Advances in Electrical Machines and Drives

Dear Colleagues,

Electric vehicles (EVs) play a role as key transportation technologies. Therefore, EVs and renewable energy have been integrated to execute the plan for an electric fleet transportation system to meet the targets made by the IEA (International Energy Agency) for 2030 and 2050—electric vehicles comprising more than 400 million electric cars and electric two-wheeler vehicles by 2030 and 2050, respectively. The annual EVs sale list in 2015 increased by more than 75% from 2014 numbers in these countries: France, Germany, Korea, Norway, Sweden, the UK, China, and India. Therefore, the rapidly growing technological advancements in the automotive industry are highly characterized by electrical machines (AC or DC). In particular, the ultimate goal is to reach zero greenhouse gas (GHG) and CO₂ emission from electric vehicles or from power generation stations. Concerned with a clean environment, many types of electrical machine drive systems (AC or DC) and power electronic conversion units are being tested in automobiles. In addition, electrical machines with power electronic converters play a key role in an environment free from hazardous elements when fit to renewable energy systems for power generation (e.g., wind, PV, etc.). Thereby, electrical machine drives (AC or DC) are extensively investigated by researchers for their reliability, fault-tolerant structure, and redundancy capabilities. Further, the controllability of drive systems offer high-performance machines through new power conversion units and modulation techniques. This Special Issue will address and attract papers related to different aspects focused on electrical machine drive systems (AC or DC) for EVs and renewable energy applications, and the topics of interest are given below.

• Modelling of new electrical machines (AC or DC) for electric vehicles and renewable energy applications.
• Special-purpose electrical machines for industrial application.
• Multiphase AC machines (synchronous-, asynchronous-, switched reluctance (SR)-, brush-less DC-, and permanent magnet-machines).
• New control schemes for AC and DC machine drives for smooth propagation and controlling torque pulsations.
• Special-purpose control algorithms based on adaptive control, sliding mode control (SMC), back-stepping control, predictive control, etc.
• Power converter solutions for electrical machines (AC or DC) for reliable operation and improved torque performance for sensitivity speed control application.
• New modulation schemes for AC and DC machine drives for enhanced and reliable performance.
• Fault-tolerant control strategies for AC and DC machine drives for viable operation.
• New adaption techniques to estimate state variables for electrical machine parameters.
• Finite element tool analysis of electrical machines.
• Cascaded (parallel or series) operation of electrical machines (motor or generator) for grid-connected applications.

As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to submit your high-quality research findings as a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in this Special Issue “Advances in Electrical Machines and Drives”, to be published in the journal Machines.

All accepted articles will be published after international peer review. Your contribution is highly welcome, and we are looking forward to the great success of this Special Issue thanks in part to your high-quality research outcomes.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
Prof. Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen
Guest Editors

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