Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications

This paper is concerned with the use of conical induction machines. Such machines are extremely valuable when apart from the rotational torque output, an axial translation of the rotor is also required. The inherent attraction between the stator and rotor of any machine, combined with the geometry o...

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Main Authors: Roggia, S., Cupertino, Francesco, Gerada, C., Galea, Michael
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Published: IEEE 2017
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author Roggia, S.
Cupertino, Francesco
Gerada, C.
Galea, Michael
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Cupertino, Francesco
Gerada, C.
Galea, Michael
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description This paper is concerned with the use of conical induction machines. Such machines are extremely valuable when apart from the rotational torque output, an axial translation of the rotor is also required. The inherent attraction between the stator and rotor of any machine, combined with the geometry of a conical machine will provide the required axial movement. However, when applied to aerospace applications, where reliability is very important, then full monitoring of the axial position is required. In this paper, an innovative approach aimed at monitoring and controlling the axial translation of a conical induction machine is proposed and investigated. In order to increase the system reliability and also decrease component count, as demanded by the application, the methodology is a sensor-less technique, based on an innovative variant of the high-frequency injection approach. In this paper, the technique has been fully investigated and experimentally validated on a purposely-built, instrumented test-rig.
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spelling nottingham-441552020-05-04T18:51:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44155/ Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications Roggia, S. Cupertino, Francesco Gerada, C. Galea, Michael This paper is concerned with the use of conical induction machines. Such machines are extremely valuable when apart from the rotational torque output, an axial translation of the rotor is also required. The inherent attraction between the stator and rotor of any machine, combined with the geometry of a conical machine will provide the required axial movement. However, when applied to aerospace applications, where reliability is very important, then full monitoring of the axial position is required. In this paper, an innovative approach aimed at monitoring and controlling the axial translation of a conical induction machine is proposed and investigated. In order to increase the system reliability and also decrease component count, as demanded by the application, the methodology is a sensor-less technique, based on an innovative variant of the high-frequency injection approach. In this paper, the technique has been fully investigated and experimentally validated on a purposely-built, instrumented test-rig. IEEE 2017-06-23 Article PeerReviewed Roggia, S., Cupertino, Francesco, Gerada, C. and Galea, Michael (2017) Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53 (6). pp. 5405-5414. ISSN 1939-9367 conical motor; sliding rotor; high voltage signal injection; in-wheel actuator http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7954633/ doi:10.1109/TIA.2017.2717911 doi:10.1109/TIA.2017.2717911
spellingShingle conical motor; sliding rotor; high voltage signal injection; in-wheel actuator
Roggia, S.
Cupertino, Francesco
Gerada, C.
Galea, Michael
Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title_full Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title_fullStr Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title_full_unstemmed Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title_short Axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
title_sort axial position estimation of conical shaped motors for aerospace traction applications
topic conical motor; sliding rotor; high voltage signal injection; in-wheel actuator
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