Academic Projects

With years of experience in Electric Machine Labs, I have mastered the skills of analysis, design, and modeling for a wide range of machines.

Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Generator

My Thesis

Dynamic Transient Modeling of an Axial Flux Hysteresis-Reluctance Machine

Was defended in Feb. 2023
  • Investigated Dynamic Modeling of the designed Hybrid Circumferential Hysteresis-Reluctance Motor with slotless stator
  • Applied a novel repetition method with parallel computing
  • Harnessed the Classic Preisach Method
  • Obtained the design algorithm
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ahmad Darabi
  • Grade: Very Good

Publications

  • F. Sayadi, A. Darabi, A Novel Dynamic Modeling of Circumferential Hysteresis Motors with Slotless-Rotor (in preparation)
  • F. Sayadi, A. Darabi, Design Algorithm of Circumferential Hysteresis-Reluctance Motors with Slotless-Rotor (in preparation)
  •  A. Pirnia, A. Darabi, and F. Sayadi, A detailed design algorithm for TORUS-Slotted Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Motor and simulation with FEM; 13th Power Electronics & Drives: Systems and technologies Conference PEDSTC 2022.

Other Projects

Fabrication of the designed Hysteresis-Reluctance

Mar.2023-Present
  • Manufactured all parts of the designed motor
  • Assembled and primary tests are done
  • Experimental tests in progress

Design and fabrication of measuring instrument

Sep.2023-Present
  • Will be used for Hysteresis-Reluctance Motor
  • Arduino Mega 2560 as processor
  • Three-phase voltage, current, and power meter
  • Speed meter with opto-counter
  • Main OC Protection with Mega 2560 processor and Backup OC protection with MCB

Circumferential Hysteresis-Reluctance with Slotless-Stator Design Algorithm

Aug.2020-Nov.2020
  • Combined design algorithm of Reluctance Motor and Hysteresis Motor (Based on Elliptical Approximation)
  • Implemented with several repetitive processes in MATLAB
  • Applied Direct Search Optimization Method

Simple Salient Pole Circumferential Reluctance with Slotless-Stator Design Algorithm

Jun.2020-Aug.2020
  • Obtained the reactance of d-axis and q-axis
  • Investigated the design algorithm
  • Approved by JMAG-Designer

Hysteresis Phenomenon

Jan.2020-Jun.2020
  • Applied 2D Scalar Preisach Method
  • Implemented the modeling in MATLAB

Simulating Step-Up Five-Level Inverter

Sep.2019-Jan.2020 (Power Electronics Converters Design course)
  • The simulation includes a boost converter, SDC cell, HB, and LC filter in MATLAB/ Simulink
  • Compared with existing topologies of single-phase inverters

Inertia in the power grid

Dec.2019 (Power System Dynamics I course)

Investigated inertia and its effect on the power grids and micro-grids

Radial-Flux Induction Motor

Feb.2019-Jun.2019 (Electric Machines Design course)
  • Designed and optimized in MATLAB
  • Verified with 2D modeling in JMAG-Designer

Controller for Doubly Fed Induction Generator

May 2019 (Control of Electric Drives course)
  • Simulated the paper “Shen, B., Mwinyiwiwa, B., Zhang, Y., & Ooi, B. T. (2009). Sensorless maximum power point tracking of wind by DFIG using rotor position phase lock loop (PLL). IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics24(4), 942-951.”
  • Implemented in MATLAB/ Simulink

Three-phase Cyclo-Converter

Sep.2018-Jan.2019 (Power Electronics I course)
  • Designed a 380V 50Hz to 100V 10Hz converter
  • Modeled in MATLAB/ Simulink

Dynamic Modeling of Electric Machines based on “Krause, P. C., Wasynczuk, O., Sudhoff, S. D., & Pekarek, S. (2002). Analysis of electric machinery and drive systems (Vol. 2). New York: IEEE Press.”

Sep.2018-Dec.2018 (Comprehensive Theory of Electric Machines course)
  • Salient-Pole Synchronous Machines in abc and dqo coordinate
  • Induction Machines in abc and dqo coordinate
  • Modeled in MATLAB/ Simulink
  • Approved by JMAG-Designer

Circumferential Hysteresis-Reluctance Motor with various thicknesses of Reluctance yoke

Sep.2017-Jun.2018 (B.Sc. final project supervised by Prof. Ahmad Darabi)
  • Manufactured several Reluctance discs with different pole thicknesses
  • Performed experimental analysis
  • Utilized JMAG-Designer for 2D and 3D FEM simulations of Reluctance discs