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A PMSM With Enhanced Anisotropic Rotor Configuration for Sensorless Operations (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Zhang, T., & Gerada, C. (2021). A PMSM With Enhanced Anisotropic Rotor Configuration for Sensorless Operations. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(4), 2872-2883. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2021.3069096

Sensorless control technologies based on rotor saliency may not operate well due to the effect of magnetic saturation. In this work, a rotor backend (RB) is attached to an existing rotor structure of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) to enh... Read More about A PMSM With Enhanced Anisotropic Rotor Configuration for Sensorless Operations.

Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Wheeler, P., Zhang, H., & Gerada, C. (2021). Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft. Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 38(5), 737-746. https://doi.org/10.16356/j.1005-1120.2021.05.003

Electrifying the on-board subsystems of aircraft becomes an inevitable process as being faced with the environmental pollution, along with the proposed concept called more electric aircraft (MEA). With the increasing number of on-board power electron... Read More about Control‑Based Stabilization of DC Microgrid for More Electric Aircraft.

Hybrid Recurrent Neural Network Architecture-Based Intention Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration (2021)
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Gao, X., Yan, L., Wang, G., & Gerada, C. (2021). Hybrid Recurrent Neural Network Architecture-Based Intention Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 53(3), 1578 - 1586. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2021.3106543

Human–robot-collaboration requires robot to proactively and intelligently recognize the intention of human operator. Despite deep learning approaches have achieved certain results in performing feature learning and long-term temporal dependencies mod... Read More about Hybrid Recurrent Neural Network Architecture-Based Intention Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration.

Open Phase Fault Tolerant Control of Multi Three Phase Machines (2021)
Journal Article
Harikumaran, J., Buticchi, G., Galea, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Open Phase Fault Tolerant Control of Multi Three Phase Machines. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 2, 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojpel.2021.3115404

Drive system availability is critical in aerospace applications. Multi three phase machines are a known solution to provide redundancy and fault tolerance capability. Control of multi three phase machines is typically implemented in DQ domain or VSD... Read More about Open Phase Fault Tolerant Control of Multi Three Phase Machines.

Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives (2021)
Journal Article
Varvolik, V., Prystupa, D., Buticchi, G., Peresada, S., Galea, M., & Bozhko, S. (2021). Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives. Electronics, 10(17), Article 2154. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10172154

To improve the design of electric drives and to better predict the system performance, numerical simulation has been widely employed. Whereas in the majority of the approaches, the machines and the power electronics are designed and simulated separat... Read More about Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives.

Review of Control Techniques in Microinverters (2021)
Journal Article
Rojas, D., Muñoz, J., Rivera, M., & Rohten, J. (2021). Review of Control Techniques in Microinverters. Sensors, 21(19), Article 6486. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21196486

The use of renewable energies sources is taking great importance due to the high demand for electricity and the decrease in the use of fossil fuels worldwide. In this context, electricity generation through photovoltaic panels is gaining a lot of int... Read More about Review of Control Techniques in Microinverters.

Modeling and analysis in trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robots with wheel skidding and slipping: Disturbance rejection perspective (2021)
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Gao, X., Yan, L., & Gerada, C. (2021). Modeling and analysis in trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robots with wheel skidding and slipping: Disturbance rejection perspective. Actuators, 10(9), Article 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/act10090222

Wheeled mobile robot (WMR) is usually applicable for executing an operational task around complicated environment; skidding and slipping phenomena unavoidably appear during the motion, which thus can compromise the accomplishment of the task. This pa... Read More about Modeling and analysis in trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robots with wheel skidding and slipping: Disturbance rejection perspective.

Model Predictive Control of the Input Current and Output Voltage of a Matrix Converter as a Ground Power Unit for Airplane Servicing (2021)
Journal Article
Malekjamshidi, Z., Jafari, M., Zhu, J., Rivera, M., & Soong, W. (2021). Model Predictive Control of the Input Current and Output Voltage of a Matrix Converter as a Ground Power Unit for Airplane Servicing. Sustainability, 13(17), Article 9715. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179715

This paper deals with the design, control, and implementation of a three-phase ac–ac mobile utility power supply using a matrix converter for airplane servicing applications. Using a matrix converter as a compact direct ac-to-ac converter can provide... Read More about Model Predictive Control of the Input Current and Output Voltage of a Matrix Converter as a Ground Power Unit for Airplane Servicing.

Multi-objective optimisation of the HSPMM rotor based on the multi-physics surrogate model (2021)
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Dai, R., Zhang, Y., Wang, T., Zhang, F., Gerada, C., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Multi-objective optimisation of the HSPMM rotor based on the multi-physics surrogate model. IET Electric Power Applications, 15(12), 1616-1629. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12126

High-speed permanent magnetic machine (HSPMM) is attracting more attention due to its high power density, compact size, small rotating inertia, and rapid response capability. However, the design of the HSPMM rotor is a non-linear, multi-physics coupl... Read More about Multi-objective optimisation of the HSPMM rotor based on the multi-physics surrogate model.

Robust Adaptive Control Based on Variable Boundary for a Twin-Motor Cable-Driven System (2021)
Journal Article
Li, B., Yan, L., Gao, X., & Gerada, C. (2022). Robust Adaptive Control Based on Variable Boundary for a Twin-Motor Cable-Driven System. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(7), 7054-7063. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2021.3097609

Cable-driven parallel mechanism has been widely studied due to its advantages of fast response and large workspace. The structural uncertainties in the system often introduce internal disturbance and unavoidably influence its motion precision. Genera... Read More about Robust Adaptive Control Based on Variable Boundary for a Twin-Motor Cable-Driven System.