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A Modified Neutral Point Balancing Space Vector Modulation for Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 IEEE. This paper describes a high-performance neutral point voltage balancing technique for a neutral point clamped (NPC) converter. Conventional neutral point voltage balancing methods do not function well under low power factor, low pulse ra... Read More about A Modified Neutral Point Balancing Space Vector Modulation for Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Converters in High-Speed Drives.

Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter (2018)
Journal Article

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.

A novel 24-slots14-poles fractional-slot concentrated winding topology with low space harmonics for electrical machines (2018)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a novel winding layout for the machines with fractional-slot concentrated windings (FSCW) using a stator shifting concept and non-overlapping windings, with which all the non-working harmonics will be completely cancelled or signi... Read More about A novel 24-slots14-poles fractional-slot concentrated winding topology with low space harmonics for electrical machines.

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry (2018)
Conference Proceeding

In this paper a typical small low voltage 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 bound together, provide... Read More about Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry.

An advanced modulation scheme emphasising neutral point ripple suppression using predictive control for three-level NPC converters in aircraft electric starter generator applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding

Electrical starter/generator (ESG) system is one of the key innovations of more-electric aircraft initiative. The ESG cranks the engine and accelerates it up to self-sustained speed using electric energy (starter mode) and then runs as a generator to... Read More about An advanced modulation scheme emphasising neutral point ripple suppression using predictive control for three-level NPC converters in aircraft electric starter generator applications.

Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings (2018)
Conference Proceeding

A novel experimental rig for analysing intensive liquid cooling of highly power-dense electrical machine components has been developed. Coupled fluid flow and heat transfer has been modelled, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), to inform the de... Read More about Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings.

Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications (2018)
Journal Article

This paper describes the design process of a 10 kW 19000 rpm high power density surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine for a directly coupled pump application. In order to meet the required specifications, a compact machine, with coolin... Read More about Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications.

Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding

Electromechanical actuators are gaining interest in the aerospace industry within the More Electrical Aircraft (MEA) architecture. The end-goal of fully electric aircraft includes Electromechanical actuation for flight control systems. The design and... Read More about Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications.

Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions (2018)
Journal Article

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.

Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance (2018)
Journal Article

An often-overlooked aspect during the development process of electrical machines, is the validity and accuracy of the machine material properties being used at the design stage. Designers usually consider the data provided by the materials supplier,... Read More about Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance.

Design of a stator for a high-speed turbo-generator with fixed permanent magnet rotor radius and volt-ampere constraints (2018)
Journal Article

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.

Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications (2018)
Journal Article

For safety critical applications, electrical machines need to satisfy several constraints, in order to be considered fault-tolerant. In fact, if specific design choices and appropriate control strategies are adopted, fault-tolerant machines can opera... Read More about Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications.

Space vectors and pseudo inverse matrix methods for the radial force control in bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machines (2018)
Journal Article

Two different approaches to characterize the torque and radial force production in a Bearingless Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet (BMSPM) machine are presented in this work. The first method consists of modelling the motor in terms of torque and force p... Read More about Space vectors and pseudo inverse matrix methods for the radial force control in bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machines.

Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor (2018)
Journal Article

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.

Radial force control of Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machines considering radial rotor displacement (2017)
Conference Proceeding

A mathematical model enabling to predict the electromagnetic x-y forces and torque for a given input current in a Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet Synchronous (MSPMS) machine is presented. The rotor static eccentricity is also accounted and the analytic... Read More about Radial force control of Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machines considering radial rotor displacement.

Position control study of a bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machine (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Bearingless motors combine in the same structure the characteristics of conventional motors and magnetic bearings. Traditional bearingless machines rely on two independent sets of winding for suspension force and torque production, respectively. The... Read More about Position control study of a bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machine.

A semi-flooded cooling for a high speed machine: Concept, design and practice of an oil sleeve (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a semi-flooded cooling concept for a high speed machine design. The electrical machine considered is for an aircraft starter-generator system where power density and efficiency are crucial. In order to achieve the high power densi... Read More about A semi-flooded cooling for a high speed machine: Concept, design and practice of an oil sleeve.

Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression (2017)
Journal Article

Radial force control in electrical machines has been widely investigated for a variety of bearingless machines, as well as for the conventional structures featuring mechanical bearings. This paper takes advantage of the spatial distribution of the wi... Read More about Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression.

Multi-domain optimization of high power-density PM electrical machines for system architecture selection (2017)
Journal Article

The power density of electrical machines for transport applications has become a critical aspect and target of optimization. This paper looks at the development of an intelligent, rapid, flexible, and multidomain tool to aid for system-level optimiza... Read More about Multi-domain optimization of high power-density PM electrical machines for system architecture selection.

A Novel Space Vector Modulation Technique For Three Level NPC Converters Within Aircraft Starter Generator Systems (2017)
Conference Proceeding

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.