Professor CAROL EASTWICK's Outputs (7)

State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lukic, M., Hebala, A., Giangrande, P., Klumpner, C., Nuzzo, S., Chen, G., Gerada, C., Eastwick, C., & Galea, M. (2018, November). State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), Nottingham, UK

The aviation industry represents an ever-expanding economy and the aircraft market forecast reveals an optimistic growth for the coming decades. New requirements and guidelines call for a more efficient, reliable, and environment friendly aircraft op... Read More about State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems.

An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal (2018)
Journal Article
Madanayake, B. N., Gan, S., Eastwick, C., & Ng, H. K. (2018). An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal. International Journal of Green Energy, 15(11), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559

Jatropha curcas seed cake is a potential candidate for co-firing with coal. Combustion modelling using Ansys Fluent 14.0 was carried out to assess the combustion and co-firing characteristics of untorrefied and torrefied Jatropha curcas seed cake. Th... Read More about An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal.

Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology (2018)
Journal Article
Bozhko, S., Yang, T., Le Peuvedic, J.-M., Arumugam, P., Degano, M., La Rocca, A., Xu, Z., Rashed, M., Fernando, W., Hill, C. I., Eastwick, C., Pickering, S., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 4(4), 985-996. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2018.2863031

More-electric aircraft (MEA) has become a dominant trend for modern aircraft. On-board MEA, many functions, which are conventionally driven by pneumatic and hydraulic power, are replaced with electrical subsystems. Starting aircraft engines with an e... Read More about Development of aircraft electric starter-generator system based-on active rectification technology.

Applicability of mechanical tests for biomass pellet characterisation for bioenergy applications (2018)
Journal Article
Williams, O., Taylor, S., Lester, E., Kingman, S., Giddings, D., & Eastwick, C. (2018). Applicability of mechanical tests for biomass pellet characterisation for bioenergy applications. Materials, 11(8), Article 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11081329

In this paper, the applicability of mechanical tests for biomass pellet characterisation was investigated. Pellet durability, quasi-static (low strain rate), and dynamic (high strain rate) mechanical tests were applied to mixed wood, eucalyptus, sunf... Read More about Applicability of mechanical tests for biomass pellet characterisation for bioenergy applications.

Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connor, P., La Rocca, A., Xu, Z., Eastwick, C., Pickering, S., & Gerada, C. (2018, April). Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings. Presented at 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018)

A novel experimental rig for analysing intensive liquid cooling of highly power-dense electrical machine components has been developed. Coupled fluid flow and heat transfer has been modelled, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), to inform the de... Read More about Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings.

A CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bersch, K., Connor, P. H., Eastwick, C. N., & Galea, M. A CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator. Presented at 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018)

This paper presents a detailed methodology for a non-intrusive measurement of cooling air mass flow rate that enables an overall machine evaluation. This approach enables the simultaneous measurement of air mass flow with shaft torque at differing op... Read More about A CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator.

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Rocca, S., Pickering, S., Eastwick, C. N., Gerada, C., & Rönnberg, K. Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry. Presented at 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018)

In this paper a typical small low voltage TEFC motor (output power ~10 kW) has been studied using computational fluid dynamics. The complexity of the end winding geometries, often consisting of several insulated copper strands bound together, provide... Read More about Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry.