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Electrical Drive Systems and Power
Electronics
Besides the typical topics of electrical
drive systems, like the different types of
electrical machines, their operation and
control, the chair works also on sensor-
less control of electrical drives, on predic-
tive control of converters and on Hard-
ware-in-the-Loop-systems for Power
Electronics.
The wide range of research and teach-
ing areas makes the chair of Electrical
Drive Systems and Power Electronics at
Technische Universität München the best
basis for a future-oriented education in
terms of systems and drive engineering.
Key Research Fields & Competence
Areas:
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Optimization strategies to identify
mechatronical systems
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Non-linear, adaptive (time variant)
control of mechatronic multivariable
(multiple-input, multiple-output)
control systems
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Sensorless control of Induction
machines
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Predictive control of multilevel inverters
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Predictive control of Induction
machines
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Flatness based predictive control of
electrical drives
Institute Highlights:
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Great modern laboratory
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Hardware-in-the-Loop-systems for
Power Electronics
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Practical education on modern hard-
ware and software
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Brand new control and inverter
technology
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Real-time-system for inverter control
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Broad performance capacity in the field
of drive systems
Professor:
Ralph M. Kennel was born in 1955 at
Kaiserslautern (Germany). In 1979 he got
his diploma degree and in 1984 his
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree from the University
of Kaiserslautern. Until 1999 he worked
on several positions with Robert BOSCH
GmbH (Germany). From 1994 to 1999
Dr. Kennel was appointed Visiting Profes-
sor at the University of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne (England, UK). From 1999 - 2008 he
was Professor for Electrical Machines and
Drives at Wuppertal University (Germany).
Since 2008 he is Professor for Electrical
Drive systems and Power Electronics at
Technische Universtät München. His main
interests today are: Sensorless control of
AC drives, predictive control of power
electronics and Hardware-in-the-Loop
systems.
Dr. Kennel is a Senior Member of IEEE,
a Fellow of IEE and a Chartered Engineer
in the UK. Within IEEE he is Treasurer of
the Germany Section as well as ECCE
Global Partnership Chair of the Power
Electronics society (PELS).
TUM – Technische Universität München EAL
