PM Generator Characteristics for Oscillatory Engine Based Portable Power System

Author

Zachas, A. ; Wu, L. ; Harley, R.G. ; Mayor, J. Rhett

Author_Institution

Georgia Institute of Technology, 777 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

fYear

2007

fDate

Feb. 25 2007-March 1 2007

Firstpage

832

Lastpage

837

Abstract

An ultra-portable power system driven by a mesoscaled internal combustion swing engine (MICSE) is introduced. The characteristics of a permanent magnet (PM) AC generator operating under oscillatory motion are shown and the velocity profile of the rotor is approximated by a simple mathematical function suitable for use in a FEA simulation. A generator topology is presented and the effects of certain parameters on the output characteristics are noted. The output power of the generator is estimated when connected to a basic 6-bridge diode rectifier circuit and the characteristics of the generator are experimentally validated.

Keywords

AC generators; Character generation; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Internal combustion engines; Permanent magnets; Power generation; Power system simulation; Power systems; Rotors; mesoscaled internal combustion swing engine (MICSE); oscillatory motion; permanent magnet (PM) AC generator; portable power supply; power estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC 2007 - Twenty Second Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

ISSN

1048-2334

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0713-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEX.2007.357611

Filename

4195815