BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241126T004316Z UID:B1418341-F419-4ABB-8527-151EE89A4F5A DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T190000 DESCRIPTION:The SFBAC (combined Santa Clara Valley\, San Francisco\, & Oakl and/East Bay) IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is very excited and ho nored to have Dr. Katherine Kim\, Associate Professor of Electrical Engine ering at National Taiwan University\, to speak on the topic of “Photovol taic Differential Power Processing for Efficiency and Reliability”\n\nAd ditional event details can be found below.\n\nRegistration is FREE TO ALL! !!\n\nYou can either register at the Eventbrite link (https://bit.ly/sfbac _pv) or Luma link (https://bit.ly/sfbac_pv_luma)\n\nTHE MEETING WEB LINK F OR THE EVENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN 24-48 HRS OF THE EVENT TIME TO ALL THOSE REGISTERED FROM THIS EVENTBRITE PAGE.\n\nSFBAC PELS WEBSITE LINK: h ttp://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pels/index.html\n\nAbstract:\n\nIn photovoltaic (PV) systems connected to the AC power grid\, traditional approaches emplo ying series-connected PV panels with a single central converter often suff er from reduced efficiency and reliability due to partial shading or misma tch of PV cell characteristics. To address these challenges\, the concept of differential power processing (DPP) converters has emerged\, enabling i ndependent maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of each PV panel while miti gating power loss under mismatched conditions. Various DPP system configur ations are introduced and their advantages and trade-offs discussed. Addit ionally\, recent research comparing bidirectional flyback and split-induct or boost converter topologies for PV-to-bus DPP systems is presented. Expe rimental results demonstrate a converter efficiency improvement of 14.7% o ver traditional flyback converters\, offering promising avenues for enhanc ing the efficiency and reliability of PV systems.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\ n[]\n\nDr. Katherine A. Kim received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Com puter Engineering (ECE) from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering i n 2007. She received the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in ECE from the Univ ersity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011 and 2014\, respectively. Sh e was an Assistant Professor of ECE at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)\, Ulsan\, South Korea\, from 2014-2018. Since 2019 \, she has been an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Nation al Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan. She received the IEEE PELS Award f or Achievements in Power Electronics Education in 2022\, the Richard M. Ba ss Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE PELS in 20 19\, and recognition as an Innovator Under 35 for the Asia Pacific Region by the MIT Technology Review in 2020. She is currently the IEEE PELS Vice President for Global Relations for 2024-2025.\n\nVirtual: https://events.v tools.ieee.org/m/415504 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415504 ORGANIZER:haravesudarshan@ieee.org SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Photovoltaic Differential Power Processing for Efficiency and Relia bility URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415504 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>The SFBAC (combined Santa Clara Va lley\, San Francisco\, &amp\; Oakland/East Bay) IEEE Power Electronics Soc iety (PELS) </strong>is very excited and honored to have Dr. Katherine Kim \, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan Univer sity\, to speak on the topic of &ldquo\;<em><strong>Photovoltaic Different ial Power Processing for Efficiency and Reliability</strong></em>&rdquo\;< /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Additional event details can be found below.</p>\n <p>Registration is <strong>FREE TO ALL</strong>!!!</p>\n<h3>You can either register at the Eventbrite link (<a href="https://bit.ly/sfbac_pv)">https ://bit.ly/sfbac_pv)</a> or Luma link (<a href="https://bit.ly/sfbac_pv_lum a">https://bit.ly/sfbac_pv_luma</a>)</h3>\n<h3>&nbsp\;</h3>\n<h3>THE MEETI NG WEB LINK FOR THE EVENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN 24-48 HRS OF THE EVEN T TIME TO ALL THOSE <strong>REGISTERED </strong>FROM THIS EVENTBRITE PAGE. </h3>\n<p><strong>SFBAC PELS WEBSITE LINK</strong>: <a href="http://ewh.ie ee.org/r6/scv/pels/index.html">http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pels/index.html< /a></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>\n<p>In photovol taic (PV) systems connected to the AC power grid\, traditional approaches employing series-connected PV panels with a single central converter often suffer from reduced efficiency and reliability due to partial shading or mismatch of PV cell characteristics. To address these challenges\, the con cept of differential power processing (DPP) converters has emerged\, enabl ing independent maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of each PV panel while mitigating power loss under mismatched conditions. Various DPP system con figurations are introduced and their advantages and trade-offs discussed. Additionally\, recent research comparing bidirectional flyback and split-i nductor boost converter topologies for PV-to-bus DPP systems is presented. Experimental results demonstrate a converter efficiency improvement of 14 .7% over traditional flyback converters\, offering promising avenues for e nhancing the efficiency and reliability of PV systems.</p>\n<p><strong>Abo ut the Speaker:</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://events.vtools.i eee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/2be8f25e-d027-4bcf-bd6a-78b7f4da0617" alt= "" width="270" height="362"></strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dr. Katherin e A. Kim received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering ( ECE) from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 2007. She receive d the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in ECE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011 and 2014\, respectively. She was an Assistant Professor of ECE at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UN IST)\, Ulsan\, South Korea\, from 2014-2018. Since 2019\, she has been an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan Universit y\, Taipei\, Taiwan. She received the IEEE PELS Award for Achievements in Power Electronics Education in 2022\, the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Youn g Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE PELS in 2019\, and recognitio n as an Innovator Under 35 for the Asia Pacific Region by the MIT Technolo gy Review in 2020. She is currently the IEEE PELS Vice President for Globa l Relations for 2024-2025.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR