Peter Connor

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  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
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• Peter.Connor@nottingham.ac.uk

Selected Publications

• PETER H. CONNOR, MUHAMMAD. KHOWJA, ANTONINO. LA ROCCA, SALVATORE. LA ROCCA, TIANJIE ZOU, GAURANG VAKIL, ADAM WALKER, CHRIS GERADA and KRZYSZTOF PACIURA, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) 2022.
• GOLOVANOV, D., GERADA, D., SALA, G., DEGANO, M., TRENTIN, A., CONNOR, P. H., XU, Z., LA ROCCA, A., GALASSINI, A., TARISCIOTTI, L., EASTWICK, C. N., PICKERING, S. J., WHEELER, P., CLARE, J. C., FILIPENKO, M. and GERADA, C., 2021. 4MW Class High Power Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
• HEBALA, A., NUZZO, S., CONNOR, P. H., VOLPE, G., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2022. Analysis and Mitigation of AC Losses in High Performance Propulsion Motors: Machines Machines. 10(9),
• TRENTIN, ANDREW, SALA, GIACOMO, TARISCIOTTI, LUCA, GALASSINI, ALESSANDRO, DEGANO, MICHELE, CONNOR, PETER H., GOLOVANOV, DMITRY, GERADA, DAVID, XU, ZEYUAN, LA ROCCA, ANTONINO, EASTWICK, CAROL N., PICKERING, STEPHEN J., WHEELER, PATRICK, CLARE, JON C. and GERADA, CHRIS, 2021. Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. 68(12), 11684-11695

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• ZAKHAR R. KUDRYNSKYI, PETER H. CONNOR, TIMOTHY P. COOPER, MATTHEW D. WADGE, JAMES KERFOOT, XIANG ZHENG, REDA M. FELFEL, VLADIMIR V. KOROLKOV, MARTIN KUBAL, CHRISTOPHER GERADA and DAVID M. GRANT, 2024. All-Inorganic Electrical Insulation Systems for High-Power Density Electrical Machines In: 2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD).
• ILKHANI, M. R., SYED, S. A., CONNOR, P. H., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C., RASHED, M. and BENAROUS, M., 2022. Practical Implementation and Associated Challenges of Integrated Torque Limiter
• HEBALA, A., NUZZO, S., CONNOR, P. H., VOLPE, G., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2022. Analysis and Mitigation of AC Losses in High Performance Propulsion Motors: Machines Machines. 10(9),
• AHMED HEBALA, STEFANO NUZZO, PETER H. CONNOR, CHRIS GERADA and MICHAEL GALEA, 2022. On the Fault Tolerance and PM Demagnetisation of a High-Performance Aircraft Propulsion Motor In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM).
• ALEXANDER JEFFREY, PETER H. CONNOR, GAURANG VAKIL, PAUL EVANS and PAT WHEELER, 2022. Cooling System Sizing using LPTN Analysis and Multiphysics Modelling for an Axial Flux Machine and Integrated Drive In: International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) 2022.
• PETER H. CONNOR, MUHAMMAD. KHOWJA, ANTONINO. LA ROCCA, SALVATORE. LA ROCCA, TIANJIE ZOU, GAURANG VAKIL, ADAM WALKER, CHRIS GERADA and KRZYSZTOF PACIURA, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) 2022.
• HEBALA, A., NUZZO, S., CONNOR, P. H., VOLPE, G., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2022. Mitigation of AC Winding Losses for Aircraft Propulsion Motors
• K. BERSCH, S. NUZZO, P. H. CONNOR, C. N. EASTWICK, M. GALEA and R. ROLSTON, 2021. Thermal and Electromagnetic Stator Vent Design Optimisation for Synchronous Generators IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 36(1), 207-217
• GOLOVANOV, D., GERADA, D., SALA, G., DEGANO, M., TRENTIN, A., CONNOR, P. H., XU, Z., LA ROCCA, A., GALASSINI, A., TARISCIOTTI, L., EASTWICK, C. N., PICKERING, S. J., WHEELER, P., CLARE, J. C., FILIPENKO, M. and GERADA, C., 2021. 4MW Class High Power Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
• RECALDE, ANGEL A., LUKIC, MILOS, HEBALA, AHMED, GIANGRANDE, PAOLO, KLUMPNER, CHRISTIAN, NUZZO, STEFANO, CONNOR, PETER H., ATKIN, JASON A., BOZHKO, SERHIY V. and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2021. Energy Storage System Selection for Optimal Fuel Consumption of Aircraft Hybrid Electric Taxiing Systems IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. 7(3), 1870-1887
• TRENTIN, ANDREW, SALA, GIACOMO, TARISCIOTTI, LUCA, GALASSINI, ALESSANDRO, DEGANO, MICHELE, CONNOR, PETER H., GOLOVANOV, DMITRY, GERADA, DAVID, XU, ZEYUAN, LA ROCCA, ANTONINO, EASTWICK, CAROL N., PICKERING, STEPHEN J., WHEELER, PATRICK, CLARE, JON C. and GERADA, CHRIS, 2021. Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. 68(12), 11684-11695
• HEBALA, AHMED, NUZZO, STEFANO, CONNOR, PETER H., GIANGRANDE, PAOLO, GERADA, CHRIS and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2021. Improved Propulsion Motor Design for a Twelve Passenger All-Electric Aircraft 2021 IEEE WORKSHOP ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES DESIGN, CONTROL AND DIAGNOSIS (WEMDCD). 343-348
• A. HEBALA, S. NUZZO, G. VOLPE, P. H. CONNOR, P. GIANGRANDE, C. GERADA and M. GALEA, 2020. Feasibility Design Study of High-Performance, High-Power-Density Propulsion Motor for Middle-Range Electric Aircraft In: IEEE 29th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE). 300-306
• HEBALA, AHMED, NUZZO, STEFANO, CONNOR, PETER H., GIANGRANDE, PAOLO, GERADA, CHRIS and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2020. PM Halbach Arrays in Motors: Loss Reduction and Performance Improvements 2020 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND SYSTEMS (ICEMS). 710-715
• P. H. CONNOR, A. LA ROCCA, Z. XU, M. DEGANO, C. N. EASTWICK, S. J. PICKERING and C. GERADA, 2019. Air-Cooling of a Hollow High-Speed Permanent Magnet Rotor In: International Electrical Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), May 2019, San Diego, CA.. 1216-1221
• A. LA ROCCA, P. H. CONNOR, Z. XU, C. N. EASTWICK, S. J. PICKERING and C. GERADA, 2019. Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator In: International Electrical Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), May 2019, San Diego, CA.. 322-328
• CONNOR, PETER H., LA ROCCA, ANTONINO, XU, ZEYUAN, EASTWICK, CAROL N., PICKERING, STEPHEN J. and GERADA, CHRIS, 2019. Numerical investigations of convective phenomena of oil impingement on end-windings JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING-JOE. 4022-4026
• BERSCH, KEVIN, CONNOR, PETER H., EASTWICK, CAROL N. and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2019. CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING-JOE. 4432-4435
• L. PAPINI, P. CONNOR, C. PATEL, L. EMPRINGHAM, C. GERADA and P. WHEELER, 2018. Design and Testing of Electromechanical Actuator for Aerospace Applications In: 25th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Optimization in Control of Electric Drives (IWED). 1-6
• K. BERSCH, P. H. CONNOR, C. N. EASTWICK and M. GALEA, 2018. A CFD and Experimental Investigation into a non-Intrusive Method for Measuring Cooling Air Mass Flow Rate through a Synchronous Generator K In: The 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD), Liverpool, UK.. (In Press.)
• P. H. CONNOR, A. LA ROCCA, Z. XU, C. N. EASTWICK, S. J. PICKERING and C. GERADA, 2018. Numerical Investigations of Convective Phenomena of Oil Impingement on End-windings In: The 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD), Liverpool, UK.. 17. 4022 - 4026 (In Press.)
• K. BERSCH, S. NUZZO, P. H. CONNOR, C. N. EASTWICK, M. GALEA, R. ROLSTON and G. VAKIL, 2018. Combined Thermofluid and Electromagnetic Optimisation of Stator Vent Cooling In: 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 3-6 Sept, 2018), Alexandroupoli, Greece.. 1116-1122
• KEVIN BERSCH, PETER H CONNOR, CAROL N EASTWICK, MICHAEL GALEA, MICHAEL GALEA and ROB ROLSTON, 2017. CFD optimisation of the thermal design for a vented electrical machine In: 2017 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD). 39-44
• P.H. CONNOR, C. N. EASTWICK, S. J. PICKERING, C. GERADA and R. ROLSTON, 2016. Stator and Rotor Vent Modelling in a MVA rated Synchronous Machine In: XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016).
• CONNOR, PETER H., PICKERING, STEVE J., GERADA, CHRIS, EASTWICK, CAROL N., MICALLEF, CHRIS and TIGHE, CHRIS, 2013. Computational fluid dynamics modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management IET ELECTRIC POWER APPLICATIONS. 7(3), 231-236
• CONNOR P, PICKERING S J, GERADA C, EASTWICK C N and MICALLEF C, 2012. CFD MODELLING OF AN ENTIRE SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR FOR IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT In: 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2012. 592 CP. B114