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A novel high capacity space efficient heat storage system for domestic applications (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ramadan, M. E., Omer, S., & Riffat, S. (2016). A novel high capacity space efficient heat storage system for domestic applications.

Energy consumption in domestic buildings is dominated by space heating 60 percent followed by hot water 14 percent in the UK. Space heating and water heating confers a disparate set of industrial challenges to the manufacture and this is a very deman... Read More about A novel high capacity space efficient heat storage system for domestic applications.

Hybrid active damping of LCL-filtered grid connected converter (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ghanem, A., Rashed, M., Sumner, M., Elsayes, M., & Mansy, I. (2016). Hybrid active damping of LCL-filtered grid connected converter.

A method for hybrid active damping in power converters connected to a weak grid using an LCL filter is proposed. It uses feedback of the grid current and capacitor voltage and is derived as an equivalent to the capacitor current feedback active dampi... Read More about Hybrid active damping of LCL-filtered grid connected converter.

Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Muller, N., Kouro, S., Renaudineau, H., & Wheeler, P. (2016). Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants.

Central inverters are the most common configuration for large-scale photovoltaic systems. Under partial shading or any non¬uniform conditions on the photovoltaic plant, several power maxima may arise. Conventional perturb and observe and other classi... Read More about Energy storage system for global maximum power point tracking on central inverter PV plants.

History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Yang, T., Cox, T., Degano, M., Bozhko, S., & Gerada, C. (2016). History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels.

Due to developments in power electronics, electric machines, energy storage and control, electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems have become major trends for commercial and naval vessels. This is mainly due to the fact that the us... Read More about History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels.

Analytical modelling approach for switched reluctance machines with deep saturation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ding, X., Rashed, M., Hill, C. I., & Bozhko, S. (2016). Analytical modelling approach for switched reluctance machines with deep saturation. In 2016 International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2016.7841411

This paper presents an analytical modelling approach for Switched Reluctance Machines (SRMs) with a wide saturation range. There are many existing analytical modelling approaches in literature that give good accuracy, however most do not consider mod... Read More about Analytical modelling approach for switched reluctance machines with deep saturation.

Inner disturbance: towards understanding the design of vertigo games through a novel balancing game (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Byrne, R., Marshall, J., & Mueller, F. ‘. (2016). Inner disturbance: towards understanding the design of vertigo games through a novel balancing game.

The design space of vertigo games is under-explored, despite vertigo underlying many unique body based game experiences, such as rock climbing and dancing. In this paper we articulate the design and evaluation of a novel vertigo experience, Inner Dis... Read More about Inner disturbance: towards understanding the design of vertigo games through a novel balancing game.

A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sanjeevikumar, P., Blaabjerg, F., Wheeler, P., Fedak, V., Duran, M., & Siano, P. (2016). A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive. In Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (PEMC) (26-31). https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPEMC.2016.7751969

A novel single carrier pulse-width modulation (PWM) for a new quad-inverter configuration for multilevel six-phase asymmetrical open-winding ac converter is proposed in this article. Modularity of the circuit consist of four standard two-level voltag... Read More about A novel five-level optimized carrier multilevel PWM quad-inverter six-phase AC drive.

Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Hussein, A., Castellazzi, A., Wheeler, P., & Klumpner, C. (in press). Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems.

Modern power electronics devices based on SiC power MOSFETs technology become more demanding in the last few years. They show better performance over Si-IGBTs on renewable energy power conversion systems due to their higher switching frequency, highe... Read More about Performance benchmark of Si IGBTs vs. SiC MOSFETs in small-scale wind energy conversion systems.

An investigation of tuning a memetic algorithm for cross-domain search (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Gumus, D. B., Özcan, E., & Atkin, J. (2016). An investigation of tuning a memetic algorithm for cross-domain search. In 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC): 24-29 July 2016 Vancouver, Canada (135-142). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2016.7743788

Memetic algorithms, which hybridise evolutionary algorithms with local search, are well-known metaheuristics for solving combinatorial optimisation problems. A common issue with the application of a memetic algorithm is determining the best initial s... Read More about An investigation of tuning a memetic algorithm for cross-domain search.

Cancer subtype identification pipeline: a classifusion approach (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Agrawal, U., Soria, D., & Wagner, C. (2016). Cancer subtype identification pipeline: a classifusion approach.

Classification of cancer patients into treatment groups is essential for appropriate diagnosis to increase survival. Previously, a series of papers, largely published in the breast cancer domain have leveraged Computational Intelligence (CI) developm... Read More about Cancer subtype identification pipeline: a classifusion approach.

The usability analysis for the use of augmented reality and visual instructions in navigation services (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Basiri, A., Amirian, P., & Winstanley, A. (in press). The usability analysis for the use of augmented reality and visual instructions in navigation services.

The use of Augmented Reality and visual cues as a part of navigational instructions, in addition to conventional audio and textual instructions, may improve the experience of the users of the navigation services. This approach can be also more compat... Read More about The usability analysis for the use of augmented reality and visual instructions in navigation services.

Give me poetical science: an invited speaker abstract for RM4ACI (Research Methods in ACI) workshop (2016)
Conference Proceeding
North, S. (2016). Give me poetical science: an invited speaker abstract for RM4ACI (Research Methods in ACI) workshop.

My big themes in this paper are: (i) ‘poetical science’: amalgamating quantitative and qualitative methods into a new hybrid approach for ACI and (ii) identifying ‘honest’ routes to user-centred design for ‘unaware’ interactors (be they neurodiverse... Read More about Give me poetical science: an invited speaker abstract for RM4ACI (Research Methods in ACI) workshop.

Ask Alice: an artificial retrieval of information agent (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Valstar, M. F., Baur, T., Cafaro, A., Ghitulescu, A., Potard, B., Wagner, J., …Waterschoot, J. V. (2016). Ask Alice: an artificial retrieval of information agent.

We present a demonstration of the ARIA framework, a modular approach for rapid development of virtual humans for information retrieval that have linguistic, emotional, and social skills and a strong personality. We demonstrate the framework’s capabil... Read More about Ask Alice: an artificial retrieval of information agent.

Measuring the similarity between zSlices general type-2 fuzzy sets with non-normal Secondary membership functions (2016)
Conference Proceeding
McCulloch, J., & Wagner, C. (2016). Measuring the similarity between zSlices general type-2 fuzzy sets with non-normal Secondary membership functions. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) (461-468). https://doi.org/10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2016.7737723

This paper presents a method of measuring the similarity between general type-2 fuzzy sets that may have non-normal secondary membership functions. Such fuzzy sets are increasingly common in applications such as the modelling of the subjective meanin... Read More about Measuring the similarity between zSlices general type-2 fuzzy sets with non-normal Secondary membership functions.

Flux weakening control of Permanent Magnet Machine based aircraft electric starter-generator (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bozhko, S., Rashed, M., Yeoh, S. S., Yang, T., & Hill, C. I. (in press). Flux weakening control of Permanent Magnet Machine based aircraft electric starter-generator.

This paper presents control analysis and design for an aircraft electric starter-generator system based on a Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operated in Flux-Weakening mode (FW). The focus is on detailed stability analysis which helped to discover an... Read More about Flux weakening control of Permanent Magnet Machine based aircraft electric starter-generator.

Analysis of conducted emissions from an Electric Nacelle Anti-Ice power control system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Nothofer, A., Tarisciotti, L., Zhou, Q., Benson, T. M., Greedy, S., & Christopoulos, C. (2016). Analysis of conducted emissions from an Electric Nacelle Anti-Ice power control system. In 2016 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMCEurope.2016.7739261

In this paper a high frequency model of the Electrical Nacelle Anti-Ice (ENAI) system is described for a typical aircraft application. The ENAI system, usually modelled only at the normal operating frequency, is modified in order to include a detaile... Read More about Analysis of conducted emissions from an Electric Nacelle Anti-Ice power control system.

Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sciascera, C., Galea, M., Giangrande, P., & Gerada, C. (in press). Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines.

In this paper, a novel multi-stress model which estimates the lifetime of the winding insulation relative to its duty cycle is proposed and investigated. With an adequate implementation of this model, then an electrical machine can be designed not on... Read More about Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines.

Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Feldman, R., Goodman, A., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids.

High-power DC-DC converter will be one of the essential technologies for the future DC grids. Especially, a three-phase dual-active bridge DC-DC (3DAB) Converter is highly suitable for high-power DC systems. Key component within this converter is the... Read More about Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids.

Modelling uncertainty in production processes using non-singleton fuzzification and fuzzy cognitive maps: a virgin olive oil case study (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Marchal, P. C., Wagner, C., Gámez, J. G., & Gómez, J. O. (in press). Modelling uncertainty in production processes using non-singleton fuzzification and fuzzy cognitive maps: a virgin olive oil case study.

Decision support systems (DSSs) are a convenient tool to aid plant operators in the selection of process set points. Inputs to these systems for variables that are not easily measured online often come from assessments made by experts, with an associ... Read More about Modelling uncertainty in production processes using non-singleton fuzzification and fuzzy cognitive maps: a virgin olive oil case study.

A variable frequency angle-based repetitive control for torque ripple reduction in PMSMs (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Gaeta, A., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). A variable frequency angle-based repetitive control for torque ripple reduction in PMSMs.

This paper presents a novel method for torque ripple reduction in PMSM drives at variable speed, using a combination of angle-based repetitive control and deadbeat current control. Based on the internal model principle, repetitive control is capable... Read More about A variable frequency angle-based repetitive control for torque ripple reduction in PMSMs.