Design and Development of a Novel EtherCat Communication Circuit for Power Supply Health Management

在阿尔伯塔省和萨斯喀彻温省的石油和采矿领域，关闭一小时可能会使工厂损失约5万美元的收入。这种操作事故通常被称为任何工厂自动化系统骨干中的一个切换模式电源的故障。一个创新的工程解决方案将是在故障发生之前以系统的方式预测任何故障，这是非常需要的。这需要**电力电子研究人员的合作，以整合这种电源的未来预测性维护能力。**这个项目将提供一个机会，把一个想法从一个原型转化为市场上成功的产品。**该产品将允许最终用户监控其开关模式电源的状态和运行状况。目前，**几乎没有可靠的解决方案来防止开关电源吹气。现有的解决方案缺乏可靠性、可用性和可负担性。**健康监测是必要的，因为工业电源经常被炸毁。emphasis希望与Youssef博士和他的团队合作，根据行业发展趋势**开发一种新颖的解决方案，即用于控制自动化技术的以太网（EtherCAT）。这是为开关模式电源的监控提供高速通信电路，这是石油和采矿行业的第一个此类电路。

In the Oil and Mining fields, a shut down of one hour can cost the plant around $50,000 of revenue losses in**Alberta and Saskatchewan. This operation mishap is usually referred to as a failure in one of the switched mode**power supplies in the backbone of the automation system in any plant. An innovative engineering solution would**be to predict any failure before its occurrence, in a systematic way, is highly desired. This requires cooperation of**the power electronics researchers to integrate a future predictive maintenance capability on such power supplies.**This project will provide an opportunity to convert an idea from a prototype to a successful product in the market.**This product will allow end users to monitor the status and health of their switch mode power supplies. Currently,**there are few reliable solutions to prevent switch mode power supplies from blowing. The existing solutions lack**reliability, availability, and affordability.**Health monitoring is needed as power supplies in the industry are blown quite often. Emphatec would like to**collaborate with Dr. Youssef and his team to develop a novel solution based on a growing trend in the industry,**namely Ethernet for control automation technology (EtherCAT). This is to provide a high speed communication**circuit for the monitoring of switched mode power supplies, the first of its kind for the Oil and Mining industries.