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Advanced Control

Methods for High-
Performing Electric
Machines and Drives

The push towards the widespread adoption of electric vehicles has accelerated technological advancements in electric machines , sensors , electric drives , and batteries . These new technologies have prompted the need for new control systems that optimise the performance of individual components and the overall system .

Competitive Advantage

• Advanced control methods that are broadly relevant to applications involving the use of electrical machines and drives
• Expertise in nonlinear systems and control theory for the design and analysis of advanced control systems
• Expertise in the modelling of power electronics and electrical machines
• An experienced , interdisciplinary and collaborative research team with a proven track record in the fusion of electrical machines , power electronics and advanced control techniques

Impact

Improved performance of converters and electrical machines in terms of :
• Speed of response

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
Dr Hendra Nurdin
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 7556
E : h . nurdin @ unsw . edu . au
• Regulation performance
• Operations in field weakening
• Robust operation of systems with parameter variation

Capabilities and Facilities

• Laboratories for electrical machine testing and characterisation , power electronics and electrical drives
• Real-time digital simulation facilities for hardwarein-the-loop testing

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