Ansys Joins €72M PowerizeD initiative
Brings power of 'digital twins' to European power electronics project
Simulation firm Ansys has joined the three-year, €72 million European research initiative PowerizeD, which focuses on boosting the intelligence of power electronics to make them more efficient.
As part of the initiative, Ansys will demonstrate the power of 'digital twins' (virtual representations of machines) through new workflows that can increase efficiency, reduce development costs, and contribute to decarbonisation efforts.
The project, initiated and coordinated by longtime Ansys customer Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon), is expected to contribute to European decarbonisation and climate protection by improving the sustainability and resilience of the European energy chain.
Reliability issues in power electronics can often be traced back to thermal stress, which can be predicted and then mitigated via new compact digital twin workflows. These workflows are based on Ansys Twin Builder and Ansys optiSLang, relying on metamodels built with Ansys Fluent, Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Sherlock, and Ansys Electronics Desktop. Using this approach with PowerizeD, Ansys will demonstrate how development time and costs can be saved by eliminating unnecessary prototypes and testing, while extending the useful life cycle of power electronics devices.
The immediate PowerizeD project objectives include: reduction of power loss in power conversion by 25 percent; extension of the service lives of devices and systems by 30 percent; reduction of chip size by at least 10 percent; and shortening of development times by 50 percent.
"Ansys already works closely with many companies involved in the European Research Initiative PowerizeD to help optimise product development and integrate simulation into digitalisation efforts," said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. "We look forward to collaborating with the project's research partners on an interdisciplinary approach to power electronics that will demonstrate the value of an integrated simulation workflow and our compact digital twin technology."
