Dr ZEYUAN XU's Outputs (6)

Carbon Emission Analysis of Electrical Machines (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, X., Xu, Z., Gerada, C., & Gerada, D. (2021, October). Carbon Emission Analysis of Electrical Machines. Presented at 24th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2021), Gyeongju, Korea, Republic of

The industry places increased importance on carbon reduction. Many are focused on lowering the fuel consumption of electrical machines, however, carbon emissions from the acquisition of raw materials and the energy consumption of manufacturing proces... Read More about Carbon Emission Analysis of Electrical Machines.

Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Gerada, C., Zhu, M., Xia, L., Zhang, W., & Degano, M. (2022). Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3106819

Thermal management is often considered a bottleneck in the pursuit of the next-generation electrical machines for electrified transportation with a step change in power density. Slot-channel cooling is considered to be an effective cooling technique,... Read More about Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling.

Electrical Machine Slot Thermal Condition Effects on Back Iron Extension Thermal Benefits (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Tighe, C., Zhang, H., Yan, L., & Gerada, C. (2021). Electrical Machine Slot Thermal Condition Effects on Back Iron Extension Thermal Benefits. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(4), 2927-2938. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3085822

The slot thermal condition is critical for thermal management of high-performance electrical machines, due to the high heat losses and poor heat transfer ability within the slot. With a part of the back iron projected radially downward into the slot,... Read More about Electrical Machine Slot Thermal Condition Effects on Back Iron Extension Thermal Benefits.

4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft (2021)
Journal Article
Golovanov, D., Gerada, D., Sala, G., Degano, M., Trentin, A., Connor, P. H., Xu, Z., Rocca, A. L., Galassini, A., Tarisciotti, L., Eastwick, C. N., Pickering, S. J., Wheeler, P., Clare, J., Filipenko, M., & Gerada, C. (2021). 4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(4), 2952-2964. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3068928

This article describes the underpinning research, development, construction, and testing of a 4-MW multithree phase generator designed for a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system demonstrator. The aim of the work is to demonstrate gravimetric po... Read More about 4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft.

A thermal modeling approach and experimental validation for an oil spray-cooled hairpin winding machine (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Liu, C., Zhang, H., Zou, T., Chong, Y. C., & Gerada, C. (2021). A thermal modeling approach and experimental validation for an oil spray-cooled hairpin winding machine. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(4), 2914--2926. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3067601

While the electromagnetic aspects of hairpin windings are actively being investigated and discussed in recent literature, including the design rules together with the loss calculation and reduction techniques, the thermal performance and modeling asp... Read More about A thermal modeling approach and experimental validation for an oil spray-cooled hairpin winding machine.

Comparison of rare-earth and hybrid-magnet mover configurations for a permanent magnet synchronous linear motor (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Yu, H., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Qiu, H., Jia, W., & Yang, C. (2021). Comparison of rare-earth and hybrid-magnet mover configurations for a permanent magnet synchronous linear motor. IET Electric Power Applications, 15(3), 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12024

Force ripple and cost reduction are two of the main challenges in optimising the design and increasing the market uptake of permanent magnet synchronous linear motors (PMSLM). Two mover configurations are compared in depth; one made entirely from rar... Read More about Comparison of rare-earth and hybrid-magnet mover configurations for a permanent magnet synchronous linear motor.