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Radial force control of Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machines considering radial rotor displacement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valente, G., Papini, L., Formentini, A., Gerada, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2017, April). Radial force control of Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machines considering radial rotor displacement. Presented at 2017 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), Nottingham, United Kingdom

A mathematical model enabling to predict the electromagnetic x-y forces and torque for a given input current in a Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet Synchronous (MSPMS) machine is presented. The rotor static eccentricity is also accounted and the analytic... Read More about Radial force control of Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machines considering radial rotor displacement.

Position control study of a bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machine (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valente, G., Formentini, A., Papini, L., Zanchetta, P., & Gerada, C. (2017, October). Position control study of a bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machine. Presented at IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Beijing, China

Bearingless motors combine in the same structure the characteristics of conventional motors and magnetic bearings. Traditional bearingless machines rely on two independent sets of winding for suspension force and torque production, respectively. The... Read More about Position control study of a bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machine.

Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression (2017)
Journal Article
Valente, G., Papini, L., Formentini, A., Gerada, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(7), 5395-5405. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2780039

Radial force control in electrical machines has been widely investigated for a variety of bearingless machines, as well as for the conventional structures featuring mechanical bearings. This paper takes advantage of the spatial distribution of the wi... Read More about Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression.

Multi-domain optimization of high power-density PM electrical machines for system architecture selection (2017)
Journal Article
Golovanov, D., Papini, L., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2018). Multi-domain optimization of high power-density PM electrical machines for system architecture selection. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(7), 5302-5312. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2772188

The power density of electrical machines for transport applications has become a critical aspect and target of optimization. This paper looks at the development of an intelligent, rapid, flexible, and multidomain tool to aid for system-level optimiza... Read More about Multi-domain optimization of high power-density PM electrical machines for system architecture selection.

A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Lo Calzo, G., Bozhko, S., Gerada, C., Wheeler, P., & Yang, T. (2017, November). A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems. Presented at 4th International Symposium on More Electric Aircraft (MEA 2017), Beijing, China

The neutral point voltage balancing issue for three level Neutral point clamped (NPC) converter has been extensively investigated recently. Different solutions to balance the neutral point have been proposed. However the proposed solutions so far eit... Read More about A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems.

Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Jalala, A.-H., Cox, T., Gerada, C., & Rashed, M. Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter. Presented at Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2017

Active power filters (APF) are used to improve power quality and are commonly connected in parallel with the load at the point of common coupling (PCC). They are used to compensate for harmonics from nonlinear loads, for reactive power compensation a... Read More about Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter.

A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savi, F., Barater, D., Di Nardo, M., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines. Presented at 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017)

This paper presents a comprehensive comparative study among five different converter topologies all designed to drive a 8.5kW-120krpm surface permanent magnet synchronous machine. The study aims at comparing the considered systems in terms of convert... Read More about A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines.

A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications (2017)
Journal Article
Roggia, S., Cupertino, F., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(6), 4483-4491. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2767554

In this paper, the use of conical induction machines is proposed for an in-wheel traction application. Such machines offer a rotational movement combined with a translational motion of the rotor. The horizontal movement is essential when active engag... Read More about A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications.

Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahmoud, H., Al-Timimy, A., Degano, M., Di Nardo, M., Bianchi, N., & Gerada, C. (2017, August). Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element. Presented at SDEMPED 2017 - IEEE 11th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, Tinos, Greece

This paper deals with the uniform and non-uniform axial eccentricity analyses of the surface mounted permanent magnet and synchronous reluctance machines. The analyses are carried out using an analytical model for each considered machine. Being the a... Read More about Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element.

Comparative study and optimal design of alternative PM configuration transverse flux linear machine (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhu, S., Cox, T., Gerada, C., & Xu, Z. Comparative study and optimal design of alternative PM configuration transverse flux linear machine. Presented at 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)

This paper presents the comparative study and optimal design of a transverse flux linear machine with different PM configurations, viz. surface-mounted and consequent-pole, in which the consequent-pole version is firstly proposed. Firstly, the effect... Read More about Comparative study and optimal design of alternative PM configuration transverse flux linear machine.