With the development of more electric aircraft(MEA),higher demands for electrical energy are put forward in generation systems.Compared to constant frequency AC(CFAC)generation systems,the constant speed drive(CSD)is ...With the development of more electric aircraft(MEA),higher demands for electrical energy are put forward in generation systems.Compared to constant frequency AC(CFAC)generation systems,the constant speed drive(CSD)is eliminated and integrated starter/generator(SG)can be realized in variable frequency AC(VFAC)generation systems.In this paper,an overview of VFAC generators for safety-critical aircraft applications is presented,with a particular focus on the key features and requirements of candidate generators and the starting control strategies.Wound rotor synchronous machines(WRSMs)are typical generators used in VFAC generation systems so far.Meanwhile,hybrid excitation synchronous machines(HESMs)and cage-type induction machines are promising candidates for VFAC generation systems.The generation operation of WRSM is relatively mature,however,the SG technology of WRSM is still full of challenges.As one of the most important issues,the starting excitation methods of WRSM are summarized.An HESM-based VFAC SG system is proposed and developed in this paper.The experimental results show that the starting mode,transition mode and generating mode of the VFAC SG system are realized.The continuous progress of VFAC generation system makes great contributions to the realization of MEA.展开更多
Induction motors are the most widespread rotating electrical machines in industry.Predictive maintenance of the motors is of crucial importance due to the fact that unexpected faults in those machines can lead to huge...Induction motors are the most widespread rotating electrical machines in industry.Predictive maintenance of the motors is of crucial importance due to the fact that unexpected faults in those machines can lead to huge economic losses for the corresponding companies.Over recent years,there is an increasing use of industrial induction motors operated by different types of drives,which have different functionalities.Among them,the use of soft-starters has proliferated due to the inherent benefits provided by these drives:they damp the high starting currents,enabling the soft startup of the motors and avoiding undesirable commutation transients introduced by other starting modalities.In spite of these advantages,they do not avoid the possible occurrence of rotor damages,one of the most common faults in this type of motors.Few works have proposed predictive maintenance techniques that are aimed to diagnose the rotor condition in soft-started machines and even fewer have demonstrated the validity of their methods in real motors.This work presents,for the first time,the massive validation of a rotor fault diagnosis methodology in soft-started induction motors.Industrial and laboratory and induction motors started under different types of soft-starters and with diverse rotor fault conditions are considered in the work.The results prove the potential of the approach for the reliable assessment of the rotor condition in such machines.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholar of China under Award 51622704Jiangsu Provincial Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists under Award BK20150033.
文摘With the development of more electric aircraft(MEA),higher demands for electrical energy are put forward in generation systems.Compared to constant frequency AC(CFAC)generation systems,the constant speed drive(CSD)is eliminated and integrated starter/generator(SG)can be realized in variable frequency AC(VFAC)generation systems.In this paper,an overview of VFAC generators for safety-critical aircraft applications is presented,with a particular focus on the key features and requirements of candidate generators and the starting control strategies.Wound rotor synchronous machines(WRSMs)are typical generators used in VFAC generation systems so far.Meanwhile,hybrid excitation synchronous machines(HESMs)and cage-type induction machines are promising candidates for VFAC generation systems.The generation operation of WRSM is relatively mature,however,the SG technology of WRSM is still full of challenges.As one of the most important issues,the starting excitation methods of WRSM are summarized.An HESM-based VFAC SG system is proposed and developed in this paper.The experimental results show that the starting mode,transition mode and generating mode of the VFAC SG system are realized.The continuous progress of VFAC generation system makes great contributions to the realization of MEA.
基金Supported by the Spanish‘Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad’(MINECO)FEDER program in the framework of the‘Proyectos I+D del Subprograma de Generacion de Conocimiento,Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica de Excelencia’(ref:DPI2014-52842-P).”。
文摘Induction motors are the most widespread rotating electrical machines in industry.Predictive maintenance of the motors is of crucial importance due to the fact that unexpected faults in those machines can lead to huge economic losses for the corresponding companies.Over recent years,there is an increasing use of industrial induction motors operated by different types of drives,which have different functionalities.Among them,the use of soft-starters has proliferated due to the inherent benefits provided by these drives:they damp the high starting currents,enabling the soft startup of the motors and avoiding undesirable commutation transients introduced by other starting modalities.In spite of these advantages,they do not avoid the possible occurrence of rotor damages,one of the most common faults in this type of motors.Few works have proposed predictive maintenance techniques that are aimed to diagnose the rotor condition in soft-started machines and even fewer have demonstrated the validity of their methods in real motors.This work presents,for the first time,the massive validation of a rotor fault diagnosis methodology in soft-started induction motors.Industrial and laboratory and induction motors started under different types of soft-starters and with diverse rotor fault conditions are considered in the work.The results prove the potential of the approach for the reliable assessment of the rotor condition in such machines.
