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2021
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “A New Iron Loss Model for Brushless Doubly-Fed Machines with Hysteresis and Field Rotational Losses”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2021.3075629.
2020
A. Oraee, R. McMahon, E. Abdi, S. Abdi, S. Ademi, “Influence of Pole-pair Combinations on the Characteristics of the Brushless Doubly Fed Induction Generator”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1151-1159, 2020.
2020
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, H. Toshani, R. McMahon, “Vibration Analysis of Brushless Doubly Fed Machines in the Presence of Rotor Eccentricity”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1372-1380, 2020.
2019
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Experimental and finite element studies of a 250 kW brushless doubly fed induction generator”, IET Journal of Engineering, Vol. 2019, Issue 12, pp. 8489-8495, 2019.
2017
D. Llano, S. Abdi, M. Tatlow, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Energy harvesting and wireless data transmission system for rotor instrumentation in electrical machines”, IET Power Electronics, vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 1259-1267, 2015.
2017
S. Abdi, D.X. LIano, E. Abdi, P. Malliband, R. McMahon, “Experimental analysis of noise and vibration for large brushless doubly fed machines”, IET Journal of Engineering, Vol. 2017, Issue 13, pp. 724-728, 2017.
2015
R. McMahon, P. Roberts, M. Tatlow, E. Abdi, A. Broekhof, S. Abdi, “Rotor Parameter Determination for the Brushless Doubly-Fed (Induction) Machine”, IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 549-555, 2015.
2015
A. Oraee, E. Abdi, S. Abdi, R. McMahon, P. Tavner, “Effects of Rotor Winding Structure on the BDFM Equivalent Circuit Parameters”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1660-1669, 2015.
2015
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, A. Oraee, R. McMahon, “Optimization of Magnetic Circuit for Brushless Doubly-Fed Machines”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1611-1620, 2015.
2015
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “A Study of Unbalanced Magnetic Pull in Brushless Doubly Fed Machines”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.30, No. 3, pp. 1218-1227, 2015.
2015
A. Oraee, E. Abdi, R.A. McMahon, “Converter Rating Optimisation for a Brushless Doubly Fed Induction Generator”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 360-367, 2015.
2014
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, A. Oraee, R. McMahon, “Equivalent Circuit Parameters for Large Brushless Doubly Fed Machines (BDFMs)”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 706-715, 2014.
2014
H. Gorginpour, B. Jandaghi, H. Oraee, E. Abdi, “Magnetic Equivalent Circuit Modelling of Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 334-346, 2014.
2014
H. Gorginpour, H Oraee, E Abdi, “Calculation of Core and Stray Load Losses in Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generators”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, No. 7, pp. 3167-3177, 2014.
2014
S. Tohidi, P. Tavner, R. McMahon, H. Oraee, M.R. Zolghadri, S. Shao, E Abdi, “Low Voltage Ride Through of DFIG and Brushless DFIG: Similarities and Differences”, Elsevier Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 110, pp. 64-72, 2014.
2013
E. Abdi, R. McMahon, P. Malliband, S. Shao, M. Mathekga, P. Tavner, S. Abdi, A. Oraee, T. Long, M. Tatlow, “Performance Analysis and Testing of a 250 kW Medium-Speed Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 631-638, 2013.
2013
T. Long, S. Shao, P. Malliband, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Crowbarless Fault Ride-Through of the Brushless Doubly Fed Induction Generator in a Wind Turbine Under Symmetrical Voltage Dips”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 2833-2841, 2013.
2013
F. Barati, R. McMahon, S. Shao, E. Abdi, H. Oraee, “Generalized Vector Control for Brushless Doubly-Fed Machines with Nested-Loop Rotor”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 2477-2485, 2013.
2013
P.C. Roberts, T. Long, R. McMahon, S. Shao, E. Abdi, M. Maciejowski, “Dynamic Modelling of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine”, IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 544-556, 2013.
2013
T. Long, S. Shao, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, L. Shi, “Asymmetrical Low-Voltage Ride Through of Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generators for the Wind Power Generation”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 502-511, 2013.
2013
R. McMahon, P. Tavner, E. Abdi, P. Malliband, D. Barker, “Characterising Brushless Doubly Fed Machine Rotors”, IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 535-543, 2013.
2013
S. Shao, T. Long, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Dynamic Control of the Brushless Doubly Fed Induction Generator under Unbalanced Operation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 2465-2476, 2013.
2012
S. Tohidi, M. Zolghadri, H. Oraee, P. Tavner, E. Abdi, “Performance of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine under Normal and Fault Conditions”, IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 621-627, 2012.
2012
S. Shao, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Low-Cost Variable Speed Drive Based on a Brushless Doubly-Fed Motor and a Fractional Unidirectional Converter”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 317-325, 2012.
2011
F. Barati, S. Shao, E. Abdi, H. Oraee, R. McMahon, “Generalized Vector Model for the Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine with Nested-Loop Rotor”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 2313-2321, May 2011.
2009
S. Shao, E. Abdi, F. Barati and R.A. McMahon, “Stator-Flux-Oriented Vector Control for Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 56, No. 10, pp. 4220-4228, October 2009.
2007
E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “High-Performance, Low-Cost Rogowski Transducers and Accompanying Circuitry”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 56, issue 3, pp. 753-759, June 2007.
2020
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, S. Amiri “A New Fault Diagnosis Approach for Brushless Doubly Fed Machines for Wind Turbine Generator Applications”, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2020), pp. 1266-1272, August 2020, Sweden.
2020
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, E Abtahizadeh, “Analytical Study of Rotor Eccentricity Effects on Brushless Doubly Fed Machines Vibration”, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2020), pp. 1855-1861, August 2020, Sweden.
2018
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, “Numerical analysis of stator magnetic wedge effects on equivalent circuit parameters of brushless doubly fed machines”, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2018), pp. 879-884, September 2018, Greece.
2018
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, “A light-weight rotor design for brushless doubly fed machines”, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2018), pp. 493-498, September 2018, Greece.
2017
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, “A new optimised rotor design for brushless doubly fed machines”, Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2017), pp. 1-6, August 2017, Australia.
2017
S. Abdi; E. Abdi; R. McMahon, “A new stator back iron design for brushless doubly fed machines”, Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2017), pp. 1-6, August 2017, Australia.
2015
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, “A study of rotor eccentricities effects on brushless doubly fed machines performance”, Proceedings of IEEE International Electrical Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC2015), pp. 66-71, May 2015, USA.
2014
E. Abdi, A. Oraee, S. Abdi, R. McMahon, “Design of the Brushless DFIG for optimal inverter rating”, Proceedings of IET Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD2014), pp. 1-6, April 2014, Manchester, UK.
2013
E. Abdi, M. Tatlow, R. McMahon, P. Tavner, “Design and performance analysis of a 6 MW medium-speed Brushless DFIG”, Proceedings of 2nd IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG2013), pp. 1-4, September 2013, Beijing, China.
2013
A. Oraee, E. Abdi, S. Abdi, R. McMahon, “A study of converter rating for Brushless DFIG wind turbines”, Proceedings of 2nd IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG2013), pp. 1-4, September 2013, Beijing, China.
2013
S. Abdi, E. Abdi, A. Oraee, R. McMahon, “Investigation of magnetic wedge effects in large-scale BDFMs”, Proceedings of 2nd IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG2013), pp. 1-4, September 2013, Beijing, China.
2012
T. Long, S. Shao, P. Malliband, M.E. Mathekga, E. Abdi, R.A. McMahon, P.J. Tavner, "Experimental LVRT performance of a 250 kW brushless DFIG", European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC 2012), vol. 3, pp. 2031-2036, April 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2012
R. McMahon, E. Abdi, P. Malliband, S. Shao, M. Mathekga, P. Tavner, “Design and testing of a 250 kW medium-speed Brushless DFIG”, Proceedings of 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD2012), pp. 1-6, March 2012, Bristol, UK.
2012
T. Long, S. Shao, E. Abdi, P. Malliband, M. Mathekga, R. McMahon, P. Tavner, “Symmetrical low voltage ride-through of a 250 kW brushless DFIG”, Proceedings of 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD2012), pp. 1-6, March 2012, Bristol, UK.
2011
S. Shao, T. Long, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, Y. Wu, “Symmetrical Low Voltage Ride-Through of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator”, Proceedings of 37th IEEE Industrial Electronics Annual Conference (IECON2011), pp. 3209-3214, November 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
2010
E. Abdi, P. Malliband, R. McMahon, “Study of Iron Saturation in Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Machine”, Proceedings of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE2010), pp. 3501-3508, September 2010, Atlanta, US.
2010
R. McMahon, P. Tavner, E. Abdi, P. Malliband, D. Barker, “Characterising Rotors for Brushless Doubly-Fed Machines (BDFM)”, Proceedings of XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2010), pp. 1-6, September 2010, Italy.
2010
F. Barati, S. Shao, E. Abdi, H. Oraee, R. McMahon, "Synchronous operation control of the brushless doubly-fed machine", IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE2010), pp. 1510-1516, July 2010, Bari, Italy.
2009
S. Shao, E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Dynamic Analysis of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Generator during Symmetrical Three-Phase Voltage Dips”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS2009), pp. 464-469, November 2009, Taiwan.
2008
E. Abdi, X. Wang, S. Shao, R.A. McMahon and P. Tavner, “Performance Characterisation of Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator”, Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS2008), pp. 1-6, October 2008, Edmonton, Canada.
2008
S. Shao, E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Vector Control of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine for Wind Power Generation”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, pp. 322-327, November 2008, Singapore.
2008
F. Barati, H. Oraee, E. Abdi, S. Shao and R.A. McMahon, “The Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine Vector Model in the Rotor Flux Oriented Reference Frame”, Proceedings of 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2008), pp. 1415-1420, November 2008, Orlando, Florida, US.
2008
F. Barati, H. Oraee, E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, "Derivation of a vector model for a brushless doubly-fed machine with multiple loops per nest", IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2008), pp. 606-611, July 2008, Cambridge, UK.
2008
S. Shao, E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Operation of Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine for Drive Applications”, Proceedings of 4th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD2008), pp. 340-344, April 2008, York, UK.
2007
S. Shao, E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Stable Operation of the Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine (BDFM)”, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS2007), pp. 897-902, November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand.
2006
E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Application of Real-Time Rotor Current Measurements Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology in Study of the Brushless Doubly-Fed (Induction) Machine (BDFM)”, Proceedings of 41st IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS2006), vol. 3, pp. 1557-1561, Florida, October 2006.
2006
T.D. Garnett, R.A. McMahon, E. Abdi, “Applications of Zigbee Wireless Technology for Industrial Instrumentation”, Proceedings of the 41st International Universities Power Engineering Conference, vol. 2, pp. 748-752, 2006.
2006
P.J. Tavner, M. Jagiela, T. Chick and E. Abdi, "A brushless doubly fed machine for use in an integrated motor/converter, considering the rotor flux", 3rd IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2006), April 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
2006
P.J. Tavner, R.A. McMahon, P.C. Roberts, E. Abdi and X. Wang, “Rotor Design and Performance for a BDFM”, Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2006), September 2006, Greece.
2006
R.A. McMahon, X. Wang, E. Abdi, P.J. Tavner, P.C. Roberts and M. Jagiela, “The BDFM as a Generator in Wind Turbines”, Proceedings of 12th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE-PEMC 2006), vol. 1, pp. 1859-1865, September 2006, Slovenia.
2005
E. Abdi and R.A. McMahon, “Simple and Practical Construction of High-Performance, Low-Cost Rogowski Transducers and Accompanying Circuitry for Research Applications”, Proceedings of 22nd IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Conference (IMTC2005), vol. 1, pp. 354-358, Canada, May 2005.
2004
P. Roberts, E. Abdi, R. McMahon, T. Flack, "Real-time rotor bar current measurements using Bluetooth technology for a brushless doubly fed machine (BDFM)", IET Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2004), April 2004, Edinburgh, UK.
2003
E. Abdi, P.C. Roberts and R.A. McMahon, "Real-time rotor bar current measurement using a rogowski coil transmitted using wireless technology", 18th International Power Systems Conference (PSC2003), October 2003, Tehran, Iran.