Modeling and Optimal Control for Electrical Machines
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 March 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrical machines; numerical field calculations; optimization of electromagnetic fields; renewable energy technologies; electrical engineering; power generation
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Special Issue Information
Electric machines have become so deeply embedded in everyday technologies that their presence often goes unnoticed. Yet, they are crucial components, ensuring reliable and efficient operation in a wide range of applications by fulfilling both actuation and control functions. In fact, they stand at the core of today’s industrial transformation, enabled by electromobility and the integration of renewable energy. For engineers and researchers, the challenge goes far beyond their obvious ubiquity; instead, it lies in advancing modelling techniques, developing optimal control strategies, and improving design approaches to maximize the efficiency of energy conversion and the reliability of systems.
This Special Issue is dedicated to presenting and disseminating recent advances in the theory, modelling, optimal control, design, and application of both rotating and linear electrical machines. We welcome contributions in the form of original research papers and reviews, particularly those highlighting novel modelling methods, advanced control schemes, and innovative engineering solutions for the next generation of electrical machines.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Modelling, simulation, and analysis methods for electrical machines;
- Optimal control strategies for rotating and linear machines;
- Machine optimisation processes, including design and performance enhancement;
- Advanced supply and control techniques for electrical machines;
- Integration of power electronics systems for high-performance control;
- Hybrid excited and unconventional machine topologies in the context of control optimisation;
- Thermal and mechanical analyses supporting accurate modelling and control;
- Applications of electrical machines in renewable energy and electromobility as benchmarks for modelling and control approaches;
- Novel computational tools and frameworks for system-level optimisation;
- Case studies on permanent magnet synchronous, synchronous reluctance, induction, switched reluctance, brushless DC, and linear machines, with emphasis on modelling and control aspects;
- All other aspects of permanent magnet synchronous machines, synchronous reluctance machines, induction machines, switched reluctance machines, brushless dc machines, linear machines, etc.
Dr. Marcin Wardach
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electric machines
- standard and new designs
- hybrid excited machines
- new applications
- modelling and optimization
- control
- numerical field calculations
- electrical vehicles
- permanent magnet machines
- wind power energy
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