Track Descriptions
VPPC2020 is organized into 7 tracks and 1 Special Session covering all relevant technical areas:
Regular Track #1: Energy Storage and Generation, Components and Systems
- Battery technology
- Advanced battery
- Battery management systems
- Charge/discharge units
- Voltage, SoC & thermal balancing systems
- New capacitor technology; ultra-capacitors
- Flywheels
- Hybrid energy storage topologies
- Fuel cell systems; auxiliary power units
- Packaging of the energy sources
- Diagnosis and prognosis
- SoC and SoH estimation
- Solar vehicles
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #2: Power Electronics, Motor Drives and Electric Power Systems
- Converters
- Rectifiers
- Inverters
- Power electronics systems
- Electric machines
- Motor drives (design and/or control)
- Power semiconductors
- EMI/EMC
- Starters
- Generators
- Integrated starter/alternators
- Novel power module
- Auxiliary motor drives
- Drive trains
- Diagnosis and prognosis
- Electro-magnetic compatibility
- Power system architectures
- 42V PowerNet
- Higher voltage power systems
- X-by-wire
- Electric power steering
- Hydraulic powertrain
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #3: Vehicular Electronics and Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Active suspension
- Automatic cruise control
- Remote sensing
- Wireless sensors and controls
- Sensor network
- Wireless communications and vehicular networking
- Cooperative driving
- Intelligent and autonomous vehicles
- Active and passive safety system
- Embedded operation system
- Vehicular signal processing
- Micro-electromechanical systems
- Driver assistance driving systems
- Virtual/digital system
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #4: Control and Energy Management of Electrified Vehicles
- Power split in HEV
- Intelligent control and energy management systems
- Hardware-in-the-loop
- Fault tolerance control and management
- Offline & on-line optimization
- Route-based energy management
- Driving pattern recognition
- Online parameter identification & driver modelling for energy management
- Shifting control & management
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #5: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Electrified Vehicles
- Modeling, simulation, analysis, design, dynamics and stability of vehicular systems/components
- CAD/CAE
- Virtual prototyping
- Vehicular architecture
- Real world testing
- Fleet measurement
- Driving cycle design
- Eco-driving
- Well-to-wheels and tank-to-wheels analysis
- Life cycle analysis
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #6: Charging Systems and Infrastructures
- Chargers
- EV electrical infrastructure and V2X
- Onboard battery chargers
- AC & DC charging infrastructure
- Fast & superfast charging
- Wireless charging
- Conductive charging
- Charging management
- Smart Grid
- Smart charging
- Harmonics and power quality
- Applications to land, sea, air and space vehicles
Regular Track #7: Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructures and Fuel Cell Vehicles
- Fuel cell powertrain
- Fuel cell vehicle for road, rail, sea, air and space
- Hybrid fuel cell vehicle
- Plug in fuel cell vehicle
- High-pressure hydrogen storage
- Low-pressure hydrogen storage
- Electrolyzer
- Hydrogen production from green energy
- Refueling station
- Standardization
Special Session #1: IEEE VTS Workshop on Electrical Railway Systems
- Simulation and modeling
- Power Systems (Traction Power and Distribution, Overhead Contact Systems, and Other Feeding Systems)
- Communications
- Train Control
- Cybersecurity
- System Safety
- Reliability
- Environmental and System Requirements