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PUBLICATIONS

Latin America Conferences

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1. Francisco de León and Salvador Magdaleno, “Finite element analysis of the virtual gap technology: controlling the magnetizing curve,” IEEE RVP-AI/2005-TRO-01, Guerrero, Mexico, 2005.

2. J. Olivares Galván, M.A. Venegas, and S. Magdaleno, “History of the Transformer,” IEEE RVP-AI/2006-TRO-12, Guerrero, Mexico, 2006.

3. Salvador Magdaleno, Rodrigo Ocón, Armando Rodríguez, and Alvaro Cancino, “3D Stray flux and thermal analysis of shell-type power transformers”, IEEE RVP-AI/2009-TRO-13, Guerrero, Mexico, 2009.

4. J.I. Austria Castelán, J.C. Olivares Galván, S. Magdaleno, R. Escarela Pérez, and J.L. Hernández, “Analytical and numerical calculation of magnetic field produced by a rectangular conductor,” IEEE RVP-AI/2009-EDU-19, Guerrero, Mexico, 2009.

5. J.C. Olivares Galván, J.I. Austria Castelán, S. Magdaleno Adame, and E. Campero Littlewood, “Power loss analysis produced in the low voltage side of the tank of a single-phase distribution transformer,” 2013 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Michoacan, Mexico, 2009.

6. J.C. Olivares Galván, J.I. Austria Castelán, S. Magdaleno, E. Campero, and F. de J. González, “Power losses in the tank of single-phase transformers produced in the low voltage terminals,” XI Congreso de Ingeniería Electromecánica y de Sistemas (XI CNIES), IPN, Mexico, D.F., 2009.

7. Ángel G. Estrada Chable, Juan C. Olivares Galván, Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Rodrigo Ocón Valdez, and Rafael Escarela Pérez, “Overheating of insulated bolts in the main tank cover of power transformers,” 2010 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Colima, Mexico, 2010.

8. S. Magdaleno and C. Perez Rojas, “Control of the magnetizing characteristics of a toroidal core using virtual gap,” 2010 IEEE Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference (CERMA 2010), Morelos, Mexico, 2010.

9. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Juan C. Olivares Galvan, Felipe de J. González Montañez, Gustavo I. Martínez Ruiz, Rodrigo Ocón Valdez, and Eduardo Campero Littlewood, “Conduction and thermal study of external copper connectors utilized in the load test of a 300 MVA power transformer,” 2011 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Michoacan, Mexico, 2011.

10. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Jaime Bernal Ruiz, Juan C. Olivares Galvan, Victor Manuel Jiménez Mondragón, and Rafael Escarela Pérez, “Analysis of power losses in a conducting plate produced by a paralell conductor,” 2011 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Michoacan, Mexico, 2011.

11. Juan C. Olivares-Galván, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Víctor Manuel Jiménez-Mondragón, Eduardo Campero-Littlewood, and Rafael Escarela-Pérez, “Calculation of eddy currents produced by paralell currents to a metallic and magnetic wall using FEM,” Poster Sesion, 3rd International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico-ISUM 2012, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2012.

12. Raúl A. Ortiz-Medina, Juan C. Olivares-Galván, Eduardo Campero-Littlewood, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Art state of the meshing methods used in the FEM,” Poster Sesion, 3rd International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico-ISUM 2012, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2012.

13. J.J. Pérez-Chávez, J.C. Olivares-Galván, R. Escarela-Pérez, S. Magdaleno-Adame, V.M. Jiménez-Mondragón, and E. Campero, “Experiments design in the study of power losses in tanks of distribution transformers,” 2012 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Colima, Mexico, 2012.

14. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Enrique Melgoza, Juan Carlos Olivares Galván, Rodrigo Ocón Valdez, and Eduardo Campero Littlewood, “Calculation of power losses and magnetic field distributions in the gapped magnetic core of a shunt power reactor,” 2012 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Colima, Mexico, 2012.

15. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Enrique Melgoza Vázquez, Juan Carlos Olivares Galván, Rafael Escarela Pérez, Eduardo Campero Littlewood, and Rodrigo Ocón Valdez, “Finite element analysis of power losses in the magnetic core of a power transformer,” Poster Sesion, 4th International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico-ISUM 2013, Colima, Mexico, 2013.

16. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Raúl Arturo Ortiz Medina, Juan Carlos Olivares Galvan, and Eduardo Campero Littlewood, “Trends in algorithms for the waste reduction of carbon steel for the cutting process of laminations for tanks of distribution transformers,” Poster Sesion, 4th International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico-ISUM 2013, Colima, Mexico, 2013.

17. J.C. Olivares-Galvan, E. Campero, R. Escarela-Perez, S. Maximov, S. Magdaleno-Adame, and Wilsun Xu, “Wireless power transfer: literature survey,” 2013 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, pp. 1-7, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, 2013.

18. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Patricia Penabad-Duran, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S. Maximov, R. Escarela-Perez, and E. Campero-Littlewood, “Reduction of stray losses in tertiary voltage bushings in power transformer tanks,” 2014 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, pp. 1-5, Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico, 2014.

19. Sudheer Mokkapaty, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Harald Schwarz, Jens Weiss, André Schramm, and Juan Carlos Olivares Galvan, “3D finite element analysis of magnetic shunts and aluminum shields in clamping frames of distribution transformers,” 2015 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing, Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico, Nov. 2015. (Best Power Systems Track Student Paper Award in the International Conference ROPEC 2015).

20. David Antonio Aragon-Verduzco, Juan Carlos Olivares-Galvan, Rodrigo Ocon-Valdez, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Rafael Escarela-Perez, and Eduardo Campero-Littlewood, “Experimental procedure to obtain electromagnetic properties of A-36 low carbon steel plates utilized in transformers,” 8th IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition Latin America (PES T&D LA), Morelia, Mexico, Sept. 21-24, 2016.

21. Ivan Hernandez Robles, Juan Carlos Olivares, Rafael Escarela-Perez, Irvin Lopez-Garcia, J. Luis Hernandez-Avila, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame,Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Shorted Interlaminations in Transformer Cores,” 8th IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition Latin America (PES T&D LA), Morelia, Mexico, Sept. 21-24, 2016.

22. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Themistoklis D. Kefalas, Sigridt Garcia-Martinez, and Carlos Perez-Rojas, “Electromagnetic finite element analysis of electrical steels combinations in lamination core steps of single-phase distribution transformers,” 2017 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC 2017), Ixtapa, 2017.

23. S. Magdaleno-Adame, T.D. Kefalas, A. Fakhravar, and J.C. Olivares-Galvan, “Comparative study of grain oriented and non-grain oriented electrical steels in magnetic shunts of power transformers,” 2018 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC 2018), pp.1-7, Ixtapa, Nov. 2018.

24. David A. Aragón-Verduzco, Juan C. Olivares-Galvan, Eduardo Campero-Littlewood, Rodrigo Ocon-Valdez, Luis Teuffer-Zuñiga and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame,Behavior of magnetic properties of power transformers structural steel A36 at different temperatures”, 2019 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC 2019), Ixtapa, Nov. 2019.

25. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Rodrigo Ocon-Valdez, David Juarez-Aguilar, Elizabeth Cortina-Gonzalez, and J.C. Olivares-Galvan, "Electromagnetic analysis of the bevel edge technique in high voltage shunt reactors," 2021 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC 2021), Ixtapa, Nov. 2021.

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International Conferences 

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1. J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S. Magdaleno-Adame, E. Campero-Littlewood, P.S. Georgilakis, and R. Escarela-Perez, “Impact of low voltage bushings diameter on single-phase distribution transformers losses,” ICEM 2010-XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Italy, 2010.

2. S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, R. Escarela-Perez, E. Campero-Littlewood, and E. Blanco-Brisset, “Coil systems for generating volumes of uniform magnetic field,” COMSOL Conference 2010 Boston, USA, 2010.

3. Ángel G. Estrada Chable, Juan C. Olivares Galván, Eduardo Campero Littlewood, Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Rafael Escarela Pérez, and Rodrigo Ocón Valdez, “Analysis of the presence of hot-spots in the cover of power transformers,” Congreso Internacional en Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2011), Cuba, 2011.

4. Ángel G. Estrada Chable, Juan C. Olivares Galván, Eduardo Campero Littlewood, Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Irvin López García, and Rafael Escarela Pérez, “Trends in transformer design methodologies,” Congreso Internacional en Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2011), Cuba, 2011.

5. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Juan C. Olivares-Galván, I. Fofana, L. Loiselle, and P.S. Georgilakis, “Study of parameters influencing the performance of connectors used for load and temperature tests on transformers,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation-ISEI 2012, Puerto Rico, 2012.

6. J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S. Magdaleno-Adame, R. Ocon-Valdez, P. S. Georgilakis, and G. Loizos, “Experimental validation of a new methodology to reduce hot spots on the screws of power transformer tanks,” ICEM 2012-XX International Conference on Electrical Machines, France, 2012.

7. J.C. Olivares-Galvan, P. S. Georgilakis, I. Fofana, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “A bibliographic analysis of transformer literature 2001-2010,” 8th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion-MEDPOWER 2012, Italy, 2012.

8. V.M. Jimenez-Mondragon, S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, E. Campero-Littlewood, and R. Escarela-Perez, “Induced currents in anti-theft ducts of pole-mounted distribution transformers,” Andescon 2012, Ecuador, 2012.

9. Juan C. Olivares, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Andreas D. Theocharis, and Eduardo Campero-Littlewood, “Evaluation of stray losses in throats of distribution transformers using finite element simulation,” Andescon 2012, Ecuador, 2012.

10. Sergio Luna Cornejo, Mario S. Esparza, Juan Carlos Olivares, Salvador Magdaleno, Rodrigo Ocon Valdez, and Victor M. Jimenez Mondragon, “Methodologies for calculating the inrush currents in transformers: a review,” II Congreso Cubano de Ingeniería Eléctrica (II CCIE), Cuba, 2012.

11. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Juan C. Olivares Galván, Francisco J. Peñaloza, Orestes Hernández Areu, Marco A. Venegas Vega, and V.M. Jiménez - Mondragón, “Failure analysis of a potential transformer,” II Congreso Cubano de Ingeniería Eléctrica (II CCIE), Cuba, 2012.

12. Raúl A. Ortiz Medina, Juan C. Olivares Galván, E. Campero Littlewood, Salvador Magdaleno Adame, V.M. Jiménez Mondragón, and Felipe de J. González Montañez, “Review on meshing methods utilized in the  finite element method,” II Congreso Cubano de Ingeniería Eléctrica (II CCIE), Cuba, 2012.

13. Salvador Magdaleno Adame, Enrique Melgoza Vázquez, J.C. Olivares Galván, Eduardo Campero Littlewood, and Felipe de J. González Montañez, “Combination of magnetic materials in magnetic cores of transformers: a review”, Congreso Internacional en Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2013), Cuba, 2013.

14. S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, R. Escarela, O. Raichenko, and A.G. Kladas, “Hot spots mitigation on tank walls of power transformers using electromagnetic shields,” ICEM 2014-XXI International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp. 2235-2238, Berlin, Germany, 2014.

15. S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, and Issouf Fofana, “Electric field distribution to analyze possible manufacturing defects of a large preventive autotransformer,” 2014 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE 2014), pp. 1-4, Poznan, Poland, 2014.

16. Juan C. Olivares-Galvan, Ivan A. Hernandez, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Irvin Lopez Garcia, and Jose Luis Hernandez Avila, “Experimental and numerical analysis of shorted electrical steel laminations in shell-type transformers,” Congreso Internacional de Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2015), pp. 1-9, Portoviejo, Manabi, Ecuador, Octubre, 2015.

17. Hiram Alberto Canseco García, Irvin López García, Juan Carlos Olivares-Galván, José Jiménez González, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Experimental methodology for the diagnostic of short circuit faults between turns in transformer windings,” Congreso Internacional de Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2015), pp. 1-11, Portoviejo, Manabi, Ecuador, Octubre, 2015.

18. Themistoklis D. Kefalas and S. Magdaleno-Adame, “FE-based application for the evaluation of core-losses in distribution transformers,” XXIIIrd International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM’2018), Alexandroupoli, Greece, September, 2018.

19. D. Cahue Díaz, S. Maximov , J. C. Olivares Galván, R. Escarela Pérez, S. Magdaleno-Adame, “Influence of the ambient temperature on the heating of distribution transformer tanks,” Congreso Internacional de Alta Tensión y Aislamiento Eléctrico (ALTAE 2015), pp. 1-11, Portoviejo, Manabi, Ecuador, Octubre, 2015.

20. Vladimir Kuptsov,  Poria Fajri, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Konstantin Hadziristic, “A new system of combined propulsion and levitation for Maglev trains,” APEC 2019 Conference, 2019.

 

 

Scientific Journals 

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1. Juan C. Olivares-Galvan, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Eduardo Campero- Littlewood, Rafael Escarela-Perez, and Pavlos S. Georgilakis, “Techno-economic evaluation of reduction of low voltage bushings diameter in single-phase distribution transformers,” Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 39, no. 13, pp. 1388-1402, 2011.

2. Juan C. Olivares-Galvan, Rafael Escarela-Perez, P.S. Georgilakis, I. Fofana, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “A bibliographic analysis of transformer literature 1990-2000,” Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 96-121, 2012. DOI: 10.5923/j.eee.20120203.02.

3. S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S.V. Kulkarni, and R. Escarela, “Analysis of slots in stainless steel horizontal plates of T-beams of shell-form power transformers,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 101, pp.88-95, August 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2013.03.007.

4. J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S. Magdaleno-Adame, R. Escarela, R. Ocon-Valdez, P. S. Georgilakis, and G. Loizos, “Reduction of stray losses in flange-bolt regions of large power transformer tanks,” IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 4455-4463, August 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2279373.

5. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, R. Escarela-Perez, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, E. Campero-Littlewood, and R. Ocon-Valdez, “Temperature reduction in the clamping bolt zone of shunt reactors: design enhancements,” IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 2648-2655, Dec. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2322994.

6. Juan Carlos Olivares-Galvan, Rafael Escarela Perez, Serguei Maximov, Salvador Magdaleno, and Pavlos S. Georgilakis, “Cost reduction by interchanging the location of the windings in distribution transformers with HV copper winding and LV aluminum winding,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2685-2695, November 2015. DOI: 10.1002/etep.1985.

7. S. Maximov, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, S. Magdaleno-Adame, R. Escarela-Perez, and E. Campero-Littlewood, “New analytical formulae for electromagnetic field and eddy current losses in bushing regions of transformers,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 51, no. 4, Article #: 6300710, April 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2014.2360364.

8. S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, Patricia Penabad-Duran, R. Escarela-Perez, and Irvin Lopez-Garcia, “Fast computation of hot spots temperature due to high current cable leads in steel tanks of power transformers,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 25, no. 12, December 2015. DOI: 10.1002/etep.2040. DOI: 10.1002/etep.2040.

9. S. Maximov, R. Escarela-Perez, S. Magdaleno-Adame, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, and E. Campero-Littlewood, “Calculation of nonlinear electromagnetic fields in the steel wall vicinity of transformer bushings,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 51, no. 6, Article #: 6300811, June 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2014.2379217.

10. L. Loiselle, I. Fofana, J. Sabau, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, and Juan Carlos Olivares-Galvan, “Comparative studies of the stability of various fluids under electrical discharge and thermal stresses,” IEEE Trans. Dielectric and Electrical Insulation, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 2491-2499, October 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2015.7311022.

11. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, E. Melgoza, J.C. Olivares-Galvan, and R. Escarela-Perez, “Loss reduction by combining electrical steel in the core of power transformers,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1737-1751, August 2016. DOI: 10.1002/etep.2175.

12. Themistoklis D. Kefalas and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Techno-economic evaluation of convectional and mixed magnetic wound cores for three-phase distribution transformers,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 155, pp. 331-339, Feb. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2017.11.003.

13. S. Magdaleno-Adame, Themistoklis D. Kefalas, “Evaluation of static magnetic fields produced by magnetic floors composed of strontium ferrite powder utilized in the construction industry,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 55, no. 4, pp.1-7, April 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2896202.

14. S. Magdaleno-Adame, G. J. Cunningham, David Miller, and Shawn O’Brien, “Calculation of the remnant magnetization and magnetic saturation characteristics for sintered NdFeB permanent magnets utilizing finite element transient simulations,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 55, no. 12, article no. 2101909, Dec. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2940426.

15. Vladimir Kuptsov, Poria Fajri, Andrzej Trzynadlowski, Guoliang Zhang, and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Electromagnetic design methodology for permanent magnet motors using MotorAnalysis-PM software,” Energies 2019, vol. 7, no. 4, Dec. 2019. DOI: 10.3390/machines7040075

16. Kuptsov, Vladimir, Poria Fajri, Md. Rasheduzzaman, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, and Konstantin Hadziristic, "Combined Propulsion and Levitation Control for Maglev/Hyperloop Systems Utilizing Asymmetric Double-Sided Linear Induction Motors", Machines 10, no. 2: 131, 2022.

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Industrial Articles

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1. Mike Klasco and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame,"The state of loudspeaker magnetics," Voice Coil Magazine, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 10-15, October 2021.

2. Mike Klasco and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Next-generation rare-earth-free magnets are coming Iron nitride and an inside look at Niron Magnetics," Voice Coil Magazine, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1-9, January 2022. 

3. Mike Klasco and Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Clean earth magnet technology Iron Nidtride – The biggest news in magnets in 40 years,” Audioxpress Magazine, April, 2022.

4. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Detection and reduction of high temperature in high current turrets of generator step-up (GSU) transformers – Part I, Transformers Magazine, January 2022.

5. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Detection and reduction of high temperature in high current turrets of generator step-up (GSU) transformers – Part II,” Transformers Magazine, February 2022.

6. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame and Mike Klasco, Magnetic materials for the loudspeaker industry,” Voice Coil Magazine, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1-7, September 2023.

7. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Gasbarre Products builds the first magnet powder presses to produce neodymium permanent magnets in the United States,” (2023 Online version) Magnetics Magazine - Magnetics, Business and Technology, October 2023.

8. Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, “Thermal failure in a clamping bolt of a shunt reactor,” Transformers Magazine, November 2023.

9. Vladimir Kuptsov, Salvador Magdaleno-Adame, Sergei Fironov, Alexander Varentsov, Mystery of the Tesla's Next Gen Zero-Rare-Earth Electric Motor: Feasibility Study of Transitioning to ferrite magnets for EV traction motors, MotorXP online version, November 2023.

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