Plenary session
Plenary speech "Selected applications of resonant inverters" will be given by prof. Zbigniew Kaczmarczyk and prof. Marcin Kasprzak, Silesian University of Technology, Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Robotics.
At the beginning, general issues, terminology and some taxonomy related to resonant inverters will be presented. Specific properties of resonant inverters and significant problems with their implementation at operating frequencies from several hundred kilohertz to several tens of megahertz will be explained. Then, selected applications resulting from the authors' own experience will be discussed and illustrated. They will mainly concern the implementation of induction heating systems, systems using wireless transmission of electrical energy based on inductive coupling in the configuration of two coils and multi-coils, and currently more and more often used systems using wireless transmission of electrical energy based on capacitive coupling.
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Zbigniew Kaczmarczyk (Member, IEEE) received the M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Gliwice, Poland, in 1991, 1996, and 2008, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Robotics, SUT. He is co-authored more than 110 scientific publications and served as a reviewer for international journals and conferences. He has promoted 4 doctors of technical sciences. His current research interests include the field of high-frequency resonant converters, their computer-aided analysis and design, computer simulation and laboratory testing of power inverters, especially Class E and Class DE ones, wireless power transfer systems using inductive or capacitive coupling, and induction heating applications. Dr. Kaczmarczyk was the recipient of an individual prize for scientific achievements by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Currently, he is the Head of the Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Robotics and Vice-Chairman of the Discipline Council for Automation, Electronic, Electrical Engineering and Space Technology at SUT. Marcin Kasprzak (Member, IEEE) received the MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and the DSc degree in automation, electronics and electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, in 1988, 1997 and 2014, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Silesian University of Technology. His research interests include high-frequency resonant converters, design of MHz’s Class DE inverters for dielectric heating, induction heating and capacitive wireless power transfer, control of hf inverters for induction heating, computer-aided analysis and design. He is co-authored more than 100 scientific publications and has promoted 4 doctors of technical sciences. Currently, he is the Vice Head of the Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Robotics. |