Professor MICHELE DEGANO's Outputs (145)

Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giangrande, P., Al-Timimy, A., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Degano, M., & Galea, M. (2018, November). Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), Nottingham, UK

© 2018 IEEE. The more electric aircraft (MEA) initiative aims to improve weight, fuel consumption and maintenance costs of the aircraft, by increasing the use of electric power in actuation systems. Considering this scenario, electromechanical actuat... Read More about Design of PMSM for EMA Employed in Secondary Flight Control Systems.

The Influence of Stator Material on the Power Density and Iron Loss of a High-Performace Starter-Generator for More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Golovanov, D., Xu, Z., Gerada, D., Degano, M., Vakil, G., & Gerada, C. (2018, October). The Influence of Stator Material on the Power Density and Iron Loss of a High-Performace Starter-Generator for More Electric Aircraft. Presented at 2018 21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Jeju, South Korea

Maximizing the power density as well as efficiency are two of the main critical aspects for engineers who are designing electrical machines for aerospace applications. Iron losses have a significant impact on the total machine efficiency, thermal sta... Read More about The Influence of Stator Material on the Power Density and Iron Loss of a High-Performace Starter-Generator for More Electric Aircraft.

Multi-port power conversion systems for the more electric aircraft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gu, C., Zhang, H., Buticchi, G., Sala, G., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., & Degano, M. (2018, October). Multi-port power conversion systems for the more electric aircraft. Presented at IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Washington, DC, USA

In the framework of the More Electric Aircraft (MEA), weight reduction and energy efficiency constitute the key figures. In addition to these requirements, the safety and the continuity of operation is of critical importance. These sets of desired fe... Read More about Multi-port power conversion systems for the more electric aircraft.

A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, S., Degano, M., Kang, J., Galassini, A., & Gerada, C. (2018, September). A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation. Presented at 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Alexandroupoli, Greece

Maximum torque per ampere control (MTPA) takes full advantage of the reluctance torque aiming at the minimum copper loss, which can increase the torque output under the minimum current conditions. The traditional MTPA method makes use of equations wi... Read More about A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation.

Enhanced power sharing transient with droop controllers for multi-three-phase synchronous electrical machines (2018)
Journal Article
Galassini, A., Costabeber, A., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Tessarolo, A., & Menis, R. (2019). Enhanced power sharing transient with droop controllers for multi-three-phase synchronous electrical machines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(7), 5600-5610. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2018.2868029

This paper presents a droop-based dis- tributed control strategy for multi-three-phase machines that provides augmented controllability during power shar- ing transients. The proposed strategy is able to mitigate the mutual interactions among differe... Read More about Enhanced power sharing transient with droop controllers for multi-three-phase synchronous electrical machines.

Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Timimy, A., Giangrande, P., Degano, M., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2018, September). Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM. Presented at 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2018), Alexandroupoli, Greece

This paper presents a detailed investigation of AC copper losses in high-speed high-power density permanent magnet synchronous machine. For parallel strands winding, it is not easy to accurately estimate the AC copper losses using finite element mode... Read More about Investigation of AC Copper and Iron Losses in High-Speed High-Power Density PMSM.

Response to Discussion of “A modular speed-drooped system for high reliability integrated modular motor drives” (2018)
Journal Article
Galassini, A., Costabeber, A., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Buticchi, G., & Barater, D. (2018). Response to Discussion of “A modular speed-drooped system for high reliability integrated modular motor drives”. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(5), 4994-4995. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2018.2858191

Eccentric reluctance and permanent magnets synchronous machines comparison (2018)
Journal Article
Mahmoud, H., Bianchi, N., Degano, M., Al-Ani, M., & Gerada, C. (2018). Eccentric reluctance and permanent magnets synchronous machines comparison. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(6), 5760-5771. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2018.2848278

This paper deals with a comparative study between reluctance (REL), permanent magnet assisted reluctance (PMAREL), and surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous machines with rotor eccentricity. Static, dynamic, and combined eccentricity cases are... Read More about Eccentric reluctance and permanent magnets synchronous machines comparison.

Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high‐speed PM machine (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Alani, M., Degano, M., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high‐speed PM machine. IET Electric Power Applications, 12(8), 1142-1149. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2017.0811

Surface-mounted permanent magnet (SPM) machines are preferred for high-speed aerospace applications over induction and switched reluctance machines, since they combine the advantages of high torque density and efficiency. Also, in aerospace applicati... Read More about Influence of rotor endcaps on the electromagnetic performance of high‐speed PM machine.

Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Timimy, A., Giangrande, P., Degano, M., Zeyuan, X., Galea, M., Gerada, C., Lo Calzo, G., Zhang, H., & Xia, L. (2019). Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(4), 3260-3270. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2018.2821623

This paper describes the design process of a 10 kW 19000 rpm high power density surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine for a directly coupled pump application. In order to meet the required specifications, a compact machine, with coolin... Read More about Design and losses analysis of a high power density machine for flooded pump applications.

Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Mahmoud, H., Bacco, G., Degano, M., Bianchi, N., & Gerada, C. (2018). Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 33(3), 1402-1410. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2811543

Synchronous reluctance machine has high flux density fluctuations in the iron due to the high harmonics results from the rotor anisotropy. Thus, an accurate computation of the iron losses is of paramount importance, especially during the design stage... Read More about Synchronous reluctance motor iron losses: considering machine non-linearity at MTPA, FW, and MTPV operating conditions.

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.

The impact of impulsive voltage waveforms on the electrical insulation of actuators for more electrical aircraft (MEA) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cavallini, A., Lusaurdi, L., & Degano, M. The impact of impulsive voltage waveforms on the electrical insulation of actuators for more electrical aircraft (MEA). Presented at 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017)

To reduce the size and weight of aircraft actuators, wide band-gap semiconductor devices (SiC and GaN) are the most promising solution. These devices have switching times well below those of silicon devices. Very short rise times may enhance the elec... Read More about The impact of impulsive voltage waveforms on the electrical insulation of actuators for more electrical aircraft (MEA).

A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savi, F., Barater, D., Di Nardo, M., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines. Presented at 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017)

This paper presents a comprehensive comparative study among five different converter topologies all designed to drive a 8.5kW-120krpm surface permanent magnet synchronous machine. The study aims at comparing the considered systems in terms of convert... Read More about A system level comparison of drive topologies for high speed electrical machines.

Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahmoud, H., Al-Timimy, A., Degano, M., Di Nardo, M., Bianchi, N., & Gerada, C. (2017, August). Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element. Presented at SDEMPED 2017 - IEEE 11th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, Tinos, Greece

This paper deals with the uniform and non-uniform axial eccentricity analyses of the surface mounted permanent magnet and synchronous reluctance machines. The analyses are carried out using an analytical model for each considered machine. Being the a... Read More about Axial eccentric SynRel and SPM motors analytical models validation using 3D finite element.

Holistic electrical machine optimization for system integration (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gerada, D., Golovanov, D., Xu, Z., Papini, L., Degano, M., Zhang, H., & Gerada, C. (2017, June). Holistic electrical machine optimization for system integration. Presented at 2017 IEEE 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia (IFEEC - ECCE Asia) 2017, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The power density of electrical machines required for transport applications has become a critical aspect and target of optimization. This paper looks at the development aspects of a multi-domain tool to aid for system-level optimization of electrica... Read More about Holistic electrical machine optimization for system integration.

Comparative study of permanent magnet-synchronous and permanent magnet-flux switching machines for high torque to inertia applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Timimy, A., Giangrande, P., Degano, M., Galea, M., & Gerada, C. (2017, April). Comparative study of permanent magnet-synchronous and permanent magnet-flux switching machines for high torque to inertia applications. Presented at 2017 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), Nottingham, United Kingdom

This paper investigates the capability of both permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) and permanent magnet flux switching (PMFS) machine to provide high torque to inertia ratio for applications with demanding response in terms of acceleration an... Read More about Comparative study of permanent magnet-synchronous and permanent magnet-flux switching machines for high torque to inertia 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.

Comparison of flux observers for sensorless control of permanent magnet assisted SynRel motors (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Concari, L., Toscani, A., Barater, D., Concari, C., Degano, M., & Pellegrino, G. (2016, October). Comparison of flux observers for sensorless control of permanent magnet assisted SynRel motors. Presented at IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy

This paper proposes the comparison among different sensorless position estimation strategies suitable for permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machine drives. A machine of such type was designed and optimized aiming at improving its senso... Read More about Comparison of flux observers for sensorless control of permanent magnet assisted SynRel motors.

History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, T., Cox, T., Degano, M., Bozhko, S., & Gerada, C. History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels. Presented at International Naval & Maritime Exhibition and Congress for Latin America, ExpoNAVAL 2016

Due to developments in power electronics, electric machines, energy storage and control, electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems have become major trends for commercial and naval vessels. This is mainly due to the fact that the us... Read More about History and recent advancements of electric propulsion and integrated electrical power systems for commercial & naval vessels.