COMSOL Day: Industrial Electrification
See what is possible with multiphysics modeling
COMSOL Multiphysics® helps users understand, design, and optimize devices and processes in renewable energy infrastructure and electrification. The software features modeling interfaces that can be used to study wind turbines, electric generators and motors, and power electronics devices, as well as high-voltage cables for transmission of electric energy.
In addition to its unique multiphysics modeling and simulation capabilities, COMSOL Multiphysics® includes tools such as the Application Builder and the Model Manager, which enable a larger community of scientists and engineers to collaborate on projects involving models and simulation apps.
Join us for COMSOL Day: Industrial Electrification to see how multiphysics simulations can make design and R&D more efficient in the field of electrification. Scientists and engineers in the industry will present how they have incorporated modeling and simulation into their work, and COMSOL engineers will demonstrate important concepts in the software that are essential for studying the devices and processes used for electrification.
Schedule
COMSOL Multiphysics® is widely recognized in the field of industrial electrification for the utility of its multiphysics modeling capabilities.
The software is used extensively in the research and design of electric motors, generators, high-voltage cables, and power electronics. It also plays an important role in understanding and optimizing heat transfer and thermal management processes. Additionally, its unique tools for creating standalone simulation apps based on multiphysics and surrogate models enable broader groups of engineers and scientists within an organization to benefit from modeling and simulation.
Join this session to get an overview of how multiphysics models, simulation apps, digital twins, and surrogate models drive industrial electrification. We will also provide an executive summary of the topics that will be covered throughout this COMSOL Day.
Dr. Helena Kaufmann, Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Vacuum interrupters are the backbone of the Blue circuit breaker portfolio at Siemens Energy. Introduced in high-voltage power networks in 2010, in both air-insulated and gas-insulated switchgear, vacuum interrupter technology offers many advantages, such as zero CO2 or fluorinated greenhouse gas (F-gas) emissions, high switching performance without degradation, and zero maintenance (“sealed for life”). A vacuum interrupter uses a high vacuum to extinguish the arc (plasma) that forms between the pair of contacts during the current interruption process. The design and development of the interrupters is aided by dielectric, high-power, mechanical, and other tests, as well as numerical simulations.
In this keynote talk, Dr. Helena Kaufmann considers the current interruption process, focusing on the simulation of the plasma–cathode interaction and the erosion of the cathode in high-current vacuum arcs. Emphasis is given to the varied physical phenomena governing cathode spots and the coupling of different modules and simulation methods in the COMSOL Multiphysics® software.
Development efforts to meet the demand for electric motors and generators have increased exponentially with the transition to electric vehicles and wind turbine power production. Modeling and simulation is an integral part of the R&D process in the field, enabling engineers to address design considerations such as the limited availability of key minerals as well as the need for electric motors that deliver high torque across a broad speed range and generators that provide power at low rotational speed.
The COMSOL Multiphysics® software and its add-on AC/DC Module offer extensive functionality for modeling, simulating, and optimizing radial and axial flux machines using different principles of operation such as permanent magnet, switched reluctance, and induction machines. The module provides unique capabilities for handling nonlinear magnetic effects in combination with temperature-dependent properties and heat transfer, making it very effective for use with high-fidelity multiphysics models.
In this session, we will demonstrate the capabilities of COMSOL® for analyzing rotating electrical machines such as motors and generators. We will also discuss how the software deals with nonlinear magnetic effects like hysteresis as well as temperature-dependent properties.
Modeling and simulation of lightning-induced electromagnetic pulses, electrostatic discharges, and related phenomena plays an important role in the product development of consumer electronics, medical devices, and high-voltage power system components, enabling engineers to understand underlying processes, develop innovative solutions, and reduce costs associated with experimental testing and prototyping.
The Electric Discharge Module, a newly released add-on for the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, provides functionality for analyzing and predicting electric discharge behavior in gases, liquids, and solid dielectrics. This includes the study of streamer, corona, dielectric barrier, and arc discharges. Fully compatible with other COMSOL products for electromagnetics, structural mechanics, and fluid dynamics, this module allows for the exploration of multiphysics effects that are often associated with electric discharges.
Join us in this session to learn how electric discharge simulations can be applied to a variety of engineering challenges.
Tech Lunches are informal sessions where you can interact with COMSOL staff and other attendees. You will be able to discuss any modeling-related topic that you like and have the opportunity to ask COMSOL technology product managers and applications engineers your questions. Join us!
As EV demand rises, so does the need for efficient design of power electronics devices such as power optimizers, converters, rectifiers, amplifiers, and switches
The AC/DC Module and Semiconductor Module add-ons to COMSOL Multiphysics® provide specialized functionality for modeling and optimizing these devices. In addition to enabling lumped circuit extraction, the software’s multiphysics capabilities allow users to include thermal and structural effects when designing integrated circuits and discrete devices such as metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) and insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs).
Join us in this session to learn more about the capabilities of the COMSOL® software for modeling and simulating components in power electronics. We will give an overview of how the AC/DC Module and Semiconductor Module are used for modeling and simulation of power electronics devices.
As the world moves toward sustainable energy, the need to transfer electric power over long distances from areas of energy production to consumption is increasing. Power transmission systems may involve HVDC submarine cables but also terrestrial cables and conventional AC transmission lines. the COMSOL® software is frequently used for the modeling and simulation of such systems.
The AC/DC Module, in particular, comes with a unique feature set that allows engineers and scientists to optimize HVAC and HVDC cable systems for minimum loss, low cost, and maximum durability. It also provides ready-made functionality for calculating admittance, impedance, voltage compensation, and bio-effects from AC transmission lines.
Join us in this session to get an introduction to modeling capacitive, inductive, and thermal effects in industrial-scale cables and transmission lines.
Register for COMSOL Day: Industrial Electrification
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COMSOL Day Details
Location
This event will take place online.
March 13, 2025 | 10:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Invited Speakers
Dr. Helena Kaufmann received her MSc degree in physics, which incorporated bachelor’s-level study, from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, in 2012 and her PhD from the University of Madeira, Portugal, in 2019. Her thesis focused on theory and modeling of the plasma–cathode interaction in vacuum and unipolar arcs. She was a researcher and teaching assistant with the physics department at the University of Madeira from 2019 to 2022. In October 2022, she joined Siemens Energy as a research engineer and is currently involved in the development of vacuum interrupters.