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Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Alani, M., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine. IET Electric Power Applications, 12(8), 1142–1149. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2017.0811

Surface-mounted permanent magnet (SPM) machines are preferred for high-speed aerospace applications over induction and switched reluctance machines, since they combine the advantages of high torque density and efficiency. Also, in aerospace applicati... Read More about Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine.

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.

Stability assessment of high-bandwidth DC voltage controllers in single-phase active-front-ends: LTI vs LTP models (2018)
Journal Article
Salis, V., Costabeber, A., Cox, S. M., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Stability assessment of high-bandwidth DC voltage controllers in single-phase active-front-ends: LTI vs LTP models. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 6(4), 2147-2158. https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2018.2810282

In recent years, a considerable effort has been made to minimise the size of DC-link capacitors in single-phase activefront-ends (SP-AFE), to reduce cost and to increase power density. As a result of the lower energy storage, a high-bandwidth outer D... Read More about Stability assessment of high-bandwidth DC voltage controllers in single-phase active-front-ends: LTI vs LTP models.

Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Muller, N., Kouro, S., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants.

The ever growing participation of modern renewable resources in electric markets has shaken the paradigm of generation-demand constant match. Most modern renewables add intermittent behaviour and high variability to electric markets, forcing other re... Read More about Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants.

A nonlinear analytical model for the rapid prediction of the torque of synchronous reluctance machines (2018)
Journal Article
Bacco, G., Bianchi, N., & Mahmoud, H. (2018). A nonlinear analytical model for the rapid prediction of the torque of synchronous reluctance machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1539-1546. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2808168

The synchronous reluctance motor works under heavy saturation. This paper presents a nonlinear analytical model of the reluctance machine, which is used to derive both average and torque harmonics as a function of the rotor geometry. Maps showing the... Read More about A nonlinear analytical model for the rapid prediction of the torque of synchronous reluctance machines.

A modified modulation scheme for three-level diode-clamped matrix converter under unbalanced input conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Su, M., Zhao, Z., Dan, H., Peng, T., Sun, Y., Che, R., …Wheeler, P. (2018). A modified modulation scheme for three-level diode-clamped matrix converter under unbalanced input conditions. IET Power Electronics, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2017.0512

The three-level diode-clamped matrix converter topology has outstanding performance under ideal operating conditions. However, input disturbance can influence the waveforms at the output side of the converter due to the direct coupling between the in... Read More about A modified modulation scheme for three-level diode-clamped matrix converter under unbalanced input conditions.

Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Vakil, G., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1154-1163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2808041

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.

Rapid one-step biotinylation of biological and non-biological surfaces (2018)
Journal Article
Henry, S., Williams, E., Barr, K., Korchagina, E., Tuzikov, A., Ilyushina, N., …Bovin, N. (2018). Rapid one-step biotinylation of biological and non-biological surfaces. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 2845. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21186-3

We describe a rapid one-step method to biotinylate virtually any biological or non-biological surface. Contacting a solution of biotin-spacer-lipid constructs with a surface will form a coating within seconds on non-biological surfaces or within minu... Read More about Rapid one-step biotinylation of biological and non-biological surfaces.

Near-Field MIMO Communication Links (2018)
Journal Article
Phang, S., Ivrlac, M. T., Gradoni, G., Creagh, S. C., Tanner, G., & Nossek, J. A. (2018). Near-Field MIMO Communication Links. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 65(9), 3027-3036. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsi.2018.2796305

© 2004-2012 IEEE. A procedure to achieve near-field multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication with equally strong channels is demonstrated in this paper. This has applications in near-field wireless communications, such as Chip-to-Chip (C2C... Read More about Near-Field MIMO Communication Links.

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.

Neural network based maximum power point tracking control with quadratic boost converter for PMSG—wind energy conversion system (2018)
Journal Article
Tiwari, R., Krishnamurthy, K., Neelakandan, R., Padmanaban, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Neural network based maximum power point tracking control with quadratic boost converter for PMSG—wind energy conversion system. Electronics, 7(2), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics7020020

This paper proposes an artificial neural network (ANN) based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control strategy for wind energy conversion system (WECS) implemented with a DC/DC converter. The proposed topology utilizes a radial basis function netw... Read More about Neural network based maximum power point tracking control with quadratic boost converter for PMSG—wind energy conversion system.

An integrated converter and machine control system for MMC-based high-power drives (2018)
Journal Article
Espinoza-B, M., Cárdenas, R., Clare, J., Soto-Sanchez, D., Diaz, M., Espina, E., & Hackl, C. (2019). An integrated converter and machine control system for MMC-based high-power drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(3), 2343-2354. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2801839

© 2018 IEEE. The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is a promising topology for high-power drive applications. However, large voltage fluctuations can be produced in the floating capacitors when the machine operates with high stator currents at low r... Read More about An integrated converter and machine control system for MMC-based high-power drives.

Observer-based pulsed signal injection for grid impedance estimation in three phase systems (2018)
Journal Article
Garcia, P., Sumner, M., Navarro-Rodríguez, Á., Guerrero, J. M., & Garcia, J. (in press). Observer-based pulsed signal injection for grid impedance estimation in three phase systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2801784

This paper addresses the estimation of the grid impedance and the control of grid-tied converters by combining pulsed-signal injection and observer based techniques. A Luenberger based observer is used for controlling the grid-side current of an LCL... Read More about Observer-based pulsed signal injection for grid impedance estimation in three phase systems.

Dynamic functional contribution of the water channel AQP5 to the water permeability of peripheral lens fiber cells (2018)
Journal Article
Petrova, R. S., Webb, K. F., Vaghefi, E., Walker, K., Schey, K. L., & Donaldson, P. J. (2018). Dynamic functional contribution of the water channel AQP5 to the water permeability of peripheral lens fiber cells. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 314(2), C191-C201. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00214.2017

Although the functionality of the lens water channels aquaporin 1 (AQP1; epithelium) and AQP0 (fiber cells) is well established, less is known about the role of AQP5 in the lens. Since in other tissues AQP5 functions as a regulated water channel with... Read More about Dynamic functional contribution of the water channel AQP5 to the water permeability of peripheral lens fiber cells.

Space vectors and pseudo inverse matrix methods for the radial force control in bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machines (2018)
Journal Article
Sala, G., Valente, G., Formentini, A., Papini, L., Gerada, D., Zanchetta, P., …Gerada, C. (2018). Space vectors and pseudo inverse matrix methods for the radial force control in bearingless multi-sector permanent magnet machines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(9), 6912-6922. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2795590

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.

Automatic EMI filter design for power electronic converters oriented to high power density (2018)
Journal Article
Giglia, G., Ala, G., Di Piazza, M., Giaconia, G., Luna, M., Vitale, G., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Automatic EMI filter design for power electronic converters oriented to high power density. Electronics, 7(2), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics7010009

In this paper, a complete computer aided procedure based on the power density concept and aimed at the automatic design of EMI filters for power electronic converters is presented. It is rule-based, and it uses suitable databases built-up by consider... Read More about Automatic EMI filter design for power electronic converters oriented to high power density.

Learning position controls for hybrid step motors: from current-fed to full-order models (2018)
Journal Article
Salis, V., Chiappinelli, N., Costabeber, A., Zanchetta, P., Bifaretti, S., Tomei, P., & Verrelli, C. M. (2018). Learning position controls for hybrid step motors: from current-fed to full-order models. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(8), 6120-6130. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2793183

The experimental comparison of two different global learning position controls (namely, ‘adaptive learning’ and ‘repetitive learning’ controls) for hybrid step motors performing repetitive tasks has been recently presented in the literature. Related... Read More about Learning position controls for hybrid step motors: from current-fed to full-order models.

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.

Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8 (2018)
Journal Article
Hromadka, J., Tokay, B., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., & Korposh, S. (2018). Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 260, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.015

An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor coated with ZIF-8, a material from the zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF) family, functional coating is presented. ZIF-8 film was deposited onto the surface of t... Read More about Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8.

A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Gao, Y., Zhou, L., & Sumner, M. (in press). A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, PP(99), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2788436

A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with a high step-up/step-down voltage gain is proposed for electric vehicles (EVs) with a hybrid energy source system (HESS). The converter presented has the advantages of being a simple circuit, a r... Read More about A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources.