Emeritus


Picture of Ralph Kennel

Prof. i.R. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Ralph Kennel

Technical University of Munich

Chair of High-Power Converter Systems (Prof. Heldwein)

Postal address

Postal:
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München

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Wissenschaftliche Laufbahn und Forschungsgebiete / Academic Career and Research Areas

Zu den Forschungsinteressen von Prof. Kennel (*1955) zählen neben den klassischen Themen der elektrischen Antriebstechnik auch die sensor- und geberlose Regelung von elektrischen Antrieben, die prädiktive Regelung von Stromrichtern sowie leistungselektronische „Hardware in the Loop“-Systeme. Durch die breite Streuung der Lehr- und Forschungsbereiche bietet der Lehrstuhl für Elektrische Antriebssysteme und Leistungselektronik die bestmögliche Grundlage für eine zukunftsorientierte Ausbildung im Bereich der System- und Antriebstechnik.  Nach seinem Studium an der Universität Kaiserslautern promovierte er dort im Jahr 1984. Bis 1999 arbeitete er auf unterschiedlichen Positionen bei der Robert Bosch GmbH und war von 1994 bis 1999 parallel dazu „Visiting Professor“ an der University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Großbritannien. Danach leitete er den Lehrstuhl für Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, bis er 2008 zum Ordinarius an der TUM berufen wurde. Prof. Kennel ist Senior Member beim IEEE, Fellow beim IET, Chartered Engineer in Großbritannien sowie Mitglied der EPE Association und des VDE (Bezirk Kurpfalz).

The research activities of Prof. Kennel (b. 1955) cover the traditional field of electrical drive systems but also sensorless and encoderless control of electric drives, the predictive control of power converters and “hardware in the loop” power electronics systems. Through its wide range of teaching and lecturing topics, the Chair of Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics provides a solid base for forward-looking training in system engineering and drive technology. After completing his graduate study at the University of Kaiserslautern, Prof. Kennel completed his doctorate in 1984. He held a number of positions at Robert Bosch GmbH up until 1999. From 1994 to 1999 he also held the position of visiting professor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. After that, he held the Chair of Electric Machines and Drives at Bergische Universität Wuppertal. In 2008, he was appointed full professor at TUM. Prof. Kennel is a senior member of the IEEE, an IET fellow, a chartered engineer in the UK and a member of the EPE Association and the VDE (Kurpfalz district).


Wichtigste Auszeichungen / Main Awards

  • TUM Abassador 2018 with Prof. Fuxin Liu
  • Doctor Honoris Cause from Universitatea Stefan cel Mare in Suceava at 28th June 2018
  • The Jiaxi Lu Overseas Gastprofessor 2017 at the Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • TUM Anbassador 2016 with Prof. Edson Bim
  • Extraordinary Professor at Universiteit Stellenbosch 07/2016-06/2019
  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Control, San Francisco (2009)
  • Best Paper Award of IECON, Sevilla (2002)
  • Preis der ETG im VDE (1985)

Schlüsselpublikationen / Key Publications

  • Bauer, F.; Hackl, C.M.; Keyue, S.; Kennel, R.M.
    mehrere Buchbeiträge in Buchtitel "Airborne Wind Energy."
    Titelzusatz: "Advances in Technology Development and Research."
    Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2018
    Print-ISBN: 978-981-10-1946-3
    E-ISBN: 978-981-10-1947-0
  • Bonifacio, J.; Kennel, R.M.
    "On Considering Saturation and Cross-Coupling Effects for Copper Loss Minimization on Highly Anisotropic Synchronous Machines."
    IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2018, 2018-09
  • Karamanakos, P.; Ayad, A.F.; Kennel, R.
    "A Variable Switching Point Predictive Current Control Strategy for Quasi-Z-Source Inverters."
    IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2018, 2018-03
  • Zhang, Z.; Li, Z.; Kazmierkowski, M.; Rodríguez, J.; Kennel, R.
    "Robust Predictive Control of Three-Level NPC Back-to-Back Power Converter PMSG Wind Turbine Systems with Revised Predictions."
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2018, 2018-01
  • Si, G.; Cordier, J.; Kennel, R.M.
    "Extending the Power Capability with Dynamic Performance of a Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Application -- Power Grid Emulator by Using Inverter Cumulation."
    IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2016
  • Linder, A.; Kanchan, R.; Stolze, P.; Kennel, R.
    "Model-based predictive control of electric drives."
    Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 2010
  • De Kock, H.; Kamper, M.J.; Kennel, R.
    "Anisotropy comparison of reluctance and PM synchronous machines for position sensorless control using HF carrier injection."
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 2009; 24(8): 1905-1913. Abstract
  • Boller, T.; Kennel, R.
    "Virtual machine – a hardware in the loop test for drive inverters."
    13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications EPE 2009. Barcelona, Spain, September 2009
  • Ferreira, O.; Kennel, R.
    "Encoderless control of industrial servo drives."
    Sensorless Control of Electrical Drives – Malta Workshop. University of Malta, Mai 2007
  • Kennel, R.
    "Encoders for simultaneous sensing of position and speed in electrical drives with digital control."
    IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications. 2007; 43(6): 1572-1577. Abstract