Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of West Bohemia Pilsen, Czech Republic RICE - Smart Industrial Systems: Driving technology for Industry 4.0
R&D center RICE Basic Overview RICE is a trademark of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering for the R&D area. New infrastructure with investment cost more than 25 mil. EUR. Whole research chain from basic (theoretical) research up to development of functional samples and their complete testing. Hall laboratory, 31 kv AC / 4MW
Teams and core competences Mathematical- Physical Modeling and Computation Diagnostics and Testing Engineering Materials Research RICE Power Electronics and Drives Power Engineering and Industrial Systems Electronics and Embedded Systems
RICE Smart industrial systems: Driving technology for Industry 4.0 RICE vision in Industry 4.0 plan is EMBEDDED INTELLIGENCE EMBEDDED INTELLIGENCE Actuators Sensors Electronic systems Communication systems + Control algorithms and SW NEW TECHNOLOGIES Learning Interoperation Decisions Autonomy CONTRIBUTION Improved process control Automation Quality Safety Reliability
RICE Smart industrial systems: Driving technology for Industry 4.0 Research program SMART INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Main applications of our SMART INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Transportation Power engineering Process automation and robotics Life saving technologies Drives and power electronics Sensors, multisensor systems and sensor fusion Control, communication systems and SW
Power electronics and drives Complete research chain of drive development Simulations Topology of power electronics and drive chain Electric machines Power converters Experimental testing and measurement Intelligent control algorithms Control HW Application
Power Electronics and Drives Selected transport systems references SKODA.CZ SKODA.CZ SKODA.CZ
Power electronics and drives Selected applications Power electronics converters for locomotives and suburban units Drives for light traction vehicles T15 Laboratory model 1:20 with two cells
Power electronics and drives Grid connected and multilevel converters Selected applications Converters for medium-voltage applications Converters for active front ends Active power filters Converters for fault compensation
Power electronics and drives Electromobility Selected applications Energy management system for hybrid bus Drive and vehicle intelligence Fuel savings Electric drive for SuperKart High power density converters Wide-band gap semiconductor devices (SiC, GaN) High efficiency (η>98%) High switching rates (>100kHz)
Power electronics and drives Selected applications Special electric machines Sophisticated expert system for design of high-power drives (fans & pumps) Special synchronous electric motor without magnets for electromobility (VW) Tools for design and optimal control of high-power pumps and fans with application target in power and heating plants
Wireless power transfer 3 basic directions of wireless power transfer Smart city 200kHz, 50kW (95% effeciency) Intelligent public transportation Battery charging in bus-stop Parking car charging Smart machines (middle power apps) 13MHz, 10W Built-in sensors in rotating machines (generators, turbines) Smart sensors 27MHz, 0,5W Built-in sensors in textiles (fireman suit) Medical applications (cardiostimulator charging...)
Power electronics and drives Intelligent systems: R&D of advanced algorithms for control, estimation and optimization Estimation and Diagnostics Kalman and Particle filters Harmonic injection Optimization Genetic algorithms Drive control and diagnostics without rotor position/speed sensor System parameter estimation Optimal solution search Advanced control Predictive control Dynamic programming Sliding mode control High efficiency and dynamics Cost function optimization criteria
Control systems REMCS (RICE Embedded Modular Control System) Intended for distributed real-time control of applications in power engineering and transport systems with enhanced safety demands System was awarder with Golden AMPER 2013 main prize in the competition of exhibits at the international Trade Fair AMPER
Modular test system platform NI based (HW+ TestStand) Extended by database test management system Independent: testplan definition, test parametrisation execution reporting Test systems RATS (RICE Automated Test System)
Special sensors FITPixLite particle detector in USB stick Instrumentation for experiments in physics, support of UTEF, CERN, University of Huston Most compact and fastest available design in the world in its class End of this year will be used by NASA for measurements and experiments on International Space Station (ISS)
Special sensors R&D activities connected with IoT and I 4.0 Printed and Flexible electronics Passives, sensors, transistors. Smart Textiles Interconnection systems, Functional blocks integration, RF communication, Sensor evaluation circuits, smart firefighter protective suit, smart textiles for healthcare. Vapour and Gas Sensors Chemoresistive, Electrochemical. Industrial deposition technologies Aerosol Jet Printing (OPTOMEC 300), Screen printing (EKRA E2) Flexible Systems - Hybrid integration of printed and conventional components on foils and textiles.
Printed sensors and hybrid systems for IoT Developed printed sensors for IoT applications Low cost fabrication (screen, gravure printing, Aerosol-Jet) Planar flexible sensors suitable for integration into smart labels and packages T, Vapour &Gas Sensors based on chemoresistive and electrochemical principle Temperature sensor (Flexible NTC thermistor) Ammonia sensor (Chemoresitive) Humidity sensor (Chemoresitive) Nitrogen oxide sensor (Electrochemical) Amonia sensor (based on CNTs printed by AJP) Embroidered temperature sensor
Aerosol Jet Printing Direct write printing Optomec AJ300 UP system Resolution down to 8 µm Possible to deposit: organic, CNT, bioactive materials on 3D substrates Tenzometers, sensors, AJP bonding Detail of the AJP deposition head Aerosol Jet bonded QFN package Printing on 3D substrates Printing on coarse substrate
Smart sensor labels Hybrid system printed on foil Flexible RFID sensor tags for smart labels, smart packaging, logistics and IoT Smart label V1 (Temp. log.) Including data logging and android application for data visualization Smart label V1 android application. Smart labels for: a) V1 - temperature logging b) V2 - temperature and relative humidity logging. Smart label (Temp. + RH log.) Smart label V2 android application (data history).
Printed and embroidered antennas Aerosol Jet printed inductive antenna. Antennas printed on R2R flexo printing machine Gallus EM 410 S. 0-5 -10-15 ρ [db] -20-25 -30 Resonance -35 868 MHz printed antenna on textile substrate. -40 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 f [MHz] Reflection factor to frequency characteristics. Embroidered antennas.
Smart firefighter suit UWB advanced to the final stage of the PCP tender Smart@fire for 10 000 smart protective firefighter suits for Belgium firefighter
Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of West Bohemia Pilsen, Czech Republic Thank you for your attention! Ing. Pavel Turjanica Ph.D. Ing. et Ing. Petr Kašpar Ph.D. Address: Tel: +420 377 634 130 Email: turjanic@rice.zcu.cz Univerzitni 26 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic +420 377 634 568 petrx@ket.zcu.cz