{"title":"Design and testing of a new linear topology for electric machines","authors":"M. Mezzarobba, A. Tessarolo","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476384","url":null,"abstract":"A new linear topology is proposed in this paper for rotating electric machines. The design presented consists of an outer permanent-magnet rotor featuring the same structure as a flexible chain or track made of a sequence of ferromagnetic links connected together by hinges. Toothed wheels are used to convert the linear motion of the track-like rotor into a rotary torque to be transferred to the shaft. The stator portion is the same as for a double-sided linear electric machine. The proposed linear topology makes the electric machine suitable for installation in long thin compartments. A perspective application can be envisioned to direct drive wind generators: the linear machine topology makes the generator suitable for installation inside the wind tower, while conventional cylindrical generators need to be fit into the nacelle. The proposed design has been investigated by finite element analysis simulations and has been implemented into a technology demonstrator for experimental validation.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134645921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of novel segmented E-shaped stator switched reluctance machines with segmental and conventional rotor topologies","authors":"Wen Ding, Yanfang Hu, Haigang Fu, Qingsong Chen","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476359","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents two novel three-phase modular SRMs (MSRMs) with the same segmented E-shaped stator modules and different rotor topologies, namely, segmental rotor and conventional rotor. The basic topologies and simplified equivalent magnetic circuit (EMC) are presented first. The static electromagnetic characteristics of two MSRMs such as flux distribution, phase flux linkage and inductance, electromagnetic torque, and so on, are computed and compared by 3D finite-element analysis. Then the dynamic performances including steady-state and transient operations of two MSRM drives are evaluated and compared. Finally, two MSRM prototypes with segmental rotor and conventional rotor are manufactured and tested for experimental verification and comparison. The experimental results of static flux linkage, steady state and transient performances of two MSRM drives are presented and compared, which verify the analytical EMC model, FEA and the corresponding Matlab/Simulink-based predictions.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114590042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptualising Mobility as a Service","authors":"Raphael Giesecke, Teemu Surakka, M. Hakonen","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476443","url":null,"abstract":"We agree with the common perception that Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has strong potential to address the growing mobility needs of the world's population in a sustainable way. However there is a significant lack of understanding of what MaaS actually is on conceptual level. Reviewing the state-of-the-art of MaaS research we deduct that MaaS has all the attributes of a `hyped' socio-technical phenomenon: it seems to be a loosely connected patchwork of optimistic political dogma, activists' enthusiasm, anecdotal evidence of successful services and a firm belief of investors in companies such as Uber. However, as a paradigm shift, MaaS has electrified public decision makers and unleashed a wave of innovation in SMEs. In addition, MaaS forces researchers to work in multi-disciplinary collaborations, transcending `traditional' competence areas, such as traffic planning, computer science, social sciences, transport systems and organisational psychology. Consequently, while embracing the innovative spirit of the MaaS paradigm shift, we aim to outline key conceptual issues of MaaS. These issues are 1) the nature of travel (including purpose, mode, means, distance etc.); 2) MaaS interoperability within intelligent traffic services; 3) the end-user perspective, with a focus on user attitudes and behaviours; and 4) sustainability, including work during the journey, and ultimately not traveling at all (e.g. teleworking). We exemplify our tentative concept through applying it to the existing mobility services Uber, Lyft, Car2Go, DriveNow, Tuup, UbiGo and Moovel. Through our study, we provide an initial research based conceptual foundation for MaaS researchers, developers and implementers.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115775913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of a segmented-stator hybrid excitation switched reluctance machine with permanent magnets for electric vehicles","authors":"Wen Ding, Yanfang Hu, Haigang Fu, Qingsong Chen","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476358","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates a novel 12/10-pole, three-phase, segmented-stator hybrid excitation SRM (HESRM) associated with permanent magnets located between stator poles for electric vehicles. Firstly, the basic machine topology and operating principle are presented. The static electromagnetic characteristics of the proposed HESRM, such as flux distribution, flux linkage, static torque, and so on, are analyzed by 2D finite-element analysis (FEA). Then, the dynamic performance at steady state operation is performed by using cosimulation of indirect field-circuit coupling. Finally, a 12/10 segmented HESRM prototype is tested for experimental verification and is compared with a conventional 12/10 SRM of the same size.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125555316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical reliability enhancement of the DC/DC stage of an onboard vehicle battery charger","authors":"S. Haghbin, T. Thiringer","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476437","url":null,"abstract":"To increase the reliability of the DC/DC stage of an onboard vehicle battery charger, some important electrical fault cases are selected and analyzed. For each fault case, the circuit is analyzed and based on the results, appropriate fault detection algorithms are proposed. In addition, after the detection of a fault mode, appropriate changes in the controller settings are proposed for a possible improvement in the device operation. To increase the circuit reliability and fault tolerance, some design recommendations are provided in the hardware and software level. Examples of design change suggestions are addition of an extra component like a diode in a critical circuit point or utilizing a sensorless method in the case of a sensor network fault.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128427665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Sedaghat, Rafat F. Al-Waked, M. Bani Salim, K. Khanafer, Mohamed S. Gaith
{"title":"External flows on entry of a hybrid wind catcher-wind turbine system","authors":"A. Sedaghat, Rafat F. Al-Waked, M. Bani Salim, K. Khanafer, Mohamed S. Gaith","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476403","url":null,"abstract":"A new concept in wind power harnessing is recently developed under INVELOX (Increasing VELocity) by the company Sheerwind in USA. It is claimed that the new concept can significantly outperforms traditional wind turbines in terms of reducing the diameter of wind turbine, improve aerodynamic characteristics under the same wind conditions, and delivers significantly higher output at reduced cost. The innovative feature of the wind turbine is the elimination of tower-mounted turbines. It is believed that the entry of such systems is crucially important because external flows over nozzle or diffuse devices are different from classically known internal flows. Shrouded wind turbines and wind catcher systems are normally use a diffuser shape at entry, however, the INVELOX concept suggest using a nozzle at entry. In this paper, two different simpler systems than INVELOX are designed with nozzle or diffuser at the entry using general methods in design of blower wind tunnels. In the first phase of this work, CFD (computational fluid dynamics) method is applied to solve external flows around nozzle and diffuser flows by solving the modelled RANS (Reynolds average Navier-Stokes) equations. The initial results indicate that the wind speed retarded at the entry of nozzle while wind speed accelerated at entry of a diffuser device.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129326349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Z. Kadid, Mohamed Salah Aggoune, S. Drid, R. Abdessemed
{"title":"Electromagnetic, flow and thermal coupling in a MHD pump taking account the saturation of the ferromagnetic material","authors":"F. Z. Kadid, Mohamed Salah Aggoune, S. Drid, R. Abdessemed","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476405","url":null,"abstract":"The coupled finite element method - finite volume method are applied to solve magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow equations and the thermal equation in the linear induction MHD pump taking into account the saturation of the ferromagnetic materials. This study is done using the stream-vorticity formulation. The purpose of this paper is to represent the velocity and the temperature respectively in linear and non linear cases because it is required to have the knowledge of the flow and the temperature to design an MHD pump. Additionally, the effect of the electromagnetic thrust on the flow distribution in a linear induction MHD pump is studied.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127609602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Zito, C. Bruzzese, M. Rafiei, E. Santini, T. Mazzuca, A. Tessarolo, G. Lipardi
{"title":"Actuation of ship stabilizing fins by a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor drive servoed to the hydraulic motor","authors":"D. Zito, C. Bruzzese, M. Rafiei, E. Santini, T. Mazzuca, A. Tessarolo, G. Lipardi","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476393","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the hydraulic system drive used onboard ships to actuate stabilizing fins. The hydraulic drives are often characterized by low efficiencies, heavy maintenance, frequent oil leaks and large weight and size. To overcome these draw-backs, in this paper a concept design of a full-scale permanent magnet linear synchronous motor directly coupled to the shipboard fin stabilizer, is presented, used as a servo-motor. The innovative electric drive is based on prototype of high thrust linear motor built in a previous research. A complete Simulink model, where electric, mechanical and hydraulic domains can be connected, has been realized. Simulations has been performed to evaluate the hydraulic drive efficiency and in order to assess the servo-assistance capabilities. The results show the feasibility of the proposed solution for a future practical application. This research has been carried out in the framework of the Italian Defence Research National Program for the development of `dual use' technologies.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127798377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fault recovery control strategy of a two-stroke free-piston linear generator","authors":"Peng Sun, Chi Zhang, Lianlian Mao, Dequan Zeng, Fei Zhao, Jin-hua Chen","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476377","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a recovery control strategy of a two-stroke free-piston linear generator. The recovery process is implemented through switching the linear electric machine into motoring mode once certain unstable operation like misfire occurs during stable cycles. Various operation states are illustrated. Both the steady operation strategy and the fault recovery strategy are analyzed and simulated. The analysis experiments results show that the proposed recovering strategy is feasible and easy to be implemented. The unstable situation can be effectively recovered during 20ms or less, and has no negative influence on the next stable operation.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129324439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on breakdown voltage and minimum ignition energy of sparking system for free-piston linear generator","authors":"Dequan Zeng, Chi Zhang, Shuai Guo, Peng Sun, Fei Zhao, Jin-hua Chen","doi":"10.1109/EVER.2016.7476375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2016.7476375","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is aimed at studying the breakdown voltage and minimum ignition energy of sparking system for the free-piston linear generator (FPLG). Combing the ignition characteristics and demands specifically for the FPLG system, the breakdown voltage and conduction duration of the primary coil are determined theoretically with the Townsend and Paschen Laws. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mode is developed to investigate the in-cylinder pressure and temperature at various igniting moments. The theoretical minimum ignition energy is determined with the laminar combustion theory, which contributes to the design and optimization of the sparking system. The effects of the ignition points and initial in-cylinder temperature on the breakdown voltage and minimum ignition energy are analyzed. The results show that advanced ignition contributes to decreasing the breakdown voltage and the conduction duration of the primary coil, meanwhile has no negative influence on the minimum ignition energy. However, rising initial in-cylinder temperature lowers the breakdown voltage, shortens the conduction duration of the primary coil and reduces the minimum ignition energy.","PeriodicalId":412230,"journal":{"name":"2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130077648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}