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View article: Multi-Physics LCA-Based Design Optimization of an Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for EVs
Multi-Physics LCA-Based Design Optimization of an Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for EVs Open
This paper presents a multiphysics, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based design optimization framework for an interior permanent-magnet traction motor tailored to electric-vehicle duty. The workflow couples driving cycle realism, electromagne…
View article: Robust Wireless Power Transfer for EVs by Self-Oscillating Controlled Inverters and Identical Single-Coil Transmitting and Receiving Pads
Robust Wireless Power Transfer for EVs by Self-Oscillating Controlled Inverters and Identical Single-Coil Transmitting and Receiving Pads Open
Inductive wireless power transfer (IWPT) with stable output power and high efficiency is a major challenge for charging electric vehicles (EVs). This paper, for the first time, develops a robust IWPT system using a circular pad (CP) and do…
View article: Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery From a Platoon Powered by a DC Electric Road System
Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery From a Platoon Powered by a DC Electric Road System Open
Electric road systems (ERSs) are anticipated to be major energy consumers. The energy efficiency of an ERS can be significantly improved by implementing the practice of driving electric vehicles (EVs) in closely spaced platoons. This drivi…
View article: Evaluating Frequency Domain Reflectometry as a Tool for Lithium-Ion Battery Health Prognosis
Evaluating Frequency Domain Reflectometry as a Tool for Lithium-Ion Battery Health Prognosis Open
Monitoring battery aging is crucial for maintaining reliability and performance. This study investigates Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) as a tool for monitoring lithium-ion battery State-of-Health (SoH). While FDR has been applied in…
View article: Practical Demonstration and Novel Optimization Control for a Smart Soft Open Point to Maximize the Synergy Between the DC Metro Line and the LV Distribution Grid
Practical Demonstration and Novel Optimization Control for a Smart Soft Open Point to Maximize the Synergy Between the DC Metro Line and the LV Distribution Grid Open
The steady increment in electrical loads often requires expensive and disruptive upgrading of the electrical power supply infrastructure. This can be avoided by synergizing the DC railway networks with local AC grids using soft-open points…
View article: An Accurate Experimental Approach for Deriving Equivalent Thermal Conductivity of Impregnated Electrical Windings
An Accurate Experimental Approach for Deriving Equivalent Thermal Conductivity of Impregnated Electrical Windings Open
This paper presents an experimental approach for accurate derivation of equivalent thermal conductivity of anisotropic impregnated electrical windings. The proposed method employs a custom-built heat flow metering system for the analysis o…
View article: An adaptive fuzzy control technique for a high‐speed vehicular platoon experiencing communication delays
An adaptive fuzzy control technique for a high‐speed vehicular platoon experiencing communication delays Open
Vehicle platooning is seen as an enabler to improve driving safety, traffic congestion and stress‐free driving. A platoon is a highly non‐linear system and fuzzy control is able to deal with those systems. This paper presents a pioneering …
View article: Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction
Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction Open
Heat pipes have played a large part in the thermal management market for the past five decades and have contributed to the development and optimisation of countless components in a wide range of high-level applications, most notably in the…
View article: On the application of liquid metal cooling for electronic switching devices
On the application of liquid metal cooling for electronic switching devices Open
Increasingly smaller and lighter power electronics converters are needed for the advancement of electrified transport. The development of high heat flux heat sinks is imperative to maintain modern converters at an operable temperature. So …
View article: Temperature distribution in multichip IGBT module and its impact on collector current sharing
Temperature distribution in multichip IGBT module and its impact on collector current sharing Open
Multichip Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) power modules are widely used in high power applications. How-ever, the parallel connection of IGBT chips results in an inhomogeneous temperature/current distribution. In this paper, a the…
View article: Operation and Control of an Active Power Collector for Roadside Feeding Electric Road System
Operation and Control of an Active Power Collector for Roadside Feeding Electric Road System Open
The integration of electric vehicles (EVs) as an environmentally sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuel cars faces a range of technological obstacles, including battery technology, charging infrastructure, and standardization. …
View article: Smart soft open point to synergically improve the energy efficiencies of the interconnected electrical railways with the low voltage grids
Smart soft open point to synergically improve the energy efficiencies of the interconnected electrical railways with the low voltage grids Open
This paper presents a novel smart soft open point (sSOP) that interconnects railway electrification system to the local low voltage (LV) distribution grid to provide additional flexibility and controllability for both networks. The propose…
View article: An improved sliding mode control (SMC) approach for enhancement of communication delay in vehicle platoon system
An improved sliding mode control (SMC) approach for enhancement of communication delay in vehicle platoon system Open
Vehicle platoon systems are widely recognized as key enablers to address mass‐transport. Vehicle‐to‐vehicle (V2V) and vehicle‐to‐infrastructure (V2I) are two technologies that drive platooning. The inter‐vehicle spacing and collaboration v…
View article: Operation of Inductive Charging Systems Under Misalignment Conditions: A Review for Electric Vehicles
Operation of Inductive Charging Systems Under Misalignment Conditions: A Review for Electric Vehicles Open
Inductive power transfer (IPT) for electric vehicles (EVs) is an emerging technology that can transfer power wirelessly over certain distances, thus offering some remarkable characteristics in terms of flexibility, position, and movability…
View article: A Smart Rail and Grid Energy Management System for increased synergy between DC Railway Networks & Electrical Distribution Networks
A Smart Rail and Grid Energy Management System for increased synergy between DC Railway Networks & Electrical Distribution Networks Open
This paper presents results of the H2020 European E-LOBSTER project which is to propose an innovative Railway to Grid (R +G) Management system, combined with advanced power electronics and storage technologies (the smart Soft Open Point an…
View article: Temperature Estimation of SiC Power Devices Using High Frequency Chirp Signals
Temperature Estimation of SiC Power Devices Using High Frequency Chirp Signals Open
Silicon carbide devices have become increasingly popular in electric vehicles, predominantly due to their fast-switching speeds, which allow for the construction of smaller power converters. Temperature sensitive electrical parameters (TSE…
View article: Combining electric vehicle battery charging and battery cell equalisation in one circuit
Combining electric vehicle battery charging and battery cell equalisation in one circuit Open
Electric vehicles (EVs) require an onboard battery charger unit and a battery management system (BMS) unit that balances the voltage levels for each battery cell. So far, both units are two completely autarkic power electronics systems. Th…
View article: Comparison of TSEP Performances Operating at Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Temperature Distribution in Multichip IGBT Power Modules
Comparison of TSEP Performances Operating at Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Temperature Distribution in Multichip IGBT Power Modules Open
Temperature sensitive electrical parameters (TSEPs) are used to determine the chip temperature of a single-chip insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) power module by measuring one electrical device parameter. Commonly, most TSEPs have …
View article: Thermal Management System for Press-Pack IGBT Based on Liquid Metal Coolant
Thermal Management System for Press-Pack IGBT Based on Liquid Metal Coolant Open
The press-pack packaging technology has been adopted in recent years for insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) to be utilized in high voltage-high current applications, such as high-voltage direct current (HVdc) electric power transmi…
View article: Present and Future of Fault Tolerant Drives Applied to Transport Applications
Present and Future of Fault Tolerant Drives Applied to Transport Applications Open
An electric drive is an electromechanical conversion device, consisting of an electrical machine, a power electronic inverter, which interfaces between the machine and the electrical supply, a set of sensors and a digital electronic contro…
View article: Localization and Detection of Bond Wire Faults in Multichip IGBT Power Modules
Localization and Detection of Bond Wire Faults in Multichip IGBT Power Modules Open
Multichip insulated gate bipolar transistor (mIGBT) power modules (PMs) degrade over power cycling. Bond wire lift-off is one of the major failure modes. This article presents a technique to diagnose bond wire lift-off by analyzing the on-…
View article: An Improved LCL-L Compensation Topology for Capacitive Power Transfer in Electric Vehicle Charging
An Improved LCL-L Compensation Topology for Capacitive Power Transfer in Electric Vehicle Charging Open
This paper proposes an LCL-L compensation circuit for high power capacitive power transfer (CPT) aiming at minimizing number of resonant components and improving system performance. The proposed topology adopts only four external resonant …
View article: An Investigation of Gate Voltage Oscillation and its Suppression for SiC MOSFET
An Investigation of Gate Voltage Oscillation and its Suppression for SiC MOSFET Open
Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET has undergone a rapid development and commercialization in recent years due to its superior features. However, the mainstream commercial SiC MOFESTs are often fitted to packages that are previously designed for…
View article: Power‐take‐off topology comparison for a wave energy converter
Power‐take‐off topology comparison for a wave energy converter Open
Wave Energy Converters (WECs) generally use a Mechanical Power‐Take‐Off (MPTO) involving hydraulics or gearing to optimise the extraction of energy from the incoming waves before converting it into electrical energy via a high speed rotati…
View article: TC48: A low‐cost 48 V integrated drive for mild hybrid electric vehicles
TC48: A low‐cost 48 V integrated drive for mild hybrid electric vehicles Open
The TC48 drive is a low‐cost, low‐voltage integrated motor‐drive solution suitable for mild hybrid electric vehicles, off‐highway traction, and any application where a compact, highly torque‐dense machine is required. Low‐voltage solutions…
View article: High step‐up interleaved boost converter utilising stacked half‐bridge rectifier configuration
High step‐up interleaved boost converter utilising stacked half‐bridge rectifier configuration Open
This paper proposes a solution to complement the insufficient voltage gain and voltage stress distribution of classical interleaved boost converter in high step‐up application. An interleaved converter integrating coupled inductor and volt…
View article: Selecting appropriate fuzzy PID control structure for power electronic applications
Selecting appropriate fuzzy PID control structure for power electronic applications Open
A comprehensive library of Fuzzy Proportional‐Integral‐Derivative (PID) controllers for power electronic systems has recently presented in the literature. In this library, the authors derived a 27 Fuzzy PID structures and many hybrid Fuzzy…
View article: Gate–Emitter Pre-threshold Voltage as a Health-Sensitive Parameter for IGBT Chip Failure Monitoring in High-Voltage Multichip IGBT Power Modules
Gate–Emitter Pre-threshold Voltage as a Health-Sensitive Parameter for IGBT Chip Failure Monitoring in High-Voltage Multichip IGBT Power Modules Open
IEEE This paper proposes a novel health sensitive parameter, called the gate-emitter pre-threshold voltage VGE(pre-th), for detecting IGBT chip failures in multichip IGBT power modules. The proposed method has been applied in an IGBT gate …