Multiphase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines and Drives

Zi Qiang Zhu is a professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the founding academic director of the Sheffield Siemens Wind Power Research Centre, a fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, of the IEEE and of the IET. His research interests include the design and control of permanent magnet machines and drives for applications spanning electrified transportation (including electric vehicles, fast trains and aircraft), domestic appliances, and wind power generation. His awards include the 2019 IEEE Industry Application Society Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award, the 2024 Global Energy Prize, and 39 Best Paper Awards, and he is the author or co-author of >200 patents and >1,500 papers.Shensheng Wang is a PhD student at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests include the design and analysis of permanent magnet synchronous machines.Bo Shao is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests include the control of permanent magnet machine drives.Luocheng Yan is a PhD student at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests include the control of permanent magnet synchronous machine drives.Dawei Liang is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests include thermal modelling and the management of permanent magnet synchronous machines.

• Chapter 1: General introductionChapter 2: General winding configurations of multiphase PMSMsChapter 3: Dual-three-phase PMSMs with integer slot overlapping windingsChapter 4: Dual three-phase PMSMs with fractional slot non-overlapping windingsChapter 5: Modeling of multiphase PMSMsChapter 6: Design optimization and comparison of multiphase PMSMsChapter 7: Modulation strategies for multiphase PMSMsChapter 8: Control strategies for multiphase PMSMsChapter 9: Sensorless control of multiphase PMSMsChapter 10: Fault-tolerant control for multiphase PMSMsAppendix A: Specifications of prototype machines and experimental platforms