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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,308 Views
28 Pages

This study proposes a novel paradigm for enhancing the fault detection and isolation (FDI) of gas generators in all-electric auxiliary power unit (APU) by utilizing shaft power information from the starter/generator. First, we conduct an investigatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,749 Views
20 Pages

3 July 2023

In recent years, the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) has garnered significant attention due to its high power density and efficiency in applications such as electric vehicles, aviation, and other domains. This paper proposes a stator field...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,785 Views
24 Pages

Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA

  • Mohamed A. A. Mohamed,
  • Seang Shen Yeoh,
  • Jason Atkin,
  • Ahmed M. Diab,
  • Mohsen Khalaf and
  • Serhiy Bozhko

11 February 2023

A control approach for aircraft Starter/Generator (S/G) with Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operating in Flux Weakening (FW) mode is presented. The proposed strategy helps the previous approaches which are adopted for the Variable Voltage Bus (VVB) o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,174 Views
16 Pages

28 December 2020

Permanent magnet synchronous machines provide many dramatic electromagnetic performances such as high efficiency and high power density, which make them more competitive in aircraft electrification, whereas, designing a permanent magnet starter&ndash...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,702 Views
21 Pages

18 February 2021

Cylinder deactivation (CDA) is an effective technique to improve fuel economy in spark ignition (SI) engines. This technique enhances volumetric efficiency and reduces throttling loss. However, practical implementation is restricted due to torque flu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,804 Views
27 Pages

25 November 2023

The nonlinear modeling and analyzing of wound-rotor synchronous starter/generators (WRSSGs) plays a vital role in the analysis and monitoring of aircraft power systems. Moreover, they are of great significance with regard to the establishment of a fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,811 Views
19 Pages

Reliability Assessment of Aircraft Commutators

  • Wojciech Wawrzyński,
  • Mariusz Zieja,
  • Justyna Tomaszewska and
  • Mariusz Michalski

6 November 2021

The article describes the method of predicting the reliability and durability of an aircraft commutator, which is a primary source of electric energy in helicopters. Tests were conducted for 10 starter-generators. From this research it follows that t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,187 Views
15 Pages

11 October 2024

Reducing heat and improving the overall operation stability of the motor play a key role in the design of a starting engine. This paper focuses on the loss and thermal analysis of a permanent magnet (PM) brushless machine used in starter generators....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,002 Views
22 Pages

Component-Level Modeling of More Electric Auxiliary Power Units for Cooperative Control

  • Jiaming Zhang,
  • Jun Fang,
  • Tianhong Zhang,
  • Lingwei Li and
  • Xinglong Zhang

7 December 2022

Today, the more electric aircraft (MEA) concept is gaining tremendous popularity. As a key component of the MEA, a more electric auxiliary power unit (MEAPU) integrated model with high accuracy and real-time performance is essential when conducting c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,554 Views
23 Pages

The starter generator, characterized by controllable starting torque and disturbance in generator load torque, poses challenges for the multi-electric aero engine control. The key to addressing this issue lies in multi-electric aero engine control wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,005 Views
12 Pages

15 October 2024

The starter generator is the key component of the aircraft’s starter generation system. A high power density, efficiency, and reliability are essential for an aircraft’s starter generator. The configuration of the windings is closely rela...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,885 Views
10 Pages

Improved Speed Extension for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators by Means of Winding Reconfiguration

  • Xuanyi Zhou,
  • Jiajun Yang,
  • Giovanni Migliazza,
  • Sandro Guenter,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Chris Gerada and
  • Giampaolo Buticchi

12 January 2023

With the increased development of electrical subsystems onboard modern transportation platforms, e.g., more electric aircrafts or more electric ships, the need for electric generation systems has increased. Since many motors require electric starting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,782 Views
18 Pages

This project presents the development of an open-source educational platform based on an automotive Electrically Excited Synchronous Machine (EESM) repurposed from a KIA Sportage mild-hybrid vehicle. The introduction provides an overview of hybrid dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,671 Views
19 Pages

28 July 2022

Extensive efforts have been made to develop reliable and efficient onboard generation systems for electric aircraft. Due to the inherited robustness, Switched Reluctance Machines (SRMs) have attracted attention as a promising candidate for an integra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,587 Views
19 Pages

24 August 2015

The belt-driven-type integrated starter generator motor in a hybrid electric vehicle is vulnerable to thermal problems owing to its high output power and proximity to the engine. These problems may cause demagnetization and insulation breakdown, redu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
17,938 Views
18 Pages

22 November 2013

If the integrated starter generator (ISG) motor and inverter operate under continuously high loading conditions, the system’s performance and durability will decrease and the heat dissipation requirements will increase. Therefore, in this study, we d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,358 Views
18 Pages

This paper presents the design and control methods of a single-phase bidirectional on-board charger (OBC) using a hybrid starter generator (HSG) and an inverter in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). In an HEV, there are a number of components, includin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,130 Views
21 Pages

25 September 2020

Speed control algorithms were studied to improve vehicle fuel economy and driving performance by rapidly combining two power sources—the engine and the driving motor. A hybrid starter and generator (HSG) was used in parallel hybrid vehicles, im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,972 Views
19 Pages

Armature Reaction Analysis and Performance Optimization of Hybrid Excitation Starter Generator for Electric Vehicle Range Extender

  • Mingling Gao,
  • Jinling Ren,
  • Wenjing Hu,
  • Yutong Han,
  • Huihui Geng,
  • Shilong Yan and
  • Mingjun Xu

The armature reaction of the hybrid excitation starter generator (HESG) under load conditions will affect the distribution of the main magnetic field and the output performance. However, using the conventional field-circuit combination method to stud...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
8,833 Views
24 Pages

12 November 2018

This survey paper reviews recent trends in green vehicle electrification and digitalization, as part of a special section on “Energy Storage Systems and Power Conversion Electronics for E-Transportation and Smart Grid”, led by the authors...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,027 Views
18 Pages

14 October 2021

This paper presents control methods for performance improvement of an integrated on-board battery charger (OBC) in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). HEVs generally consist of an OBC and a starter generator system (SGS). Since these each have a power c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,051 Views
15 Pages

Hybrid Power System Design for Multifunctional Mini-Loader Vehicles

  • Po-Tuan Chen,
  • Pei-Fan Ding,
  • Cheng-Jung Yang and
  • K. David Huang

19 October 2019

This study presents the improvement of energy efficiency and operating time of mini-loader vehicles by integrating the power system of internal combustion engines (ICE) and electric motors (EM). The hybrid powertrain was developed based on the belt-s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,843 Views
17 Pages

This paper investigates the loss and thermal characteristics of a three-phase 10 kW flux-switching permanent magnet (FSPM) machine, which is used as an integrated starter generator (ISG) for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). In this paper, an improved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,563 Views
24 Pages

12 February 2022

In order to meet the increasingly stricter emissions’ regulations, road vehicles require additional technologies aimed at the reduction of emissions from the internal combustion engine (ICE). A favorable solution from the standpoint of costs an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,568 Views
21 Pages

A three-phase interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine with 18-stator-slots/12-rotor-poles and concentrated armature winding is commercially employed as a 10 kW integrated-starter-generator in a commercial hybrid electric vehicle. For comprehensive an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,706 Views
18 Pages

Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Modelling and Model Predictive Control

  • Trieu Minh Vu,
  • Reza Moezzi,
  • Jindrich Cyrus,
  • Jaroslav Hlava and
  • Michal Petru

12 November 2021

This paper presents the modelling and calculations for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) in parallel configuration, including a main electrical driving motor (EM), an internal combustion engine (ICE), and a starter/generator motor. The modelling equati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,724 Views
13 Pages

Active Electromagnetic Clutch for Crankshaft Decoupling from a Belt Drive System

  • Luis M. Castellanos Molina,
  • Renato Galluzzi,
  • Shailesh Hegde,
  • Angelo Bonfitto,
  • Nicola Amati,
  • Andrea Tonoli and
  • Walter Ventura

31 May 2024

This work presents a novel electromagnetic clutch installed on the crankshaft pulley to decouple the internal combustion engine from the front-end accessory drive of a P0 hybrid electric vehicle. The objective is to supply the air conditioning compre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,361 Views
22 Pages

2 February 2023

The integration of compact concepts and advances in permanent-magnet technology improve the safety, usability, endurance, and simplicity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while also providing long-term operation without maintenance and larger air ga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,340 Views
19 Pages

Isolation and Partial Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Natural Whey Starter Culture

  • Ida De Chiara,
  • Rosangela Marasco,
  • Milena Della Gala,
  • Alberto Alfano,
  • Darshankumar Parecha,
  • Noemi Costanzo,
  • Chiara Schiraldi and
  • Lidia Muscariello

Natural whey starter (NWS) cultures are microbial consortia characterized by high microbial diversity in terms of genus and species, as well as strains, accounting for the variety of different characteristics and quality of the artisanal fermented fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,713 Views
19 Pages

17 August 2020

Higher speeds, faster acceleration and longer duration need a more realistic driving cycle. As a result, a new test procedure that reflects real-world driving conditions has been applied since 2017, and the previous development environment optimized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,827 Views
18 Pages

4 October 2024

Torque ripple and radial electromagnetic (EM) vibration can lead to motor vibration and noise, which are crucial to the motor’s NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) performance. Researchers focus on two main aspects: motor body design and cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,455 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2022

Strains belonging to the Weissella genus are frequently recovered from spontaneously fermented foods. Their functional, microbial-modulating, and probiotic traits enhance not only the sensorial properties but also the nutritional value, beneficial ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,590 Views
50 Pages

Where Is the Early Market for PHEVs?

  • Danilo J. Santini,
  • Gerben Passier,
  • Francois Badin,
  • Arie Brouwer,
  • Fiorentino Valerio Conte,
  • Stefan Smets,
  • Mark Alexander,
  • Cyriacus Bleijs,
  • Thierry Brincourt and
  • Aymeric Rousseau
  • + 1 author

26 December 2008

The relative fuel consumption reduction strengths of multiple passenger car powertrains are investigated. These include [A] conventional compression ignition (CI) direct injection (DI) turbocharged (TC) diesel (D) [CI-DI-TC-D]; [B] Atkinson cycle cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,498 Views
13 Pages

Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters

  • Alexandre D. Martins,
  • Rafael Oliveira,
  • João P. Brito,
  • Nuno Loureiro,
  • Sérgio M. Querido and
  • Hadi Nobari

Background: The main purpose of the current study was to compare the within-season variations of workload, training duration, acute/chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony ™, and training strain (TS) through session rating perceived exertion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,557 Views
18 Pages

Apple Blossom Agricultural Residues as a Sustainable Source of Bioactive Peptides through Microbial Fermentation Bioprocessing

  • Stefano Tonini,
  • Ali Zein Alabiden Tlais,
  • Pasquale Filannino,
  • Raffaella Di Cagno and
  • Marco Gobbetti

This study explored the impact of starter-assisted fermentation on apple blossoms to enhance their potential as a source of antioxidant and antifungal molecules. Fructobacillus fructosus PL22 and Wickerhamomyces anomalus GY1 were chosen as starters o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
4,959 Views
14 Pages

Comparisons of Accelerometer Variables Training Monotony and Strain of Starters and Non-Starters: A Full-Season Study in Professional Soccer Players

  • Hadi Nobari,
  • Rafael Oliveira,
  • Filipe Manuel Clemente,
  • Jose Carmelo Adsuar,
  • Jorge Pérez-Gómez,
  • Jorge Carlos-Vivas and
  • João Paulo Brito

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to describe weekly average values for training monotony (TM) and training strain (TS) and their variations across the full soccer season, based on the number of accelerations and decelerations; (2) to analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,694 Views
21 Pages

Autochthonous Natural Starter Cultures: A Chance to Preserve Biodiversity and Quality of Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese

  • Luigi Chessa,
  • Antonio Paba,
  • Elisabetta Daga,
  • Ilaria Dupré,
  • Carlo Piga,
  • Riccardo Di Salvo,
  • Martino Mura,
  • Margherita Addis and
  • Roberta Comunian

22 July 2021

During Pecorino Romano PDO cheese production, scotta (residual whey from ricotta cheese manufacturing) or siero (whey) can be integrated with autochthonous starters, natural and composed of an indefinite number of species and strains, or commercial s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,383 Views
18 Pages

2 August 2023

Chinese sweet rice wines (CSRW) are traditional, regionally distinct alcoholic beverages that are generally brewed with glutinous rice and fermentation starters. This study aimed to characterize microbial communities and volatile compounds of CSRW st...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,777 Views
36 Pages

10 December 2025

From the first spontaneous fermentations of early civilizations to the precision of modern biotechnology, natural starter cultures have remained at the heart of fermented food and beverage production. Composed of complex microbial communities of lact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,875 Views
12 Pages

Solid Fungi Starters Using Aspergillus spp. under Different Manufacturing Conditions

  • Su Jeong Lee,
  • Han Byul Kang,
  • Sun Hee Kim,
  • Woo Soo Jeong,
  • So-Yeong Kim and
  • Soo-Hwan Yeo

The generation of royalties on the use of foreign-made inoculum strains or starters as a result of the implementation of the ‘Nagoya Protocol’ has led to efforts and healthy competition to secure useful biological resources in each countr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,622 Views
10 Pages

Monitoring of the Training Load and Well-Being of Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics Athletes in 25 Weeks: A Comparison between Starters and Reserves

  • Iohanna Fernandes,
  • João H. Gomes,
  • Levy de Oliveira,
  • Marcos Almeida,
  • João G. Claudino,
  • Camila Resende,
  • Dermival R. Neto,
  • Mónica Hontoria Galán,
  • Paulo Márcio P. Oliveira and
  • Marzo E. Da Silva-Grigoletto
  • + 2 authors

28 November 2022

The objective of this study was to monitor the training loads (TL) and well-being of elite rhythmic gymnastics (RG) athletes, as well as compare these variables between starters and reserve gymnasts during 25 weeks of training. Ten athletes from the...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,612 Views
10 Pages

Emergence and Early Growth of Four Desmanthus Species in Three Alkaline Clay Soils

  • Jonathan W. McLachlan,
  • Sajanee G. Gunadasa and
  • Chris N. Guppy

6 December 2023

Tropical pasture legumes such as Desmanthus are expected to improve pasture productivity in the extensive grazing systems of Northern Australia. However, the soils in these areas are often hostile (e.g., hard-setting and nutrient-deficient), which re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,237 Views
19 Pages

On Orthogonal Double Covers and Decompositions of Complete Bipartite Graphs by Caterpillar Graphs

  • Ahmed El-Mesady,
  • Tasneem Farahat,
  • Ramadan El-Shanawany and
  • Aleksandr Y. Romanov

29 June 2023

Nowadays, graph theory is one of the most exciting fields of mathematics due to the tremendous developments in modern technology, where it is used in many important applications. The orthogonal double cover (ODC) is a branch of graph theory and is co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,819 Views
15 Pages

Variations of Accelerometer and Metabolic Power Global Positioning System Variables across a Soccer Season: A Within-Group Study for Starters and Non-Starters

  • Hadi Nobari,
  • Rafael Oliveira,
  • Marefat Siahkouhian,
  • Jorge Pérez-Gómez,
  • Florin Cazan and
  • Luca Paolo Ardigò

22 July 2021

The aims of this study were to analyze the within-group weekly metabolic power average (wMPA), weekly acceleration zones (wAcZ), and weekly deceleration zones (wDcZ), in starter and non-starter professional soccer players, based on different periods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
485 Views
16 Pages

Evolutionary Reprogramming of Acyltransferase Domains in Polyene Macrolide Pathways

  • Liran Zhang,
  • Jinwei Ren,
  • Chengyu Zhang,
  • Lixin Zhang,
  • Bin Wang and
  • Jingyu Zhang

The evolution of type I polyketide synthase (T1PKS) assembly lines remains poorly understood. Through systematic mining of polyene biosynthetic gene clusters, we identified a novel eurocidin biosynthetic pathway capable of producing identical compoun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,448 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Commercial Antioxidants in Feed on Growth Performance and Oxidative Stress Status of Weaned Piglets

  • Juan Orengo,
  • Fuensanta Hernández,
  • Silvia Martínez-Miró,
  • Cristian Jesús Sánchez,
  • Camila Peres Rubio and
  • Josefa Madrid

21 January 2021

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of adding two different commercial antioxidants (AOX) products to pre-starter and starter diets using low vitamin E (Vit E as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate) levels on the growth performance and oxidative stress...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,751 Views
11 Pages

Circular Intensely Orthogonal Double Cover Design of Balanced Complete Multipartite Graphs

  • M. Higazy,
  • A. El-Mesady,
  • Emad E. Mahmoud and
  • Monagi H. Alkinani

21 October 2020

In this paper, we generalize the orthogonal double covers (ODC) of Kn,n as follows. The circular intensely orthogonal double cover design (CIODCD) of X=Kn,n,,nm is defined as a collection T={G00,G10,,G(n1)0}{G01,G11,&hell...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
145 Citations
18,108 Views
31 Pages

Among other fermentation processes, lactic acid fermentation is a valuable process which enhances the safety, nutritional and sensory properties of food. The use of starters is recommended compared to spontaneous fermentation, from a safety point of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,771 Views
19 Pages

An Advanced Mode Switching Control Strategy for Extended-Range Concrete Mixer Trucks

  • Shilong Wang,
  • Yufei Zeng,
  • Ying Huang,
  • Haiming Xie,
  • Guoye Wang and
  • Fachao Jiang

The multi-operation scenes of extended-range concrete mixer trucks are complex and variable, and the operation mode switching process remains a challenge that involves coordinating the torque of the clutch, engine, and integrated starter generator. A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,512 Views
14 Pages

Revalorization of Cava Lees to Improve the Safety of Fermented Sausages

  • Salvador Hernández-Macias,
  • Núria Ferrer-Bustins,
  • Oriol Comas-Basté,
  • Anna Jofré,
  • Mariluz Latorre-Moratalla,
  • Sara Bover-Cid and
  • María del Carmen Vidal-Carou

18 August 2021

The revalorization of food processing by-products not only reduces the environmental impact of their disposal, but also generates added economic value. Cava lees consist of inactive cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and though regarded as a valueles...

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