Recent papers from the SPEED Laboratory

Archival Journal Papers

Conference Papers

Articles

Books

Recent Archival Journal Papers

2002

Miller TJE [2002] Optimal design of switched reluctance motors, invited paper for Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.49, No.1, February 2002, pp.15-27.

2000

Rasmussen KF, Davies JH, Miller TJE, McGilp MI and Olaru M [2000] Analytical and Numerical Computation of Airgap Magnetic Fields in Brushless Motors with Surface Permanent-Magnets, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. Vol.36, No.6, November/December 2000, pp.1547-1554.
Sawata T, Yamaguchi Y, Kjaer P, Bremner J, Cossar C, Miller TJE, Coles J, White G [2000] A detailed analysis of winding and inverter faults in switched reluctance motors, Transactions IEEJ Vol. 120-D, No. 8/9, Aug/Sep 2000, pp. 1075-1083.

1999

Piron M, Sangha P, Reid G, Miller TJE, Ionel DM and Coles JR [1999] Rapid Computer-Aided Design Method for Fast-Acting Solenoid Actuators, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol.35, No. 5, September/October 1999, pp.991-999.
Sawata T, Kjaer PC, Cossar C and Miller TJE [1999] A study on operation under faults with the single-phase SR generator, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 4, July/August 1999, pp782-789.
Sawata T, Kjaer PC, Cossar C, Miller TJE, and Hayashi Y [1999] Fault-Tolerant operation of single-phase switched reluctance generators, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 4, July/August 1999, pp.774-781.
Gallegos-Lopez G, Kjaer PC and Miller TJE [1999] High-grade position estimation for SRM drives using flux linkage/current correction model, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 4, July/August 1999, pp.859-869.

1998

Gallégos-Lopez G, Kjaer PC, and Miller TJE [1998] A new sensorless method for switched reluctance motor drives, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol.34, No.4, July-August 1998, pp.832-840.
Madescu G, Boldea I and Miller TJE [1998] The optimal lamination approach to induction machine design global optimisation, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol.34, No.3, May/June 1998, pp. 422-428.
Ionel DM, Eastham JF, Miller TJE and Demeter E. [1998] Design Considerations for Permanent magnet synchronous motors for flux weakening applications, IEE Proceedings, Electr. Power Appl., Vol. 145, No.5, September 1998, pp.435-440.

1997

Kjaer PC, Gribble JJ and Miller TJE [1997] High-Grade Control of Switched Reluctance Machines, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No.6, pp. 1585-1593, Nov-Dec 1997
Deodhar RP, Andersson S, Boldea I and Miller TJE, Flux-reversal machine: a new brushless doubly-salient permanent-magnet machine, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 4, July-Aug 1997, pp. 925-934.
Kjaer PC, Gribble JJ and Miller TJE [1996] Dynamic Testing of Switched Reluctance Motors for High-Bandwidth Actuator Applications, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol.2, No.2, June 1997, pp. 123-135.
Rabinovici R and Miller TJE, Eddy-current losses of surface-mounted permanent magnet motors, IEE Proceedings, Electric Power Applications, Vol.144, Number 1, Jan 1997, pp.61-64.

1996

Deodhar RP, Staton DA and Miller TJE [1996] Modelling of skew using the flux-MMF diagram, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No.6, Nov-Dec 1996, pp.1339-1347
Colby S, Mottier F and Miller TJE [1996] Vibration nodes and acoustic noise in a 4-phase switched reluctance motor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1996 pp. 1357-1364.
Deodhar RP, Staton DA, Jahns TM and Miller TJE [1996] Prediction of cogging torque using the flux-MMF diagram technique, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No.3, May-Jun 1996, pp.569-576

Rico JJ, Acha A, and Miller TJE [1995] Harmonic domain modelling of three-phase thyristor-controlled reactors by means of switching vectors and discrete convolutions, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 11, No.3, July 1996, pp.1678-1684.
Staton DA, Deodhar RP, Soong WL and Miller TJE [1995] Torque prediction using the flux-MMF diagram in AC, DC and reluctance motors, IEEE Transactions Industry Applications, Vol.32, No.1, Jan-Feb 1996, pp.180-188.

1995

Li Y, McGilp M and Miller TJE [1995] Graph Theory Applied to Frequency-Domain Based Power Electronics CAD, Submitted to International Journal of Electronics in June 1995 as full paper.
Kjaer P, Nielsen P, Andersen L, and Blaabjerg F, A new energy optimizing control strategy for switched reluctance motors', IEEE Transactions on Industry Apllications, Vol. 31, No.5, 1995, pp.1088-1095.

1993

Becerra RC, Mehrdad Ehsani and Miller TJE [1993] Commutation of SR Motors, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, Volume 8, No. 3, July 1993.

Recent Conference Papers

2002

Popescu M, Miller TJE, McGilp MI, Strappazzon G, Trivillin N, Santarossa R [2002] Line Start Permanent Magnet Motor: Single Phase Starting Performance Analysis, IAS 2002, Pittsburgh, October 2002, Vol.4, pp.2499-2506. ISBN 0-7803-7420-7. Best Paper Award, First Prize, awarded by the Electric Machine Committee of the Industry Applications Society.
Popescu M and Miller TJE [2002] Asynchronous Performance Analysis of a Single-Phase Capacitor Run Permanent Magnet Motor, ICEM 2002, Bruges, Belgium, 26-28 August 2002, ISBN 90-76019-18-5D2002/02773/3. Paper Number 054.

2001

Dorrell DG, Miller TJE, Rasmussen CB [2001] Interbar Currents in Induction Machines, IAS 2001, Chicago, USA, 30 Sep – 5 Oct. 2001, Vol.2, pp.729-736. IEEE IAS EMC Third Prize Paper Award.
Miller TJE and Rasmussen CB [2001] Extended Cross-Field Theory of the Tapped-winding Capacitor Motor, Including Iron Loss and Alternate Connections, IAS 2001, Chicago, USA, 30 Sep-5 Oct. 2001, Vol.4, pp.2275-2279.
Miller TJE [2001] Modern Electric Motors and Drives, invited lecture at IEE and IIE, Scottish Engineering Centre, Glasgow, 21-Feb-2001.

2000

Miller TJE, Rasmussen CB [2000] Revolving-field polygon technique for performance prediction of single-phase induction motors, IEEE-IAS 2000, Rome, Italy, 8-12 October 2000, Vol.1, pp.457-462.
Miller TJE, Boldea I, Dorrell DG, Rasmussen CB [2000] Leakage Reactance Saturation in Induction Motors, ICEM 2000, Helsinki, Finland, 28-30 August 2000 pp. 203-207.
Sawata T, Yamaguchi Y and Miller TJE [2000] Analysis of an optimum number of the multi-tooth per pole SRM, IPEC 2000, Tokyo, Japan, 3-7 April 2000, Volume 1, pp. 637-642.
TJE Miller, M. McGilp and M. Olaru [2000] Finite elements applied to synchronous and switched reluctance motors, I.E.E. Seminar, Current trends in finite elements in electromechanical design and analysis, I.E.E., Savoy Place, London, 14 January 2000, pp. 3/1 to 3/4.

1999

Cossar C, Kelly L, Miller TJE, Whitley C, Maxwell C, Moorhouse D [1999] The Design of a Switched Reluctance Drive for Aircraft Flight Control Surface Actuation, IEE Colloquium on Electric Machines and Systems for the More Electric Aircraft, 9 November 1999, London.

1998

Miller TJE, Glinka M, Cossar C, Gallegos-Lopez G, Ionel D and Olaru M [1998], Ultra-fast model of the switched reluctance motor, IEEE-IAS Electric Machines Committee, St. Louis, USA, 12-16 October 1998, pp. 319-326.
Ionel DM, Cistelecan MV, McGilp MI and Miller TJE, [1998] A new analytical method for the computation of air-gap reactances in 3-phase induction motors, IEEE-IAS Electric Machines Committee, St. Louis, USA, 12-16 October 1998, pp.65-72.
Piron M, Miller TJE, Ionel DM, Sangha P, Reid G, Coles JR [1998] Rapid computer-aided design method for fast-acting solenoid actuators, IEEE-IAS Electric Machines Committee, St. Louis, USA, 12-16 October 1998, pp.197-204.
Gallegos-López G, Kjaer PC, Miller TJE [1998] High-grade position estimation for switched reluctance motor drives using flux linkage/current correction model, IEEE-IAS Industrial Drives Committee, St. Louis, USA, 12-16 October 1998, pp.731-738.
Miller TJE, Gliemann, JH, Rasmussen CB and Ionel DM [1998] Analysis of a Tapped-Winding Capacitor Motor, ICEM ’98, Istanbul, 2-4 September 1998, Vol.1, pp.581-585.
Sawata T, Kjaer PC, Cossar C and Miller TJE [1998] A Control Strategy for the Switched Reluctance Generator, ICEM ’98, Istanbul, 2-4 September 1998, Vol.3, pp.2131-2136.
Gribble JJ, Kjaer PC, Cossar C, Kelly L, Bremner JJ, Miller TJE, Maxwell CJ, Capewell R, Moorhouse DG [1998] Feasibility Study of a Large Switched Reluctance Spoiler Actuator System, IEE Colloquium on "All Electric Aircraft", London, 17 June 1998, IEE Digest No. 1998/260 UK ISSN 0963-3308.
Miller TJE, Ionel DM, McGilp MI, Brown PJ and Olaru M [1998] Integrated CAD software for motor/drive design, Drives and Controls ’98, Telford, England, 10-12 March 1998.
Sawata T, Kjaer, PC, Cossar C, Miller TJE [1998] A study on operation under faults with the single-phase SR Generator, 13th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, USA, 15-19 February 1998, Vol.2, pp.1040-1046.

1997

Gallegos-López G, Kjaer PC and Miller TJE [1997] A New Sensorless Method for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives, IEEE-IAS ’97, New Orleans, 5-9 October 1997, pp.564-570.
Kjaer PC and Gallegos-López G [1997] Single-Sensor Current Regulation in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives, IEEE-IAS ’97, New Orleans, 5-9 October 1997, pp.645-652.
Gallegos-Lopez G, Kjaer PC and Miller TJE [1997] A New Rotor Position Estimation Method for Switched Reluctance Motors using PWM Voltage Control, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Trondheim, Sept 1997, pp. 3.580-3.585.
Kjaer PC [1997] An alternative method to servo motor drive torque ripple assessment, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Trondheim, Sept 1997, pp. 1.244-1.249.
Blaabjerg F, Kjaer PC, Rasmussen PO, Christensen L, Hansen S, Kristoffersen JR [1997] Fast Digital Current Control in Switched Reluctance Motor Drive without Current Feedback Filters, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Trondheim, Sept 1997, pp. 3.625-3.630
Fisch JH, Li Y, Kjaer PC, Gribble JJ and Miller TJE [1997] Pareto-Optimal Firing Angles for Switched Reluctance Motor Control, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Genetic Algorithms in Engineering Systems: Innovations and Applications, Glasgow, Sept 1997, pp. 90-96.
Ionel DM, Eastham JF, Miller TJE and Demeter E [1997] Design Considerations for PM Synchronous Motors for Flux Weakening Applications, IEE Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives, Cambridge, 1-3 Sept 1997, pp. 371-375.
Gallegos-López G, Kjaer PC and Miller TJE [1997] Active Clamp Resonant DC Link Inverter for Current Controlled Switched Reluctance Motors, Conference on Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion, Nurnberg, June 1997.
Gallegos-López G, Kjaer PC and Miller TJE [1997] Simulation Study of Resonant DC Link Inverter for Current-Controlled Switched Reluctance Motors, International Conference of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Singapore, May 1997, pp. 757-761
Sawata T, Kjaer PC, Cossar C, Miller TJE and Hayashi Y [1996] Fault-Tolerant Operation of Single-Phase Switched Reluctance Generators, 12th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference, Atlanta, USA, February 1997, pp. 553-558.

1996

Kjaer PC, Gribble JJ and Miller TJE [1996] High-Grade Control of Switched Reluctance Machines, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA October 5-10 1996, Vol.1, pp.92-100.
Deodhar RP, Andersson S, Boldea I and Miller TJE [1996] Flux reversal machine : a new brushless doubly salient permanent magnet machine. IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA October 5-10 1996, Vol.2, pp.786-793. IEEE-IAS Electric Machines Committee First Prize Paper.
Madescu G, Boldea I and Miller TJE [1996] An Analytical Iterative Model for Design Optimization of Induction Motors, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA October 5-10 1996, Vol.1, pp.566-573.
Madescu G, Boldea I and Miller TJE [1996] The Optimal Lamination Approach (OLA) to Induction Machine Design Global Optimization, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA October 5-10 1996, Vol.1, pp.574-580.
Kjaer PC, Cossar C and Miller TJE [1996] Very high bandwidth digital current controller for high-performance motor drives, PEVD ‘96, Nottingham, UK, September 23-25 1996, Pub.No. 429, pp.185-190.
Gribble JJ, Kjaer PC, Cossar C and Miller TJE [1996] Optimal commutation angles for current controlled switched reluctance motors, PEVD ‘96, Nottingham, UK, September 23-25 1996, Pub.No. 429, pp.87-92.
Bremner JJ, Acha E and Miller TJE [1996] Torque coefficient analysis of multi-device power systems, Poster Session Paper at IEE AC & DC Transmission International Conference, London, 29 April - 3 May 1996.
Rico JJ, Acha A, and Miller TJE [1995] Harmonic domain modelling of three-phase thyristor-controlled reactors by means of switching vectors and discrete convolutions, Submitted to IEEE PES ‘96, Baltimore, USA, January 1996. IEEE Reference No. 96 WM 093-5 PWRD.
Deodhar RP, Staton DA and Miller TJE [1996] Flux-MMF diagram - a technique for analysis and comparative evaluation of electric machines, ELROMA '96, Bombay, India, 19-20 January 1996. Second prize paper.
Deodhar RP, Staton DA and Miller TJE [1996] Modelling of skew using the flux-MMF diagram, International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives, and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, PEDES '96, New Delhi, India, 8-11 January 1996

1995

Deodhar RP, Staton DA and Miller TJE [1995] Prediction of cogging torque using the flux-MMF diagram technique, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Vol.1, pp.693-700, Orlando, FL, 8-12 October 1995
Colby S, Mottier F and Miller TJE [1995] Vibration modes and acoustic noise in a 4-phase switched reluctance motor, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Vol.1, pp.441-447, Orlando, FL, 8-12 October 1995
Kjaer PC, White GW and Miller TJE [1995] Design of switched reluctance motor/generator systems using the SABER simulator, EPE '95, Vol.2, pp.2.522-2.525, Sevilla, Spain, 19-21 September 1995
Kjaer PC, Blaabjerg F, Cossar C and Miller TJE [1995] Efficiency optimization in current-controlled variable-speed switched reluctance motor drives, EPE '95, Vol.3, pp.3.741-3.747, Sevilla, Spain, 19-21 September 1995
Deodhar RP, Staton DA and Miller TJE [1995] Variation of Torque Constant with Armature Current in Brushless PM Motors, IEE Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives, IEE Publication No.412, University of Durham, UK, 11-13 September 1995, pp.405-409.
Miller P, Acha E and Miller TJE [1995] A modern teaching experiment for the polyphase transformer, UPEC '95, University of Greenwich, London, 5-7 September 1995. Proceedings of the 30th Universities Power Engineering Conference, Vol.1, pp.309-312.
Miller TJE, Cossar C, Glinka M and Deodhar RP [1995] Finite elements in the design of switched reluctance motors, PCIM '95, Nurnberg, Germany, 20-22 June 1995, pp.303-311.
Miller TJE, Kjaer PC, and Schweizer U [1995] Dynamic performance of the switched reluctance motor, PCIM '95, Nurnberg, Germany, 20-22 June 1995, pp.321-329.
Kjaer PC, Miller TJE and Hendershot JR [1995] Comparison of conventional and short flux path 5-phase switched reluctance motors, PCIM '95, Nurnberg, Germany, 20-22 June 1995, pp.357-364.
Hayashi, Y and Miller TJE [1995] Single-Phase Multi-Pole SRM for Solar-Powered Vehicle, IPEC '95, Vol.1, pp.575-579, Yokohama, Japan, 3-7 April 1995.
Kjaer PC, Cossar C, Gribble JJ, Miller TJE and Li Y [1995] Minimization of reactive power flow and ohmic losses in switched reluctance generators, IPEC '95, Vol.2, pp.1022-1027, Yokohama, Japan, 3-7 April 1995
Cossar C, Kjaer PC, McGilp, M, Miller TJE and Colby S [1995] Design and function of a flexible controller for switched reluctance drive development, IPEC '95, Vol.1, pp.518-522, Yokohama, Japan, 3-7 April 1995
White GW and Miller TJE [1995] Soft switching in aircraft power conversion systems, IEE Colloquium on Resonant Systems, London, 24 January 1995, Digest No. 95/013

Recent Articles

Miller TJE [1998] Sophisticated Controllers push new technology into market featured in Appliance Manufacturer CHINA Magazine. Published March 1998. (reproduced in Chinese for sister magazine).
Miller TJE [1997] New Looks from Old Motors - sophisticated controllers push new motor technology out of the lab and into the market, Appliance Manufacturer, July 1997
Miller TJE [1996] The Influence of Electronics On Electrical Machine Design, KEYNOTE ADDRESS, PEVD ‘96. Nottingham, UK, September 23 1996, published separately from main conference proceedings.

Recently Published Books

Miller TJE [2001] [Ed] Electronic Control of Switched Reluctance Machines. Newnes Publishers, c.272pp, ISBN 0 7506 5073 7.
Acha E, Agelidis VG, Anaya-Lara O and Miller TJE [2002] Power Electronic Control in Electrical Systems. Newnes Publishers, c.443pp, ISBN 0 7506 5126 1.

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