Cognitive Power Electronics – An Enabler for Smart Systems

Abstract:
Smart functionalities are a core requirement in modern electrical systems and applications and include the detection of anomalies and faults, condition monitoring, but also advanced predictive and prescriptive analyses, for example the early detection of an undesired system condition and the initiation of corrective measures. At the same time, power electronic devices are at the heart of such electrical and electronic equipment and applications in households, industrial plants or in mobility. They convert and store electrical energy, switch loads, control electrical drives and much more. For this purpose, they continuously record and frequently control parameters such as current, voltage and their change over time. When combined with artificial intelligence, such intelligent power electronics evolve to what we call “Cognitive Power Electronics” - an enabler for the aforementioned systems to become a smart energy network, a smart production plant, or a smart electric motor.