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Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fares, A., Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018, November). Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications. 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

© 2018 IEEE. This paper investigates the design optimization of a supercapacitor-based energy storage system for aerospace applications which may be needed to complement the operation of a high power pulsed load such as electromechanical actuators ha... Read More about Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications.

Direct vector control of induction motors based on rotor resistance-invariant rotor flux observer (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bozhko, S., Kovbasa, S., Nikonenko, Y., & Peresada, S. (2018, November). Direct vector control of induction motors based on rotor resistance-invariant rotor flux observer. 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

A novel speed-flux tracking controller for induction motors has been developed and experimentally verified. Direct rotor flux field oriented controller is designed for current-fed induction motor model on the base of full order hybrid continuous time... Read More about Direct vector control of induction motors based on rotor resistance-invariant rotor flux observer.

A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Golovanov, D., Xu, Z., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., & Papini, L. (2018, November). A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft. 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 power density of electrical machines required for more-electric and hybrid-electric aircraft has become a critical aspect and target of optimization. This paper looks at the development aspects of a multi-domain tool to aid for system-level optim... Read More about A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft.

Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018, November). Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts. 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

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a power converter to be used in an energy storage system for aircrafts that is be able to control the 270V dc bus voltage during large load disturbances and regeneration. A study is conducted in order... Read More about Design and Evaluation of a Power Converter for an Energy Storage System for Aircrafts.

Variable DC Bus Voltage Control Scheme for the More Electric Aircraft Power Generation System (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yeoh, S. S., Rashed, M., Bozhko, S., & Sanders, M. (2018, November). Variable DC Bus Voltage Control Scheme for the More Electric Aircraft Power Generation System. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), Nottingham

© 2018 IEEE. This paper aims to introduce a control scheme that offers variable voltage control for more electric aircraft electrical power systems. This control scheme allows increased power intake to the loads by variation of the bus voltage in add... Read More about Variable DC Bus Voltage Control Scheme for the More Electric Aircraft Power Generation System.

Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giangrande, P., Al-Timimy, A., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Degano, M., & Galea, M. (2018, November). Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control 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

© 2018 IEEE. The more electric aircraft (MEA) initiative aims to improve weight, fuel consumption and maintenance costs of the aircraft, by increasing the use of electric power in actuation systems. Considering this scenario, electromechanical actuat... Read More about Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems.

A Novel Thermal Network Model Used for Temperature Calculation and Analysis on Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator With Winding Encapsulating Structure (2018)
Journal Article
Jiang, X., Zhang, Y., Jin, S., Zhang, F., & Gerada, C. (2019). A Novel Thermal Network Model Used for Temperature Calculation and Analysis on Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator With Winding Encapsulating Structure. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(2), 1473-1483. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2018.2883542

© 1972-2012 IEEE. In recent years, magnetic-barrier rotor has been put forward for brushless doubly-fed generator (BDFG) application owing to its desirable performance, such as high power density and strong magnetic coupling ability. However, it also... Read More about A Novel Thermal Network Model Used for Temperature Calculation and Analysis on Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator With Winding Encapsulating Structure.

Effect of Parameters Variability on the Performance of SiC MOSFET Modules (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borghese, A., Riccio, M., Breglio, G., Fayyaz, A., Castellazzi, A., Irace, A., & Marese, L. (2018, November). Effect of Parameters Variability on the Performance of SiC MOSFET Modules. 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

This paper introduces a statistical analysis of the impact of devices parameters dispersion on the performances of parallel connected SiC MOSFETs. To this purpose, the statistical fluctuations of threshold voltage and current factor are evaluated on... Read More about Effect of Parameters Variability on the Performance of SiC MOSFET Modules.

Experimental study of power exchange using a twin spool engine emulator (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Enalou, H. B., Rashed, M., Kulsangcharoen, P., Chowdhury, S., & Bozhko, S. (2018, November). Experimental study of power exchange using a twin spool engine emulator. Presented at 5th International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS) and International Transportation Electrification Conference (ITECH), Nottingham, UK

The More Electric Aircraft (MEA) nad , with electrical machines on both HP and LP shafts and the advancements in power electronics, makes it possible to transfer power electrically from one spool to another. Preliminary results have shown considerabl... Read More about Experimental study of power exchange using a twin spool engine emulator.

Control system design and the power management of MEFADEC assembled on more-electric aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yin, M., Bozhko, S., Yao, T., & You, C. (2018, November). Control system design and the power management of MEFADEC assembled on more-electric aircraft. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2018

This paper deals with a novel control system design of More Electric Full Authorized Digital Electronic Control (MEFADEC) on the more electric aircraft. On the base of the analysis of the power management of MEFADEC system, the power of the more elec... Read More about Control system design and the power management of MEFADEC assembled on more-electric aircraft.