Modeling and design of tubular linear electric drives

Author

Howard, Ross A. ; Xiao, Yimin ; Pekarek, Steven D.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

5-9 Feb. 2012

Firstpage

2542

Lastpage

2547

Abstract

In this research, tools for the design of air-core tubular linear electric drives are established. The tools include numerical techniques to efficiently calculate coil inductance and magnet/coil coupling for arbitrary turn placement. In addition, the structure of the state model of the system is tailored to facilitate rapid computation enabling comprehensive design optimization. The tools are highlighted in the design of an energy harvest system that consists of a machine, a diode rectifier, and a capacitive energy storage device. Comparison with hardware measurements are used for validation.

Keywords

capacitor storage; coils; diodes; electric drives; energy harvesting; inductance; linear machines; numerical analysis; rectifiers; air-core tubular linear electric drive design; capacitive energy storage device; coil inductance; design optimization; diode rectifier; energy harvest system design; magnet-coil coupling; numerical techniques; state model; Atmospheric modeling; Coils; Couplings; Geometry; Inductance; Magnetic domains; Magnetic flux;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1215-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1214-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2012.6166181

Filename

6166181