Advances in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines: Design, Control, and Applications

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 276

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School of Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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School of Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: electrical system technologies; electric motors and drives for propulsion and household appliances; electric generators

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, permanent magnet synchronous machines have drawn extensive concern worldwide due to their large torque capacity, high efficiency and robust configuration. This Special Issue will focus on advances in permanent magnet synchronous machines, including design, control and applications.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • High-torque density permanent magnet machine advances;
  • Multi-physics analysis of permanent magnet machines;
  • Optimization of permanent magnet machines;
  • Design of special permanent magnet machines;
  • Novel applications of permanent magnet machines;
  • Design and control of high-speed permanent magnet machines;
  • Design and control of multi-phase permanent magnet machines;
  • Design and control of fault-tolerant permanent magnet machines;
  • AI-related techniques for permanent magnet machines;
  • New material application for permanent magnet machines;
  • Other aspects related to permanent magnet synchronous machines.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Jincheng Yu
Prof. Dr. Fei Zhao
Dr. Zaixin Song
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • permanent magnet machines
  • multi-physics analysis
  • multi-objective optimization
  • fault-tolerant permanent magnet machines
  • multi-phase permanent magnet machines

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A Novel Loss-Balancing Modulation Strategy for ANPC Three-Level Inverter for Variable-Speed Pump Storage Applications
by Yali Wang, Liyang Liu, Tao Liu, Yikai Li, Kai Guo and Yiming Ma
Electronics 2025, 14(15), 2944; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14152944 - 23 Jul 2025
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The non-uniform thermal distribution in the active neutral-point clamped (ANPC) topology causes significant thermal gradients during high-power operation, restricting its use in large-capacity power conversion systems like variable-speed pumped storage. This study introduces a novel hybrid fundamental frequency modulation strategy. Through a dynamic [...] Read more.
The non-uniform thermal distribution in the active neutral-point clamped (ANPC) topology causes significant thermal gradients during high-power operation, restricting its use in large-capacity power conversion systems like variable-speed pumped storage. This study introduces a novel hybrid fundamental frequency modulation strategy. Through a dynamic allocation mechanism based on a reference signal, this strategy alternates inner and outer power switches at the fundamental frequency, ensuring balanced switching frequency across devices. Consequently, it effectively mitigates the inherent loss imbalance in conventional ANPC topologies. Quantitative analysis using a power device loss model shows that, compared to conventional carrier phase-shift modulation, the proposed method reduces total system losses by 39.98% and improves the loss-balancing index by 18.27% over inner-switch fundamental frequency modulation. A multidimensional validation framework, including an MW-level hardware platform, numerical simulations, and test data, was established. The results confirm the proposed strategy’s effectiveness in improving power device thermal balance. Full article
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