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Design Optimization of a Traction Synchronous Homopolar Motor

  • Vladimir Dmitrievskii,
  • Vladimir Prakht,
  • Alecksey Anuchin and
  • Vadim Kazakbaev

11 June 2021

Synchronous homopolar motors (SHMs) have been attracting the attention of researchers for many decades. They are used in a variety of equipment such as aircraft and train generators, welding inverters, and as traction motors. Various mathematical mod...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Approaches to Modeling, Optimally Designing, and Controlling Electric Machine)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,310 Views
13 Pages

Design Optimization of the Magnet-Free Synchronous Homopolar Motor of a Subway Train

  • Vladimir Dmitrievskii,
  • Vladimir Prakht,
  • Vadim Kazakbaev and
  • Alecksey Anuchin

9 December 2022

Synchronous homopolar motors have no permanent magnets and their excitation winding is fixed at their stator. However, they can be a good alternative to induction and permanent magnet motors in traction applications requiring a wide constant power sp...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,799 Views
14 Pages

Response Surface Method for Optimization of Synchronous Reluctance Motor Rotor

  • Svetlana Orlova,
  • Janis Auzins,
  • Vladislav Pugachov,
  • Anton Rassõlkin and
  • Toomas Vaimann

5 October 2022

In order to define the best design structure of the synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) rotor, optimization must be carried out, implying the selection of the best alternative for each specific criterion. The optimization of an electrical machine is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synchronous Reluctance Motor-Drive Advancements)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,855 Views
13 Pages

On the Use of Topology Optimization for Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design

  • Oğuz Korman,
  • Mauro Di Nardo,
  • Michele Degano and
  • Chris Gerada

19 May 2022

Synchronous reluctance (SynRel) machines are considered one of the promising and cost-effective solutions to many industrial and mobility applications. Nonetheless, achieving an optimal design is challenging due to the complex correlation between geo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Performance Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives)
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  • Open Access
537 Views
26 Pages

15 June 2026

Gantry-type dual-drive feed systems are widely used in high-precision CNC machine tools, and their synchronization performance directly affects machining accuracy and operational stability. To reduce synchronization errors caused by load-position var...

(This article belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,325 Views
18 Pages

6 May 2024

The efficient design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) is crucial for their operational performance. A key design parameter, cogging torque, is significantly influenced by various structural parameters of the motor, complicating the opti...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,223 Views
13 Pages

23 October 2020

Accurate temperature prediction plays an important role in the thermal protection of permanent magnet synchronous motors. A temperature prediction method of permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) based on proximal policy optimization is propos...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,386 Views
17 Pages

22 January 2023

Brushless synchronous homopolar machines (SHM) have long been used as highly reliable motors and generators with an excitation winding on the stator. However, a significant disadvantage that limits their use in traction applications is the reduced sp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis in Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,203 Views
16 Pages

The Design Optimization of a Harmonic-Excited Synchronous Machine Operating in the Field-Weakening Region

  • Vladimir Prakht,
  • Vladimir Dmitrievskii,
  • Vadim Kazakbaev,
  • Eduard Valeev and
  • Victor Goman

In this paper, the optimization of a harmonic-excited synchronous machine (HESM) is carried out. A two-phase harmonic exciter winding of the HESM provides brushless excitation and sufficient starting torque at any rotor position. The HESM under consi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Analysis and Optimization of Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric Vehicles, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,175 Views
16 Pages

21 November 2024

Federated Learning (FL) revolutionizes collaborative machine learning among Internet of Things (IoT) devices by enabling them to train models collectively while preserving data privacy. FL algorithms fall into two primary categories: synchronous and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security and Trust in Internet of Things and Edge Computing)
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  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,963 Views
14 Pages

Small-Signal Modeling and Parameter Optimization Design for Photovoltaic Virtual Synchronous Generator

  • Jun Deng,
  • Nan Xia,
  • Jungang Yin,
  • Jiliang Jin and ,
  • Shutao Peng and
  • Tong Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 January 2020

With the continuous proliferation of renewable energy generation, distributed photovoltaic inverters operating at a maximum power point reduce the inertia of power systems, degrading system frequency stability and potentially causing severe oscillati...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,420 Views
14 Pages

12 April 2022

In this paper, we propose combining topology optimization with a parametric algorithm (TOCPA) to design an industrial synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) that satisfies super-premium efficiency (IE4). TOCPA consists of two main processes. An improve...

(This article belongs to the Topic Energy Storage and Conversion Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,567 Views
22 Pages

29 December 2023

The torque performance of the interior permanent-magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) must be further improved to satisfy the growing demand of aircraft drive application. To this end, this article focuses on the design optimization of the IPMSM structur...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,645 Views
18 Pages

6 October 2022

To improve the performance and stability of the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), a new type of built-in permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSMB) is proposed. Firstly, the performance indexes of IPMSM, IPMSMA, and IPMSMB are compared by f...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,213 Views
15 Pages

16 April 2021

This paper presents a multi-objective optimal rotor design for an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) based on finite element analysis. Due to the importance of torque characteristic in electromagnetic design of IPMSMs, the main effor...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,174 Views
15 Pages

Improved Synchronous Machine Rotor Design for the Easy Assembly of Excitation Coils Based on Surrogate Optimization

  • Tiejiang Yuan,
  • Nan Yang,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Wenping Cao and ,
  • Ning Xing,
  • Zheng Tan and
  • Guofeng Li
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 May 2018

This paper introduces a new rotor design for the easy insertion and removal of rotor windings. The shape of the rotor is optimized based on a surrogate method in order to achieve low power loss under the maximum power output. The synchronous machine...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Power Electronics Technologies for Power Systems and Machine Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,024 Views
18 Pages

Study on Optimal Adaptive Meta-Model and Performance Optimization of Built-In Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

  • Chuanfu Jin,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Wei Yang,
  • Yao Wu and ,
  • Jinlong Li,
  • Yongtong Wang and
  • Kang Li
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 July 2025

To overcome the limitations of single-objective optimization in permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) performance enhancement, this study proposes an adaptive moving least squares (AMLS) for a 12-pole/36-slot built-in PMSM. Through comprehensive...

(This article belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,935 Views
16 Pages

Magnetic Equivalent Circuit and Optimization Method of a Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Concentrated Windings

  • Gan Zhang,
  • Jinxin Tao,
  • Yifan Li,
  • Wei Hua and ,
  • Xiaohan Xu and
  • Zhihong Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 February 2022

In this paper, the 12-slot/4-pole (12/4) synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) with concentrated windings is proposed for low-cost hybrid vehicles. The non-linear magnetic equivalent circuit (MEC) model of the 12/4 SynRM is built to obtain the main el...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Structures, Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,928 Views
12 Pages

14 January 2022

This paper presents an efficiency optimization controller for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) of an electric vehicle. A new loss model is obtained based on the permanent magnet synchronous motor’s energy balance equation utilizing t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Power Battery Management Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,477 Views
21 Pages

Design Optimization of Multi-Layer Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines for Electric Vehicle Applications

  • Koua Malick Cisse,
  • Sami Hlioui,
  • Mhamed Belhadi,
  • Guillaume Mermaz Rollet and ,
  • Mohamed Gabsi and
  • Yuan Cheng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 November 2021

This paper presents a comparison between two design methodologies applied to permanent magnet synchronous machines for hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs and EVs). Both methodologies are based on 2D finite element models and coupled to a genetic algo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Modeling, and Control of Rotating and Linear Electric Machines for Automotive Applications)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,954 Views
19 Pages

Optimization, 3D-Numerical Validations and Preliminary Experimental Tests of a Wound Rotor Synchronous Machine

  • Huong Thao Le Luong,
  • Frédéric Messine,
  • Carole Hénaux,
  • Guilherme Bueno Mariani and ,
  • Nicolas Voyer,
  • Stefan Mollov and
  • Dominique Harribey
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 December 2021

In this paper, a complete methodology to design a modular brushless wound rotor synchronous machine is proposed. From a schedule of conditions and a chosen structure (with 7 phases, 7 slots and 6 poles), a non-linear and non-convex optimization probl...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,748 Views
18 Pages

Energy Optimization of Marine Drive Systems with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

  • Dariusz Tarnapowicz,
  • Tymoteusz Zaleski,
  • Zbigniew Matuszak and
  • Marek Jaskiewicz

20 December 2023

The International Maritime Organization are introducing more and more stringent requirements concerning increasing ships’ energy efficiency. They are becoming a huge challenge for design engineers. This article proposes a method to increase the...

(This article belongs to the Section I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
749 Views
22 Pages

17 January 2026

In this study, a layered multi-objective optimization design method is proposed for a segmented skewed pole permanent magnet synchronous linear motor (PMSLM), considering thrust ripple suppression. Based on a 2-D analytical model, the effects of end...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,673 Views
10 Pages

Inverter Volt-Ampere Capacity Reduction by Optimization of the Traction Synchronous Homopolar Motor

  • Vladimir Prakht,
  • Vladimir Dmitrievskii,
  • Alecksey Anuchin and
  • Vadim Kazakbaev

11 November 2021

The synchronous homopolar motor (SHM) with an excitation winding on the stator and a toothed rotor is a good alternative to traction induction motors for hybrid mining trucks. The main problem in the design of the SHM electric drives is that the magn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Approaches to Modeling, Optimally Designing, and Controlling Electric Machine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,042 Views
23 Pages

5 February 2025

To address the impact of load variations, external environmental changes, and the tuning of the parameters on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) used in ships, this study proposes an Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) strategy for P...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,956 Views
22 Pages

Design and Optimization of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for a Two-Dimensional Piston Electro-Hydraulic Pump

  • Xinguo Qiu,
  • Zhili Wang,
  • Changlong Li,
  • Tong Shen and ,
  • Ying Zheng and
  • Chen Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2024

A two-dimensional (2D) piston electro-hydraulic pump has been proposed further to enhance the power density of the electro-hydraulic pump. The 2D piston pump, characterized by high power density and a slender shape, is embedded within the stator of t...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,220 Views
18 Pages

Bearingless interior permanent magnet synchronous motors (BIPMSMs) have received considerable attention in recent research due to their advantages of high speed, high power density, and absence of mechanical wear. In order to improve the torque and s...

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  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,600 Views
16 Pages

10 May 2022

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are the main source of power in modern machine tools and are required to generate a high torque over a wide speed range in order to improve manufacturing efficiency. This study sets out to optimize the roto...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,647 Views
13 Pages

17 September 2024

In order to optimize the electromagnetic performance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) during operation, this paper takes the size of the stator slot structure of the motor as the optimization variable and the peak cogging torque and no-...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,761 Views
15 Pages

With the strengthening of international motor efficiency regulations, the new line-start synchronous reluctance motor (LS-SynRM), which does not require magnets or control units, is being studied to improve the efficiency of motors in industrial appl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fault Diagnostics and Fault Tolerance of Synchronous Electric Drives)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,298 Views
17 Pages

17 May 2024

The unique structure of bearingless motors requires extra displacement sensors to monitor rotor movement, unlike conventional synchronous motors. However, this requirement inevitably escalates the cost and size of the motor. To address these issues,...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,636 Views
20 Pages

AI-Assisted Bayesian Optimization of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for E-Bike Applications

  • Mohammed Abdeldjabar Guesmia,
  • Chuan Pham,
  • Ya-Jun Pan,
  • Kim Khoa Nguyen and ,
  • Kamal Al-Haddad and
  • Qingsong Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 February 2026

This paper presents an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted multi-objective topology optimization of a 48 V interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) intended for mid-drive e-bike applications. The machine features a 48-slot, 8-pole stator&...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Permanent Magnet Machines and Drive Systems: Design Innovation, Dynamic Modeling, and Performance Enhancement)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,097 Views
14 Pages

11 October 2018

A two-step optimal design with multi-objective functions by using two kinds of optimization methods for a six-phase synchronous reluctance motor is applied in a centrifugal compressor to achieve minimum cost, lower torque ripple, maximum efficiency a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,611 Views
21 Pages

Design Optimization of a Direct-Drive Electrically Excited Synchronous Generator for Tidal Wave Energy

  • Serigne Ousmane Samb,
  • Nicolas Bernard,
  • Mohamed Fouad Benkhoris and
  • Huu Kien Bui

26 April 2022

In the field of marine renewable energies, the extraction of marine currents by the use of tidal current turbines has led to many studies. In contrast to offshore wind turbines, the mass minimization is not necessarily the most important criterion. I...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
363 Views
21 Pages

10 June 2026

Grid-forming virtual synchronous generator control can improve the frequency-support capability of converter-interfaced systems. However, under successive disturbances and varying operating conditions, fixed inertia and damping settings often struggl...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,307 Views
23 Pages

19 August 2022

Nowadays, due to the confidence in modeling tools and rapid product iteration, electric machine designers primarily rely on simulations. This approach reduces time and cost and is very useful when comparing different machine topologies. The prototype...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synchronous Reluctance Motor-Drive Advancements)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,174 Views
19 Pages

Accurate Modeling and Optimization of Electromagnetic Forces in an Ironless Halbach-Type Permanent Magnet Synchronous Linear Motor

  • Zhaolong Sun,
  • Guangyong Jia,
  • Chuibing Huang,
  • Weichang Zhou and ,
  • Yinhao Mao and
  • Zhaoran Lei
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 August 2023

In order to solve the electromagnetic force optimization problem of a high-power-density ironless Halbach-type permanent magnet synchronous linear motor, this paper adopts an electromagnetic force optimization method based on magnetic field analysis,...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
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  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,370 Views
16 Pages

6 May 2020

In this study, a shape design optimization method is proposed to improve the efficiency of a 3 kW permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) used in an electric compressor intended for use in an electric vehicle. The proposed method improves the effic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Machines for Automotive Applications: Dedicated Design Methods and Their Results, Power Electronics and Control)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,830 Views
41 Pages

5 July 2025

With the increasing prominence of the energy crisis and environmental problems, microgrid technology has received widespread attention as an important technical means to improve the stability and reliability of new energy access. Focusing on the late...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control, Optimization, Stability and Reliability of Microgrids and Power Systems)
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  • Open Access
645 Views
20 Pages

Dual-System Interactive Performance Optimization Strategy for Single-Winding Consequent-Pole Bearingless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

  • Ye Yuan,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Yongjiang Zhang,
  • Fan Yang and ,
  • Yizhou Hua,
  • Yichen Liu and
  • Qingguo Sun
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 March 2026

In the single-winding consequent-pole bearingless permanent magnet synchronous motor (SW-CP-BPMSM), the torque and suspension systems utilize a shared winding configuration. This structure significantly intensifies inter-system coupling. Furthermore,...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,117 Views
25 Pages

Adaptive Control Parameter Optimization of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Based on Super-Helical Sliding Mode Control

  • Lingtao Kong,
  • Hongxin Zhang,
  • Tiezhu Zhang,
  • Junyi Wang and ,
  • Chaohui Yang and
  • Zhen Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 November 2024

Optimizing control rate parameters is one of the key technologies in motor control systems. To address the issues of weak robustness and slow response speed in traditional adaptive control strategies, an adaptive control system based on sliding mode...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
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  • Open Access
600 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Objective Optimization of a V-Shaped Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Electric Tractor Drives

  • Xiaodong Lv,
  • Zhaoyue Liu,
  • Feng Liu,
  • Jinliang Li and ,
  • Jikang Xu and
  • Mengwei Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 August 2026

Electric tractor traction motors require stable torque under low-speed, heavy-load operation. This study investigates a 40 kW, 3000 r/min V-shaped interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) and develops a rotor structure optimization procedu...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,108 Views
13 Pages

13 November 2023

The efficiency and overload capacity are crucial performance factors during the design of the canned permanent magnet synchronous motors (CPMSMs) intended for driving vacuum pumps, due to their unique operational characteristics. The conventional mul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
379 Views
34 Pages

12 September 2026

48 V bus modules must stay regulated under wide input-voltage swings and fast load transients. A proportional-integral (PI) controller and a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) are tuned by the same Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), a swarm metaheuristic m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Bio-Inspired Algorithms: Theory, Design, and Performance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,155 Views
16 Pages

11 May 2021

Although rare earth materials are the critical component in high torque density permanent magnet machines, their use has historically been a commercial risk. The alternatives that have been in the recent industry focus are synchronous reluctance mach...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,491 Views
24 Pages

25 March 2019

Accurate wind speed prediction plays a significant role in reasonable scheduling and the safe operation of the power system. However, due to the non-linear and non-stationary traits of the wind speed time series, the construction of an accuracy forec...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advanced Methodologies for Sustainability Assessment: Theory and Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,327 Views
20 Pages

26 September 2025

This study tackles the challenges associated with permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) position control under complex operating conditions—characterized by strong coupling, nonlinearity, and time-varying parameters—which often lead t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronics and Motor Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,149 Views
13 Pages

20 August 2024

The design optimization of a direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (DDPMSG) is of great significance for wind turbines because of its unique advantages. This paper proposes a two-stage model to realize multi-objective design optimizatio...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machine Design and Optimization Ⅱ)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,811 Views
16 Pages

11 December 2023

The popularity of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) has increased in recent years due to their high efficiency, compact size, and low maintenance needs. Calculating iron loss in PMSMs is crucial for designing and optimizing PMSMs to achieve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,164 Views
23 Pages

4 November 2023

Incorporating Distribution Static Synchronous Compensator (DSTATCOM) units into the radial distribution network (RDN) represents a practical approach to providing reactive compensation, minimizing power loss, and enhancing voltage profile and stabili...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies)

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