The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of-the-art of diagnostics and monitoring for electric machines, power electronics, and adjustable speed drives and related areas. Topics within the scope of the symposium are:
I. ELECTRIC MACHINES:Failure detection and location in electric machines using vibration, audible noise, electrical or mechanical variables, sensors, insulation failures, electrical, mechanical and thermal models.
II. POWER ELECTRONICS: Diagnostics in power converters using input-output monitoring, thermal and/or electrical measurements on power semiconductors, control supervision, signal processing.
III. ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES: Monitoring and diagnostics for ASDs using electric machines, power converters and control systems supervision, computer-based signal processing and data analysis.
IV. TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSTICS: Neural networks, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms, expert systems, identification, signal processing techniques, observers.
V. MATERIALS FOR ELECTRIC MACHINES: Insulating and magnetic materials, remaining life models, ageing tests.
VI. TESTS FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE: Partial discharge analysis, tests, new instruments for diagnostics.
Regular papers : Submit extended digests or provisional versions of full papers in English as follows. Limitation to 6 full pages, including paper title, authors and affiliations, figures and references (maximum size 2MB). Authors are requested to prepare the manuscripts in the IEEE two-column format, using the template available in the SDEMPED Website and to translate it in PDF using the IEEE PDF eXpress™ facility. No other format in the submission and in the final version can be accepted.
Special sessions : The symposium will feature special sessions on topics of special interest. The proposal of a special session must provide the session name and a list of about 6 potential papers together with their digests. All special session papers will be reviewed in the usual way.
