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CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connor, P. H., Pickering, S. J., Gerada, C., Eastwick, C. N., & Micallef, C. (2012, March). CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management. Presented at 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012), Bristol, UK

This paper is the first in a series dedicated to investigating the airflow and thermal management of electrical machines. Due to the temperature dependent resistive losses in the machine's windings any improvement in cooling provides a direct reducti... Read More about CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management.

Modelling windage power loss from an enclosed spur gear (2007)
Journal Article
Eastwick, C., Simmons, K., & Al-Shibl, K. (2007). Modelling windage power loss from an enclosed spur gear. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 221(3), https://doi.org/10.1243/09576509JPE344

Within a gearbox the majority of transmission losses can be attributed to bearing losses, meshing losses, or losses due to windage/churning. In this paper the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code Fluent 6.2.16 is applied in a two-dimens... Read More about Modelling windage power loss from an enclosed spur gear.

Study of aero-engine oil-air separators (2006)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Simmons, K., Eastwick, C., & Hibberd, S. (2006). Study of aero-engine oil-air separators. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 220(7), https://doi.org/10.1243/09576509JPE116

For aero-engines, oil-air separation is a key function, and one approach to assessing separator effectiveness is computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The two-phase flow is complex and oil can be present in different forms (for example, droplets, mist,... Read More about Study of aero-engine oil-air separators.