Conference Agenda

We have learned by now to design and produce small and robust power electronic equipment, supported by developments in material and device sciences. A rising awareness as to the full life cycle of these products is observed nowadays – health and condition monitoring (HCM) technologies presenting a major lever in mitigating our impact on our planet, in the context of resource use and waste.

The tutorial will start by a review of the HCM perimeter – the business models, impeding legislation, the equipment suitable for being addressed by HCM and a brief summary of common technologies used to implement HCM. We will then move to Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Estimation concepts for power modules – the basic building blocks, their requirements, what are the cost-driven choices and the common implementations. The tutorial will wrap up with advanced techniques, stemming from RUL, that can be used for adding real value to HCM for lifetime extension such as stress steering and self-healing.