Measurement and Calculation of Unbalanced Magnetic Pull in Wound Rotor Induction Machine

Author

Dorrell, David G. ; Kayani, Obaid

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Mech. & Mechatron. Syst., Univ. of Technol. Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia

Volume

50

Issue

11

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper addresses the measurement and calculation of unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP) in a wound rotor induction machine. A new rig for measuring UMP is presented. To our knowledge, this type of rig has not been tested before. This paper details the force calculation method and a method for splitting the UMP and torque. Wound rotor induction machines are now popular as generators in wind turbines. It is important to maintain good operation and low bearing wear, and the UMP in these machines is higher than that of the cage-rotor equivalent because the cage damps the UMP. There is little literature on the UMP in a wound rotor machine.

Keywords

asynchronous machines; rotors; UMP; cage-rotor equivalent; force calculation method; unbalanced magnetic pull; wear; wind turbines; wound rotor induction machine; Current measurement; Force; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic levitation; Rotors; Stators; Torque; Force; induction motors; unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2014.2326414

Filename

6971699