Fault-Tolerant Electronic-Magnetic Systems

Recommended Prerequisites

Electric Machines; Power Electronics.

Teaching Methods

Classes and short lectures, conducted by the teaching staff, with the aid of audiovisual tools, for presentation and discussion of the main topics of the syllabus, complemented with the introduction and use of finite element analysis and co-simulation software tools of support. Students conduct a seminar addressing a topic previously assigned.

Learning Outcomes

Students, after completing this curricular unit, should be able to conceive, design and implement the new and emerging fault-tolerant electric drives, using multiphase electric machines and fault-tolerant power electronic converters. They will acquire skills in the field of electric machines and fault-tolerant power electronic converters, as well as in the formulation of mathematical models using finite element tools and co-simulation, which will allow them to design their potential applications, namely in critical and green energy (vehicles and aircraft with electric propulsion and energy generation systems based on renewable sources).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

-Fault tolerance in electrical drives and power electronics converters: definition and types of fault tolerance

-Power converters with redundant and non-redundant fault tolerance

-Fault-tolerant multilevel converters: mathematical formulation and advanced control and modeling strategies

-Electric drives and fault tolerant control strategies

-Fault-tolerant model predictive control

-Optimization of drive operation in fault-tolerant mode

-Drives for critical and green energy applications

-Design of multiphase electrical machines with 3D finite element tools

-Magnetic and thermal models of fault-tolerant electrical machines

-Calculation of derived quantities from the numerical solution of the electromagnetic field

-Calculation of electrical parameters and equivalent circuits

-Optimization and system refinement using numerical tools and co-simulation models

Head Lecturer(s)

Sérgio Manuel Ângelo da Cruz

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Marius Rosu et al., Multiphysics Simulation by Design for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, and Drives. New Jersey: IEEE - Wiley, 2018.

Sixing Du, Modular multilevel converters: Analysis, control, and applications. IEEE press, 2018

Bolvashenkov et al., Fault-Tolerant Traction Electric Drives: Reliability, Topologies and Components Design. Singapore: Springer, 2020.

Venkata Yaramasu and Bin Wu, Model Predictive Control of Wind Energy Conversion Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2016.