A new energy recovery double winding cage-rotor induction machine

This paper proposes a new double winding induction machine and its speed control methods. The machine consists of two stator windings and one cage rotor. One stator acts as a motor and the other as a generator. By controlling the voltage supplied to the secondary or the generator winding, the rotor speed can be adjusted. The machine has a similar speed control characteristic to that of a slip-ring induction motor equipped with the rotor energy recovery scheme. The construction, principle, equivalent circuit, and speed control schemes of the new machine are presented. The performance characteristics of the machine are analyzed using the equivalent circuit and verified by experimental results.     

A novel method for modeling dynamic air-gap eccentricity insynchronous machines based on modified winding function theory

This paper presents the modeling of synchronous machines under eccentric rotors. The winding function theory accounting for all space harmonics and presented by earlier researchers has been modified to adopt a nonsymmetric air-gap for the calculation of machine winding inductances. The effect of dynamic air-gap eccentricity on the inductances of a salient-pole synchronous machine using the modified winding function approach (MWFA) has been discussed. The coupled magnetic circuits approach has been used for simulating the machine behavior under healthy and eccentric rotor conditions. The simulation results are in close agreement with the experimental results     

Finite-Element Simulation of Turbine-Generator Terminal Faults and Application to Machine Parameter Prediction

A finite-element, time-stepping technique is described for simulation of balanced and unbalanced terminal faults on a turbine-generator. Magnetic saturation, induced currents in the rotor body, wedges and field winding, and the relative motion between the rotor and stator windings, are modelled. Calculated values of induced field winding and stator phase currents, following a 0.5 p.u. sudden shortcircuit on a 660 MW machine, are shown to be in close agreement with test results. The numerical model has been used to simulate terminal short-circuits at different pre-fault voltage levels so that the effect of stator saturation can be observed.     

What stator current processing-based technique to use for induction motor rotor faults diagnosis?

In recent years, marked improvement has been achieved in the design and manufacture of stator winding. However, motors driven by solid-state inverters undergo severe voltage stresses due to rapid switch-on and switch-off of semiconductor switches. Also, induction motors are required to operate in highly corrosive and dusty environments. Requirements such as these have spurred the development of vastly improved insulation material and treatment processes. But cage rotor design has undergone little change. As a result, rotor failures now account for a larger percentage of total induction motor failures. Broken cage bars and bearing deterioration are now the main cause of rotor failures. Moreover, with advances in digital technology over the last years, adequate data processing capability is now available on cost-effective hardware platforms, to monitor motors for a variety of abnormalities on a real time basis in addition to the normal motor protection functions. Such multifunction monitors are now starting to displace the multiplicity of electromechanical devices commonly applied for many years. For such reasons, this paper is devoted to a comparison of signal processing-based techniques for the detection of broken bars and bearing deterioration in induction motors. Features of these techniques which are relevant to fault detection are presented. These features are then analyzed and compared to deduce the most appropriate technique for induction motor rotor fault detection.     

水轮发电机转子典型机电故障的不平衡磁拉力研究

针对水轮发电机发生转子偏心和转子绕组匝间短路故障产生不平衡磁拉力,进而引起机组强烈振动的情况,通过有限元仿真软件建立一台550MW水轮发电机二维仿真模型,分别对转子动、静偏心故障及转子绕组匝间短路故障进行模拟,计算各故障情况下的不平衡磁拉力,分析转子偏心程度、方向和转子绕组匝间短路程度对不平衡磁拉力大小和方向的影响。结果表明,不论是发生转子偏心故障还是发生转子绕组匝间短路故障,不平衡磁拉力数值均随故障程度的加重而增大,且不平衡磁拉力方向为诊断转子偏心方向和空载情况下匝间短路故障磁极提供帮助。研究成果为未来研究水轮发电机振动现象和故障检测奠定了基础。     

Prospects for magnetization of large PM rotors: conclusions from a development case study

A development feasibility study has been conducted for magnetizing the rotor of a 1.7 MVA, 20-r/min, permanent magnets (PMs) excited synchronous wind turbine generator. Various technical problem areas and their likely influence on the overall design concept, are reviewed. Thus, some particularly important problems are identified: KERI's conventional facilities ensure sufficient energy for magnetizing, pair by pair, of all the PMs of the rotor. A rotor and inductor optimal arrangement for a magnetizing system's configuration is required in order to avoid a wrong, strong magnetization of the neighboring poles. It is also necessary to take into account the mechanical strength of the magnetizing inductor winding to withstand electromagnetic forces. This paper presents the result of the analytical calculation of such a specialized inductor and a PC Spice-based software simulation of the magnetizer circuit; finally, a transient finite element method (FEM) simulation of the inductors connected by the external electric circuit has been done. All three methods confirm the possibility for a successful magnetization, pair by pair, of all rotor poles. Design proposals are detailed and conclusions are relevant for magnetizing large rotors with surface-mounted PMs in general.     

Smooth starting of slip ring induction motors

The starting of three-phase wound rotor induction motors by stepped resistances added in the rotor circuit suffers from several problems. This paper suggests a novel method of motor starting by inserting a parallel combination of resistance, inductance and capacitance in the rotor circuit. The proposed method guarantees a smooth and high starting torque over most of the starting period besides a controlled starting current. A mathematical model is developed based on a frequency domain quasi-steady state equivalent circuit. An optimization technique is then applied to determine the values of the rotor added elements such that minimum starting time is achieved subject to current and torque constraints. Experimental verification has been carried out and the computed results are in good agreement with the measured values     

Rotor design of a 1000 MW superconducting generator

A conceptual rotor design was developed for a 1000 MW superconducting generator having a high-initial-response excitation system. Field winding design, magnetic field analysis of the field winding, and loss calculations and force and stress analyses for the rotor body were carried out. The results are as follows: (1) the operating point of the field winding at the transient state is 72% of the short sample characteristics; (3) the stress in the rotor teeth at the steady state is 405 Pa; and (4) high initial response excitation can cause quenching of the field winding, so the shaft should have a higher resistivity. The maximum flux density at the field winding end region can be small due to optimum magnetometer force distribution     

A nonconventional method for fast starting of three phasewound-rotor induction motors

This paper presents a nonconventional method for the fast starting of three-phase wound rotor induction motors. This is achieved through shunting the stator and rotor windings across the supply for a predetermined short period. By this connection, the motor produces an extremely high starting torque. The feasibility of this basic idea has been confirmed through investigating the starting transients corresponding to this mode of operation. For this purpose, a rigorous state-space mathematical model has been developed and simulated. The validity of the proposed method and the findings from the mathematical model have been confirmed experimentally     

Field-oriented vector control of synchronous motors with additional field winding

This paper presents a new method to control a synchronous motor in such a way to resemble the characteristics of a DC motor. The method suggests including a second field winding to the rotor of a voltage-source-inverter-fed synchronous motor. The angular frequency of the inverter is made equal to the angular rotor speed, (of a self-controlled synchronous motor drive). The added field winding is in space quadrature to the main field winding and is properly excited in such a way as to diminish the direct axis component of the stator current at every load conditions. The motor is controlled to operate with zero power angle from the inverter side and zero direct axis current from the rotor excitation side. Therefore, it operates with minimum stator current and with unity power factor. The addition of the second field winding will not complicate the design because it is just a control winding. This winding may be made with smaller wire cross-section and a larger number of turns. The control on this winding is not complicated and it can be easily created. The synchronous motor along with the added field and the required control loops are simulated and tested extensively. The test results show excellent motor performance in motoring and regenerating modes of operation.     

Induction Motor Squirrel Cage Rotor Winding Thermal Analysis

Induction motor squirrel cage rotor winding performance operating range and reliability are influenced by the temperature of these windings and the temperature differences which occur within the windings, and between the windings and other parts of the rotor structure. These temperature responses have formed a basis for protective devices commonly in use to protect the winding from damage. This paper describes an anaytical effort which models the thermal response of the squirrel cage winding. The temperatures calculated using this model are in general agreement with previously published data.     

A Finite Element based State Model of Solid Rotor Synchronous Machines

In this work, a state model which portrays the dynamic electromagnetic characteristics of a synchronous machine is derived based upon the first order finite element method. The method of finite elements is used to determine the axial component of magnetic vector potential throughout the cross section of the machine. Algebraic relationships between the winding voltages and the magnetic vector potentials are derived. These are used to establish a state model which admits winding voltages as inputs. The resulting model consists of a set of first order, ordinary differential equations which predict vector potentials at grid nodes along with the winding currents as time proceeds following arbitrary disturbances in stator or rotor voltages. As an initial verification step, this method has been applied in two linear examples. The first involves a simplified geometric representation of the synchronous machine for which an analytical solution of the defining field equations can be obtained. The second involves a more detailed geometry which includes stator and rotor slots. Numerical solutions are shown to be in excellent agreement with analytical solutions for the simplified structure. In the detailed geometry, numerical solutions are shown to compare favorably with the classical equivalent circuit representation.     

Studies of some high solidity symmetrical and unsymmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors with respect to starting characteristics,dynamic performances and flow physics in low wind streams

Vertical axis wind turbines can be successfully installed in low wind speed conditions but its detailed starting characteristics in terms of starting torque, starting time and dynamic performances have not been investigated thoroughly which is important for increasing the energy yield of such turbines. Amongst their designs, H-Darrieus rotor, in spite of having good power coefficient, possesses poor self-starting features as symmetrical blade profiles are used most of the times. Instead of using symmetrical blades if unsymmetrical or cambered blades are used with high solidity, then starting performance of H-Darrieus rotor along with its power coefficients can be improved. Though this performance improvement measures are correlated with improvement in the starting characteristics, a detailed work in this direction would be useful and for this reason the present work has been carried out. Three types of blade designs have been considered; two unsymmetrical blades namely S815 and EN0005 and one conventional symmetrical NACA 0018 blade, and experiments are conducted using a centrifugal blower test rig for three-bladed H-Darrieus rotors using these three considered blades at low wind streams (4 m/s, 6 m/s and 8 m/s). Considering reality, the effects of flow non-uniformity and turbulence intensity on the rotor performance at optimum condition as well as flow physics have also been studied. It has been found that unsymmetrical S815 blade rotor has higher dynamic torque and higher power coefficient than unsymmetrical EN0005 and symmetrical NACA 0018 blade H-Darrieus rotors.     

Ten MVA superconducting generator development: status at the end of1989

A progress report and some initial results from the experimental program in superconducting generators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are provided The 10 MVA generator developed at MIT was to demonstrate a number of advanced concepts. These included a fully cold rotor, a cryogenic system with built-in reserves for rapid recooling following serious electrical transients, a two-stage damping and shielding system with a damping resistor tailored to good dynamic performance, a field winding structure which allows for full fault torque without straining the field winding conductors, a limited voltage gradient armature winding, and a monolithic armature structural system that provides both rigid support and good electrical isolation. The generator was completed in 1985, and experimentation has been carried out since then. The basic electrical parameters have been verified through low-level steady-state no-load and synchronous impedance tests, and sudden short-circuit and sudden open-circuit transient tests     

双层叠绕组发电机单元件横差保护特性分析

通过1号机横差保护动作的现象,对故障进行分析,得出测量双星形中性点电流作为双层叠绕组发电机单元件横差保护的,横差动作的原因可能是定子绕组匝间发生短路,也可能是转子匝间短路或者转子偏心引起磁场不均匀也会引起的结论,该结论对现场维护人员有一定得指导意义。     

Dynamic study of an electronically brushless DC machine viacomputer simulations

The authors analyze a machine with a conventional DC armature winding on the stator which does not have a field winding connected with slip rings. At positions where the winding would have been attached to a commutator segment, a transistor switch is attached instead. The rotor contains a permanent magnet field. The lap wound stator winding is sequentially commutated by a system consisting of a position sensor and logic circuitry. Analytical expressions for a full pitch lap wound machine are given. A computer simulation of the machine was implemented. The results serve to illustrate the considerations which must be made in the design of this type of machine, in particular the effects of the winding design on commutation and cost efficiency     

Investigation and Simulation of Fields in Large Salient-Pole Synchronous Machines With Skewed Stator Slots

This paper presents the results of an investigative study performed on a large salient-pole synchronous machine with skewed stator slots. The study was carried out to aid the understanding of the phenomena related to electromagnetic field distribution, rotor damper currents and pole face iron losses in machines with skewed stator slots and an armature winding design with a fractional number of stator slots per pole. A hydrogenerator was specially instrumented to measure the variation of magnetic fields along the axial length of the machine and the induced currents in the damper bars on the rotor poles. A computational model has been developed to predict the air-gap flux density, damper currents and rotor iron losses. Measured results are compared with those predicted by simulation.     

On the performance analysis of Savonius rotor with twisted blades

The present investigation is aimed at exploring the feasibility of twisted bladed Savonius rotor for power generation. The twisted blade in a three-bladed rotor system has been tested in a low speed wind tunnel, and its performance has been compared with conventional semicircular blades (with twist angle of 0°). Performance analysis has been made on the basis of starting characteristics, static torque and rotational speed. Experimental evidence shows the potential of the twisted bladed rotor in terms of smooth running, higher efficiency and self-starting capability as compared to that of the conventional bladed rotor. Further experiments have been conducted in the same setup to optimize the twist angle.     

Operation of three-phase induction motors connected to one-phasesupply

The behavior of a three-phase induction motor is analyzed operating according to the Steinmetz connection, conceived to allow operation of small rating motors connected to a one-phase supply and with a small degree of voltage unbalance. The conditions for canceling the negative sequence component of the stator winding terminal voltages and currents are also established. The increase in electromagnetic torque deriving from balancing with capacitors and the overvoltages closely related to the changes in amplitude and phase of positive sequence motor impedance verified during rotor acceleration are emphasized. Results presented by considering a capacitor in parallel to one of those phases connected to the motor terminal switched off from the three-phase supply define the requirements for correct capacitor selection and switching off in order to obtain proper motor behavior in the whole slip range from starting to the final operating point. A careful evaluation of the amplitude and phase of the positive sequence impedance should be taken into account for capacitor application to be considered in reducing the degree of unbalance during motor starting and even in normal operating slip range. This will be very useful for reliable capacitor specification and for properly defining rotor speeds at the instant of capacitor switching off     

A brushless self-exciting three-phase synchronous generatorutilizing the 5th-space harmonic component of magneto motive forcethrough armature currents

A novel brushless self-exciting three-phase synchronous generator is proposed. It consists of three-phase armature windings on the stator, one field winding and one exciting winding with five times as many poles as that of the armature winding on the rotor, and a three-phase reactor connected to the terminal of the armature windings. By utilizing the 5th-space harmonic component of armature electromotive force, small voltage regulation for various loads and no oscillatory tension occurring at the rotor shaft were realized. The basic constitution, principle of operations, and exciting characteristics are described. The experimental results obtained from using a trial generator demonstrated its practical usefulness