HEV, EV and related subject [tentative]

Mr. Ryoji MIZUTANI

Senior Staff Engineer
Hybrid Vehicle Advanced Technology Engineering DIV.
Toyota Motor Corp.

Activity for DC power supply system on Green IT (Tentative)

Mr. Tadatoshi BABASAKI

NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories

IH Cooking [tentative]

Mr. Atsushi FUJITA

Chief engineer
Panasonic Corp.

Solar Panel related [tentative]

Mr. Tatsuo SAGA

Executive Technical Research Fellow
Solar Systems Development Group
Sharp Corp.

Power Electronics for Low-Carbon Industrial Revolution

Dr. Teruo YOSHINO

Technology Executive,
Power Electronics Systems Division
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
Member of IEEE, IEEJ

Teruo Yoshino graduated from Yokohama National University, YNU, in Japan with his master degree and joined Toshiba in 1978. Since then, he has been working for the power electronics development. In 2003, he joined Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation, TMEIC, which succeeded the industrial systems business from two major Japanese companies. He earned his doctorate from YNU based on his works in HVDC and SVC development. Recently, he is leading the development on MW-rated converters for renewable energy, solar and wind power, and for energy management, green IT and green factory. Through the power electronics, he hopes to contribute to the sustainable society.

Speech Summary:

The power electronics is indispensable for the low-carbon industrial revolution leading to the sustainable society through the renewable energy and the industry greening. The renewable generation facilities are now scaled up above megawatt range. The greening is now expanding to industries consuming power above megawatt range, too. Then, the speech focuses on the very high-capacity power electronics trends for such fields. The speech introduces the power conditioning system (PCS) for photo-voltaic generation, the back to back converter for wind power and PCS for the battery energy storage system. The speech also covers the high-efficiency UPS for the Green IT and the extra-large converters rated at several tens of MW for the Green Factory. Owing to the recent development of the power semiconductor and control devices, even in these high power range, the converter efficiency and the operation flexibility have been remarkably improved compared with the old generation.

New Battery [tentative]

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