Department of Engineering

Centre for Advanced Electronically Controlled Drives

RESEARCH TOPICS

This centre and these projects have mostly moved to the Company Technelec Ltd, that was set up
by Professor Pollock to exploit this technology

Motor Drives

This section covers the following topics in the order shown below. As we specialize in the area of Switched Reluctance Drives, there is information including a paper about design issues available on the hyperlink below.

- Switched Reluctance Drives

- Flux Switching Motors and Drives

- Permanent Magnet Hybrid Stepping Motor Drives

- Induction Motors

Please use the following hyperlink for more details in the Motor Drives page.

Power Electronics

This section covers the following topics in the order shown below. We not only design and build motors but we also design power electronics modules for various applications. More information is available on the hyperlink below.

- Laser Power Supplies

- Design of Welding Power Supplies Employing Resonant Switching Techniques

- Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)

- Design of Integrated Capacitors and Inductors

Please use the following hyperlink for more details in the Power Electronics page.

TUTORIALS

Switched Reluctance Drives.

Flux Switching Motors and Drives.

Are you Interested in Getting Involved?

Please refer to the relevant sections below using the relevant links.

Centre for Advanced Electronically Controlled Drives

Contacts

Research Placements

Author: Ewan Goodier, last updated 17/10/2000.
This document has been approved by the Head of Department.