COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering: Volume 31 Issue 1

Influence of electric vehicle trend on new electromechanical components development

An electrical revolution in the automotive sector was decided on at the end of 2008, when the European Parliament passed legislation of lower CO₂ emissions of new cars. This…

Torque speed characteristics of switched flux permanent magnet machines

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of end‐effect and cross‐coupling on the torque‐speed characteristics of switched flux permanent magnet (SFPM) machines.

Fast torque estimation of in‐wheel parallel flux switching machines for hybrid trucks

Transient torque calculations of the parallel flux switching machines, both cogging and electromagnetic, require a long simulation time for transient analyses. This paper seeks to…

Losses and efficiency in alternate switched‐flux permanent magnet machines

The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of conventional, novel E‐ and C‐core switched‐flux permanent magnet (SFPM) machines having different combinations of stator…

Design issues of an IPM motor for EPS

The purpose of this paper is to present the design procedure of an interior permanent magnet (IPM) motor used in electric power steering (EPS), and some critical issues which have…

Investigation of winding topologies for permanent magnet in‐wheel motors

This paper aims to find the optimal winding topology for a 14‐pole permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) to be used as an in‐wheel motor in automotive applications.

Permanent magnet disk generator with coreless windings

This article seeks to present the simple and easy to manufacture design of a permanent magnet generator based on coreless windings. An example is shown of basic calculations based…

Induction machine performance with fractional‐slot concentrated windings

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the performance of induction machines with fractional‐slot concentrated‐windings.

Magnetic saturation and end effects in LSRMs modelling

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to estimate the magnetic saturation and end effect of linear switched reluctance machines (LSRMs) with fully pitched winding…

Delta‐inverter fed fractional‐slot six‐phase brushless DC motors: Analysis, control, and fault‐tolerance capability

This paper deals with the analysis, the modeling, the control and the fault‐tolerance capability of a three‐switch inverter (TSI, also known delta‐inverter) fed fractional‐slot…

Position estimator for a brushless‐DC machine using core saturation and stator current slopes

This paper is devoted to the investigation of position estimation for a brushless DC machine using only their stator currents. The first application is for a hybrid electric…

Sensorless high‐speed BLDC machine using hardware‐RFO

The purpose is to present a sensorless control method by which high‐resolution rotor position information is estimated and used for phase‐advancing operation of a high‐speed…

Finite element estimation of induction motor parameters for sensorless applications

To purpose of this paper is to introduce a procedure to compute the d‐ and q‐axis parameters of the induction motor.

Potentialities of DTC strategies in position regulation: application to robotics

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the potentialities of induction motor DTC strategies in position control applications.

Investigation of the performance of a DTC strategy dedicated to the control of B4 fed induction motor drives

This paper seeks to investigate the performance of a DTC strategy dedicated to the control of four‐switch three‐phase (B4) inverter fed induction motor drives. The major advantage…

Broken rotor symptoms in the sensorless control of induction machine

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the need for a universal method for sensorless controlled induction motor drive diagnosis. The increasing number of sensorless control…

Modeling and laboratory research on brushless DFIG

Doubly fed induction generator DFIG applied in over 50 percent of modern variable speed wind power systems and interesting also for adjustable speed diesel generation sets or…

Modeling and analysis of BCDFM: effect of rotor‐phase sequence connection

The paper seeks to investigate the effect of the rotor‐phase sequence connection on the steady‐state stability of the brushless cascaded doubly‐fed machine (BCDFM). The stability…

Dynamic energy storage for smart grids

This paper presents the world's first high voltage utility‐scale battery energy storage system in the multi megawatt range.

Ultracapacitor integration for short‐term energy management in a hybrid system

This paper aims to deal with the integration of energy storage devices (ultracapacitors) in wind energy applications to absorb the short terms fluctuations. The originality of…

Control of grid inverter based on opposite vectors hodographs

This paper presents control strategy of VSC connected to the unbalanced grid in stationary coordinates system. The algorithm shown in the paper can be applied to typical inverter…

Special issue on electric machines and systems: design, analysis, and control