Design and characterization of a concentrated winding based two-phase brushless exciter for aircraft wound-rotor synchronous starter/generator

Chenghao Sun, Weiguo Liu, Ningfei Jiao, Zan Zhang, Jiayu Zhang, Yu Jiang

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Abstract

The paper proposes an alternative method to design two-phase exciter based on the existing single-phase exciter to solve the excitation problem for the main generator when the aircraft starter/generator starts up. Compared with distributed winding, concentrated winding has been adopted for the exciter's field winding for the advantages of shorter end-windings and available space for air duct in the stator which really meet the demand of aircraft machines on volume and heat dissipation. Initially a reconfiguration of the existing single-phase exciter into a two-phase exciter has been carried out to assess the potential of the existing exciter. The relationship between the number of the field winding's turns of single-phase exciter and two-phase exciter has been analyzed, on the basis of which electromagnetic design has been accomplished using FEA. Simulation results verify the reasonability of the analysis and confirm that the two-phase exciter is capable of generating the required current both in the start and generation modes. Finally, the characterization of the two-phase exciter has been studied to supply excitation control with theoretical support.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1882-1887
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538611272
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2017
Event43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017 - Beijing, China
Duration: 29 Oct 20171 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period29/10/171/11/17

Keywords

  • aircraft starter/generator
  • concentrated winding
  • two-phase brushless exciter

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