Pr Yongdong LI :"Status and Trends of Electrification of Railway Transportation and Ships

Yongdong LI, professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, will be at Belfort on Platforme Hydrogen Energy, F206, on Thursday 10 April 2025 - 11.00 A.M for a seminar on  : "Status and Trends of Electrification of Railway Transportation and Ships".

Abstractn : Transportation accounts for a significant share of global energy consumption, representing nearly 30% in the U.S. in 2009. With growing environmental concerns, electrification has become the dominant trend across various transportation sectors, including trains, ships, cars, and aircraft. However, there remains a significant gap between mobility demand and capacity. To address this challenge, advancements in materials and power electronic devices are driving innovation in railway and other electric transportation systems. A key development is the Power Electronic Transformer (PET), which replaces traditional line transformers with high- frequency transformers, resulting in a 30% reduction in weight and volume of converters.[..]

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