Differentiating UK capability: Reducing footprint and weight of high power, integrated PEMD

对电气化技术和系统（包括电力电子、电机、驱动器、自动化和控制系统）的需求正在增长。这一增长是为了满足包括船舶、能源、基础设施和加工工业部门在内的工业应用对电力日益增长的需求，以及通过提高能源效率水平和整合更清洁的能源来减少温室气体（GHG）排放。然而，电力需求的增长，以及在空间有限的情况下将额外的混合动力和电力设备整合到更多平台上的需求，意味着我们必须重新考虑功率密度（我们不能只增加更大的设备），以及集成电网或微电网的能力，这不会增加不必要的复杂性或成本。该项目重点关注通用电气及其英国供应基地在工业电气化领域的领导能力，通过在功率密度上的差异化和更有效的成本竞争。**我们将通过在低电压（LV）、低功率、高容量PE中应用新颖的生产技术和技术来实现这一目标，并将这种转换器技术集成到旋转机器（RM）中，从而对系统功率密度和复杂性产生变革性影响，从而实现低容量但高性能和高价值的行业。系统总功率密度可降低50%，重量可降低25%，为客户创造额外的附加价值，为操作使用腾出空间，降低辅助设备的成本和安装时间。除了英国供应链拥有强大历史和份额的专业工业利基之外，最近许多电气化技术的发展都是针对低功率、高产量和低成本的消费产品，并在英国以外供应。作为一个成长型市场，电气化向更大、更高功率应用的扩展对英国供应基地具有吸引力，可以达到更大的利基和市场，而且对全球供应商也是如此，因此这既是英国工业提高竞争力和实现技术领先的时间敏感机会。

Demand for electrification technologies and systems (including power electronics, electrical machines, drives, automation and control systems) is growing. This growth is both i) to meet increased demand for electric power in industrial applications including marine, energy, infrastructure and process industry sectors, and ii) to enable reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through higher levels of energy efficiency and integration of cleaner energy sources.\r\rHowever, this growth in electric power demand and the need to incorporate additional hybrid and electric equipment onto more platforms with space constraints means that we have to reconsider power density (we can't just keep adding bigger equipment) and the ability to integrate a power network or micro grid which doesn't add unnecessary complexity or cost.\r\r**This project focuses on GE's and its UK supply base's ability to lead in industrial electrification by both differentiating on power density _and_ competing on cost more effectively.** We will do this by applying novel production techniques and technology used in low voltage (LV), low power, high volume PE, integrating such converter technology within rotating machines (RM) for a transformative impact on system power density and complexity for lower volume but high performance and high-value sectors. There is an identified potential to reduce total system power density by up to 50% and weight by up to 25%, with additional added value creation for customers in freeing up space for operational use and reducing the cost and installation time of ancillary equipment.\r\rAside from specialist industrial niches in which the UK supply chain has a strong history and share, much electrification technology development recently has been targeted at consumer products at lower power but higher volume and lower cost, and supplied outside of the UK. As a growth market, expansion of electrification to more large, high power applications is attractive to the UK supply base in reaching larger niches and markets, but also to global providers, so this is both a time-sensitive opportunity UK industry to improve competitiveness _and_ achieve technology leadership.