Electrical Machines & Power Electronics (EMPE) Laboratory

at Texas A&M University

The following is a list of accomplished and undergoing research projects of EMPE Laboratory.

Current Projects

Currently, several research projects are underway at the EMPE lab.

High Frequency AC Link Converters (more details)

Design and performance evaluation of a Homopolar Switched Reluctance Motor

Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Variable Speed Drives (more details)

Optimal Control of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines

Portable Energy Storage Systems for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (more details)

Magnetic Gear (more details)

Analytical modeling and optimization of permanent magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance machines

Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Generators (more details)

Optimal Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines (more details)

Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators under Fault Conditions

Past Projects

A brief review of the past projects of this lab, proves that EMPE lab has always been a pioneer in exploring new ideas and discovering new horizons in the field of electrical drives. The following includes the titles of some of the completed projects.

Completed in 2009

Control of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Generators (PMa-SynRG) with Current-Fed Drive ( more details)

Sensorless Speed Control of Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor (PMa-SynRM) (more details)

Completed in 2008

A Soft Switched High Frequency AC-Link Converter (more details)

Direct Torque Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors with Non-Sinusoidal Back-EMF (more detail)

Completed in 2007

Low Cost Motor Drive Embedded Fault Diagnosis Systems (more details)

Compact Harsh Environment Energy Conversion Systems (more details)

Completed in 2005

Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor Design and Performance Improvement (more details)

Low-Cost Direct Torque Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Using Hall-Effect Sensors (more details)

Design and Analysis of Modern Three-Phase AC/AC Power Converters for AC Drives and Utility Interface (more details)

Performance Improvement of Permanent Magnet AC Motors (more details)

Completed in 2004

Integrated Electric Alternator/Active Filter (more details)

Completed in 2003

DC-DC Converter Current Source Fed Naturally Commutated Brushless DC Motor Drive (more details)

Completed in 2002

Permanent Magnet AC Motor High-Speed Operation using Hybrid Observers (more details)

Fault Diagnosis of Electric Machines (more details)

New Solutions for Improved Unipolar-Excited Brushless Motor Drive (more details)

Non-linear Analysis of advanced High-Phase Number Induction Machines for Adjustable Speed Drive Applications (more details)

A 3-Phase AC to AC Matrix Converter using the Venturini Method (more details)

Completed in 2001

Vector Control of Five-Phase Synchronous Reluctance Machine with the Third Harmonic Current Injections for High Specific Torque (more details)

Enhanced Rotor Field Oriented Control of Five-Phase Induction Motor with the Combined Fundamental and Third Harmonic Currents(more details)

Parameter estimation of vector controlled induction machine (more details)

A Low-Cost Low-Loss Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor Drive (more details)

Completed in 2000

Adaptive State Filtering with Neural Network for Sensorless Induction Motor Speed Estimation

Sensorless Performance Evaluation of Induction Motors

Fault Analysis for Condition Monitoring of Induction Motors (more details)

Completed before 2000

Design and Control of Switched Reluctance Motor for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Application

Sensorless Position Estimation in Sinusoidal Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (more details)

Performance Analysis of Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor (BPM) using Load Commutated Inverter (more details)

Performance Analysis of Synchronous Machines under Dynamic Eccentricity

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