A Comprehensive Review on Brushless Doubly-Fed Reluctance Machine

Omid Sadeghian, Sajjad Tohidi, Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo and Fazel Mohammadi
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Omid Sadeghian: Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
Sajjad Tohidi: Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo: Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
Fazel Mohammadi: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 1K3, Canada

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-39

Abstract: The Brushless Doubly-Fed Reluctance Machine (BDFRM) has been widely investigated in numerous research studies since it is brushless and cageless and there is no winding on the rotor of this emerging machine. This feature leads to several advantages for this machine in comparison with its induction counterpart, i.e., Brushless Doubly-Fed Induction Machine (BDFIM). Less maintenance, less power losses, and also more reliability are the major advantages of BDFRM compared to BDFIM. The design complexity of its reluctance rotor, as well as flux patterns for indirect connection between the two windings mounted on the stator including power winding and control winding, have restricted the development of this machine technology. In the literature, there is not a comprehensive review of the research studies related to BDFRM. In this paper, the previous research studies are reviewed from different points of view, such as operation, design, control, transient model, dynamic model, power factor, Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), and losses. It is revealed that the BDFRM is still evolving since the theoretical results have shown that this machine operates efficiently if it is well-designed.

Keywords: brushless doubly-fed machine (BDFM); brushless doubly-fed reluctance machine (BDFRM); doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG); brushless machines; electrical machinery; power electronics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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