Computation of wound rotor induction machines based on coupled finite elements and circuit equation under a first space harmonic approximation

The paper presents a fast method to compute wound rotor induction machines in steady state. Coupled time-harmonic FE-circuit equation are used under a first space harmonic approximation for the air-gap magnetic field. It is shown that only 4 magnetostatic FE computations are necessary to determine t...

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Main Authors: Mezani, Smail, Hamiti, Tahar, Belguerras, Lamia, Lubin, Thierry, Gerada, Christopher
Format: Article
Published: IEEE 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37788/
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Summary:The paper presents a fast method to compute wound rotor induction machines in steady state. Coupled time-harmonic FE-circuit equation are used under a first space harmonic approximation for the air-gap magnetic field. It is shown that only 4 magnetostatic FE computations are necessary to determine the machine performances for any slip value. The performances comparison to a conventional complex magnetodynamic and time stepping FE analyses show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.