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An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bacharoudis, K., Wilson, H., Goodfellow-Jones, S., Popov, A., & Ratchev, S. (2021). An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink. Procedia CIRP, 104, 1143-1148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.192

The ability to estimate costs and process times at the early stage of a design phase is of great importance to the product development process, enabling selection of the most suitable design and manufacturing concepts. Therefore, herein an efficient... Read More about An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink.

Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rehman, H. U., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., Jones, M., & Ratchev, S. (2021). Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC50472.2021.9666580

The manufacturing of customised products is a driver in the trend of incorporating intelligence in the system. This intelligence is required to enable the system to self-conFigure processes to meet the requirements of unique products. This work deals... Read More about Application of Multi Agent Systems for Leak Testing.

Evaluation of the diabetes education app (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Swaby, R., Greening, J., Sachdev, P., & Blake, H. (2021, November). Evaluation of the diabetes education app. Presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes 2021, Online

Introduction Structured education is an integral part of type one diabetes care for children and young people and their families, delivered at diagnosis. There is currently no validated curriculum or outcome measures of diabetes education in the... Read More about Evaluation of the diabetes education app.

Solar Energy in the Mining Industry (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Solar Energy in the Mining Industry. . https://doi.org/10.1109/INGELECTRA54297.2021.9748073

Solar energy has become very important in recent years, mainly because it is a clean and inexhaustible source. This paper presents a review of the use of solar energy in the mining industry. A global approach will be made, indicating the uses that ar... Read More about Solar Energy in the Mining Industry.

Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martínez-Arellano, G., McNally, M. J., Chaplin, J. C., Ling, Z., McFarlane, D., & Ratchev, S. (2021). Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions. In Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future : Proceedings of SOHOMA’21

The rate of adoption of digital solutions in manufacturing environments remains low despite the benefits these can bring. This is particularly acute among industrial small and medium enterprises (SMEs), who typically do not have the confidence to ado... Read More about Visualisation on a Shoestring: a low-cost approach for building visualisation components of industrial digital solutions.

A Graphical Environment to Support the Development of Affordable Digital Manufacturing Solutions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ling, Z., de Silva, L., Hawkridge, G., McFarlane, D., Martínez-Arellano, G., Schönfuß, B., & Thorne, A. (2021). A Graphical Environment to Support the Development of Affordable Digital Manufacturing Solutions. In Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future : Proceedings of SOHOMA’21

Digital solutions have the potential to drastically transform manufacturing operations, but smaller manufacturing businesses (SMEs) have been reluctant to adopt digital solutions due to perceived investment and upskilling costs. The Digital Manufactu... Read More about A Graphical Environment to Support the Development of Affordable Digital Manufacturing Solutions.

Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters. In 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/INGELECTRA54297.2021.9748074

This paper analyses predictive current control techniques for grid-connected neutral-point clamped voltage source converters. Two schemes are considered, the classical finite-set model-based predictive current control (FS-MPC) along with a new strate... Read More about Predictive Current Control Strategies for Grid Connected NPC Converters.

Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter. In 2021 IEEE Congreso Estudiantil de Electrónica y Electricidad (INGELECTRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ingelectra54297.2021.9748072

In recent years, predictive control has emerged as an alternative for the control of power electronic converters. In this paper, a comparison is presented between the implementation of a predictive current control strategy operating at variable switc... Read More about Predictive Control Strategies in a Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter.

Fault Detection and Management of the Three-Phase 4-Leg Voltage Source Inverter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tang, M., Zanchetta, P., Benedetto, M. D., Lidozzi, A., & Solero, L. (2021). Fault Detection and Management of the Three-Phase 4-Leg Voltage Source Inverter. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595966

A novel fault detection and ride-through method for the three-phase 4-Leg Inverter (3Φ4L Inverter) used in off-grid applications is addressed in this paper. Open circuit and short circuit faults of the power devices located in the 3Φ4 L Inverter have... Read More about Fault Detection and Management of the Three-Phase 4-Leg Voltage Source Inverter.

CLT-38 Enabling effective public involvement: a case study ofinvolvement in the HighCALSresearch programme (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beever, D., Quinn, A., Baird, W., White, S., Brading, L., Hackney, G., …group, H. (2021). CLT-38 Enabling effective public involvement: a case study ofinvolvement in the HighCALSresearch programme. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(Issue sup2: Abstracts from the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND), 171. https://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2021.1985796

CMS-55 Development of theOptiCALS nutritional supportintervention for people withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
White, S., Baird, W., Beever, D., Brading, L., Coates, E., Hackney, G., …group, H. (2021). CMS-55 Development of theOptiCALS nutritional supportintervention for people withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(Issue sup2: Abstracts from the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND), 232. https://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2021.1985802

Graph Neural Network Based Beamforming in D2D Wireless Networks (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, T., You, M., Zheng, G., & Lambotharan, S. (2021). Graph Neural Network Based Beamforming in D2D Wireless Networks. In WSA 2021: 25th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas : 10-21 November, 2021, EURECOM, French Riviera

An unsupervised graph neural network (GNN) approach is proposed to solve the beamforming design problem in device-to-device (D2D) wireless networks. Instead of directly learning the beamforming, the GNN is utilized to learn primal power and dual vari... Read More about Graph Neural Network Based Beamforming in D2D Wireless Networks.

Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toledo, S., Caballero, D., Maqueda, E., Arrua, S., Gomez-Redondo, M., Gregor, R., …Wheeler, P. (2021). Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter. In IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589702

Multi-phase wind generation systems are emerging as a promising technology for distributed generation systems. These systems can present unbalanced voltages or phase faults for several reasons. In this paper a modular three-phase direct matrix conver... Read More about Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter.

Reduce-Order Analysis and Circuit-Level Cost Function for the Numerical Optimization of Power Electronics Modules (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairnie, M., DiMarino, C., Evans, P., & Lophitis, N. (2021). Reduce-Order Analysis and Circuit-Level Cost Function for the Numerical Optimization of Power Electronics Modules. In 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL). https://doi.org/10.1109/compel52922.2021.9645944

Energy innovation trends such as sustainable grids, and the electrification of the consumer transportation market are accelerating the adoption of medium-voltage (MV) silicon-carbide (SiC) technology. The fast switching times and higher operating tem... Read More about Reduce-Order Analysis and Circuit-Level Cost Function for the Numerical Optimization of Power Electronics Modules.

The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Rojas, D., & Wheeler, P. (2021). The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications. In 2021 21st International Symposium on Power Electronics (Ee). https://doi.org/10.1109/Ee53374.2021.9628336

In model predictive control strategies, the cost function selection is the most relevant aspects to obtain a good performance of the full system. In this paper a study of the most common cost functions used for the control of two level voltage source... Read More about The Selection of Cost Functions in Model Predictive Control Applications.

Trench Floating Field Rings termination for 10kV+ rated SiC n-IGBTs (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lophitis, N., Gammon, P. M., Renz, A. B., Dai, T., Tiwari, A., Trajkovic, T., …Antoniou, M. (2021, October). Trench Floating Field Rings termination for 10kV+ rated SiC n-IGBTs. Paper presented at The 13th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM 2020·2021), Tours, France

An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussaini, H., Yang, T., Wang, C., & Bozho, S. (2021, October). An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft. Paper presented at MEA2021, Bordeaux, France

The more electric aircraft concept has been identified as the major trend of future aircraft. The DC distribution network where multiple electrical sources are connected to a common HVDC bus is a promising architecture for more electric aircraft appl... Read More about An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft.