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A Taguchi-LHS-RSM Double-Staged Approach for Design Optimization of Self-Ventilated Cooling Systems Utilized in PMSMs (2023)
Conference Proceeding

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)
Conference Proceeding

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.

Radial Force Analysis and Optimization of Interior Permanent Magnet Traction Motor for Reduction of Electromagnetic Vibration (2022)
Conference Proceeding

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.

Power Loss and Performance Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Actuator Applications (2022)
Conference Proceeding

Permanent magnet synchronous motors are very suitable in applications demanding high power density with high performance requirements, such as in aerospace actuators. Achieving high performance targets while keeping the total weight of the electrical... Read More about Power Loss and Performance Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Actuator Applications.

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.

A PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Two Slot-Pitch Winding (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a novel electric motor solution to tackle the increasing demand on the traction motor for electric vehicles. The proposed electric motor has a 24 slots 10 poles fractional slot two-slot pitch winding and a PM-assisted synchronous... Read More about A PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Two Slot-Pitch Winding.

Comparison of slotted and slotless PM machines for high kW/kg aerospace applications (2020)
Conference Proceeding

With the ambitious targeted emissions reduction, the aircraft industry is moving towards drastically different aircraft architectures including hybrid-electric. These in turn require electrical machines with a step change improvement in power-density... Read More about Comparison of slotted and slotless PM machines for high kW/kg aerospace applications.

AC loss Analysis in Winding of Electrical Machines with varying Strands-in-hand and Bundle Shapes (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents an investigation into the sensitivity of high-frequency AC effects on the winding with varying number of parallel strands. Based on numerical analysis, a methodology to segregate the losses into components is presented. It is show... Read More about AC loss Analysis in Winding of Electrical Machines with varying Strands-in-hand and Bundle Shapes.

Analysis of a Five-Phase PM Vernier Machine Topology with Two-Slot Pitch Winding (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a five-phase permanent magnet (PM) vernier machine topology equipped with a two-slot pitch winding. The two-slot pitch winding provides a trade-off between fractional slots concentrated winding (FSCW) and integrated slot distribut... Read More about Analysis of a Five-Phase PM Vernier Machine Topology with Two-Slot Pitch Winding.

Optimized Magnet wire size and Slot winding height for minimum AC losses in a Traction Machine (2020)
Conference Proceeding

The demand for high performance electrical machines that combine high power density (kW/kg or kW/L), light – weighting and high efficiency have become more and more important in recent years. In these machines, mitigation of the parasitic losses asso... Read More about Optimized Magnet wire size and Slot winding height for minimum AC losses in a Traction Machine.

Sensitivity Analysis of Machine Components Thermal Properties Effects on Winding Temperature (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper investigates the sensitivity analysis of winding temperature to key parameters in electrical machine thermal design. With a validated 3D thermal model based on an existing 75kW traction machine for an electric vehicle, the methodology of t... Read More about Sensitivity Analysis of Machine Components Thermal Properties Effects on Winding Temperature.

Equivalent Slot Thermal Conductivity and Back-iron Extension Effects on Machine Cooling (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Back-iron Extension (BIE) is an effective thermal management technique which reduces the winding temperatures by projecting part of the back iron into the center of slot, thereby shortening the heat transfer path between the coil and back iron. Based... Read More about Equivalent Slot Thermal Conductivity and Back-iron Extension Effects on Machine Cooling.

Designing an Advanced Electrical Motor for Propulsion of Electric Aircraft (2019)
Conference Proceeding

A prototype motor rated for 500 kW 3,000 rpm has been developed for aircraft electric propulsion. The design of the motor was optimized using a coupled parameter problem of electromagnetic, mechanical and thermal performances. A high power density of... Read More about Designing an Advanced Electrical Motor for Propulsion of Electric Aircraft.

Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper describes the thermal-mechanical characterisation methodology for the bearing chambers of a high-speed (32,000 rpm) electrical starter/generator [1]; presenting a low cost analysis approach and design guideline for future machines. The met... Read More about Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator.

Dual-Rotor Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric Superbike (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The demand on high-performance electrical machines has significantly increased for aerospace and transportation industries in recent years. A racing electric motorbike is a suitable platform to validate and prove new concepts and machine topologies b... Read More about Dual-Rotor Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric Superbike.

Eddy Current Loss Control in High Speed PM Starter-Generator (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper highlights the advancement in high speed generation applications along with describing the state of the art in the machine design technologies enabling such an application uptake. Via the investigating on a 250kW high speed PM starter-gene... Read More about Eddy Current Loss Control in High Speed PM Starter-Generator.

Design Considerations of Fault-Tolerant Electromechanical Actuator Systems for More Electric Aircraft (MEA) (2018)
Conference Proceeding

This paper studies the concerns such as architecture and reliability in the deployment of electromechanical actuator (EMA) in the actuation system for more electric aircraft (MEA). First, the reliability of the actuation system architecture such as c... Read More about Design Considerations of Fault-Tolerant Electromechanical Actuator Systems for More Electric Aircraft (MEA).

A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft (2018)
Conference Proceeding

The power density of electrical machines required for more-electric and hybrid-electric aircraft has become a critical aspect and target of optimization. This paper looks at the development aspects of a multi-domain tool to aid for system-level optim... Read More about A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft.

The Influence of Stator Material on the Power Density and Iron Loss of a High-Performace Starter-Generator for More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Conference Proceeding

Maximizing the power density as well as efficiency are two of the main critical aspects for engineers who are designing electrical machines for aerospace applications. Iron losses have a significant impact on the total machine efficiency, thermal sta... Read More about The Influence of Stator Material on the Power Density and Iron Loss of a High-Performace Starter-Generator for More Electric Aircraft.

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.