University of Leicester

Department of Engineering

Department of Engineering

Centre for Advanced Electronically Controlled Drives

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

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

Oct 1999

C. Pollock and M. Wallace, “The Flux Switching Motor, A Brushless DC Motor without Magnets”, in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, pp. 1980-1987.

Oct 1999

L. McGrow and C. Pollock, “Low Cost Brushless Generators”, in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, pp. 1229-1336.

Oct 1999

M. Brackley and C. Pollock, “Analysis and reduction of acoustic noise from a brushless dc drive”, in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, pp.888-893.  This paper was awarded first prize by the Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society.

Oct 1999

M. Barnes and C. Pollock, “A new Power Electronic Converter for integrated battery/mains motoring”, in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, pp.539-546.

Oct 1999

W. Thong and C. Pollock, “Low Cost Battery Powered Switched Reluctance Drives with Integral Battery Charging Capability”, in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, pp.60-64.

Sept 1999

J.D. Wale and C. Pollock, “A bipolar hybrid stepping motor drive”, in Conf. Proc. of 8th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 7-9 September 1999.

Sept 1999

M. Brackley and C. Pollock, “Electronic Cancellation of Acoustic Noise in a Fan System Driven by a Switched Reluctance Motor”, in Conf. Proc. of 8th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 7-9 September 1999.

Sept 1999

N. Williams and C. Pollock, “Analysis of ac resistance in Aluminium foil, air cored inductors”, in Conf. Proc. of 8th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 7-9 September 1999.

Sept 1999

L. McGrow and C. Pollock, “The use of inductor alternators with electronic regulation for dc generation”, IEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives, September 1999.

Sept 1998

J. Stones, N. Williams and C. Pollock, “Reducing losses in foil wound air-cored inductors”, Proceedings of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, London, September 1998, pp. 399 - 404.

Sept 1998

M. Barnes and C. Pollock, “Power Factor Correction in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives”, Proceedings of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, London, September 1998, pp. 17 - 21.

Sept 1998

M. Barnes and C. Pollock, “Selecting Power Electronic Converters for Single Phase Switched Reluctance Motors”, Proceedings of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, London, September 1998, pp. 527 - 531.

March 1998

C. Pollock, “Low Cost Switched Reluctance Drives”, Lecture to The Institute of Marine Engineers, 24 March 1998.

Oct 1996

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "Reduction of noise and vibration in switched reluctance motors : new aspects", in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 1996, pp. 771-778.

Oct 1996

K.M. Richardson, C. Pollock and J.O. Flower, "Design and performance of a rotor position sensing system for a switched reluctance marine propulsion system", in Conf. Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 1996,  pp.168-173.

Sept 1996

M. Barnes, C. Pollock and A.M. Michaelides, "The design and performance of a self starting 2-phase switched reluctance drive", in Conf. Proc. of IEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, Nottingham, September 1996, pp. 419 - 423.

Sept 1996

K.M. Richardson, C.A. Shobbrook, C. Pollock and J.O. Flower, "Active control of stator vibration in a switched reluctance sector motor", in Conf. Proc. of IEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, Nottingham, September 1996, pp. 230 - 235.

June 1996

J.D. Wale and C. Pollock, "Novel Converter topologies for a two phase switched reluctance motor with fully pitched windings", Conf. Rec. of IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference, Baveno, Italy, June 24-27 1996, pp. 1798 - 1803.

June 1996

P.W. Lee and C. Pollock, "Shared switch converter topology for a two phase bipolar drive hybrid stepping motor", Conf. Rec. of IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference, Baveno, Italy, June 24-27 1996, pp. 127-133.

Jan 1996

J.O. Flower, K.M. Richardson and C. Pollock, "An experimental integrated switched reluctance propulsion unit: design, construction and preliminary results", Lecture to The Institute of Marine Engineers, 9 January 1996.

Oct 1995

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "Short flux loops optimise the efficiency of a 5 phase switched reluctance motor", Conf. Proc of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Florida, October 1995, pp.286 - 293.

Oct 1995 

C. Pollock and C.Y. Wu, "Acoustic Noise Cancellation techniques for switched reluctance drives", Conf. Proc of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Florida, October 1995, pp.448 - 455.

Sept 1995

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "Design and Performance of a high efficiency, 5 phase switched reluctance drive", Conf. Proc. of the 6th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Seville, Spain, September 1995, pp. 3.143 - 3.148.

Sept 1995

M. Barnes and C. Pollock, "Two phase switched reluctance drive with new power electronic converter for low cost applications", Conf. Proc. of the 6th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Seville, Spain, September 1995, pp. 1.427 - 1.430.

Sept 1995

N.W. Phillips, H.R. Bolton, J.D. Lewis, C. Pollock and M. Barnes, "Simulation of switched reluctance drive system using a commercially available simulation package", Conf. Proc. of IEE Electrical Machines and Drives, Durham, September 1995, pp. 257-260.

Sept 1995

K.M. Richardson, C. Pollock and J.O. Flower, "Design of a switched reluctance sector motor for an integrated motor/propeller unit", Conf. Proc. of IEE Electrical Machines and Drives, Durham, September 1995, pp. 271-275.

Sept 1995

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "Design and Performance of a high efficiency, 5 phase switched reluctance motor", Conf. Proc. of IEE Electrical Machines and Drives, Durham, September 1995, pp. 266-270.

May 1995

K.H. Chu and C. Pollock, "New PWM Controlled Series Compensation Scheme with Rapid Dynamic Response and low Harmonic Content", Conf. Proc. of IEE International Conference on AC and DC Transmission, 30 April - 3 May 1995, pp. 208-213.

Oct 1994

K.M. Richardson, C. Pollock and J.O. Flower, "A switched reluctance drive for marine propulsion", Proc. of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives (PEVD'94), 26-28 October 1994,  pp.1-6.

Oct 1994

H. Pollock and J.O. Flower, "Design and performance of a series resonant converter for pulsed load applications", Proc. of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives (PEVD'94), 26-28 October 1994, pp.256-261.

Oct 1994

P.W. Lee, C. Pollock and C.M. Jolliffe, "Measurement of flux linkage in the hybrid stepping motor drive", Proc. of IEE Conference on Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives (PEVD'94), 26-28 October 1994,  pp.131-136.

Sept 1994

P.W. Lee and C. Pollock, "Flux linkage estimation in electrical machines", Conf. Proc. of International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'94), 5-8 September 1994.

Oct 1993

C.Y. Wu and C. Pollock, "Analysis and reduction of vibration and acoustic noise in the switched reluctance drive", Conf. Rec. of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 1993, pp. 106-113.

Sept 1993

C.Y. Wu and C. Pollock, "Time domain analysis of vibration and acoustic noise in the switched reluctance drive", Conf. Proc. of the IEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives, Oxford, September 1993, pp. 558-563.

Sept 1993

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "Modelling of a new winding arrangement to improve the performance in the switched reluctance motor", Conf. Proc. of the IEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives, Oxford, September 1993, pp. 213-218.

Oct 1992

A.M. Michaelides and C. Pollock, "A new magnetic flux pattern to improve the efficiency of the switched reluctance motor", Conf. Rec. of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 1992, pp. 226-233.

Oct 1992

P.W. Lee and C. Pollock, "Rotor position detection techniques for brushless permanent magnet and reluctance motor drives", Conf. Rec. of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 1992, pp.448-455.

May 1992

D.E. Trotman and C. Pollock, "A Rechargeable and portable a.c. power supply with the minimum of electronic components", Conf. Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, San-Diego, May 1992.

Oct 1989

C. Pollock and B.W. Williams, "Design and performance of a multiphase switched reluctance drive", in Conf. Proc. of 3rd European Power Electronics and Applications, Aachen, Oct 1989, Vol. 1, pp. 29-34.

Oct 1988

C. Pollock and B.W. Williams, "A Unipolar Converter for a Switched Reluctance Motor", in Conf. Rec. IEEE Ind. Appl. Soc. Annual Meeting, 1988, Part 1, pp.44-49. This paper was awarded first prize by the Electrical Machines Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society.

Sept 1987

C. Pollock and B.W. Williams, "An Integrated Approach to Switched Reluctance Motor Design", in Conf. Proc. of 2nd European Power Electronics and Applications, Sept 1987, pp.865-870.

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