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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.

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.

Conceptual design of battery energy storage for aircraft hybrid propulsion system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Rashed, M., Le Peuvedic, J., & Bozhko, S. (2016). Conceptual design of battery energy storage for aircraft hybrid propulsion system.

The paper presents a conceptual design approach for Energy Storage (ES) devices in advanced hybrid propulsion system for small aircrafts. The study targets operational improvement and reduction of fuel consumption for different flight missions. Power... Read More about Conceptual design of battery energy storage for aircraft hybrid propulsion system.

An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, F., Wheeler, P., & Bozhko, S. (2016). An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system.

The paper will deal with the problem of establishing a desirable power sharing in multi-feed electric power system for future more-electric aircraft (MEA) platforms. The MEA is one of the major trends in modern aerospace engineering aiming for reduct... Read More about An enhanced secondary control approach for voltage restoration in the DC distribution system.

Control design for PMM-based generator fed by active front-end rectifier in more-electric aircraft (2016)
Journal Article
Yin, M., Bozhko, S., & Yeoh, S. S. (2016). Control design for PMM-based generator fed by active front-end rectifier in more-electric aircraft. SAE International Journal of Aerospace, 9(1), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-1987

The future aircraft electrical power system is expected to be more efficient, safer, simpler in servicing and easier in maintenance. As a result, many existing hydraulic and pneumatic power driven systems are being replaced by their electrical counte... Read More about Control design for PMM-based generator fed by active front-end rectifier in more-electric aircraft.

Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results (2016)
Journal Article
Bozhko, S., Dymko, S., Kovbasa, S., & Peresada, S. (2017). Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(1), 181-193. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2608789

A novel maximum torque per Ampere (MTPA) controller for induction motor (IM) drives is presented. It is shown to be highly suited to applications that do not demand an extremely fast dynamic response, for example electric vehicle drives. The proposed... Read More about Maximum torque-per-Amp control for traction IM drives: theory and experimental results.

Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, F., Yeoh, S. S., Hill, C. I., Yang, T., & Bozhko, S. (2016). Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system.

Starting an aircraft engine with an electrical machine has been one of the major trends for future aircraft. This paper studies the stability of a permanent-magnet machine (PMM) based aircraft starter/generator (S/G) system. Using control-to-output t... Read More about Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system.

High-Speed Solid Rotor Permanent Magnet Machines: Concept and Design (2016)
Journal Article
Arumugam, P., Xu, Z., La Rocca, A., Vakil, G., Dickinson, M., Amankwah, E. K., …Pickering, S. (2016). High-Speed Solid Rotor Permanent Magnet Machines: Concept and Design. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2(3), 391-400. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2016.2592684

© 2015 IEEE. This paper proposes a novel solid rotor topology for an interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine, adopted in this case for an aircraft starter-generator design. The key challenge in the design is to satisfy two operating conditions that a... Read More about High-Speed Solid Rotor Permanent Magnet Machines: Concept and Design.

Modeling and impedance analysis of a single DC bus-based multiple-source multiple-load electrical power system (2016)
Journal Article
Gao, F., & Bozhko, S. (2016). Modeling and impedance analysis of a single DC bus-based multiple-source multiple-load electrical power system. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2(3), 335-346. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2016.2592680

The impedance based stability assessment method has been widely used to assess the stability of interconnected systems in different application areas. This paper deals with the source/load impedance analysis of the droop-controlled multiple sources m... Read More about Modeling and impedance analysis of a single DC bus-based multiple-source multiple-load electrical power system.

Impact of Soft Magnetic Material on Design of High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Machines (2016)
Journal Article
Fernando, N., Vakil, G., Arumugam, P., Amankwah, E. K., Gerada, C., & Bozhko, S. (2017). Impact of Soft Magnetic Material on Design of High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(3), 2415-2423. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2016.2587815

© 2016 IEEE. This paper investigates the effect of two soft magnetic materials on a high-speed machine design, namely, 6.5% silicon steel and cobalt-iron alloy. The effect of design parameters on the machine performance as an aircraft starter-generat... Read More about Impact of Soft Magnetic Material on Design of High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Machines.

A modeling methodology for robust stability analysis of nonlinear electrical power systems under parameter uncertainties (2016)
Journal Article
Sumsurooah, S., Odavic, M., & Bozhko, S. (2016). A modeling methodology for robust stability analysis of nonlinear electrical power systems under parameter uncertainties. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 52(5), 4416-4425. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2581151

This paper develops a modelling method for robust stability analysis of non-linear electrical power systems over a range of operating points and under parameter uncertainties. Standard methods can guarantee stability under nominal condi¬tions but do... Read More about A modeling methodology for robust stability analysis of nonlinear electrical power systems under parameter uncertainties.

Dynamic output feedback linearizing control of saturated induction motors with torque per ampere ratio maximization (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Peresada, S., Kovbasa, S., Dymko, S., & Bozhko, S. (2016). Dynamic output feedback linearizing control of saturated induction motors with torque per ampere ratio maximization.

The paper presents a novel maximum torque per Ampere (MTA) controller for induction motor (IM) drives. The proposed controller exploits the concept of direct (observer based) field orientation and guarantees asymptotic torque tracking of smooth refer... Read More about Dynamic output feedback linearizing control of saturated induction motors with torque per ampere ratio maximization.

Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids (2016)
Journal Article
Gao, F., Bozhko, S., Costabeber, A., Patel, C., Wheeler, P., Hill, C. I., & Asher, G. (in press). Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2016.2567780

Droop control has been widely applied in DC microgrids (MGs) due to its inherent modularity and ease of implementation. Among the different droop control methods that can be adopted in DC MGs, two options have been considered in this paper; I-V and V... Read More about Comparative stability analysis of droop control approaches in voltage-source-converter-based DC microgrids.