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Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies (2021)
Journal Article

With the increased necessity of a high power density and efficient system in aerospace and marine industries, integrated motor drives provide an excellent solution in the modern era. Therefore, a close structural and functional integration of passive... Read More about Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies.

Carbon Emission Analysis of Electrical Machines (2021)
Conference Proceeding

The industry places increased importance on carbon reduction. Many are focused on lowering the fuel consumption of electrical machines, however, carbon emissions from the acquisition of raw materials and the energy consumption of manufacturing proces... Read More about Carbon Emission Analysis of Electrical Machines.

Influence of the Magnetic Load on High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design (2021)
Conference Proceeding

Synchronous reluctance machines are becoming a widespread solution in many engineering areas thanks to their simple rotor structure, the absence of rare-earth permanent magnets and high efficiency. The design of such machines is a widely investigated... Read More about Influence of the Magnetic Load on High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design.

Modelling, Analysis and Design Considerations of Multi-Phase Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2021)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a general multi-harmonics analytical model able to predict both torque and force behaviour of a multi-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine. This machine topology can be adopted in bearingless applications and in application... Read More about Modelling, Analysis and Design Considerations of Multi-Phase Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications (2021)
Journal Article

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

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

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

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

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.

Integrated motor drive: Mass and volume optimization of the motor with an integrated filter inductor (2021)
Journal Article

The present trend of aerospace industries is being shifted towards a “More Electric Aircraft” system which needs to be high power dense. For this purpose, the integration technologies have gained massive interest, providing the benefits of reduced lo... Read More about Integrated motor drive: Mass and volume optimization of the motor with an integrated filter inductor.

A Novel Flux Barrier Parametrization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines (2021)
Journal Article

This paper presents a novel parametrization for the flux barrier profiles of synchronous reluctance and permanent magnet assisted reluctance machines. In literature there are several methods used to design rotor flux barriers of various types, howeve... Read More about A Novel Flux Barrier Parametrization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines.

Modular Power Sharing Control for Bearingless Multi-Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2021)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a modular approach to the power sharing control of permanent magnet synchronous bearingless machine. The selected machine topology features a winding layout with phases distributed into non-overlapping three phase groups, a soluti... Read More about Modular Power Sharing Control for Bearingless Multi-Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

Analytical Methodology for Modelling of Circulating Current Loss in Synchronous Electrical Machines with Permanent Magnets (2021)
Journal Article

This paper describes a novel analytical methodology for modelling winding copper losses as a result of circulating currents (CC) in permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM). Nowadays mainly FEM method is used for precise calculation of circulatin... Read More about Analytical Methodology for Modelling of Circulating Current Loss in Synchronous Electrical Machines with Permanent Magnets.

Optimised Current Loop Design for a High Speed Nine-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft: A Case Study (2021)
Conference Proceeding

High speed multi-phase machine has drawn widely attention towards the development of electrification due to its high power density and fault tolerant capability. A 50 kW high speed nine-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine has been designed for... Read More about Optimised Current Loop Design for a High Speed Nine-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft: A Case Study.

High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Modeling, Design and Limits (2021)
Journal Article

An important barrier to the adoption and acceptance of synchronous reluctance (SyR) machines in different applications lies in their non-standardized design procedure. The conflicting requirements incurring at high speeds among electromagnetic torque... Read More about High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Modeling, Design and Limits.

Electrical Machine Slot Thermal Condition Effects on Back Iron Extension Thermal Benefits (2021)
Journal Article

The slot thermal condition is critical for thermal management of high-performance electrical machines, due to the high heat losses and poor heat transfer ability within the slot. With a part of the back iron projected radially downward into the slot,... Read More about Electrical Machine Slot Thermal Condition Effects on Back Iron Extension Thermal Benefits.

Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances (2021)
Journal Article

This paper is focused on the design, optimisation and control of a permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machine (PMaSynRel) for low cost high efficiency household appliances, in particular a motor for washing machine. The design and optim... Read More about Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances.

Squirrel Cage Induction Motor: A Design-Based Comparison Between Aluminium and Copper Cages (2021)
Journal Article

Improved Propulsion Motor Design for a Twelve Passenger All-Electric Aircraft (2021)
Conference Proceeding

This paper investigates the design of a 12-seater aircraft electric propulsion motor (ProMo). The design procedures aim to improve the performance of a previously designed motor, while adding further restrictions to the electrical and thermal boundar... Read More about Improved Propulsion Motor Design for a Twelve Passenger All-Electric Aircraft.

Permanent Magnet Reduction by Current Harmonics Injection for Surface Permanent Magnet Machines (2021)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents the analysis of multi-harmonic current injection in multi-three phase surface permanent magnet (SPM) machines. An analytical model, extended to a generic harmonic order, is used to describe and determine the no load flux density,... Read More about Permanent Magnet Reduction by Current Harmonics Injection for Surface Permanent Magnet Machines.