Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator

Giangrande, Paolo; Galassini, Alessandro; Papadopoulos, Savvas; Al-Timimy, Ahmed; Calzo, Giovanni Lo; Degano, Michele; Gerada, Christopher; Galea, Michael

doi:10.1109/tia.2019.2907231

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SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Galassini, A., Ruksnaitis, L., Farhat, N., Kiselychnyk, O., Midgley, W., & Degano, M. (2019). SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation. In IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (7135-7140). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926931

This paper proposes a new ultra-reliable architecture for fully electric propulsion primarily aimed at the automotive sector. The system considers a direct drive arrangement, minimizing the number of moving components and is based on a network of mul... Read More about SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation.

Advantages of Communication in Double Three-Phase Surface Permanent Magnet Machines Fed by Independent Inverters (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sala, G., Mengoni, M., Tani, A., Galassini, A., & Degano, M. (2019). Advantages of Communication in Double Three-Phase Surface Permanent Magnet Machines Fed by Independent Inverters. In 2019 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE '19 ECCE Europe)https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE.2019.8915155

This paper deals with a double three-phase Surface Permanent Magnet (SPM) drive where two independent three-phase inverters are supplying the same electrical machine. This work highlights how the magnetic coupling of the two windings affects the cont... Read More about Advantages of Communication in Double Three-Phase Surface Permanent Magnet Machines Fed by Independent Inverters.

Optimized Sizing of IPM Machines for Automotive Traction Application (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Valente, G., Gerada, D., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Foulsham, J., & Beeby, D. (2019). Optimized Sizing of IPM Machines for Automotive Traction Application. In 2019 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC) (970-975). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMDC.2019.8785245

This paper presents the implementation of an electrical machine design tool including its overall architecture. The tool is flexible and can be employed for the sizing of any permanent magnet synchronous machine. The case study considered in this wor... Read More about Optimized Sizing of IPM Machines for Automotive Traction Application.

A Novel Concept of Ribless Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Enhanced Torque Capability (2019)
Journal Article
Bao, Y., Degano, M., Wang, S., Chuan, L., Xu, Z., Zhang, H., & Gerada, C. (2020). A Novel Concept of Ribless Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Enhanced Torque Capability. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), 2553-2563. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2914616

The rotor structure of synchronous reluctance machines (SynRel) is conventionally retained mechanically by iron ribs. In this paper a novel structure for high speed synchronous reluctance rotor is presented. The novelty of this work is the proof of a... Read More about A Novel Concept of Ribless Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Enhanced Torque Capability.

Control Strategy for Five-Phase Dual-Stator Winding Induction Starter/Generator System (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Bu, F., Huang, W., Liu, L., Hu, Y., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2020). Control Strategy for Five-Phase Dual-Stator Winding Induction Starter/Generator System. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), 2607-2617 . https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2912767

This paper presents an integrated control strategy for a starter/generator (S/G) system based on five-phase dual-stator winding induction machine (FPDWIM). The FPDWIM has a cage-type rotor and two sets of stator windings. One is a five-phase control... Read More about Control Strategy for Five-Phase Dual-Stator Winding Induction Starter/Generator System.

Post -Fault Compensation Control Strategy for Multi-Three-Phase PMSM under Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Condition (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Rahman, A. A., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Abbas, H., & Bozhko, S. (2019). Post -Fault Compensation Control Strategy for Multi-Three-Phase PMSM under Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Condition. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD) (121-127). https://doi.org/10.1109/WEMDCD.2019.8887854

This paper presents two post-fault compensation strategies for the distributed current control of a nine-phase Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM). The dynamic performance in faulty condition is guaranteed by keeping the current loop bandwidt... Read More about Post -Fault Compensation Control Strategy for Multi-Three-Phase PMSM under Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Condition.

An accurate wide-speed range control method of IPMSM considering resistive voltage drop and magnetic saturation (2019)
Journal Article
Gerada, C., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Kang, J., & Wang, S. (2020). An accurate wide-speed range control method of IPMSM considering resistive voltage drop and magnetic saturation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), 2630-2641 . https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2912766

This paper deals with the high accurate current set-points solution for Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors (IPMSM) in wide-speed range applications. Considering voltage and current constraints, the operating regions can be divided into Maxi... Read More about An accurate wide-speed range control method of IPMSM considering resistive voltage drop and magnetic saturation.

Asymmetrical Flux Density Distribution in Stator Teeth of Surface Permanent Magnet Machines (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sala, G., De Gaetano, D., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2019). Asymmetrical Flux Density Distribution in Stator Teeth of Surface Permanent Magnet Machines. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD) (29-33). https://doi.org/10.1109/WEMDCD.2019.8887831

This work is showing in detail the flux density behaviour in the stator teeth of a synchronous machine. A 3-phase Surface Permanent Magnet (SPM) motor is considered. These motors are widely employed in applications where high efficiency and power den... Read More about Asymmetrical Flux Density Distribution in Stator Teeth of Surface Permanent Magnet Machines.

Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator (2019)
Journal Article
Giangrande, P., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Al-Timimy, A., Calzo, G. L., Degano, M., …Galea, M. (2019). Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(4), 3544-3554. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2019.2907231

The more electric aircraft concept aims to improve the fuel consumption, the weight, and both the maintenance and operating costs of the aircraft, by promoting the use of electric power in actuation systems. According to this scenario, electromechani... Read More about Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator.