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、自动化和控制系统）的需求正在增长。这一增长是i）满足工业应用（包括海洋，能源，基础设施和加工工业部门）对电力需求的增加，ii）通过提高能源效率和整合更清洁的能源来减少温室气体（GHG）排放。然而，电力需求的这种增长以及将额外的混合动力和电动设备整合到更多空间受限的平台上的需求意味着我们必须重新考虑功率密度（我们不能只是不断增加更大的设备）以及整合电网或微电网的能力，这不会增加不必要的复杂性或成本。r\r** 该项目侧重于GE及其英国供应基地通过在功率密度上差异化和更有效地在成本上竞争来引领工业电气化的能力。**我们将通过应用低压（LV）、低功率、大容量PE中使用的新型生产技术和技术来实现这一目标，并将此类转换器技术集成到旋转电机（RM）中，从而对低容量但高性能和高价值行业的系统功率密度和复杂性产生变革性影响。已确定的潜力是将总系统功率密度降低高达50%，重量降低高达25%，为客户创造额外的附加值，释放操作使用空间，减少辅助设备的成本和安装时间。r\r除了英国供应链拥有强大历史和份额的专业工业利基市场外，最近的许多电气化技术开发都针对低功耗、高容量和低成本的消费产品，并在英国以外地区供应。作为一个增长型市场，电气化扩展到更大的高功率应用对英国供应基地具有吸引力，可以进入更大的利基市场和市场，但也对全球供应商具有吸引力，因此这既是英国工业提高竞争力和实现技术领先地位的时间敏感机会。

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.