Brief Report on the IEEE 2010 Joint
International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems &
2010 Power India held from 20th Dec
2010 to 23rd Dec 2010 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi & India
Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
On Dec
20, 2010 Pre-Conference (PEDES-2010-POWER INDIA) Tutorials were held in the EE
Dept of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India with � Session -
I on �Enhancement of Power System Stability Using Adaptive and AI Control� by
Prof. O. P. Malik (maliko@ucalgary.ca), ECE Dept,
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, Session � II on �HVDC
Transmission Systems (Past - Present � Future)� by Dr. Vijay K. Sood (vijay.Sood@uoit.ca), Associate professor at UOIT,
Oshawa, ON, Canada, Session � III on �Design & Development of Technical
Training programs for Engineers working on the Vestas
Wind Turbine Ltd�� by Mr. K Vasanth (vakal@vestas.com), Head, Technical Training
Department - India / Asia Pacific, Vestas, Chennai,
India (organized by PES-IAS Delhi Chapter with the support of� PELS-IES Delhi Chapter). 29 IEEE Members
& 66 non-Members attended.
Three-day
(from Dec 21 to 23, 2010) 2010 Joint International Conference on Power
Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) & 2010 Power India was held
with 7 Plenary Sessions, namely, on Dec 21 Session � I� on �Current research in core loss
measurements in laminations for variable speed drive machines� by Prof. Pragasen Pillay
(pillayp@clarkson.edu),� Jean Newell
Distinguished Professor in Engineering, ECE Dept, Box 5720, Potsdam, NY
13699-5720, USA, and Session - II on �Role of smart monitoring and robust
control in future electricity networks� by Dr. Bikash
C Pal (b.pal@imperial.ac.uk), IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, Imperial
College, London, on Dec 22 Session - III on �A Comparison of Converter Schemes
for Fuel Cells to a Single-Phase Utility Line Interface� by Prof Ashok Bhatt
(bhat@ece.uvic.ca), ECE Dept, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada, Session -
IV on �Mechatronics in Wind Turbines�� by Mr. R Prabhkaran
(prram@vestas.com), Control System Layout, Vestas
Technology R&D, Chennai, India, and Session - V on �Recent Developments in
FACTS Technology� by Dr Kalyan K Sen
(senkk@sentransformer.com), IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, Sen Transformers,�
Pittsburg, PA, USA, on Dec 23 Session - VI on �Sequence Based Orbital
Existence of a Class of Switching System� by Prof. Sudip
K. Mazumder (mazumder@ece.uic.edu), Director of
Laboratory for Energy and Switching-electronics Systems and Associate Professor
ECE Dept, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. USA. and Session - VII on �Smart
Grid �Electric grid of the future� by Prof. Rajit Gadh (smartgrid@winmec.ucla.edu), UCLA WINMEC Director /
UCLA SMERC, CA, USA, and 176 papers presented in 36 sessions covering 4 tracks,
Electrical Machines, and Drives, Power Electronics, and its Applications, Power
System Planning, and Design, and Smart Grid, and Energy Sustainability
(organized by PES-IAS Delhi Chapter with the support of� PELS-IES Delhi Chapter). 86 IEEE
Members & 72 non-Members attended.
In
addition, there were 4 Exhibition Stalls of GE, Vistas, Opal-RT Technologies,
& SPI Engineers.
Reported by
Subrata
Mukhopadhyay
Co-General Chair, PEDES-2010-POWER INDIA
New Delhi, India: Dec 31, 2010