Integrated on-board battery chargers (OBCs) have been recently introduced as an optimal/elegant solution to increase electric vehicle (EV) market penetration as well as minimize overall EV cost. Unlike conventional off-board and on-board battery chargers, integrated OBCs exploit the existing propulsion equipment for battery charging without extra bulky components and/or dedicated infrastructure. OBCs are broadly categorized into three-phase and single-phase types with unidirectional or bidirectional power flow. This paper starts with surveying the main topologies introduced in the recent literature employing either induction or permanent magnet motors to realize fully integrated slow (single-phase) and fast (threephase) on-board EV battery charging systems, with emphasis on topologies that entail no or minimum hardware reconfiguration. Although, permanent magnet (PM) motors with conventional double-layer distributed winding layouts have been deployed in most commercial EV motors, the non-overlapped fractional slot concentrated winding (FSCW) has been the prevailing choice in the most recent permanent magnet motor designs due to its outstanding operational merits. Hence, a thorough investigation of the impact different FSCW stator winding designs have on machine performance under the charging process is presented in this paper. To this end, the induced magnet losses, which represent a challenging demerit of the FSCW, have been used to compare different topologies under both propulsion and charging operation modes. Based on the introduced comparative study, the optimal slot/pole combinations that correspond to the best compromise under both operational modes have been highlighted. INDEX TERMS Integrated chargers, on-board battery chargers (OBCs), multiphase machines, fractional slot concentrated winding (FSCW), battery charging, optimal slot/pole combinations, reviews. MOHAMED Y. METWLY received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 2018. He is currently a Researcher with Smart-CI, Alexandria University. His current research interests include battery chargers, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. MAHMOUD S. ABDEL-MAJEED received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 2019. He is currently a Researcher with Smart-CI, Alexandria University. His current research interests include battery chargers, automotive, smart grid, and power electronics.

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Research of grid connected wind turbines has gained great interest in the recent years. This led to introduce guidelines and regulations regarding the connection of large wind farms to the electrical network. One of such guidelines is low voltage ride-through capability (LVRT). In this paper, a survey on recent LVRT solutions for permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSG) is carried out along with a brief explanation of grid codes. Among those solutions is the control of fully rated converters, blade pitch angle control and capacitor sizing. Other solutions such as active crowbar rotor circuit and the DC bus energy storage circuit are illustrated. The survey extends to provide possibilities for the development of further LVRT research at the wind farm level using high power FACT devices.Index Terms-permanent magnet synchronous generator, low voltage ride through, wind energy grid connection, renewable energy

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