Electric Machines Design

Dear Colleagues,

At present, renewable energy sources (wind turbines, small hydroelectric plants, etc.), electric propulsion for ships, cars, and unmanned aerial vehicles, industrial machines (pumps, ventilators, elevators, mills, conveyor belts, etc.), and biomedical applications (e.g., axial pumps for artificial hearts) are based on the exploitation of electric machines. However, before the operation, the electric machine design is a necessary step including the use of new materials such as permanent magnets; energy efficiency improvement; harmonic distortion limitation; construction, operation, and withdrawal cost reduction; and reliability improvement. These require the application of applied various mathematical tools, such as 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional finite-element methods for electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical issues, optimization models (e.g., neural networks, genetic algorithms, strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm).

Thus, to further spread the technologies and methods related to electric machine design, this Special Issue, entitled “Electric Machine Design”, has been proposed for the international journal Energies, which is an SSCI and SCIE journal (2018 IF=2.707). This Special Issue mainly covers original research and studies related to the above-mentioned topics, including but not limited to electro-magnetic, thermal, and mechanical design of electric machines; machine materials; special designs for renewable sources and electric propulsion; experimental tests; and so on. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer-review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

We are writing to invite you to submit your original work to this Special Issue, and look forward to receiving your outstanding research.

Prof. Dr. Antonios G. Kladas
Dr. George J. Tsekouras
Guest Editors

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• electromagnetic/construction/cooling materials, insulation, wires, etc. for machines
• electromagnetic electric machine design
• thermal electric machine design
• mechanical electric machine design
• experimental tests—sensors for machines
• operation, monitoring, and maintenance
• 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional finite-element methods
• optimization methods for electric machines design
• special applications such as high-voltage electric propulsion induction motors for ships (AZIPODS, etc.), permanent synchronous generators for hydro-turbines or wind-turbines, switch reluctance motors for artificial hearts, etc.