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Layered Al2O3-SiO2 and Al2O3-Ta2O5 thin-film composites for high dielectric strength, deposited by pulsed direct current and radio frequency magnetron sputtering (2019)
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Multilayer thin films have the potential to act as high dielectric strength insulation for wire and microelectronics. In this study, films consisting of 2, 4 or 8 layers, composed of Al2O3 with SiO2 or Ta2O5, were prepared via pulsed direct current a... Read More about Layered Al2O3-SiO2 and Al2O3-Ta2O5 thin-film composites for high dielectric strength, deposited by pulsed direct current and radio frequency magnetron sputtering.

Coupling calculation and analysis of three-dimensional temperature and fluid field for high-power high-speed permanent magnet machine (2019)
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© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2019. In order to accurately estimate the temperature rise for high-power high-speed permanent magnet machines (HSPMMs), a novel temperature calculation method considering the non-linear variation of ma... Read More about Coupling calculation and analysis of three-dimensional temperature and fluid field for high-power high-speed permanent magnet machine.

A Nonlinear Extended State Observer for Rotor Position and Speed Estimation for Sensorless IPMSM Drives (2019)
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© 1986-2012 IEEE. Sensorless machine drives in vehicle traction frequently experience rapidly-changing load disturbance and demand fast speed dynamics. Without gain-scheduling or compensation, conventional quadrature phase-locked-loop (Q-PLL) is unab... Read More about A Nonlinear Extended State Observer for Rotor Position and Speed Estimation for Sensorless IPMSM Drives.

An accurate wide-speed range control method of IPMSM considering resistive voltage drop and magnetic saturation (2019)
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This paper deals with the high accurate current set-points solution for Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors (IPMSM) in wide-speed range applications. Considering voltage and current constraints, the operating regions can be divided into Maxi... Read More about An accurate wide-speed range control method of IPMSM considering resistive voltage drop and magnetic saturation.

Effective Thermal Conductivity Calculation and Measurement of Litz Wire based on the Porous Metal Materials Structure (2019)
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Litz wires are employed in high-frequency electrical machines due to their advantages of reducing the ac losses, including minimizing the skin effect and the proximity effect. In order to improve the reliability of such machines, and enable accurate... Read More about Effective Thermal Conductivity Calculation and Measurement of Litz Wire based on the Porous Metal Materials Structure.

Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator (2019)
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The more electric aircraft concept aims to improve the fuel consumption, the weight, and both the maintenance and operating costs of the aircraft, by promoting the use of electric power in actuation systems. According to this scenario, electromechani... Read More about Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator.

Fixed switching frequency predictive control of an asymmetric source dual inverter system with a floating bridge for multilevel operation (2019)
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This study proposes a modified modulated model predictive control (MMPC) scheme to control an open-end winding induction motor drive using an asymmetric source dual inverter with one floating bridge. The control algorithm uses a modulation algorithm... Read More about Fixed switching frequency predictive control of an asymmetric source dual inverter system with a floating bridge for multilevel operation.

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry (2019)
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Here, a typical small low-voltage totally enclosed fan-cooled (TEFC) motor (output power ∼10 kW) has been studied using computational fluid dynamics. The complexity of the end-winding geometries, often consisting of several insulated copper strands b... Read More about Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry.

Simplified Damper Cage Circuital Model and Fast Analytical–Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Synchronous Generators (2018)
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The long and enduring history of utilization of the wound-field synchronous generator in a large number of applications makes it one of the most known and consolidated electrical machine technologies. Thus, its design, modeling, and analysis processe... Read More about Simplified Damper Cage Circuital Model and Fast Analytical–Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Synchronous Generators.

A Novel Thermal Network Model Used for Temperature Calculation and Analysis on Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator With Winding Encapsulating Structure (2018)
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© 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.

Consideration on Eddy Current Reduction Techniques for Solid Materials Used in Unconventional Magnetic Circuits (2018)
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The use of solid materials in tubular, linear machines has significant manufacturing benefits, as this removes the need for an axially laminated stator. However, this comes at the cost of extra eddy current losses. In this paper, a detailed analysis... Read More about Consideration on Eddy Current Reduction Techniques for Solid Materials Used in Unconventional Magnetic Circuits.