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Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, L., De Lillo, L., Brunson, C., Empringham, L., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters. Journal of Central South University of Technology, 22(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2886-y

The behavior of matrix converter (MC) drive systems under the condition of MC short-circuit faults is comprehensively investigated. Two isolation strategies using semiconductors and high speed fuses (HSFs) for MC short-circuit faults are examined and... Read More about Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters.

Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

This paper analyses the eigenfrequencies of an infinitely long chain of microresonators with PT symmetry. The results show that the depth of modulation of the real part of the refractive index can be used to control the threshold point of the PT stru... Read More about Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Asher, G. (2015). Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30(9), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2014.2364682

This paper aims to develop a functional model of symmetrical multi-pulse Auto-Transformer Rectifier Units (ATRUs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The ATRU is seen as the most reliable way readily to be applied in the MEA. Interestingly... Read More about Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications.

Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition (2015)
Journal Article
Padmanaban, S., Grandi, G., Blaabjerg, F., Wheeler, P., & Ojo, J. O. (2016). Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2015.07.007

This research article exploits the power management algorithm in post-fault conditions for a six-phase (quad) multilevel inverter. The drive circuit consists of four 2-level, three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI) supplying a six-phase open-end wi... Read More about Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition.

Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

The paper analyses the dispersion characteristics of an infinitely long PT chain made of whispering gallery resonators with gain/loss modulation. The results show that the appearance of the threshold breaking point depends not only on both of couplin... Read More about Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation (2015)
Journal Article
Cardenas, R., Diaz, M., Rojas, F., & Clare, J. C. (2015). Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2373038

Delayed Signal Cancellation (DSC) is one of the methods used to separate the negative and positive sequence components in unbalanced 34 systems. In this paper a DSC methodology with a fast convergence time is proposed and is shown that an improved se... Read More about Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation.

High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs (2015)
Journal Article
Fayyaz, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2015). High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 55(9-10), 1724-1728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2015.06.141

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Silicon Carbide (SiC) gate oxide reliability still remains a crucial issue and is amongst the important consideration factors when it comes to the implementation of SiC MOS-based devices within industrial power electronic applica... Read More about High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs.

Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter (2015)
Journal Article
Shao, S., Watson, A. J., Clare, J. C., & Wheeler, P. (2016). Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31(5), 3794-3805. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2015.2462717

This paper presents a fault detection and isolation (FDI) method for open-circuit faults of power semiconductor devices in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The proposed FDI method is simple with only one sliding mode observer (SMO) equation and... Read More about Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter.

A systematic review of dementia focused assistive technology (2015)
Journal Article
Evans, J., Brown, M., Coughlan, T., Lawson, G., & Craven, M. P. (2015). A systematic review of dementia focused assistive technology. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9170, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20916-6_38

This paper presents a systematic review which explores the nature of assistive technologies currently being designed, developed and evaluated for dementia sufferers and their carers. A search through four large databases, followed by filtering by rel... Read More about A systematic review of dementia focused assistive technology.

Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit (2015)
Journal Article
Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Crescimbini, F., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2015). Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 51(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2015.2458960

This paper investigates a combined resonant–repetitive (RR) control structure for a three-phase four-leg DC/AC converter power supply. The RR control configuration is com-posed by a resonant controller tuned at the system fundamental frequency working... Read More about Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit.

Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model (2015)
Journal Article
Petrillo, A., Felice, F. D., Vanzanella, C., Crispino, F., Martin, J. L., Craven, M. P., …Pecchia, L. (2015). Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2015.070757

As a consequence of the current economic crisis many changes have been introduced to health systems on national levels to reduce expenditure and to introduce more cost-effective methods. Then recent developments in medical technology have led to a sh... Read More about Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model.

Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Craven, M. P., Simons, L., Gillott, A., North, S., Schnädelbach, H., & Young, Z. (2015). Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-computer interaction: interaction technologies : 17th International Conference, HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015, Proceedings Part II (584–595). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20916-6_54

Networked Urban Screens offer new possibilities for public health education and awareness. An information video about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was combined with a custom browser-based video game and successfully deployed on an... Read More about Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Optical fibre long period grating gas sensor modified with metal organic framework thin films (2015)
Journal Article
Hromadka, J., Tokay, B., Korposh, S., & James, S. (2015). Optical fibre long period grating gas sensor modified with metal organic framework thin films. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 221, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.07.027

An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) modified with a thin film of ZIF-8, zeolitic immidazol framework material, a subgroup of metal organic framework (MOF) family, was employed for the detection of organic vapours. ZIF-8 film was deposited onto... Read More about Optical fibre long period grating gas sensor modified with metal organic framework thin films.

Grid Parameter estimation using Model Predictive Direct Power Control (2015)
Journal Article
Arif, B., Tarisciotti, L., Zanchetta, P., Clare, J. C., & Degano, M. (2015). Grid Parameter estimation using Model Predictive Direct Power Control. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 51(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2015.2453132

This paper presents a novel Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control (FS-MPC) approach for grid-connected converters. The control performance of such converters may get largely affected by variations in the supply impedance, especially for systems... Read More about Grid Parameter estimation using Model Predictive Direct Power Control.

Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Najeeb, N., Zhang, Y., Mellor, C. J., & Benson, T. M. (2015). Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis. In 2015 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193316

This paper introduces a generic design of a silicon on silica “lab on a chip” photonic biosensor for medical diagnosis applications, and especially for early-stage cancer diagnosis. The sensitivity of detection of the biosensor developed is at least... Read More about Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis.

Dynamic phasor analysis and design of phase-locked loops for single phase grid connected converters (2015)
Journal Article
Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. (2015). Dynamic phasor analysis and design of phase-locked loops for single phase grid connected converters. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-04-2014-0090

The purpose of the paper is to introduce the Dynamic Phasor Modelling (DPM) approach for stability investigation and control design of single-phase Phase Locked Loops PLLs. The aim is to identify the system instabilities not predicted using the exist... Read More about Dynamic phasor analysis and design of phase-locked loops for single phase grid connected converters.

Development of an axial flux MEMS BLDC micromotor with increased efficiency and power density (2015)
Journal Article
Ding, X., Liu, G., Du, M., Guo, H., Qiao, H., & Gerada, C. (2015). Development of an axial flux MEMS BLDC micromotor with increased efficiency and power density. Energies, 8(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076608

This paper presents a rigorous design and optimization of an axial flux microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) brushless dc (BLDC) micromotor with dual rotor improving both efficiency and power density with an external diameter of only around 10 mm. T... Read More about Development of an axial flux MEMS BLDC micromotor with increased efficiency and power density.

Control integrated studies on high speed permanent magnetic generators system (2015)
Journal Article
Li, J., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Huang, X., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2015). Control integrated studies on high speed permanent magnetic generators system. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(11), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2451102

The power converter and its control system has great impact on the behavior of the high speed permanent magnet generator system (HSPGS) due to the high operating frequency, and therefore should be investigated in the design and research on the HSPGS.... Read More about Control integrated studies on high speed permanent magnetic generators system.

Design considerations for the tooth shoe shape for high-speed permanent magnet generators (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, H., Zhang, X., Gerada, C., Galea, M., Gerada, D., & Li, J. (2015). Design considerations for the tooth shoe shape for high-speed permanent magnet generators. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(11), Article 8112904. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2448096

This paper presents a study of the effects that the shoe shape of the teeth of electrical machines has on the performance and losses. This is done by considering a concentrated wound, high-speed permanent magnet generator. The paper investigates the... Read More about Design considerations for the tooth shoe shape for high-speed permanent magnet generators.

Analysis and optimization of a double-sided air-cored tubular generator (2015)
Journal Article
Guo, L., Zhang, H., Lin, J., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2015). Analysis and optimization of a double-sided air-cored tubular generator. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(11), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2445576

In this paper, the design and development of a double-sided air-cored tubular generator (DSTG) is presented. The characteristics of air-cored slot-less structures are investigated in terms of power density and efficiency. This is highly desirable for... Read More about Analysis and optimization of a double-sided air-cored tubular generator.