IFEC’15 2015 International Future Energy Challenge

College Student Competition

http://www.energychallenge.org/

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

General Chair Dehong Xu, Zhejiang Univ., China

General Co-Chairs

Jin Wang, The Ohio State Univ., USA

Junming Zhang, Zhejiang Univ., China

Topic Chairs

Kevin Bai, Kettering Univ., USA

Wencong Su, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, USA

Qing-Chang Zhong, Univ. of Sheffield, UK

Treasurer Jason Lai, Virginia Tech., USA

IEEE Inter-Society Associate

Donna Florek, IEEE PELS, USA

Steering Committee Chair Chris Mi, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, USA

Members

Don Tan, Northrop Grumman Corp. USA

Helen Li, Florida State Univ., USA

Donna Florek, IEEE PELS, USA

K. Smedley, Univ. of California, USA

Jason Lai, Virginia Tech., USA

Jerry Moschopoulos, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada

Phil Krein, Univ. of Illinois, USA

Longya Xu, The Ohio State Univ., USA

Blake Llyod, IEEE IAS, USA

Bih-Yuan Ku, National Taipei Univ. of Tech., China

David Gao, University of Denver, USA

Juan José Rodriguez - Andina, Univ. of Vigo, Spain

Chandan Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur, India

Burak Ozpineci, ORNL, USA

Faete Jacques Teixeira Filho, Eaton Corp. USA

Ira J. Pitel, Magna-Power Electronics, USA

Marcelo G. Simões, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Sponsored by:

IFEC Introduction IFEC is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective

use of electrical energy, which is open to college and university student teams from

recognized engineering programs in any location.

The competition is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

(IEEE) Power Electronics Society (PELS), Power & Energy Society (PES), Industry

Application Society (IAS), Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Vehicular Technology

Society (VTS) and Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA).

Topics

(A) High-efficiency Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles and Other

Applications

Topic Chairs:

Prof. Kevin Bai

Kettering University, USA

Email: hbai@kettering.edu

Prof. Wencong Su University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

Email: wencong@umich.edu

(B) Battery Energy Storage with an Inverter that Mimics Synchronous Generators

Topic Chair:

Prof. Qing-Chang Zhong University of Sheffield, UK

Email: q.zhong@sheffield.ac.uk.

Participation

Participation is on a proposal basis. Those schools that are interested must submit a

proposal to the topic chair before the proposal deadline. Each Proposal will be judged

by a distinguished panel of volunteer experts from the IEEE and from industry. Schools

with successful proposals will be notified and qualified for the rest of the competition.

Deadline for each period will be posted on the IFEC website. The outstanding teams

will be invited to a competition event in summer of 2015.

In each of the two topic areas there will be a Grand Prize of $10,000 and three

additional awards granted at $1,000, $3000 and $5,000 each.

Important Notice:

Each of the two topic areas will be judged separately. Each team proposal must

address a single topic area.

Each university is limited to one topic area. Each school can support only one team.

Teams are limited at minimum 4 members. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.

Graduate students are not excluded, but should be limited to advisory role in the

team.

Important Deadlines

Proposal Due Extension to Sept. 30, 2014

Notification of Acceptance Nov. 1, 2014

Workshop at APEC’2015 Mar. 2015

Final Competition July, 2015

Please visit http://www.energychallenge.org/ for more detailed information.

IFEC’15 2015 International Future Energy Challenge

College Student Competition

http://www.energychallenge.org/

TOPIC INTRODUCTION

Topic A

High-efficiency Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles and Other Applications

Final Competition time: July 13-15, 2014

Location: University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems, Henry W. Patton Center for Education & Practice, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Goals

Construct a wireless charging system that will:

Allow wireless charging with superior efficiency for the

electric vehicle battery over a certain gap and sliding

distance;

Reduce the overall manufacturing cost;

Minimize the size and weight of pad and controller;

Minimize cooling requirements.

Key Specifications

Input voltage: single phase universal ac input, 50 Hz~60 Hz;

Output voltage: 30 V~60 V ( 48V for nominal);

Output power: 500 W at 36 V~50 V.

Volume & Weight (power electronics): <1 liter & <1 kg;

Complete coil size: less than 500 mm*500 mm;

Distance between transceiver and receiver: ≥15cm

Input current THD: <5% @ 500 W;

Input power factor: >0.95 @ 500 W;

Efficiency: ≥92% @ 500 W & ≥ 90% @ 400 W.

Sliding effect: Po ≥400W with 10 cm sliding distance;

Cooling: natural convection;

Acoustic noise: <50 dBA @ 1.5m away from the unit;

Protection: OCP, OVP, SCP, OTP, no damage @SCP

Safety: no exposed live electrical elements

Topic B

Battery Energy Storage with an Inverter that Mimics Synchronous Generators

Final Competition time: July 20-22, 2014

Location: University of Sheffield, UK

St. George’s Church (Opening) Lab in Portobello Bldg. (Competition)

Goals

Design and build a battery energy storage system with an

inverter that will:

Realize power conversion between the battery and the

gird/load with high efficiency;

Mimic the function of synchronous generators to

autonomously take part in the regulation of system frequency

and voltage via controlling the real power and reactive power

delivered;

Achieve seamless transfer between grid-connected and

stand-alone modes;

Reduce manufacturing cost.

Key Specifications

Input (battery) voltage: 48V DC (nominal)

Output voltage: single phase 230Vac& 50Hz (nominal)

Output power: 500 VA continuous

Volume & Weight: <1 liter & <1 kg

Efficiency: >95% @ 500VA

Frequency regulation: the change of 100% real power

corresponds to the change of 1% grid frequency.

Voltage regulation: ≤ ±5% with ±100% reactive power

Output current THD: <5% @ 500VA & grid connected

Cooling: Natural convection is encouraged.

Acoustic noise: <50 dBA @ 1.5m away from the unit.

Safety: no exposed live electrical elements

Galvanic isolation: not required but encouraged.

Please refer to IFEC’15 Request for Proposal (RFP) for more detailed information.

Available at: http://www.energychallenge.org/