TY - GEN
T1 - Design Study of a Three-Phase Brushless Exciter for Aircraft Starter/Generator
AU - Wrobel, Rafal
AU - Griffo, Antonio
AU - Mlot, Adrian
AU - Yon, Jason
AU - Mellor, Phil
AU - Turner, Jim
AU - Rolfe, Bryan
AU - Stevenson, Rakhee
AU - Collins, Ray
N1 - Conference Organiser: IEEE
PY - 2011/9/17
Y1 - 2011/9/17
N2 - This paper presents a design study of a 3-phase AC main exciter (ME) for an aircraft starter-generator. A computationally efficient methodology for optimizing the design of the ME is presented. The optimisation is carried out using coupled two-dimensional (2D) magnetostatic finite element solver and particle swarm optimisation procedure (PSO). The ME design is then analysed using 3D FE to account for the end-winding effects, and the results are fed into a lumped-parameter circuit model of the ME. The circuit model allows for the operating modes of the ME being analysed in a computationally efficient manner also accounting for non-linearities. The theoretical findings are experimentally validated on a prototype generator.
AB - This paper presents a design study of a 3-phase AC main exciter (ME) for an aircraft starter-generator. A computationally efficient methodology for optimizing the design of the ME is presented. The optimisation is carried out using coupled two-dimensional (2D) magnetostatic finite element solver and particle swarm optimisation procedure (PSO). The ME design is then analysed using 3D FE to account for the end-winding effects, and the results are fed into a lumped-parameter circuit model of the ME. The circuit model allows for the operating modes of the ME being analysed in a computationally efficient manner also accounting for non-linearities. The theoretical findings are experimentally validated on a prototype generator.
KW - aircraft starter-generator
KW - main exciter
KW - design optimisation
UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6056715
U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064313
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064313
M3 - Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
SN - 978-1-4577-0541-0
SP - 3998
EP - 4004
BT - 2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
PB - IEEE Computer Society
CY - NEW YORK
T2 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Y2 - 17 September 2011 through 22 September 2011
ER -