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Model Predictive Control of a High-Turn-Ratio Dual Active Bridge Converter Considering Interlinking Inductances (2025)
Journal Article
Zhu, Y., Hao, X., Yang, T., Wang, Z., Yan, X., Dragicevic, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2025). Model Predictive Control of a High-Turn-Ratio Dual Active Bridge Converter Considering Interlinking Inductances. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2025.3582152

Within a more-electric aircraft (MEA) dc power distribution system, dual active bridge (DAB) converters are employed to manage power transfer between different dc buses, or power transfer from/to the energy storage devices, for example, batteries. Ho... Read More about Model Predictive Control of a High-Turn-Ratio Dual Active Bridge Converter Considering Interlinking Inductances.

Steady-State DC Offsets Suppression of the Dual Active Bridge Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2025)
Journal Article
Zhu, Y., Hao, X., Wang, Z., Dragicevic, T., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., & Yang, T. (2025). Steady-State DC Offsets Suppression of the Dual Active Bridge Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2025.3575903

The paper analyses the steady-state DC offset currents on both sides of the high-frequency transformer in a dual-active bridge (DAB) converter for more-electric aircraft (MEA) applications. These converters are widely used for high voltage-ratio powe... Read More about Steady-State DC Offsets Suppression of the Dual Active Bridge Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Continuous Hairpin Winding Technology for Electric Machines Enabling Net Zero Transportation: A Comprehensive Review (2025)
Journal Article
Huang, H., Zou, T., Di Nardo, M., Vannini, A., Thanh Huynh, A., Degano, M., Gerada, D., Yang, T., & Gerada, C. (2025). Continuous Hairpin Winding Technology for Electric Machines Enabling Net Zero Transportation: A Comprehensive Review. IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, 6, 1481-1500. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJVT.2025.3575187

Featured by low power losses and strong heat dissipation capability, hairpin winding has been widely accepted as a key enabler of boosting performance for traction/propulsion electrical machines in automotive and aerospace sectors. Continuous hairpin... Read More about Continuous Hairpin Winding Technology for Electric Machines Enabling Net Zero Transportation: A Comprehensive Review.

Sensorless Control Design and Stability Analysis of High-Speed Dual Three-Phase Permanent Motor Drive for Future Aircraft Applications (2025)
Journal Article
Bi, G., Chen, Y., Wang, K., Cao, S., & Yang, T. (2025). Sensorless Control Design and Stability Analysis of High-Speed Dual Three-Phase Permanent Motor Drive for Future Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2025.3570244

Dual three-phase PMSM sensorless drive systems become attractive solutions for more electric aircraft applications due to their high-power density and potential fault tolerance capabilities. The model reference adaptive system (MRAS) is a commonly us... Read More about Sensorless Control Design and Stability Analysis of High-Speed Dual Three-Phase Permanent Motor Drive for Future Aircraft Applications.

Data-Driven Power Sharing Control within MultiSource Paralleled DAB Converters (2025)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Yang, T., Hao, X., Qi, Y., & Li, W. (2025). Data-Driven Power Sharing Control within MultiSource Paralleled DAB Converters. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 11(4), 10125-10135. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2025.3565006

To achieve redundancy requirements for transportation electrification, a very commonly used method is to have multiple energy storage sources connected in parallel and feed a common DC bus through DC/DC power converters. The dual-active bridge (DAB)... Read More about Data-Driven Power Sharing Control within MultiSource Paralleled DAB Converters.

Optimization and Comparison of 1MW-Class PM Motors for Aircraft Propulsion Using Litz Wire and Hairpin Windings (2025)
Journal Article
Huynh, A. T., Huang, H., Jiang, J., Zou, T., Gerada, D., Yang, T., & Gerada, C. (2025). Optimization and Comparison of 1MW-Class PM Motors for Aircraft Propulsion Using Litz Wire and Hairpin Windings. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2025.3547237

Choosing the right winding technology is key to maximizing power density and efficiency in electric aircraft propulsion. This paper presents a two-level optimization strategy to evaluate Litz wire and hairpin winding configurations in two 1 MW-class... Read More about Optimization and Comparison of 1MW-Class PM Motors for Aircraft Propulsion Using Litz Wire and Hairpin Windings.

Second-Carrier Harmonic Cancellation for a DC Bus Fed by Multiple Dual Active Bridges in More Electric Aircraft Applications (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Yang, T., Hao, X., Qi, Y., & Li, W. (2025). Second-Carrier Harmonic Cancellation for a DC Bus Fed by Multiple Dual Active Bridges in More Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 13(4), 4586-4597. https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2024.3523529

This paper develops a mechanism to suppress second-carrier harmonics on a common DC bus fed by multiple dual-active bridge (DAB) converters. A mathematical model of dc-link current harmonic components of a DAB is derived. Using this model, it is foun... Read More about Second-Carrier Harmonic Cancellation for a DC Bus Fed by Multiple Dual Active Bridges in More Electric Aircraft Applications.

Lessons Learnt from the Simulations of Aero-Engine Ground Vortex (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Yang, T., Shen, J., & Sun, Q. (2024). Lessons Learnt from the Simulations of Aero-Engine Ground Vortex. Aerospace, 11(9), Article 699. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11090699

With the startup of the aero-engine, the ground vortex is formed between the ground and the engine intake. The ground vortex leads to total pressure and swirl distortion, which reduces the performance of the engine. The inhalation of the dust and deb... Read More about Lessons Learnt from the Simulations of Aero-Engine Ground Vortex.

A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Current Control Scheme for PMSM based Starter Generator Control System in More Electric Aircraft (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Wang, Q., Yu, H., Li, C., Yeoh, S. S., Lang, X., Yang, T., Rivera, M., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Current Control Scheme for PMSM based Starter Generator Control System in More Electric Aircraft

Modulated model predictive control (M2PC) has recently emerged as a possible solution for control in starter generator systems in the more electric aircraft (MEA), due to its advantages of fixed switching frequency, fast response and good performance... Read More about A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Current Control Scheme for PMSM based Starter Generator Control System in More Electric Aircraft.

A novel weighting factor determined method of model predictive torque control for permanent magnet synchronous motor (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, T., Wang, Y., Miao, Y., Xu, Q., & Guo, Q. (2024). A novel weighting factor determined method of model predictive torque control for permanent magnet synchronous motor. IET Electric Power Applications, 18(11), 1616-1625. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12445

In the cost function of model predictive torque control (MPTC) of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), torque and flux linkage have different dimensions, and the weighting factor needs to be properly adjusted to optimise the control performance... Read More about A novel weighting factor determined method of model predictive torque control for permanent magnet synchronous motor.