Iago Martinez Ocaña

• Email: i.martinez-ocana@ncl.ac.uk

Supervisors

• Dr Nick Baker
• Prof Barrie Mecrow

Project description

In-wheel electric motors provide integrated direct drive traction in electric vehicles. Classical automotive components include drive shafts, gears and differentials. These can be eliminated by integrating the drive and the motor in the wheel.

We are investigating novel topologies for in-wheel machines. These would allow an increase in torque density for an enclosed volume without increasing the permanent magnet mass. We are investigating Transverse Flux machines, IP Machines and Halbach array machines.

Publications

• Martinez Ocana I, Mecrow BC, Baker NJ, Gan C, Brockway S, Hilton C. Comparison of Parallel Slots Against Parallel Teeth in an In-Wheel Halbach Array Motor. In: 2019 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC). 2019, San Diego, CA, USA: IEEE.
• Martinez-Ocaña I, Baker NJ, Mecrow BC, Hilton C, Brockway S. Halbach Array for an In-Wheel Traction Motor. In: 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2018, Alexandroupoli, Greece: IEEE.
• Martinez-Ocana I, Baker NJ, Mecrow BC, Hilton C, Brockway S. Transverse flux machines as an alternative to radial flux machines in an in-wheel motor. In: 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018). 2018, Liverpool: IET.

Interests

In-wheel motors, permanent magnet, Halbach arrays, electric vehicle traction, aircraft electrification.

Qualifications

• BEng (Hons)
• MSc