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air conditioners reached a 40% improvement to the conventional fixed-speed ones. On technically, they solved the power circuit design and microprocessor PWM control issue. Besides, there are challenges of the mechanical issues due to the transition from the fixed speed to variable speed. Toshiba finally successfully overcome these obstacles with their technical expertise and obtain downsizing and lower costs inverter-driven residential air conditioners in 1981.
air conditioners reached a 40% improvement to the conventional fixed-speed ones. On technically, they solved the power circuit design and microprocessor PWM control issue. Besides, there are challenges of the mechanical issues due to the transition from the fixed speed to variable speed. Toshiba finally successfully overcome these obstacles with their technical expertise and obtain downsizing and lower costs inverter-driven residential air conditioners in 1981.


== Revision by Hirofumi Akagi -- [[User:E.tejera|E.tejera]] ([[User talk:E.tejera|talk]]) 20:11, 12 June 2020 (UTC) ==
Mr. Enrique Tejera, we would like to express once again a sincere gratitude for your support as Advocate during our Milestone process.  
Professors Xu and Akagi, we are very much honored to have you as reviewers and are grateful for your strong support on our submittal.


May 27, 2020
We studied internally Professor Akagi’s comment “it would be much better if the term "conditioner" would be replaced with "conditioners," and revised the title of the proposed milestone as follows: '''Inverter Air Conditioners, 1980-81
Dear Dr. Enrique Tejera, IEEE History Committee
'''


RE: Review result of the IEEE Milestone proposal entitled "Inverter-driven residential
The expression of “Split Type” is dropped in the revised title to avoid redundancy and awkwardness, as the feature of the “Split” is included in the plaque citation text.
air conditioner 1981"


Dear To whom it may concern
In addition, we checked our plaque citation text and confirmed that the term “conditioner” in our original submittal is used in the plural form, as suggested by Professor Akagi.
lam willing to review the IEEE Milestone proposal entitled "Inverter-driven residential air
 
conditioner 1981."
Toshiba developed and mass-produced the world first inverter split air conditioners for commercial and residential applications in 1980 and 1981, respectively. Downsized and robust inverters using power electronics technologies allowed variable-speed control of the compressor for optimized air-conditioning operations with significantly improved comfort and energy efficiency, and as a result led to a widespread use of inverter air conditioners across the world.
First of all, let me introduce myself. I am, Professor, currently Distinguished Professor at
 
the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. I got my Ph. D. degree in power electronics
Also, please be noted that the title of this Milestone Proposal is NOT “Inverter-driven residential air conditioner 1981” as shown on the top of this thread, BUT “Inverter Air Conditioners, 1980-81”, as it has been changed it from the original entry before having completed the submittal. We apologize for causing confusion.
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1979. Since then, I have been conducting
education and research on power electronics, motor drives, and their applications to indust印, transportation, and utilities. I have published some 140 IEEE
Journal/Transactions papers, as well as three invited papers in Proceedings of the IEEE
I was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 1996, and then an IEEE Life Fellow in 2020
I have received six IEEE Transactions Prize Paper Awards and 16 IEEE Industry
Applications Society Committee Prize Paper Awards. I was a recipient of the IEEE
William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 2001, the IEEE Industry Applications
Society Outstanding Achievement Award in 2004, the IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Award
2008, the IEEE Power & Energy Society Nan Higorani Custom Power Award in 2012,
and the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering in 2018
I served as the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2007 to 2008 for  
two years and the IEEE Division II Director from 2015 to 2016 for two yeas
Since I have been involved in research on power electronics and motor drives in
1974, as a graduate student at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, I have known well
the processes of the research and development, following the commercialization of
inverter-driven residential air conditioners in Japan. Firstly, I will answer the following
questions in line
1) Is the suggested wording of the Plaque Citation accurate?
Yes, it is accurate. However, it would be much better if the term "conditioner" would
eb replaced with "conditioners."
2) Is the evidence presented in the proposal of sufficient substance and accuracy to
support the Citation?
Yes, it is. No additional evidence is required
3) Does the proposed milestone represent a significant technical achievement?
Yes, it does
Toshiba put their residential split inverter-driven air conditioners on the market on
December 2, 1981. Two years later, Hitachi followed Toshiba in terms of
commercialization of residential split inverter-driven air conditioners in 1983. However,  
Hitachi replaced induction motors with permanent-magnet synchronous motors with
ferrite magnets. As a result, the Japanese market of residential split inverter-driven air
conditioners have been expanding leaps and bound, accompanied by price reduction
and technical improvement. This is a good example that an appropriate competition
among manufacturers are mandatory to market expansion
In conclusion, I strongly recommend the proposal entitled "Inverter-driven residential
air conditioner 1981" to be awarded the prestigious IEEE Milestone in 2020
Please let me know if you have any question on this matter
M 子一刃kグ請、末泰文
Hirofumi Akagi, IEEE Life Fellow
Distinguished Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Phone/Fax: 81-45-924-5623
E-mail: akagi@ee.titech.ac.jp

Revision as of 10:55, 23 June 2020

It is a really groundbreaking innovation in air-conditioner development history. The inverter air conditioner is nowadays widely used throughout the world and become the global standard of air conditioners. It has a big impact. -- Xdh (talk) 04:13, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

I am glad to be a reviewer for the proposal to milestone-proposal titled on Inverter driven residential air conditioner 1981. It is a really groundbreaking innovation in air-conditioner development history. The inverter air conditioner is nowadays widely used throughout the world and become the global standard of air conditioners. It is a great impact on both energy efficiency and environmental protection. Firstly the Plaque Citation is accurate to represent the novelty of the invention. Toshiba is firstly to embed the inverter into the air-conditioner by miniaturizing the inverter size. Secondarily the milestone well supported by the documents. One of the important pieces of evidence is paper titled on " Capacity Control with Frequency Modulation System", Japanese Association of Refrigeration in 1981. It reported the progress on inverter modulation controller the air-conditioners by Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. Toshiba commercialized the inverter-driven residential air-conditioner in 1980. It can be found in the Toshiba Science Museum. The contribution has been recognized in Japan with the Ichimura Prize in Industry in 1984 and Award of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan in 2008. To solve the energy-inefficient problem of on-off control of the conventional air-conditioner. Toshiba leverage power transistor and microprocessor and sinusoidal pulse width modulation control and achieved a significant downsizing in its inverters. A downsizing inverter is critical to residential products. The energy efficiency of the inverter residential air conditioners reached a 40% improvement to the conventional fixed-speed ones. On technically, they solved the power circuit design and microprocessor PWM control issue. Besides, there are challenges of the mechanical issues due to the transition from the fixed speed to variable speed. Toshiba finally successfully overcome these obstacles with their technical expertise and obtain downsizing and lower costs inverter-driven residential air conditioners in 1981.

Mr. Enrique Tejera, we would like to express once again a sincere gratitude for your support as Advocate during our Milestone process. Professors Xu and Akagi, we are very much honored to have you as reviewers and are grateful for your strong support on our submittal.

We studied internally Professor Akagi’s comment “it would be much better if the term "conditioner" would be replaced with "conditioners," and revised the title of the proposed milestone as follows: Inverter Air Conditioners, 1980-81

The expression of “Split Type” is dropped in the revised title to avoid redundancy and awkwardness, as the feature of the “Split” is included in the plaque citation text.

In addition, we checked our plaque citation text and confirmed that the term “conditioner” in our original submittal is used in the plural form, as suggested by Professor Akagi.

Toshiba developed and mass-produced the world first inverter split air conditioners for commercial and residential applications in 1980 and 1981, respectively. Downsized and robust inverters using power electronics technologies allowed variable-speed control of the compressor for optimized air-conditioning operations with significantly improved comfort and energy efficiency, and as a result led to a widespread use of inverter air conditioners across the world.

Also, please be noted that the title of this Milestone Proposal is NOT “Inverter-driven residential air conditioner 1981” as shown on the top of this thread, BUT “Inverter Air Conditioners, 1980-81”, as it has been changed it from the original entry before having completed the submittal. We apologize for causing confusion.