CREATOR – Comprehensive design and experimental modeling of electric motors

Research organizations: AVL List GmbH, Advanced Simulation Technologies, Graz, Austria, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory for Electrical Machine

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Member of University of Ljubljana: Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Project code: L2-50084

Acronym: CREATOR

Period: 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2026

Range on year: 1,58 FTE

Head: prof. Damijan Miljavec

Research area: Electrical Engineering

Researchers: connection to SICRIS

Bibliographic records: connection to SICRIS

Research project is (co)funded by the ARIS Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and AVL List GmbH, Advanced Simulation Technologies, Graz, Austria


Abstract:

An accurate function driven algorithm for comprehensive conceptual design of PM-free E motors (EESM and SyRM) will be developed by taking into account their electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical properties all of them being taken into account simultaneously. Our proposed approach is to combine conceptual design, technology aspect, production and material cost, which will be addressed as well as form a complete circle of the electric motor design process. In an unprecedentedly short time of few minutes, the E motor designer could get an insight into the solutions that were not available before.

The project will be focused on four main topics, each covering one platform:

  • Investigation of physical phenomena including advanced modeling and measurements
  • Design expert system including multi-physical conceptual design of EESM motor
  • Digital twin composition to connect digital word to real one
  • Methodology development allowing to form EESM motor distributed parallel experimental modeling community of SME (from Slovenia and Austria)
85%

Product Quality Index

92%

Energy Generation


Composition of project team with links to SICRIS

Objectives of the proposed research and their realization:

  1. Comprehensive conceptual design procedure for EES‑motors (estimate of 50% achievement rate in midterm)
  2. Novel approaches to replace standard power loss models (estimate of 70% achievement rate in midterm)
  3. Research on technological aspects of the E‑motor design procedure (estimate of 60% achievement rate in midterm)
  4. Definition of E‑motor cost, considering production process (estimate of 40% achievement rate in midterm)
  5. Development of EES‑motor digital twin (estimate of 50% achievement rate in midterm)
  6. Seamless flow between design, production and verification process (estimate of 50% achievement rate in midterm)


Bibliographical references directly resulting from the implementation of the project:

  1. VUKOTIĆ, Mario, DIWOKY, Franz, MOHR, Martin, MILJAVEC, Damijan. Fast and accurate non-linear time-domain modeling of synchronous machines. IEEE access. 2025, vol. 13, str. 26289-26303, ilustr. ISSN 2169-3536. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10877819, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3539780. [COBISS.SI-ID 226213379]
  2. VUKOTIĆ, Mario, ALIĆ, Alen, RUPNIK, Urban, MILJAVEC, Damijan, BURJA, Jaka. Magnetic properties of as-cast iron-cobalt alloys. Materiali in tehnologije 2024, let. 58, št. 5, str. 657-662, ilustr. ISSN 1580-2949. DOI: 10.17222/mit.2024.1228.
  3. ALIĆ, Alen, TURK, Martin, RUPNIK, Urban, JEKNIĆ, Andrija, ČOROVIĆ, Selma, MILJAVEC, Damijan. Magnetne meritve lamel prototipov statorjev. Conference ERK 2024, ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024/papers/alic(magnetne_meritve).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 209429763]
  4. VUKOTIĆ, Mario, MANKO, Roman, RUPNIK, Urban, ALIĆ, Alen, MILJAVEC, Damijan. Magnetno modeliranje gredi v sinhronskih strojih z električnim vzbujanjem. Conference ERK 2024, ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024/papers/vukotic(magnetno_modeliranje).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 209493763]
  5. ŠTEMPIHAR, Gal, MAKUC, Danilo, MILJAVEC, Damijan, ČOROVIĆ, Selma. Modeliranje in analiza električno vzbujanega sinhronskega motorja s cilindričnim rotorjem. Conference ERK 2024. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024/papers/stempihar(modeliranje_in).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 209472515]
  6. RUPNIK, Urban, MANKO, Roman, ALIĆ, Alen, VUKOTIĆ, Mario, MILJAVEC, Damijan. Razvoj realnočasovnega razporejevalnika s prikazom delovanja na pogonskem sklopu vozila L7. Conference ERK 2024. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024/papers/rupnik(razvoj_realnocasovnega).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 209887747]
  7. KATRAŠNIK, Tomaž, BERGINC, Boštjan, MILJAVEC, Damijan, KALIN, Mitjan, BOLKO, Radovan, BRATKOVIČ, Franci. Sodelovanje, ključ do uspeha : podporno inovacijsko okolje : okrogla miza na razvojni konferenci Gremo 2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 195564803]