Professor Nicola Bianchi
Department of Electric Engineering
University of Padova, Italy

Design Considerations of Permanent Magnet Machines for Automotive Application.
In this plenary presentation, Professor Nicola Bianchi will overview the design issues of permanent magnet machines for the hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles, as well as railway traction. He will focus mainly on both the synchronous reluctance machine and the synchronous permanent magnet machine.

Among the others, he will analyze the peculiarities of these machines and the advanced design considerations to fit the automotive requirements. An overview of the design rules will be provided, covering the topics of: fractional-slot windings, fault-tolerant configurations, flux-weakening capability, and torque quality.