Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering in the Power Electronics Education
Annika Nilsson
Environmental Engineering in the Power Electronics Education
Annika Nilsson *, Per Karlsson **, Lars Gertmar **,*** Department of Building and Environmental Technology Lund University, Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 222 96 15 Fax: +46 46 222 45 35 ** Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 222 92 90 Fax: +46 46 14 21 14 *** ABB Corporate Research, Västerås, Sweden Phone: +46 21 32 31 31 Fax: +46 21 32 32 64
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E-mail: annika.nilsson@byggtek.lth.se, per.karlsson@iea.lth.se, lars.gertmar@iea.lth.se
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Susanna Määttänen who was at ABB Corporate Research, Vaasa and Timo Miettinen who is at ABB Industry Oy, Helsinki, for sharing their early LCA-work on environmental loading of converters. Bengt-Eric Bengtsson, recently retired from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, is commended for his professional life, starting in power electronics mid 1960’s and ending early 2001 after initiating environmentally adapted production of electronics.
Keywords
Design, Education, Efficiency, EMC/EMI, EMF
Abstract
Sustainable development and engineering ethics as well as social aspects of engineering are emerging issues related to power electronics. Several important topics like environmentally sustainable products and electromagnetic compatibility fit into this description. Therefore, these issues have recently become part of the advanced course on power electronics at Lund University. The authors’ intention with the present overview paper is to share the ingredients and results so far and to review ongoing Nordic activities that could form a basis for others to expand from traditional power electronics. It is our firm opinion that issues like LCA, EPR, EMC, EMI have to be addressed and highlighted in the education of power electronic engineers.
Introduction
The increased use of power
Annika Nilsson
Environmental Engineering in the Power Electronics Education
Annika Nilsson *, Per Karlsson **, Lars Gertmar **,*** Department of Building and Environmental Technology Lund University, Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 222 96 15 Fax: +46 46 222 45 35 ** Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 222 92 90 Fax: +46 46 14 21 14 *** ABB Corporate Research, Västerås, Sweden Phone: +46 21 32 31 31 Fax: +46 21 32 32 64
*
E-mail: annika.nilsson@byggtek.lth.se, per.karlsson@iea.lth.se, lars.gertmar@iea.lth.se
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Susanna Määttänen who was at ABB Corporate Research, Vaasa and Timo Miettinen who is at ABB Industry Oy, Helsinki, for sharing their early LCA-work on environmental loading of converters. Bengt-Eric Bengtsson, recently retired from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, is commended for his professional life, starting in power electronics mid 1960’s and ending early 2001 after initiating environmentally adapted production of electronics.
Keywords
Design, Education, Efficiency, EMC/EMI, EMF
Abstract
Sustainable development and engineering ethics as well as social aspects of engineering are emerging issues related to power electronics. Several important topics like environmentally sustainable products and electromagnetic compatibility fit into this description. Therefore, these issues have recently become part of the advanced course on power electronics at Lund University. The authors’ intention with the present overview paper is to share the ingredients and results so far and to review ongoing Nordic activities that could form a basis for others to expand from traditional power electronics. It is our firm opinion that issues like LCA, EPR, EMC, EMI have to be addressed and highlighted in the education of power electronic engineers.
Introduction
The increased use of power