New Hybrid‐Excited Motor Using Armature Windings as Field Flux Source

In this paper, a new hybrid‐excited motor is proposed. Its unique feature is that it has no field exciting coil, despite being a type of bypass yoke core (BYC) hybrid‐excited synchronous motor. Based on finite element analysis (FEA), the following facts are clarified. Since the stator coil magnetomotive force (MMF) and claw poles rotate at the same speed and in the same direction, they are motionless relative to each other. Since the claw poles are located at one of its ends near the BYC surface with a gap, it receives immovable magnetization by the stator coil MMF through the BYC; then the claw poles can supply a magnetic field flux via the BYC. This flux via the BYC increases the total torque, because its torque is added the two other torque components: the permanent magnet torque and claw poles reluctance torque. In addition, the magnetic polarity and the amount of the flux of the claw poles can be varied by controlling the armature current phase angle.     

Study and experimental performance evaluation of flux intensifying PM motor with variable leakage magnetic flux

This paper describes a flux intensifying permanent‐magnet (PM) motor with variable leakage magnetic flux. The unique feature of this proposed motor is the ability to passively adjust the magnetic flux linkage into the armature windings in proportion to the armature magnetomotive force and/or armature current phase. The magnetic circuit topology of the flux intensifying PM motor and the passive variable leakage magnetic flux are determined through FE analysis. Then, the driving performance is experimentally elucidated through comparison with that of a reverse salient pole type (flux weakening) PM motor without variable leakage magnetic flux.     

A current sensorless drive system of a synchronous motor with a low‐resolution position sensor

High‐performance drive of synchronous motors such as a permanent magnet synchronous motor and a synchronous reluctance motor can be achieved by current vector control. In such drive systems, the armature current is controlled as a sinusoidal waveform based on rotor position information from a high‐resolution position sensor, and the current vector (d‐ and q‐axis currents) is suitably controlled by current feedback control. This paper proposes a current sensorless drive system with a low‐resolution position sensor in order to simplify the SM drive system. High‐performance current control is achieved in the proposed drive system, where the current sensors are eliminated and the simulated currents are used for current control. The low‐resolution position sensor is used instead of a conventional high‐resolution position sensor, and the higher position information is estimated. The steady‐state and transient characteristics are examined in several experiments with respect to the synchronous reluctance motor and the interior permanent magnet synchronous motor. It is confirmed that sinusoidal current drive, high‐performance current vector control, and speed control can be achieved by the proposed drive system. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 141(4): 34–43, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10072     

A fault location method using air‐gap fluxes of synchronous generator

This paper deals with an experimental investigation of a novel fault location method using air‐gap flux distributions of a synchronous generator connected to a power system. Air‐gap fluxes are the sum of field fluxes and armature reaction fluxes. Changes in armature current and field current at a fault contribute directly to the armature reaction fluxes and field fluxes, then resultant air‐gap fluxes. Therefore, air‐gap fluxes can be utilized to locate a fault. Wavelet analysis is applied to the induced voltages of search coils, which are wound around a stator tooth top for measurement of the air‐gap flux. It is shown that the fault type and location can be estimated based on the change in the search coil voltages measured during the fault. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 167(3): 20–27, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20707     

存在箝位效应的直流和交流电动机

直流电动机中的电刷能够指示直流励磁磁极的位置,又可以控制电枢电流的相位,直流电动机应是箝位电动机。本文通过理论分析阐明了箝位效应与直流电动机性能特征之间的关系。箝位和同步是两种不同的运行特征,具有直流励磁磁极的电动机可以据此分成两类型电动机。自控式"同步电动机"是用磁极位置传感器接替原直流电动机中的电刷及其箝位功能并对三相电枢电流之相位直接控制的箝位电动机,而矢量变换控制的"同步电动机"实际上是间接控制三相电枢电流相位的箝位电动机。     

A brushless three-phase synchronous motor using the armature winding as both load and DC excitation winding

This paper presents a new brushless three-phase synchronous motor which has no exciter. The technique applied to the motor provides an effective way for conventional brushless synchronous motors to simplify the system configuration. The stator of the motor is equipped with a double-star connected armature winding which has two neutral points. The rotor is a cylindrical one, which is equipped with a two-phase field winding. The field winding is connected with shaft-mounted rectifiers. A dc voltage is applied to the two neutral points of the armature winding to obtain the rotor excitation when the motor is operated at synchronous speed. At that time. the armature winding acts as a stator dc exciting winding while also acting as a load winding. In this paper the principle and characteristics of the motor are described. and the experimental results are shown. It is confirmed that with a 2-kW experimental machine, the proposed motor has good performance. For example, by adjusting the stator dc current, this motor power factor can easily be controlled within a wide range.     

外转子双凸极永磁电动机的有限元分析

在双凸极变磁阻电机基础上，提出了一种外转子结构的双凸极永磁电动机并确定了其结构尺寸。针对该电机在不同转子位置角、不同电枢电流分别工作在单拍和双拍时的空载、负载以及电枢磁场单独作用的情况进行了基于场量的有限元数值计算，并进一步得出了该电机的静态参数特性曲线。分析表明，相对于双凸极变磁阻电机而言，由于该电机高磁阻高矫顽力的永磁体的存在，电机电枢磁链只能通过相邻极闭合而不能穿过磁钢匝链到其他相，使得绕组电感特性发生了变化。电枢磁通对永磁磁通增磁或去磁特性改变了永磁磁链的流向。电机由半周期控制运行模式变为全周期控制运行。     

Vector Control Specialized for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives

This paper proposes vector control specialized for a switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive. Because it is a unipolar drive, a sinusoidal current with a dc offset is applied to each circuit instead of the conventional trapezoidal current. The current consists of dc and ac components which can be identified by their generation of a (virtual) rotor flux and rotating stator magnetic field, respectively. Thus, the vector control system can be developed in the same way as conventional ac machines. The proposed technique provides new mathematical models of SRMs on a rotating reference frame and achieves precise and fast torque response and advanced operations such as linear torque‐current control and maximum‐torque‐per‐ampere control. The vector control theory was verified through simulations and experiments.     

Direct Flux and Torque Regulation in a PWM Inverter-Induction Motor Drive

A dc motor drive is controlled by varying the armature current and field current. The field is a measure of flux, and the armature current times field current is a measure of torque. Various approximate means of estimating the flux and torque levels in an induction motor exist. Most of these methods are sensitive to motor parameter value changes and do not work well near zero speed. Also, the harmonics in the motor voltage and current due to the nonsinusoidal inverter waveform cause errors in the estimated torque. A practical method has been developed to measure the flux level in an induction motor in the actual operating environment. Using the flux signals and stator current, the actual electromagnetic torque can be obtained. This torque signal responds correctly to motor saturation and inverter voltage waveform harmonics. The motor can be designed to operate without the customarily required flux margin, since the flux level is accurately controlled. The control strategy for use with these feedback signals does not require the use of a tachometer.     

Determination of Synchronous Reactance and No‐Load Saturation Curve of Synchronous Machines by dc Test Considering Magnetic Saturation Effect

dc Tests can accurately determine the unsaturated synchronous machine‐equivalent circuit constants by a simple standstill test. This paper presents two improved dc tests that account for the magnetic saturation of the stator iron core by the main flux. These tests are tentatively named Step Response Test (I) and Step Response Test (II). The former can predict the incremental d‐axis synchronous reactance by performing a Fourier transform of the voltage and current measured when a small step voltage is applied to the two armature terminals as a field current flows. The latter can determine the incremental d‐ and q‐axes synchronous reactances by the same Fourier transform of the voltage and current measured when a small step voltage is applied to the two armature terminals as an armature current flows. In addition, this paper introduces a new method to calculate not only the static d‐ and q‐axes synchronous reactances but also the no‐load saturation and short‐circuit characteristic curves. This new method does not require the results from any additional tests including the rotational driving tests and dimensional information, which can only be obtained from the manufacturer. To demonstrate the validity of the proposed method, results of an experiment using 10‐kVA laminated synchronous machines with damper winding are presented.