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Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Korman, O., Nardo, M. D., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

Synchronous reluctance machines (SynRel) are becoming very attractive for different applications because of their reluctance nature, easy manufacturability and low cost. Their design still represents a challange because of the many degrees of freedom... Read More about Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design.

Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Transi, T., Murataliyev, M., Degano, M., Preci, E., Gerada, D., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

Nowadays, Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (IPMSM) are widely adopted in various sectors such as automotive, railway or public transportation (e- buses, trams, etc.). Among the benefits that these machines present, they offer a number o... Read More about Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines.

Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Preci, E., Valente, G., Bardalai, A., Transi, T., Zou, T., Gerada, D., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

This paper presents a comparison between hairpin and random distributed winding in electrical machines for automotive applications. Indeed, the overall performance of an electrical drive system is seriously affected by its winding design. The conside... Read More about Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations.

Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savi, F., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Wheeler, P., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

One of the challenges brought forward by the gradual electrification undertaken by the aviation sector is the requirement of fault tolerance for machine drive systems to be used for critical on-board tasks such as propulsion or primary flight surface... Read More about Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators.

Weibull Distribution and Geometrical Size Factor for Evaluating the Thermal Life of Electrical Machines' Insulation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2020, October). Weibull Distribution and Geometrical Size Factor for Evaluating the Thermal Life of Electrical Machines' Insulation. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

© 2020 IEEE. The thermal lifetime assessment of electrical machines' insulation systems is generally performed at the design and prototyping stages. Hence, the insulation system's thermal endurance curve (or temperature index) can be extrapolated, al... Read More about Weibull Distribution and Geometrical Size Factor for Evaluating the Thermal Life of Electrical Machines' Insulation.

Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Akbar, S. M., Hasan, A., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., & Odhano, S. (2020, October). Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter. Presented at IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

© 2020 IEEE. Isolated DC/DC modular multilevel converters (MMC) consisting of two MMCs isolated by a transformer are one of the converter topologies being considered used for DC/DC conversion in HVDC transmission. Two level modulation can be used to... Read More about Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter.

Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tichenor Blackstone, N., Benoit Norris, C., Robbins, T., Jackson, B., & Sparks, J. L. D. (2020, October). Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities. Presented at 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2020 (LCA Food 2020), Berlin, Germany (online)

Studies on sustainable food consumption to date have largely focused on promoting human health within ecological limits. Much less attention has been paid to social sustainability, in part because of limited data and models. The aim of this research... Read More about Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities.

Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zou, T., Gerada, D., Walker, A., Vakil, G., La Rocca, S., La Rocca, A., Paciura, K., Barden, R., Ernest, E., Zhu, S., Qayyum, N., McQueen, A., Bardalai, A., Ram Kumar, R. M., Marfoli, A., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines. Presented at 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2020), Detroit, MI, USA

In recent years, synchronous reluctance (Syn-Rel) machines are research hotspots in variable speed motor drives due to their robust rotor structure and wide constant power speed range (CPSR). More practically, when kVA limitation is considered, embed... Read More about Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines.

Analysis of a Five-Phase PM Vernier Machine Topology with Two-Slot Pitch Winding (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhu, S., Cox, T., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2020, October). Analysis of a Five-Phase PM Vernier Machine Topology with Two-Slot Pitch Winding. Presented at 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA

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.

Enhancing Learning Capabilities of Movement Primitives under Distributed Probabilistic Framework for Assembly Tasks (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, L., Jia, S., Wang, G., Turner, A., & Ratchev, S. (2020, October). Enhancing Learning Capabilities of Movement Primitives under Distributed Probabilistic Framework for Assembly Tasks. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, ON, Canada

This paper presents a novel distributed probabilistic framework based on movement primitives for flexible robots assembly implementation. Since modern advanced industrial cell usually deals with various tasks that are not fixed via-point trajectories... Read More about Enhancing Learning Capabilities of Movement Primitives under Distributed Probabilistic Framework for Assembly Tasks.

Disturbance Rejection Ability Enhancement Using Repetitive Observer in Phase-locked Loop for More Electric Aircraft (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tang, M., Bifaretti, S., Pipolo, S., Formentini, A., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2020, October). Disturbance Rejection Ability Enhancement Using Repetitive Observer in Phase-locked Loop for More Electric Aircraft. Presented at 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Online

Under the concept of transportation electrification, more electric aircraft (MEA) involves more electrical energy to reduce emissions. Phase-looked loops (PLLs) have been well developed for synchronizing different power sources in a grid. Since MEA o... Read More about Disturbance Rejection Ability Enhancement Using Repetitive Observer in Phase-locked Loop for More Electric Aircraft.

Sensorless Cascaded-Model Predictive Control applied to a Doubly Fed Induction Machine (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Riccio, J., Odhano, S., Tang, M., & Zanchetta, P. (2020, October). Sensorless Cascaded-Model Predictive Control applied to a Doubly Fed Induction Machine. Presented at 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Online

This paper proposes a sensorless cascaded model predictive control strategy applied to a doubly-fed induction machine. This technique is based on an improved stator flux estimator, and an extended Kalman filter to control encoder-less and independent... Read More about Sensorless Cascaded-Model Predictive Control applied to a Doubly Fed Induction Machine.

Control of a Dual Fed Open End Winding SPMSM with a Floating Capacitor (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Minaglia, D., Rovere, L., Formentini, A., Leuzzi, R., Pipolo, S., Marchesoni, M., & Zanchetta, P. (2020, October). Control of a Dual Fed Open End Winding SPMSM with a Floating Capacitor. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2020), Detroit, MI, USA

Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (SPMSM) are not the first choice when a motor drive is required to operate over a wide speed range with an extended Constant Power Speed Range (CPSR). Nevertheless, SPMSMs offer high torque density, high eff... Read More about Control of a Dual Fed Open End Winding SPMSM with a Floating Capacitor.

AC-DC Isolated Matrix Converter Charger: Topology and Modulation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rovere, L., Pipolo, S., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2020, October). AC-DC Isolated Matrix Converter Charger: Topology and Modulation. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2020), Detroit, MI, USA

This paper presents the modulation strategy for the 25 kW AC-DC isolated Matrix Charger three-phase rectifier (MCharger). The proposed topology allows current and voltage regulation for energy storage devices such as EVs batteries. Compared to a stan... Read More about AC-DC Isolated Matrix Converter Charger: Topology and Modulation.

Evidence of Nanoparticle Migration in Polymeric Hybrid Memristor Devices (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaafar, A. H., Gee, A., Hamza, A. O., Eling, C. J., Bouillard, J. S. G., Adawi, A. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2020, September). Evidence of Nanoparticle Migration in Polymeric Hybrid Memristor Devices. Presented at 24th IEEE European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2020 ), Sofia, Bulgaria (online)

We report evidence of possible migration of metal nanoparticles in nanoparticle-polymer memristor devices. In bi-layer devices, having a bottom layer containing a mixed nanoparticle polymer blend and a top layer of just the polymer, the light emissio... Read More about Evidence of Nanoparticle Migration in Polymeric Hybrid Memristor Devices.

Aerosol Jet Printed Micropillar Electrodes For Biophotovoltaics (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, X., Wey, L., Lawrence, J., Howe, C., Kar-Narayan, S., & Zhang, J. (2020, October). Aerosol Jet Printed Micropillar Electrodes For Biophotovoltaics. Presented at International Online Conference on Bio-hybrid Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion (Biohybrid), Online, Spain

There is growing interest in immobilizing oxygenic photosynthetic microorganisms, such as algae and cyanobacteria, onto electrodes to convert solar energy to electricity. This process forms the basis of biophotovoltaics (BPV)[1]. Previous research h... Read More about Aerosol Jet Printed Micropillar Electrodes For Biophotovoltaics.

Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Georgopoulos, V. (2020, September). Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain. Poster presented at IASP Virtual Series on Pain & Expo, online

Background and aims: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most prevalent reasons people seek healthcare assistance worldwide. Guidelines for managing CLBP prioritise the development of self-management strategies, for example through cognitive b... Read More about Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain.

SISO Control Strategy of Resonant Dual Active Bridge with a Tuned CLC Network (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, M., Yang, B., Xu, L., Li, J., Gerada, D., Gu, C., Zhang, H., Gerada, C., & Li, Y. (2020, September). SISO Control Strategy of Resonant Dual Active Bridge with a Tuned CLC Network. Presented at 2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe), Lyon, France

This paper proposed a linear state-space model for a resonant dual active bridge with a tuned capacitor-inductor-capacitor network which is applied to an energy storage system. The proposed model is used for predicting the behavior of the proposed sy... Read More about SISO Control Strategy of Resonant Dual Active Bridge with a Tuned CLC Network.