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3 Citations
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5 November 2021

Since the slot opening is large in the uniform slot machine, the torque ripple generated by overlapping or misaligning with the rotor cavity is remarkably large in the case of interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine. In this work, it is observed that...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,291 Views
17 Pages

Economic Ripple Effects Analysis of Cross-Laminated Timber Manufacturing in Japan

  • Mengyuan Liu,
  • Tomohumi Huzita,
  • Akito Murano,
  • Chun Sheng Goh and
  • Chihiro Kayo

1 March 2023

Japan has been actively promoting the various uses of timber to efficiently utilize its plantation forests and contribute to its climate commitments. Cross-laminated timber (CLT), owing to its unique structural characteristics and environmental advan...

(This article belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,019 Views
19 Pages

21 May 2024

This study investigates the economic impact of the 2018 agricultural drought in Korea on the agricultural field through input–output analysis. Using industry linkage tables provided by the Bank of Korea, various economic impacts, including soci...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,852 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of Torque Ripple of a Spoke-Type Interior Permanent Magnet Machine

  • Guoyu Chu,
  • Rukmi Dutta,
  • Alireza Pouramin and
  • Muhammed Fazlur Rahman

5 June 2020

This paper investigates the theoretical reasons behind the low torque ripple of a fractional-slot concentrated-winding (FSCW) spoke-type interior permanent-magnet (IPM) machine obtained via a genetic algorithm-based optimization. To better understand...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Machines and Drive Systems for Emerging Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,849 Views
28 Pages

12 February 2025

Nowadays, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Linear Motors (PMLSMs) are widely applied as direct drive mechanisms in the industrial manufacturing sector, which can fulfill the requirements for high precision and high production rates. However, PMLSMs are c...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,610 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2025

With the growing demand for high-efficiency and high-performance electric motors in applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and industrial drive systems, Axial Flux Motors (AFMs) have gained significant attention due to their high torque dens...

(This article belongs to the Topic Energy Management and Efficiency in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,757 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2013

Multiphase systems are nowadays considered for various industrial applications. Numerous pulse width modulation (PWM) schemes for multiphase voltage source inverters with sinusoidal outputs have been developed, but no detailed analysis of the impact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,973 Views
22 Pages

Theoretical Analysis of Active Flow Ripple Control in Positive Displacement Pumps

  • Paolo Casoli,
  • Carlo Maria Vescovini,
  • Fabio Scolari and
  • Massimo Rundo

27 June 2022

Positive displacement machines present a well-known major drawback that is the oscillation in delivered flow rate. This paper presents two active solutions for reducing the flow ripple generated by a pump with an external device actuated by means of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application and Analysis in Fluid Power Systems)
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  • Open Access
281 Views
20 Pages

15 September 2026

Inverse-coupled inductors suppress phase-current ripple in interleaved buck converters, whereas high-side zero-voltage switching (ZVS) requires sufficient negative valley current for switch-node commutation. These opposing requirements create an inhe...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,465 Views
15 Pages

16 December 2024

Flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) are technologies that use a rotating flywheel to store and release energy. Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) are commonly used in FESS due to their high torque and power densities. One of the critica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy, Electrical and Power Engineering: 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,799 Views
31 Pages

25 November 2019

This article provides formulae to determine the root mean square (rms) value of a capacitor current in an inductive-capacitive-inductive (LCL) filter used in a parallel active power filter (PAPF) circuit. The article presents an analysis of three com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
11,555 Views
23 Pages

19 May 2016

This paper gives the complete analysis of the output current ripple in three-phase voltage source inverters considering the different discontinuous pulse-width modulation (DPWM) strategies. In particular, peak-to-peak current ripple amplitude is anal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronics Optimal Design and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,440 Views
20 Pages

An Extended Model for Ripple Analysis of 2–4 Phase Resonant Electrostatic Induction Motors

  • Fernando Carneiro,
  • Guangwei Zhang,
  • Masahiko Osada,
  • Shunsuke Yoshimoto and
  • Akio Yamamoto

29 October 2021

Electrostatic motors are promising forms of actuation for future robotic devices. The study of their different implementations should accelerate their adoption. Current models for resonant electrostatic induction motors were found not to be able to p...

(This article belongs to the Section Precision Actuators)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,433 Views
16 Pages

8 June 2023

This paper proposes a novel torque ripple model of V-Shape interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous machine based on the general field modulation theory (GAFMT). Firstly, the magnetic field modulation behavior of a 12-stator-slot/8-rotor-pole (12/...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Structures, Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,203 Views
20 Pages

14 April 2022

In this paper, an improved rotor structure with cross-shaped flux-barriers was proposed to improve the torque output capacity and reduce the torque ripple of the synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM). Firstly, an improved rotor structure of synchronou...

(This article belongs to the Topic Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Mechanics of Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
428 Views
19 Pages

The interleaved parallel Buck–Boost converter can reduce output voltage ripple and has been widely used in engineering practice. The application of fractional-order theory has a significant influence on model accuracy and power converter perfor...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,560 Views
14 Pages

6 November 2018

Drive motors, which are used in the drive modules of electric cars, are interior permanent magnet motors. These motors tend to have high cogging torque and torque ripple, which leads to the generation of high vibration and noise. Several studies have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency in Electric Devices, Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,909 Views
18 Pages

10 April 2019

Pressure ripple has always been a major drawback in hydraulic circuits, since it is the main source of the overall noise emitted by the pump. This article presents a theoretical analysis on the active control of the pressure ripple in an axial piston...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency and Controllability of Fluid Power Systems 2018)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,529 Views
22 Pages

Analysis and Approximation of THD and Torque Ripple of Induction Motor for SVPWM Control of VSI

  • Grzegorz Sieklucki,
  • Sylwester Sobieraj,
  • Józef Gromba and
  • Raluca-Elena Necula

10 June 2023

This article presents a harmonic analysis of the stator currents of a squirrel-cage induction motor fed by a voltage source inverter with PWM space vector control (SVPWM). The influence of PWM switching frequency and dead time (dead band) of controll...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Analysis, Optimization and Control of Electric Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,693 Views
23 Pages

An Analysis and Modeling of the Class-E Inverter for ZVS/ZVDS at Any Duty Ratio with High Input Ripple Current

  • Ratil H. Ashique,
  • A. S. M. Shihavuddin,
  • Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan,
  • Aminul Islam and ,
  • Jubaer Ahmed,
  • M. Saad Bin Arif,
  • Md Hasan Maruf,
  • Ahmed Al Mansur,
  • Mohammad Asif ul Haq and
  • Ashraf Siddiquee
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

This paper presents an analysis and modeling of the class-E inverter for ZVS/ZVDS execution at any duty ratio. The methodology is to determine the input current to the inverter analytically under the assumption that it always remains positive. The la...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,414 Views
15 Pages

8 November 2016

A method is proposed for reducing speed ripple of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) controlled by space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM). A flux graph and mathematics are used to analyze the speed ripple characteristics of the PMSM. An...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,114 Views
32 Pages

23 August 2020

A complete analysis of the ac output current ripple in four-leg voltage source inverters considering multiple modulation schemes is provided. In detail, current ripple envelopes and peak-to-peak profiles have been determined in the whole fundamental...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,461 Views
19 Pages

A Method to Determine the Torque Ripple Harmonic Reduction in Skewed Synchronous Reluctance Machines

  • César Gallardo,
  • Carlos Madariaga,
  • Juan A. Tapia and
  • Michele Degano

24 February 2023

In this paper, a discrete skew methodology is presented to understand the effect of skewing angle on electromagnetic torque in SynRM design. A new approach is proposed to estimate the amplitude of each torque ripple component as a function of skewing...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,362 Views
14 Pages

11 November 2016

The rotor design of Synchronous Reluctance Motors (SynRMs) has a large effect on their efficiency, torque density and torque ripple. In order to achieve a good compromise between these three goals, an optimized rotor geometry is necessary. A finite e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Machines and Drives for Renewable Energy Harvesting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,795 Views
17 Pages

2 February 2021

The modular multilevel converter is capable to reach high-voltage levels with high flexibility, high reliability, and high power quality as it became the standard solution for high-power high-voltage applications that operate with fixed frequency. Ho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modular Multilevel Converters MMC)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,841 Views
19 Pages

24 May 2024

Focused on addressing harmonic suppression in multiphase indirect matrix converters (IMCs), this study explores spread-spectrum modulation technology through ripple analysis calculations. We introduce a current ripple spread-spectrum modulation (CR-S...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Power Electronics Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,345 Views
20 Pages

Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Multiphase Split-Source Inverters

  • Sherif M. Dabour,
  • Ahmed A. Aboushady,
  • I. A. Gowaid,
  • Mohamed. A. Elgenedy and
  • Mohamed E. Farrag

10 November 2022

Due to their many advantages over their counterparts, such as Z-source inverters (ZSIs), split-source inverters (SSIs) have recently received much attention as single-stage boost inverters. This paper discusses a multiphase version of the SSI topolog...

(This article belongs to the Topic Power Converters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
633 Views
14 Pages

Electric power steering (EPS) motors require low torque ripple, low cogging torque, and smooth torque output to ensure precise control and driving comfort. However, consequent pole permanent magnet synchronous motors (CP-PMSMs), although advantageous...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Design and Maintenance of Electrical Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,034 Views
31 Pages

A Unified Analysis of DC–DC Converters’ Current Stress

  • Michael Njoroge Gitau,
  • Lebogang Masike and
  • Grain P. Adams

11 April 2023

There is always a need to analyze current signals generated by various DC–DC converters. For example, to determine the current stress experienced by semiconductor devices and to evaluate active and reactive power consumption in converters. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Power Electronic Converters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,043 Views
34 Pages

Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) are widely used in high-performance drive systems. However, parasitic torque ripple remains a critical limitation, causing acoustic noise, mechanical vibration, and speed fluctuations. This study presents...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
9,010 Views
11 Pages

23 April 2020

This paper deals with the torque ripple minimization method based on the modulation of the phase currents of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive. The shape of the supply current waveforms reducing the torque ripple of the machine cons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Field Sensors and Actuators: from Modelling to Measurements)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,689 Views
21 Pages

6 September 2019

In order to provide a complete solution for designing and analyzing the axial flux permanent magnet synchronous motor (AFPMSM) for electric vehicles, this paper covers the electromagnetic design and multi-physics analysis technology of AFPMSM in dept...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Rotating Electric Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,984 Views
24 Pages

An Isolated Power Factor Corrected Cuk Converter with Integrated Magnetics for Brushless DC Ceiling Fan Applications

  • Hashim Raza Khan,
  • Majida Kazmi,
  • Haris Bin Ashraf,
  • Muhammad Hashir Bin Khalid and ,
  • Abul Hasan and
  • Saad Ahmed Qazi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The usage of BLDC motors in the low-power range is increasing rapidly in home appliances such as ceiling fans. This has necessitated the development of reliable, compact and efficient AC-DC power supplies for motor drive circuitry. This paper present...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
603 Views
21 Pages

2 June 2026

In high-performance applications of interior permanent magnet synchronous machines, critical emphasis is laid on torque characteristics of the design, especially average output torque and torque ripple. Consequently, various techniques of rotor step-...

(This article belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,184 Views
22 Pages

17 October 2025

Hydrogen production from water electrolysis can not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also has abundant raw materials, which is one of the ideal ways to produce hydrogen from new energy. The hydrogen production power supply is the core compon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Offshore Renewable Energy, Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,461 Views
26 Pages

Analysis of the Coupling Behavior of PEM Fuel Cells and DC-DC Converters

  • Markus Grötsch,
  • Michael Mangold and
  • Achim Kienle

4 March 2009

The connection between PEM fuel cells and common DC-DC converters is examined. The analysis is model-based and done for boost, buck and buck-boost converters. In a first step, the effect of the converter ripples upon the PEM fuel cell is shown. They...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuel Cells)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,593 Views
15 Pages

A New Design Optimization Method for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Linear Motors

  • Juncai Song,
  • Fei Dong,
  • Jiwen Zhao,
  • Siliang Lu and ,
  • Le Li and
  • Zhenbao Pan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 November 2016

This study focused on the design optimization of permanent magnet synchronous linear motors (PMSLM) that are applied in microsecond laser cutting machines. A new design optimization method was introduced to enhance PMSLM performances in terms of moto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,621 Views
13 Pages

3 September 2025

This study investigates the electromagnetic and NVH characteristics of an outer-rotor surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous generator (SPMSG) for wave energy applications, focusing on the effect of rotor eccentricity. To reflect potential faul...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,159 Views
18 Pages

Power Quality Measurement Results for a Configurable Urban Low-Voltage DC Microgrid

  • Helko E. van den Brom,
  • Ronald van Leeuwen,
  • Gerasimos Maroulis,
  • Samad Shah and
  • Laurens Mackay

10 June 2023

The growing use of renewable energy sources and sustainable technologies has increased the attractiveness of low-voltage DC distribution grids. Despite initial research and standardization work, the definition of power quality (PQ) issues and their r...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
9,721 Views
19 Pages

At present, it is the conventional inner rotor motor instead of the internal combustion engine that is adopted by most electric cars. However, compared to the traditional centralized driving pattern, cars adopting a distributed direct driving pattern...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,530 Views
23 Pages

Highly Regular Hexagonally-Arranged Nanostructures on Ni-W Alloy Tapes upon Irradiation with Ultrashort UV Laser Pulses

  • Luis Porta-Velilla,
  • Neslihan Turan,
  • Álvaro Cubero,
  • Wei Shao and ,
  • Hongtao Li,
  • Germán F. de la Fuente,
  • Elena Martínez,
  • Ángel Larrea,
  • Miguel Castro and
  • Luis A. Angurel
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

12 July 2022

Nickel tungsten alloy tapes (Ni—5 at% W, 10 mm wide, 80 µm thick, biaxially textured) used in second-generation high temperature superconductor (2G-HTS) technology were laser-processed in air with ultraviolet ps-laser pulses (355 nm wavel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics and Processes at Laser-Irradiated Surfaces—A Themed Issue in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Professor Jürgen Reif)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,994 Views
22 Pages

8 November 2017

This paper presents a theoretical approach for lowering the outlet flow ripple of a crescent pump by applying a tandem crescent pump consisting of two gear pairs with an index angle between them. The outlet flow of the tandem pump is obtained by summ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Transmission and Control in Power and Vehicle Machineries)
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  • Open Access
1,280 Views
33 Pages

26 February 2026

This study examines the ripple effects of parkification, the transformation of post-industrial landscapes into public parks and green infrastructure, in Greenville at the Upper State region of South Carolina. As many Southern mill towns contend with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Healing Place and Planet: Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,201 Views
22 Pages

17 January 2021

In this paper, an innovative solution to minimize noise emission, acting on the flow ripple, in a prototype External Gear Pump (EGP) is presented. Firstly, a new tool capable to completely simulate this pump’s typologies, called EgeMATor, is pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gear Pumps and Motors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
20,315 Views
14 Pages

Analysis of dc-Link Voltage Switching Ripple in Three-Phase PWM Inverters

  • Marija Vujacic,
  • Manel Hammami,
  • Milan Srndovic and
  • Gabriele Grandi

23 February 2018

The three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI) is de facto standard in power conversion systems. To realize high power density systems, one of the items to be correctly addressed is the design and selection of the dc-link capacitor in relation to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
603 Views
17 Pages

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the capacitance of DC-link capacitors in frequency converters. The proposed approach leverages the characteristic changes in the DC-link voltage slope induced by capacitor aging, specifically degradat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring of Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,094 Views
19 Pages

Prediction of PWM-Induced Current Ripple in Subdivided Stator Windings Using Admittance Analysis

  • Antoine Cizeron,
  • Javier Ojeda,
  • Eric Labouré and
  • Olivier Béthoux

21 November 2019

Subdividing stator winding is a way to lower the DC link voltage value in electric drives and reduce the stress on motor insulation. Coupled windings sharing the same stator teeth are modelled in order to evaluate the link between voltages disparitie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control of Multiphase Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,999 Views
18 Pages

5 September 2023

Disruptions often happen to ports and cause varying degrees of port congestion. This study employs a queueing model to investigate network disruption and the resultant ripple effects in the global transportation system. We first propose an algorithm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Opportunities of Maritime Transport in the Post-Epidemic Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,018 Views
16 Pages

26 March 2021

This paper studies and implements a power converter to have less current ripple output and wide voltage input operation. A three-leg converter with different primary turns is presented on its high-voltage side to extend the input voltage range. The c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Power Electronics Technologies in Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,707 Views
15 Pages

4 July 2025

With growing demand for high-performance and high-efficiency motors, Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motors (AFPMs) have received significant attention. These motors typically use rare-earth magnets due to their high magnetic and energy density. However,...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

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