Gaurang Vakil

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• workRoom B18 PEMC Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Gaurang.Vakil@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Gaurang Vakil is a member of the Power Electronics, Machines and Control research group.

Recent Publications

• TOM, LIYA, KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, RAMANATHAN, RAMKUMAR, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRIS, ANPALAHAN, PARAM, WEJRZANOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF and BROWN, NEIL, 2022. Comparative Analysis of Synchronous Reluctance Machine against Conventional Induction Machine for Railway Traction In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 69-75
• CONNOR, PETER. H., KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD., ROCCA, ANTONINO. LA, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE., ZOU, TIANJIE, VAKIL, GAURANG., WALKER, ADAM., GERADA, CHRIS. and PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 42-48
• JEFFREY, ALEXANDER J., CONNOR, PETER H., VAKIL, GAURANG, EVANS, PAUL, WHEELER, PAT and HART, SIMON, 2022. Cooling System Sizing using LPTN Analysis and Multiphysics Modelling for an Axial Flux Machine and Integrated Drive In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 1376-1382
• DAVE, NISARG, GERADA, DAVID, VAKIL, GAURANG, ZHANG, HE, SHI, BOWEN, ZHANG, FENGYU, LI, JING and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Fast Sizing Tool and Optimization Technique for Concentrated Wound Slotless Outer Rotor Motor for eVTOL Application In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2094-2099

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• TOM, LIYA, KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, RAMANATHAN, RAMKUMAR, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRIS, ANPALAHAN, PARAM, WEJRZANOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF and BROWN, NEIL, 2022. Comparative Analysis of Synchronous Reluctance Machine against Conventional Induction Machine for Railway Traction In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 69-75
• CONNOR, PETER. H., KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD., ROCCA, ANTONINO. LA, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE., ZOU, TIANJIE, VAKIL, GAURANG., WALKER, ADAM., GERADA, CHRIS. and PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 42-48
• JEFFREY, ALEXANDER J., CONNOR, PETER H., VAKIL, GAURANG, EVANS, PAUL, WHEELER, PAT and HART, SIMON, 2022. Cooling System Sizing using LPTN Analysis and Multiphysics Modelling for an Axial Flux Machine and Integrated Drive In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 1376-1382
• DAVE, NISARG, GERADA, DAVID, VAKIL, GAURANG, ZHANG, HE, SHI, BOWEN, ZHANG, FENGYU, LI, JING and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Fast Sizing Tool and Optimization Technique for Concentrated Wound Slotless Outer Rotor Motor for eVTOL Application In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2094-2099
• DAVE, NISARG, GERADA, DAVID, VAKIL, GAURANG, ZHANG, HE, LI, JING and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Analytical Model for the Open Circuit Field due to Different Magnetization Patterns of the rotor in the Slotless Machines In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 1204-1210
• DAVE, NISARG, ZHANG, XUEBEI, XU, ZEYUAN, GERADA, DAVID, ZHANG, HE, LI, JING, VAKIL, GAURANG and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Carbon Emission Comparison of Slotted and Slotless Motors for eVTOL Application In: 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 1291-1295
• RAM KUMAR, R. M., VAKIL, GAURANG and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Impact of Saturation Flux Density of Rotor Lamination on the Performance of 2-Pole High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance machine In: 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT). 1-5
• RAM KUMAR, R. M., VAKIL, GAURANG and GERADA, CHRIS, 2022. Improving Saliency of High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machine Using Rotor Sleeve made of Bi-State Magnetic Material In: 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT). 1-6
• WINTER, K., LIAO, Z., RAMANATHAN, R., AXINTE, D., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2021. How non-conventional machining affects the surface integrity and magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steel: Materials and Design Materials and Design. 210,
• KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRIS, PATEL, CHINTAN, ODHANO, SHAFIQ and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2021. Integrated Motor Drive: Mass and Volume Optimization of the Motor with an Integrated Filter Inductor ENERGIES. 14(15),
• KUMAR, R., LA ROCCA, A., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C. and FERNANDES, B. G., 2021. Significance of anisotropic thermal expansion in high speed electric machines employing ndfeb permanent magnets: Energies Energies. 14(22),
• WANG, BO, VAKIL, GAURANG, LIU, YE, YANG, TAO, ZHANG, ZHUORAN and GERADA, CHRIS, 2021. Optimization and Analysis of a High Power Density and Fault Tolerant Starter-Generator for Aircraft Application ENERGIES. 14(1),
• KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, TURABEE, GULRUKH, GIANGRANDE, PAOLO, MADONNA, VINCENZO, COSMA, GEORGINA, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRIS and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2021. Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods IEEE ACCESS. 9, 18993-19003
• TOM, L., KHOWJA, M.R., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2021. Commercial aircraft electrification—current state and future scope Energies.
• TOM, LIYA, RAMANATHAN, RAMKUMAR, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRISTOPHER and MCQUEEN, ALASTAIR, 2021. Analysis of Integration Options for A Two-Stage Synchronous Generator In: 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). 1-6
• SYED, ASIM, VAKIL, GAURANG and RAM KUMAR, R. M., 2021. Impact of Steinmetz Parameters on the Performance of iGSE based Core Loss Prediction In: 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). 1-5
• RAM KUMAR, R. M., VAKIL, GAURANG, ROCCA, ANTONINO LA, GERADA, DAVID, GERADA, CHRIS and FERNANDES, B. G., 2021. Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve In: 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). 1-6
• SKOULAXINOS, STEFANOS, WHEELER, PAT and VAKIL, GAURANG, 2021. Hybrid Sensorless Motor Control in aerospace applications, a survey in sensorless control, optimizing for availability and acoustic noise In: 2021 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD). 175-180
• HE, Y.L., ZHANG, Z.J., WANG, X.L., GAO, P., GERADA, D., GERADA, C. and VAKIL, G., 2020. Impact of Single and Combined Faults Composed of Rotor Eccentricity and Stator Interturn Short Circuit on Electromagnetic Torque Ripples in Synchronous Generator Complexity.
• XIE, P., VAKIL, G. and VAKIL, G., 2020. Electric drive systems with long feeder cables IET Electric Power Applications. 14(1),
• TURABEE, G., KHOWJA, M., GIANGRANDE, P., MADONNA, V., COSMA, G., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2020. The Role of Neural Networks in Predicting the Thermal Life of Electrical Machines IEEE Access. 40283 - 40297
• HE, Y.L., SUN, Y-X., XU, M-X., WANG, X-L., WU, Y-C., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D. and GERADA, C., 2020. Rotor UMP characteristics and vibration properties in synchronous generator due to 3D static air-gap eccentricity faults IET Electric Power Applications. 14(6), 961 - 971
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., PATEL, C., ODHANO, S., WALKER, A. and WHEELER, P., 2020. Novel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Integrated Filter Inductor Using Motor’s Inherent Magnetics IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• LA ROCCA, A., KHOWJA, M., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C., WHEELER, P. and YAN, L., 2020. Thermal Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator In: ITEC 2020 - IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo.
• WANG, BO, LIU, YE, VAKIL, GAURANG, YANG, TAO and ZHANG, ZHUORAN, 2020. Feasibility of Permanent Magnet Fault Tolerant Machines for Aircraft Starter/Generator Systems In: 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2104-2110
• DAVE, NISARG, VAKIL, GAURANG, XU, ZEYUAN, GERADA, CHRIS, ZHANG, HE and GERADA, DAVID, 2020. Comparison of slotted and slotless PM machines for high kW/kg aerospace applications In: 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). 609-613
• RAM KUMAR, R. M., VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, DAVID, GERADA, CHRIS, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, FERNANDES, B. G. and YAN, LIANG, 2020. Hybrid Magnet Configuration to Reduce the Content of Rare Earth Elements in a PM-SynRel Machine In: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 352-357
• TURABEE, GULRUKH, COSMA, GEORGINA, MADONNA, VINCENZO, GIANGRANDE, PAOLO, KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, CHRIS and GALEA, MICHAEL, 2020. Predicting Insulation Resistance of Enamelled Wire using Neural Network and Curve Fit Methods Under Thermal Aging In: 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). 1-7
• XIE, PATRICK, DEWAR, DAVID, VAKIL, GAURANG and GERADA, CHRIS, 2020. Gain-scheduled LQR control of an aerospace drive system with LC filter and long feeder cable In: 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). 656-661
• ROCCA, A. LA, KHOWJA, M. RAZA, VAKIL, G., GERADA, C., WHEELER, P. and YAN, L., 2020. Thermal Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator In: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 703-708
• TURABEE, G., KHOWJA, M. RAZA, MADONNA, V., GIANGRANDE, P., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2020. Thermal Lifetime Evaluation of Electrical Machines Using Neural Network In: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 1153-1158
• AL-ANI, M., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., WALKER, A., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2020. Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application In: The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 796-802
• ZOU, TIANJIE, GERADA, DAVID, WALKER, ADAM, VAKIL, GAURANG, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE, LA ROCCA, ANTONINO, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, BARDEN, RICHARD, ERNEST, EMIL, ZHU, SHAOHONG, QAYYUM, NAILA, MCQUEEN, ALASTAIR, BARDALAI, ANUVAV, RAM KUMAR, R. M., MARFOLI, ALESSANDRO and GERADA, CHRIS, 2020. Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines In: 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 1357-1363
• RAM KUMAR, R. M., KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD RAZA, VAKIL, GAURANG, GERADA, DAVID, GERADA, CHRIS, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF and FERNANDES, B. G., 2020. A Hybrid Computational Tool to Analyze the Performance of Electric Machines with Reduced Content of Permanent Magnet In: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 340-345
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., ABEBE, R., ODHANO, S., PATEL, C. and WHEELER, P., 2019. Novel Motor-shaped Rotational Inductor for Motor Drive Applications IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• Y. HE, M. XU, J. XIONG, Y. SUN, X. WANG, D. GERADA and G. VAKIL, 2019. Effect of 3D Unidirectional and Hybrid SAGE on Electromagnetic Torque Fluctuation Characteristics in Synchronous Generator IEEE Access. 7, 100813-100823
• KHOWJA, M., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2019. Trade-off Study of a High Power Density Starter- Generator for Turboprop Aircraft System In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• AL-ANI, M., WALKER, A., VAKIL, G., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2019. Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PMassisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• RAMANATHAN, R., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., WALKER, A., LA ROCCA, S., AL-ANI, M., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K., MCQUEEN, A. and FERNANDES, B.G., 2019. Enhancing the Torque Density of Conventional PM-SynRel Machine with Hybrid Flux Barrier In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., LA ROCCA, A., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., WALKER, A., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K., MCQUEEN, A. and FERNANDES, B.G., 2019. High Power High Speed PM-Assisted SynRel Machines with Ferrite and Rare Earth Magnets for Future Electric Commercial Vehicles In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• KHOWJA, M., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2019. Analytical Tool to Generate Torque-Speed Characteristics for Surface Mounted PM Machines in Constant Torque and Field Weakening Regions In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• XIE, P., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2019. Sizing, design, and modelling of aerospace electric drive system with long feeder cables In: IEMDC 2019 - International Electric Machines & Drives Conference.
• ZHAO, X., SAHOO, S., KYPRIANIDIS, K., SUMSUROOAH, S., VALENTE, G., RASHED, M., VAKIL, G., HILL, C.I., JACOB, C., GOBBIN, A., BARDENHAGEN, A., PROLSS, K., SIELEMANN, M., RANTZER, J. and EKSTEDT, E., 2019. A FRAMEWORK FOR OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID AIRCRAFT In: ASME Turbo Expo 2019.
• HE, Y.L., VAKIL, G., ZHANG, C., GAO, P., GERADA, D. and GERADA, C., 2019. Rotor UMP & mechanical response in HSPMSM in typical running conditions In: ECCE 2019 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.
• AL-TIMIMY, A., VAKIL, G., DEGANO, MICHELE, GIANGRANDE, P., GERADA, C. and GALEA, M., 2018. Considerations on the Effects that Core Material Machining has on an Electrical Machine's Performance IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion.
• TALAHA, A., VAKIL, G., COX, T. and GERADA, C., 2018. Design of a 43kW switched reluctance machine for a high performance hybrid electric vehicle In: 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2018.
• 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
• NUZZO, S., BOLOGNESI, P., VAKIL, G., FALLOWS, D., GERADA, C., BROWN, N. and GALEA, M., 2018. A methodology to remove Stator Skew in Small-Medium Size Synchronous Generators via innovative damper cage designs IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• AL-ANI, M., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2018. Electrical Machine Rotor Shielding for Low Cost Electrical Drive In: ITEC 2018.
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., QUADIR QUADRI, S., WHEELER, P. and PATEL, C., 2018. Mass Production Costing of Induction Machines for Automotive Applications In: ITEC 2018.
• WALKER, A., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2018. Novel Core Designs to Miniaturise Passive Magnetic Components In: ITEC 2018.
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., QUADIR QUADRI, S., WHEELER, P. and PATEL, C., 2018. Design of an Integrated Inductor for 45kW Aerospace Starter-Generator In: ITEC 2018.
• KHOWJA, M.R., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G. and WHEELER, P., 2017. Design Optimization of Integrated Rotational Inductor for High-Speed AC Drive Applications In: IEMDC 2017.
• KHOWJA, M.R., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., PATEL, C. and WHEELER, P., 2017. Design Optimization of Integrated Rotor-less Inductors for High-Speed AC Drive Applications In: IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD).
• WANG, Y., VAKIL, G., NUZZO, S., DEGANO, M., GALEA, M., GERADA, C., ZHANG, H. and BROWN, N., 2017. Sensitivity analysis for performance and power density improvements in salient-pole synchronous generators
• N. FERNANDO, G. VAKIL, P. ARUMUGAM, E. AMANKWAH, C. GERADA and S. BOZHKO, 2017. Impact of Soft Magnetic Material on Design of High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Machines IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 64(3), 2415-2423
• LEE, Y., WATSON, A., VAKIL, G. and WHEELER, P., 2017. Design considerations for a high-power dual active bridge DC-DC converter with galvanically isolated transformer In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE).
• LEE, Y., VAKIL, G., WATSON, A. and WHEELER, P., 2017. Geometry optimization and characterization of three-phase medium frequency transformer for 10kVA Isolated DC-DC converter In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE).
• LEE, YOUNGSIL, VAKIL, GAURANG, WATSON, ALAN. J. and WHEELER, PATRICK W., 2017. An Analytical Modeling and Estimating Losses of Power Semiconductors in a Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converter for MVDC Grids In: IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) 2017.
• LEE, Y., VAKIL, G., FELDMAN, R., WATSON, A. and WHEELER, P., 2016. A high-power DC-DC converter based dual active bridge for MVDC grids on offshore wind farms In: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe).
• RAZA KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., WHEELER, P. and PATEL, C., 2016. Novel Integrative Options for Passive Filter Inductor in High Speed AC Drives In: IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• RAZA KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., WHEELER, P. and PATEL, C., 2016. Integrated Output Filter Inductor for Permanent Magnet Motor Drives In: IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• P. ARUMUGAM, Z. XU, A. LA ROCCA, G. VAKIL, M. DICKINSON, E. AMANKWAH, T. HAMITI, S. BOZHKO, C. GERADA and S. J. PICKERING, 2016. High-Speed Solid Rotor Permanent Magnet Machines: Concept and Design IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 2(3), 391-400
• R. ABEBE, G. VAKIL, G. LO CALZO, T. COX, S. LAMBERT, M. JOHNSON, C. GERADA and B. MECROW, 2016. Integrated motor drives: state of the art and future trends IET Electric Power Applications. 10(8), 757-771
• KHOWJA, M.R., ABEBE, R., VAKIL, G., WALKER, A., PATEL, CHINTAN, GERADA, C., BOBBA, P.B. and CASCELLA, G.L., Review on the traditional and integrated passives: State-of-the-art design and technologies Energies.