-control technologies are at the core of multiple mechatronic products and applications. Wherever actuated motion takes place in machines and components, either position or force setting (or trajectory tracking), or even a combination of both, are demanded from the control system. In high-performance mechatronic systems, including micro- and/or nanoscale motion (such as data-storage devices,

Today, electric railways have wide diffusion and promise to expand much more in the coming years due to climate change issues and decarbonization policies. Metropolitan areas are serviced by underground, surface, and elevated electric trains that provide fast high-capacity passenger transport with zero emission. Electric motors powered by hydrogen and fuel cells are replacing diesel engines in trains

The 2019 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum in Europe was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 16 October 2019, in collaboration between the Women in IES initiative of the IES and Nova University Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop offered an interesting program, consisting of seven invited speeches from academia and industry regarding cutting-edge research topics.

Industrial wireless has great potential to improve the monitoring and control of various processes and equipment in distributed automation systems because of advances in wireless networks and installation flexibility. However, harsh industrial environments and interference from the crowded electromagnetic frequency spectrum make it challenging for wireless to achieve the required performance. Thus

Wireless networks for industrial control systems are promising because of their reduced cost, flexible structure, and improved long-term reliability. However, wireless control systems are vulnerable to probing-free attacks (PFAs), which are not possible in wired control systems. Thus, wireless control systems must be made as secure as wired systems. Physical (PHY)-layer security technology (PHY-Sec)

After Michael Faraday (1791-1867) produced an electromotive force (EMF) between the axis and edge of a disk kept in rotation and subjected to the axial magnetism of a fixed permanent magnet in 1831, several researchers and experimenters pursued efficient electrogeneration designs capable of replacing expensive electrochemical batteries [1]. It was soon clear that a stronger effect could be achieved

DC grids, including highvoltage dc (HVdc) transmissions, midvoltage dc (MVdc) distributions, and low-voltage dc (LVdc) supply systems, have elicited widespread concern and rapidly developed in recent years [1]-[6]. Voltage and power can be flexibly controlled because power electronic equipment is widely used in dc grids. Moreover, the conversion stage for energy storage and renewable energy systems

A microgrid currently under construction in Venice, Italy, is part of a plant for testing quasi-zero-emission processes. It has a 400-V ac bus and works islanded and connected. It includes three renewable-source generators and five energy storage (ES) systems (ESSs), based on lithium (Li), lead (Pb), sodium (Na), vanadium, and hydrogen. The hierarchical control uses a master system (Li battery) and

To meet a set of stringent requirements for wireless control in critical applications, the described wireless high-performance (WirelessHP) communication system represents a breakthrough regarding microsecondlevel latency, but the proof of ultrahigh reliability is still lacking. To this aim, we propose the incorporation of channel coding in its physical layer. Building on a customized protocol stack

In an age largely characterized by information and communication technology, which uses more and more feeble currents, electrical power is experiencing a period of excellent health and heading toward a bright future. This success is largely due to electric motors, which are available in different types and powered by dc as well as ac sources operating at either utility or variable frequencies. The

In this article, we investigate power-decoupling methods used in single-phase Z-source/quasi-Z-source inverters (ZSIs/qZSIs) to handle inherent double-linefrequency (2ω) power by comparing their implementation approaches and performances. Passive methods can be used to suppress 2ω ripples within the range of engineering tolerance by designing impedance networks, modifying modulation methods

Power electronics systems are used increasingly in a wide range of application fields, such as variable-speed drives, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. These elements have become crucial constituents in the further development of such emerging application fields as lighting, more-electric aircraft, and medical systems [1]. Reliable operation over the designed lifetime is essential for

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues its run as one of the most popular technology buzzwords of today, the discussion really turns from how the massive data sets are collected to how value can be derived from them, i.e., how to extract knowledge out of such (big) data. IoT devices are used in an ever-growing number of application domains (see Figure 1), ranging from sports gadgets (e.g., Fitbits

Approximately a decade after their introduction, industrial wireless technologies are on the rise. Recognizing this need, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began working on a best practices operational guide, the Practical Guide to Industrial Wireless Systems Deployment. This guide is currently under development in the NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Technical Working

With the mega trend of digitalizing industry [1], several new application scenarios have arisen, such as order-controlled production, adaptable factories, self-organizing adaptive logistics, value-based services, and circular economies [2]. These scenarios address manufacturers' concerns, including increased individualization and the demand for shorter innovation cycles of their products. However,

Computer speed and web interconnectivity are allowing us to manage and process data at unprecedented levels. In the past two decades, we have discovered new paradigms for extracting valuable information from such data, and it is very likely that this process has only just begun. These paradigms have resulted in market and financial forecasts of huge economic importance. The companies positioned to

The advanced microgrid is envisioned to be a critical part of the future smart grid because of its local intelligence, automation, interoperability, and distributed energy resources (DER) hosting capability. The enabling technology of advanced microgrids is the microgrid management system (MGMS). In this article, we discuss and review the concept of the MGMS and state-of-the-art solutions regarding

Future industrial systems and applications are expected to be complex constellations of cyberphysical systems (CPSs) where intel l igent networked embedded devices play a pivotal role toward the realization of new sophisticated industrial scenarios. The prevalence of multifaceted devices enables new avenues for monitoring at large scale via Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, and, when coupled with

More than a century ago, in 1902, American Engineer Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) derived the mercury-arc rectifier, enclosed in a glass bulb, from his mercury-vapor lamp of the previous year. He devised its use for feeding dc motors from alternating currents. As the first rectifier for power uses (two years before John Ambrose Fleming's diode and four years before Lee de Forest's audion [1]), the

Presents a listing of IES society officers for 2018.

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Lotfi Askar Zadeh was the father of fuzzy logic, and, according to many, he was mankind's most renowned thinker. The greatness of Zadeh can be realized from the ubiquitous effect of fuzzy logic on all knowledge that, henceforth, a solution should be defined as all the answers, which lie within the fuzzy range of value or tolerance of the solution. Fuzzy logic, a postcreational technology, has helped

The hype concerning digitalization is increasing the demand for new generations of automation systems. Concepts like Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0) give us models but do not tell us how to facilitate actual implementations. This article discusses the transition from legacy automation technology as defined by ISA-95 to highly distributed Internet of Things (IoT)- and system of

A new, networked approach to signal processing, efficient for both design and real-time computation, is proposed to match the requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT). The Prism is a novel finite impulse response (FIR) filter, which is fully recursive: the computational cost per sample is low and independent of the filter window length. The design cost is also low; any device capable of running

Vacuum tubes appeared at the break of the 20th century, giving birth to electronics [1]. By the 1930s, they had become established as a mature technology, spreading into areas such as radio communications, long-distance radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting, telephone communication and switching, sound recording and playing, television, radar, and air navigation [2]. During World War II, vacuum tubes