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Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method (2021)
Journal Article
An, Y., Ma, C., Zhang, N., Guo, Y., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Li, Q., & Zhou, S. (2021). Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57(12), Article 8108309. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2021.3118222

Due to the local inhomogeneous magnetic saturation of the core of the interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM), the magnetic field changes nonlinearly, which makes the analytical calculation of the magnetic field difficult. Therefore, the... Read More about Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method.

Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-ani, M., La Rocca, S., La Rocca, A., Walker, A., Ramanathan, R., Zou, T., Vakil, G., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., Paciura, K., & McQueen, A. (2020, December). Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application. Presented at The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020), Online Conference

Electrical machines designed for automotive applications are characterised by high torque density, wide speed range and low cost. The use of NdFeB magnets in such machines can achieve the required high torque density and wide speed range, however, it... Read More about Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application.

Hairpin Windings: An Opportunity for Next-Generation E-Motors in Transportation (2021)
Journal Article
Nuzzo, S., Barater, D., Gerada, C., & Vai, P. (2022). Hairpin Windings: An Opportunity for Next-Generation E-Motors in Transportation. IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 16(4), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1109/mie.2021.3106571

Advances in electrical machines and power electronics (PEs) are helping to achieve the power density and efficiency required by the transportation sector. However, the reliability of components and production processes is a challenge. This is especia... Read More about Hairpin Windings: An Opportunity for Next-Generation E-Motors in Transportation.

Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications (2021)
Journal Article
Gao, Y., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., Dragicevic, T.-L., & Gerada, C. (2022). Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 35(10), 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2021.08.006

This study uses the Neural Network (NN) technique to optimize design of surface-mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The key role of NN is to provide dedicated correction factors for the a... Read More about Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications.

Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls (2021)
Journal Article
Savi, F., Harikumaran, J., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 479-488. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2021.3112124

In applications that require a high availability and high performance (for example aerospace),modular power electronics and multi-phase machines represent an advantageous choice. In this framework, a control system able to handle a high number of PWM... Read More about Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls.

High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries (2021)
Journal Article
Di Nardo, M., Gallicchio, G., Palmieri, M., Marfoli, A., Lo Calzo, G., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2022). High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 1228-1241. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3109452

This article presents a comprehensive comparative design exercise of synchronous reluctance (SyR) machines considering different soft magnetic materials and a wide range of speeds. First, a general design methodology able to consider all the conseque... Read More about High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries.

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.

How non-conventional machining affects the surface integrity and magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steel (2021)
Journal Article
Winter, K., Liao, Z., Ramanathan, R., Axinte, D., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2021). How non-conventional machining affects the surface integrity and magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steel. Materials and Design, 210, Article 110051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110051

Non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) laminations are commonly used to manufacture the rotor and stator core of electric machines. To achieve high machine efficiencies, it is desirable for these NOES laminations to be able to achieve a high saturation... Read More about How non-conventional machining affects the surface integrity and magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steel.

On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines (2021)
Journal Article
De Gaetano, D. D., Harikumaran, J., Sala, G., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2022). On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 3(3), 845-853. https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTIE.2021.3105337

Multiphase machines give the possibility to increase the torque injecting and controlling current harmonics of different orders. This work investigates the current harmonic injection techniques for both isotropic and anisotropic machines. The propose... Read More about On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines.

A Scalable System Architecture for High-Performance Fault Tolerant Machine Drives (2021)
Journal Article
Savi, F., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2021). A Scalable System Architecture for High-Performance Fault Tolerant Machine Drives. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 428-440. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2021.3104977

When targeting mission critical applications, the design of the electronic actuation systems needs to consider many requirements and constraints not typical in standard industrial applications. One of these is tolerance to faults, as the unplanned sh... Read More about A Scalable System Architecture for High-Performance Fault Tolerant Machine Drives.