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Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Quadri, S. Q., Wheeler, P., & Patel, C. (2018). Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator. In 2018 IEEE Transportation and Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC) (570-575). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC.2018.8450246

A close physical and functional integration of passive components is required to make an efficient and power dense overall system. Such power dense systems are a prerequisite in aerospace and marine applications. This paper presents a design of an in... Read More about Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator.

Wide bandgap voltage source inverter design for automotive electric drivetrain (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savi, F., Buticchi, G., Gerada, C., Wheeler, P., & Barater, D. (in press). Wide bandgap voltage source inverter design for automotive electric drivetrain.

In this paper a high power, high frequency voltage source inverter for automotive traction application is reviewed. The main objectives of the design process is the maximization of power density, while keeping high efficiency and low weight. In this... Read More about Wide bandgap voltage source inverter design for automotive electric drivetrain.

Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Talha, A., Vakil, G., Cox, T., & Gerada, C. (2018). Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle. In NA

A switched reluctance machine (SRM) is very robust and capable to perform well under harsh conditions. It is simple in construction and avoids the use of magnets so it is cheap to manufacture. The powertrain of a hybrid vehicle presents challenging c... Read More about Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle.

A Smart Transformer-Rectifier Unit for the More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buticchi, G., Gerada, C., Ko, Y. J., & Liserre, M. (2018). A Smart Transformer-Rectifier Unit for the More Electric Aircraft. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (324-328). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2018.8433784

In the framework of the More Electric Aircraft (MEA), an efficient and flexible power distribution system is of paramount importance. Considering the presence of both AC and DC loads at multiple voltage levels, the distribution system of the most mod... Read More about A Smart Transformer-Rectifier Unit for the More Electric Aircraft.

Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guo, J., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2018). Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft. In Proceedings 2018 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) (445-450). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2018.8433845

Power devices manufacturers know that electronic devices are susceptible to radiation events. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) coming from space can interact with the earth atmosphere, generating secondary particles (electrons, neutrons, protons) that can... Read More about Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft.

Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, A., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2018). Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components. In NA

Converter sizes are often dominated by passive magnetic components. Passive magnetic component sizes are in turn limited by electromagnetic saturation and thermal limits. This paper covers two modifications to the air gaps of tape wound amorphous mag... Read More about Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components.

Multi-Physics and Multi-Objective Optimization of a High Speed PMSM for High Performance Applications (2018)
Journal Article
Zhao, W., Wang, X., Gerada, C., Zhang, H., Liu, C., & Wang, Y. (2018). Multi-Physics and Multi-Objective Optimization of a High Speed PMSM for High Performance Applications. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 54(11), Article 8106405. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2018.2835504

© 1965-2012 IEEE. High-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) can provide high power density and high efficiency, which is often highly desirable in high performance applications. A multi-physics optimization program based on the multi-obj... Read More about Multi-Physics and Multi-Objective Optimization of a High Speed PMSM for High Performance Applications.

Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter (2018)
Journal Article
Abu-Jalala, A., Cox, T., Gerada, C., Rashed, M., Hamiti, T., & Brown, N. (2018). Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(5), 4080-4090. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2018.2828789

Active power filters (APF) are used to improve power quality and are commonly connected in parallel with the load at the point of common coupling (PCC). They are used to compensate for harmonics from nonlinear loads, for reactive power compensation a... Read More about Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter.

Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Mahmoud, H., Bacco, G., Degano, M., Bianchi, N., & Gerada, C. (2018). Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1402-1410. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2811543

Synchronous reluctance machine has high flux density fluctuations in the iron due to the high harmonics results from the rotor anisotropy. Thus, an accurate computation of the iron losses is of paramount importance, especially during the design stage... Read More about Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions.

Design of a stator for a high-speed turbo-generator with fixed permanent magnet rotor radius and volt-ampere constraints (2018)
Journal Article
Fernando, N., Arumugam, P., & Gerada, C. (2018). Design of a stator for a high-speed turbo-generator with fixed permanent magnet rotor radius and volt-ampere constraints. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1311-1320. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2804955

This paper investigates high-speed surface PM machine design for portable turbo-generator applications. The rotor radius is fixed to achieve certain optimal characteristics of the magnet retention mechanism. The basis of this paper is to design and s... Read More about Design of a stator for a high-speed turbo-generator with fixed permanent magnet rotor radius and volt-ampere constraints.

Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor (2018)
Journal Article
Yan, L., Duan, Z., Zhang, Q., Niu, S., Dong, Y., & Gerada, C. (2018). Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor. Energies, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/en11010134

Hydraulic torque motors are one key component in electro-hydraulic servo valves that convert the electrical signal into mechanical motions. The systematic characteristics analysis of the hydraulic torque motor has not been found in the previous resea... Read More about Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor.

A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Lo Calzo, G., Bozhko, S., Gerada, C., Wheeler, P., & Yang, T. (2017). A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems.

The neutral point voltage balancing issue for three level Neutral point clamped (NPC) converter has been extensively investigated recently. Different solutions to balance the neutral point have been proposed. However the proposed solutions so far eit... Read More about A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems.

Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Jalala, A.-H., Cox, T., Gerada, C., & Rashed, M. (2017). Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter.

Active power filters (APF) are used to improve power quality and are commonly connected in parallel with the load at the point of common coupling (PCC). They are used to compensate for harmonics from nonlinear loads, for reactive power compensation a... Read More about Performance improvement of simplified synchronous generators using an active power filter.

A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications (2017)
Journal Article
Roggia, S., Cupertino, F., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(6), 4483-4491. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2767554

In this paper, the use of conical induction machines is proposed for an in-wheel traction application. Such machines offer a rotational movement combined with a translational motion of the rotor. The horizontal movement is essential when active engag... Read More about A two degrees of freedom system for wheel traction applications.

Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications (2017)
Journal Article
Roggia, S., Cupertino, F., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2017). Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(6), 5405-5414. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2017.2717911

This paper is concerned with the use of conical induction machines. Such machines are extremely valuable when apart from the rotational torque output, an axial translation of the rotor is also required. The inherent attraction between the stator and... Read More about Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications.

Enhancing electromagnetic launch capability: design of a small launch system for large UAVs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cox, T., Yang, T., & Gerada, C. (2017). Enhancing electromagnetic launch capability: design of a small launch system for large UAVs.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) play a critical and increasing role in modern combat, giving significantly enhanced surveillance, communication and strike capabilities. There are currently a large range of UAV’s available, but in general the more cap... Read More about Enhancing electromagnetic launch capability: design of a small launch system for large UAVs.

Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Patel, C., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications. In 2017 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD) (69-74)

Discrete sub-system due to passive elements in motor drive require functional and structural integration to make efficient and power dense overall system. Such power dense system is the prerequisite in aerospace and marine applications. This paper pr... Read More about Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications.

Power Loss and Thermal Analysis of a MW High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2017)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., McLoone, S., Cao, W., Qiu, F., & Gerada, C. (2017). Power Loss and Thermal Analysis of a MW High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 32(4), 1468-1478. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2017.2710159

© 1986-2012 IEEE. High-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) have attracted much attention due to their high power density, high efficiency, and compact size for direct-drive applications. However, the consequent power loss density is h... Read More about Power Loss and Thermal Analysis of a MW High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

A fractional slot multiphase air-core compulsator with concentrated winding (2017)
Journal Article
Zhao, W., Wu, S., Cui, S., Gerada, C., Zhang, H., & Xu, Z. (2017). A fractional slot multiphase air-core compulsator with concentrated winding. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 45(7), 1387-1393. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2017.2705243

Compulsator is a specially designed generator capa¬ble of delivering high current pulses to a low-impedance load, such as the electromagnetic railgun. In order to increase the tip speed of the rotor, advanced composite materials have been used in the... Read More about A fractional slot multiphase air-core compulsator with concentrated winding.

Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khowja, M. R., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Patel, C., & Wheeler, P. (2017). Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications.

In order to make an efficient and power dense overall system, a close physical and functional integration of passive components is required instead of having a separate sub¬system for passives. Such power dense system is vital in aerospace and marine... Read More about Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications.