Novel Single Inverter-Controlled Brushless Wound Field Synchronous Machine Topology

Syed Sabir Hussain Bukhari, Ali Asghar Memon, Sadjad Madanzadeh, Ghulam Jawad Sirewal, Jesús Doval-Gandoy and Jong-Suk Ro
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Syed Sabir Hussain Bukhari: Department of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur 65200, Sindh, Pakistan
Ali Asghar Memon: Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
Sadjad Madanzadeh: School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Ghulam Jawad Sirewal: Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development, Khairpur Mir’s 66020, Pakistan
Jesús Doval-Gandoy: Applied Power Electronics Technology Research Group, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Jong-Suk Ro: School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 15, 1-13

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel brushless excitation topology for a three-phase synchronous machine based on a customary current-controlled voltage source inverter (VSI). The inverter employs a simple hysteresis-controller-based current control scheme that enables it to inject a three-phase armature current to the stator winding which contains a dc offset. This dc offset generates an additional air gap magneto-motive force (MMF). On the rotor side, an additional harmonic winding is mounted to harness the harmonic power from the air gap flux. Since a third harmonic flux is generated in this type of topology, the machine structure is also modified to accommodate the third harmonic rotor winding to have a voltage induced as the rotor rotates at synchronous speed. Specifically, four-pole armature and field winding patterns are used, whereas the harmonic winding is configured for a twelve-pole pattern. A diode rectifier is also mounted on the rotor between the harmonic and field windings. Therefore, the generated voltage on the harmonic winding feeds the current to the field winding for excitation. A 2D-finite element analysis (FEA) in JMAG-Designer was carried out for performance evaluation and verification of the topology. The simulation results are consistent with the proposed theory. The topology could reduce the cost and stator winding volume compared to a conventional brushless machine, with good potential for various applications.

Keywords: brushless topology; third harmonic flux; dc offset; wound field synchronous machines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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