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Electrical Energy Storage Options

Room BA 4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technol

June 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, will be presenting “Electrical Energy Storage Options”. Speaker: Paul N. Acchione Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation Day & Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. A light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 Location: Room BA 4287 Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BA) 40 St. George Street Toronto M5S 2E4 University of Toronto – St. George Campus Click here to see the Map Organizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter Contact: Marjan, Email: alavi@ieee.org All IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/34679 Abstract: The seminar will discusses the types and benefits of electrical storage and the costs involved. Also included is engineering information from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE’s) electrical power system studies, including: • Ontario’s electrical demand profile • Cost impact of dispatching generation (load following) • Benefits, challenges and costs of various types of storage • Alternatives if we don’t use storage • How much storage is needed to effectively integrate variable renewables Biography: Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME, ANS, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. Paul was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and is a volunteer with OSPE’s Energy Task Force. Paul is a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation.

Advanced Technologies in Power System and Power Electronics

50 Carlton St., Toronto, ON Ryerson University

September 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m (EDT) Toronto IEEE IAS&PELS joint Chapter and Power System Chapter along with Ryerson’s Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science invite you to join us for seminar discussions related to Power Electronics and Power System. For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. Speakers: Many – See Below Day & Time: Friday, September 18th, 2015 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT) Location: 50 Carlton St., Toronto, ON Ryerson University Click here for a Map Meeting URL: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35766 Organizers: IEEE IAS&PELS Joint Chapter, Power System Chapter, Ryerson Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science Registration: For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. Seminar Agenda: The seminar agenda is as follows: 1) 8:30AM Registration 2) 9:00AM Welcome 3) 9:20AM Presentation I – by Dr. Bin Wu 4) 10:00AM Presentation II – by Dr. Yunwei Li 5) 10:40AM Coffee time and Break 6) 11:20AM Presentation III – by Dr. Samir Kouro 7) 12:00PM Light lunch 8) 12:30PM Presentation IV – by Dr. You Zhou 9) 1:20PM Presentation V – by Dr. Wuhua Li 10) 2:00PM Lab tours – LEDAR and CUE labs Presentation I by Dr. Bin Wu Power Engineering Research at Ryerson University Abstract: The Power Engineering (PE) Group at Ryerson University is one of the leading research groups in a Canadian university in the field of high-power converters, medium voltage (MV) drives, renewable energy systems, and power systems. The Ryerson PE Group has a long-term successful research collaborations with Canadian industry, including Rockwell Automation Canada, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Toronto Hydro Corporation, and Hydro One Incorporated. In this talk, our research facilities will be introduced, which include the Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research (LEDAR) and research laboratories in Centre for Urban Energy (CUE). A variety of industrial research projects will be discussed, including high-power (megawatt) converters for MV drives, wind and PV energy conversion systems, electric vehicle fast chargers and charging stations, and battery energy management systems. The talk ends with the research trends and directions in the area of MV drives. Biography: Bin Wu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1993. He joined Ryerson University in 1993, where he is currently a Professor and Senior NSERC/Rockwell Automation Industrial Research Chair in Power Electronics and Electric Drives. Dr. Wu has published more than 300 technical papers, authored/coauthored two Wiley-IEEE Press books, and holds more than 25 granted/pending US/European patents in the area of power conversion, medium voltage drives, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Wu received the Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada in 1993, Premier’s Research Excellence Award in 2001, NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation in 2002, Ryerson Distinguished Scholar Award in 2003, YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award, and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Engineering Excellence Medal in 2014. He is a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Contact: Dr. Bin Wu Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada Email: bwu@ee.ryerson.ca Web: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~bwu/ Presentation II by Dr. Yunwei Li Virtual Impedance based Grid Interfacing Converter Control for Active Distribution System Power Quality Improvement Abstract: With today’s increasing concerns on energy costs, energy security and greenhouse gas emissions, more and more renewable energy sources is being integrated into the power distribution system through distributed generation (DG). For example, photovoltaic (PV) power production has been doubling every two years, increasing by an average of 48% each year since 2002. At the same time, the increased penetration of nonlinear loads may introduce power quality issues to the distribution power system. Such a system with the presence of many power electronics interfaced DG and loads can be considered as an active distribution system, where the power electronics interfaces can actively participated in the system operation and control with improved efficiency, reliability and power quality. This talk focuses on the distribution system harmonic control through the DG-grid interfacing converters. The compensation strategies are developed using the virtual impedance control concept. Biography: Dr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Li received the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2005, Dr. Li was a Visiting Scholar with the Aalborg University, Denmark. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University, Canada. In 2007, he also worked at Rockwell Automation Canada. His research interests include control and PWM for power converters in distributed generation, microgrid, renewable energy, electric motor drives, and custom power devices. Dr. Li has published over 120 papers in these areas. Dr. Li is a senior member of IEEE, a Professional Engineer with Alberta Canada. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. Dr. Li received the 2013 Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE Power Electronics Society. Contact: Dr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada Email: yunwei.li@ualberta.ca Web: http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~yunwei1/ Presentation III by Dr. Samir Kouro Research on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems at UTFSM Abstract: The north of Chile has the world’s most favorable resources for solar energy conversion. Nevertheless, particular conditions of the dessert such as high altitude, high temperature fluctuations, lack of water and dust are challenges for the development of the solar industry. Two research centers of excellence: the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) and the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) are addressing these challenges. The Power Electronics Research Group of the Technical University Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) leads these efforts in both centers, from the power electronics perspective. In this presentation some of the recent research and development projects on photovoltaic energy conversion systems will be introduced, including: soiling effects on energy yield, sub-module PV converters, photovoltaic energy in mining applications, multilevel converters for grid connected PV systems and predictive control of PV inverters. Biography: Dr. Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Since 2011 he has been with UTFSM where he currently is associate professor. Dr. Kouro has directed 6 Chilean National Fund projects (Fondecyt), is founding member and Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile) one of the national priority areas centers of excellence of Chile, and founding member and Titular Researcher of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), one of the technology transfers centers of excellence in Chile. He has coauthored one book, four book chapters and over 100 refereed journal and conference papers. He has served as Guest Editor of a Special Section in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2013-2014) and one in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2014-2015). Dr. Kouro received the IEEE Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award in 2012, the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award of 2012, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award of 2011, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award of 2008. Contact: Dr. Samir Kouro Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile Email: samir.kouro@ieee.org Web: http://www2.elo.utfsm.cl/~skr/Samir_Home_Page/Home.html Presentation IV by Dr. You (George) Zhou Power Electronics for Future Energy Internet Abstract: In this presentation, future de-centralized energy/power system is defined under the concept of energy internet with zero or low carbon emission feature. The role of power electronics within this context is reviewed and fundamental stability issue within multiple-converter based power system is discussed. Distributed energy storage is found to be the general solution to decouple the in-stability caused from constant power device connection. Based on this concept, an Energy Memory & Energy computer concept is proposed for future energy internet. The related energy control & management platform is then introduced as an Energy-Operating-System (EOS). Overall, power electronics is proven to be the fundamental and key technology for digitized energy system with defined development road map in energy internet. Biography: Dr. You(George) Zhou earned his bachelor and master degree from Tsinghua University, China and his PhD degree in Toronto, Canada, all in Electrical Engineering. From 2000 – 2013, he was with Honeywell Aerospace, responsible for power/energy system design for various aircraft platforms including Boeing 7E7/787, Lockheed Martin F35, Airbus A380/A350. He pioneered digital power system design concept for Honeywell Aerospace and has won many awards in Honeywell including Honeywell Outstanding Engineer Award & Honeywell Technical Achievement Award. He has over thirty patents and related publications. In 2013, He joined National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy (NICE) in Beijing, China, as a member of National “Thousand Talents Program”. He is now the technical leader for distributed energy system group of NICE, the core R&D section of its parental company Shenhua Group, ranked 165th of Fortune 500 in 2014 and supplies 12% energy of China. His research includes energy internet based system design and integration for multiple source based energy system including energy generation, energy conversion and energy storage from zero or low carbon emission perspective. Contact: Dr. You (George) Zhou National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy, Shenhua Group Email: zhouyou@nicenergy.com Web: http://www.nicenergy.com/cn/ Presentation V by Dr. Wuhua Li Recent Research and Achievements in High Power Conversion System at SEEEDS Abstract: The efficiency, flexibility and reliability of high power conversion system have gained great popularity in power electronics community. Based on the classic definition of Dr. Newell on Power Electronics, the laboratory of SEEEDS (Sustainable & Efficient Electric Energy Delivery System) is dedicated to innovating advanced technology to improve the conversion efficiency, operation flexibility and system reliability in high power conversion system. At the semiconductor device level, the dynamic switching performance test principle and online-junction temperature extraction for high power IGBT modules will be introduced. At the power converter level, a Module Multilevel-clamped Composited Multilevel Converter (M-MC2) will be investigated. At the system control level, an accurate behavior model and common-mode voltage injection based nearest level modulation for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) will be highlighted. Biography: Dr. Wuhua Li (M’09) received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Applied Power Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Research Assistant in General Electric (GE) Global Research Center. From 2008 to 2010, he joined the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University as a Lecturer. In December 2010, he was promoted as an Associate Professor. Since December 2013, he has been a Full Professor at Zhejiang University. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Ryerson University Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada. His research interests include high efficiency power converters and renewable energy power conversion system. Dr. Li has published more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and holds over 30 issued/pending patents. Contact: Dr. Wuhua Li Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University Email: woohualee@zju.edu.cn Web: http://mypage.zju.edu.cn/en/woohualee

A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!

Room WI1017, Wilson Hall - New College (40 Willcocks Street, Toronto)

Wednesday December 2, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Steve Mann, University of Toronto Professor and Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management, will be presenting “A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!”. Speaker: Steve Mann Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments University of Toronto Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab Rotman’s School of Management Day & Time: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Room WI1017, Wilson Hall – New College 40 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S Building Map Link Registration: Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-is-a-half-truth-without-hi-povar-and-other-examples-of-the-internet-of-truth-and-integrity-for-tickets-19671375614 Contact: nabavi@ieee.org To read the full presentation abstract see: http://wearcam.org/ConsumerElectronicsDec02.htm For more details on the guest speaker see: http://wearcam.org/bio.htm Abstract: Today’s technological advancements in Artifical Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things That Think (IoT and TTT) are rapidly changing the way consumers interact with technology. Gone are the days of open source and open box consumer electronics and in their place we are left with proprietary devices that are difficult to understand and copy. Steve suggests there are two major problems with this new technological way: (1) discouragement of the scientific method and (2) increased personal risk. These problems have led to a world where humans don’t realize the risks they face as they are unable to understand the fundamentals of their technology. Join us as Steve introduces a number of new concepts that will shed light on the technology we use in daily life. Biography: Steve Mann is widely regarded for his work on computation photography, particularly for wearable computing and high dynamic range imaging. As an inventor and visionary, his work established Toronto as the world’s epicenter of wearable technologies in the 1980s and led him to found MIT Media Lab’s Wearable Computing project. Steve received his PhD from MIT in 1997 and then returned to Toronto in 1998 where he is now a tenured full professor at the University of Toronto in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. During his early years at University of Toronto, he created the world’s first Mobile Apps Lab (1999) as a part of his wearable computing and AR course. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management. Mann holds multiple patents, and has contributed to the founding of numerous companies including InteraXON, makers of Muse.

Electricity – Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors

Room BA 4287, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 2E4

June 15, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, will be presenting “Electricity – Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors”. Speaker: Paul N. Acchione Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation Day & Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. A light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 Location: Room BA 4287 Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BA) 40 St. George Street Toronto M5S 2E4 University of Toronto – St. George Campus Organizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter Contact: Gail, Email: alavi@ieee.org All IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge. Please register at: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/39745 Abstract: The seminar discusses which combination of electricity prices and carbon prices are needed to enable electricity to displace fossil fuels in other sectors. · Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ontario’s Electricity Sector · Electricity versus Natural Gas for Home Heating/AC · Electricity versus Gasoline for Transportation · Ontario’s Surplus Carbon-Free Electricity · Potential for Fossil Fuel Displacement by Electricity · Energy Policy Implications Biography: Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME, ANS, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. Paul was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and is a volunteer with OSPE’s Energy Task Force. Paul is a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation.