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Vehicle Electrical Systems Integration (VESI)

Publications

Bristol

  1. Hopkins, A.; McNeill, N.; Anthony, P.; Mellor, P., "High efficiency bidirectional 5kW DC-DC converter with super-junction MOSFETs for electric vehicle super-capacitor systems," in Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE); DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310315.
  2. Hopkins, A.; McNeill, N.; Anthony, P.; Mellor, P., "Figure of merit for selecting super-junction MOSFETs in high efficiency voltage source converters," in Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE); DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310195.
  3. Simpson, N.; Mellor, P.H., "Exploiting cloud computing in the multi-physics design and optimisation of electromagnetic devices," in Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2015 IEEE 16th Workshop, 12-15 July 2015; DOI: 10.1109/COMPEL.2015.7236508.
  4. Simpson, N.; Mellor, P.H.; Wrobel, R., "Estimation of equivalent thermal parameters of electrical windings," in Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2012 XXth International Conference, pp.1294-1300, 2-5 Sept. 2012. DOI: 10.1109/ICElMach.2012.6350044.
  5. Simpson, N.; Wrobel, R.; Mellor, P.H., "Multi-physics design of high-energy-density wound components," in Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2015 IEEE, pp.3857-3864, 20-24 Sept. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310205.
  6. R. Wrobel, D. Salt, N. Simpson, P. Mellor, "Comparative study of copper and aluminium conductors - future cost effective PM machines", PEMD 2014.
  7. N. Simpson, R. Wrobel, P. Mellor, "Estimation of Equivalent Thermal Parameters of Impregnated Electrical Windings", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, VOL. 49., pp. 2505-2515, 2014.
  8. R. Wrobel, D. Salt, A. Griffo, N. Simpson, P. Mellor, "Derivation and Scaling of AC Copper Loss in Thermal Modeling of Electrical Machines", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, VOL. 61., pp. 4412-4420, 2014.

City

  1. B. Yoheswaran, K. R. Pullen, "Flow and Convective Heat Transfer in Disk-Type Electric Machines with Coolant Flow", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Berlin, Germany, 2-5 Sep. 2014.

Cranfield

  1. W. Fei and P. C. K. Luk, “Investigation of radial electromagnetic force density and vibration in a fractional-slot interior permanent magnet synchronous machine”, Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013 IEEE, pp. 4998 – 5005, 15-19 Sept. 2013, DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647375.
  2. W. Fei, P. C. K. Luk, D. Miao, and J. X. Shen, “Investigation of Torque Characteristics in a Novel Permanent Magnet Flux Switching Machine With an Outer-Rotor Configuration”, Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on (Volume:50 , Issue: 4 ), pp.1-7, April 2014, DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2013.2288219.
  3. B. Xia, J. X. Shen, P. C. K. Luk, and W. Fei, “Comparative Study of Air-Cored Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Machines With Different Stator Winding Configurations”, Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on (Volume:62 , Issue: 2 ), pp.846-856, Feb. 2015, DOI:10.1109/TIE.2014.2353012.
  4. B. Xia, W. Fei, and P. C. K. Luk, “Analysis and design of V-spoke ferrite interior permanent magnet machine for traction applications”, Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), 2015 6th International Conference on, pp. 1-6, 15-17 Dec. 2015, DOI:10.1109/PESA.2015.7398957.
  5. W. Liang, W. Fei, and P. C. K. Luk, “An Improved Sideband Current Harmonic Model of Interior PMSM Drive by Considering Magnetic Saturation and Cross-Coupling Effects”, accepted for publication on IEEE Transactions Industrial Electronics (Feb 2016).
  6. Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K., Liang, W. “Influence of magnet layer number on electromagnetic performance of ferrite interior permanent magnet synchronous machine” International conference on electric machine and systems (ICEMS), October, 2014, pp.1-7. DOI:10.1109/ICEMS.2014.7013435.
  7. Xia, B., Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K., Wu, D., "Design of a multi-layer interior ferrite permanent magnet synchronous machine for traction applications", 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 2014, Page(s): 1–6. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2014.0444.
  8. Xia, B., Luk, P.C.K., Fei, W., Yu, L., "Particle swarm optimization of air-cored axial flux permanent magnet generator for small-scale wind power systems", 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 2014, Page(s): 1–6.
  9. Wu, D., Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K., Xia, B., "Design considerations of outer-rotor permanent magnet synchronous machines for in-wheel electric drivetrain using particle swarm optimization", 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 2014, Page(s): 1–6. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2014.0449.
  10. Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K., Xia, B., Wu, D., "Design improvement of outer-rotor permanent magnet flux switching machine for direct-drive urban electric vehicle propulsion", Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE, 2013, Page(s): 7319-7324. DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2013.6700350.
  11. Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K., Wu, D., Xia, B, "Approximate three-dimensional finite element analysis of large permanent magnet sychronous generators with stator radial ventilating ducts", Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE, 2013 , Page(s): 7313-7318; DOI:10.1109/IECON.2013.6700349.
  12. Wu, D., Fei, W., Luk, P.C.K, "Design optimizations of outer-rotor permanent magnet synchronous machines with fractional-slot and concentrated-winding configurations in lightweight electric vehicles", Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA); 2015, Pages: 1 - 8, DOI: 10.1109/PESA.2015.7398956.

Liverpool John Moores

  1. I.Subotic, N.Bodo, E.Levi; Single-phase on-board integrated battery chargers for EVs based on multiphase machines, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics. 1. DOI 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2504400.
  2. I.Subotic, N.Bodo, E.Levi, B.Dumnic, D.Milicevic, V.Katic; Overview of fast on-board integrated battery chargers for electric vehicles based on multiphase machines and power electronics, IET – Electric Power Applications. 2. DOI 10.1049/iet-epa.2015.0292.
  3. I. Subotic, N. Bodo, E. Levi, B. Dumnic, D. Milicevic, V. Katic; An integrated multiphase system for slow and fast EV battery charging, 18th Int. Symp. on Power Electronics - Ee 2015, Novi Sad, Serbia, 28-20 October 2015, Paper no. T2-3, pp. 1-5, ISBN: 978-86-7892-757-7.
  4. I.Subotic, N.Bodo, E.Levi, "An EV drive-train with integrated fast charging capability", IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, DOI 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2424592. Open access, available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.
  5. I.Subotic, N.Bodo, E.Levi, M.Jones, V.Levi, "Isolated chargers for EVs incorporating six-phase machines", IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2015.2412516. Open access, available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.
  6. N.Bodo, I.Subotic, E.Levi, M.Jones, "Single-phase on-board integrated battery charger based on a nine-phase machine", IEEE Ind. Elec. Soc. Annual Meeting IECON, Dallas, TX, 2014, pp. 3210-3216.
  7. I.Subotic, E.Levi, N.Bodo, "A fast on-board integrated battery charger for EVs using an asymmetrical six-phase machine", Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/VPPC.2014.7006996
  8. I.Subotic, M.Jones, E.Levi, "A fast on-board integrated battery charger for four-motor EVs", Int. Conf. on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Berlin, Germany, 2-5 Sep. 2014, pp. 2060-2066.
  9. I.Subotic, N.Bodo, E.Levi, M.Jones, "On-board integrated battery charger for EVs using an asymmetrical nine-phase machine", IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no.5, 2015, pp.3285-3295.
  10. I. Subotic, E.Levi, "An Integrated Battery Charger for EVs Based on a Symmetrical Six-Phase Machine", IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics ISIE, Istanbul, Turkey, 01-04 June 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864937.
  11. I. Subotic, E. Levi, M. Jones and D. Graovac, "Multiphase integrated onboard battery chargers for electrical vehicles", EPE'113 ECCE Europe - 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Lille, France, Sept 2013.
  12. I. Subotic, E. Levi, M. Jones and D. Graovac, "On-board integrated battery chargers for electric vehicles using nine-phase machines", IEEE International Electric Machines and Drive Conference, IEMDC, Chicago, IL., May 2013.
  13. I.Subotic, E. Levi, M. Jones, "An integrated battery charger for EVs based on an asymmetrical six-phase machine", IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Vienna, Austria, Nov 2013.
  14. I.Subotic, E.Levi, "A review of single-phase on-board integrated battery charging topologies for electric vehicles", IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis WEMDCD, Turin, Italy, 2015, pp. 136-145.

Manchester

  1. G. Calderon-Lopez, A. Villarruel-Parra, P. Kakosimos, S. K. Ki, R. Todd and A. J. Forsyth, "A Comparison of Digital PWM Control Strategies for High Power Interleaved DC-DC Converters", PEMD 2016, Glasgow (to be published 2016).

Newcastle

  1. Ji, B.; Song, X.G.; Cao, W.P.; Pickert, V., "Active temperature control of Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles", Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Conference 2013 (HEVC 2013), IET Conference Publication, Pages: 1 - 5, 2013. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2013.1916.
  2. M. Besharati, J. Widmer, G. Atkinson, V. Pickert, "Super-High-Speed Switched Reluctance Motor for Automotive Traction", ECCE-Conference Montreal,

    20-24/9/2015.

  3. X. Song, J. Zhang, S. Kang, M. Ma, B. Ji, W. Cao, V. Pickert, "Surrogate-Based Analysis and Optimization for the Design of Heat Sinks With Jet Impingement", IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MARCH 2014.

  4. H. Wu, V. Pickert, "Stability analysis and control of nonlinear phenomena in bidirectional boost converter based on Monodromy matrix", Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2014, IEEE, Fort Worth, USA, Page(s): 2822-2827, 2014.
  5. H. Wu, V. Pickert, "Nonlinear analysis and control for an interleaved boost converter based on the Monodromy matrix" Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2014, IEEE, Pittsburgh, USA.

  6. M. Besharati, K. R. Pullen, J. D. Widmer, G. Atkinson and V. Pickert, "Investigation of the Mechanical Constraints on the Design of a Super-high-speed Switched Reluctance Motor for Automotive Traction", Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 7th IET International Conference, 8-10 April 2014. DOI:10.1049/cp.2014.0457.

Nottingham

  1. Saeed, R.; Johnson, C.M.; Empringham, L.; de Lillo, L., "High current density air cored Inductors for direct power module integration," Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,6, 26-28 Aug. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2014.6911046.

Sheffield

  1. D.A. Hewitt, D.A. Stone, M.P. Foster, "Modelling the enhancement to the thermal performance of encapsulants using thermally conductive filler materials"; PCIM Asia 2015.
  2. D.A. Hewitt, D.A. Stone, M.P. Foster, "An experimental evaluation of thermally conductive filler loaded encapsulant composites", PEMD 2014; paper 313.
  3. D.A. Hewitt, D.A. Stone, M.P. Foster, “Design of thermally integrated planar inductors utilising aluminium oxide as a winding insulation material", PCIM Europe 2013; 14-16/5/13, Nuremberg; pp 223-230.
  4. D.A. Hewitt, D.A. Stone, M.P. Foster; "An investigation into the feasibility of using aluminium oxide to insulate aluminium planar windings"; iPower2; 28-29/11/12, University of Warwick; Poster 6.

Southampton

  1. Donoghue, J.C., Cruden, A.J., “Whole System Modelling of V2G Power Network Control, Communications and Management“, Electronic Vehicle Symposium 27 (Barcelona, 2013). DOI: 10.1109/EVS.2013.6914880.

Warwick

  1. F. Li, Y. Sharma, V. Shah, M. Jennings, A. Pérez-Tomás, M. Myronov, et al., "Electrical activation of nitrogen heavily implanted 3C-SiC(1 0 0)," Applied Surface Science, vol. 353, pp. 958-963, 10/30/ 2015.
  2. Y. K. Sharma, F. Li, M. R. Jennings, C. A. Fisher, A. Pérez-Tomás, S. Thomas, et al., "High-Temperature (1200–1400°C) Dry Oxidation of 3C-SiC on Silicon," Journal of Electronic Materials, pp. 1-8, 08/07/ 2015.
  3. F. Li, Y. Sharma, C. Fisher, M. Jennings, and P. Mawby, "A novel 3C-SiC on Si power Schottky diode design and modelling," in MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, San Francisco, 2014.
  4. F. Li, Y. Sharma, C. Fisher, H. Rong, M. Jennings, and P. Mawby, "Study of a novel lateral RESURF 3C-SiC on Si Schottky diode," in EPE'14 ECCE Europe, Lappeenranta, 2014.
  5. F. Li, Y. Sharma, D. Hamilton, C. Fisher, M. Jennings, S. Burrows, and P. Mawby ''Activation of nitrogen implanted 3C-SiC with deposited SiO2'' in European Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2014. (Accepted)
  6. Y.K. Sharma, F. Li, M.R. Jennings, C.A. Fisher, D. Hamilton, S.M. Thomas, A. Pérez-Tomás, P.A. Mawby, “Fabrication of 3C-SiC MOS capacitors using high-temperature oxidation'' in European Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2014 (Accepted).
  7. Sharma, Y. K., F. Li, C. A. Fisher, M. R. Jennings, A. Perez-Tomas, S. M. Thomas, D. Hamilton, and P. A. Mawby. "Electrical Properties of the 3C-SiC/SiO2 Interface Grown With High Temperature Oxidation." (2014).
  8. Y.K. Sharma, F. Li, M.R. Jennings, C.A. Fisher, A. Pérez-Tomás, S. Thomas, D.P. Hamilton, S. A. O. Russell, and P.A. Mawby, "High-temperature dry oxidation (1200-1400oC) and N2O passivation of the 3C-SiC/SiO2 interface" (in preparation).