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Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Rojas, S., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter. In IEEE Chilean Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1109/CHILECON47746.2019.8988074

The direct single-phase matrix converter (SPMC) is a topology composed only of switches. This feature makes it extremely important to have complete control of the six bidirectional switches that make up it. This is why this article presents a compari... Read More about Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Matrix Converter.

Analysis of Energy Storage System Requirements for Aircraft Electric Taxiing Operations (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Lukic, M., Giangrande, P., Klumpner, C., & Galea, M. (2019). Analysis of Energy Storage System Requirements for Aircraft Electric Taxiing Operations. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926797

This paper focuses on evaluating the energy and power requirements of a specific aircraft on-board electric taxiing (ET) system. The developed model of the investigated system is used to determine the requisites for a typical taxiing profile mission... Read More about Analysis of Energy Storage System Requirements for Aircraft Electric Taxiing Operations.

Fast Self-Tuning Decentralized Variable Frequency Optimal Controller Design for Three-Phase Embedded Grids (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Dewar, D., Rhoten, J., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). Fast Self-Tuning Decentralized Variable Frequency Optimal Controller Design for Three-Phase Embedded Grids. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927110

In this paper, a novel approach to variable frequency optimal controller design for the application of aircraft embedded grids is presented. Aircraft power grids by industrial standards need to be able to operate across a range of frequencies. Often,... Read More about Fast Self-Tuning Decentralized Variable Frequency Optimal Controller Design for Three-Phase Embedded Grids.

Transfer Function Based Input Impedance Determination of Triple Active Bridge Converter (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Yang, J., Buticchi, G., Gu, C., Günter, S., Yan, H., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Transfer Function Based Input Impedance Determination of Triple Active Bridge Converter. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (4917-4923). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926943

The concept of multiport dc-dc converter was proposed to reduce the conversion stages of dc microgrid on more electric aircraft (MEA). The structure of multiport dc-dc converter is basically developed from the dual active bridge (DAB) converter becau... Read More about Transfer Function Based Input Impedance Determination of Triple Active Bridge Converter.

XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Khanesar, M. A., & Branson, D. (2019). XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) (3269-3274). https://doi.org/10.1109/smc.2019.8914607

In this paper, an XOR binary gravitational search algorithm is introduced. Gravitational search algorithms, a physics inspired optimization algorithm, have previously been successfully applied to different real-valued optimization problems. In their... Read More about XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm.

Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Al-Ani, M., Walker, A., Vakil, G., Ramanathan, R., Zou, T., La Rocca, S., …McQueen, A. (2019). Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (4353-4359). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926697

Recently, the synchronous reluctance machine limits have been pushed toward meeting the requirements of traction applications. A skilled electromagnetic architecture of a synchronous reluctance machine with the help of permanent magnets can push the... Read More about Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application.

SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Galassini, A., Ruksnaitis, L., Farhat, N., Kiselychnyk, O., Midgley, W., & Degano, M. (2019). SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation. In IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (7135-7140). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926931

This paper proposes a new ultra-reliable architecture for fully electric propulsion primarily aimed at the automotive sector. The system considers a direct drive arrangement, minimizing the number of moving components and is based on a network of mul... Read More about SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation.

Analytical Tool to Generate Torque-Speed Characteristics for Surface Mounted PM Machines in Constant Torque and Field Weakening Regions (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Khowja, M. R., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2019). Analytical Tool to Generate Torque-Speed Characteristics for Surface Mounted PM Machines in Constant Torque and Field Weakening Regions. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (922-927). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927436

This paper presents an analytical tool to generate torque vs speed characteristics of the surface-mounted permanent magnet machines to minimize the computation time and efforts. The paper also derives an expression of d-axis current in the field weak... Read More about Analytical Tool to Generate Torque-Speed Characteristics for Surface Mounted PM Machines in Constant Torque and Field Weakening Regions.

On the Thermal Insulation Qualification of Low Voltage Electrical Machines (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Migliazza, G., Buticchi, G., & Galea, M. (2019). On the Thermal Insulation Qualification of Low Voltage Electrical Machines. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (7115-7120). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927464

Electrical motors are required to perform reliably for a certain number of hours/cycles. Assuming the insulation breakdown as the predominant source of failure, then the lifetime of an electrical machine can generally be said to correspond to that of... Read More about On the Thermal Insulation Qualification of Low Voltage Electrical Machines.

Comparative Evaluation of High Power Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) With and Without Auxiliary Over-current Bypass Circuit (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Adhikari, J., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Comparative Evaluation of High Power Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) With and Without Auxiliary Over-current Bypass Circuit. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2628-2633). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926717

This paper explores the possibility of a semiconductor-based over-current bypass circuit for high current solid-state power controllers (SSPCs). Therefore, two different topologies of the bidirectional DC SSPCs: a. without over-current bypass circuit... Read More about Comparative Evaluation of High Power Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) With and Without Auxiliary Over-current Bypass Circuit.

An Enhanced Unified Space Vector Modulation Technique for Dual Converters with Isolated Voltage Supplies (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Huang, Z., Yang, T., Giangrande, P., Wheeler, P., & Galea, M. (2019). An Enhanced Unified Space Vector Modulation Technique for Dual Converters with Isolated Voltage Supplies. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (3511-3516). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927538

This paper presents an enhanced modulation technique for dual converters with isolated supplies. This unified modulation technique is applicable for any positive voltage ratio between the isolated supplies. The modulation technique enhances the quali... Read More about An Enhanced Unified Space Vector Modulation Technique for Dual Converters with Isolated Voltage Supplies.

An Exploration of Design Options for Integrated Residential PV-ESS (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Panagiotou, K., Klumpner, C., Sumner, M., & Georghiou, G. E. (2019). An Exploration of Design Options for Integrated Residential PV-ESS. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (4721-4726). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927217

The behind-the-meter integration of the distributed energy sources and the energy storage systems (ESSs) presents one of the key solutions for the 21st century energy and power challenges. A comprehensive design and development procedure, which integ... Read More about An Exploration of Design Options for Integrated Residential PV-ESS.

Bayesian damage characterization based on probabilistic model of scattering coefficients and hybrid wave finite element model scheme (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Yan, W., Chronopoulos, D., Papadimitriou, C., Cantero-Chinchilla, S., & Zhu, G. (2019). Bayesian damage characterization based on probabilistic model of scattering coefficients and hybrid wave finite element model scheme. In COMPDYN 2019 : Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Volume 2 (2952-2958)

Ultrasonic Guided Wave(GW) has been proven to be sensitive to small damage. Motivated by the fact that the quantitative relationship between wave scattering and damage intensity can be described by scattering properties, this study aims at proposing... Read More about Bayesian damage characterization based on probabilistic model of scattering coefficients and hybrid wave finite element model scheme.

Design-of-Experiments Analysis of Li-Ion Cell Capacity Fading in High Temperature Automotive Conditions (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Stocker, R., Mumtaz, A., & Lophitis, N. (2019). Design-of-Experiments Analysis of Li-Ion Cell Capacity Fading in High Temperature Automotive Conditions. In 2019 Electric Vehicles International Conference (EV) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/EV.2019.8893026

This paper examines the evolution of performance degradation through capacity fade in Li-ion cells when subjected to 8 months of automotive drive cycles in high temperature conditions. This is done by combining a temperature controlled, highly transi... Read More about Design-of-Experiments Analysis of Li-Ion Cell Capacity Fading in High Temperature Automotive Conditions.

Users’ Perceptions of Mobile Weather Applications’ Usability (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Khamaj, A., Kang, Z., & Argyle, E. (2019). Users’ Perceptions of Mobile Weather Applications’ Usability.

The advancements of smartphone technology have led to a significant growth of smartphone weather applications (i.e. apps) on the market. Due to the high risk and time-critical situations associated with severe weather conditions (e.g. floods, tornado... Read More about Users’ Perceptions of Mobile Weather Applications’ Usability.

Feasibility of Utilizing Current Propulsion Technologies in Support of Very Low Earth Observation Space Platforms (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Dakka, S. (2019). Feasibility of Utilizing Current Propulsion Technologies in Support of Very Low Earth Observation Space Platforms

An emerging low earth orbit spacecraft platform is being sought after due to many advantages of operation at low earth orbits of altitude less than 450Km. These encompasses better imagery and enhanced communications capabilities in addition of space... Read More about Feasibility of Utilizing Current Propulsion Technologies in Support of Very Low Earth Observation Space Platforms.

An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Odeyemi, J., Vukovic, A., Benson, T., & Sewell, P. (2019). An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method. In Tenth International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics (CEM 2019). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.0124

A new framework for the development of the perfectly matched layer (PML) in the Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) method is demonstrated. The formulation is based on the stretched coordinate PML and involves the mapping of the TLM node to an analytic... Read More about An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method.

A Rainbow Metamaterial For Broadband Multi-frequency Vibration Suppression (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Meng, H., Chronopoulos, D., & Fabro, A. T. (2019). A Rainbow Metamaterial For Broadband Multi-frequency Vibration Suppression

In this study, we propose a rainbow metamaterial to achieve multi-frequency broadband vibration suppression. A U-shaped beam is partitioned into subspace by parallel baffle plates. Cantilever-mass microstructures are then attached to the each subspac... Read More about A Rainbow Metamaterial For Broadband Multi-frequency Vibration Suppression.

Image processing algorithm to determine an optimised 2D laser cutting trajectory (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Syam, W. P., Bansal, R., Benardos, P., Britchford, E., Hopkinson, A., Voisey, K., & Branson, D. T. (2019). Image processing algorithm to determine an optimised 2D laser cutting trajectory. In Proceedings of 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC'19) (1-6)

Laser cutting processes offer high-quality and fast cutting capability across a wide variety of materials, including metals, plastics and organic tissues. To enable 2D laser cutting process, a set of (x, y) Cartesian coordinates that form a cutting t... Read More about Image processing algorithm to determine an optimised 2D laser cutting trajectory.

Automated HF Modelling of Induction Machines Considering the Effects of Aging (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Leuzzi, R., Monopoli, V. G., Cupertino, F., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). Automated HF Modelling of Induction Machines Considering the Effects of Aging. In Proceedings: 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (3117-3122). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913299

The use of wide bandgap semiconductor devices, such as SiC and GaN MOSFETs, in high-frequency converters introduces new challenges for the design of electric drives. The very fast switching transient of which these devices are capable, in fact, can b... Read More about Automated HF Modelling of Induction Machines Considering the Effects of Aging.