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Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Giangrande, P., Al-Timimy, A., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Degano, M., & Galea, M. (2018). Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 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.2018.8607467

© 2018 IEEE. The more electric aircraft (MEA) initiative aims to improve weight, fuel consumption and maintenance costs of the aircraft, by increasing the use of electric power in actuation systems. Considering this scenario, electromechanical actuat... Read More about Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems.

Design of Fault-Tolerant Dual Three-Phase Winding PMSM for Helicopter Landing Gear EMA (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Nuzzo, S., & Galea, M. (2018). Design of Fault-Tolerant Dual Three-Phase Winding PMSM for Helicopter Landing Gear EMA. In 2018 IEEE 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.2018.8607684

On modern rotorcraft, electro-mechanical actuators (EMAs) are progressively replacing the bulky and more expensive hydraulic and/or pneumatic systems. Although the migration towards alternative actuation solutions, reliability remains a key requireme... Read More about Design of Fault-Tolerant Dual Three-Phase Winding PMSM for Helicopter Landing Gear EMA.

Impact of thermal overload on the insulation aging in short duty cycle motors for aerospace (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Lusuardi, L., Cavallini, A., & Galea, M. (2018). Impact of thermal overload on the insulation aging in short duty cycle motors for aerospace. In 2018 IEEE 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.2018.8607539

Electric motors for aerospace applications are often characterised by short-time duty rather than continuous-duty operations. Some of the main requirements for these machines are high torque density and reliability. Considerable torque density improv... Read More about Impact of thermal overload on the insulation aging in short duty cycle motors for aerospace.

State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lukic, M., Hebala, A., Giangrande, P., Klumpner, C., Nuzzo, S., Chen, G., …Galea, M. (2018). State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 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.2018.8607786

The aviation industry represents an ever-expanding economy and the aircraft market forecast reveals an optimistic growth for the coming decades. New requirements and guidelines call for a more efficient, reliable, and environment friendly aircraft op... Read More about State of the Art of Electric Taxiing Systems.

On the Effects of Advanced End-Winding Cooling on the Design and Performance of Electrical Machines (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Adam, W., & Galea, M. (2018). On the Effects of Advanced End-Winding Cooling on the Design and Performance of Electrical Machines. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2018.8507170

High performance and reliable electrical machines are often required in modern applications and an appropriate thermal management allows to fulfil such demand. Thermal management is crucial for improving performance, reducing size and preserving the... Read More about On the Effects of Advanced End-Winding Cooling on the Design and Performance of Electrical Machines.

Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Sala, G., Kladas, A., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications. In IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2038-2043). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591318

The more-electric aircraft initiative represents an important technology step-change for the aircraft industry. The reduction of both fuel consumption and environmental impact are leading to alternative solutions for actuating the flight control surf... Read More about Design and testing of PMSM for aerospace EMA applications.

An active modulation scheme to boost voltage utilisation of the dual converter with a floating bridge (2018)
Journal Article
Huang, Z., Yang, T., Wheeler, P., Galea, M., Giangrande, P., & Chowdhury, S. (2019). An active modulation scheme to boost voltage utilisation of the dual converter with a floating bridge. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(7), 5623-5633. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2873539

This paper proposes a capacitor voltage regulation method for the dual converter with a floating bridge for aerospace applications. This topology has previously been reported, but with a constrained voltage utilisation factor due to the need for capa... Read More about An active modulation scheme to boost voltage utilisation of the dual converter with a floating bridge.

Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for aerospace actuators (2018)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2019). Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for aerospace actuators. IET Electric Power Applications, 13(7), 843 – 852. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2018.5153

For safety critical applications, electrical machines need to satisfy several constraints, in order to be considered fault-tolerant. In fact, if specific design choices and appropriate control strategies are embraced, fault-tolerant machines can oper... Read More about Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for aerospace actuators.

Improved thermal management and analysis for stator end-windings of electrical machines (2018)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Walker, A., Giangrande, P., Serra, G., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2019). Improved thermal management and analysis for stator end-windings of electrical machines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(7), 5057-5069. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2018.2868288

In electrical machine design, thermal management plays a key role in improving performance and reducing size. End-windings are commonly identified as the machine hot-spot. Hence, lowering and predicting end-windings temperature are crucial tasks in t... Read More about Improved thermal management and analysis for stator end-windings of electrical machines.

Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Al-Timimy, A., Giangrande, P., Degano, M., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2018). Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM. In Proceedings - 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (263-269). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2018.8507166

This paper presents a detailed investigation of AC copper losses in high-speed high-power density permanent magnet synchronous machine. For parallel strands winding, it is not easy to accurately estimate the AC copper losses using finite element mode... Read More about Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM.

Electrical power generation in aircraft: review, challenges and opportunities (2018)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2018). Electrical power generation in aircraft: review, challenges and opportunities. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 4(3), 646-659. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2018.2834142

The constant growth of air traffic, the demand for performance optimization and the need for decreasing both operating and maintenance costs have encouraged the aircraft industry to move towards more electric solutions. As a result of this trend, ele... Read More about Electrical power generation in aircraft: review, challenges and opportunities.

Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Giangrande, P., Degano, M., Zeyuan, X., Galea, M., Gerada, C., …Xia, L. (2019). Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(4), 3260-3270. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2018.2821623

This paper describes the design process of a 10 kW 19000 rpm high power density surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine for a directly coupled pump application. In order to meet the required specifications, a compact machine, with coolin... Read More about Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications.

Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Alani, M., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine. IET Electric Power Applications, 12(8), 1142–1149. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2017.0811

Surface-mounted permanent magnet (SPM) machines are preferred for high-speed aerospace applications over induction and switched reluctance machines, since they combine the advantages of high torque density and efficiency. Also, in aerospace applicati... Read More about Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high speed PM machine.

Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Vakil, G., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1154-1163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2808041

An often-overlooked aspect during the development process of electrical machines, is the validity and accuracy of the machine material properties being used at the design stage. Designers usually consider the data provided by the materials supplier,... Read More about Considerations on the effects that core material machining has on an electrical machine's performance.

Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications (2018)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications. Journal of Engineering, 2018(13), 461-467. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.0040

For safety critical applications, electrical machines need to satisfy several constraints, in order to be considered fault-tolerant. In fact, if specific design choices and appropriate control strategies are adopted, fault-tolerant machines can opera... Read More about Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications.