Systems and methods are provided for controlling and simulating a motor. An electronic motor controller determines present motor information and a motor control parameter set based on the present motor information and a rotating reference frame of the motor. The rotating reference frame has independent input channels that decouple an intended output response in a stator D-axis component and a rotor field (R) component of a direct-quadrature-null-rotor (DQNR) reference frame. The electronic motor controller further controls the motor based on the motor control parameter set.
A reconfigurable electric motor (or machine) that may be reconfigured to improve performance given particular motor conditions. The motor is part of a motor system including a stator, a rotor, a microinverter network including a plurality of microinverters, and a motor controller including processing circuitry. The motor controller controls the plurality of microinverters to drive the motor in accordance with a first configuration of a plurality of motor configurations. The motor controller determines, based on determined motor conditions, to reconfigure the motor from the first configuration to a second configuration, where the first configuration has a first pole count that is different than a second pole count of the second configuration. The motor controller further controls the plurality of microinverters to drive the motor in accordance with the second configuration.
A stator defines multiple stator poles with associated stator windings. A rotor defines multiple fixed rotor poles with associated teeth with a ferromagnetic material. The fixed rotor poles have associated rotor windings configured to be energized substantially by the stator. Each of the rotor windings is associated with the tooth. Each of the rotor windings includes an alternating current (AC) coil (or auxiliary coil) configured to carry an AC current induced by an AC current flowing in the stator. A direct current (DC) coil (or primary coil) defines a rotor field energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings to produce relative forces between the rotor and the stator. The DC coil is at least partially powered or controlled by the AC coil.
H02P 25/03 - Moteurs synchrones avec excitation sans balai
F03D 9/25 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent caractérisés par l’appareil entrainé l’appareil étant un générateur électrique
H02K 7/18 - Association structurelle de génératrices électriques à des moteurs mécaniques d'entraînement, p.ex. à des turbines
H02K 16/00 - Machines avec plus d'un rotor ou d'un stator
H02K 19/10 - Moteurs synchrones pour courant polyphasé
H02P 9/48 - Dispositions pour obtenir des caractéristiques constantes à la sortie, la génératrice étant à vitesse variable, p.ex. sur un véhicule
H02P 21/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p.ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ
H02P 21/04 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p.ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ spécialement adaptés pour les très faibles vitesses
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WIRELESSLY TRANSFERING POWER WITHIN AN ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ACTIVELY RECTIFIED ROTOR WINDINGS
A stator defines multiple stator poles with associated stator windings. A rotor defines multiple rotor poles with associated rotor windings configured to be energized substantially by the stator. The rotor defines a rotor field energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings to produce relative force between the rotor and the stator. An active rectifier is conductively coupled to one or more first rotor windings. The active rectifier is configured to control a direction of current flow through the one or more first rotor windings responsive to a signal received wirelessly from the stator by one or more second rotor windings.
H02P 25/03 - Moteurs synchrones avec excitation sans balai
F03D 9/25 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent caractérisés par l’appareil entrainé l’appareil étant un générateur électrique
H02K 19/10 - Moteurs synchrones pour courant polyphasé
H02P 9/48 - Dispositions pour obtenir des caractéristiques constantes à la sortie, la génératrice étant à vitesse variable, p.ex. sur un véhicule
H02P 21/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p.ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ
H02P 21/04 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p.ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ spécialement adaptés pour les très faibles vitesses
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC MACHINES USING COOLANT CANS
An electric machine having a thermal management system includes a stator having a stator core, and a rotor having a rotor core that is moveable relative to the stator. At least one of the stator and the rotor include one or more windings. One or more coolant cans encapsulate one or more of the windings disposed on the at least one of the stator and the rotor in an interior compartment of the coolant can. The interior compartment of the coolant can defines a coolant flow passage through the one or more windings. The coolant can includes a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet in fluid connection with the interior compartment of the coolant can. The interior compartment of the one or more coolant cans are fluidically isolated from the stator core and the rotor core.
H02K 9/19 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation pour machines avec enveloppe fermée et circuit fermé de refroidissement utilisant un agent de refroidissement liquide, p.ex. de l'huile
H02K 1/20 - Parties fixes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 1/32 - Parties tournantes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 5/15 - Montage des flasques-paliers ou des plaques d'extrémité
H02K 5/20 - Enveloppes ou enceintes caractérisées par leur configuration, leur forme ou leur construction avec des canaux ou des conduits pour la circulation d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 9/00 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation
H02K 9/16 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation dans lesquels l'agent de refroidissement gazeux circule entre l'enveloppe de la machine et une chemise extérieure dans lesquels l'agent de refroidissement circule à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe dans des conduits ou des tubes
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POWER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN AN ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH RECTIFIED ROTOR WINDINGS
An electric machine includes a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated stator windings configured to receive a stator current. The electric machine also includes a rotor defining multiple fixed rotor poles with associated rotor windings, wherein the rotor defines a field energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings when receiving the stator current to produce relative motion between the rotor and the stator and wherein the rotor is maintained in synchronicity with the magnetic fields produced by the stator during operation of the electric machine. The electric machine also includes a rectification system configured control against an alternating current being induced in the rotor poles as the field is energized by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings when receiving the stator current.
An electric machine includes a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated stator windings configured to receive a stator current. The electric machine also includes a rotor defining multiple fixed rotor poles with associated rotor windings, wherein the rotor defines a field energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings when receiving the stator current to produce relative motion between the rotor and the stator and wherein the rotor is maintained in synchronicity with the magnetic fields produced by the stator during operation of the electric machine. The electric machine also includes a rectification system configured control against an alternating current being induced in the rotor poles as the field is energized by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings when receiving the stator current.
H02K 1/02 - MACHINES DYNAMO-ÉLECTRIQUES - Détails du circuit magnétique caractérisés par le matériau magnétique
H02K 21/14 - Moteurs synchrones à aimants permanents; Génératrices synchrones à aimants permanents avec des induits fixes et des aimants tournants avec des aimants tournant à l'intérieur des induits
H02K 27/00 - Moteurs ou génératrices à courant alternatif à collecteur mécanique
H02P 7/00 - Dispositions pour réguler ou commander la vitesse ou le couple de moteurs électriques à courant continu
H02P 25/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de moteur ou par des détails de structure
H02P 27/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de tension d'alimentation
An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator when receiving a stator current to produce relative motion between the rotor and the stator. A controller is configured to send the stator current through the stator at a current angle measured from the closest one of a pole of the rotor, determine a desired operational output of the electric machine, and determine a desired rotor motion corresponding to the desired operational output of the electric machine. The controller is further configured to calculate a vector control modulation applied to the stator that elicits the desired rotor motion, and adjust the current angle of the stator current based on the vector control modulation to cause the rotor to perform the desired rotor motion and achieve the desired operational output of the electric machine.
H02K 3/28 - Schémas d'enroulements ou de connexions entre enroulements
H02P 23/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par un procédé de commande autre que la commande par vecteur
An electric motor has a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated electrical windings, and a rotor having multiple rotor poles. The rotor has flux barriers between adjacent rotor poles, the flux barriers each having a material with an electrical conductivity higher than the rotor pole material. The flux barriers are electrically isolated from one another external to the ferromagnetic material. Eddy currents are induced in the flux barrier to cause destructive interference of an impending magnetic field, such that the flux barrier effectively acts to inhibit magnetic flux during motor operation, which in some cases will result in a repulsive force that will act to increase an induced motive force on the rotor poles.
An electric motor has a stator mechanically coupled to the rotor by a nutating traction interface, such that during nutation of the rotor with respect to the stator a tilt axis of the rotor progresses about the axis of rotation of the output shaft. The rotor and a surface of the stator bound a dynamic gap across which a magnetic field is produced by electrical activation of the motor to generate a force between the rotor and the stator. The traction interface and the gap are arranged such that, in a plane containing the axis of rotation of the output shaft, the traction interface is angled with respect to the stator surface bounding the gap. The rotor is connected to the output shaft by a tiltable connection such as a gimbal.
H02K 41/06 - Moteurs roulants, c. à d. moteurs ayant l'axe du rotor parallèle à l'axe du stator et suivant un parcours circulaire du fait que le rotor roule à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur du stator
H02K 7/116 - Association structurelle avec des embrayages, des freins, des engrenages, des poulies ou des démarreurs mécaniques avec des engrenages
H02K 41/00 - Systèmes de propulsion dans lesquels un élément rigide se déplace le long d'une piste sous l'effet de l'action dynamo-électrique s'exerçant entre cet élément et un flux magnétique se propageant le long de la piste