Dr GAURANG VAKIL's Outputs (81)

Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Quadri, S. Q., Wheeler, P., & Patel, C. (2018, June). Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator. Presented at 2018 IEEE Transportation and Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Long, CA, USA

A close physical and functional integration of passive components is required to make an efficient and power dense overall system. Such power dense systems are a prerequisite in aerospace and marine applications. This paper presents a design of an in... Read More about Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator.

Electrical Machine Rotor Shielding for Low Cost Electrical Drive (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Ani, M., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2018, June). Electrical Machine Rotor Shielding for Low Cost Electrical Drive. Presented at 2018 IEEE Transportation and Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2018, Long Beach, California, USA

Electrical machine rotor shielding has been proposed for high-speed electrical machines, i.e. ≥50krpm, where a smooth current waveform becomes difficult and costly to generate due to the required high switching frequency. The rotor shielding is used... Read More about Electrical Machine Rotor Shielding for Low Cost Electrical Drive.

A methodology to remove stator skew in small-medium size synchronous generators via innovative damper cage designs (2018)
Journal Article
Nuzzo, S., Bolognesi, P., Vakil, G., Fallows, D., Gerada, C., Brown, N. L., & Galea, M. (2019). A methodology to remove stator skew in small-medium size synchronous generators via innovative damper cage designs. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(6), 4926-4307. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2018.2864699

This paper proposes and investigates an innovative methodology that can have a significant impact on the market potential of wound field, small-medium size synchronous generators. The technique proposed here is aimed at removing the need for the trad... Read More about A methodology to remove stator skew in small-medium size synchronous generators via innovative damper cage designs.

Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Talha, A., Vakil, G., Cox, T., & Gerada, C. (2018, April). Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle. Presented at PEMD 2018 - 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives

A switched reluctance machine (SRM) is very robust and capable to perform well under harsh conditions. It is simple in construction and avoids the use of magnets so it is cheap to manufacture. The powertrain of a hybrid vehicle presents challenging c... Read More about Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle.

Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, A., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2018, June). Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components. Presented at ITEC 2018

Converter sizes are often dominated by passive magnetic components. Passive magnetic component sizes are in turn limited by electromagnetic saturation and thermal limits. This paper covers two modifications to the air gaps of tape wound amorphous mag... Read More about Novel core designs to miniaturise passive magnetic components.

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.

Design considerations for a high-power dual active bridge DC-DC converter with galvanically isolated transformer (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Watson, A. J., Vakil, G., & Wheeler, P. (2017, October). Design considerations for a high-power dual active bridge DC-DC converter with galvanically isolated transformer. Presented at 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, USA

Multi-megawatt scale isolated DC-DC converters are likely to become increasingly popular as means to interconnect the MVDC grids of different voltage levels. Three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC (3DAB) converters operating with the zero-voltage switc... Read More about Design considerations for a high-power dual active bridge DC-DC converter with galvanically isolated transformer.

Geometry optimization and characterization of three-phase medium frequency transformer for 10kVA isolated DC-DC converter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Watson, A. J., & Wheeler, P. (2017, October). Geometry optimization and characterization of three-phase medium frequency transformer for 10kVA isolated DC-DC converter. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Three-phase Dual Active Bridge converter is advisable for the High-power DC-DC conversion system.

In the ac link, galvanically isolated transformer operated at a medium frequency range provides stepping up or down of the secondary bridge voltage.... Read More about Geometry optimization and characterization of three-phase medium frequency transformer for 10kVA isolated DC-DC converter.

Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Patel, C., & Wheeler, P. (2017, April). Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications. Presented at IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD 2017), Nottingham, UK

Discrete sub-system due to passive elements in motor drive require functional and structural integration to make efficient and power dense overall system. Such power dense system is the prerequisite in aerospace and marine applications. This paper pr... Read More about Design optimization of integrated rotor-less inductors for high-speed AC drive applications.

Sensitivity analysis for performance and power density improvements in salient-pole synchronous generators (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Y., Vakil, G., Nuzzo, S., Degano, M., Galea, M., Gerada, C., Zhang, H., & Brown, N. (2017, April). Sensitivity analysis for performance and power density improvements in salient-pole synchronous generators. Presented at IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD) 2017, Nottingham, UK

Objective of this paper is to provide design recommendations to improve the performance and power density of a 400kVA salient-pole synchronous generator, without exceeding the limitations due to critical parameters such as total harmonic distortion o... Read More about Sensitivity analysis for performance and power density improvements in salient-pole synchronous generators.

Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khowja, M. R., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Patel, C., & Wheeler, P. Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications. Presented at IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference

In order to make an efficient and power dense overall system, a close physical and functional integration of passive components is required instead of having a separate sub¬system for passives. Such power dense system is vital in aerospace and marine... Read More about Design optimization of integrated rotational inductor for high-speed AC drive applications.

Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Feldman, R., Goodman, A., & Wheeler, P. Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids. Presented at 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016)

High-power DC-DC converter will be one of the essential technologies for the future DC grids. Especially, a three-phase dual-active bridge DC-DC (3DAB) Converter is highly suitable for high-power DC systems. Key component within this converter is the... Read More about Design optimization of a high-power transformer for three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC converter for MVDC grids.

A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Feldman, R., Watson, A. J., & Wheeler, P. (2016, September). A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms. Presented at 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe, Germany

This paper presents the steady-state analysis of a high power step-up DC-DC converter based three-phase dual active bridge (3DAB) for use as a medium voltage (MV) DC-DC collector of offshore wind farms. An optimization procedure for a high-power medi... Read More about A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms.

Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza Khowja, M., Gerada, C., Vakil, G., Wheeler, P., & Patel, C. (2016, October). Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives. Presented at IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy

This paper presents novel integration options for passive inductor which include: motor-shaped rotational and motor-shaped rotor-less inductor for high speed motor drive system. The novel options have been designed and their performance is compared w... Read More about Novel integrative options for passive filter inductor in high speed AC drives.

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., Hamiti, T., Bozhko, S., Gerada, C., & 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.

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.

Integrated motor drives: state of the art and future trends (2016)
Journal Article
Abebe, R., Vakil, G., Lo Calzo, G., Cox, T., Lambert, S., Johnson, C. M., Gerada, C., & Mecrow, B. (2016). Integrated motor drives: state of the art and future trends. IET Electric Power Applications, 10(8), 757-771. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2015.0506

With increased need for high power density, high efficiency and high temperature capabilities in aerospace and automotive applications, integrated motor drives (IMD) offers a potential solution. However, close physical integration of the converter an... Read More about Integrated motor drives: state of the art and future trends.

An analytical modeling and estimating losses of power semiconductors in a three-phase dual active bridge converter for MVDC grids (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, Y., Vakil, G., Watson, A. J., & Wheeler, P. An analytical modeling and estimating losses of power semiconductors in a three-phase dual active bridge converter for MVDC grids. Presented at IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois

Due to the increasing installation of renewable and decentralized power sources, Medium-voltage dc (MVDC) grids has been considered for an alternative application to medium-voltage ac (MVAC) application. Three-phase dual active bridge DC-DC (3DAB) co... Read More about An analytical modeling and estimating losses of power semiconductors in a three-phase dual active bridge converter for MVDC grids.

Integrated Drives for Transport - A Review of the Enabling Electronics Technology (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, S. M., Mecrow, B. C., Abebe, R., Vakil, G., Mark Johnson, C., & Johnson, C. (2015, October). Integrated Drives for Transport - A Review of the Enabling Electronics Technology. Presented at 2015 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The space and packaging constraints for various electric transport applications such as for electric and hybrid electric vehicles or mass transit systems ultimately require that electronic and mechanical subsystems become more fully integrated. This... Read More about Integrated Drives for Transport - A Review of the Enabling Electronics Technology.

Methods of torque ripple reduction for flux reversal motor (2009)
Journal Article
Vakil, G., Sheth, N. K., & Miller, D. (2009). Methods of torque ripple reduction for flux reversal motor. Journal of Applied Physics, 105(7), Article 07F122. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3076149

This paper presents two-dimensional finite element based results for various methods of torque ripple reduction in flux-reversal motors. The effects of variation in magnet and rotor pole heights, rotor pole skewing, and multiple teeth per rotor pole... Read More about Methods of torque ripple reduction for flux reversal motor.