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Safety-Critical Electric Drives for High-Value
Industries
The research and development of various fault-tolerant electrical drives for use in applications requiring the highest level of reliability . |
Competitive Advantage • Expertise in the design and control of novel , powerdense multi-phase electric drives for use in safetycritical applications , including rail transportation , electric vehicles , marine propulsion drives and aerospace
• Provision of best-in class power density for permanent-magnet machines through innovative five-phase generator technology that uses fractionalslot , concentrated-wound electric machines
• Patented control techniques for drives with faults
• World-leading drives with new , multi-phase designs for enhanced torque production , smooth ripple-free torque , and fault tolerance
Impact • Many high-value and high-growth industries rely on electrical drives for processing materials , compressing gas and transportation . More efficient and reliable machine drives improve the yield and performance of both new and existing installations .
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Capabilities and Facilities • Electrical machine design experience
• Multi-phase machine design techniques
• Multi-phase drives and controls
• Low-speed , high-torque and high-speed load machines
Our Collaborators • Motorica
More Information Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• Open winding multi-phase drive system for fault tolerance |
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