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RANS-based design optimization of dual-rotor wind turbines
PublikacjaPurpose An improvement in the energy efficiency of wind turbines can be achieved using dual rotors. Because of complex flow physics, the design of dual-rotor wind turbines (DRWTs) requires repetitive evaluations of computationally expensive partial differential equation (PDE) simulation models. Approaches for solving design optimization of DRWTs constrained by PDE simulations are investigated. The purpose of this study is to determine...
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Model of speed-varing rotor for mechatronic systems analysis and design
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono sposób modelowania złożonych układów mechatronicznych w oparciu o metodę grafów wiązań. Celem zilustrowania metody posłużono się przykładem liczbowym, w którym rozważano wirnik obracający się ze zmienną prędkością kątową. Prezentowana metodyka doskonale nadaje się do modelowania układów o zróżnicowanej naturze fizycznej. Otrzymany model ma charakter obiektu o pewnej liczbie wejść i wyjść, który można w...
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Impact of rotor geometry optimization on the off-design ORC turbine performance
PublikacjaThe paper describes the method of CFD based Nelder-Mead optimization of a 10 kW single-stage axial turbine operating in an ORC system working on R7100. The total-to-static isentropic efficiency is defined as an objective function. Multi-point linear regression is carried out to determine the significance of the objective function arguments and to pick up the set of particular variables and characteristic quantities (e.g. flow angles)...
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Variable-fidelity shape optimization of dual-rotor wind turbines
PublikacjaPurpose Dual-rotor wind turbines (DRWTs) are a novel type of wind turbines that can capture more power than their single-rotor counterparts. Because their surrounding flow fields are complex, evaluating a DRWT design requires accurate predictive simulations, which incur high computational costs. Currently, there does not exist a design optimization framework for DRWTs. Since the design optimization of DRWTs requires numerous model...
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Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Dual-Rotor Generator for a Counter-Rotating Wind Turbine
PublikacjaCoaxial counter-rotating propellers have been widely applied in ships and helicopters for improving the propulsion efficiency and offsetting system reactive torques. Lately, the counter-rotating concept has been introduced into the wind turbine design. Distributed wind power generation systems often require a novel approach in generator design. In this paper, prototype development of axial-flux generator with a counter-rotating...
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The dynamic performance analysis of the Micro-turbine's rotor supparted on slide and roling element bearings
PublikacjaThis article presents the results of investigations of dynamic characteristics of a small-dimension rotor with slide and rolling element bearings. The object of investigations was the rotor-bearing system designed for the ORC based low-power steam micro-turbine. The investigations were performed using MESWIR series programs, as well as commercial FEA software ABAQUS and MADYN 2000. The results of modal analysis of the micro-rotor...
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Improving Output Performance of the Ultrasonic Multicell Piezoelectric Motor by Development the Multi-Rotor Structure
PublikacjaIn recent years, many researches have been carried out on piezoelectric multi-rotor structures. This paper describes the analysis, development and experimental process of an ultrasonic multi-cell piezoelectric motor using a multi-rotor structure. In this design, three independent cells have been integrated into a mechatronic system. Analytical model and finite element method are used for modal and dynamic analysis of the proposed...
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HYBRID REDUCED MODEL OF ROTOR
PublikacjaIn the paper, the authors describe the method of model reduction of a rotor system. The proposed approach enables to obtain a low order model including e.g. nonproportional damping or the gyroscopic effect. This method is illustrated using the example of a rotor system. First, a model of the system was built without gyroscopic and damping effects by using the rigid finite element method. Next, this model was reduced. Finally, two...
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Robustness of the Rotor-router Mechanism
PublikacjaW pracy rozważano model eksploracji grafu nieskierowanego przez pojedynczego agenta, w którym sterowanie agentem odbywa się zgodnie z zasadą ''rotor-router'' (inaczej: ''Propp machine''). Przeanalizowano czas stabilizacji agenta do trajektorii w postaci cyklu Eulera w przypadku wystąpienia zaburzeń w grafie: usunięcie krawędzi, dodanie krawędzi, lokalna zamiana portów
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The methodology of design of satellite working mechanism of positive displacement machine
PublikacjaIn this paper is described a methodology of design of satellite mechanism consisting of two noncircular gears (externally toothed rotor and internally toothed curvature) and circular gears (satellites). In the presented methodology is assumed that the rotor pitch line is known, and the curvature pitch line is necessary to designate. The presented methodology applies to mechanisms for which the number of the curvature humps is at...
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Modelling of Geared Multi-Rotor System
PublikacjaIn the paper the method of modelling a speed-varying geared rotor system is presented. The proposed approach enables us to obtain an accurate low-order lumped parameter representation of the investigated system. The final model consists of reduced modal models of an undamped beam/torsional shaft system as well as a spatially lumped model of other linear and nonlinear phenomena including gear mesh interaction.
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Hybrid model of geared rotor system
PublikacjaIn the paper a hybrid model of a geared multirotor system has been developed. The model is obtained by application of both the modal decomposition methodology and the spatial discretization method. Reduced modal model was constructed for the system without gyroscopic and damping effects. The gyroscopic interaction, damping and other phenomena which are difficult to include in the modal approach were modeled by application of simply...
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Dependence of Power Characteristics on Savonius Rotor Segmentation
PublikacjaSavonius rotors are large and heavy because they use drag force for propulsion. This leads to a larger investment in comparison to horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) rotors using lift forces. A simple construction of the Savonius rotor is preferred to reduce the production effort. Therefore, it is proposed here to use single-segment rotors of high elongation. Nevertheless, this rotor type must be compared with a multi-segment...
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DESIGN AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF A PROTOTYPE TILTING-PAD RADIAL BEARING WITH ADJUSTABLE CLEARANCE
PublikacjaThe article introduces a design and analysis results of a prototype ORC (organic Rankine cycle) turbo generator rotor assembly of 300kW power, supported by tilting-pad bearings of original design. The calculations were performed for a prototype turbo generator rotor. The shaft of this machine is supported with two radial bearings, lubricated with an unusual lubricant – a low-boiling-point agent. The main objective of the presented...
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Rotor Blade Geometry Optimisation in Kaplan Turbine
PublikacjaThe paper presents the description of method and results of rotor blade shape optimisation. The rotor blading constitutes a part ofturbine flow path. Optimisation consists in selection of the shape that minimises ratio of polytrophic loss. Shape of the blade isdefined by the mean camber line and thickness of the airfoil. Thickness is distributed around the camber line based on the ratio ofdistribution. Global optimisation was done...
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Analyses of influence of the rotor slots' skew on inductances of the stator and rotor windings of a squirell-cage asynchronous motor
PublikacjaObwodowy model matematyczny silnika asynchronicznego klatkowego ujęty w osiach naturalnych zawiera indukcyjności zależne od kąta położenia wirnika. Indukcyjności te zawierają szereg wyższych harmonicznych zależnych od układu geometrycznego strefy przyszczelinowej. Jednym z elementów tego układu jest skos żłobków wirnika. W referacie przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń elektromagnetycznych silnika magnesowanego pojedynczą cewką uzwojenia...
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Bounds on the Cover Time of Parallel Rotor Walks
PublikacjaThe rotor-router mechanism was introduced as a deterministic alternative to the random walk in undirected graphs. In this model, a set of k identical walkers is deployed in parallel, starting from a chosen subset of nodes, and moving around the graph in synchronous steps. During the process, each node maintains a cyclic ordering of its outgoing arcs, and successively propagates walkers which visit it along its outgoing arcs in...
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Bounds on the cover time of parallel rotor walks
PublikacjaThe rotor-router mechanism was introduced as a deterministic alternative to the random walk in undirected graphs. In this model, a set of k identical walkers is deployed in parallel, starting from a chosen subset of nodes, and moving around the graph in synchronous steps. During the process, each node successively propagates walkers visiting it along its outgoing arcs in round-robin fashion, according to a fixed ordering. We consider...
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Application of neural networks for identification of forcedness having effect on magnitude of turbine rotor vibration using rotor trajectory.
PublikacjaW pracy dokonano analizy zastosowania sieci neuronowych do wyznaczenia wartości wymuszeń wpływających na wielkość drgań wirnika używając trajektorii jako parametr określający drgania. Badania przeprowadzono na powietrznej, jednostopniowej turbinie modelowej. Przemieszczenia poziome i pionowe wirnika turbiny mierzono przy pomocy systemu pomiarowego i rejestrowano na oscyloskopie cyfrowym. Przeprowadzono pomiary trajektorii ruchu...
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Broken rotor symptoms in the sensorless control of induction machine
PublikacjaThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the need for a universal method for sensorless controlled induction motor drive diagnosis. The increasing number of sensorless control systems in industrial applications require a universal method for the drive diagnosis, which provides reliable diagnostic reasoning independent of control system structure and state variables measurement or estimation method.Simulations and experimental...
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Broken Rotor Symptons in the Sensorless Control of Induction Machine
PublikacjaInverter fed sensorless controlled variable speed drives with induction machine are widely used in the industry applications, also in wind power generation and electric vehicles. On-line self diagnostic systems implementation is needed for early stage fault detection and avoiding a critical fault. Diagnostic algorithms in modern DSP-based controllers can operate simultaneously with control system functions. In the closed-loop controlled...
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Simulation model of IPMSM drive with rotor position estimator
PublikacjaThe paper presents a simulation model of electric drive consisting of: IPMSM motor, inverter and digital controller. The model was designed in Mathlab/Simulink. By modelling of the controller its discrete operation was taken into account in order to simulate precisely a specific sensorless control algorithm. A method for estimation of angular rotor position was proposed. Its mathematical algorithm was explained and errors were...
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Euler tour lock-in problem in the rotor-router model
PublikacjaW pracy rozważano model eksploracji grafu nieskierowanego przez pojedynczego agenta, w którym sterowanie agentem odbywa się zgodnie z zasadą ''rotor-router'' (inaczej: ''Propp machine''). Porównano czas stabilizacji agenta do trajektorii w postaci cyklu Eulera dla różnych klas grafów, prowadząc rozważania w kontekście teorii gier. Przydział początkowych portów i wskaźników w modelu jest traktowany jako rozgrywka pomiędzy graczem...
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Variable Size Twin-Rotor Wind Turbine
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Model of the double-rotor induction motor in terms of electromagnetic differential
PublikacjaThe paper presents a concept, a construction, a circuit model and experimental results of the double-rotor induction motor. This type of a motor is to be implemented in the concept of the electromagnetic differential. At the same time it should fulfill the function of differential mechanism and the vehicle drive. One of the motor shafts is coupled to the direction changing mechanical transmission. The windings of the external rotor...
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Improving Savonius rotor performance by shaping its blade edges
PublikacjaThe article presents the results of the numerical analysis of the flow inside the Savonius rotor. Particular at-tention has been paid to the vicinity of the blade gap in order to recognise the mechanisms controlling the flow in this area. The conclusions resulting from the analysis made the basis for an attempt to improve Savonius turbine performance via shaping rotor blade edges. The paper presents selected characteristic flow...
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Broken rotor bar impact on sensorless control of induction machine
PublikacjaThe aim of the research is analysis of the sensorless control system of induction machine with broken rotor for diagnostic purposes. Increasing popularity of sensorless controlled variable speed drives requires research in area of reliability, range of stable operation, fault symptoms and application of diagnosis methods. T transformation (Cunha et al.,2003) used for conversion of instantaneous rotor currents electrical circuit...
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Chapter 2: Modelling and analysis of rotor with magnetic bearing system
PublikacjaThe paper is concerned with rotor magnetic bearing system modelling. Such system is a relatively complex electromechanical system and can be considered as typical mechatronic one. The port-based modelling of physical systems has been used to obtain discrete-continuous model of considered system. Proposed approach enables to obtain reduced low-order lumped parameter representation of the system including gyroscopic interactions....
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Application of neural networks for turbine rotor trajectory investigation.
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono rezultaty badań sieci neuronowych przewidujących trajektorię wirnika turbinowego uzyskanych ze stanowiska turbiny modelowej. Badania wykazały, iż sieci neuronowe wydają się być z powodzeniem zastosowane do przewidywania trajektorii ruchu wirnika turbiny. Najważniejszym zadaniem wydaje się poprawne określenie wektorów sygnałów wejściowych oraz wyjściowych jak również prawidłowe stworzenie sieci neuronowej....
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Theoretical investigations into flows in rotor blade shroud clearance
PublikacjaPrzedstawiono wyniki obliczeń programem Fluent przepływów w uszczelnieniu nadbandażowym stopnia turbinowego przy różnym mimośrodowym położeniu osi wirnika względem osi korpusu. Wyznaczone numerycznie rozkłady ciśnienia w uszczelnieniu i generowane tam siły aerodynamiczne porównano z rezultatem badań przeprowadzonych na powietrznej turbinie modelowej.
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Some results of experimental research into turbine rotor trajectory
PublikacjaPrzedstawiono rezultaty eksperymentalnych badań trajektorii wirnika turbinowego. Doświadczenia przeprowadzono na modelowej turbinie powietrznej przy różnych częstotliwościach obrotów wału i różnym obciążeniu wału względem osi korpusu.
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Neural networks in the diagnostics of induction motor rotor cages.
PublikacjaW środowisku Lab VIEW została stworzona aplikacja służąca do pomiaru, prezentacji i zapisu przebiegów widma prądu stojana z uwzględnieniem potrzeb pomiarowych występujących podczas badania wirników silników indukcyjnych przy użyciu sieci neuronowych. Utworzona na bazie zbioru uczącego sieć Kohonena z powodzeniem rozwiązała stawiany przed nią problem klasyfikacji widm prądu stojana, a co za tym idzie również diagnozy stanu...
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Rotor-Flux Vector based Observer of Interior Permanent Synchronous Machine
PublikacjaThe sensorless control system of the interior permanent magnet machine is considered in this paper. The control system is based on classical linear controllers. In the machine, there occurs non-sinusoidal distribution of rotor flux together with the slot harmonics, which are treated as the control system disturbances. In this case, the classical observer structure in the (d-q) is unstable for the low range of rotor speed resulting...
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IPMSM rotor position estimator based on analysis of phase current derivatives
PublikacjaThis paper describes an algorithm for estimation of IPMSM angular rotor position. The algorithm uses derivatives of motor phase currents resulting from PWM modulation to obtain the rotor position. The presented method is designed for medium- and high-speed range, since it is based on determination of the EMF vector. Algorithm is characterised by a very simple formulae. The calculation of rotor position is performed in every PWM...
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An Innovative Floating System with a Savonius Rotor as a Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine
PublikacjaIn this project, an innovative wind turbine was designed for a floating plant. A large Savonius rotor was replaced with a double-rotor wind turbine implemented as a horizontal-axis turbine. This double rotor was positioned on the tip of a thrust plate and fixed to the deck of a catamaran. Simple 2D numerical simulations were performed to confirm the effectiveness of the concept. An analysis of the floating system configuration...
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Fault-tolerant performance of the novel five-phase doubly-fed induction generator
PublikacjaThe article presents the concept of a new design of a multi-phase doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG). The innovative design approach uses a five-phase power supply from the rotor side of the generator with a three-phase classic stator power supply. Modern three-phase doubly-fed induction generators are the dominant choice for Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS). Solutions of this type are sensitive to the loss of at least...
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Design and investigations of a micro-turbine flow part
Publikacja-generative micro-power plant with the HFE7100 as a working medium was designed and built for experimental investigations. The heat output of the plant was assumed equal to 20 kW, while the electric output amounted to about 3kW.In the paper a multi-stage micro-turbine with partial admission of all the stages is described in detail and the results of the particular experimental investigations and numerical calculations are shown,...
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Noninvasive method for rotor fault diagnosis in inverter fed induction motor drive
PublikacjaThis article presents a proposal, simulation and experimental results of a noninvasive rotor fault diagnosis method for the inverter fed induction motor drive. Comparing to reported methods the proposed one does not require any load, rotor brake, slip, mechanical or electrical system physical modification e.g. machine disassembly and can be applied regardless the rotor speed measurement or estimation method.
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State and control system variables sensitivity to rotor asymmetry in the induction motor drive
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is to undertake analysis and comparison of the closed-loop and sensorless control systems sensitivity to the broken rotor for diagnostic purposes. For the same vector control system induction motor drive analysis concerning operation with the asymmetric motor, broken rotor fault handling and operation were investigated. Reliability, range of stable operation, fault symptoms and application of diagnosis methods...
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Reliability of Ultrasonic Distance Measurement in Application to Multi-Rotor MAVs
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Inverse method for 3D shaped centrifugal compressor (rotor and diffuser)
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono sposób wyznaczania kształtu wirnika i dyfuzora sprężarki promieniowej. Podano układ równań oraz warunki zamknięcia układu. Przykładowe rozwiązanie wskazuje na silny wpływ warunków na wlocie na kształt dyfuzora.
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A method for analysing ram pressure characteristics of impeller pump rotor
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono metodę wyznaczania kąta wypływu strumienia z wirnika w oparciu o określoną eksperymentalnie charakterystykę ciśnienia w funkcji natężenia przepływu. Metoda może być wykorzystana do określenia kąta napływu na palisadę łopatkową za kołem wirnikowym w sytuacji braku mozliwości jego pomiaru.
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Nonadaptive estimation of the rotor speed in an adaptive full order observer of induction machine
PublikacjaThe article proposes a new method of reproducing the angular speed of the rotor of a cage induction machine designed for speed observers based on the adaptive method. In the proposed solution, the value of the angular speed of the rotor is not determined by the classical law of adaptation using the integrator only by an algebraic relationship. Theoretical considerations were confirmed by simulation and experimental tests.
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Thermal failure of a second rotor stage in heavy duty gas turbine
PublikacjaThe impulse mode of operation and the supply of various types of fuels causes frequent failures even in the heavy duty gas turbines. The paper presents the ravages of second rotor stage failure in a gas turbine. The excessive thermal elongation rise caused by fuel change was indicated as the main cause. We applied nonlinear numerical analysis, preceded by thermodynamic calculations of the turbine and visual inspection of the effects...
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Angle Tracking Observer for Filtering Rotor Position Estimates in Sensorless Electric Drives
PublikacjaSensorless electric drives use measurements of electrical quantities to estimate rotor position and speed. Measurement errors deteriorate the estimation accuracy, thus additional means are necessary to remove high-frequency components from estimated signals. This paper proposes to use an Angle Tracking Observer (ATO) for reducing noise in rotor position estimates, which is related to random errors in the measurements. A simplified,...
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Non-Adaptive Rotor Speed Estimation of Induction Machine in an Adaptive Full-Order Observer
PublikacjaIn the sensorless control system of an induction machine, the rotor speed value is not measured but reconstructed by an observer structure. The rotor speed value can be reconstructed by the classical adaptive law with the integrator. The second approach, which is the main contribution of this paper, is the non-adaptive structure without an integrator. The proposed method of the rotor speed reconstruction is based on an algebraic...
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Sensorless IPMSM drive with rotor position estimator based on analysis of phase current derivatives
PublikacjaThis paper describes a sensorless Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM) drive designed for traction applications. Wide-speed sensorless operation is provided with the use of three methods of rotor position estimation designed for: a standstill, low- and high-speed range. The paper focuses on the high-speed estimation algorithm. The estimator uses the derivatives of motor phase currentsresulting from PWM modulation...
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Design of Microwave-Based Angular Displacement Sensor
PublikacjaThis letter presents a novel microwave-based rotation sensor having a wide dynamic range to detect and measure the angular displacement in terms of the change in resonant frequency. The proposed sensor is based on the microstrip technology, where a rotor comprised of a complementary splitring resonator (CSRR) placed on the ground plane of the microstrip line is free to rotate around its axis. The mechanical rotation of CSRR determines...
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Design advantages and analysis of a novel five-phase doubly-fed induction generator
PublikacjaPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the performance of a new five-phase doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the results of a research work related to fivephase DFIG framing, including the development of an analytical model, FEM analysis as well as the results of laboratory tests of the prototype. The proposed behavioral level analytical model is based...
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Estimation of interior-permanent-magnet-synchronous-motor rotor position by analysis of phase-current derivatives
PublikacjaThis paper describes an algorithm for estimation of IPMSM rotor angular position. The algorithm uses derivatives of motor phase currents resulting from PWM modulation to obtain the rotor position. The presented method is designed for medium- and high-speed range, since it is based on determination of the EMF vector. Calculation of the motor position is performed in every PWM cycle. The standard SV-PWM method is used to determine...