Seminar entitled "Innovations in Sustainable Energy Conversion Technologies" by Prof. Silvio Simani

Seminar of 5 hours for the National Ph.D. Program in Autonomous Systems - DAUSY

Google Meet Link for the Remote Connection: https://meet.google.com/yhe-exko-cgj

Seminar Enrollment

Please use the following link to send your contact details to the instructor and enrol in the course (Prof. Silvio Simani, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara. Email: silvio.simani@unife.it). If you have problems with the link, don't hesitate to contact the instructor directly by email.

The motivation for this talk comes from a real need to have an open discussion about the challenges of control for very demanding systems, such as energy conversion systems and installations, requiring the so-called "sustainability" features. It represents the characteristic to tolerate possible malfunctions affecting the system and, simultaneously, the capability to continue working while maintaining power conversion efficiency. Sustainable control solutions have begun to stimulate research and development in a wide range of industrial communities, particularly for systems demanding high reliability and availability. The system should be able to maintain specified operable and committable conditions, and at the same time should avoid expensive maintenance works. A clear conflict exists for large installations between ensuring a high degree of availability and reducing costly maintenance.

Part 1: Sustainable Exploitation of Renewable Energy Resources (slides, PDF file). Recorded movie of the lecture, part 1 (YouTube Channel, 55 mins); recorded movie of the lecture, part 2 (YouTube Channel, 42 mins).
Part 2: Fault Diagnosis and Sustainable Control of Wind Turbines (slides, PDF file). Recorded movie of the lecture, part 1 (YouTube Channel, 54 mins); recorded movie of the lecture, part 2 (YouTube Channel, 59 mins).

Silvio Simani, Cesare Fantuzzi and Ron J. Patton, "Model-based fault diagnosis in dynamic systems using identification techniques". Springer-Verlag Ed., ISBN: 1852336854. Advances in Industrial Control Series. London, UK. First Ed. November, 2002. (298 pages). The draft document in electronic format: (file in pdf format, 35 MB). (zipped file in PDF format, 34 MB).
Saverio Farsoni and Silvio Simani "Robust Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control of Wind Turbines". Informatics, IT, Saarbrucken, Germany: Scholars' Press. OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, 1st ed., May 9th, 2016. http://www.scholars-press.com. ISBN: 978-3-659-83801-9. (102 pages). Saverio Farsoni's Ph.D. Thesis Dissertation: (file in pdf format, 6.3 MB).
Silvio Simani and Saverio Farsoni "Fault Diagnosis and Sustainable Control of Wind Turbines: Robust data-driven and model-based strategies". Series of Mechanical Engineering, Oxford (UK): Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, 1st ed., Jan. 4th 2018. ISBN: 9780128129845. Elseview book page.