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Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gao, F., Yeoh, S. S., Hill, C. I., Yang, T., & Bozhko, S. Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system. Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

Starting an aircraft engine with an electrical machine has been one of the major trends for future aircraft. This paper studies the stability of a permanent-magnet machine (PMM) based aircraft starter/generator (S/G) system. Using control-to-output t... Read More about Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system.

Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Nardo, M., Lo Calzo, G., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine. Presented at XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016)

Synchronous reluctance machines, including the permanent magnet assisted variants are competitive motor topologies if the application requires high efficiency and a cost effective solution with a high flux weakening capability. However, increasing sp... Read More about Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine.

Distributed current control for multi-three phase synchronous machines in fault conditions (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Galassini, A., Costabeber, A., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Tessarolo, A., & Castellan, S. Distributed current control for multi-three phase synchronous machines in fault conditions. Presented at XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016)

Among challenges and requirements of on-going electrification process and future transportation systems there is demand for arrangements with both increased fault tolerance and reliability. Next aerospace, power-train and automotive systems exploitin... Read More about Distributed current control for multi-three phase synchronous machines in fault conditions.

Modular plug-in high-performance assembly of a power converter (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Solomon, A. K., Castellazzi, A., Delmonte, N., & Cova, P. Modular plug-in high-performance assembly of a power converter. Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

This paper presents the work on an alternative integration scheme for a half-bridge switch using 70 μm thin Si IGBTs and diodes addressing higher strength, higher toughness and higher thermal conductivity. The switch is totally bond wireless, since b... Read More about Modular plug-in high-performance assembly of a power converter.

Model Predictive Control for shunt active filters with fixed switching frequency (2016)
Journal Article
Tarisciotti, L., Formentini, A., Gaeta, A., Degano, M., Zanchetta, P., Rabbeni, R., & Pucci, M. (in press). Model Predictive Control for shunt active filters with fixed switching frequency. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2606364

This paper presents a modification to the classical Model Predictive Control algorithm, named Modulated Model Predictive Control, and its application to active power filters. The proposed control is able to retain all the advantages of a Finite Contr... Read More about Model Predictive Control for shunt active filters with fixed switching frequency.

Thermal management of a permanent magnet motor for an directly coupled pump (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xu, Z., Al-Timimy, A., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Lo Calzo, G., Zhang, H., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. Thermal management of a permanent magnet motor for an directly coupled pump. Presented at International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2016)

A high speed permanent magnet motor is designed for a flooded industrial pump. Oil in the pump is used to cool the motor. Due to the limitation of space and mass requirement for the application, thermal management is one of the main challenges. This... Read More about Thermal management of a permanent magnet motor for an directly coupled pump.

Short term duty electrical machines (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arumugam, P., & Gerada, C. Short term duty electrical machines. Presented at International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016)

This paper presents a design of a short term duty electrical machine working in an extreme environment consisting of 80oC ambient temperature and altitudes of over 30,000m. Higher power density is a key factor in the design wherein the machine’s oper... Read More about Short term duty electrical machines.

The effect of including power converter losses when modelling energy storage systems: a UK domestic study (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panagiotou, K., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. The effect of including power converter losses when modelling energy storage systems: a UK domestic study. Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

Energy storage systems (ESS) are seen as an increasingly important technology for managing electrical distribution systems, and there is now much research into both the underlying technologies of these systems, and their “optimum” management especial... Read More about The effect of including power converter losses when modelling energy storage systems: a UK domestic study.

Design and optimization of a high power density machine for flooded industrial pump (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Timimy, A., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Lo Calzo, G., Xu, Z., Galea, M., Gerada, C., Zhang, H., & Xia, L. Design and optimization of a high power density machine for flooded industrial pump. Presented at 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2016)

This paper presents the design optimization procedure of a high power-density, permanent magnet synchronous machine for industrial pump applications. The designed machine drives an electric, oil flooded pump. In order to achieve higher torque-density... Read More about Design and optimization of a high power density machine for flooded industrial pump.

A survey on configurations of current-limiting circuit breakers (CL-CB) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gu, C., Wheeler, P., Castellazzi, A., Watson, A. J., & Effah, F. B. A survey on configurations of current-limiting circuit breakers (CL-CB). Presented at 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

This paper presents a survey of topology configurations of current-limiting circuit breakers. Twelve different current-limiting topologies within four categories are detailed discussed and compared. It is concluded that active CL-CB may be a good cho... Read More about A survey on configurations of current-limiting circuit breakers (CL-CB).