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1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, South Korea
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54400, Pakistan
This paper proposes a novel winding scheme to generate an additional sub-harmonic magneto-motive force (SH-MMF) component
for the brushless (BL) operation of a wound-field synchronous machine. The existing SH generation schemes for BL operation use
a dual inverter or a single inverter with asymmetrical winding and low slot fill factor in half of the stator. The proposed scheme
comprises a single inverter with symmetrical stator winding distribution and the same fill factor for all stator slots. The generated
additional SH-MMF component in the proposed scheme is induced in the harmonic winding wound on the machine rotor. A rotating
bridge rectifier mounted on the rotor periphery connects the rotor harmonic winding with the rotor field winding, and rectified dc
is supplied to the rotor field winding. The 2-D finite-element analysis (FEA) was carried out to analyze the principle, and the FEA
predictions were experimentally validated.
Index Terms— Brushless operation, sub-harmonic magnetomotive force (SH-MMF), winding scheme, wound-field synchronous
machine (WFSM).
I. I NTRODUCTION
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Fig. 2. Proposed machine. (a) Machine topology. (b) Machine winding layout. Fig. 4. Machine air-gap MMF harmonic component.
TABLE I
M ACHINE D ESIGN PARAMETERS
II. P ROPOSED T OPOLOGY, W ORKING P RINCIPLE , produce the high peak of MMF. The winding function and
AND M ACHINE C ONFIGURATION stator currents are at rated values in this region of the stator.
A. Proposed Topology However, from 90° to 180° and 270° to 360° (mechanical
degrees), the winding coil groups 2 and 4 produce the lower
The proposed topology is shown in Fig. 2(a). Each phase of
peaks of MMF because half of the rated current flows in those
the stator winding is divided into four coils having the same
coil groups. The machine air-gap MMF shape clearly shows
number of turns, i.e., for phase A: A1, A2, A3, and A4. The
a significant amount of SH-MMF alongside the fundamental
A2 and A4 coils of phase A are connected in parallel, and
MMF component, by ignoring higher order MMF harmonics
this parallel coil arrangement is connected further in series
because of their low peaks. The Fourier decomposition is
with coils A1 and A3. An inverter supplies balanced three-
given as
phase sinusoidal currents to the proposed stator winding. The ϕ
current divides between the parallel branches in each phase 3ϕ
f (ϕ) = −1.544cos + 5.345sin(ϕ) + 0.87cos
and sums in the series coils according to Kirchhoff’s current 2 2
law. The stator winding arrangement creates an additional 7ϕ 9ϕ
air-gap SH-MMF component. On the rotor side, the harmonic + 0.0063cos + 0.0085cos + 0.076
2 2
winding is wound to collect SH-MMF; the harmonic winding
11ϕ 13ϕ
is connected to the rotor field winding through a rotary bridge × sin(5ϕ) + 0.0017cos − 0.015cos
rectifier. 2 2
+ 0.0005486sin(7ϕ) + · · · (1)
B. Working Principle
A three-phase balanced sinusoidal rated current is supplied where ϕ is a spatial angle and the terms from left to right
to the machine topology using a single inverter. Because show the SH, fundamental, third harmonic of the SH, and
the number of turns for coil groups 1–4 is equal, the rated fifth harmonic of the fundamental. The machine air-gap MMF
current flows in coil group 1 and coil group 3, whereas half harmonic components are shown in Fig. 4.
of the rated current flows in coil group 2 and coil group 4
because of their parallel arrangement, according to Kirchhoff’s C. Machine Configuration
current law. The machine winding layout is shown in Fig. 2(b), The machine design parameters for the layout of Fig. 2(b)
where coils are shown with different colors. The proposed are listed in Table I, where an eight-pole and 48-slot WFSM
winding scheme and applied current create the MMF peak is considered; the rotor harmonic winding has four poles.
and shape in different regions of the machine air gap. The The machine design parameters are the same as those of a
machine air-gap MMF for instant t = 0 is shown in Fig. 3. recently proposed BL topology [6] for impartial comparison.
The stator slots with coil groups are also shown for better The machine loadings, stator-coil current density, and slot fill
understanding of the operating principle. The MMF pattern factor were also not increased.
shows that the regions from 0° to 90° and 180° to 270° SH-MMF is collected by the consistent-pole harmonic
(mechanical degrees), having coil groups 1 and 3, respectively, winding mounted on the rotor. The induced voltage in the
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Fig. 5. Machine FEA. (a) Flux density distribution. (b) Flux lines distribution.
Fig. 7. FEA analysis. (a) Rotor currents. (b) Electromagnetic torque.
TABLE II
FEA P ERFORMANCE C OMPARISON OF E XISTING AND P ROPOSED WFSM
Fig. 6. Machine analysis. (a) Air-gap flux density. (b) Harmonic order.
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TABLE IV
P ROS AND C ONS B ETWEEN B RUSH , E XISTING BL, AND P ROPOSED BL
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