Francisco Vedreno Santos
Francisco Vedreno Santos

Dr Francisco Vedreno Santos

Lecturer

 0131 455 2997

  F.VedrenoSantos@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Francisco Vedreño-Santos received the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering in 2008, the MSc in Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development in 2012 and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in 2013 in the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia (Spain).

From 2011 to 2013, he worked as a Junior Researcher in several European institutions, such as the Université de Picardie-Jules Verne, Amiens (France), École Centrale de Nantes, Nantes (France) and the Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna (Austria). In 2014, he joined the University of Sheffield, Sheffield (UK), as a Research Associate in Electrical Machines in collaboration with the Sheffield Siemens Wind Power Research Centre (S2WP). In 2016, he joined the Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh (UK), where he is currently a Lecturer in Electronic & Electrical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Built Environment.

His research interests include diagnostics and condition monitoring of electric machines, design and control of power electronics for wind power applications and signal processing.

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Best Paper Award in ICEM 2012

 

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Diagnosis of Rotor Asymmetries in Induction Motors: A Steady State Approach Using Rotating Frame References

Journal Article
Vedreño Santos, F., Frosini, L., & Moriñigo Sotelo, D. (2025)
Diagnosis of Rotor Asymmetries in Induction Motors: A Steady State Approach Using Rotating Frame References. e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 12, Article 100957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2025.100957
The diagnostic of electrical machines is of paramount importance, particularly with the Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) method. MCSA stands out as a potent and non-int...

An innovative approach for the passive cooling of batteries: An empirical investigation of copper deposition on polyurethane foam for the enhancement of phase change material

Journal Article
Alcock, K. M., Shearer, N., Santos, F. V., Cai, Z., & Goh, K. (2024)
An innovative approach for the passive cooling of batteries: An empirical investigation of copper deposition on polyurethane foam for the enhancement of phase change material. Applied Materials Today, 38, Article 102221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102221
A proof-of-concept utilising Copper-Plated Polyurethane Foam (CPPF) and Phase Change Material (PCM) for passive thermal management of lithium-ion batteries is demonstrated in ...

Using Frequency B-Splines for an accurate and faster calculation of adaptive transforms for electric machines diagnosis

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pons-Llinares, J., Quijano-López, A., Bonet-Jara, J., & Vedreño-Santos, F. (2024, May)
Using Frequency B-Splines for an accurate and faster calculation of adaptive transforms for electric machines diagnosis. Presented at Electrimacs 2024, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Early detection of faults in electric motors is crucial to prevent unplanned downtime and expensive repairs. Transient analysis through time-frequency transforms reveals impor...

Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Load Variations

Journal Article
Bonet-Jara, J., Fernandez-Cavero, V., Vedreno-Santos, F., Morinigo-Sotelo, D., & Pons-Llinares, J. (2024)
Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Load Variations. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 60(3), 3903-3911. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2024.3371393
Induction motors work under steady-state in many applications. Nevertheless, in some cases they experience periodic load fluctuations, which generate constant frequency harmon...

Individual Cell-Level Temperature Monitoring of a Lithium-Ion Battery Pack

Journal Article
Alcock, K. M., González-Vila, Á., Beg, M., Vedreño-Santos, F., Cai, Z., Alwis, L. S. M., & Goh, K. (2023)
Individual Cell-Level Temperature Monitoring of a Lithium-Ion Battery Pack. Sensors, 23(9), Article 4306. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094306
The work described herein details the deployment of an optical fibre strand with five fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for individual cell-level temperature monitoring of a t...

Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Arbitrary Load Variations

Conference Proceeding
Bonet-Jara, J., Fernandez-Cavero, V., Vedreno Santos, F., & Pons-Llinares, J. (2022)
Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Arbitrary Load Variations. In 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEM51905.2022.9910768
Induction motors work under steady state in many applications. Nevertheless, in some cases (e.g., wood cutting machine or pulp mixer in paper industries), the load continuousl...

Performance of Superconducting Generators with Different Topologies under Fault Conditions

Journal Article
Guan, Y., Vedreno Santos, F., Azar, Z., Thomas, A., Li, G., Odavic, M., & Zhu, Z. (2019)
Performance of Superconducting Generators with Different Topologies under Fault Conditions. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 4090-4095. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8183
This paper compares the short-circuit performance of superconducting (SC) generators with three different topologies, i.e., iron-cored stator and rotor, iron-cored stator and ...

Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators

Journal Article
Vedreño Santos, F., Odavic, M., Guan, Y., Azar, Z., Thomas, A., Li, G., & Zhu, Z. (2017)
Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators. IET Power Electronics, 10(12), 1461-1467. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0512
The design of power electronic converters for the integration of wind generated power into the grid is more and more important due to a new class of Superconducting Generators...

Comparison of Electromagnetic Performance of 10-MW Superconducting Generators With Different Topologies for Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Journal Article
Guan, Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Azar, Z., Thomas, A. S., Vedreño-Santos, F., Li, G., & Odavic, M. (2017)
Comparison of Electromagnetic Performance of 10-MW Superconducting Generators With Different Topologies for Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbines. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(7), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2017.2732289
This paper compares the electromagnetic performance of 10MW superconducting (SC) generators with three different topologies, i.e., iron-cored stator and rotor (ISIRT), iron-co...

Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines.

Journal Article
Guan, Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Li, G., Azar, Z., Thomas, A. S., Vedreño-Santos, F., & Odavic, M. (2017)
Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818
This paper investigates the influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on the performance of superconducting (SC) generators. The SC generator has an iron-cored rotor ...

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