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A Review of Carbon Emissions from Electrical Machine Materials (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Zhang, F., & Gerada, C. (2024). A Review of Carbon Emissions from Electrical Machine Materials. Electronics, 13(9), Article 1714. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091714

As the world embarks on a global mission to tackle climate change, reducing carbon represents a key challenge given the escalating global warming. The U.K. is among many other nations that are determined to decarbonise all sectors and strive to achie... Read More about A Review of Carbon Emissions from Electrical Machine Materials.

Analysis of Proximity Loss of Electrical Machines Using Mesh-Based Magnetic Equivalent Circuit (2024)
Journal Article
Yuan, Y., Ahmadi Darmani, M., Bao, Y., Zhang, X., Gerada, D., & Zhang, H. (2024). Analysis of Proximity Loss of Electrical Machines Using Mesh-Based Magnetic Equivalent Circuit. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3383845

In high power density machines, proximity loss presents an unavoidable obstacle due to its significant impact on thermal dissipation and insulation aging. To address the need for rapid and accurate proximity loss prediction, this study presents a nov... Read More about Analysis of Proximity Loss of Electrical Machines Using Mesh-Based Magnetic Equivalent Circuit.

Fillet Radius Impact of Rectangular Insulated Wires on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors (2024)
Journal Article
Naderiallaf, H., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Gerada, D. (2024). Fillet Radius Impact of Rectangular Insulated Wires on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tdei.2024.3355032

This contribution elucidates the impact of the fillet radius, a geometric feature of rectangular insulated wires not commonly considered, on the partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV) in low-voltage machine turn-to-turn winding insulation. Initia... Read More about Fillet Radius Impact of Rectangular Insulated Wires on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors.

Comparative Study on Stranded and Hairpin Windings for 350kW EV Traction Motor (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., Zou, T., Rocca, S. L., Gerada, D., & Gerada, C. (2023). Comparative Study on Stranded and Hairpin Windings for 350kW EV Traction Motor. In 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/icems59686.2023.10345248

Hairpin winding is a key technology for traction motors to meet the step-change requirements on power density and efficiency in electrical vehicle (EV) industry. This winding solution features inherently high slot fill factor and improved heat dissip... Read More about Comparative Study on Stranded and Hairpin Windings for 350kW EV Traction Motor.

A Taguchi-LHS-RSM Double-Staged Approach for Design Optimization of Self-Ventilated Cooling Systems Utilized in PMSMs (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhu, G., Xu, Z., Zhang, F., Gerada, C., & Gerada, D. (2023). A Taguchi-LHS-RSM Double-Staged Approach for Design Optimization of Self-Ventilated Cooling Systems Utilized in PMSMs. In 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/icems59686.2023.10344616

Thermal management is critical for high-power-density permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs). To realize the efficient and effective design optimization of self-ventilated air cooling systems for PMSMs, in this paper, a Taguchi-preconditioned... Read More about A Taguchi-LHS-RSM Double-Staged Approach for Design Optimization of Self-Ventilated Cooling Systems Utilized in PMSMs.

Design of Hairpin Winding and Random Winding Stators for High Speed Heavy-Duty Traction Motor (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., Zou, T., La Rocca, A., La Rocca, S., Liu, C., Xu, Z., Gerada, C., Zhu, S., Paciura, K., & Gerada, D. (2023, October). Design of Hairpin Winding and Random Winding Stators for High Speed Heavy-Duty Traction Motor. Presented at 2023 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Milan, Italy

Hairpin winding with rectangularly shaped conductors are gradually replacing random winding wound with stranded wires in electric vehicle (EV) industry. As the newgeneration winding technology, hairpin winding features high electromagnetic and therma... Read More about Design of Hairpin Winding and Random Winding Stators for High Speed Heavy-Duty Traction Motor.

Research on the Effect of Heat Pipe Inclination Angle on Temperature Distribution in Electrical Machines (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, H., Zhang, X., Li, J., Zhang, F., Zhang, Y., Yan, H., …Gerada, D. (2023). Research on the Effect of Heat Pipe Inclination Angle on Temperature Distribution in Electrical Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 59(6), 6745-6755. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2023.3310977

Due to high equivalent thermal conductivity with lightweight and small size, heat pipes (HPs) are being extensively applied in the motor cooling system to improve its thermal performance. However, when practically installed in electrical machines, th... Read More about Research on the Effect of Heat Pipe Inclination Angle on Temperature Distribution in Electrical Machines.

Analytical Calculation and Experimental Validation of Litz Wires Axial Thermal Conductivity (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Xu, Z., Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Guo, R., Zhang, H., …Zhang, C. (2024). Analytical Calculation and Experimental Validation of Litz Wires Axial Thermal Conductivity. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 10(1), 1167-1179. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2023.3262766

Litz wires are widely used in electrical machines with reduced AC losses, compared to traditional random winding. The reduced AC losses can improve both electrical machines electromagnetic performance, such as efficiency and thermal performance. Ther... Read More about Analytical Calculation and Experimental Validation of Litz Wires Axial Thermal Conductivity.

Heat Pipe Bending Effect on Cooling Effectiveness in Electrical Machines (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, H., Zhang, X., Li, J., Wang, H., Zhang, F., Zhang, H., …Gerada, D. (2023). Heat Pipe Bending Effect on Cooling Effectiveness in Electrical Machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 38(3), 2011-2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2023.3249971

Heat pipes(HPs) are being extensively explored in motor cooling scenarios for enhanced cooling capacity. HPs are commonly bent to adapt to the compact structure of electrical machines, whereas the bending effect on motor cooling effectiveness still r... Read More about Heat Pipe Bending Effect on Cooling Effectiveness in Electrical Machines.

Impact of stator interturn short circuit fault on shaft voltage in a synchronous generator (2022)
Journal Article
He, Y., Yang, P., Sun, K., Xu, Z., Wang, H., He, X., & Gerada, D. (2023). Impact of stator interturn short circuit fault on shaft voltage in a synchronous generator. IET Electric Power Applications, 17(3), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12271

Shaft voltage often exists in synchronous generators due to the assembly error or various faults after the long‐term performance. The article investigates the shaft voltage characteristic under the stator interturn short circuit (SISC) condition. Dif... Read More about Impact of stator interturn short circuit fault on shaft voltage in a synchronous generator.

Airgap Length Analysis of a 350kW PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machine for Heavy Duty EV Traction (2022)
Journal Article
Zou, T., Gerada, D., La Rocca, S., La Rocca, A., Walker, A., Vakil, G., …Gerada, C. (2023). Airgap Length Analysis of a 350kW PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machine for Heavy Duty EV Traction. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 59(2), 1557-1570. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2022.3225255

Synchronous reluctance (Syn-Rel) machines with embedded permanent magnets (PMs) are research hotspots in variable speed motor drives due to their robust rotor structure and wide constant power speed range (CPSR). In this paper, the potential of PM-as... Read More about Airgap Length Analysis of a 350kW PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machine for Heavy Duty EV Traction.

Stator current identification in generator among single and composite faults composed by static air‐gap eccentricity and rotor inter‐turn short circuit (2022)
Journal Article
He, Y., Qiu, M., Jiang, M., Zhou, F., Gerada, D., Zhang, X., & Du, X. (2023). Stator current identification in generator among single and composite faults composed by static air‐gap eccentricity and rotor inter‐turn short circuit. IET Electric Power Applications, 17(2), 268-278. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12260

In this study, a fault diagnosis model based on magnetic density is proposed to analyse the current characteristics of synchronous generator rotor inter‐turn short circuit and air gap eccentric single fault and composite fault. The model considers th... Read More about Stator current identification in generator among single and composite faults composed by static air‐gap eccentricity and rotor inter‐turn short circuit.

A Novel Airgap Permeance Modeling Approach for Magnetic Field Analysis of Electrical Machines Based on Electrostatic FEA (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cui, M., Zou, T., Li, D., Gerada, D., Qu, R., & Gerada, C. (2022). A Novel Airgap Permeance Modeling Approach for Magnetic Field Analysis of Electrical Machines Based on Electrostatic FEA. In 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific). https://doi.org/10.1109/itecasia-pacific56316.2022.9941839

Detailed airgap permeance information is of great importance for analyzing the operation principle and optimizing the electromagnetic field distribution of an electric machine with unconventional topology. So far, analytical approaches upon calculati... Read More about A Novel Airgap Permeance Modeling Approach for Magnetic Field Analysis of Electrical Machines Based on Electrostatic FEA.

Comparison of Aluminium and Copper Conductors in Hairpin Winding Design for High Power Density Traction Motors (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Petrelli, G., Cui, M., Zou, T., Sala, G., La Rocca, A., Barater, D., …Gerada, C. (2022). Comparison of Aluminium and Copper Conductors in Hairpin Winding Design for High Power Density Traction Motors. In 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (1635-1641). https://doi.org/10.1109/icem51905.2022.9910796

Hairpin windings are becoming current/next generation solutions for traction motors of electric vehicles due to inherently reduced DC power losses and improved heat dissipation capability compared with random windings. Copper-based conductor has been... Read More about Comparison of Aluminium and Copper Conductors in Hairpin Winding Design for High Power Density Traction Motors.

Radial Force Analysis and Optimization of Interior Permanent Magnet Traction Motor for Reduction of Electromagnetic Vibration (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, H., Cui, M., Zou, T., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Xu, Z., …Gerada, C. (2022). Radial Force Analysis and Optimization of Interior Permanent Magnet Traction Motor for Reduction of Electromagnetic Vibration. In 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (1906-1912). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEM51905.2022.9910879

Interior permanent magnet (IPM) machines are subject to rich harmonics of air-gap magnetic field, which correspond to electromagnetic forces and resulting noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) issues. In this paper, the NVH issue is evaluated based o... Read More about Radial Force Analysis and Optimization of Interior Permanent Magnet Traction Motor for Reduction of Electromagnetic Vibration.

Impact of Radial Air-Gap Eccentricity on Stator End Winding Vibration Characteristics in DFIG (2022)
Journal Article
Xu, M., He, Y., Zhang, W., Dai, D., Liu, X., Zheng, W., …Shi, S. (2022). Impact of Radial Air-Gap Eccentricity on Stator End Winding Vibration Characteristics in DFIG. Energies, 15(17), Article 6426. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176426

In this paper, qualitative theoretical derivations, finite element analysis (FEA) and experiments are used to investigate the electromagnetic force (EF) and vibration characteristics of end windings. In contrast to previous studies, this study focuse... Read More about Impact of Radial Air-Gap Eccentricity on Stator End Winding Vibration Characteristics in DFIG.

Decoupled Discrete Current Control for AC Drives at Low Sampling-to-Fundamental Frequency Ratios (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, M., Buticchi, G., Li, J., Gu, C., Gerada, D., Degano, M., …Geradab, C. (2022). Decoupled Discrete Current Control for AC Drives at Low Sampling-to-Fundamental Frequency Ratios. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2022.3179184

Implementation of proportional-integral (PI) controllers in synchronous reference frame (SRF) is a well-established current control solution for electric drives. It is a general and effective method in digital control as long as the ratio of Sampling... Read More about Decoupled Discrete Current Control for AC Drives at Low Sampling-to-Fundamental Frequency Ratios.

Impact of Stator Segmentation on the Performance of Aerospace Propulsion Machines (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramanathan Mathavan Jeyabalan, R. K., Vakil, G., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., & Minshull, J. (2022). Impact of Stator Segmentation on the Performance of Aerospace Propulsion Machines. SAE Technical Papers, 4(4), 1048-1056. https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0039

Electric machines offering a high power density are required for aerospace applications. Soft magnetic material with a high saturation flux density is one of the key component which is required to realize these power density targets. The need for a h... Read More about Impact of Stator Segmentation on the Performance of Aerospace Propulsion Machines.

A Comprehensive Design Guideline of Hairpin Windings for High Power Density Electric Vehicle Traction Motors (2022)
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Zou, T., Gerada, D., La Rocca, A., Moslemin, M., Cairns, A., Cui, M., …Gerada, C. (2022). A Comprehensive Design Guideline of Hairpin Windings for High Power Density Electric Vehicle Traction Motors. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(3), 3578-3593. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2022.3149786

The rapidly increasing demand on power density levels of electric vehicle (EV) drive systems is pushing the boundaries of traction motor performance. Hairpin windings are becoming a popular option for EV motors due to their reduced DC losses and impr... Read More about A Comprehensive Design Guideline of Hairpin Windings for High Power Density Electric Vehicle Traction Motors.

Performance Entitlement by Using Novel High Strength Electrical Steels and Copper Alloys for High-Speed Laminated Rotor Induction Machines (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., He, Y., Zhang, H., Hua, W., & Gerada, C. (2022). Performance Entitlement by Using Novel High Strength Electrical Steels and Copper Alloys for High-Speed Laminated Rotor Induction Machines. Electronics, 11(2), 210. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11020210

The laminated rotor Induction Machine (IM), with its simple construction and manufacturing, robustness, ease of control and comparatively lower cost remains by far the most utilized electromechanical energy converter. At very high speeds, traditional... Read More about Performance Entitlement by Using Novel High Strength Electrical Steels and Copper Alloys for High-Speed Laminated Rotor Induction Machines.