Professor MICHELE DEGANO's Outputs (17)

A Comparison of Prediction Models with Machine Learning Algorithms for Traction Characteristics in Linear Traction Induction Motors (2021)
Journal Article
Zeng, D., Ge, Q., & Degano, M. (2022). A Comparison of Prediction Models with Machine Learning Algorithms for Traction Characteristics in Linear Traction Induction Motors. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17(3), 470-478. https://doi.org/10.1002/tee.23534

This paper compares the machine learning algorithm‐based prediction methods for the traction characteristics in linear traction induction motors operating at common working conditions, i.e. different slip and running velocity, with a symmetric or asy... Read More about A Comparison of Prediction Models with Machine Learning Algorithms for Traction Characteristics in Linear Traction Induction Motors.

A modified multi-winding dc-dc flyback converter for photovoltaic applications (2021)
Journal Article
Pesce, C., Riedemann, J., Peña, R., Degano, M., Pereda, J., Villalobos, R., Maury, C., Young, H., & Andrade, I. (2021). A modified multi-winding dc-dc flyback converter for photovoltaic applications. Applied Sciences, 11(24), Article 11999. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411999

DC–DC power converters have generated much interest, as they can be used in a wide range of applications. In micro-inverter applications, flyback topologies are a relevant research topic due to their efficiency and simplicity. On the other hand, sola... Read More about A modified multi-winding dc-dc flyback converter for photovoltaic applications.

Calculation Model of Armature Reaction Magnetic Field of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With Segmented Skewed Poles (2021)
Journal Article
An, Y., Ma, C., Zhang, N., Guo, Y., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Bu, F., Yin, X., Li, Q., & Zhou, S. (2022). Calculation Model of Armature Reaction Magnetic Field of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With Segmented Skewed Poles. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 37(2), 1115-1123. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2021.3123359

In an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) with segmented skewed poles, the armature reaction magnetic field (AR-MF) changes nonlinearly due to the saturation of the rotor magnetic barrier. Meanwhile, this varies under different excita... Read More about Calculation Model of Armature Reaction Magnetic Field of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With Segmented Skewed Poles.

Influence of the Magnetic Load on High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gallicchio, G., Palmieri, M., Cupertino, F., Di Nardo, M., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2021, October). Influence of the Magnetic Load on High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design. Presented at IECON 2021 - 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, ON, Canada

Synchronous reluctance machines are becoming a widespread solution in many engineering areas thanks to their simple rotor structure, the absence of rare-earth permanent magnets and high efficiency. The design of such machines is a widely investigated... Read More about Influence of the Magnetic Load on High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design.

Modelling, Analysis and Design Considerations of Multi-Phase Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marfoli, A., Nardo, M. D., Garvey, S., Degano, M., Vashisht, R., Turnbull, R., & Gerada, C. (2021, October). Modelling, Analysis and Design Considerations of Multi-Phase Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2021), Vancouver, BC, Canada

This paper presents a general multi-harmonics analytical model able to predict both torque and force behaviour of a multi-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine. This machine topology can be adopted in bearingless applications and in application... Read More about Modelling, Analysis and Design Considerations of Multi-Phase Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method (2021)
Journal Article
An, Y., Ma, C., Zhang, N., Guo, Y., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Li, Q., & Zhou, S. (2021). Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57(12), Article 8108309. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2021.3118222

Due to the local inhomogeneous magnetic saturation of the core of the interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM), the magnetic field changes nonlinearly, which makes the analytical calculation of the magnetic field difficult. Therefore, the... Read More about Open-Circuit Air-Gap Magnetic Field Calculation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With V-Shaped Segmented Skewed Poles Using Hybrid Analytical Method.

High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries (2021)
Journal Article
Di Nardo, M., Gallicchio, G., Palmieri, M., Marfoli, A., Lo Calzo, G., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2022). High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 1228-1241. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3109452

This article presents a comprehensive comparative design exercise of synchronous reluctance (SyR) machines considering different soft magnetic materials and a wide range of speeds. First, a general design methodology able to consider all the conseque... Read More about High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Materials Selection and Performance Boundaries.

Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Gerada, C., Zhu, M., Xia, L., Zhang, W., & Degano, M. (2022). Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3106819

Thermal management is often considered a bottleneck in the pursuit of the next-generation electrical machines for electrified transportation with a step change in power density. Slot-channel cooling is considered to be an effective cooling technique,... Read More about Improved Thermal Modeling and Experimental Validation of Oil-Flooded High-Performance Machines with Slot-Channel Cooling.

On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines (2021)
Journal Article
De Gaetano, D. D., Harikumaran, J., Sala, G., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2022). On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 3(3), 845-853. https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTIE.2021.3105337

Multiphase machines give the possibility to increase the torque injecting and controlling current harmonics of different orders. This work investigates the current harmonic injection techniques for both isotropic and anisotropic machines. The propose... Read More about On Torque Improvement by Current Harmonic Injection in Isotropic and Anisotropic Multiphase Machines.

Segmented Hairpin Topology for Reduced Losses at High-Frequency Operations (2021)
Journal Article
Preci, E., Nuzzo, S., Valente, G., Gerada, D., Barater, D., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2022). Segmented Hairpin Topology for Reduced Losses at High-Frequency Operations. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(1), 688-698. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3103821

Nowadays, one of the key challenges in transport electrification is the reduction of components’ size and weight. The electrical machine plays a relevant role in this regard. Designing machines with higher rotational speeds and excitation frequencies... Read More about Segmented Hairpin Topology for Reduced Losses at High-Frequency Operations.

A Novel Flux Barrier Parametrization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines (2021)
Journal Article
Korman, O., Di Nardo, M., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2021). A Novel Flux Barrier Parametrization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 37(1), 675-684. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2021.3099628

This paper presents a novel parametrization for the flux barrier profiles of synchronous reluctance and permanent magnet assisted reluctance machines. In literature there are several methods used to design rotor flux barriers of various types, howeve... Read More about A Novel Flux Barrier Parametrization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines.

Modular Power Sharing Control for Bearingless Multi-Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2021)
Journal Article
Wen, Z., Di Nardo, M., Sala, G., Valente, G., Marfoli, A., Degano, M., Zanchetta, P., & Gerada, C. (2022). Modular Power Sharing Control for Bearingless Multi-Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(7), 6600-6610. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2021.3097610

This paper proposes a modular approach to the power sharing control of permanent magnet synchronous bearingless machine. The selected machine topology features a winding layout with phases distributed into non-overlapping three phase groups, a soluti... Read More about Modular Power Sharing Control for Bearingless Multi-Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine.

Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, J., Aboulkhair, N. T., Degano, M., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (2021). Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B. Materials and Design, 209, Article 109992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109992

Laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF), as an additive manufacturing (AM) technique, has demonstrated excellent capabilities in achieving degrees of freedom in manufacturing that are otherwise unattainable. The potential of combining Nd-Fe-B as a permanent... Read More about Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B.

Open and Short Circuit Post-Fault Control Strategies for Multi-Three-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Machines (2021)
Journal Article
Abdul Rahman, A., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., Cristian Pesce, G., Gerada, C., Bozhko, S., & Almurib, H. A. (2022). Open and Short Circuit Post-Fault Control Strategies for Multi-Three-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Machines. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 37(1), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2021.3090982

This paper presents a post-fault current control strategy for dual three-phase Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) synchronous machines. The current controllers are designed based on the Vector Space Decomposition (VSD) algorithm. This take into account... Read More about Open and Short Circuit Post-Fault Control Strategies for Multi-Three-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Machines.

High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Modeling, Design and Limits (2021)
Journal Article
Gallicchio, G., Di Nardo, M., Palmieri, M., Marfoli, A., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2022). High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Modeling, Design and Limits. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 37(1), 585-597. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2021.3086879

An important barrier to the adoption and acceptance of synchronous reluctance (SyR) machines in different applications lies in their non-standardized design procedure. The conflicting requirements incurring at high speeds among electromagnetic torque... Read More about High Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machines: Modeling, Design and Limits.

Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances (2021)
Journal Article
Degano, M., Murataliyev, M., Shuo, W., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Jara, W., Bianchi, N., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2021). Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(4), 3084-3095. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2021.3076675

This paper is focused on the design, optimisation and control of a permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machine (PMaSynRel) for low cost high efficiency household appliances, in particular a motor for washing machine. The design and optim... Read More about Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances.

4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft (2021)
Journal Article
Golovanov, D., Gerada, D., Sala, G., Degano, M., Trentin, A., Connor, P. H., Xu, Z., Rocca, A. L., Galassini, A., Tarisciotti, L., Eastwick, C. N., Pickering, S. J., Wheeler, P., Clare, J., Filipenko, M., & Gerada, C. (2021). 4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(4), 2952-2964. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3068928

This article describes the underpinning research, development, construction, and testing of a 4-MW multithree phase generator designed for a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system demonstrator. The aim of the work is to demonstrate gravimetric po... Read More about 4-MW Class High-Power-Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft.