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Professor SERHIY BOZHKO's Outputs (101)

Sensorless Control Design of High-Speed Electric Drives in Discrete-Time Domain for Mild-Hybrid Turboprop Aircraft Applications (2022)
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Chen, Y., Yang, T., Fan, L., & Bozhko, S. (2023). Sensorless Control Design of High-Speed Electric Drives in Discrete-Time Domain for Mild-Hybrid Turboprop Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 9(3), 3601-3619. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2022.3206718

High-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) sensorless control design is not without challenges, especially when the ratio of power electronic modulation frequency to the electrical fundamental frequency (M-F ratio) is relatively low. The... Read More about Sensorless Control Design of High-Speed Electric Drives in Discrete-Time Domain for Mild-Hybrid Turboprop Aircraft Applications.

Surrogate role of machine learning in motor-drive optimization for more-electric aircraft applications (2022)
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Gao, Y., Cheong, B., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., Gerada, C., & Yang, T. (2023). Surrogate role of machine learning in motor-drive optimization for more-electric aircraft applications. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 36(2), 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2022.08.011

Motor drives form an essential part of the electric compressors, pumps, braking and actuation systems in the More-Electric Aircraft (MEA). In this paper, the application of Machine Learning (ML) in motor-drive design and optimization process is inves... Read More about Surrogate role of machine learning in motor-drive optimization for more-electric aircraft applications.

Speed/Torque Ripple Reduction of High-speed Permanent Magnet Starters/Generators with Low Inductance for More Electric Aircraft Applications (2022)
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Zhang, X., Yang, T., & Bozhko, S. (2022). Speed/Torque Ripple Reduction of High-speed Permanent Magnet Starters/Generators with Low Inductance for More Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8, 4431-4443. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2022.3194972

With the electrification trend of future aircraft, high-speed Permanent Magnet Starters/Generators (PMS/Gs) will potentially be widely used in onboard generation systems due to their high power density and high efficiency. However, the per-unit react... Read More about Speed/Torque Ripple Reduction of High-speed Permanent Magnet Starters/Generators with Low Inductance for More Electric Aircraft Applications.

An Advanced Switching Harmonic Cancellation Method for A Dual-Generator Power System in More-Electric Aircraft (2022)
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Wang, C., Yang, T., Lang, X., & Bozhko, S. (2022). An Advanced Switching Harmonic Cancellation Method for A Dual-Generator Power System in More-Electric Aircraft. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 10(6), 7120-7132. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2022.3188912

Dual-generator power systems have attracted increased attention in recent years as it can significantly reduce the fuel assumption of aircraft engines allowing power transfer between different engine shafts. In such a system, two generators supply a... Read More about An Advanced Switching Harmonic Cancellation Method for A Dual-Generator Power System in More-Electric Aircraft.

Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives (2022)
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Guo, F., Yang, T., Diab, A. M., Huang, Z., Yeoh, S. S., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 70(4), 3449-3460. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2022.3176309

In the aircraft electric starter/generator system, the three-level neutral-point-clamped converters play a crucial role in driving turbofan engines and delivering onboard electrical power. However, the conventional pulsewidth modulation (PWM) strateg... Read More about Hybrid Active Modulation Strategy for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives.

Active Disturbance Rejection Control of DC-Bus Voltages Within a High-Speed Aircraft Electric Starter/Generator System (2022)
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Lang, X., Yang, T., Bai, G., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Active Disturbance Rejection Control of DC-Bus Voltages Within a High-Speed Aircraft Electric Starter/Generator System. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), 4229-4241. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2022.3164351

Wide-speed range operation capabilities in both motoring and generation modes are essential for an aircraft electrical starter/generator (ESG) drive system for more-electric aircraft applications. When running as a generator, the ESG is supplying pow... Read More about Active Disturbance Rejection Control of DC-Bus Voltages Within a High-Speed Aircraft Electric Starter/Generator System.

Fast Experimental Magnetic Model Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives (2022)
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Varvolik, V., Wang, S., Prystupa, D., Buticchi, G., Peresada, S., Galea, M., & Bozh, S. (2022). Fast Experimental Magnetic Model Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives. Energies, 15(6), Article 2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062207

The accurate magnetic model is mandatory for high-performance control of high anisotropy synchronous machines. This paper presents a time-efficient and accurate magnetic model identification based on triangle current injection while the machine under... Read More about Fast Experimental Magnetic Model Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives.

Mild Hybridization of Turboprop Engine With High-Power-Density Integrated Electric Drives (2022)
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Chen, Y., Yang, T., Khowja, M. R., La Rocca, A., Nasir, U., Chowdhury, S., Evans, D., Kember, D., Klonowski, T., Arnaud, Y., Apostin, L., Liger, T., Cossart, G., Vakil, G., Gerada, C., Bozhko, S., Detry, S., Diette, C., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Mild Hybridization of Turboprop Engine With High-Power-Density Integrated Electric Drives. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), 4148-4162. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2022.3160153

This article shares with the aerospace community a case study of turboprop mild hybridization using a recently developed integrated drive system in the University of Nottingham, U.K., within the ACHIEVE project under EU H2020 CleanSky 2 program (proj... Read More about Mild Hybridization of Turboprop Engine With High-Power-Density Integrated Electric Drives.

Mild hybridisation of turboprop engine with high-power-density integrated electric drives (2022)
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Cossart, G., Chen, Y., Yang, T., Khowja, M., La Rocca, A., Nasir, U., Chowdhury, S., Evans, D., Kember, D., Klonowski, T., Arnaud, Y., Apostin, L., Liger, T., Cossart, G., Vakil, G., Gerada, C., Bozhko, S., Detry, S., Diette, C., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Mild hybridisation of turboprop engine with high-power-density integrated electric drives. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), 4148-4162. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2022.3160153

This paper shares with the aerospace community a case study of turboprop mild hybridisation using a recently developed integrated drive system in the University of Nottingham, UK, within the ACHIEVE project under EU H2020 CleanSky 2 program (project... Read More about Mild hybridisation of turboprop engine with high-power-density integrated electric drives.

Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft (2022)
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Mohamed, M. A., Yeoh, S. S., Atkin, J., Hussaini, H., & Bozhko, S. (2022). Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8, 4205-4218. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2022.3159731

Due to the substantial increase of the number of electrically-driven systems on-board More Electric Aircraft (MEA), the on-board Electric Power Systems (EPS) are becoming more and more complex. Therefore, there is a need to develop a control strategy... Read More about Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft.

A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Torque and Flux Control Strategy for PMSM Drives Without Weighting Factor (2022)
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Nasr, A., Gu, C., Buticchi, G., Bozhko, S., & Gerada, C. (2023). A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Torque and Flux Control Strategy for PMSM Drives Without Weighting Factor. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 11(2), 1305-1316. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2022.3152652

This article proposes a modulated model predictive torque and flux control (M2PTFC) method with low complexity for a two-level voltage source inverter (2L-VSI)-fed permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). The proposed strategy aims to reduce the co... Read More about A Low-Complexity Modulated Model Predictive Torque and Flux Control Strategy for PMSM Drives Without Weighting Factor.

Instantaneous Power Control Within an Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2021)
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Lang, X., Yang, T., Huang, Z., Wang, Z., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Instantaneous Power Control Within an Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(3), 3261-3274. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3137399

This article presents an instantaneous power control (IPC) to regulate the power flow of a back-to-back converter (BTB converter) within an advanced power generation center (APGC) for more-electric aircraft applications. The APGC essentially is compo... Read More about Instantaneous Power Control Within an Advanced Power Generation Center for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Optimal load and energy management of aircraft microgrids using multi-objective model predictive control (2021)
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Wang, X., Atkin, J., Bazmohammadi, N., Bozhko, S., & Guerrero, J. M. (2021). Optimal load and energy management of aircraft microgrids using multi-objective model predictive control. Sustainability, 13(24), Article 13907. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413907

Safety issues related to the electrification of more electric aircraft (MEA) need to be addressed because of the increasing complexity of aircraft electrical power systems and the growing number of safety-critical sub-systems that need to be powered.... Read More about Optimal load and energy management of aircraft microgrids using multi-objective model predictive control.

Development of a smart supercapacitor energy storage system for aircraft electric power systems (2021)
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Fares, A. M., Kippke, M., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Bozhko, S. (2021). Development of a smart supercapacitor energy storage system for aircraft electric power systems. Energies, 14(23), Article 8056. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14238056

This paper presents the development of a supercapacitor energy storage system (ESS) aimed to minimize weight, which is very important for aerospace applications, whilst integrating smart functionalities like voltage monitoring, equalization, and over... Read More about Development of a smart supercapacitor energy storage system for aircraft electric power systems.

An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives (2021)
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Li, C., Yang, T., Huang, Z., Yeoh, S. S., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021). An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives. IEEE Access, 9, 144805-144819. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3122922

This paper introduces an advanced space vector modulation technique for three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) converters. The studied 3L-NPC converters within aircraft electric starter generator (ESG) systems normally operate at high modulation... Read More about An Advanced Modulation Technique Featuring Neutral Point Voltage Ripple Suppression of Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Drives.

Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications (2021)
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Gao, Y., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., Wheeler, P., Dragicevic, T.-L., & Gerada, C. (2022). Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 35(10), 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2021.08.006

This study uses the Neural Network (NN) technique to optimize design of surface-mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The key role of NN is to provide dedicated correction factors for the a... Read More about Neural Network aided PMSM multi-objective design and optimization for more-electric aircraft applications.

Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives (2021)
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Varvolik, V., Prystupa, D., Buticchi, G., Peresada, S., Galea, M., & Bozhko, S. (2021). Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives. Electronics, 10(17), Article 2154. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10172154

To improve the design of electric drives and to better predict the system performance, numerical simulation has been widely employed. Whereas in the majority of the approaches, the machines and the power electronics are designed and simulated separat... Read More about Co-Simulation Analysis for Performance Prediction of Synchronous Reluctance Drives.

ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration (2021)
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Sumsurooah, S., He, Y., Torchio, M., Kouramas, K., Guida, B., Cuomo, F., Atkin, J., Bozhko, S., Renzetti, A., Russo, A., Riverso, S., & Cavallo, A. (2021). ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration. Energies, 14(17), Article 5518. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175518

A centralised smart supervisor (CSS) controller with enhanced electrical energy management (E2-EM) capability has been developed for an Iron Bird Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System (EPGDS) within the Clean Sky 2 ENhanced electrical e... Read More about ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration.

Multi-Objective Finite-Time Control for the Interlinking Converter on Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids (2021)
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Martinez-Gomez, M., Navas, A., Orchard, M. E., Bozhko, S., Burgos-Mellado, C., & Cárdenas, R. (2021). Multi-Objective Finite-Time Control for the Interlinking Converter on Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids. IEEE Access, 9, 116183-116193. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3105649

Hybrid AC/DC microgrids are of special interest for energization due to their flexibility, low infrastructure investments, reduced conversion losses, and reliability against failures on the utility grid. In these systems, global economic dispatch nee... Read More about Multi-Objective Finite-Time Control for the Interlinking Converter on Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids.

An Overmodulation Algorithm With Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing for Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives (2021)
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Guo, F., Yang, T., Diab, A. M., Yeoh, S. S., Li, C., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2022). An Overmodulation Algorithm With Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing for Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37(2), 2021-2032. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2021.3105752

In this article, a virtual space vector based overmodulation algorithm is presented for three-level neutral-point (NP) clamped converters in high-speed aerospace motor drives. With the proposed inscribed polygonal-boundary compression technique, the... Read More about An Overmodulation Algorithm With Neutral-Point Voltage Balancing for Three-Level Converters in High-Speed Aerospace Drives.