Professor ANTONINO LA ROCCA's Outputs (7)

Thermal management challenges of li-ion battery packs using partial immersion cooling: analyzing pressure drop and temperature distribution (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Talebizadehsardari, P., Cairns, A., La Rocca, A., Sen, S., & Pacino, A. (2024, September). Thermal management challenges of li-ion battery packs using partial immersion cooling: analyzing pressure drop and temperature distribution. Presented at 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference, Birmingham, UK

A partial immersion cooling system is used for cooling a battery pack equipped with cylindrical Li-ion batteries considering various flow rates of the coolant. The partial immersion method is used to reduce the total weight of the battery pack and th... Read More about Thermal management challenges of li-ion battery packs using partial immersion cooling: analyzing pressure drop and temperature distribution.

Conjugate heat transfer analysis of a pouch cell li-ion battery pack using mini channel cold plates with a U-shaped configuration (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Talebizadehsardari, P., Cairns, A., La Rocca, A., & Sen, S. (2024, September). Conjugate heat transfer analysis of a pouch cell li-ion battery pack using mini channel cold plates with a U-shaped configuration. Presented at 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference, Birmingham, UK

In this study, a cold plate with U-shaped channels is investigated to cool the adjacent pouch cell Li-ion batteries. The U-shaped cold plate consists of two parallel sets of channels with seventeen mini channels to cover the whole surface area of the... Read More about Conjugate heat transfer analysis of a pouch cell li-ion battery pack using mini channel cold plates with a U-shaped configuration.

Effect of Different Module Arrangements for Thermal Management of Cylindrical Li-ion Battery Packs (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sen, S., Talebizadehsardari, P., La Rocca, A., Cairns, A., Pacino, A., & Mehdipour, R. (2024, November). Effect of Different Module Arrangements for Thermal Management of Cylindrical Li-ion Battery Packs. Presented at 50th IECON: Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, USA

This study aims to analyze the effect of module arrangement in a lithium-ion battery pack using partial immersion cooling. The pack consists of sixteen modules with 192 cylindrical batteries in each module. The partial immersion method is used to red... Read More about Effect of Different Module Arrangements for Thermal Management of Cylindrical Li-ion Battery Packs.

Analytical-Numerical Model for Synchronous Homopolar Machines (2024)
Journal Article
Vannini, A., Nardo, M. D., Marfoli, A., Riccio, J., Murataliyev, M., Rocca, A. L., & Gerada, C. (2025). Analytical-Numerical Model for Synchronous Homopolar Machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 40(2), 1288-1300. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2024.3468720

Synchronous homopolar machines represent a viable solution for applications requiring a robust electro-mechanical conversion system. Their diffusion is hindered by the low power density and by their complex three-dimensional magnetic behavior which r... Read More about Analytical-Numerical Model for Synchronous Homopolar Machines.

Fault-Tolerant Dual Channels Three-Phase PMSM for Aerospace Applications (2024)
Journal Article
Khowja, M. R., Singh, K., la Rocca, A., Vakil, G., Ramnathan, R., & Gerada, C. (2024). Fault-Tolerant Dual Channels Three-Phase PMSM for Aerospace Applications. IEEE Access, 12, 126845-126857. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3451705

In safety-critical applications such as aerospace and marine, electrical machines are limited to meet several stringent requirements such as physical, electrical, magnetic and thermal isolation between two three-phase channels, in order to be conside... Read More about Fault-Tolerant Dual Channels Three-Phase PMSM for Aerospace Applications.

Comparing physical and chemical properties of soot from laboratory tests and heavy-duty engines used in field operations (2024)
Journal Article
Pacino, A., La Rocca, A., Smith, J., Berryman, J., Fowell, M., Cairns, A., & Fay, M. W. (2024). Comparing physical and chemical properties of soot from laboratory tests and heavy-duty engines used in field operations. SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 18(1), Article 04-18-01-0002. https://doi.org/10.4271/04-18-01-0002

Morphology, nanostructure, and composition of soot extracted from the oil sump of different heavy-duty engines operated under dynamometer and field conditions were investigated. Soot characteristics were then compared to a carbon black sample. Soot w... Read More about Comparing physical and chemical properties of soot from laboratory tests and heavy-duty engines used in field operations.

Correlating wear with the lubricant properties of heavy-duty diesel engine oils (2024)
Journal Article
Kirkby, T., Pacino, A., Smith, J. J., Fowell, M., Berryman, J., Frennfelt, C., La Rocca, A., & Reddyhoff, T. (2024). Correlating wear with the lubricant properties of heavy-duty diesel engine oils. Tribology International, 199, Article 110018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.110018

Wear volumes were correlated with the lubricant properties of 11 used, heavy duty engine oil samples. The most important oil property in predicting wear volume is Total Acid Number, TAN. Here, the TAN value may be indicating ZDDP in its oxidised form... Read More about Correlating wear with the lubricant properties of heavy-duty diesel engine oils.